"My parents were the Tang Sect's finest chief Soul Tool researchers.
Many years ago, the Tang Sect's higher-ups entrusted my parents with a top-secret research project, code-named Source Spring Core.
The so-called Source Spring Core was a standalone positive Soul Power Circulation Core, a top-tier Soul Tool energy core capable of forming a self-contained energy loop, operating perpetually, and producing nearly unlimited output.
The core's principle involved extracting a special energy substance called source spring from rare metals seldom found on the continent, then steadily releasing its energy through an ultimate positive circulation structure.
Its energy density was dozens of times that of ordinary high-rank Soul Tool cores on the market.
A single one was enough to keep a top-tier Soul Tool running around the clock. Its endurance, power, and stability completely eclipsed every existing Soul Tool energy device.
My parents spent decades overcoming technical barriers one step at a time, nearly completing the entire core research and development system.
But just as the project was about to be fully implemented, they broke with the Tang Sect's higher-ups completely."
"Source Spring Core? Why does that sound kind of familiar?" Lin Ming quipped, then asked, "Why did they fall out?"
At this point, Ling Ziyue's body began trembling uncontrollably, and the hatred in her eyes practically took physical form:
"Because of the Tang Sect's ambition.
What they wanted wasn't Soul Tool energy at all. My parents discovered that the Tang Sect's ultimate goal was human modification.
They wanted to carve Soul Guidance Source Spring Cores into ordinary people and low-ranking Soul Masters, creating Biological Weapons and transforming them into expendable Individual Ultimate Soul Guidance Weapons.
Once they succeeded, every modified test subject would rival the very finest Soul Guidance Warriors. They could even mass-produce them in batches, giving them an invincible army powerful enough to crush any enemy.
Even the first phase of this project required sacrificing ten thousand ordinary people for human experimentation.
And the mortality rate was a hundred percent.
They started directly without my parents' consent, forcing them to begin the research.
During that period, people were killed in the laboratory every day.
Many researchers who couldn't bear the shock were disposed of by the Tang Sect.
My parents devoted their lives to studying Soul Guidance Technology solely to benefit the continent. They would never participate in experiments that extinguished all humanity.
Their repeated strikes and repeated acts of defiance finally exhausted the Tang Sect's patience.
Once all the data was nearing completion, the Tang Sect's higher-ups finally decided to kill my parents.
My parents were certainly capable, but if they kept singing a different tune, they would be holding them back. The Tang Sect would no longer allow my parents to exist."
Ling Ziyue's voice was nearly choked with sobs:
"But they never expected my parents to have prepared for this.
Before the night they were to be silenced arrived, they had already seized control of the central control system, personally deleting and destroying all the original Source Spring Core data and data models. They left them nothing.
And precisely because of that, the enraged Tang Sect killed them outright.
The news I heard said they had died in a fire, that their deaths were an accident.
But I knew that was merely the Tang Sect's public statement. The Tang Sect was the true culprit."
"You're pretty damn impressive. Your parents died, but you managed to survive?"
"My parents noticed the warning signs before that and sent me away.
I was also the only person who knew everything. That's why the Tang Sect has been hunting me down all this time.
But they never imagined I would end up in a slave market.
That's my entire story. I hate the Tang Sect. I want to wipe it out and avenge my parents."
Hearing this, Lin Ming also felt that something was amiss:
"Source Spring Core, Tang Sect... you're not Ling Zichen, are you?"
As soon as he said it, he casually rejected the idea:
"No, the age doesn't match. Besides, wasn't Ling Zichen taken in as an adopted daughter by the Tang Sect's sect masters, Cao Dezhi and Zang Xin? She was raised in the Tang Sect and treated exceptionally well.
Your parents were other researchers, but why was the Source Spring Core personally developed by your parents..."
But upon hearing the name Ling Zichen, Ling Ziyue, who had remained relatively calm, instantly lost control:
"You actually know my sister? Why do you know her? Are you a Shrek student?"
Holy crap.
Ling Zichen, that Human Cannon, was actually the older sister of this little pretty boy before him.
He had bought a slave on a whim and actually pulled a hidden variant.
If this was the truth, the Tang Sect was far more dangerous than he had imagined.
But this person hadn't existed in the original story. She probably hadn't survived until that day and had already been silenced.
Still, after hearing her account of the whole affair, he felt she wasn't lying.
Normally speaking, what kind of fire could burn everything to nothing? Never mind an ordinary world-this was a fantasy world.
At a top-tier research institution like the Tang Sect, even if they didn't have a Class Nine Water-Storage Soul Tool, they ought to have an Ice Maker, right? What fire could even get going there?
An explosion?
Even an ordinary person without any Soul Power could withstand plenty of large explosions wearing top-tier Soul Tool Armor.
Then the deaths of Ling Zichen's parents must have been a conspiracy through and through.
"But why wouldn't your sister know? And why would they take her in as an adopted daughter?"
"There was no way my sister could have known.
My sister is five years older than me. Back then, she had already left the base to attend school.
Besides, the Source Spring Core research was completely sealed off, so for three whole years, the Tang Sect never allowed my parents to contact my sister.
After that, there was no afterward.
She knew nothing, and that actually let her escape disaster."
"Then why take her in as an adopted daughter?"
"Because of our lineage!"
"Your lineage?
Does your family have some special lineage?"
"Yes.
My father had no Soul Power whatsoever, but his Spiritual Power was exceptionally strong.
My sister and I both inherited my father's ability.
My sister never awakened any Soul Power, but she was extremely intelligent and had strong Spiritual Power. Even without Soul Power, she caught Shrek's attention and attended the Soul Guidance Academy at Shrek Academy.
Only ordinary people without Soul Power can achieve coexistence between a Source Spring Core and a human.
Soul Masters have self-formed Soul Power Pathways within their bodies, which would affect the assessments made during the research.
So if the Tang Sect wants to complete the Human Soul Guidance Source Core Modification Project, they can only rely on my sister."
"I get it.
The Tang Sect not only killed your parents, but also wants to exploit your sister and kill you to silence you.
When it comes to devouring a family's entire estate..."
In Lin Ming's memories, Ling Zichen indeed had no Soul Power whatsoever. She was simply an ordinary person.
But through the Source Spring Core, she had transformed herself into a Human Weapon, a Human Cannon. Later, she had even lived into the fourth installment and become the Sea God Pavilion Master, an absolute badass.
In a certain sense, their bloodline really was pretty damn impressive.
"You're not afraid of the Tang Sect, are you?"
"Hahahaha! Afraid of the Tang Sect? If you're trying to goad me, you've succeeded.
I'm wiping out the Tang Sect. Not even Jesus can save it. You have my word."
"Di Tian."
Lin Ming spoke softly, and the next moment, Di Tian, who had been waiting all along, revealed himself.
Ling Ziyue was still somewhat surprised to see Di Tian's soul suddenly appear.
She also looked as though she wanted to speak but held back, as if she had something to explain. Yet she seemed worried about something and remained silent.
She wanted to tell Di Tian her sex, but she feared that after she did, Di Tian would no longer reincarnate through her.
She had disguised herself as a boy to evade the Tang Sect.
Because she was so young, the people at the slave market hadn't examined her at all, nor had they cared. That was how the Myriad Demon King had come to buy her.
At that moment, Di Tian looked at Ling Ziyue:
"Young man, I intend to reincarnate through your soul.
Rest assured, I have already heard your story.
You humans always enjoy committing such filthy, vile deeds. That is why we Soul Beasts dislike you humans. You always enjoy tearing yourselves apart.
I place the greatest importance on cause and effect and honor my promises. I will take on your vengeance.
Within ten years, the Tang Sect will be destroyed."
"Thank you, Lord Beast God.
I have no regrets left.
I am willing to offer you my loyalty,
Take my body, Lord Beast God!"
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