Taking the Long Way Around

Spirit Hall, the Pope's Hall.

Bibi Dong and the other elders could not help but frown deeply.

No matter how powerful Teyvat was, the most they could do was curry favor with it and submit.

After all, Teyvat had no intention of attacking Spirit Hall, or even interfering with the Douluo Continent.

Raiden Ei, who had appeared so far, really was running a restaurant in Heaven Dou City. She was running a restaurant and nothing else.

Nahida, meanwhile, liked to visit libraries in search of books to read.

As for Him, He was even more mysterious.

They had no idea where to find Him.

But Xiao Wu, Tang San, and the others were people they had to guard against.

Spirit Hall had killed Xiao Wu's mother, and Tang San was locked in a fight to the death with them.

If Xiao Wu received the sky screen's reward and really chose to lift the Curse of Immortality on Tang San and the others, then once Tang San completed his divine inheritance, he really would send everyone in Spirit Hall to the Western Paradise.

"Keep your eyes peeled, all of you."

"Don't miss a single frame or second on the sky screen."

"Report any useful information immediately."

Bibi Dong spoke.

The elders, who had always been at odds with the Pope's faction, and even Qian Daoliu, kept their eyes fixed on the images on the sky screen.

What the sky screen recorded was information from the future. Whoever grasped the key points could seize the initiative.

Images gradually appeared on the sky screen.

They showed buildings in the Douluo God Realm.

(Tens of thousands of years later.)

Tens of thousands of years later in the Douluo God Realm? Then we have to look even more closely.

Text began to appear on the sky screen.

(Tens of thousands of years later, the Douluo God Realm collided with other Divine Realms, forming the Douluo Great God Realm, which had twelve God Kings.)

(The initial chairman was Tang San. After Tang San sacrificed himself to search for Xiao Wu's reincarnation, the position was handed to the Light God King, and then to Huo Yuhao.)

(The chairman's powers were to convene and preside over committee meetings, represent the Great God Realm externally, coordinate day-to-day affairs, and make nominations.)

(Huo Yuhao's brother and master was the million-year-level Soul Beast, the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm. His comrade in life-and-death battles was the Ice Empress, one of the Douluo Continent's ten great Ferocious Beasts, and his goddaughter was the Snow Empress, another of the ten.)

(More than half the credit for Huo Yuhao becoming the God of Emotions King belonged to these three Ferocious Beasts. The Ice Empress, Snow Empress, and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm lived in his spiritual world. He was naturally close to the Soul Beast side to his very bones.)

At the sight of this, the pupils of the living beings across the Douluo Continent all contracted.

Who was this Huo Yuhao??

He had such close ties to the Soul Beast Clan.

And his achievements could reach such heights—he had actually reached the level of a God King.

Wasn't it said that Soul Beasts couldn't become gods in the Douluo God Realm?

Why could this guy become a god?

And what did this have to do with the theme of Xiao Wu standing on equal footing with gods in a mortal body?

(Bibi Dong: The Soul Beast Clan produced someone like this in the future. The Soul Beast Clan is practically taking flight.)

(Xiong Jun: What does that mean?)

(Bibi Dong: I really don't know how your Soul Beast Clan has been getting by. You still don't even understand what's going on.)

(Bibi Dong: Didn't you see that Huo Yuhao is the chairman of the Douluo Great God Realm? That guy's relationship with the Soul Beast Clan is one forged through life and death. In that position, even while following the rules, he has far too much room to maneuver.)

(Bibi Dong: For example, say a First-Level God in the Douluo Great God Realm needs to choose someone to inherit their godhood, doesn't know whom to pick, and goes to ask Huo Yuhao. Huo Yuhao could casually recommend a heaven's chosen from the Soul Beast Clan whom he knows, or a human prodigy with very, very close ties to the clan.)

(Bibi Dong: Or perhaps there's a piece of land in the Douluo Great God Realm with no use for it. Couldn't Huo Yuhao propose giving it to the Soul Beast Clan as a habitat? That would be perfectly within the rules, wouldn't it?)

(Bibi Dong: A little favoritism here, a little favoritism there, and as time goes by, more and more gods in the Great God Realm will have ties to the Soul Beast Clan!)

"What does this have to do with the sky screen's assessment of Xiao Wu standing on equal footing with gods in a mortal body??" Everyone looked utterly bewildered.

The sky screen changed again, and a line of text appeared.

(Huo Yuhao, husband of Tang Wutong, the daughter of Tang San and Xiao Wu. Thanks to Tang San's support and his own efforts, he rose from the First-Level God of Emotions to become a God King and chairman of the God Realm committee.)

Seeing this, the Hilichurl versions of the Five Great God Kings in the Douluo God Realm exploded. They completely exploded.

The Destruction God King looked at the Asura God King with disgust. "Hahahaha! Asura God King, you really picked a fine successor. What a spectacular choice!"

"Hahaha, I was wondering how Huo Yuhao, a human bound to the Soul Beast Clan by ties of life and death, managed to become a God King, and the freaking chairman on top of that."

"Who would've thought the biggest traitor to the gods was freaking you, Asura God King?"

"I'm going to beat the hell out of you today."

The Destruction God King rushed over, grabbed the Asura God King, and gave him a savage beating.

He was truly grief-stricken.

He had already suspected that the Asura God King was freaking unreliable, but he had never imagined he would be this freaking unreliable.

In the past, the Dragon God, former ruler of all Soul Beasts, had led the divine beasts into battle against the Five Great God Kings. The Douluo God Realm had only managed to bring him down at the cost of four First-Level Elemental Gods.

The Soul Beast Clan and the Douluo God Realm were sworn enemies, yet the Asura God King's successor, Tang San, had actually chosen a human bound to the Soul Beast Clan by ties of life and death as his son-in-law.

It would have been one thing to make him his son-in-law, but he had freaking supported him all the way to becoming a God King, and even freaking helped him become some kind of chairman.

If the Dragon God were alive and learned of such a future, he would freaking laugh himself awake in his dreams.

Hahahahaha.

The Asura God King had forgotten the price their Douluo God Realm had paid to suppress the Dragon God.

The Asura God King had forgotten how those four First-Level Elemental Gods had died.

Hahahahaha...

The future of their Douluo God Realm was nothing but darkness.

Normally, if the Destruction God King beat the Asura God King like this, they would have stopped him.

But this time, the Life God King remained silent. Goodness and the Evil God King were silent as well.

Even the Asura God King did not fight back, letting the Destruction God King pin him to the ground and beat him.

The first Dragon God had been slain by the Asura God King's own hand.

And yet...

The successor he had chosen had personally helped a heaven's chosen bound to the Soul Beast Clan by ties of life and death rise to power.

By that reckoning...

Tang San was the biggest traitor to the gods.

"Asura God King, you don't deserve to be a God King."

"Today, I propose that you, Asura God King, be kicked out of the Five Great God Kings."

"Our Douluo God Realm has no need for scum like you."

The Destruction God King spoke in anguish.

The Life God King, Evil God King, and God King of Goodness all hesitated somewhat.

To remove the Asura God King from the Douluo God Realm Residents' Committee, at least four of the Five Great God Kings had to vote together in favor.