Gangzi Was Being Hunted?

Tang San was incredibly fast. In no time, he had reached the Forest of Life.

He didn't go to Destruction Castle. It was filled with powerful Destruction Divine Power and served merely as God of Destruction's cultivation grounds.

The couple's actual home was a lake deep within the Forest of Life. It was called the Lake of Life.

A wooden house stood over the water of the Lake of Life. This was the home of the Goddess of Life and God of Destruction.

The forest's sky was tinged green, and the air brimmed with an exceedingly rich aura of life.

Inside the house.

The instant Tang San stepped into the Forest of Life, the Goddess of Life opened her green eyes.

Puzzlement crossed her face as she said to the purple figure beside her, "Xiao Zi, the Sea God seems to be heading this way."

At that, God of Destruction gave a cold snort. "Is he here to beg me to plead for that Fart God? Too late."

Ever since Tang San had ascended to the Divine Realm, he had never once sought him out of his own accord.

God of Fire, on the other hand, had come by plenty of times, though every single visit had been timed to coincide with his closed-door cultivation.

"The Sea God is here."

As the Goddess of Life spoke, Tang San pushed open the wooden house's door.

God of Destruction immediately spoke with cutting sarcasm. "I wondered who had come. So it's the famously pure and unsullied Sea God."

"Pure and unsullied" was the image Tang San had cultivated for himself in the Divine Realm.

Quite a few people believed it, but God of Destruction clearly wasn't one of them.

He knew Tang San's character all too well.

Back then, the previous God of Fire had been the first to pass down an inheritance to Douluo Continent.

Afterward, the Sea God, Asura God, God of War... one after another, they had followed suit, each finding an inheritor on Douluo Continent.

How could a single lower-plane realm produce so many prodigies that a God King, two Supreme Gods, and a host of Second-Level Gods all descended to set divine trials?

And that didn't even include Rakshasa God and Angel God, who had perished ten thousand years ago...

It was all far too abnormal for God of Destruction not to notice.

At first, he had welcomed it. New blood emerging in the Divine Realm was a good thing.

But aside from God of Fire's inheritor, who had always been coasting along... all the other gods' inheritors had actually started a civil war on Douluo Continent!

They had completely disregarded the rule that gods must not interfere with the mortal world.

In the end, they had turned such a fine plane into a land of devastation.

And that hypocrite Tang San, most of all! He'd thrown away every shred of dignity just to win!

He'd even had a Titled Douluo with poison-based abilities massacre an entire city! How many innocent lives had been lost because of that?

And then he'd gone and staged a battle of two gods against two gods!

God of Destruction had watched it all unfold in the Divine Realm...

If Old Asura hadn't been so powerful, forcing him to stay out of it by holding the Asura Divine Sword to him, he would've sent down a bolt of the Divine Thunder of Annihilation and given Tang San's bones a good rattling.

Seeing God of Destruction take the first shot, Tang San didn't hold back. He went straight for his weakest point.

"I could never compare to you, Destruction. You live in such a peaceful place as the Forest of Life, without having to put up with the racket of children."

The face beneath God of Destruction's hood changed, turning ice-cold.

Everyone in the Divine Realm knew that he and the Goddess of Life couldn't have children.

He wouldn't have cared if someone else had said it. After all, newborns were rare in the Divine Realm.

But those words came from Tang San, who had children of his own. That made their meaning entirely different!

The Goddess of Life was much the same, though her expression differed from God of Destruction's. She seemed to be weighing something.

God of Destruction was just about to erupt when the corner of his eye caught the Goddess of Life. He immediately forced down his anger.

"Sea God, whatever you came here for, you can leave now."

Seeing God of Destruction take the hit, Tang San secretly delighted in it.

Then he looked at God of Destruction provocatively. "The Forest of Life is the Goddess of Life's territory. Your Destruction Castle is over there."

"Sea God... you!"

God of Destruction had never been good with words. He had no chance of winning a verbal spar with Tang San.

Besides, everything in the Forest of Life was under Xiao Lu's control.

In other words, this was Xiao Lu's home.

If he actually started a fight with the Sea God, he could only leave Xiao Lu without a home.

Where would Xiao Lu live then?

Such a tough question...

The Goddess of Life understood what Tang San meant. If he hadn't come to see Xiao Zi, then he must have come to see her.

Was the Sea God in need of her help?

The Goddess of Life was exceedingly kind. Whenever a god or a living being in the Divine Realm needed her help, she would lend a hand without hesitation, unless God of Destruction stopped her.

Just like last time with God of Fire. Xiao Zi had happened to be in seclusion, and as she kept reaching out to help, somehow she'd ended up putting her hand on top...

But before she could speak, God of Destruction's icy voice rang out again. He seemed determined not to back down.

"You don't need to ask Xiao Lu to plead for him. I've already sent many Celestial Hunters and divine officials to the mortal world to hunt down that Fart God. I swear I'll bring him back to the Divine Realm and punish him to the fullest extent of the law!"

He still assumed that Tang San had come to the Goddess of Life to plead for the Fart God.

After all, everyone in the Divine Realm knew that a mere Third-Level Fart God spent all day lecturing the Sea God, a God King.

God of Destruction was a God King himself. Putting himself in Tang San's shoes, he would never allow a god weaker than himself to jump all over him.

Apart from the Goddess of Life...

And the Sea God had endured even that, while helping him cover for his trips to the mortal world. That was enough to show their bond wasn't as sordid as the rumors claimed.

At the very least, it was a case of a master's kindness met with a disciple's respect.

God of Destruction was extremely clever. He had figured all of this out in an instant.

God of Destruction was ready. The moment Tang San asked the Goddess of Life to plead for him, he would humiliate Tang San mercilessly.

And yet... Tang San's reaction left God of Destruction baffled.

What had he just seen?

Had Tang San smiled?

It wasn't a sneer. It looked more like the smile of someone finally set free.

Tang San also realized something was off. He immediately thought over every event in his life that had made him the most miserable, and only then managed to suppress his smile.

What was going on today?

First, Destruction had stripped him of his authority to enforce the law.

He'd been furious...

Then God of Fire had perfectly carried out the ten-thousand-year plan ahead of schedule, directing the Child of Destiny's fortune to him and the Tang Sect.

His anger had vanished...

Then Xiao Wu had gotten pregnant, and it was a boy...

His fury had turned to joy...

And now... Destruction had given him another grand gift.

Was this what they meant by emerging from bitterness into sweetness?

What was he supposed to do now?

Laugh at the sky, or glare with bloodshot eyes?

He couldn't tell!

He really couldn't tell!

"Destruction, you've already sealed your own doom." With no other choice, Tang San could only offer up this lofty maxim halfheartedly.

It was the first time he had ever said those words so calmly.

In the past, whenever he uttered this seven-word mantra, his body would always develop certain symptoms on its own.

For example, the familiar ones: bloodshot eyes and panting like an ox.

At last, God of Destruction felt satisfied. Yes, that was more like it. It gave him just a tiny bit of a sense of achievement.

"Life, I'd like you to take a look at my Xiao Wu. She's pregnant again."

Tang San wasn't just focused on getting under God of Destruction's skin. To him, Xiao Wu and the boy in her womb mattered far more than any of this.

"Xiao Wu's pregnant again!" The Goddess of Life sounded delighted.

Tang Wutong was the seventh child born in the Divine Realm, so her childhood nickname was Xiao Qi.

Then the next one would be... Xiao Ba... No, that was too tacky.

Why not call him...

Lao Ba!

"Hmph, congratulations, Sea God."

For once, God of Destruction didn't nitpick at Tang San, but there was jealousy in his voice. "Congratulations on becoming a father again."