"I never imagined Uncle Jian's father died because of..." Ning Fengzhi was utterly shaken as he watched the Heavenly Screen.
Compared with the two Douluo, Jian and Gu, Ning Fengzhi was a junior and had to address them respectfully as "Uncle Jian" and "Uncle Gu."
It was only natural, then, that he knew nothing of what had happened to Chen Jianjun back then.
That was true even though Ning Fengzhi had already become sect master at the time.
After all, although Chen Xin was a guardian elder of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, the Chen Clan was not part of the sect.
These were secrets belonging to their own family.
[Not long afterward, I learned of Chen Jianjun's death from my subordinates' reports.]
[It did not stir a ripple in my heart.]
[The world of Soul Masters was cruel to begin with. Those who failed to reach the peak could all too easily die at another's hands.]
[Besides, I had been an "executioner" in my youth. As an adjudication elder of Spirit Hall, I had disposed of who knew how many Soul Masters who posed a potential threat to Spirit Hall.]
[After that battle, I lay low for another decade or more. Until that day...]
[The brothers Tang Chen and Tang Hao, the Clear Sky Twin Stars, had long been under our Spirit Hall's watch. Naturally, our Spirit Hall also set its sights on the mysterious woman traveling with them.]
[After Tang Xiao left, we at Spirit Hall decided the time was right and sent out a Titled Douluo.
[But what we hadn't expected was that the Titled Douluo we sent would be so useless. Tang Hao even smashed one of his legs, allowing them to escape.]
[But that Titled Douluo had not come away empty-handed. As a Titled Douluo, he had seen the mysterious woman's true identity, confirming the suspicions within Spirit Hall.]
[That's right. Tang Hao's beloved was none other than a legendary hundred-thousand-year beast in human form!]
"A Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast in human form? Heavens, I thought that was a legend."
"Goodness, no wonder Spirit Hall went after her. A Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone, practically handed to them for free-who wouldn't be tempted?"
"This Tang Hao really had some skills, getting together with a Soul Beast."
"..."
The Heavenly Screen's revelation also reminded many people from major factions of the great war between the Clear Sky Sect and Spirit Hall back then.
Back then, they had only known what lay on the surface. Now they finally knew the root cause of the war.
A Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast in human form-no wonder Spirit Hall had gone to such lengths.
Countless people then began a heated discussion about the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
After all, that was a legendary Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
Within the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Sect Master Ning Fengzhi came to a sudden realization. "So that's how it was. Now everything makes sense."
Just where did this Heavenly Screen come from? How does it know every secret? he marveled.
The Heavenly Screen was simply outrageous, revealing one secret of the continent after another.
There were so many of them, and the information was so momentous, that even he could scarcely handle it all at once.
"Ah Yin, Brother Hao..." Within the Clear Sky Sect, a rare look of sadness appeared on Tang Xiao's face.
Back then, he and his younger brother Tang Hao had both fallen in love with Ah Yin, but as the older brother, he had chosen to step aside.
He had thought the two would live happily together, but instead he had learned that Ah Yin was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast in human form, and Spirit Hall had launched a war...
Tang Hao?
Why does he have the same name as my dad?!
Tang San, who was looking at iron stock in a blacksmith's shop in Suotuo City, suddenly felt his heart skip a beat.
His Second Martial Soul was the Clear Sky Hammer. Brother Ming had once told him that it was the Clear Sky Sect's inherited Martial Soul.
That meant he, Tang San, had ties to the Clear Sky Sect.
And now he had come across someone with the same name as his father.
The next moment, Tang San dismissed the thought. No, it can't be. My dad is just a blacksmith.
No, I still have to ask Brother Ming. In the end, Tang San decided to find Su Ming and get to the bottom of it.
So he gave up on looking at iron stock, hurried out of the blacksmith's shop, and headed for the restaurant where Su Ming and Xiao Wu were eating.
Meanwhile, Xiao Wu, who was eating with Su Ming, suddenly froze.
Mom... She had suddenly thought of her mother.
Her mother had not even left the Star Dou Great Forest before those humans set their sights on her.
Seeing this, Su Ming put down his chopsticks, drew Xiao Wu into his arms, and comforted her.
Years ago, he had revealed that he knew Xiao Wu's true identity and made a promise, bringing the two of them closer once more.
So His Excellency Haotian's child had such a complicated background. Yu Xiaogang came to a sudden realization as well.
He had once seen that child at Nuoding Academy in Suotuo City.
Unfortunately, he had been too obsessed back then, clinging stubbornly to his old claims.
Although the child named Su Ming had finally scolded him into coming to his senses, he had also lost all chance of taking Tang San as his disciple.
Still, no matter how good Tang San is, I'm not suited to teach him. At that thought, Yu Xiaogang looked toward Mu En, who was leading Xiao Sheng in training on the practice field. Xiao En and I are the master and disciple best suited to each other.
After that, Yu Xiaogang had taken Mu En away from Nuoding Academy and sought out his old friend Flender.
Only at Shrek Academy could he better help Mu En.
In a separate space beneath the Lake of Life in the Star Dou Great Forest.
"Hmph!"
"To betray her own identity and fall in love with a human-she's a disgrace to the Soul Beast Clan!"
Beast God Di Tian, awakened by the commotion from the Heavenly Screen, could not help letting out a cold sneer as he watched it.
In his view, how could a Soul Beast and a human possibly have feelings for each other?
Between the two races, it was kill or be killed!
What else could a Soul Beast who fell in love with a human be but a disgrace to the Soul Beast nobility?
One could only say that Di Tian would sooner or later be struck by his own boomerang.
After all, according to the original timeline, by the Dragon King era, his liege, the Silver Dragon King, would fall in love with a human.
And this Heavenly Screen-could it be a trick by those fellows in the Divine Realm?!
At the same time, Di Tian speculated about the Heavenly Screen's origins.
In his view, only those gods in the Divine Realm could cause such a commotion.
With humanity's current strength, there was simply no way they could do it.
[After confirming that the mysterious woman was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast in human form, Spirit Hall was thoroughly tempted.]
[After all, a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast could provide not only a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, but was also guaranteed to drop a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone!]
[Who wouldn't be tempted by two supreme treasures? Especially when that Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast had chosen to take human form and was pitifully weak!]
[So, before long, my son Qian Xunji issued a decree and began denouncing the Clear Sky Sect, demanding that it hand over Tang Hao and the woman who had taken human form from a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.]