Chapter 49: The Girls' Sympathy, Poor Xiao Wu!

[In the original story, Xiao Wu, hiding her soul beast aura with the celestial herb "Lovesick Heartbroken Red," dared to accompany Tang San and his friends to Spirit City for the final Soul Master Tournament. In the end, after the finals, her identity as a hundred-thousand-year soul beast was revealed!]

[Afterward, as mentioned earlier, Bibi Dong wanted to kill Xiao Wu, but Tang San's father, Tang Hao, appeared, rescuing Tang San and Xiao Wu and instructing Xiao Wu to return to the Star Dou Forest to protect herself!]

[Meanwhile, Tang Hao took Tang San with him, personally teaching him and guiding him to awaken the Blue Silver Emperor bloodline within him, evolving Tang San's spirit into the Blue Silver Emperor!]

[But don't think Tang Hao let Xiao Wu go out of kindness — he had his own plans!]

[Otherwise, if Tang Hao had known Xiao Wu was a hundred-thousand-year soul beast and that she liked Tang San, why did he allow her to go to Spirit City? He could have stopped her beforehand instead of waiting until her identity was exposed to save her!]

Xiao Wu: Bastard! Who says I like Tang San? I definitely don't like him anymore!

Most of the other female characters agreed with Su Ming's point of view. If Tang Hao had stopped Xiao Wu earlier, her identity wouldn't have been exposed in front of everyone. A hundred-thousand-year soul ring and soul bone are incredibly tempting prizes!

[Later, Tang San trained for five years and prepared to return to the Star Dou Forest to find Xiao Wu, and his soul power level just so happened to be at level 59. Level 59!]

The other girls noticed Tang San's level and couldn't help but be suspicious. Isn't this a bit too coincidental?

Xiao Wu's face grew pale. Could it really be this tragic for her?

[Then, Tang San happened to encounter a Spirit Hall squad searching for Xiao Wu in the Star Dou Forest. Why at this exact time?]

[Think back to the situation when Tang Hao and Ah Yin were hunted down by Spirit Hall. Tang Hao's soul power level was precisely at 90, and Ah Yin was forced to sacrifice herself to Tang Hao!]

[Now, in a similar scenario, Tang San's soul power level is at 59, on the verge of breaking through to 60. When he arrives at the Star Dou Forest, he coincidentally encounters Spirit Hall's forces. As expected, despite Tang San's efforts to protect Xiao Wu, they couldn't defeat Spirit Hall's experts, and Xiao Wu had to sacrifice herself to save him!]

[Look at how similar their experiences are. Is this really just a coincidence, or was someone behind it all? It's chilling to think about!]

In the cave, Ah Yin's Blue Silver Emperor form swayed restlessly. She didn't want to believe this, but Su Ming's deductions were flawless.

Why did both Tang Hao and Tang San's levels happen to be on the verge of a breakthrough? Without that, they couldn't have received a sacrifice since the soul master's level wouldn't be high enough to absorb the soul ring!

[And Tang San truly 'benefited from disaster,' gaining Xiao Wu's hundred-thousand-year soul ring and soul bone!]

[Because Xiao Wu chose one of the most extreme forms of sacrifice, sacrificing everything, including her soul. After all, Tang San's soul power level wasn't high enough to bear a hundred-thousand-year soul ring!]

[After the sacrifice, Xiao Wu turned into an ordinary rabbit, and her soul mostly fused with the soul ring and soul bone.]

[At that time, Xiao Wu liked Tang San; otherwise, she wouldn't have sacrificed herself. So her hundred-thousand-year soul ring and soul bone didn't hinder Tang San's control over his soul power. Everything proceeded smoothly. Additionally, whenever Tang San was in danger, Xiao Wu's soul would temporarily manifest to fight for him.]

[But this came at a cost. Since Xiao Wu's soul was tied to the ring and bone, the more Tang San used their abilities, the faster her soul would fade, eventually falling into a deep sleep or even disappearing entirely.]

Xiao Wu's face grew even paler as she read. Was her original fate really this tragic?

Her mother had sacrificed herself for Bibi Dong, and she herself ended up sacrificing for Tang San. Even though she was revived later, she became the scabbard for Tang San's Asura Sword!

At the same time, Xiao Wu felt confused. If she had been in the Star Dou Forest with Da Ming and Er Ming, why did she still have to sacrifice herself? Could Spirit Hall's forces really have been that strong, enough to restrain both of them?

Xiao Wu had guessed part of it. The leaders of the Spirit Hall squad were Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo, two 95-level Title Douluos. While their overall strength wasn't enough to take on Da Ming and Er Ming one-on-one, their Martial Soul Fusion skill, Polar Domain, was unique and could paralyze opponents temporarily.

Of course, while the enemies were paralyzed, Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo couldn't move either, and the stronger the opponent, the shorter the paralysis. But even this brief window was enough for the rest of Spirit Hall's forces to launch an attack on Tang San and Xiao Wu!

The other girls understood now — so if a soul beast loves someone, it can sacrifice itself without affecting their control over their soul power, huh?

They also thought of the Tang family's ancestral teachings written by Su Ming earlier. Could it be that all the hundred-thousand-year soul beasts the Tang family married had sacrificed themselves as well? If that's the case, it's terrifying — generation after generation, with their wives being hundred-thousand-year soul beasts, all sacrificing themselves? Something's definitely wrong; this can't be a coincidence!

They couldn't help but sympathize with Xiao Wu. If the story followed the original path, she would indeed have had a miserable fate — her mother sacrificed herself, and she did the same, only to later become Tang San's sword scabbard!

They also became increasingly convinced that when Tang Hao discovered Xiao Wu's identity as a soul beast at Notting Academy, he didn't capture her but wanted her to fall in love with Tang San and eventually offer herself willingly!

And Tang San didn't disappoint his father's "expectations," managing to make Xiao Wu fall for him!

Then they saw the diary continue to update.

[Damn, the more I write, the angrier I get! Later, Tang San finds out that Xiao Wu hasn't completely disappeared, but that her soul is residing within the soul ring.]

[At first, Tang San was overjoyed and swore never to use Xiao Wu's soul ring and soul bone, fearing her soul would dissipate. But he broke his promise! Later, he used Xiao Wu's soul bone skills the most — the Invincible Golden Body and Teleportation — and frequently used her ten-thousand-year skill, Void Killing Eight-Dan Throw. Didn't he care that the more he used them, the weaker her soul became?]