In Douluo Continent, he tricked Xiao Wu into giving him a soul ring.

“You’re right. My Thirty-Six Consecutive Slashes of the Gale Wolf are indeed not yet perfect.” Feng Xiaotian let out a long sigh, revealing a relieved expression, and said with a wry smile, “Lan Si, you are very powerful, truly powerful, so powerful that it’s almost despair-inducing. You’ve surpassed all of us, truly becoming unattainable. Perhaps what you said about Huo Wu is indeed just wishful thinking on my part. From today onwards, I will be myself again and then do my best to catch up with you. Just wait for me ahead of you.”

After saying that, Feng Xiaotian walked out of the competition venue with unsteady steps.

Lan Si was stunned. Could this guy be cool for more than three seconds?

The match ended, and Feng Xiaotian honored the bet, leading Shenfeng Academy to forfeit the game. Tiandou Royal Academy emerged victorious in the final round.

Sixteen matches in the qualifying rounds, sixteen consecutive wins. Among all thirty teams, the Heavenly Dou Royal Academy ranked first, achieving the best ranking in the Heavenly Dou Empire division.

Shenfeng Academy ranked second, Leiting Academy third, Tianshui Academy fourth, Chihuo Academy fifth... Shrek Academy, having been crippled by Lan Si earlier, despite its accumulated strength, ultimately tied for fourteenth place with Meng Yiran's Beast Academy due to too many forfeit attempts, just barely making it into the next round.

The qualifying rounds have concluded successfully, and next up is the grand final. The grand final will be held in the sacred land of Soul Masters: Wuhun City.

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Chapter 196 On-the-spot breakthrough, the qualifying rounds end

The qualifying rounds have concluded successfully.

Lan Si has undoubtedly become the most dazzling new star in the entire Tian Dou Empire region.

Before the qualifying rounds began, although Lan Si defeated Shrek Academy, Elephant Armor Academy, Blazing Fire Academy, and Skywater Academy one by one, forcing Thunder Academy to forfeit, no one had much expectation that he could win the championship.

But things are different now, because Lan Si not only defeated Tang San, who had exposed his twin martial souls and external soul bones, as well as Feng Xiaotian, the captain of Shenfeng Academy, but also used the Fusion Ring to destroy the arena and exposed his terrifying level 48 soul power.

People began to have confidence in him. Moreover, Lan Si was not alone; there was also Zhu Zhuqing, whose strength was no less than Feng Xiaotian's, and perhaps even surpassed it.

In addition, Ye Lingling also came into the view of the participating academies, and many people recognized her identity: Ye Lingling, the current heir of the Nine Heart Begonia Clan. A martial soul hailed as a miracle in the support world.

With the powerful area-of-effect healing of the Nine Heart Begonia Martial Soul, Lan Si can charge into battle without any worries. Perhaps he can really win the game and bring down the Spirit Hall team, which is known as the Golden Generation.

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After Emperor Xueye's impassioned speech, the competition organizing committee gave each team three days to adjust.

three days later.

A total of fifteen teams, along with instructors from various academies and five hundred Royal Knights soldiers, led by Crown Prince Xue Qinghe, set off in a grand procession to the venue for the finals—Wuhun City.

The journey from Heaven Dou City to the Spirit Hall takes about twenty days.

Perhaps because Shrek Academy was not as dazzling as in the original story, everything was fine for more than half a month, and they did not encounter the attack by the Spirit Hall as in the original story.

As the symbol of the Heaven Dou Empire, the Heaven Dou Royal Academy is undoubtedly the most dazzling. In order to allow the participating team members to get better rest, the Heaven Dou Empire prepared a total of sixteen specially made giant carriages for the participating team members to rest better.

The extra one was naturally prepared for Team One of the Heavenly Dou Royal Academy.

But for some reason, since the day they set off, no one has seen Lan Si again. Ye Lingling and Zhu Zhuqing naturally wouldn't sit in the same carriage as the extras from the original second team, so they came to the first team's carriage.

Sitting in the carriage, Oslo, who hadn't appeared for a long time, said to Zhu Zhuqing with envy, "Zhuqing, we've all heard about your competition with A Si. We really don't know how you two cultivated. Lingling's soul power reached level 35 two years ago. Breaking through to Soul Master is one thing, but even you and A Si have broken through."

"Especially that freak, Ah Si, actually broke through to level 48! My goodness! Two years ago, when he first entered the Heaven Dou Royal Academy, his soul power was only level 32, not even as high as mine. Now he has improved by a full 16 levels and even created a unique 10,000-year fourth ring. He single-handedly swept through the entire preliminary round, and in the promotion round, he also utterly crushed all the major academies. At this rate, if we were to meet the second team, I'm afraid we really wouldn't be a match for you. I should have followed you to the second team back then."

"Perhaps it's because A-Si is working harder." Zhu Zhuqing smiled faintly, without explaining further. Lan Si had once told her not to get too close to the people in the Royal Fighting Team. Therefore, at the Heavenly Dou Royal Academy, apart from Ye Lingling, she treated almost everyone else as nodding acquaintances.

Dugu Yan rolled her eyes. "Zhu Qing, I don't like hearing that. It's like we didn't try, but none of us are as crazy as you guys. I still remember... never mind, let's not talk about this. But speaking of which, where's A Si? I haven't seen him since we set off."

Zhu Zhuqing thought for a moment and said, "A-Si went home. After the Soul Master Competition ends, we will go out to train and explore the continent. We won't be back to the Heaven Dou Empire for a long time, so A-Si went home first."

Dugu Yan suddenly realized, and looked at Ye Lingling with some curiosity, "Then what about Lingling? You're A-Si's cousin, will A-Si take you?"

Ye Lingling shook her head, somewhat uncertainly saying, "I don't know yet. A-Si didn't say it explicitly, but maybe."

Long ago, Ye Renxin entrusted Ye Lingling to Lan Si. Especially after Ye Lingling obtained the martial soul evolution, he stopped asking about anything related to them. In Ye Renxin's opinion, it would only be beneficial for his precious daughter to follow this talented nephew. In fact, he simply gave up the idea of ​​letting Lan Si return to the Nine Heart Begonia Clan.

The idea was to create sparks between the two of them.

Anyway, not many people know that Lan Si is Ye Lingling's cousin, so it doesn't really matter if they get together. Ye Renxin, that old fox who's no less cunning than Ning Fengzhi, is actually hoping something will happen between the two of them. If that happens, the Nine Heart Begonia family will have a bright future.

It's not impossible that it could even become one of the top three sects, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School.

"I really envy you two." Dugu Yan sighed softly. She did want to go out and train with Yu Tianheng, to explore the continent, but unfortunately, neither of their elders would agree. Her grandfather only had her as his granddaughter, and he was worried about her leaving the Heavenly Dou Empire. Yu Tianheng was being groomed as the next successor to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, making it even more impossible for him to leave the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's sights.

Like the Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Shrek Academy is also missing one person: Yu Xiaogang, who was scorned by all the academies in the Heaven Dou Empire's districts because of Lan Si.

Just like in the original story, in order to trick Bibi Dong into giving him the method to cultivate twin martial souls, he took the papal decree given to him by Tang Hao and arrived in Wuhun City ahead of time, taking advantage of Tang Hao's power.

After presenting the papal decree, he went directly into the Papal Palace.

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Meanwhile, in the southwest of the Heaven Dou Empire, in the province of Fasno, a young figure appeared beneath a massive waterfall hundreds of meters high, adjacent to Holy Soul Village.

This was a richly dressed young man, appearing to be fourteen or fifteen years old, over 1.8 meters tall, dressed in a blue, fitted outfit. He had a well-proportioned, tall and slender figure. His clear, dark blue eyes were crystal clear, his skin was fair, and his long, icy blue hair was casually draped over his shoulders without looking out of place. He was like a rare gem, embodying handsomeness, nobility, and elegance.

He was Lan Si, who was searching for Ah Yin's hiding place.

"This should be it. That Tang Ritian is really cunning. In such a large area, he actually found a place with dozens of waterfalls. If I didn't have X-ray vision, I'm afraid I really wouldn't have been able to find it." Lan Si murmured, then snapped his fingers, activated the Azure Lotus Domain, transformed into Tang San, found the stone door, pushed aside the boulder blocking the entrance under the waterfall, and entered the stone chamber.

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Chapter 197 The Vanishing Lan Si

Inside the waterfall's entrance lies a dark and damp cave.

Following the cave straight ahead, Lan Si finally arrived at the stone chamber where A Yin was.

This is a stone chamber about ten square meters in diameter, completely empty and devoid of any furnishings. There is a small hole in the ceiling, through which sunlight shines onto a small mound of earth in the center of the chamber.

A slender blue silver grass swayed in the wind on the mound. This blue silver grass was longer than the ordinary blue silver grass, with strange golden veins on it, like golden threads extending to every vein of its leaves. It was very similar to the blue silver king that Lan Si had seen before. Only its gold was deeper and brighter than that of the blue silver king.

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Furthermore, it also carries a regal aura that the Blue Silver King lacks.

"Is it Xiao San?" A heavenly voice suddenly rang out, startling Lan Si. This voice was actually transmitted directly into his mind by the Blue Silver Grass in front of him through a weak spiritual force. If he hadn't absorbed the Blue Silver Emperor's natal soul ring, and hadn't contained a trace of Tang San's aura, and hadn't had exceptionally strong spiritual power, he probably wouldn't have been able to hear it clearly.

"Is that you speaking? My name is indeed Tang San. How do you know my name? Also, why do I feel a sense of familiarity from you? Who exactly are you?" Lan Si slowly walked to the mound, staring at the slender Blue Silver Grass, feigning confusion, and asked four questions in a row.

As he spoke, he didn't forget to activate his azure fiery eyes and scan the surroundings of the stone chamber. He knew that the blue silver grass in front of him was the blue silver emperor, Ah Yin, who had lost his cultivation after the sacrifice.

Upon hearing Lan Si's words, A Yin fell into a brief silence, seemingly not wanting to see her son suffer after learning that she was his mother. She changed the subject, asking, "Are you looking for something?"

"Yes, my father said there is a soul bone here, left by my mother, and he asked me to come and get it." Lan Si nodded slowly. He scanned the stone chamber, but he couldn't find the 100,000-year-old Blue Silver Emperor right leg bone. A hint of disappointment flashed across his eyes.

"Your father hid the soul bone in the ventilation shaft at the top of the stone chamber. You can take it down now." Ah Yin's branches pointed to the ventilation shaft at the top of the mound.

Lan Si looked up and saw a long, rectangular black iron box hidden in a small hole in the cross-section of the ventilation vent, where sunlight couldn't reach. The iron box seemed to have the effect of isolating mental energy. Lan Si scanned it with his mental energy, but it was no different from scanning an ordinary stone. A look of surprise flashed across his eyes, and he couldn't help but sigh that Tang Ritian really knew how to hide things.

As the saying goes, the most dangerous place is the safest place. That ventilation shaft, serving as the light source for the stone chamber, is undoubtedly the most conspicuous spot, yet also the easiest to overlook. It can easily be missed if one isn't careful.

Lan Si lightly touched the ground with her toes and leaped to the ventilation opening several meters high. She grabbed the cross-section of the ventilation opening with one hand and reached into the dark and narrow hole in the cross-section with the other, easily taking out the black iron box.

"The soul bone is inside. Absorb it now. It's safe here; no one will bother you." The heavenly voice rang out again, Ah Yin's voice slightly choked with emotion.

Lan Si nodded slightly. He had the same plan. As long as he didn't use the soul bone during the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament, no one would know he had absorbed it. There was no need to worry about Tang Ritian discovering it.

On the other side, the moment Lan Si opened the black iron box, on a cliff at the border between Wuhun City and the Heaven Dou Empire, a middle-aged man dressed in coarse gray clothes suddenly raised his head. Under the sunlight, he revealed a sallow old face with a bushy beard. It was none other than Tang Ritian, who had been secretly following the Heaven Dou Empire's team to protect Tang San.

"Am I just being paranoid?" He glanced at the convoy slowly moving along the bottom of the cliff, then at Sword Douluo and Ning Fengzhi secretly following behind. A strange sense of foreboding arose in his heart, as if he felt that something bad was about to happen.

Looking again in the direction of Holy Soul Village, Tang Ritian let out a long sigh of relief, thinking to himself, "I shouldn't think too much. The most important thing right now is to protect Xiao San. Now that his twin martial souls have been exposed, he is very likely to be targeted by the Spirit Hall. I must ensure his safety."

Holding the 100,000-year-old Blue Silver Emperor's right leg bone in both hands, Lan Si took a deep breath and pressed it against his right leg.

As the soul power gathered in his right leg, Lan Si controlled it to make contact with the right leg bone of the 100,000-year-old Blue Silver Emperor. He felt a cool aura spread from his leg and flow throughout his body.

The crystal-clear blue-gold soul bone gradually disappeared, transforming into countless blue-gold energy rays that permeated around Lan Si's right leg.

Unlike the immense pain he endured last time when absorbing the external soul bone of the Eight Spider Lances in the Star Dou Great Forest, Lan Si absorbed it without any hindrance.

As the right leg bone of the 100,000-year-old Blue Silver Emperor merged into his body, Lan Si once again entered that profound and mysterious realm. When he opened his eyes again, he found that his consciousness had drifted into that pitch-black space. And beneath him was the enormous green lotus that had brought him to the Douluo World, rooted on the bronze-green plate.

"Damn, how did I get back here? By the way, big sister... oh no, beautiful lady, can you hear me?" Lan Si looked down at the huge blue lotus beneath him. He clearly remembered that this blue lotus had made a sound the previous two times; the voice was slightly hoarse, but very melodious.

Qinglian didn't reply, but merely trembled slightly. Countless light screens rose from beneath the lotus seat, just like last time, revolving around Lan Si as if a revolving lantern of life. Each light screen recorded every detail of the past.

Lan Si was knocked off a cliff by the Bad Commander;

Tang San was sent to Douluo Continent by the God of Asura;

Xiao Wu arrived in Notting City alone, seemingly without any explanation, as if someone was guiding her.

.......

Finally, the light screen stopped in a magnificent, golden hall.

In the vast hall, there was only one person, someone Lan Si utterly loathed: Yu Xiaogang.

He was quietly sipping his fragrant tea, glancing disdainfully at the magnificent hall before returning his gaze to the tea in his hand. He waited patiently.

Suddenly, the door opened. A gentle voice sounded from outside, "You all stay outside and wait. No one is allowed to enter without my order."

Yu Xiaogang looked up and stared blankly.

A woman walked in from outside the door.

The woman was tall and slender, dressed in a magnificent black robe adorned with gold trim, wearing a nine-curved purple-gold crown, and holding a two-meter-long angel scepter inlaid with countless jewels. Her fair skin and near-perfect features made her stand out from the crowd.

In particular, the invisible noble and sacred aura emanating from them makes people unable to help but feel a sense of worship.

She is none other than Bibi Dong, the Pope of the Spirit Hall.

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Chapter 198 Re-entering the Azure Lotus Space

Bibi Dong glanced at the dazed Yu Xiaogang, a complex emotion flashing in her eyes, before taking her seat on the main throne in the conference room. The scepter in her hand fell to the ground with a soft clink.

"Why are you here?" The soft and melodious voice was so captivating.

Hearing the soft sound of the scepter hitting the ground, Yu Xiaogang finally came to her senses. Her usually stiff face turned red for the first time, and she turned to Bibi Dong, "Yes, I've come. It's been so many years, and you're still as beautiful as ever."

"You didn't come here just to flatter me, did you?" Bibi Dong smiled faintly, skipping over the previous topic. "I heard you took on a disciple?"

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"Yes, he is a very excellent Soul Master." Yu Xiaogang nodded slowly. When Tang San was mentioned, his old face was filled with pride, and a faint smile appeared on his lips.