Douluo: Yu Hao Pan Tang San

Chapter 140, Section 157: Technology of Another System

After returning from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, Huo Qiqiang invited Qian Renxue to the Body Sect for a chat.

After receiving Huo Qiqiang's invitation, Qian Renxue did not dare to delay and came to the Body Sect after ending her seclusion.

"I wonder if there's something you need to invite me here?" Qian Renxue asked.

Huo Qiqiang said, “We both come from the future. Any little bit of the future between us would be enough to cause a dramatic change in this era. I have been in this world for tens of thousands of years longer than you. If I wanted to, I could have already reached or even surpassed the technological level of Douluo Continent in our time. Do you want to know why I haven’t made any changes for tens of thousands of years?”

Qian Renxue pondered for a moment and said, "Is it because of Tang San?"

Kenneth Fok said, "This is one of the reasons. Before Tang San comes into this world, I want him to experience what it's like to be eliminated by the times."

"What else?"

“I once possessed the bloodline of the Golden Dragon King. If I could, I would have sought the position of Dragon God. However, forty thousand years ago, I accidentally fused the divine power of life and destruction with a portion of the Dragon God's abilities, and unexpectedly comprehended the Eternal Law. This made me give up the readily available position of Dragon God. After all, I prefer to create my own position rather than inherit one. From the perspective of the Eternal Law, it is no weaker than the position of Dragon God. However, even now, I have not yet perfected this law,” Huo Qiqiang said.

"At that time, I possessed a portion of the Golden Dragon King's bloodline, and at the same time, I received a sacrifice from the Ice and Fire Dragon King of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, which forged a powerful physique that could combine the laws of the Creation God System and the laws of the Dragon God System into one. However, I also received a debt of gratitude from the Soul Beast Clan. I promised the Ice Dragon King that I would help them create a new generation of Dragon God. If I had allowed humans to master Soul Guidance Devices, Battle Armor, and the incomplete Soul Spirit System 40,000 years ago, then the Dragon God would not have appeared, and the Soul Beast Clan would have been wiped out long ago."

When Qian Renxue thought about how, 20,000 years later, only the area of ​​the Lake of Life remained in the vast Star Dou Great Forest, she could understand Huo Yuhao's choice.

“That’s the second reason, but it’s not the main reason,” Kenneth Fok said. “The real main reason is that I want to create a miracle.”

"A miracle?" Qian Renxue asked in confusion.

Kenneth Fok took out a hidden weapon and asked, "Do you recognize it?"

The hidden weapon is shaped like a golden lotus flower, with a center that shines like a ruby. It is small in size, but it contains a deadly intent.

Qian Renxue's eyes narrowed, and she said, "I recognize it. This is Tang San's most prized work, the Buddha's Wrath Tang Lotus. It once killed seventy-six Soul Saints from my Spirit Hall in the Battle of Jialing Pass. What's so special about it that makes it a miracle?"

With his eyes closed, Huo Qiqiang disassembled the exquisite Buddha Fury Lotus, which was as beautiful as a work of art, into a pile of parts. Then he opened his eyes and took out something from the core of the parts.

"The reason why the Buddha's Wrath Lotus possesses such great power stems from this—"

"This is..." Qian Renxue looked at the little gadget in Huo Qiqiang's hand.

"Explosives."

"This..." Qian Renxue stared at the object, bewildered. Perhaps in this era, it was a miracle, but she saw a soul tool from ten thousand years ago, and battle armor from twenty thousand years later. From the perspective of twenty thousand years later, the Buddha's Wrath Tang Lotus had long been obsolete and could no longer be considered a miracle. "You may not understand, but the value of this thing cannot be judged by its power," Huo Qiqiang said. "It is a symbol; it symbolizes that another system is applicable in this world."

"Another system?"

"It's a system that's no weaker than the Soul Tool system, but the Soul Tool system can't be used without Soul Masters, while this system has great universality," Huo Qiqiang said.

Although Qian Renxue has existed for over 20,000 years, she is still a person of this world, and her perspective is limited to this world, while Huo Qiqiang comes from another world.

The Buddha's Wrath Tang Lotus is not important at all; what truly matters is the technique used to create it.

The existence of explosives means that the development of gunpowder technology in Douluo Continent is feasible, and it is not just for creating the Buddha's Wrath Lotus.

However, in our time, the gunpowder formula was formed in the Tang Dynasty, and a thousand years later, it had developed to that terrifying level.

The Buddha's Wrath Tang Lotus in Douluo Continent first appeared in the era of Tang San. Ten thousand years later, it was still a feudal society. The country was forced open by a force from another continent using soul tools, and then it embarked on the soul tool system.

Of course, Huo Yuhao was not trying to belittle soul tools while praising gunpowder technology, but rather...
The Sun and Moon Continent has its advantages, and the Douluo Continent, in theory, has also mastered gunpowder technology. After four thousand years of development, you're telling me it's a feudal society? That's utterly ridiculous.

Not to mention that the Tang Clan is too protective of its own secrets, the hidden weapon system that Tang San himself inherited is a censored version.

Then, ten thousand years ago, the Tang Sect followed the tradition of having the Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul as its sect leader. Ten thousand years later, it still clings to the old traditions. What kind of innovation can you expect from a sect?

Huo Qiqiang recalled his initial ideal when he first transmigrated to this world. Getting rid of Tang San's control was only one aspect; what he really wanted to do was to dismantle the caste continent of this world.

The third-generation protagonist, Tang Wulin, is described by emphasizing his noble bloodline as a descendant of a god-king. The fourth-generation protagonist utters a classic line: "One family, five god-kings. What is a family? It's a powerful clan. Isn't the Tang family the biggest powerful clan?"

But breaking free from the shackles of this era is no easy feat. Although Huo Yuhao had a plan and intended to make great strides, everything was changed by Tang San.

There was nothing he could do but endure and wait under Tang San's watchful eye.

But over these tens of thousands of years, Huo Yuhao has not been idle. He has developed soul tools, battle armor, the soul spirit system, and a series of technologies derived from gunpowder, as well as the combination of soul guidance technology and gunpowder technology.

However, these are all things that Huo Yuhao should promote first. Although gunpowder gives ordinary people the ability to threaten Soul Masters, Soul Masters can also use gunpowder. Do you think the Indians will change the caste system that has remained unchanged for thousands of years because of the use of gunpowder technology?

What is the foundation of caste? In the Third Brother's family, it is land ownership and land tax, a monopoly on fixed assets and social resources. In Douluo Continent, it is a monopoly on powerful martial spirits.

The Haotian Hammer belonged to the Tang family ten thousand years ago, and it still belongs to the Tang family ten thousand years later. The Haotian woman doesn't marry men, but have you ever heard of the Haotian Li family or the Haotian Wang family? No.
(End of this chapter)