"I need to think of a way to remedy it."
Tang Wulin had died too cleanly.
"In the parallel worlds around the real future, Tang Wulin doesn't exist."
This also gave him a headache.
Tang Wulin's existence seemed only for that most orthodox timeline.
"It must be because of the Dragon God."
"Normally, if under the Dragon God's influence, the future only has Tang Wulin existing on that one timeline, then by killing Tang Wulin, there would be no possibility of remedy."
"But this isn't a normal situation."
Su Ming's gaze was deep.
His perspective rose to the River of Time view. The surging, endless river was boundless. Downstream, there was an existence like a lone island in the sea – the real future.
"I killed Tang Wulin in the real future, and the real future has already been kicked out of the River of Time."
Su Ming didn't quite understand the Dragon God's level of attainment in time.
But he was certain that the Dragon God's understanding and influence over the River of Time could not surpass his own.
"The real future is already a part that has been discarded by the river. So, theoretically, it no longer belongs to the evolution of the future. Therefore, there should be another 'orthodox' future line that has appeared."
"I haven't found it before, but that doesn't mean it doesn't exist."
Su Ming decided to search thoroughly.
[Douluo 3]
The Douluo 1 Su Ming also entered the River of Time perspective, using the Douluo 3 Su Ming's spiritual domain.
Within the area covered by his spiritual power, the thoughts Su Ming divided were put into various timelines.
His goal was very clear: find Tang Wulin.
"Bloodline power..."
He directly entered nodes in the later period of Douluo 3, searching parallel worlds for powerhouses known for their bloodline power.
After a thorough investigation, he still couldn't find that so-called orthodox timeline.
"This shouldn't be."
"The real future has been kicked out. Where is the new orthodox line?"
Suddenly, Su Ming's gaze flickered. He looked down at the area beneath the real future.
There were no parallel worlds there.
But Su Ming had a feeling that the orthodox timeline was there.
"The real future has been kicked out, but it still occupies this area. So, the new timeline hasn't refreshed itself."
Su Ming understood.
Would he have to move the real future?
Too troublesome.
Of course, Su Ming wouldn't admit that he couldn't do it.
He simply didn't want to go to such great lengths just for an opportunity to resonate with the Asura origin aura.
"The timeline below hasn't refreshed, but the timeline above has."
Su Ming looked up at the area above his real future.
"I haven't investigated there yet."
Thinking this, Su Ming had already extended his spiritual domain upstream, roughly to a year before the birth of the real future.
"This parallel world has resistance?"
When probing one of the parallel worlds, Su Ming was surprised to find that his thoughts were being resisted.
An instinctive realization rose from the bottom of his heart.
"Two identical people cannot exist simultaneously at the same point in time."
This parallel world was likely the predecessor of the real future – the timeline with Tang Wulin, and also the timeline under Su Ming's influence.
It just became empty afterwards, because everything had become the real future due to Su Ming.
Therefore, there was already a Su Ming at that time node.
"But I'm not the same person," Su Ming said with a smile.
He was the Douluo 1 Su Ming.
The Su Ming at that node was the Douluo 3 Su Ming.
The reason he was being repelled was purely because he was currently using the borrowed power of the Douluo 3 Su Ming to cast his spiritual domain.
"In that case, I'll use my own spiritual power to drive the domain."
Su Ming switched the spiritual power driving the domain and put his thoughts into that parallel world again.
This time, he entered successfully.
"Sure enough, my presence is there."
"But the Douluo 3 main body of this period is truly weak. He completely doesn't notice my appearance."
Su Ming didn't greet his other self. Instead, he directly began to confirm the time.
"At this point in time, Tang Wulin is still in Donghai City."
Not hard to find.
Su Ming put his thoughts into Donghai City and directly sought out Xie Xie.
If there was anyone closest to Tang Wulin during this period, it was undoubtedly Xie Xie.
Due to Su Ming's changes, Gu Yue wasn't as close to Tang Wulin as in the original story.
As for Xie Xie, he was Tang Wulin's good buddy, the good brother who paid to get beaten.
They were also roommates.
"Twin Dragon Daggers – twin yet not twin..."
Su Ming's voice suddenly appeared, startling Xie Xie, causing him to momentarily lose focus.
"Who are you?"
"Excellent talent – one in a million."
"..."
After some psychological manipulation, Su Ming had Xie Xie under his influence.
"Your roommate has a very strong aura, very high rank within the dragon clan. You can use his aura to complete the fusion of your Light Dragon Dagger and Shadow Dragon Dagger."
Xie Xie looked conflicted.
"Senior, do I really need to fuse these two Martial Souls into one?"
"What are you hesitating about?"
Su Ming's disdainful voice echoed in Xie Xie's mind.
"Two Martial Souls sharing Spirit Rings? Is that considered twin Martial Souls?"
"Even if it is, what's the point of keeping these twin Martial Souls? Two Martial Souls, neither top, even as twins, can't compare to a single true super Martial Soul."
Xie Xie gradually became convinced by Su Ming's logic.
"Senior, can it really evolve into a super Martial Soul?"
"Nonsense. Setting aside activating the True Dragon bloodline, just the ability to simultaneously accommodate and reconcile light and darkness alone makes it not an ordinary Martial Soul."
"That's true," Xie Xie nodded.
Then, his expression turned conflicted.
"How should I broach this with Wulin?"
"Just say you want to borrow his bloodline power for cultivation. Ask him to inject his Qi and Blood power into your body."
"What?"
Xie Xie was shocked.
"Injecting Qi and Blood power into my body – I'll be paralyzed."
Just the aura emanating from Tang Wulin's activated bloodline power made Xie Xie's legs go weak.
If he let Tang Wulin inject his Qi and Blood power directly into his body...
Xie Xie's legs were already starting to tremble.
He would die.
"Don't worry. I will guide his Qi and Blood power for you. It won't have a suppressive effect on you."
Thinking of the rapid progress in his cultivation under the other's guidance these past few days, Xie Xie gritted his teeth and decided to give it a try.
"Wulin, I need a favor... I want your Qi and Blood power."
"Just inject it directly into my body."
"..."
At Xie Xie's earnest request, Tang Wulin agreed to help.
Inside Tang Wulin's body, Old Tang didn't pay much attention either.
Using the Golden Dragon King's bloodline power to enhance a Martial Soul – even if successful, it was nothing.
This was also why Su Ming had gone through the trouble of seeking out Xie Xie.
He only had a strand of thought here.
Essentially no power.
Old Tang, on the other hand, truly wielded divine power.
That night, Tang Wulin climbed onto Xie Xie's bed and sat behind him.
"Xie Xie, are you ready?"
"Mm."
"Then I'll begin."
"If it gets too uncomfortable, tell me, and I'll stop."
Xie Xie's breathing became short.
He was very nervous.
Not knowing whether it was because of the fusion and evolution of his Martial Souls, or because he was afraid of Tang Wulin's terrifying Qi and Blood power entering his body.
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