The Truth Wang Dong'er Could Not Accept
Tai Tan assumed that Huo Yuhao would make a promise in response, and soon after set off to pick the Acacia Lovesick Heartbreak Red.
However, Huo Yuhao did not mention the matter of picking the Immortal Herb. Instead, he asked with a serious expression, "Seniors, Dong'er's condition is probably not as simple as just awakening her martial soul prematurely and her body being unable to withstand it, is it?"
This sudden question caused the air in the hall to fall silent instantly.
Niu Tian's gaze fell on Huo Yuhao, his brows furrowing slightly. "What do you mean by that?"
Huo Yuhao met that gaze with neither arrogance nor servility, and said calmly, "I have examined Dong'er's body. Her most serious problem is the loss of her soul."
Niu Tian and Tai Tan were both shocked to hear this; they hadn't expected Huo Yuhao to know even this.
They certainly knew what had happened; Tang Wutong's soul had been torn apart. Although they hadn't witnessed the process firsthand, they were extremely dissatisfied with Tang San after learning about it.
But now, facing Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er, there was no way they could reveal the whole story.
Wang Dong'er seemed to have been awakened by these words, and murmured with her eyes slightly lowered, "No wonder my memories are incomplete... it turns out it's because my soul is missing."
She raised her head, her large, pinkish-blue eyes fixed on Niu Tian and Tai Tan, and asked, "Big Uncle, Second Uncle, what exactly is going on?"
Faced with this question, Niu Tian and Tai Tan looked at each other, momentarily at a loss for words.
The hall fell silent for a moment, and the air seemed to thicken.
Huo Yuhao then interjected, adding in a calm and unhurried tone, "Seniors, during my investigation, I also discovered something else: Dong'er is not only missing a part of her soul, but there is also an extremely powerful seal within her Spirit Sea."
"Therefore, I think that the lack of her soul is not like something that formed naturally, but more like something that was man-made."
With the Destruction God King backing him up, Huo Yuhao was incredibly confident. All the things that had previously troubled him were now no longer a concern.
That's why he dared to bring this up directly in the Clear Sky Sect, even if Tang San found out, he wasn't afraid.
Upon hearing this, Wang Dong'er's expression changed drastically. She looked at Niu Tian and Tai Tan with disbelief and shock in her eyes, and tears welled up in her eyes.
The deception from her loved ones was already hard for her to accept; could the final truth be even more terrifying?
Faced with Wang Dong'er's expression, Tai Tan was somewhat afraid to look her in the eye and turned his head slightly away.
At the crucial moment, it was Niu Tian who stepped up to the challenge.
His mind raced, and in a few breaths he wove together what he considered a logically consistent answer.
He sighed slowly, his tone carrying a sense of helplessness, as if he had been cornered. "Dong'er, it was because you awakened your martial spirit ahead of time that your Divine Power became abnormally strong, far exceeding the limits of your physical body, which put pressure on your normal physical development."
"Your father, having no other choice, had to separate a portion of your soul and store it, which allowed you to grow up successfully."
"Once your physical problems are completely resolved, the part of your soul that was separated will return, and only then will you be the healthy and complete you."
Knowing that she had been kept in the dark, Wang Dong'er already felt a sense of grievance and unease.
Now, this unease was completely ignited by Niu Tian's seemingly self-consistent but ultimately evasive explanation, and she couldn't listen to a single word he said.
Her eyes were filled with tears, revealing a vulnerability and stubbornness she had never shown before. "Big Uncle, I only learned today that I lost my memories because my soul was missing."
"I don't even know who my parents are; I have absolutely no recollection of them."
"You say all of this was done by my father for my sake, so where is he?"
Where is that part of my memory that was separated from me?
Faced with Wang Dong'er's barrage of questions, Niu Tian opened his mouth, only to find that he had no idea how to answer.
Is her father the Sea God Tang San?
But surely a dignified God King couldn't even solve his own daughter's problem, resorting to methods like tearing apart her soul?
As for where that part of the soul that was separated is, even he doesn't know. He only knows that Tang San has his own plans, and that part of the soul is not in the Divine Realm.
Seeing Niu Tian's inability to provide an answer, the tears that had been welling up in Wang Dong'er's eyes finally burst forth like a dam breaking.
She stood up abruptly, her gaze sweeping over Niu Tian and Tai Tan's faces. Her voice choked with emotion, yet sharper than ever before. "I don't understand, what's wrong with saying these things? Or is it that you simply don't care whether I live or die!"
As soon as she finished speaking, she rubbed her eyes hard, then turned and ran wildly towards the gate of the main hall.
Niu Tian and Tai Tan's expressions both changed. They looked at each other for a moment, but neither of them immediately got up to chase after them, because they didn't know how to handle the situation at the moment.
Tai Tan sighed helplessly, turned his gaze to Huo Yuhao, and instinctively wanted to get angry.
But then he thought about it again and realized that this whole thing had nothing to do with Huo Yuhao, so he could only swallow his anger and let out a muffled groan.
Huo Yuhao stood up and said to Niu Tian and Tai Tan, "Seniors, I'll go check on Dong'er."
Niu Tian didn't say much, he just nodded silently.
Huo Yuhao didn't linger any longer. He turned around and quickly walked out of the main hall, chasing after the direction in which Wang Dong'er had disappeared.
The Divine Realm appears peaceful on the surface, with surging clouds and flowing divine light, as if everything is in perfect order.
However, any God who has even a slight understanding of the situation in the Divine Realm knows that the discord between the Sea God Tang San and the God of Destruction is no secret.
The two had frequent, overt and covert, frictions, but most of the gods didn't pay much attention to them, considering it just that the two God King had different ideas and occasionally argued, without any more serious consequences.
They never imagined that allowing the current situation to continue would eventually lead to a divine war that would engulf almost the entire upper echelons of the Divine Realm.
The seeds of this war were sown many years ago.
On the edge of the Divine Realm, there is an extremely dense jungle.
The sky here has a pale turquoise color, as if even the light itself is imbued with a sense of Life God.
The air was filled with vibrant life; the vegetation was lush, and everything appeared peaceful and serene.
This place is called the Forest of Life, the residence of the Goddess of Life, one of the Five Great God Kings.
Although she is God King, she chose to live in this jungle on the very edge of the Divine Realm, in order to the Divine Realm and maintain the integrity and balance of the God Realm Law.
In the very center of this Forest of Life stands an enormous ancient tree.
The tree trunk was as thick as a mountain, and its branches and leaves were so lush that they covered most of the sky.
Above the tree canopy, there is an exquisite and natural treehouse, woven from the branches and vines of the Life Ancient Tree itself, blending seamlessly with the entire tree.
This is the dwelling place of the Goddess of Life, the Life Treehouse.
At this moment, the Goddess of Life is sitting on a thick, ancient tree branch, her long, beautiful legs swinging casually, like a young girl resting on a swing.
She wore a long, emerald-green dress, the hem of which draped down on either side of the branches, swaying gently in the breeze.
Those soft, emerald-green eyes were gazing at the distant sea of clouds, lost in thought.
Then, a gentle voice softly uttered from her lips. "What makes you so happy?"
Beside her, a purplish-black figure appeared silently without her noticing; it was none other than the God of Destruction.
He didn't answer immediately, but turned his head slightly to look at the Goddess of Life's leisurely appearance, a very faint smile appearing on his lips.