Douluo Continent: Starting with a Self-Created Soul Ring 125

“When Tang Hao turns thirty, Tang Wei probably won’t send his two brothers out on training missions together anymore, right?”

“After all, by then, Tang Xiao will already have a wife and children!”

Then, Gu Ziyue recalled the original story where Tang Wei sent Tang Xiao and Tang Hao out on a training mission.

Back then, both brothers were unmarried and without children, completely unburdened, so going on a training mission was fine.

Now that Tang Xiao has a wife and children, sending him out on a training mission again would be inhumane.

After all, those with wives and children mostly want to stay by their side.

Besides, Tang Xiao would be a 45-year-old middle-aged man by then.

“Forget it, never mind!”

“My arrival has changed everything in the future.”

“Tang San should still be reborn in this world after jumping off the cliff, but the time, place, and his parents may not be the same as before…”

Since the Soul Master Tournament, Gu Ziyue had been paying attention to information about A Yin.

But in all these years, there was no record of a girl with innate full Soul Power in the Martial Soul Temple’s registration of Soul Masters. Going back further in time, there was none, except for Bi Bi Dong who had innate full Soul Power.

Gu Ziyue could only suspect that A Yin, like Xiao Tao, chose not to register with the Martial Soul Temple for fear of exposure.

While registering with the Martial Soul Temple provided subsidies for new Soul Masters, it did carry the risk of exposure.

Gu Ziyue certainly wanted to get A Yin, but without discovering her earlier, there was nothing he could do.

So, Gu Ziyue spent most of his time cultivating.

Of course, Gu Ziyue hadn’t forgotten about acquiring the Sea God’s Heart.

Through normal channels, Gu Ziyue knew that with his current status, he couldn’t obtain the Sea God’s Heart from Emperor Xue Ye.

Therefore, stealing was the only option.

All he needed to do was find the location of the Tian Dou Imperial Family’s treasury and then figure out a way to get in and retrieve it.

Gu Ziyue had invisibility talismans (Fu Lu). As long as he found the location of the Tian Dou Imperial Family’s treasury, he could give it a try.

Even if he was discovered, he could use the Peach Blossom Escape skill of his Soul Bone, the Peachwood Sword, to get away.

So, for Gu Ziyue, the most important thing was to find the location of the Tian Dou Imperial Family’s treasury.

Of course, that also required the Sea God’s Heart to actually be stored in the treasury. If Emperor Xue Ye carried it on his person, then there would be no way.

If that were the case, then his only option would be to forcibly seize it!

But that would be tantamount to declaring war, and the Martial Soul Temple wasn’t prepared for that yet.

So Gu Ziyue could only resort to theft. If he failed, he would have to destroy the Tian Dou Empire to obtain the Sea God’s Heart.

…

“Why is it taking so long?”

“It’s been three days already. Is Ying’er alright?”

While Gu Ziyue was cultivating and trying to locate the Tian Dou Imperial Family’s treasury,

the Hao Tian Sect was bustling with activity.

Because three days ago, Tang Xiao’s wife had gone into labor.

However, the process had continued for three days, and Tang Xiao’s wife still hadn’t given birth.

It was clearly a difficult labor, and a very serious one at that.

It was only because Tang Xiao’s wife was also a powerful Soul Master. If she were an ordinary Soul Master, she and the child would have died from the difficult labor three days ago.

Even so, Tang Xiao was still very worried.

After all, with such a prolonged labor, both mother and child were in danger.

“Don’t worry, their vital signs are still stable. There’s no immediate life threat!”

It was Tang Chen who spoke. After sending Tang Hao to the Slaughter City, he secretly stayed there for a while. Once he confirmed Tang Hao had fully adapted to the Slaughter City, he returned.

He understood that fledglings need to learn to fly on their own.

So he wouldn’t constantly protect him in secret. In the future, he wouldn’t be able to protect Tang Hao forever. Whether Tang Hao could escape the Slaughter City would depend entirely on himself.

“Yes, Grandfather!”

Hearing Tang Chen say this, Tang Xiao felt a little relieved.

But his wife’s hoarse cries continued without stopping, so he could only be slightly relieved, still remaining extremely anxious.

“Wah～”

After what felt like a long time, a baby’s cry finally came from inside.

“Good… good…”

“It’s finally out, after three whole days!”

Hearing the baby’s cry, Tang Xiao finally relaxed, his eyes filled with tears of joy.

A short while later, a midwife came out carrying a baby.

“Old Sect Master, Sect Master, Young Master, it’s a boy! The wife has given birth to a son!”

After carrying the baby out, the midwife announced the good news to Tang Chen and the others.

“Is Ying’er alright?”

Although happy, Tang Xiao immediately asked about his wife’s condition.

“Madam is fine, just extremely tired and has fallen asleep,”

the midwife quickly replied.

“That’s good, that’s good!”

Hearing that his wife was alright, Tang Xiao truly relaxed, then took his son from the midwife.

Looking at his son in the swaddling clothes, Tang Xiao was overjoyed, his mouth splitting into a wide grin.

“Haha, I have a son!”

“Father, Grandfather, you have a grandson and a great-grandson!”

Tang Xiao laughed happily, also showing his son to Tang Wei and Tang Chen.

“Excellent, this son of mine also has an heir!”

Tang Wei was naturally overjoyed, now also a grandfather.

“Excellent, Xiao’er, this son of yours has extraordinary talent. He already possesses Soul Power at birth; his future achievements will surely be remarkable. You must cultivate him well!”

Tang Chen was also very happy, and he sensed that his great-grandson already possessed Soul Power at birth.

This moved him somewhat, so he specially instructed Tang Xiao.

“Really?”

“Haha, good, my grandson is a genius!”

Tang Wei and Tang Xiao were both elated; their descendant being a genius was definitely something to be happy about!

“Xiao’er, give your genius son a name!”

After the laughter subsided, Tang Wei spoke to Tang Xiao.

“Let’s call him…”

After hearing this, Tang Xiao was about to utter the name he had already chosen, but changed his mind: “Tang San. Let’s call him Tang San! In the future, he will know that for his arrival, his mother endured for three days, suffering greatly to bring him into this world.”

“Let’s call him Tang San!”

Initially, Tang Wei had some objections to the name, but after hearing Tang Xiao’s words, he readily agreed.

“Tang San, good. May he be grateful and appreciative in the future!” Tang Chen also voiced his approval.

And so, Tang Xiao’s son was named Tang San.

Meanwhile, Tang San, in Tang Xiao’s arms, looked at everything with a bewildered gaze.

Although he couldn’t understand their conversation, Tang San understood one thing.

That he hadn’t died.

No, he hadn’t simply not died, he had been reborn.

In his past life, he had died after jumping off the cliff. He could still recall the excruciating pain of his body crashing onto the cliff bottom.

Though it only lasted a moment, the pain was still bone-chilling to remember.

Understanding that he had been reborn as a baby, Tang San was initially resistant.

After all, he had finally grown up, and now he had to start over as a baby; Tang San certainly wasn’t willing.

But when he realized that he had died and been reborn, that he could live another life, Tang San accepted this fact.

He just wasn’t sure why he was reborn with his memories.

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Was it possible that his memories would fade after some time, and he would completely become a newborn?

He had assumed that everyone reborn initially retained their memories, which gradually faded.

“No, I don’t want that!”

At this thought, Tang San felt fear. He absolutely didn’t want to lose his memories.

After several days of unease, when Tang San found no signs of memory loss, he was slightly relieved.

To prevent any possibility of memory loss, Tang San immediately began cultivating his previous life’s Xuan Tian Gong.

Cultivating from infancy was practically impossible, but now he had the chance; Tang San wouldn’t miss it.

“It worked! I can actually cultivate from infancy!”

Discovering that he could indeed cultivate from infancy, Tang San became even more excited.

Thus, Tang San wholeheartedly accepted the fact of his rebirth.

And in this life, he had a father and mother, no longer an orphan.

This undoubtedly made Tang San even more excited, and he happily accepted everything.

…

“Tang San?”

“Tang Xiao’s son is named Tang San?”

When Gu Ziyue learned through various channels that Tang Xiao had a son, and that he was named Tang San, he was instantly stunned.

Gu Ziyue had imagined that Tang San might be reborn in this Douluo Continent in other ways, but he hadn’t expected it to be as Tang Xiao’s son.

Although judging whether this Tang San was the same Tang San from the original story based on the name alone was difficult,

just the name alone made Gu Ziyue believe it was Tang San, the God King Tang San, without a doubt.

Otherwise, it would be too much of a coincidence.

It could only be said that Tang San was destined to appear in this Douluo Continent.

Upon initially learning of Tang San’s arrival, Gu Ziyue felt anxious and had several sleepless nights of overthinking.

He didn’t know why, but knowing that Tang San had arrived, Gu Ziyue naturally viewed Tang San as his enemy, or rather, his rival.

It was probably because Gu Ziyue knew Tang San was the protagonist of the original story, and that he opposed the Martial Soul Temple, ultimately destroying it.

Also, the immortal herbs that Gu Ziyue had obtained should have originally belonged to Tang San, but he had taken them. Subconsciously, Gu Ziyue felt he had stolen from Tang San.

So considering him an enemy was quite normal.

Later, Gu Ziyue calmed down. Even if Tang San had arrived earlier, there was nothing to worry about.

For now, he was just a baby.

Moreover, in the original story, Tang San’s eventual victory depended on countless fortuitous encounters.

But now, the greatest source of help for Tang San, the immortal herbs, had been obtained by Gu Ziyue beforehand.

All that remained for Tang San were the Sea God’s inheritance on Sea God Island and the Shura God’s inheritance.

Hmm… Xiao Wu should also be considered a fortuitous encounter for Tang San, because after meeting Xiao Wu, he was able to obtain the sacrifices of Da Ming and Er Ming.

But now… since Tang San has arrived earlier, he probably won’t have the chance to meet Xiao Wu.

After all, Xiao Wu would still take many years to transform into human form.

His arrival had affected many people in Douluo Continent, but it shouldn’t affect the soul beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest, especially the ten-thousand-year soul beasts.

Under normal circumstances, Xiao Wu’s transformation time shouldn’t change.

“…Nonsense! Both Tang San and Qian Renxue have arrived earlier; Xiao Wu might decide to transform on a whim anytime.”

“By then, she should already be a ten-thousand-year soul beast!”

Gu Ziyue no longer believed in the original timeline.

If possible, Gu Ziyue felt that if he had the chance to eliminate Tang San, it would be best to simply eliminate him.

But he couldn’t tell Qian Xunji that he knew how Tang San would turn out and have him eliminate Tang San in his cradle.

Moreover, even if Qian Xunji believed him, the Martial Soul Temple wouldn’t dare to do that.

Tang Chen was still at the Hao Tian Sect!

So, eliminating Tang San in his cradle was unrealistic.

Gu Ziyue didn’t want to get himself involved in this kind of thing.

Tang San’s early arrival brought a sense of urgency to Gu Ziyue.

Previously, he thought that even if Tang San were to appear in this world again, it would be in ten or twenty years, but it happened so quickly.

Therefore, after that, Gu Ziyue cultivated even more frantically.

And in one year, Gu Ziyue successfully broke through to level 60.

Bai Lu reached level 44, and Ning Shuangjiang broke through to level 53.

“Senior She Long, I need your help protecting me again!”

After breaking through to level 60, Gu Ziyue’s next task was to condense his Soul Ring.

Even though he was in the cultivation room of the Tian Dou Saint Palace, Gu Ziyue still had She Long protect him.

“It’s my honor to protect Your Highness,”

She Long said with a smile.

He was being sincere.

He genuinely felt that way.

Since becoming Gu Ziyue’s protector, he had witnessed Gu Ziyue’s cultivation progress firsthand, witnessed how terrifying his cultivation speed was.

Therefore, he knew that Gu Ziyue’s future was limitless, surpassing him was only a matter of time.

“Shuangshuang, Lulu, you two help protect me too!”

Gu Ziyue then addressed Ning Shuangjiang and Bai Lu.

“Yes, yes, Your Highness, start quickly!”

“Yes, we also want to see how Your Highness condenses Soul Rings!”

Ning Shuangjiang and Bai Lu naturally agreed, urging Gu Ziyue.

They had only recently learned that Gu Ziyue condensed his own Soul Rings, and besides their shock, they were also very curious and wanted to witness it firsthand.

She Long smiled silently. He had felt the same curiosity back then.

…

(End of Chapter)

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