Transcendent Insight: A Dimensional Journey Starting from Douluo

Chapter 21: Chapter 21: Six Years of Growth · Part 2



After accepting Qian Renxue's recruitment, Wu Tong became a guest of the Prince's Mansion and moved into the residence prepared for him in T

After accepting Qian Renxue's recruitment, Wu Tong became a guest of the Prince's Mansion and moved into the residence prepared for him in Tiandou City—Wutong Garden.

Although he was still under surveillance, Wu Tong had no objections. After all, this could be considered a form of protection.

Upon arriving in Tiandou City, Wu Tong did not let his guard down. Having survived over a dozen assassination attempts on the road, he had learned one truth: potential means nothing if you don't grow strong enough.

Wu Tong knew he needed sufficient power to make other forces think twice before targeting him. Otherwise, they could crush him like an ant without a second thought.

Power could be broken down into three elements: strength, influence, and connections.

Improving his strength would take too long, and gaining influence required becoming the leader of a major faction—something that still wouldn't be enough to deter the lurking predators.

Thus, Wu Tong focused on the fastest way to secure his safety: gaining widespread recognition across the Douluo Continent and expanding his network. Once he earned the world's respect, even the two empires and the Spirit Hall would hesitate before acting against him.

With this goal in mind, Wu Tong began his preparations, spending his days shuttling between Qian Renxue's private library and his own Wutong Garden.

Qian Renxue, curious about Wu Tong's activities, started assisting him by gathering various resources, eager to see what he would achieve.

Study, data collection, organization, analysis, summarization, experimentation… Wu Tong repeated this tedious cycle tirelessly.

As his knowledge deepened, so did his understanding of the martial soul system. Using this foundation, he began compiling methods to enhance the system and disseminate his findings…

"The Importance of Nutritional Supplements—On Improving Innate Soul Power with Adequate Soul Beast Meat"

"Whale Glue—A Treasure for Physical Enhancement"

"No One Is Born Useless—The Roles of Various Martial Souls in Different Fields"

"The Essence of Martial Souls—Evolution Through Development"

"A Brief Discussion on the Refinement of Meditation Techniques"

Once verified, these highly feasible theories were spread far and wide by Wu Tong. The ingenious conjectures and practical solutions in his works rapidly elevated his reputation, crowning him as:

The Wisest Man on the Continent

Master of Martial Soul Research

The Medicine Saint

As Wu Tong's fame grew, the major forces became cautious, deterred by public sentiment from targeting or suppressing him recklessly.

After all, as the old saying goes: "The ruler is the boat, the people are the water. The water can carry the boat, but it can also capsize it."

With his influence now spanning the entire continent, Wu Tong's life gradually stabilized.

Returning to the present, Wu Tong took another sip of his now-cold tea, set it down on the tray, and left the Prince's Mansion.

By the time he returned to Wutong Garden, evening had fallen.

Wu Tong lay on his bed, relaxing his body before channeling the Shaoyang Qi within him. The energy, which normally followed a fixed circulation path, now flowed along the route of soul skill activation at his will.

"Second soul skill—Dream World."

As the skill activated, a wave of drowsiness washed over him. Wu Tong closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and allowed himself to fully relax. With a yawn, he drifted into sleep.

As his consciousness blurred, he felt a gentle force pulling him through a starry expanse until he arrived in an illusory realm.

When he opened his eyes again, Wu Tong found himself in a vast white space—an endless, pure white world stretched before him.

The whiteness was neither glaringly bright nor dull, but a soft, profound hue that seemed to embrace all existence, like a delicate veil gently draped over everything.

The ceiling above was boundless, as if extending to the edge of the universe. The ground beneath his feet mirrored this whiteness—smooth, flat, and reflective, like a massive mirror casting a gentle glow.

Wu Tong waved his hand casually, and the white space began to shift, morphing and rearranging itself like a puzzle being disassembled and reconstructed before his eyes.

When the transformation settled, a breathtaking valley appeared before him. The scenery was picturesque, with the seasons cycling rapidly—spring turned to summer in just an hour. Yet, the lush green grass remained unchanged, spreading like a velvet carpet across the valley, exuding nature's gentleness and vitality.

Faced with this scene that defied natural laws, Wu Tong showed no surprise.

This was his second soul skill, derived from the soul ring of the soul beast Misfortune Peach Tree—Dream World.

[The Misfortune Peach Tree, a plant-type soul beast native to the Star Dou Great Forest, hypnotizes its prey with pollen, dragging them into a dream world where it manipulates the dream to shatter their spirit, killing them in their sleep. The roots then pull the corpse underground, using it as fertilizer.]

With the Prince's Mansion's assistance, Wu Tong had successfully hunted the Misfortune Peach Tree and obtained the soul skill he had long desired—Dream Space.

Though seemingly useless at first glance (as it only affected the user), the skill allowed Wu Tong to remain fully conscious within the dream world, manipulating it at will. He could alter the world as he pleased, stretch time (a moment could become a millennium), and even recover from any injury with a mere thought. In this realm, he was akin to a god.

For this reason, Wu Tong treated the dream space as his personal laboratory.

He lay down casually, and behind him, a sapling sprouted and grew at an astonishing rate. In moments, it became a towering tree, lifting Wu Tong onto one of its branches as it expanded.

Seated on the trunk, Wu Tong wiped his hands and waved to the side. Another "Wu Tong" materialized before him.

This new "Wu Tong" was translucent, his body hollow. His internal structure—organs, flesh, bones—was fully visible…

With a thought, the anatomical details vanished, replaced by a network of glowing lights. Crimson energy flowed through the luminescent pathways, connecting 720 bright nodes. Nearly a third of these nodes had already turned a faint red.

These lights, spanning from head to toe, represented the meridians in Wu Tong's body, while the nodes were his acupoints. The red hue came from the overflowing Shaoyang true qi.

This was the meridian and acupoint map, projected within Wu Tong's own body.

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