The Gravity of the Situation
(Yae Miko: There was also a nation called Khaenri'ah. Because it offended that one, its civilization was wiped out, and the surviving citizens were afflicted with the Curse of Immortality. They couldn't die, but their flesh would rot away bit by bit until they became monsters, suffering forever.)
(Yae Miko: There was also a race called the Ancient Seelie. Because they offended that one, they were stripped of their wings and forms, degenerating into Seelie that could neither grow up nor speak, able only to drift through ruins.)
(Yae Miko: In short, if you offend my god, Raiden Ei, the worst that can happen is that she'll cut you down with one strike. But if you offend that one, you'll suffer a fate worse than death, and your whole people will be dragged down with you.)
At the Clear Sky Sect.
Everyone was dumbstruck.
From the elders at the top to the sweepers at the bottom, everyone was dumbstruck.
In the main hall.
Several elders stared open-mouthed at Yae Miko's explanation.
"Th-th-this..."
Half an hour had passed, yet they still hadn't managed to digest the information.
Tang Xiao was stunned too.
His face looked perfectly calm.
But the hands resting on his legs were trembling uncontrollably.
They had been preparing a celebration banquet for Tang San, to celebrate his return after completing the mission and obtaining the Dual Godhood of the Sea God and the Asura God.
They had never imagined this.
It was bad enough that Tang San had failed to complete the mission the God King had given him, but he had even taken a massive shit on top of it.
After a long while.
The second elder said in a trembling voice.
"Sect master, what do we do? What do we do?"
"Before, Tang Hao offended Spirit Hall and was rumored to have killed Pope Qian Xunji. Our Clear Sky Sect only had to expel Tang Hao and shut its gates, and Spirit Hall let us off."
"At the very worst, if Spirit Hall attacked us in the future, they would only kill everyone in our Clear Sky Sect."
"But Lady Yae Miko actually said that those who offend that one either have their civilizations wiped out or suffer the Curse of Immortality. That's just like exterminating nine generations of their kin!"
The third elder dropped onto the floor. "It's over, it's over. Our Clear Sky Sect is really finished this time. Really finished."
Tang Xiao said, "This time, our Clear Sky Sect will be the first to be dragged into it."
This time, their Clear Sky Sect truly faced a calamity that would sweep over their heads.
The kind that was worse than death.
"Everyone, does anyone have a good idea?"
Just then, the second elder spoke up. "I have a good idea."
"Put all the blame on Tang San and his father."
"After all, from beginning to end, they were the ones stirring up trouble."
"As long as we shift the blame fast enough, the lord deity will see the truth down to the finest detail and surely won't come looking for trouble with our Clear Sky Sect!"
As soon as he said this, everyone in the Clear Sky Sect thought it made an unbelievably good point.
Tang Xiao's eyes lit up. "That works!"
It was better for Tang San and his father to die than for the whole Clear Sky Sect to be wiped out.
Just then.
Meanwhile.
At Shrek Academy.
Yu Xiaogang, Liu Erlong, and Flender were all frozen in place.
Flender adjusted his glasses, his fingers shaking as if he had a case of the fits. "No way. The people and factions that offend that one either suffer a fate worse than death or have their civilizations wiped out."
"Tang San is a student at our Shrek Academy. Doesn't that mean the three of us are finished?"
Yu Xiaogang couldn't help reaching out to clutch his stomach as he burst into laughter. "Hahaha, Tang San, Tang San, your day has finally come!"
"What are you afraid of? Tang San cut ties with me long ago."
"The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, the Clear Sky Sect, and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect all cut ties with me."
"Tang San and I haven't had anything to do with each other for a long time. No matter how far the fallout spreads, there's no way it'll reach me."
Liu Erlong and Flender looked at Yu Xiaogang.
They couldn't help remembering.
When the sky screen had previously counted down the famous scene, "There's no Yu Xiaogang in the Divine Realm, but Tang San has two brothers-in-law"!
Tang San had already cut ties with Yu Xiaogang. And not just Tang San—the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, and the Clear Sky Sect had all cut ties with Yu Xiaogang too.
Both of them had thought Yu Xiaogang was utterly miserable, his reputation ruined and everyone close to him turned against him. But then Tang San pulled a bizarre move they had never expected.
Shrek Academy, the Shrek Seven Devils, and the Clear Sky Sect had all ended up on the fucking death list.
Only Yu Xiaogang, the most miserable of them all, had become the exception among exceptions.
Liu Erlong said, "Xiaogang, you really are lucky to be alive."
"Looking at it now, Tang San wasn't abandoning you at all. He was saving you!"
Flender said, "What am I supposed to do? What am I supposed to do? Tang San is still a student at my Shrek Academy!"
Yu Xiaogang patted Flender on the shoulder. "Why don't you cut ties with Tang San too? Just say Shrek Academy expelled him a long time ago."
Flender's eyes lit up. "That makes sense. That fucking makes sense!"
In the Divine Realm.
At the Divine Realm Residents' Committee.
The Asura God King suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood.
His complexion quickly grew pale and weak.
What on earth had happened?
When Tang San proposed capturing the unidentified flying object, he had clearly checked Zhongli and Lin Feng, who were beside Little Paimon, in advance.
They were clearly both ordinary people, weren't they?
How could they be so powerful that one finger had been enough to defeat Tang San?
Most outrageous of all, the Asura God Sword had been destroyed too.
That was the Asura God Sword, a Super Divine Artifact!
In the entire Douluo God Realm, Super Divine Artifacts could be counted on the fingers of one hand.
With the destruction of the Asura God Sword.
He, the Asura God King, had also suffered a grievous injury.
His cultivation swiftly fell from the God King level to that of a First-Level God.
The Asura God King glared viciously at the Destruction God King. "Destruction, explain to me what on earth is going on."
"You were the one who told me to go down to the lower realm and have Tang San capture someone."
The Destruction God King retorted, "Asura, don't make things up. I told you to go down and have Tang San capture someone, but I didn't tell you to provoke someone that strong."
"Besides, I never said that if Tang San completed the mission, you should let him obtain the Dual Godhood of the Sea God and the Asura God ahead of time."
"Don't think I don't know. You just wanted to use this opportunity to pass your Asura God Godhood to Tang San so you could leave the Douluo God Realm yourself."
"You!!!" The Asura God King's face alternated between green and white.
The Life God King said, "All right, all right, stop arguing. Let's first think about how to deal with this."
The Destruction God King said, "What are you afraid of? That fellow called Lin Feng is a Third-Level God at most."
"Does he really dare come up to the Douluo God Realm and make trouble for us..."
"Even if he's a God King, so what? Would the five of us God Kings joining forces be afraid of him?!"
Before the Destruction God King had finished, a divine officer came rushing in. "Lord God Kings, something terrible has happened! A black eye has appeared in the sky!"
The Destruction God King and the other four God Kings walked out of the Douluo God Realm Residents' Committee's main hall and went outside.
Then the smile froze on the Destruction God King's face.
Before them.
The once perfectly clear blue sky over the Douluo God Realm had vanished, replaced by night.
They raised their heads and looked up, and saw it!
An enormous black eye was slowly emerging in the sky.
Then a voice that made their skin crawl rang out.
"Finally."
"Once again, I can bring death without restraint!!"