Even though the former Asura God had assured Tang San time and again that Tang Liu was still incapable of defeating a God King, Tang San could not help but feel his heart tighten.
Judging by all the methods Tang Liu had displayed so far, he did not seem at all incapable of confronting a God King head-on.
They had never needed to fight.
After all, had he not begun to waver after listening to the former Sea God and Asura God's rhetoric, as well as witnessing a vague, intangible vision of a future that might never come to pass?
Even though Tang Liu had intended to take his Godhead not long ago.
It was as though everything was developing toward the future he had seen.
Tang San and Tang Liu had tacitly stopped attacking. They simply floated in place, silently watching each other.
After a long while, Tang San spoke first. "Why do you want to take the Godheads of God Kings, Xiao Liu?"
Tang Liu's gaze flickered. Out of habit, he curled his lips into a faintly mocking smile. "Perhaps because I feel like it?"
"Do you have to destroy everything here before you can go back?" Tang San finally asked the question that had troubled him most deeply.
Tang Liu recalled the scene he had seen in the secret chamber atop the old Clear Sky Castle. Without the slightest hesitation, he said, "Only by destroying every crucial thing and forcing the world's consciousness to restart the entire universe can I find the door home at the beginning of this world's creation."
Tang San said somewhat agitatedly, "Isn't this your home? Isn't a place with Mom, Dad, and me your home?"
It was as though the detachment in Tang Liu's earlier words had provoked him, making him blurt