Soul King!

Bibi Dong was puzzled. How had Xiaogang learned about what had happened back then?

Could it have been him?

Bibi Dong's gaze involuntarily drifted behind her...

Why had he done it? Could it have been for Xiao Xue?

At the thought of Xiao Xue, Bibi Dong's heart ached again. It was not that she did not love her daughter, but every time she saw Qian Renxue, she would remember that nightmare from the past.

So much so that she dared not face Qian Renxue.

"Ah..."

A sigh escaped her.

Setting down Yu Xiaogang's letter, Bibi Dong picked up another. This letter concerned none other than Yu Xiaogang as well.

It contained some recent information about Yu Xiaogang.

Indeed, Bibi Dong had never stopped keeping track of Yu Xiaogang. Even though she was no longer worthy of standing beside him, she still wanted to watch him from afar, as though gazing at those carefree days of the past.

She also knew about Liu Erlong. In fact, she had known twenty years ago.

But she did not mind. She had lost that right herself, but she did not want to prevent Yu Xiaogang from finding his own happiness. (The author doesn't know whether he met Bibi Dong or Liu Erlong first either. It should have been Bibi Dong, right? From reading the comic, I remember Yu Xiaogang had black hair when they met. Here, the setting is that he met Bibi Dong first, then Liu Erlong.)

Reading the information within, Bibi Dong's lips curved slightly.

"You finally achieved your goal. Just what I would expect of you, Xiaogang."

Bibi Dong already knew that Yu Xiaogang had broken through his former bottleneck, and she even knew about his Martial Soul Evolution. She simply did not know how far it had evolved.

Several years earlier, Yu Xiaogang had gone to Spirit Hall for certification after reaching rank thirty, and he had done the same after breaking through rank forty.

Bibi Dong naturally understood Yu Xiaogang's purpose. It was not to show off; most likely, he simply did not want to keep drawing Spirit Hall's subsidy.

And then there was Dugu Bo. Xiaogang had actually formed a friendship with him that transcended their ages, and had even taken his granddaughter, Dugu Yan, as his disciple.

Bibi Dong had been a little shocked when she first learned of this. Dugu Bo had always been reclusive and eccentric. He had even flatly refused Spirit Hall's recruitment and had always been a solitary man.

Only Xiaogang could have had the ability to win him over like that...

Bibi Dong looked ahead, folded the letter, and carefully put it away. "Xiaogang, I'll be at Spirit Hall... waiting for you."

Meanwhile, on the Back Mountain of Blue Tyrant Academy in Heaven Dou City.

Boom!

A terrifying aura erupted, and a surge of silvery-white flames swept outward.

Liu Erlong, who was standing guard, was slightly startled.

"What intense heat!"

Liu Erlong raised an arm, and eight Soul Rings instantly rose from beneath her feet.

Yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, black!

A crimson Soul Power barrier spread out before her, shutting out the white wave of heat rushing toward her.

Even so, the scorching heat still seeped through the barrier, roasting her cheeks until they felt slightly hot.

With a solemn gaze, she looked into the depths of the flames.

Within the silvery-white sea of fire, a white-haired figure slowly strode out.

Nine white dragon silhouettes circled Yu Xiaogang, each lifelike, their scales and claws distinct as they silently wheeled and swam around him.

With each step he took, the pure-white flames around him parted to either side as though swept aside by invisible hands, all withdrawing into his body.

Yu Xiaogang walked up to Liu Erlong, and the white dragon silhouettes sank into his body one after another. Only then did the surrounding temperature return to normal.

He looked at Liu Erlong, his gaze softening. "Erlong, thank you for standing guard for me."

Liu Erlong tucked the strands of hair blown loose across her forehead by the heat behind her ear and smiled gently. "Xiaogang, you've grown stronger again. These white flames are..."

Yu Xiaogang raised one hand, and a cluster of pure-white flames ignited in his palm with a whoosh.

The flames burned quietly, without a trace of smoke, yet even the air around them warped slightly.

"The Nine Dragons Thunder Astral Flame."

Yu Xiaogang looked at the cluster of white flames in his palm.

"An extraordinary flame born between heaven and earth, possessing incomparably terrifying power. I couldn't absorb it before. Only after breaking through to the Soul King Realm this time did I completely refine it."

He curled his hand slightly into a fist, and five Soul Rings rose beneath his feet in succession.

Purple, purple, black, black, black!

Each of the five Soul Rings had a deep, rich hue. The last three Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings were all over forty thousand years old, while even the first two Thousand-Year Soul Rings contained traces of black.

Clearly, they too were approaching ten thousand years!

"I'm now a rank fifty-six Soul King!"

Liu Erlong stepped forward, raised a hand, and gently brushed a few strands of white hair that had fallen onto Yu Xiaogang's shoulder as she spoke softly.

"As you are now, you're already strong enough to make the entire continent see you anew. Especially those people in the clan. They would probably feel ashamed of their own inadequacy if they saw you now."

Yu Xiaogang took her hand and smiled. "Give me a little more time. We'll go back together."

Liu Erlong blushed slightly and nodded. "We can settle things between us while we're there."

"If anyone dares object this time, I'll beat them until they're scrabbling all over the floor for their teeth."

Yu Xiaogang smiled. "All right. Our Erlong is now the second-strongest person in the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, after all."

Liu Erlong said with playful reproach, "And the strongest is my eldest uncle, right?"

"Of course."

After several years of all-out cultivation, together with Yu Xiaogang's attentive assistance, Liu Erlong was now a rank eighty-six Battle Soul Douluo.

Tempered by immortal herbs, the flames of her Fire Dragon Martial Soul had already come close to Ultimate Fire, giving her incomparably terrifying combat strength.

Of course, the concept of Ultimate Fire did not yet exist at this time.

In the current Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, aside from his father, Yu Yuanzhen, there truly was no one who could match her.

Yu Xiaogang extinguished the flames in his palm. "Xiao San and the others left a while ago. They should have reached Suotuo City by now."

Liu Erlong stood shoulder to shoulder with him. "Mm. Counting the days, it's about time."

"Heh, that fellow Flender. I've heard he's taken in a few promising youngsters over the years too."

Yu Xiaogang's lips curved slightly. "It's finally time for our Golden Iron Triangle to reunite."

Liu Erlong turned to look at him and gently linked her arm through his, her tone light. "Then let's go. To Suotuo City."

Yu Xiaogang smiled. "Let's go."

The two turned and walked side by side toward the academy's exit.

Sunlight filtered through the trees, casting dappled light and shadow over them.

As they walked, Liu Erlong glanced sideways at Yu Xiaogang. "Speaking of which, Bibi Dong should have received that letter you wrote her by now, right?"

Without slowing his steps, Yu Xiaogang replied casually, "Probably. Judging by the distance, it should arrive sometime around now."

"Ah, you really aren't afraid she'll come looking for trouble, are you? After how badly things ended between you back then, and now she's the Supreme Pontiff. You suddenly send her a letter out of nowhere-if she loses her temper..."

Yu Xiaogang smiled. "Heh, Dong'er isn't that sort of person."

Liu Erlong reached out and linked her arm through Yu Xiaogang's. "All right, all right, I know you're protective of her. She's your white moonlight, after all. Don't worry, I won't put you in a difficult position."

Yu Xiaogang turned to look at Liu Erlong and fell silent for a moment before saying, "I've put you through a lot, Erlong."

Liu Erlong rolled her eyes at him. "Hmph, you should be secretly grinning to yourself that you have me."

"Heh, how do you know I haven't been secretly grinning when your back is turned?"

"Oh, you~"