Douluo: Yu Hao Pan Tang San

Chapter 1919. Huo Qiqiang

Douluo Continent, Far North, Eternal Forbidden Land, Frozen Cave

The ice layer quietly melted, and a man who had been frozen for tens of thousands of years slowly opened his eyes. He stretched his body, took a deep breath of the icy mist, and a long-lost smile appeared on his face.

"Finally, I'm back to Douluo Continent. Compared to just watching from the God Realm, it might be more meaningful to experience this world firsthand," he said softly.

"Yuhao, you're back." Xue Di, who had been guarding the Eternal Frozen Cave, said with a hint of relief in her tone.

Huo Yuhao nodded and said, "My name is Huo Qiqiang, and this will also be my identity as I travel the Douluo Continent from now on."

"How has resource collection been going over the years, Xue Di?" Huo Yuhao asked.

Xue Di replied, "They have all been stored in the Eternal Forbidden Land, waiting for your time to activate them."

Huo Yuhao nodded and began to inspect each storage facility one by one. Precious materials for refining Xuanshui Pills and Shenghun Pills, whale glue for improving physical fitness, and precious materials for crafting soul guides were all available. It could be said that the resources stored within the Eternal Forbidden Land were enough to create several superpowers like the Haotian Sect.

For Huo Yuhao, born ten thousand years in the future and familiar with the continent's future ten thousand years through the Divine Realm, every skill he possesses, even the techniques he developed after developing the Mysterious Heavenly Art, could easily bring about drastic changes in this era. However, the mere mention of a soul guide was enough to fill Tang San, determined to establish the Tang Sect and carry forward its glory, with deep despair.

However, Huo Yuhao didn't make too many changes to this era. He hoped that when Tang San returned to this era, it would be authentic, with the flavor and warmth of home. Then, at the critical moment, he would dig out these treasures.

Just as Huo Qiqiang's attention was drawn to these treasures, a rough voice came from the direction of the temple: "Who dares to trespass into the Eternal Forbidden Land!"

The voice came with a powerful soul power. Just when the man was about to kill Huo Qiqiang, Xue Di stood up and stretched out her bare hand to block the incoming soul power hammer.

"How dare you! Get back!" Xue Di shouted and pushed the other party back.

Huo Qiqiang looked carefully and saw the person coming. He was a muscular man with bronze skin and hair standing up like steel needles. He was holding a sledgehammer in his hand, and nine soul rings were lingering around his body, eight black and one red.

This person's name is Tang Chen. His current identity is the Great Priest of the Eternal God, responsible for guarding the Eternal Forbidden Land.

At this moment, he was looking at Xue Di with a look of surprise and doubt.

"Tang Chen, do you know who you attacked?" Xue Di shouted angrily.

"I haven't revealed any of my unique traits, so it's okay for the High Priest to mistake me for an intruder." Huo Yuhao looked at Tang Chen with amusement and said, "This actually demonstrates our High Priest's loyalty to the Eternal Forbidden Land. Let's have him leave."

Seeing that Huo Qiqiang had no intention of punishing Tang Chen, Xue Di did not pursue Tang Chen's responsibility: "Did you hear that? Go back and guard the core of the Tower of Eternity."

"Yes." Tang Chen said respectfully to Xue Di. Finally, he looked at Huo Qiqiang in confusion and then stepped back.

"Next, I plan to travel on the continent and walk in the open." Huo Qiqiang snapped his fingers, and then his soul power rose to the extreme below the gods, and nine blood-red god-given soul rings lingered around his body, "Do you think this is too ostentatious?" "Do you want to hear the truth?" Xue Di asked.

"Of course." Huo Qiqiang replied.

"Yes!" Xue Di said bluntly.

"Well, it's better not to be too ostentatious." Huo Qiqiang snapped his fingers, and his aura suddenly plummeted, and his strength declined from a level 99 Extreme Douluo to a level 97 Super Douluo, and his soul rings also changed, turning into yellow, purple, black, black, and red.

"That's almost done," Huo Yuhao said. "Continue with the mainland's material collection plan. I'll leave the Eternal Forbidden Land matters to you."

Xue Di nodded and said, "As you command."

……

After bidding farewell to the Snow Empress, Huo Yuhao left the Far North and began to travel across the Douluo Continent of this era. He could clearly feel the difference between this era and the Douluo Continent ten thousand years later.

Comparing the two eras, Huo Yuhao can say that although this era is backward, it is civilized; and the Douluo Continent ten thousand years later, although advanced, is barbaric.

This era was still a barbaric one, without the inheritance of soul guides, and overall lagged behind the Douluo Continent ten thousand years later. However, the order of this era was relatively stable, while ten thousand years later, it could only be described as a chaotic mess.

The Spirit Hall was a villain created during the first era of Douluo Dalu, but their presence didn't harm the common people. It was the nobles who viewed them as enemies. The villains of the second era of Douluo Dalu were the Holy Spirit Cult, a group of demonic spirit masters who brought devastation to the land, increasing their power through bloodshed and slaughter.

In the First Douluo Era, it's true that evil spirit masters didn't exist, but they were relegated to the shadows. In the Second Douluo Era, Huo Yuhao deeply understood the power of angel spirits over evil spirit masters. If you think about it, in the First Douluo Era, when angels were the popes of each generation, there was no room for evil spirit masters to flourish. They flocked to the Slaughter City in search of freedom.

But if they could choose, would these criminals choose to walk openly on the Douluo Continent, or choose the freedom of being confined in the City of Slaughter?
However, this era soon came to an end. Tang San destroyed the Slaughter City under the pretext of eliminating the land of sin. But if a Slaughter City could be easily destroyed, could the evil in people's hearts be easily eradicated? The answer is no.

After the destruction of the Spirit Hall, none of the forces left behind by Tang San, such as the Haotian Sect, Shrek, and Tang Sect, could replace the Spirit Hall and become the force with absolute suppression power against evil soul masters.

What you see is the campus life of the noble young masters and young ladies in the second era of Douluo, and the scenes of saving the world, but what you don't see are the scenes of remote villages and small towns being slaughtered by evil spirit masters. Huo Yuhao, who lived through that era firsthand, understands that the truth of the Peerless Tang Sect era is far more than the superficial description in the novel.

The awakening of spirits also differed between the two eras. In the First Douluo Era, aside from the Spirit Hall's angelic heritage and Bibi Dong's subsequent founding of the nation, the Spirit Hall's fundamental nature was more like a public welfare than a religious one. Awakening was free; even if you had talent but didn't want to join the Spirit Hall, you wouldn't be forced to do so, and you could even receive a monthly stipend. This was unimaginable in the Second Douluo Era.

In the Second Douluo Era, while some still sought to awaken their spirits, it was different from the Spirit Hall era. Spirit Master awakening originated from nobles and clans, who, in their own territories, would awaken the spirits of their subjects for a fee. As a result, they possessed the most basic data on spirit Master awakenings, knowing who was a genius and who was willing to serve them. Talented spirit Masters willing to serve their clans were nurtured, while those unwilling could be persuaded to accept, or they could be destroyed, hindering their talents and leaving them with no achievements.

The letter of recommendation system was a class barrier designed by the aristocracy. Only those with a letter of recommendation were admitted, thus solidifying a monopoly on educational resources between the aristocracy and the schools. While the schools facilitated admission for the aristocracy, talented spirit masters willing to pledge their loyalty would also receive a letter of recommendation, allowing them to attend high-level spirit academies like Shrek Academy. Spirit masters admitted through letters of recommendation were bound to that faction for life, much like Huo Yuhao's admission through the Tang Sect, which bound him to the sect.

(End of this chapter)