Chapter 239: When I have time, I will write a chapter of setting analysis

When I have time, I will write a chapter of setting analysis.

When I have time, I will write a chapter of setting analysis.

First of all, I see some readers saying there are still some setting issues.

Of course, I suspect those who mention setting issues have likely already dropped the book and won't see this chapter.

So, this chapter is for the readers who are still reading this book.

Let's go through them one by one.

① The age issue of various original characters.

Taking the novel as the standard, first, let's clarify the age gap between the protagonist and Ning Rongrong: when he first transmigrated, he was twelve, and Ning Rongrong had already awakened her martial soul for half a year, making her six and a half; that is an age gap of five and a half years.

As for the age gap between Ning Rongrong and Tang San, there is no need for a screenshot of the original text for this; it is roughly a difference of half a year.

That is to say, the protagonist is five years older than Tang San.

And what the original text says is...

Dugu Yan is explicitly seven years older than Tang San, so by division, Dugu Yan is two years older than the protagonist.

No problem there, right?

The protagonist who transmigrated is twelve, and Dugu Yan is fourteen.

The others in the Tiandou Royal Team are about the same; the original text doesn't mention Ye Lingling, so I'll set her as two years younger, the same age as the protagonist.

Then the second point is Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er.

I don't know if some readers are reading other fan-fiction that says Shui Bing'er is sixteen, perhaps to bring her age closer to the protagonists of those books? However, anyone who has read the original novel and thinks about the logic for even a second knows that is impossible.

But some readers might not care about logic when reading, so I will post the original text.

When Shui Yue'er first appears, she looks twenty. Alright, someone might say that looking twenty doesn't mean she is twenty; can't she just look mature?

Then you are invincible, kid.

I truly cannot find any record in the original text that explicitly states the ages of Shui Yue'er and Shui Bing'er.

The original plot certainly wouldn't casually write that someone looks a certain age while being much older or younger.

So, taking the view that appearance equals age, Shui Bing'er is Shui Yue'er's older sister; although she is not the oldest in Tianshui Academy, she is definitely around twenty when she appears.

Furthermore, Shui Bing'er's role in the original work is that of a supporting character. You want a supporting character to be a level 43 Soul Ancestor at sixteen? And without any Immortal Herb? Then she is more impressive than Feng Xiaotian. What does Feng Xiaotian, a twenty-year-old Soul Ancestor, count for in front of her? He would be nothing. This talent would be even more impressive than the Spirit Hall Golden Generation.

The Spirit Hall would probably go and snatch her up directly.

So, Shui Bing'er's talent is not that terrifying.

The ages of the two female leads end here; there shouldn't be any need to explain anything else. I have already explained it very clearly.

② The "Immortal Herb Catalog" mentioned by some readers? Sorry, I couldn't find it in the original text at all. I even went to check the part about Yang Wudi based on the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng that appeared later, to see if I had missed it there.

Yet, there really isn't a trace of it.

As for this thing called Immortal Herb, it can be said that the local understanding in Douluo is extremely one-sided.

Chrysanthemum Douluo only recognizes the Strange Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum that is his own martial soul, and Yang Wudi only recognized the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng and the Fragrant Silk Luo Immortal Item. Others don't know about them. As for this book called "Immortal Herb Catalog," I also couldn't find it in the original text.

If any reader knows, please post the source from the original text, and I will admit my mistake and change it immediately.

But as it stands, I have searched the original text and it is not there, so it simply does not exist.

It is likely that some other fan-fictions were not rigorous, and by combining the two facts—that Chrysanthemum Douluo recognizes the Strange Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum and Yang Wudi knows the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng and the Fragrant Silk Luo Immortal Item—they created this book, the "Immortal Herb Catalog."

Although the original work is quite absurd, taking fan-fiction as the original is a bit of a joke.

③ Among the Upper Three Sects, the Clear Sky Sect supports the Star Luo Empire? I don't know how this setting was derived, but Tang San has already said it himself in the original text.

The Upper Three Sects are all within the territory of the Heaven Dou Empire, and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect explicitly supports Heaven Dou, but neither the Clear Sky Sect nor the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect supports anyone.

Just thinking about how the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect could send Yu Tianheng into the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy shows that the Clear Sky Sect and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect might be the same; although they claim not to support Heaven Dou or Star Luo, their sect headquarters are here, so it is impossible for them not to be biased.

Therefore, later, among the Four Single-Attribute Clans, only the Strength Clan's Titan, who was as loyal to Tang Hao as an old dog, remained in the Heaven Dou Empire. The others, the Defense Clan and the Break Clan, ran to Star Luo, which was actually to draw a line.

④ No Title Douluo in Star Luo.

Some readers ask, how could the Star Luo Empire not have Title Douluo powerhouses?

However, neither the original text nor the animation has ever shown a Title Douluo belonging to the Star Luo Empire, and searching Baidu even says that Star Luo has no Title Douluo.

As for those who say, then how did the Star Luo Empire resist the Spirit Empire's army? Please, the setting in Douluo, especially in Douluo I, that is most criticized is that Title Douluo can be blocked by ordinary armies.

They can block thousands of troops and horses, but they can also be blocked by a large army, unless it's someone like Dugu Bo who plays with area-of-effect attacks.

So, the strongest thing in the Star Luo Empire is their heavy cavalry army.

Moreover, the original work clearly placed the main battlefield of the Spirit Empire on the Heaven Dou side. All the Spirit Hall Title Douluo that appeared in the early stages can be seen on the Heaven Dou battlefield: Puffer, Snake Spear, Chrysanthemum, Ghost, and in the animation, Ghost Leopard, Demon Bear, and Holy Dragon.

So the Spirit Empire felt that they could solve the Heaven Dou side with full force and did not send Title Douluo to the Star Luo side, so of course, Star Luo could hold on.

And when Star Luo fought Heaven Dou, Heaven Dou originally had an advantage in terms of Title Douluo and Spirit Masters, but the ones who really supported them were the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's Sword-Bone-Tower Combination. Poison Douluo only treated Prince Xuexing's injuries out of consideration for him, and before that, he would not be driven by Heaven Dou.

So if Star Luo had one Title Douluo, Heaven Dou wouldn't have been beaten to the point where the Spirit Empire had to come out to stop it; it would have been evenly matched.

Because Dai Mubai's father and mother could use the Netherworld White Tiger Spirit Fusion Skill, and given the way the Star Luo royal family competes for positions, if the Star Luo Empress were a Title Douluo, using the Spirit Fusion Skill would allow her to fight Sword Douluo.

Then where would Heaven Dou's advantage come from?

So it is likely they were Soul Douluo, and I even feel they might only have Soul Saint cultivation.

In short... I really don't have a screenshot of the original plot here to be 100% sure that Star Luo has no Title Douluo, but I am 80% sure that Star Luo has no Title Douluo.

If readers who raise objections find the original text, they can post it to refute me, or point out which chapter of the original text it is so I can go look.

If I see it and I was wrong, fine, I will change it.

As for saying it's all fan-fiction, or just your subconscious assumption, then I advise you to respect the original work, or write one yourself to satisfy yourself; then it doesn't matter how you write it.

It's just that some self-righteous readers should not casually express their opinions on things they subconsciously assume but have never researched.

(End of chapter)