"Big brother... let's go. Let's go home and eat."
Na'er slipped out of Tang Heng's arms and wiped the tears at the corners of her eyes.
"Hahaha, the wind's strong out there. I got sand in my eyes. Let's go back first."
Na'er took her brother's hand, wanting to lead him away.
She could sense that those several subordinates were nearby. If they mistook Brother Heng for an obstacle, they might cause a tragedy she didn't want to see.
"You go back first. Your brother has some things to take care of."
"But, big brother..."
A trace of tension showed on Na'er's little face. Her eyes flicked toward the figures at the street corner, and she opened her mouth to speak, but Tang Heng interrupted her.
"Have a little faith in me. I'll handle it."
Tang Heng ruffled Na'er's hair and said gently:
"All you need to do is go home and eat. Then your brother will take you and Wulin shopping. When you're tired from playing, we'll go home and sleep. When you open your eyes, it'll be a new day."
A look of uncertainty and hesitation crossed Na'er's face. She knew her brother had many strange qualities that couldn't be explained in words.
But she was still worried that, for her sake, the several Ferocious Beasts might do something to hurt Brother Heng.
Seeing Na'er still hesitating, Tang Heng cupped her face in both hands, making her meet his gaze.
"Tell me. What do you truly want?"
Meeting his blazing gaze, Na'er's delicate body trembled slightly. Tears spilled from her eyes, and her words came out choked with sobs.
"Waaah... I—I don't want to go. I really don't want to go."
"I can't bear to leave Mom and Dad. I can't bear to leave this home... and I can't bear to leave you most of all."
Her sobs were heart-rending, as if she were trying to cry out every last bit of her grievance.
Tang Heng simply reached out and hugged Na'er again, gently patting her back. Then he bent down and whispered in her ear:
"I'll take care of everything."
With that, Tang Heng let go and stepped back two paces, wiping away the glistening tears at the corners of Na'er's eyes.
Then his gaze met that of the people in the distance.
There were men and women among them, led by a middle-aged man.
He was handsome and rugged, about two meters tall, with broad shoulders. He wore a black robe embroidered with golden patterns.
A streak of gold ran through the middle of his black hair, making him look quite distinctive.
At that moment, their gazes met, and a tense, hostile atmosphere spread around them.
"Boss, that human pup actually dares to glare at you. He sure has some nerve," the burly, honest-looking man beside him muttered, his tone unfriendly.
Di Tian said nothing. With just one step, he crossed the distance between them and looked down at Tang Heng.
"Human, what exactly do you know?"
Di Tian demanded coldly. He had just heard Tang Heng and Na'er talking, and it seemed Tang Heng had known the truth about their lord's identity—and what would happen today—for a long time.
The space around them gradually distorted. A curtain of darkness descended from the sky, completely concealing the aura of this place.
Unless someone was as powerful as him, they wouldn't be able to sense anything happening here.
"Open your damn eyes and take a good look at who I am!"
Tang Heng shielded Na'er behind him. Golden and silver divine light surged across his body, all of it absorbed by the vortex within him before bursting forth as nine-colored radiance.
A pair of nine-colored dragon wings unfurled from his back. A dragon's roar seemed to ring out, and every Ferocious Beast present turned pale, their minds shaken to the core.
Self-Martial Soul Fusion Skill: Dragon God Transformation!
"This familiar aura... no, impossible!"
Di Tian could no longer maintain his composure. Complicated emotions, turmoil, and fear all crept across his face. His golden, vertical pupils contracted as if he'd witnessed something beyond belief.
He could never forget this aura. It belonged to the Dragon God alone—the supreme authority and majesty he had personally experienced as a weak young beast.
"Di Tian, seeing me, why do you not bow?"
Tang Heng folded his arms and hovered in midair. Every element around him submitted beneath his feet. Even the curtain of darkness Di Tian had conjured was affected, beginning to ripple violently.
Nine-colored divine light illuminated the four directions. He was like a deity descended into the mortal world, looking down upon all living things.
At the Dragon God's emergence, all beasts bowed!
As the Ferocious Beasts stared in shock, Tang Heng snapped his fingers.
In the next instant, they felt an inexplicable power of law seize them. No matter how they struggled and resisted, it was useless. They could only submit.
When their vision cleared again, the scenery around them had completely changed.
Of the Ferocious Beasts, Di Tian was the most shocked. His cultivation was the highest, and he had spent the longest time touching the level of laws.
He could clearly sense that they were no longer on Douluo Planet!
Nor was this some small plane. He released his spiritual power, but couldn't find its boundaries. It was like a world without end, countless times larger than Douluo Planet.
Di Tian looked at Tang Heng. Though he was young, the aura of a ruler that surrounded him was impossible to meet head-on. Slowly, his figure overlapped with the indistinct one in Di Tian's memories.
A spatial transfer over such a vast distance was beyond the power of a deity... no, not even a First-Level God could accomplish it.
"My lord!"
Tears filled Di Tian's eyes as he dropped to one knee, the first to lower his proud head.
"We pay our respects to our lord!"
The other Ferocious Beasts lowered their proud heads as well, for they, too, had sensed the aura emanating from Tang Heng—one far surpassing the Silver Dragon King's.
Though it was still too weak at present, the instinctive submission it stirred in their blood was stronger than ever.
Even Xiong Jun, a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear whose veins carried the blood of the Behemoth, one of the Dragon Clan's ancient natural enemies, couldn't summon the will to resist when faced with the true Dragon God. Perhaps his ancestors would have been less affected.
"You... you've finally returned... I knew those despicable human gods couldn't kill you."
Tears shone in Di Tian's eyes. The moment he sensed the pure Dragon God aura from Tang Heng, even his profound cultivation of mind was shaken to its core.
It was like a devout ascetic who had endured countless hardships finally laying eyes upon the faith he held dear.
Tang Heng's expression remained calm as he shook his head. "Calm down. I'm not the Dragon God you know."
Di Tian was taken aback, finding it unbelievable.
This was clearly the aura of the great Dragon God. There was no way he could be mistaken.
Tang Heng began to explain slowly, spinning them a story as he went.
After a long while, Di Tian and the others had no choice but to accept this reality.
In short, Tang Heng was not the supreme Dragon God they knew, but the reincarnation of a Dragon God from another time and space.
That didn't change the fact that he was a Dragon God. He was still the common lord of all Soul Beasts.
Thinking of this, Di Tian couldn't help but feel a lingering fear.
He had actually just harbored murderous intent toward the Dragon God. It was utterly treasonous!
Seeing that the beasts were still taken in by his story, Tang Heng continued, "Na'er is the Silver Dragon King. As the other half of 'me' in this world, would she be better off going with you, or staying by my side?"
"Di Tian, I'm sure you know the answer."
Tang Heng's tone was unfriendly, carrying the displeasure of a superior who had been offended.
If these people hadn't been Na'er's family, he would have thrown Di Tian and the others into the Divine Realm the moment he brought them into this world.
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