The Rebirth of the Supreme King Dong'er

Perhaps because she was Blessed by Luck, she did not encounter a single soul beast along the way.

Not even a Wind Baboon, a soul beast known for actively launching sneak attacks, showed itself.

Before long, Wang Dong'er flew to a small river. The emerald water shimmered beneath the sunlight. Upstream, a soul beast over three meters long, covered in brilliant golden fur, was lapping at the river with its tongue.

Its overall form resembled some kind of lion soul beast, but its four paws were like those of a dragon-type soul beast. Beneath each dragon claw burned a cluster of golden flames.

Besides its two golden eyes, it had a red vertical eye in the center of its brow.

"Three-Eyed Golden Lion?!" Wang Dong'er was somewhat stunned. She had never expected that the mysterious sensation guiding her all this way would lead her directly to the Three-Eyed Golden Lion.

Though the Three-Eyed Golden Lion was only fifteen thousand years old, its strength was enough to contend with an ordinary Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.

Wang Dong'er had the confidence to venture deep into the Star Dou Forest, but that did not mean she could restrain the Three-Eyed Golden Lion.

Huo Yuhao had at least been suppressed by the Supreme Elder, Xuan Zi. What was she supposed to do?

Quest: Three-Eyed Golden Lion, Salvation or Destruction

Quest Description: Tang San has descended the other half of his soul upon the Three-Eyed Golden Lion. If the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's luck is seized, leaving her unable to resist, her fate will be rewritten. The choice that follows will affect the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's future destiny. God's Chosen One, choose carefully.

1. Ignore the Three-Eyed Golden Lion and leave (No danger; receive a mysterious reward)

2. Save the Three-Eyed Golden Lion and establish a connection with her (Dangerous; receive a mysterious reward)

Why were they both mysterious rewards? And what kind of danger did "dangerous" even mean? This was seriously ridiculous.

Still, Wang Dong'er roughly understood. Perhaps it was precisely because Tang San had already made his arrangements on the Three-Eyed Golden Lion that she had felt this profound, inexplicable sensation—as if Stand users were drawn to one another.

After all, this really did have something to do with her.

Even if she chose to leave this time, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion would still come looking for her in the future. The only difference was that, by then, she would probably have to face Tang San again—and quite possibly a complete version of him.

"Huff..." Wang Dong'er let out a breath, and the sound caught the attention of the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, who had been drinking with her tongue curled into the water.

"Strange. Who are you, human? How did you evade my senses just now?" The Three-Eyed Golden Lion stared at Wang Dong'er, yet spoke in human language.

"Why do I feel so close to you?"

Probably because you're just a tool, while I'm the genuine "soul vessel"... Wang Dong'er did not answer the Three-Eyed Golden Lion and merely thought to herself.

She wondered whether, if she truly established a connection with the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, her memories from her previous life would also be read by the Three-Eyed Golden Lion.

And judging from the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's current state, she did not seem particularly hostile or unfriendly toward her. On the contrary, she seemed rather close to her. Aside from the influence of Tang San and Tang Wutong, it was likely also related to Wang Dong'er being Blessed by Luck.

Then the danger mentioned on the system quest panel obviously came from Tang San.

Last time, with the system's help, that wisp of Tang San's divine sense had instead become nourishment for her. She had no idea whether Tang San had also left behind a wisp of divine sense this time.

"Three-Eyed Golden Lion, my name is Wang Dong'er." Wang Dong'er slowly approached the Three-Eyed Golden Lion. Scarlet King, who was originally the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's bodyguard, seemed to have vanished into thin air and did not appear.

The Three-Eyed Golden Lion blinked her large eyes, her gaze filled with confusion.

"Human, why do you know my name?"

Name suggestions wanted! What should the Three-Eyed Golden Lion be called after taking human form? Any ideas?

Of course, the original name "Wang Qiu'er" can still be used, but she will no longer be material for Tang Wutong's fusion.

Gradually, Wang Dong'er moved closer to the Three-Eyed Golden Lion.

From up close, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's body was unexpectedly translucent like crystal, gleaming with brilliant golden radiance.

"No, no, human, you cannot touch me!" As if she had sensed what Wang Dong'er intended to do, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion suddenly took a step back, even drawing her huge head back a little.

"I-I am the Imperial Auspicious Beast, and I have super ferocious beast guards. If you dare... dare touch me, you will surely be plagued by misfortune!"

Was the Three-Eyed Golden Lion in the original story this adorable? It didn't seem like it...

Wang Donger's gaze became much clearer as she looked at the Three-Eyed Golden Lion as though looking at a very pettable big cat.

"Three-Eyed Golden Lion, do you know why I know your name?" Wang Donger's voice was almost seductive, drawing the Three-Eyed Golden Lion to raise her head and look at her.

"Actually, an evil bad person has set his sights on you and wants to make you disappear! From then on, you'll never get to eat delicious food or play with fun things again. I'm here to save you..."

"Hmph, human, do not take me for a fool. My intelligence is very high!" The Three-Eyed Golden Lion raised her head and very humanly snorted two streams of white vapor from her nose.

"Tch." Wang Dong'er clicked her tongue, feeling that this quest really would not be easy to complete.

Although the Three-Eyed Golden Lion felt close to her, her vigilance had not disappeared.

After all, attribute linking was her greatest secret. Any living creature that dared approach her on their own initiative would be met with the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's frenzied attacks.

This left Wang Dong'er in an awkward position. The Three-Eyed Golden Lion would not be hostile toward her, but she could not take things any further either.

She was just stuck here.

If she forcibly established a connection with the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, even this sense of closeness would likely disappear.

Tang San, Tang San, hurry up and come out and lend me a hand.

Wang Dong'er had never imagined that one day, she would actually take the initiative to ask Tang San to come out and do something.

"Child of Destiny? He came so quickly? The timing seems off, and this luck is rather strange as well..."

"Huh? Was I hearing things?" Wang Dong'er looked suspiciously at the Three-Eyed Golden Lion.

Having just finished complaining about Tang San, she seemed to hear his voice—but Three-Eyed Golden Lion looked completely unaware.

No, she had definitely not misheard.

Because shortly after that voice spoke, she sensed an extremely familiar fluctuation.

That damned Tang San had actually left behind a strand of divine consciousness.

"What auditory hallucination? Human, the way thou speakest is strange." The wariness in Three-Eyed Golden Lion's eyes had yet to fade, but her body honestly leaned forward slightly, her nose twitching as though she were sniffing Wang Dong'er's scent.

"Eh? Thou art clearly human, yet thou also carry the luck of soul beasts? How is that possible? Is not the Imperial Auspicious Beast only me?"

"The luck of soul beasts?" Before she could even locate Tang San's trace, Wang Dong'er was dumbfounded by Three-Eyed Golden Lion's words.

Blessed by Luck, Blessed by Luck...

Huo Yuhao merely represented the luck of humanity. In the original story, he only gained the luck of soul beasts after receiving Three-Eyed Golden Lion's sacrifice, which made Beast God Di Tian wary of acting against him.

And soul beasts were now also a part of Douluo Star, so the luck she carried naturally included the luck of soul beasts as well. It simply did not benefit the entire soul beast race as Three-Eyed Golden Lion's did.

No wonder that voice of Tang San's had said her luck was somewhat strange.

Clearly, because she was Blessed by Luck, he had mistaken her for Huo Yuhao, the Child of Destiny. Yet because the nature of her luck was completely different from Huo Yuhao's, he found it strange.

"Ah—" Three-Eyed Golden Lion suddenly cried out.

Wang Dong'er nearly thought Tang San had already made his move, but then she heard Three-Eyed Golden Lion say, "Since thou possess the luck of soul beasts, then I shall trust thee."

Was Three-Eyed Golden Lion really this innocent? Wang Dong'er became suspicious again.

She kept feeling as though she had encountered a foolish child, nothing like the Three-Eyed Golden Lion from the original story.

Luck was quite wondrous, wasn't it?

"Then I'm coming? The first time might hurt a little, so bear with it," Wang Dong'er said.

Three-Eyed Golden Lion shook her large head. "Attribute guidance can only happen once. Thou hast profound luck and possess the luck of soul beasts. I shall benefit as well."

No wonder Three-Eyed Golden Lion had suddenly trusted her again. So that was what she was waiting for.

Her own interests would not be harmed, and she could even gain benefits. It was a win-win situation. What she trusted was not Wang Dong'er herself, but the luck of soul beasts that Wang Dong'er represented.

Three-Eyed Golden Lion lay prone on the ground and slowly extended her large head. The vertical eye between her brows finally touched Wang Dong'er's gradually approaching forehead.

The next instant, both Wang Dong'er and Three-Eyed Golden Lion's bodies shuddered.

Rings of strange, distorted halos emerged, enveloping Wang Dong'er and Three-Eyed Golden Lion as though they had been sealed within amber.

And at this moment, Wang Dong'er encountered her greatest challenge since entering Shrek Academy.

As she and Three-Eyed Golden Lion underwent the guidance, the strand of Tang San's divine consciousness finally began to act.

But the moment he made his move, he was shocked to discover that the person undergoing guidance with Three-Eyed Golden Lion was not the Child of Destiny chosen by Douluo Star.

He could even sense the pure energy stripped from his own divine consciousness.

Different strands of divine consciousness were independent of one another and did not know what had happened to the other. Thus, the strand Tang San had left on Three-Eyed Golden Lion had no idea that the soul descent ritual at the Clear Sky Sect had failed.

So... where had his Child of Destiny gone? Why had the soul vessel he had originally anchored come here to undergo the guidance instead?

Most importantly, if the strand of divine consciousness he had left at the Clear Sky Sect had been refined into pure energy, did that not mean that this soul vessel before him was not his daughter, Tang Wutong, at all?

"Who exactly are you?" Tang San was furious. The scheme he had personally laid out had actually been turned against him, and someone had reaped the rewards. How could he possibly endure that?

However, Tang San had not expected that because the guidance between Three-Eyed Golden Lion and Wang Dong'er was a mutually beneficial, two-way process, it was precisely a moment when luck converged. His action instead drew the descent of Douluo Star's will.

"One who covets My will—an usurping god!" Obscure, incomprehensible syllables rang out from nowhere. Tang San, Wang Dong'er, and Three-Eyed Golden Lion all heard these words.

"Hmph, a dying struggle." Tang San snorted coldly. "Even if I, the Sea God, have only a strand of divine consciousness and must watch over the soul vessel here, thou, a mere Plane Will, art still no match for me!"

"You should all obediently accept your fate!"

Divine Realm, Forest of Life.

"Destruction, why must you oppose the Sea God?" the Goddess of Life said with a sigh. "The Sea God also holds the position of Shura God King. As Divine Realm enforcers, maintaining the Divine Realm is our shared goal."

"Maintain the Divine Realm?" the God of Destruction sneered. "Life, you have been deceived by his sanctimonious facade."

Goddess of Life: My Eyes Are Dirty

"At first, I merely thought that he and I disagreed in our views. But do you know what he has done?"

The Goddess of Life looked at the God of Destruction in confusion.

"Over these past days, have you still seen those two soul beasts that ascended to the Divine Realm alongside Tang San?"

"You mean the Sky Azure Bull Python and the Titan Giant Ape?"

"That's right." The God of Destruction nodded. "Life, we have all been deceived by Tang San!"

"He must be secretly doing something behind the Divine Realm Committee's back."

The Goddess of Life furrowed her brows. "But that alone does not prove anything..."

"Life!" the God of Destruction interrupted loudly, then immediately apologized, "I'm sorry, Life. I was too agitated."

"But you are always unwilling to judge others with malice, yet that does not mean others harbor no malice."

"Let me ask you: when Tang San had just Become a God, do you still remember what the Sea God and Shura God did?"

"Back then, we said that the Shura God had been too eager to go out adventuring, which was why he helped Tang San cheat during his God Trial. But what if the Shura God had done it deliberately?"

The Goddess of Life pursed her lips. Deep down, she did not wish for the God of Destruction to come into conflict with the other gods—especially Tang San, the law-enforcing god. That would benefit neither the Divine Realm nor ease its growing divisions.

They were all God Kings who had existed since the ancient days of the Divine Realm. None of them wished to see the Divine Realm fall apart.

But now, it seemed that the God of Destruction was determined to expose Tang San's "true colors."

"Alas." The Goddess of Life sighed. "I wonder where the Divine Realm will head in the future..."

"Hmph." The God of Destruction snorted coldly. "Life, perhaps you still do not know this: the Lower Realm once possessed the inheritance of the Angel God. I assume you have not forgotten what the Angel God represents."

"Holiness is her essence, light is her divine authority, and fire is her divine power," the Goddess of Life said slowly.

"Then what about the Sea God? I mean the Sea God before Tang San."

"The Sea God... was also holy and radiant..."

"Yes. Neither you nor I knew why the Sea God, a mere Rank 1 God, had suddenly acquired a Super Divine Artifact, or why his strength surpassed that of other Rank 1 Gods by a measure." The God of Destruction's expression turned solemn. "What if he achieved it by devouring the Angel God...?"

"The Sea God was refined and courteous, with a humble bearing. How could he have done such a thing?" The Goddess of Life was utterly shocked.

"I fear that in your heart, not only did the previous Sea God have that image, but Tang San does as well." The God of Destruction spoke resentfully. "It was precisely because of this that we were deceived by them."

"Life, let me tell you what kind of person the Sea God truly was." As he spoke, the God of Destruction took out a sphere. Chaos swirled within it, obscuring everything from view.

"You have lived in the Forest of Life for a long time, so you do not know that something happened on the Douluo Plane some days ago. Tang San, in his capacity as the current law-enforcing god, forbade the other gods from observing it. But he did not know that my subordinate possessed the ability to conceal himself."

"You know that anyone who becomes a god must leave traces behind in the world, just like the previous Sea God and the Angel God. What is recorded within this sphere is part of Tang San's process of undergoing the Sea God's God Trial on the Douluo Plane. I have not watched it yet either. Now, let us take a look together."

The Goddess of Life accepted the sphere, took a deep breath, and activated it with divine power. One scene after another appeared, until the Sea God shamelessly transformed the Sky Azure Bull Python soul bone into a jet mushroom, then used some unknown method to livestream the God Trial of that newly born Angel God...

"This..." The Goddess of Life felt as though her eyes had been sullied.