"During Douluo I, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect hadn't yet changed its name to the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect because of Ning Rongrong."
"That still narrows the range down quite a bit."
"So, I'll use an open stratagem and directly change the momentum of heaven and earth!"
With that thought, Lin Yi turned his attention to another family.
It was a family called the Yu Family, within the Heaven Dou Empire.
The family had few members and wasn't particularly well known on the continent, yet the Martial Soul they passed down was famous far and wide.
The Angel Martial Soul!
That's right, the Yu Family had inherited the Angel Martial Soul.
Even Lin Yi didn't know what connection the Yu Family had to the Spirit Hall of ten thousand years ago.
But without a doubt, this family possessed the Angel Bloodline.
The reason they weren't well known was that the family's Soul Masters kept a very low profile.
The Yu Family, who had always kept a low profile, would make an appearance at a future Soul Master Tournament.
But they would never attract too much attention.
Lin Yi only knew of the family's existence by following the information in his memories.
They were right here in the Heaven Dou Empire.
And he soon found the Yu Family.
Rather than entering directly, he sent a strand of Black and White Energies shooting in from a distance.
The piece he had chosen was named Yu Mengdi, the Soul Master with the Angel Martial Soul who appeared in the Star Luo Empire tournament in which Huo Yuhao participated.
At this point, however, Yu Mengdi was still young and had only awakened a Martial Soul that year.
With the Angel Martial Soul and the guiding influence of Lin Yi's Black and White Energies, Yu Mengdi's future achievements would definitely be far greater than in the original work.
"I'm not asking you to join the Sun Moon Empire and fight the Douluo Three Kingdoms. Just kill a few more Evil Soul Masters in the future, and that'll be enough."
"And this Yu Family has been lying low for so long that it's time they came out and moved around. After all, the world isn't peaceful. The Evil Soul Masters haven't all been hunted down; they're hiding."
Lin Yi muttered to himself.
The space around him was entirely under his control, and the words he muttered clearly couldn't travel beyond it, yet he still spoke them aloud.
It was as though he were explaining things to someone.
"Found it."
His spiritual power merged with heaven and earth. No one could detect his presence, while he searched the Yu Family for answers.
He found the Yu Family's genealogy.
He traced it all the way back to the era of the Spirit Hall, a full ten thousand years ago.
"I see. It was passed down through a collateral descendant who hadn't awakened the Angel Martial Soul, then awakened in a later generation."
Realization dawned on Lin Yi.
"It has nothing to do with Qian Renxue. That makes sense: early on, Qian Renxue swapped a civet cat for the crown prince and acted as the Heaven Dou Crown Prince. Later, she directly inherited the God's Trial, so she had no time to pass on her bloodline."
Lin Yi was muttering to himself, but no one around him could hear his voice.
Douluo I.
Qian Daoliu: !!!
His scalp tingled as he stared at the Heavenly Screen. He felt a chill rise from the soles of his feet, shoot up his spine, and strike the crown of his head.
At that moment, he was filled with lingering fear.
Fortunately, he had sent Golden Crocodile to meet Xue'er at the first opportunity.
Had he been a step too late, something really might have happened to her.
How could Qian Daoliu have imagined that, at such an unguarded moment, Lin Yi, a man from the future, would reveal such deadly information?
It wasn't just Qian Daoliu. Everyone on the continent was stunned as they watched the scene.
Swapped a civet cat for the crown prince?
The Heaven Dou Crown Prince!
[Hiss~]
The bullet comments were filled with nothing but the sound of people drawing sharp breaths.
[My heavens, this is explosive!]
[The Holy Maiden of Spirit Hall became the crown prince of the Heaven Dou Empire!]
[If he really inherited the throne, wouldn't the Heaven Dou Empire fall straight into Spirit Hall's pocket?]
The Heaven Dou Imperial Family.
Qian Renxue stared blankly at the sky.
Her mind was numb.
It looks like I've been exposed?
She immediately looked around and discovered that the vicious bandits around her were looking at her differently.
Only a few powerful experts placed there by Spirit Hall slowly moved to protect her in their midst.
"Your Highness, leave at once."
Just then, from the deepest part of the Heaven Dou Imperial Family's grounds, Xue Ye's voice rang out in a roar.
"Kill!"
No wonder. No wonder his crown prince had been so ruthless.
So that was it!
So that was it!!!
At that moment, Xue Ye was so furious his lungs were about to burst.
Fortunately, he had kept Xue Beng, that good-for-nothing scion, alive. Otherwise, his line really would have ended.
But as he gave the order to kill her, an icy voice descended from the sky.
"Let's see who dares lay a hand on Spirit Hall's Holy Maiden today!"
The aged voice, full of vigor, echoed through the sky above Heaven Dou City.
Many people who had still been watching the Heavenly Screen turned their gazes to the figure.
Behind him, the shape of a gigantic crocodile that seemed capable of swallowing the heavens could vaguely be seen.
The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
After a brief moment of astonishment, Ning Fengzhi's face quickly darkened.
Gu Rong burst into curses. "Spirit Hall will stop at nothing! Their wolfish ambition is plain for all to see!"
Chen Xin said heavily, "Fengzhi, you're his teacher!"
Ning Fengzhi nodded silently without saying a word.
The atmosphere around him grew so heavy that it seemed to congeal, making it hard to breathe.
Not long ago-or rather, just now-the future Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect in the images shown by the Heavenly Screen had made a decision that was correct, but dealt a tremendous blow to the current Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's reputation.
And now, Ning Fengzhi's disciple Xue Qinghe had turned out to be Spirit Hall's Holy Maiden?
They couldn't wash themselves clean of this. Not anymore.
The Heaven Dou Imperial Family would surely no longer dare to maintain close ties with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
Ning Fengzhi stared fixedly at the Heavenly Screen.
The public reaction he feared most had finally arrived.
[If I remember right, the Heaven Dou Crown Prince is the disciple of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's master.]
[Huh? I think you're right! Damn, could the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect be in league with Spirit Hall?]
[...]
As he watched these remarks gradually fill the screen, even replacing some of the discussion about Qian Renxue's absurd plan to swap a civet cat for the crown prince, the last of Ning Fengzhi's resolve utterly crumbled.
He closed his eyes in despair.
There's no saving this now!
But after a long while, Ning Fengzhi opened his eyes again.
A trace of resolve flashed in them.
"The innocent will prove themselves innocent. Our Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect has no intention of colluding with Spirit Hall."
"Of course, given the current situation, we should still keep some distance from the Heaven Dou Imperial Family."
"Uncle Jian, Uncle Gu, put the sect on the highest alert."
"With you two here, our Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect remains the second-greatest sect under heaven!"
"Hmm, it looks like I can place the timeline a little earlier."
After finishing what he had come to do at the Yu Family, Lin Yi shut down the livestream.
He was also watching the show now.
It was just that he couldn't see the changes in Douluo I.
He could only make a rough judgment from the information between the lines of the bullet comments.
"Before the Heaven Dou Palace Coup."
A smile touched the corners of Lin Yi's eyes.
Not just before the Heaven Dou Palace Coup.
Judging from the vague information revealed in some of the bullet comments, was Xue Ye still in the prime of his life at this point?
At least, plenty of bullet comments were urging Xue Ye to level up another alt.