[In other words, in that dump of a place, Suotuo City, without a mimicked cultivation environment and spending his days indulging in pleasure,]
[he managed to increase his spirit power by a full twelve Ranks in three years!]
[To be fair,]
[although I look down on Dai Mubai's character, thinking he's a coward who abandoned his fiancée,]
[it's undeniable that his cultivation talent is absolutely top-notch.]
[It's a pity that the strength of the White Tiger Spirit is ultimately a notch weaker than the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Spirit.]
[The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Spirit automatically unlocks the 'Dragon Transformation' secret technique upon reaching a certain Rank. The transformation of each body part brings a massive boost.]
[However, the White Tiger Spirit, aside from its own formidable attributes, lacks any special Legacy secret techniques.]
[Moreover, I'm quite curious. In the original story, Dai Mubai went to Shrek Academy, ostensibly to slack off and escape the brutal competition of the Star Luo imperial family.]
[But to improve so rapidly in just three years is truly unbelievable.]
[This behavior of'slacking off on the surface while actually improving at a decent pace' reminds me of another person.]
[Tang Hao!]
[This is exactly the same as Tang Hao back in Saint Spirit Village.]
[Drinking all day, muddle-headed, even needing little Tang San to take care of him while he worked the forge, with basically no signs of cultivation to be seen.]
[And the result?]
[Over a decade later, the cultivation level he displayed during the Spirit Master Tournament was an astonishing Rank 95!]
[Remember, when Ah Yin sacrificed herself for him back then, he had just broken through to Rank 90.]
[That hundred thousand year spirit ring could only have pushed him from Rank 90 to the Peak of Rank 92 at most.]
[Yet, in just over ten years, in a remote mountain village, without any resource support, and even carrying old injuries,]
[he managed to break through from Rank 92 to Rank 95?]
[This is also unbelievable!]
[Every single Rank advancement for a Titled Douluo is as difficult as ascending to heaven. How could he do it?]
[It's undeniable that Tang Hao's talent is unquestionable. Breaking through to Titled Douluo at forty-four, he was the youngest Titled Douluo on record.]
[But I still have reason to suspect him.]
[Back in Saint Spirit Village, he probably wasn't as heartbroken and depressed as Ah Yin saw on the surface.]
[Or perhaps, he was sad, but definitely not purely because of Ah Yin's Sacrifice.]
[More likely, it was because he felt guilty and angry that the Clear Sky Sect was forced into seclusion due to him, and that his father was literally angered to death.]
[Therefore, during that period, he was actually channeling his grief and anger into motivation, Cultivating like crazy in secret.]
[That's how he managed to break through to Rank 95 in that environment.]
[There's a basis for saying this. Just look at how Tang San was treated as a child.]
[If Tang Hao truly loved Ah Yin so much, and Ah Yin entrusted him with taking good care of their son before she died,]
[then what did Tang Hao do? He actually wasn't good to Tang San!]
[Not only did he hardly take care of him, but he let a child of a few years old take care of him, a drunkard.]
[He didn't even want Tang San to become a Spirit Master! Does that sound like someone deeply in love with his wife?]
[And the main reason Tang Hao wasn't good to Tang San was mostly because of Tang San's own doing.]
[From the moment he could remember, at one year old, he started going to the back mountains of Saint Spirit Village to Cultivate the Mysterious Heaven Skill and Tang Sect secret arts. To Tang Hao, a Titled Douluo, this was actually a very bizarre thing.]
[So young, not only knowing how to Cultivate, but also cook, and take care of him—who wouldn't have suspicions?]
[What kind of person is Tang Hao? The youngest Titled Douluo on the continent, widely experienced and knowledgeable.]
[Looking at his newborn son exhibiting such Prodigy-like, even inhuman behavior, what would he think?]
[He would definitely be suspicious!]
[He might even think: Is this child... really my own?]
[Or perhaps, did Ah Yin, back then...]
[With this preconceived notion of being 'cuckolded,' coupled with his hatred for the Spirit Hall, how could Tang Hao possibly treat Tang San well?]
[Even when Tang San was six, if it weren't for Old Jack, the village chief, desperately persuading and even losing his temper and scolding him,]
[Tang Hao wouldn't have wanted Tang San to participate in the Awakening at all!]
[Because he was afraid. He was afraid that if the awakened Spirit wasn't the Clear Sky Hammer, then that 'green hat' would be truly confirmed!]
...Inside the spirit tool.
Ah Yin's heart was filled with grievance and shock.
She had always thought Tang Hao lost hope in life and neglected their son because he was too grief-stricken from losing her.
But now, what Lin Yuan wrote in the diary seemed to uncover the truth.
She couldn't be sure if what Lin Yuan said was fact, but when Tang San was little, Tang Hao's treatment of him was indeed... not good. This was what she perceived, and it couldn't be false!
This precisely indicated that Tang Hao didn't actually trust her that much?
Seeing this now, Ah Yin felt only desolation. She thought her past self was truly foolish.
Her Sacrifice was just a joke.
Fortunately, now that she was following Lin Yuan, she should be able to start life anew.
A double entendre... [This speculation is by no means unfounded. After Tang San completed his Awakening, he excitedly showed Tang Hao his awakened Spirit, the Blue Silver Grass, and told him about his Innate Full Spirit Power.]
[What was Tang Hao's reaction?]
[Excited? Relieved?]
[No!]
[His attitude was extremely cold, even utterly disappointed!]
[For a Spirit Master, what does Innate Full Spirit Power mean? It means a peerless Genius!]
[But Tang Hao wasn't excited at all about this!]
[Why?]
[Because in the eyes of him, a descendant of the Clear Sky Sect, the quality of the Clear Sky Hammer is absolutely superior to the Blue Silver Grass.]
[The result was Tang San awakened the Blue Silver Grass, not the Clear Sky Hammer which symbolizes immense offensive power.]
[In Tang Hao's eyes, this only confirmed the suspicions in his heart: This child really is problematic!]
[However, immediately after, a reversal came.]
[When Tang San, to prove himself, extended his left hand and revealed his second Spirit, the Clear Sky Hammer, Tang Hao's attitude did a complete one-eighty!]
[It was like a Sichuan opera face change!]
[One second cold as ice, the next rushing forward, hugging Tang San tightly, tears streaming down his face, affectionately calling out:'Son! My son!']
[Why? Because Spirits are inherited through Bloodline!]
[Since Tang San could awaken the Clear Sky Hammer Spirit, it proved beyond doubt that he carried his Bloodline!]
[That meant all those earlier suspicions about being 'cuckolded' were wrong!]
[This child was his own flesh and blood!]
[So, in that moment, all doubts vanished into thin air.]