Tang Hao Descended into the Martial Universe!

Li Si did not dare resist. He could only take the large bowl with trembling hands, close his eyes, and gulp it down in one go.

On the Douluo Continent.

Everyone was staring at the screen.

Yu Xiaogang sneered repeatedly. "Hmph, recklessly eating something from another world. This commoner is about to explode and die."

But what happened the next second nearly made the eyes of billions of living beings across the Douluo Continent pop out!

The moment that bowl of Body Tempering Soup entered his stomach.

Li Si, who had still been trembling, suddenly had a gleam in his eyes.

He felt a warm current burst from his stomach in an instant, surging madly into his limbs and every part of his body.

Drawn by the medicinal power, the previously heavy Heaven and Earth Yuan Power actually poured frantically into his body through the pores all over him!

"Ah!"

Li Si cried out in pleasure.

His thin, shriveled body actually began filling out at a rate visible to the naked eye.

His withered muscles began to swell, and his pale face instantly became flushed with color.

The sense of strength filling his entire body made him rise to his feet.

Imitating the people before him, he threw a completely unstructured punch at a thick wooden post in front of him!

Bang!

With a deep, resounding crash.

That hard wooden post, as thick as a thigh, was actually broken clean through by a single punch from Li Si, a commoner without a trace of soul power!

Wood chips flew everywhere!

Seeing this, the Crazy Blade Sect instructor nodded in satisfaction.

"Not bad. You entered Body Tempering First Stage directly with just one bowl of Body Tempering Soup. You're a little old, but your meridians are quite clear."

"You passed. Stay here and work for the Crazy Blade Sect from now on."

"As long as you're willing to endure hardship, the sect will also give you one Pure Yuan Pill every month and teach you the cultivation methods for the stages ahead."

Hearing this, Li Si trembled with excitement and hurriedly knelt, kowtowing frantically.

"Thank you, my lord! Thank you, my lord!"

The screen instantly froze.

[Explorer No. 5: Heaven Dou commoner, Li Si.]

[Encounter: Crazy Blade Sect, Yan City, Great Yan Dynasty.]

[Status: Consumed Body Tempering Soup and entered Body Tempering First Stage.]

[Current identity: Became an outer disciple of the Crazy Blade Sect, formally setting foot on the path of cultivation!]

Rumble!!!

When they clearly saw those lines of large golden text in the sky.

The entire Douluo Continent erupted into an uproar.

All the soul masters, nobles, and sect leaders were utterly stunned at that moment.

But the countless common people who had not awakened martial souls, who for generations could only be trampled underfoot like ants.

Burst into cheers at that moment!

"Heavens! Did you see that?!"

"Li Si cultivated! A commoner without a martial soul actually broke a wooden post that thick!"

"That world doesn't require martial souls! It doesn't require innate soul power!"

"With just a bowl of soup, even commoners like us can gain strength and set foot on the path of cultivation!"

For a time, in streets and alleys throughout the Heaven Dou Empire and Star Luo Empire, countless commoners were so excited that tears filled their eyes.

Some even embraced one another and wept.

On the Douluo Continent, martial souls determined fate, and bloodlines determined class.

But that Martial Universe had given them hope again.

Meanwhile, at Shrek Academy.

Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang collapsed to the ground with a thud.

His entire body trembled violently and uncontrollably.

"Impossible..."

"This is absolutely impossible!"

"How can someone cultivate without a martial soul?!"

"This goes against my Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul!"

"This goes against common sense!"

Yu Xiaogang desperately clawed at his hair.

He had spent his entire life researching martial soul theory, always considering himself the cleverest theoretical grandmaster on the continent.

But now, they did not need martial souls at all, nor did they need soul rings.

A mere bowl of medicinal soup could let a useless man without soul power cross the threshold of cultivation!

Beside him, Ma Hongjun and the others were so frightened that their faces had drained of color, and they could not utter a word.

Tang San, meanwhile, wore an equally incredulous expression.

One can cultivate without a martial soul.

As long as they absorb the Yuan Power between heaven and earth, anyone can grow stronger...

Having lived two lives, he understood what this meant better than anyone.

It meant that those lofty sects on the Douluo Continent, Spirit Hall, and even the two great empires.

Would probably begin slowly losing the foundations upon which their rule rested.

When even commoners could easily obtain power.

What sense of superiority would so-called "geniuses" and "nobles" like them have left?

At the same time, elsewhere.

In Spirit Hall's Pope's Palace.

Bibi Dong sharply drew in a cold breath, her exquisite face filled with shock.

"What a Martial Universe..."

"What a world that doesn't need martial souls!"

"If that world's cultivation methods spread to the Douluo Continent."

"Then the absolute rule Spirit Hall has built over nearly ten thousand years will crumble to dust in an instant!"

At this thought, a sheen of cold sweat broke out on Bibi Dong's back.

For the first time, she truly felt what it meant for everything to be overturned.

Elsewhere, in the Divine Realm.

The Five Great God Kings, who had still been feigning composure, all underwent changes in expression.

The Destruction God King abruptly rose to his feet, his face grave.

"Without a deity's inheritance or a bestowal from the Divine Realm..."

"Simply absorbing the energy between heaven and earth can allow a mere mortal to defy heaven and change their fate?"

"How can that world's laws of heaven and earth be so accommodating, yet so powerful?!"

Beside him, the Asura God King also furrowed his brow tightly.

In the Douluo God Realm, mortals who wished to become gods had to accept their inheritances and be constrained by their divine positions.

But what about that world?

As long as people were willing to endure hardship and could absorb Yuan Power, they could keep climbing!

From Body Tempering to Earthly Yuan, then Creation, and finally Nirvana!

It was a great road leading to heaven, entirely beyond the gods' control and filled with limitless possibilities!

Soon, the scenes in the sky began switching continuously.

Several brief scenes concerning the other five explorers flashed past.

There was a Soul Ancestor who fell into a demonic beast den and was torn apart and devoured in an instant.

There was also an ordinary soul master who landed in the Great Desolate Ancient Plain and was frozen into an ice sculpture by the harsh climate.

Without exception, all died miserable deaths within an extremely short time.

[The second batch of ten explorers has completed exploration.]

[Exploration results: Nine dead or captured, one successfully entered the path of cultivation.]

[Assessment of this exploration: Extremely poor.]

As the voice faded, the images in the sky vanished completely.

But just as everyone on the Douluo Continent thought this broadcast had ended and prepared to breathe a sigh of relief.

Several lines of large golden text slowly appeared before everyone's eyes.

[The second batch of Douluo explorers is being selected...]

[Number to be selected this time: 5.]

As those lines of large golden text slowly appeared in the sky.

The crowds across the Douluo Continent, previously in an uproar over Li Si entering cultivation, instantly fell silent.

Countless eyes stared at the sky.

Five people!

Although that was half the previous batch's number, everyone knew that after the trial and error of the first two batches, they all had a profound understanding of that terrifying Martial Universe.

Who would the sky screen choose this time?

On Shrek Academy's training grounds.

Having just experienced a dramatic rise and fall, Yu Xiaogang was slumped in a chair, his expression shifting uncertainly.

Beside him, Tang San narrowed his eyes slightly, rapidly calculating inwardly.

In the first two batches, whether they were Soul Kings, Titled Douluos, or powerful hundred-thousand-year soul beasts, anyone who went to that world faced nine chances of death and one of survival.

Instead, that commoner Li Si, who had no soul power at all, actually managed to find a way forward in the Crazy Blade Sect because he knew how to adapt to his surroundings.

It seems that in that world where experts gather like clouds, blindly arrogant experts are the ones who die fastest.

Tang San snorted inwardly. For the first time ever, a trace of gravity actually rose in his heart regarding the approaching third list.

In Spirit Hall's Pope's Palace.

Bibi Dong was also watching the screen in the sky, her slender fingers lightly tapping the armrest.

"Gui Mei was lost in the last batch. Spirit Hall will remember this debt."

"I hope there aren't any more fools among those chosen this time."

Deep within the Star Dou Great Forest.

Beside the Lake of Life.

The Sky Azure Bull Python lay on the ground, not even daring to breathe heavily.

Although he had not been selected, the sight of Er Ming reduced to a menial underling in another world had left an indelible shadow in his heart.

"Buzz!"

Just as the various factions across the Douluo Continent harbored their differing thoughts.

Countless golden characters on the sky screen rapidly streamed backward like flowing water.

A few seconds later.

The golden light suddenly froze!

Five names slowly appeared at the very center of the screen.

[The third batch of explorers is listed below:]

[1. Upper Three Sects, Clear Sky Sect, level 96 Power Attack System Titled Douluo, Tang Hao.]

[2. Heaven Dou Empire, imperial family retainer, level 91 Titled Douluo, Dugu Bo.]

[3. Star Luo Empire, Hell Spirit Cat Clan, level 53 Agility Attack System Battle Soul King, Zhu Zhuyun.]

[4. Shrek Academy, level 39 Power Attack System Battle Soul Elder, Ma Hongjun.]

[5. Slaughter City, fallen one, level 35 Soul Elder.]

When those five names clearly entered the eyes of everyone across the continent.

A chorus of sharp gasps rang out throughout the Douluo Continent.

The Clear Sky Sect!

That was the Clear Sky Sect, which had remained secluded for years and was known as the continent's number one sect!

And the one selected this time was actually the pillar of the Clear Sky Sect, the Killing God Tang Hao!

Not only that, there were also Poison Douluo Dugu Bo, whose mastery of poison was unrivaled under heaven, and Shrek Academy's fatty, Ma Hongjun.

This lineup could be said to surpass even the second batch!

On Shrek Academy's training grounds.

Ma Hongjun, who had originally been watching with the mindset of a spectator, jumped in fright when he saw his own name prominently listed.

"I... I got picked?!"

Ma Hongjun shrieked, his legs giving out as he dropped to his knees with a thud.

At the mere thought of the miserable sights of Dai Mubai frozen into an ice sculpture and Ning Fengzhi with both legs broken.

Ma Hongjun was so frantic that tears nearly spilled from his eyes.

"Grandmaster! Save me, Grandmaster!"

"I'm only level thirty-nine! If I go to that world, I won't even be enough to fill the gaps between their teeth!"

Ma Hongjun scrambled over and clung to Yu Xiaogang's leg, bawling his eyes out.

Yu Xiaogang's expression was utterly grim now, too.

He stared at that name on the sky screen, his lips trembling, unable to utter a word for a long while.

He had only just been counting himself lucky, yet in the blink of an eye, a student under his charge had been selected.

But there was nothing he could do.

Meanwhile, in a secluded valley thousands of miles away.

Clouds and mist wreathed this place year-round; it was the site of the Clear Sky Sect's hidden headquarters.

Inside the main hall.

When the name "Tang Hao" appeared on the sky screen.

The expressions of the surrounding Clear Sky Sect elders instantly changed dramatically.

"Sect Master! This..."

An elder sprang to his feet and looked toward Tang Xiao in the seat of honor, his face filled with shock.

"That sinner of our sect, Tang Hao, was actually chosen by the sky screen?"

The Second Elder also snorted coldly, a trace of satisfaction flashing through his eyes.

"Back then, he brought a calamity as vast as the heavens down upon us, forcing our Clear Sky Sect to seal off its mountain and retreat from the world."

"Now that this strange sky screen has chosen him, I say heaven has finally opened its eyes and means to take him!"

Listening to the elders around him throwing stones at a man who had fallen down a well, Tang Xiao, seated in the place of honor, could not help clenching his fists.

Although Tang Hao had long since been expelled from the sect.

He knew in his heart that this was his own younger brother, born of the same mother.

"Brother Hao..."

Tang Xiao looked at the name on the sky screen, his heart filled with worry.

Even the level ninety-five Ghost Douluo had had his soul extracted from afar. Although Tang Hao was level ninety-six, he would probably face more peril than promise if he went to that terrifying world.

At the same time.

Fasinuo Province, Heaven Dou Empire.

Atop a barren mountain outside Holy Soul Village.

A burly man, filthy all over and draped in a tattered cloak, stood quietly at the edge of a cliff.

He still held a cheap wine flask in his hand.

This man was none other than Tang Hao, the Clear Sky Douluo whose name resounded across the continent!

At that moment, beneath his disheveled hair, Tang Hao's tiger-like eyes were fixed on the light screen in the sky.

"Martial Universe..."

"That world where even commoners can easily obtain power, and where there are even countless heavenly treasures?"

Tang Hao casually tossed aside his wine flask and slowly straightened up.

A wave of killing intent also spread uncontrollably from his body.

He did not feel afraid as the others did.

"Ah Yin, wait for me."

"If that world truly holds countless opportunities, perhaps... I can find a way to revive you ahead of time!"

At that thought, Tang Hao clenched his fists.

As long as he could revive his wife, never mind Martial Universe.

Even if it were the true Infernal Hell, he would dare to venture into it!

[Teleportation countdown beginning. Three, two, one...]

As the sky screen's countdown reached zero, ripples spread across the light screen once more.

[First-Person Perspective now active: Clear Sky Sect, Tang Hao.]

The scene shifted as a flash of golden light swept past.

Tang Hao's burly figure landed steadily on a stretch of wilderness.

It was the Great Desolate Ancient Plain in Great Desolation Commandery, a region of Martial Universe notorious for its chaos!

The instant he landed, Tang Hao felt a terrifying gravitational force.

The intensely concentrated Heaven and Earth Yuan Power around him pressed frantically against the Soul Power within his body.

"What heavy air!"

Tang Hao gave a muffled grunt, his legs involuntarily bending.

But he was, after all, a Super Douluo tempered by a hundred battles.

He suddenly gritted his teeth, a fierce light blazing in his eyes.

"Break!"

With a furious roar, the Soul Power within Tang Hao erupted without reserve.

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

A full nine Soul Rings instantly rose from beneath his feet.

The final Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, in particular, radiated an overwhelming pressure.

At the same time, an enormous, gleaming black iron hammer appeared directly in his right hand.

Boom!

Tang Hao slammed the Clear Sky Hammer heavily into the ground.

Relying on his formidable level ninety-six cultivation and the sheer dominance of the Number One Weapon Martial Soul Under Heaven, he actually withstood the gravitational pressure of this realm by brute force and straightened up again!

At the sight.

Deafening cheers instantly erupted across the entire Douluo Continent.

"He's standing! His Excellency Haotian is standing!"

"My heavens! That's a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring!"

"As expected of the youngest Titled Douluo on our Douluo Continent! That presence is simply incredible!"

Countless Soul Masters flushed red with excitement.

The successive crushing defeats earlier had already cast a deep shadow over their hearts toward that world.

But now, seeing that Tang Hao had not only avoided being crushed but had even revealed a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring.

The hope that had long been suppressed in everyone's hearts was kindled once more.

Shrek Academy.

Tang San stared at the disheveled man holding the enormous hammer on the light screen, frozen to the spot.

"Dad..."

Tang San's eyes instantly reddened.

He had never imagined that his dispirited father, who knew only drinking and forging every day, was actually a Titled Douluo with a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring!

Beside him, Yu Xiaogang was also trembling all over with excitement.

He suddenly clenched his fists and shouted, "Good! Wonderful!"

"Clear Sky Douluo truly deserves to be called the continent's strongest!"