The Food God Falls

The Ice Dragon King mused, "An energy fluctuation capable of drawing you into breaking through space would have to come from at least the sacrifice of a million-year soul beast. Could it be that a million-year soul beast has finally been born on the Douluo Continent?"

The Ice Empress said, "I don't know whether there are any million-year soul beasts on the Douluo Continent, but I think I know who that big fat bug is."

"Who?" the Ice Dragon King asked.

The Ice Empress said bitterly, "An ice silkworm that stumbled into a cave full of Ten Thousand Year Cold Ice Marrow through sheer dumb luck. It became a ferocious beast just by eating and sleeping. I'd wanted to eat it."

"But it escaped. I never expected that it would now break through to a million years—and, like me, sacrifice itself to a human."

"Presumably, like you, it intended to find a human and carry out the God Creation Project."

The Ice Dragon King nodded.

"The human boy who received its sacrifice really is a fellow blessed with profound fortune."

Then, changing the subject, she suddenly said, "But unfortunately, it isn't profound enough."

"Why?" the Ice Empress asked instinctively.

"Because having Da Gu become a god is enough." The Ice Dragon King was extremely hostile toward any other human becoming a god.

She drifted before Gu Yuan, cupped his face, and solemnly said, "Da Gu, if that person tries to become a god in the future, you must kill him if you encounter him."

"I will, Little Mother." Gu Yuan naturally knew that person was Huo Yuhao.

Now that Huo Yuhao had caught God King Tang's attention, he would sooner or later become the latter's pawn.

Given the chance, he naturally would not let him go.

However, this matter could not be rushed. God King Tang had been watching from above all along.

He needed to come up with a foolproof plan.

"As for you, give this king a reason not to kill you." The Ice Dragon King looked coldly at Electrolux.

Electrolux smiled faintly and said, "I am already a dead man. I have even forgotten my own name."

"I only remember: 'With sun and moon in hand, I pluck the stars; there is no one in this world like me.' If you wish to kill me, then do it."

"I have nothing to say."

His frankness made the Ice Dragon King regard him somewhat more highly. She turned to Gu Yuan and asked, "Da Gu, what do you think?"

Gu Yuan looked up at Electrolux and said, "Anyone capable of saying, 'With sun and moon in hand, I pluck the stars; there is no one in this world like me,' must have been a great hero in life. Since that is so, Little Mother, open up another small space for him to live in."

"Thank you," Electrolux said gratefully.

After the Ice Dragon King casually opened up a small space, he transformed into a grayish-white bead and floated inside.

"It's getting late. Hurry and register at Shrek, lest you miss the registration deadline," the Ice Dragon King reminded him.

Gu Yuan nodded and delayed no longer. Spreading his Ice Crystal Wings, he beat them once and transformed into a streak of pale-blue light that vanished into the horizon.

For no apparent reason, Gu Yuan suddenly thought of the cup of Masticated Wine he had traded for God King Tang's fine wine. He wondered whether God King Tang had drunk it yet.

If he had, then Gu Yuan would have far fewer reservations.

Wouldn't he be free to do whatever he wanted?

And the item he had traded for "Food God Oscar's Egg: True" was no ordinary thing either.

It was the Ten Absolute Poisons from the world of A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality.

Even old Nascent Soul monsters had almost no answer once contaminated by this stuff. Unless they promptly possessed another body and were reborn, death was inevitable. Even their Nascent Souls would be corroded and destroyed by the virulent poison.

Worried that he might be poisoned himself, Gu Yuan had immediately had the system complete the exchange before it could even appear.

He wondered whether the owner of this "True Egg" could withstand it.

One day in the God Realm was one year on the Douluo Continent.

During the year after Gu Yuan exchanged the Masticated Wine, the original bodies of the Shrek Seven Devils in the God Realm remained seated in meditation within their respective residences, refining the medicinal power of the Hundred Flower Brew.

Ordinarily, given their cultivation, they would not have needed to refine it for so long.

But who told them that the Hundred Flower Brew they drank contained Masticated Wine?

Tang San had "been reborn" as Tang Ya.

Xiao Wu had "been reborn" as Jiang Nannan.

Dai Mubai had "been reborn" as Dai Yueheng.

Zhu Zhuqing had "been reborn" as Zhu Lu.

Ning Rongrong had "been reborn" as Ning Tian.

Oscar had "been reborn" as He Caitou.

Ma Hongjun had "been reborn" as Feng Ling.

Conversely, these people had naturally "reincarnated" as them.

These people had no idea how to invoke divine power.

They could only allow the medicinal effects of the Hundred Flower Brew and its immortal spiritual energy to be absorbed meaninglessly by their bodies.

This was why, after exchanging bodies with the Seven Devils, they had remained in a meditative state.

They had yet to awaken.

Originally, this situation would have lasted at least several more days.

But an accident occurred.

Food God Hall.

Also known as the Nine-Colored Divine Hall, it had originally been the residence of the former Food God and the Nine-Colored Goddess.

However, ever since Ning Rongrong and Oscar moved in, the name no longer fit.

It was divided into the West Hall and East Hall.

The West Hall was where Ning Rongrong lived, as it was closer to the Sea God Temple.

Oscar lived in the East Hall.

Just as Oscar's body was autonomously absorbing the medicinal effects of the Hundred Flower Brew and the immortal spiritual energy contained within it, He Caitou, who had already exchanged bodies with him, suddenly woke with a sharp pain.

Without even caring about the changes in his surroundings, he hurriedly pulled down his pants and looked, only to discover that one of the eggs had somehow changed shape.

It had become the shape of a jade vial used to hold pills.

Enduring the intense pain in his body, He Caitou cautiously reached toward the bottle-shaped object.

But the difference in physical strength between Oscar's divine body and his mortal body was simply too great.

Even though he had been extremely careful, the moment he lightly touched the jade vial, his inability to control the strength of this body caused him to crush it outright.

"Ah..." He Caitou screamed again.

The Ten Absolute Poisons inside the vial seeped out.

The next second, the sack containing the egg and bottle-shaped object corroded and festered at a visible rate.

He Caitou could not even fully control this body's strength, much less divine power.

He was utterly incapable of mounting any proper resistance.

Before long, his meridians ruptured, his divine power scattered, and he turned into a puddle of bloody filth.

Just like that, the body of Oscar, a generation's Food God, along with He Caitou's soul, perished silently.

If God King Tang had still been present, he naturally would have learned of it immediately through the God Realm Hub.

Unfortunately, the one controlling his body was still "Tang Ya," who was controlling Tang San's body and unconsciously absorbing the Hundred Flower Brew.

Naturally, Oscar, who had "reincarnated" as He Caitou, knew nothing of this.

Ever since the egg had suddenly turned into a duck egg, he had been dejected for quite some time.

Not until he felt that he could not continue like this and had to become a god to recover

did he regain his enthusiasm for cultivation.

However, just as He Caitou could not control his body, although Oscar could control He Caitou's body, he could not control his Soul Engineer techniques.

Completely clueless in this regard, Oscar could only pretend to have lost his memory.

As it happened, he truly did not remember anything about the previous owner of this body.

Out of guilt, Fan Yu did not investigate too deeply, merely assuming that Oscar had suffered such a heavy blow that he had lost his memory.

Thus, he had Oscar begin learning Soul Engineer techniques from scratch.

Oscar, who was diligently studying Soul Engineer techniques to gain offensive power, had no idea that his original body had perished.

He was still cultivating anew in preparation for becoming a god.