And next...
Tang Wutong stood in front of the television, her eyes red as she kept glaring at Lin Hao.
For the sake of the emotion points,
Lin Hao simply decided to tell the story himself.
As a veteran reader who had read many Douluo Continent fanfictions, he could recount the early plot at the drop of a hat.
"Next, the village chief, Old Jack, took Tang San to awaken his martial soul in the village."
"And the person conducting the awakening was Spirit Hall's Su Yuntao, known as the Blind Douluo and nicknamed Brother Tao."
Qian Renxue promptly interrupted:
"Since when did our Spirit Hall have a Titled Douluo like that? How come I didn't know?"
Lin Hao said solemnly, "That's an honorific for Master Su Yuntao. Of course, he himself was only a Soul Grandmaster."
Hearing this, Qian Renxue grew even more puzzled.
Was there anything special about a Soul Grandmaster?
Lin Hao continued:
"Under Su Yuntao's test, Tang San awakened innate full soul power and a trash Blue Silver Grass martial soul."
Tang Wutong, her eyes red, immediately retorted:
"What trash martial soul? My dad had innate full soul power and twin martial souls."
She felt a little as though she had done something unnecessary, blocking the sight of her father's heroic bearing as he awakened his martial souls.
Otherwise, she could have slapped Lin Hao in the face with the facts.
She then stopped blocking the television.
At that moment, Lin Hao glanced at her.
"See, this is what you don't understand."
"As the saying goes, once Brother Tao calls you trash, becoming a God King is a sure thing."
"Throughout Douluo Continent fanfiction, anyone Brother Tao judges to be trash eventually becomes a powerhouse big shot."
"And as the protagonist, Tang San naturally follows that rule too."
"This is a good thing, understand?"
Qian Renxue silently committed those words to memory.
Once she returned to the Douluo Continent, she would definitely promote this Su Yuntao, then assign him specifically to awaken soul power and have him say, "Trash martial soul."
The Douluo I timeline.
Hearing the conversation within the Sky Screen,
Su Yuntao could not help looking utterly bewildered, his mind in complete disarray.
"What do you mean, Blind Douluo?"
"What do you mean, once Brother Tao calls you trash, becoming a God King is a sure thing?"
"Am I really that badass?"
Still, he felt it was a great pity. Back then, he had completely failed to notice that Tang San actually had twin martial souls and had hidden a Clear Sky Hammer.
Shrek Academy.
Everyone turned their gazes toward Tang San again.
Tang San's lips twitched. He kept feeling that this scene had happened only a short while ago.
"I do have twin martial souls, and the other one is a Clear Sky Hammer."
"I wasn't supposed to tell anyone this secret, but now that the whole world knows, what's the point of keeping it secret?"
At that moment, Ma Hongjun nudged Tang San's shoulder with a cheeky look:
"Lord Sea God, what other secrets haven't you told us? Hurry up and confess!"
Tang San could not help sighing. "There really aren't any."
He felt as though the Sky Screen had exposed even his underwear.
He truly did not have a shred of privacy left.
The others watching the Sky Screen in the Douluo I world could not help feeling eager as well.
Tang San had awakened innate full soul power and twin martial souls. Once he returned home, Tang Hao would surely put everything into training him, and then he would ultimately take revenge against Spirit Hall, right?
At that moment, the Sky Screen continued playing.
Without Tang Wutong blocking it, watching the Sky Screen really was satisfying.
But to everyone's astonishment, when Tang Hao learned that Tang San merely had an ordinary Blue Silver Grass martial soul, his attitude was terrible. He even refused to let Tang San attend school.
And after angering Old Jack into leaving, Tang Hao actually told Tang San to fetch him wine again so he could drown his sorrows.
He kept recalling the scene of Ah Yin's sacrifice, wallowing in self-pity.
Yet when Tang San revealed his twin martial soul, the Clear Sky Hammer, with a sense of grievance, Tang Hao's expression instantly changed again.
"Little San, you must use the hammer in your left hand to protect the grass in your right!"
This scene left everyone present completely at a loss.
Qian Renxue's eyes were filled with disdain and contempt:
"And someone like this can be called the Clear Sky Douluo? He's so mercenary even toward his own child. He has no backbone at all."
Gu Yuena agreed with that assessment.
"If he had continued treating Tang San as coldly as before after learning he had twin martial souls, I might have thought more highly of him."
"But now, he seems to be nothing more than a selfish coward."
A trace of anger grew in her eyes.
In her view, Ah Yin, a hundred-thousand-year soul beast, had completely entrusted herself to the wrong person, her mind deceived by a human's false affection.
As the sovereign of all soul beasts, she could not keep her composure upon seeing that the Star Dou Great Forest actually had such a love-addled fool.
Hearing everyone judge him this way, Tang Wutong's little face instantly flushed red:
"Qian Renxue, what right do you have to judge him?"
"If Grandpa hadn't been hunted by Spirit Hall, leaving Grandma on the verge of death, how could he have become so despondent?"
Hearing Tang Wutong's defense, Lin Hao immediately lost his composure.
"I say, Miss Tang, could you be reasonable?"
"When you judge someone, you have to look at what they do, not what they say."
"He keeps saying that Tang San should use his hammer to protect his grass."
"But the question is, did Tang Hao himself manage that?"
"He couldn't even protect a child, and he needed that child to cook for him. Tell me, is that how a father behaves?"
"And we just saw the scene of the Blue Silver Emperor Ah Yin's sacrifice, but after sacrificing herself, Ah Yin also left behind a Seed of Life."
"Guess how many times Tang Hao visited Ah Yin during those six years before Tang San awakened his martial souls?"
"Did he ever try to revive Ah Yin?"
Hearing these words, Tang Wutong did not know how to answer either.
Because she knew that in the end, it was her own father, Tang San, who had revived her grandmother.
And it seemed her grandfather really had not fulfilled much of his responsibility.
Across the Douluo Continent's many timelines, everyone watching the Sky Screen could not help freezing.
"This Clear Sky Douluo is far too spineless."
"His wife sacrificed herself for him, yet he just kept wallowing in despair and drowning his sorrows in wine."
"What a scumbag. Maybe what he coveted was Ah Yin's soul ring."
"If you ask me, having someone like Tang Hao come from the Clear Sky Sect is a disgrace."
The Douluo I timeline.
Shrek Academy.
Hiding in the shadows behind a tree, Tang Hao's face stiffened as well.
He had never expected those days of despondency to be exposed in full by the Sky Screen.
Because of his weakness and fear, he had not taken a single step toward that cave behind the waterfall for six whole years.
He was afraid to face the possibility that Ah Yin had already passed away.
And now his child was only a short distance ahead.
He could even see disappointment, doubt, and other expressions on the faces of Tang San and the Shrek Seven Devils.
Was I really wrong?
The modern world.
Lin Hao could not help sighing:
"But this drunken wreck who took no responsibility whatsoever-guess what happened to him?"
"In the end, thanks to his God King son, he became the Plane Master of Douluo Star without lifting a finger."
"That's what they call one man attaining the Dao, and even his chickens and dogs ascending to heaven!"
Qian Renxue's eyes went wide.
"A good-for-nothing like that could actually become a Plane Master?"
She could hardly imagine it. The Qian Family had put in so much effort, all hoping to inherit the Angel God's divine seat, yet a man like Tang Hao had actually become a god by relying on his son.
Hearing this, Tang Wutong's suppressed arrogance flared up again.
She could not help feeling very smug and nodded:
"Of course. With Grandpa's talent, what's wrong with him becoming a god?"
A trace of wariness also appeared in Gu Yuena's eyes.
"When did this Tang Hao become a god?"
At that moment, Lin Hao said with a half-smile:
"Right in your era, twenty thousand years after Tang San became a god."
Naturally, he knew what Gu Yuena wanted to do. She was simply fishing for information.
Having learned this information, Gu Yuena could not help widening her eyes.
What did he mean, right in her era?
Did that not mean her plans for the Soul Beast Clan's future revival had long since come under the Tang family's watchful eyes?
If she had not come to this world through a temporal rift, would she not have become a God King's pawn as well?
Even someone as powerful as her nearly broke out in a cold sweat down her back.
Across the Douluo Continent's many timelines.
Watching the Sky Screen, everyone could not help feeling very surprised.
Tang Hao actually became a god in the future?
Those in Douluo I and Douluo II who had cursed Tang Hao could not help feeling relieved. Fortunately, Tang Hao's ascension to godhood did not seem to take place in their own timelines.
The world of Douluo Dalu III: The Legend of the Dragon King.
Whether it was the Spirit Pagoda, Shrek, or the Star Dou Great Forest, all were shaken.
Shrek, which was closely connected to Tang Hao and Tang San's lineage, could not help feeling delighted.
Meanwhile, in the Star Dou Great Forest.
Di Tian was furious and indignant:
"Why can a human like Tang Hao, who drowns his sorrows in wine, become a god?"
"And why can't I, Di Tian?"
Bi Ji offered comfort:
"Don't be anxious, Di Tian. Perhaps once our lord gathers information, we'll learn why we soul beasts can't become gods."
Di Tian's expression eased somewhat.
Their lord, the sovereign of all soul beasts, was still working hard for their kind even after arriving in another world.
He could not afford to lose his footing now.