Douluo: Divine Fire Xuanyuan

Chapter 407 Tang San's Scheme and Jing Hongchen's Determination
Although Huo Yuhao's power had greatly increased, he was not happy at all. What was the use of becoming stronger when all his loved ones were dead?

He pleaded with Qiankun Wenqing Valley to revive Wang Dong'er, offering to accept any reward in return.

Resurrection is impossible; Wang Dong'er is beyond dead.

Tang San outwardly agreed, but failed to revive in front of Huo Yuhao.

Once Huo Yuhao sends Wang Dong'er back to Haotian Sect, the two Mings will connect with the God Realm, allowing him to awaken the divine soul within his daughter and bring Tang Wutong back to life.

"Ma Xiaotao, your domineering love makes it extremely difficult to win back Yuwen Tuo's heart. Qiankun Wenqing Valley will lend you a hand." Tang San gathered the power of Wenqing Valley into a Love God's Heart Seal and gave it to Ma Xiaotao.

"Your level is now raised to 90. When you fight Yuwen Tuo, use this Love God's Heart Seal to fuse with your flames and unleash it. The seal will be imprinted on his heart, and from then on, he will love only you. This is your reward for completing this 'Quest for Love'."

Ma Xiaotao was overjoyed, "Thank you so much, senior!"

She knew it was impossible to win Yuwentuo back through normal means, even if the method was somewhat despicable, but she couldn't care less.

Little did she know that the Heart Seal ability Tang San told her about was only the surface-level ability; he had also used the "Asura - Endless Shackles" skill, which contained the law of judgment, within it.

Once imprinted on Yuwen Tuo's heart, even if Yuwen Tuo becomes the God of Fire in the future, this imprint will not be removed, and from then on, Yuwen Tuo's life and death will be in his hands.

Tang San could not completely abandon Yuwen Tuo, another chosen one.

Since two chosen ones have been born in Douluo Continent, they should both belong to him. There's also Yuwen Qiu, who's by Yuwen Tuo's side. Tang San was somewhat unwilling to accept that he failed to intercept her power of destiny last time.

But as long as Yuwen Tuo is there, obtaining Yuwen Qiu's power will not be difficult. Even a god-king would covet the power of destiny.

At this time, the brother and sister were unaware of Tang San's conspiracy and were rushing towards the far north with all their might.

Inside Mingde Hall, the Hongchen siblings, who had been knocked unconscious by Long Aotian and Vina and had been in a coma for a day and a night, finally woke up.

But when they walked out of Mingde Hall, it was hard to imagine that this city, which was full of devastation, was really the capital of the Ming Dynasty.

How come the world changed after they slept? The two quickly found their grandfather, Jing Hongchen, and asked him what had happened.

Jing Hongchen didn't intend to hide it from them, since it was something that couldn't be kept secret anyway.

"He destroyed the steel forest formation composed of level nine soul tools with one punch, summoned more than fifty titled Douluo, wiped out the five great soul tool legions of the Guardian Hand on the outskirts of Mingdu, returned his bones to his father and his flesh to his mother, was reborn by the fragments of the divine artifact, and finally deposed Xu Tianran from his position as crown prince and castrated him on the spot." Meng Hongchen sounded like he was reciting Yuwen Tuo's work report.

She had only taken a short nap, and her prince was causing all sorts of earth-shattering things again.

She regretted it. If she had known, she would have just conceded in the final round. At least then she wouldn't have fainted and could have witnessed her crush's stunning performance. Actually, she still wondered if she was dreaming, and subconsciously pinched her face hard.

"Damn it, that hurts!" Xiao Hongchen exclaimed angrily. "Meng Hongchen, if you want to pinch someone, pinch your own face!"

“Brother’s sense of touch is fine, so it’s true!” Meng Hongchen said with delight. “I knew that my prince would be able to break through the impasse and leave Mingdu alive. I just didn’t expect that he would not only break through the impasse and survive, but also defeat Xu Tianran completely.”

Xiao Hongchen said speechlessly, "Our Sun Moon Empire suffered a crushing defeat, and you're still so happy?"

"Hehe, didn't he ultimately let the Sun Moon Empire go? Brother, you have to believe that he must have done it for my sake," Meng Hongchen thought narcissistically.

Jing Hongchen was completely helpless against his granddaughter's love-struck mind. He continued, "After what happened that day, the Sun Moon Court was in even greater chaos. Xu Tianran's martial spirit was destroyed, he was castrated, and he was stripped of his position as crown prince. He has completely fallen from power. Although His Majesty was awakened by Yuwen Tuo, he fell into a coma again the next day. After examination, the palace physicians determined that His Majesty would not live for more than three months. Now, several princes and Prince Xu Guozhong have each taken control of parts of the court, all vying for the throne. The Sun Moon Empire is in unprecedented chaos."

"Then Grandpa, shouldn't we make a decision too? Didn't you make a choice based on what His Highness gave you?" Meng Hongchen asked.

“But I am, after all, a subject of the Sun and Moon Empire. How can I betray the empire?” Jing Hongchen said, conflicted.

“Grandpa, His Highness never asked you to betray the Empire. He only told you not to collude with evil spirit masters. If you stand on the side of the Sun Moon Empire, then you and His Highness will only be enemies in terms of stance. Even if you lose to His Highness in the future, His Highness will not kill Mingde Hall. But if you continue to collude with evil spirit masters, His Highness will definitely not show mercy,” Meng Hongchen said.

“You’re right, Grandpa. I’ve always been dissatisfied with the royal family’s previous decisions. If we want to unify the world, can’t we do it ourselves? Why did we have to cooperate with evil soul masters? And even let them harm the students of my Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy.” Xiao Hongchen agreed. “In my heart, the empire is important, but Mingde Hall is even more important. If Yuwen Tuo attacks again in the future, I will help the Sun Moon Empire and fight him fair and square on the battlefield. Even if I am defeated, I will have done my duty to the country. After the war, in order to protect Mingde Hall, I will choose to surrender. Soul tools are the ladder of progress in this world. Mingde Hall is the best soul tool research center on the continent. We absolutely cannot let it be cut off from our hands.”

Xiao Hongchen was actually very grateful to Yuwen Tuo, whose prescription had relieved the side effects of his drug use.

Personally, Xiao Hongchen no longer considers Yuwen Tuo an enemy; the two are only enemies on the side of the empire. Since that's the case, it's best to settle things fairly and squarely.

Hearing his grandchildren say this, Jing Hongchen nodded and said, "Alright, Xiaomeng, from now on, Mingde Hall will refuse to meet with any evil soul masters. Send Elder Ma to take good care of the students of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy. We cannot allow any more students to be kidnapped by evil soul masters!"

He had made up his mind. Although this decision would inevitably offend the Holy Spirit Cult, he held a high position of power in the Sun Moon Empire, and the Holy Spirit Cult could not do anything to him for the time being.

As for the court, where the struggle for power is so fierce, he is now the object of everyone's courting, so why would anyone want to deal with him?

“Yes, Grandpa!” Meng Hongchen said happily.

If Jing Hongchen had had the resolve to turn back before it's too late, Ghost Nana wouldn't have left the academy to follow Yuwen Tuo.

However, it's never too late to mend the fence after the sheep are lost.

(End of this chapter)