In the scene, the sect had raised him, an orphan, to adulthood, yet he had repaid them by stealing the sect's highest secret manual. No matter how you looked at it, there was no washing away the despicable deed of a petty villain!
Tang San's heart sank to the bottom.
Yet just as despair engulfed him, a sliver of hope flared in his heart.
At least...
At least, his appearance in his previous life had been different from the way he looked now.
The same name might just be a coincidence.
As long as nobody knew I'd transmigrated here, the man in that scene would simply be an "otherworldly Tang San" who shared my name!
Yes, that was it!
But the thought had barely formed before the Heavenly Dao Gold Ranking mercilessly shattered it.
High above, that grand, emotionless voice rang out once more.
[In his previous life, Tang San fell to his death at Ghost Sorrow Cliff, but his soul did not dissipate. By a twist of fate, he transmigrated to Douluo Continent and reincarnated by seizing another's body.]
[After his rebirth, with the help of the current era's Divine Craftsman Lou Gao and the power of his own Clear Sky Hammer, he successfully forged the Buddha Wrath Tang Lotus once more.]
[Improved with materials from Douluo Continent, this item was even more powerful. Even an ordinary person could use it to severely wound a Titled Douluo!]
Rumble!
If what had come before was a bolt from the blue, then this was the sky collapsing and the earth sinking!
Reincarnated by seizing another's body!
Those four words tore away the last scrap of Tang San's modesty, leaving him utterly exposed!
The scene on the heavenly screen shifted.
In a dim smithy, an emaciated old man was pouring the last flicker of life he had left into hammering the metal in his hands with all his might.
It was the Divine Craftsman, Lou Gao!
At last, Lou Gao burned through his life, leaving behind only a brilliant, eerie golden lotus resting quietly on the forging table.
Then a hand reached out and picked up the lotus.
The view tilted upward.
A face familiar to everyone appeared on the screen.
The face was handsome and resolute, blue hair falling over his shoulders, with the mark of the Sea God Trident between his brows!
It was none other than the Tang San of the present day!
"Hiss—"
A collective gasp swept through Shrek Camp.
"This... This is Third Brother?"
Ning Rongrong instinctively covered her mouth.
Everyone's eyes turned to Tang San once again.
It was over.
Everything was over.
Tang San swayed, barely able to keep standing.
He knew he could no longer hide the truth or offer any excuses.
The Heavenly Dao Gold Ranking had laid everything bare, exposing him to the world without a shred of cover.
"Third Brother..."
Xiao Wu steadied him with concern, her eyes full of heartache.
Tang San drew a deep breath and slowly closed his eyes. When he opened them again, they held nothing but bitterness.
In a hoarse voice, he told them the whole story of his previous life, from beginning to end.
From being an orphan raised by the Tang Sect, to secretly studying its manuals in pursuit of the pinnacle of hidden weapons, to being forced to leap from a cliff, and finally having his soul transmigrate to this world.
Everyone fell silent when he finished.
The secret was simply too shocking.
So the Tang San they had spent every day with, the man they regarded as their leader and brother, had a soul that came from another world!
If the Heavenly Dao hadn't exposed him, they might never have learned the truth, not even in a hundred lifetimes.
Among the crowd, Dugu Bo's expression was the most complicated.
He recalled how familiar Tang San had been with the properties of all kinds of Immortal Herbs, the strange methods he'd produced one after another, and the shrewdness and scheming far beyond anyone his age.
So that was it...
So this was the root of it all.
The old poison master felt a jumble of emotions, which finally gave way to a lonely sigh.
After a moment of silence, Dai Mubai was the first to break the impasse.
He stepped forward and clapped Tang San firmly on the shoulder.
"Xiao San, no matter where your soul came from, you'll always be the third member of our Shrek Seven Devils, and you'll always be our brother!"
"That's right!" Ma Hongjun chimed in loudly. "I don't care about your past or present life. I only care about the Third Brother standing here now!"
"Third Brother, we'll always support you!"
Oscar, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing voiced their support as well.
Their support finally brought a trace of color back to Tang San's ashen face.
Just then, Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang walked over. He looked at his disciple with a solemn expression.
"Xiao San."
"What happened in the past can no longer be changed."
"But your future is still in your own hands."
Grandmaster paused, his voice growing especially firm.
"As long as we can destroy Spirit Hall and unify the continent, you'll still be the Sea God Tang San who saved the world, with not a single stain on his name!"
"History is written by the victors!"
At his words, a spark returned to Tang San's eyes.
That's right!
Grandmaster was right!
As long as I won, as long as I stood at the pinnacle of this world, who would dare speak of my past?
He nodded heavily, murderous intent in his eyes.
Meanwhile, inside the Tang Sect, people were already abuzz with discussion.
"My god! Young Master Tang San... was reincarnated after someone from another world seized a body?"
"He was raised by the sect, yet he secretly studied its manuals and ended up being forced to jump off a cliff... That conduct is just too despicable, too villainous!"
"Shh! Keep your voice down! Do you want to get yourself killed?"
Someone hurriedly stopped him, but the seeds of doubt had already been sown.
"If he came here through transmigration, does his soul even belong to the bloodline of the Clear Sky Sect? Can he still be considered our young master?"
Tai Tan, patriarch of the Strength Clan, and Yang Wudi, patriarch of the Breaking Clan, exchanged glances. They both saw the complicated look in the other's eyes.
They had already placed every bet they had on Tang San.
Now that the Golden List had exposed his past life, it was clear that the former Tang San had acted like a thoroughgoing villain.
But so what?
They were already on this boat. All they could do was see it through to the end!
Star Dou Great Forest, Lake of Life.
Countless powerful Soul Beasts also saw the scene in the sky through special means.
"Tsk, tsk. What an interesting fellow this human named Tang San is."
"Raised by others, then biting the hand that fed him. Humans really are a bunch of despicable, shameless creatures!"
The Soul Beasts discussed it, their voices full of disdain and eager amusement as they watched the spectacle.
In the deepest part of the forest, Di Tian opened his golden, vertical pupils, a flicker of curiosity passing through them.
On the island in the middle of the lake, Gu Yuena, dressed in a silver gown, also gazed up at the heavenly screen. An intrigued expression appeared on her exquisite face.
"A human who transmigrated here?"
"And cultivated all the way to become a god in this world?"
"How interesting."
Her gaze was deep, as if she could see through time and space.
"Was it a coincidence, or was some higher-level deity pulling the strings behind the scenes?"
Gu Yuena murmured softly, then sighed.
"The Great Dao Gold List... Truly worthy of being an existence that represents the world's fundamental laws. It can reveal even secrets like this."
On the battlements of Jialing Pass.
Bibi Dong and the Titled Douluo of Spirit Hall had also witnessed everything.
From "the Tang Sect in another world," to "secretly studying the manuals," and then to "reincarnating by seizing another's body"...
Each revelation left them more stunned than the last.
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