In the glorious Divine Realm, a young man ran amok.
As the child of the newly appointed God Kings of Evil and Goodness, Ji Siyuan was undeniably a supreme young master.
Contrary to what he remembered, before the old God Kings left, they had passed their Super Divine Artifacts on to Ji Dong and Lie Yan. They had even given them the God Realm Core.
That gave Ji Dong and Lie Yan an excuse to have children and not raise them.
"Go play somewhere else. Your mother and I have important business to take care of."
"But no one will play with me." Having children in the Divine Realm was difficult. There were no kids his age there, only elders.
"Didn't your Uncle Tang San say he'd teach you Tang Sect Hidden Weapons a while back? And the God of Emotions said he'd teach you to cook. Go on. Learn, then come back and make dinner for your parents."
The two of them mixed drinks and drank, having the time of their lives.
They left others to raise every child they had.
When he was hungry, he went to find Rong Nianbing. When he had nothing to do, he could climb the Tree of Life. Every day was a comfortable one.
But his happy life soon came to an end.
"Ow! Who dropped a book on my head?" Ji Siyuan opened it and saw the title: Peerless Tang Sect.
"Hm? What's this?" The very first chapter had Xiao Qi in it.
"Ah, Uncle Tang has a daughter? How come I've never met her? I wonder what she looks like."
After spending a few days reading, he said, "Damn, Uncle Tang's a real bastard.
"Never mind, never mind. It can't be taken seriously. It also says the God Realm Core is under Uncle Tang's control."
So he casually dealt with the script.
A large hand picked him up and carried him toward the God Realm Committee.
Ji Dong looked tense. This was no joke.
The other four God Kings were there too.
He was dumped on the table.
"What's going on? You're not going to eat a kid, are you? No wonder I don't have any playmates."
"Who said anything about eating you?" His mother, Lie Yan, gave him two smacks on the butt.
His godmother, Life, was much gentler. She pulled him over and rubbed his head. "Siyuan, listen carefully. We have something we need you to do."
Ji Dong said, "The God Realm Core has detected a powerful Spacetime Turbulence, more terrifying than any we've encountered before."
The turbulence could cause enormous distortions in spacetime, even bringing about unexpected events.
But one thing was almost certain: the Divine Realm would be swept into another spacetime. No one knew where it would end up.
"Why not just hold it back?"
Destruction said, "We could use the Lower Planes as barriers to stop it, but that's not what our Divine Realm should do."
If the Divine Realm needed to turn Lower Planes into a line of defense, then it would have no reason to exist.
Ji Siyuan said, "So what does this have to do with me? I'm so weak I wouldn't be of any use."
Ji Dong replied, "You're going to be the anchor."
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"The Divine Realm will need an anchor to return. You're that anchor."
He had thought he could find a safe place and wait for his parents to come back. Turns out he had another job to do.
"We'd brought in an Abyss Plane, hoping to absorb its power. But there's no time now, so you'll have to clean up the mess." Ji Dong spoke with righteous conviction. "Everyone in the Divine Realm has a mission, so I've decided to leave you behind."
Ji Siyuan was utterly bewildered. "Why don't you just cut down that plane?" As he spoke, he even made a chopping motion.
Answer: it was too far away, and there wasn't enough time.
Lie Yan said, "Don't worry. You're my son. Would I give you an impossible mission?"
"I think you would." After saying this with conviction, Ji Siyuan ran toward the Goddess of Life. He was almost caught by Lie Yan.
Life said, "Siyuan, don't worry. The strongest being on that plane is only at First-Level God rank. At most, they have one Super Divine Artifact."
That was an absurd setup. Even the Divine Realm couldn't come up with many opponents like that.
"Then what equipment do I get?"
Ji Dong asked, "What equipment?"
"Surely you'll leave me one of your godhoods."
Tang San said, "You have to pass a Divine Examination. It's not that simple." This Tang San had truly gone through the entire Divine Examination; it had been a hard life.
"Don't you and Mom have godhoods you don't need?"
"The five of us need our godhoods to control the God Realm Core. Don't even think about it."
"Can you at least leave me a Super Divine Artifact?"
"No."
"I'm not doing it." Ji Siyuan's head was spinning. "You're asking the horse to run but not even feeding it!"
He had nothing at all, while his opponent had both God Rank strength and a Super Divine Artifact. How was he supposed to fight that?
Lie Yan said, "That's why I found you a high-energy world to help you cultivate quickly."
"I'm not doing it."
"It's your Uncle Tang San's Douluo Continent. His hometown."
"I'm not doing it."
"There are lots of friends your age."
"I'm not doing it."
"There are beautiful girls."
"How am I supposed to fight without equipment?"
Tang San said, "The Asura God's godhood is still needed, so I can't leave it to you. I'll leave you the Sea Godhood and the Golden Trident. I just went to find Rong Nianbing and got the seed of the God of Emotions for you, too. That should be enough."
He had planned it out well. No matter which godhood Ji Siyuan inherited, he would later have the support of another First-Level God. Dealing with a First-Level God from the Abyss Plane would be a piece of cake.
There were many godhoods in the Divine Realm, but none of the others were suitable to leave behind.
The Seven Elements and the Seven Deadly Sins could form two great arrays, and neither could afford to be incomplete. The remaining First-Level Gods weren't suitable for him, and even the Sea Godhood didn't suit Ji Siyuan very well.
Rong Nianbing was already powerful enough and didn't need the special attributes of a godhood, so he left his divine seed to Ji Siyuan.
Tang San said, "Douluo Continent is my hometown, after all, so I know a lot about it. I've left a wisp of my divine soul for you through the Sea Godhood. It might not do much, but it'll help you a lot at first."
"Why not leave me a little of everyone's stuff?"
Ji Dong said, "Your mother and I will infuse you with a wisp of our power. Combined with your Uncle Tang's Asura Divine Power, it'll form the Sword of Three Realms Judgment. In his world, it should count as a Martial Soul. Once it grows, it should be no weaker than a Divine Artifact."
Destruction and Life left a seed in his Sea of Consciousness.
Life said, "If you become a god and we still haven't returned—or you haven't sensed us—use this seed to create a new Divine Realm. Your Uncle Zi and I have left you another way forward, and opened up a new possibility."
If he didn't like either the Sea God or the God of Emotions, he could also create his own godhood.
The Divine Realm trembled, and all five of them stood up.
The tension in the air was unmistakable.
Ji Dong picked him up. "Dad's sorry. You're so young, yet I'm making you shoulder such a heavy responsibility."
Ji Siyuan looked at Ji Dong. Could you at least shed a few crocodile tears?
A space tunnel formed under the influence of Ji Dong's power. "Go," he said, then tossed Ji Siyuan into it.
He saw the God Kings turn around, tears falling from their eyes. They were about to face their disaster.
The Spacetime Turbulence shattered everything, and the five of them fought with all their might to resist it.
"It's even stronger than we expected."
"We have to hold on!"
Not one of the gods fled. They all braced themselves with their Divine Power.
They couldn't defy the might of the universe.
They were swept away by the power of spacetime.
They saw another Divine Realm that looked much like theirs, but it was tiny—less than a tenth the size of their own.
"This Divine Realm is lucky. At most, it'll feel the ripples from that Spacetime Turbulence a few years from now."