God Realm, Sea God Hall.
"Pff—!"
Tang San, seated cross-legged upon his divine throne, suddenly shuddered, letting out a muffled groan.
His expression instantly darkened, and his eyes blazed with incredulous fury!
The thread of divine power he had painstakingly split off to guide and shape the Martial Soul Fusion Skill's developing trend—
the instant it entered Xia Ming's body, he had completely lost contact with it!
As though a clay ox sinking into the sea, it had been swallowed by something!
Not even the slightest feedback had returned!
What alarmed him even more was that, at the instant his divine power was devoured—
he had vaguely sensed a will that, though weak, possessed an extraordinarily high status, one that even made his divine soul tremble faintly.
It had swept past in the blink of an eye!
"The God King Qilin? How could he have awakened so quickly?! And he doesn't seem to be as exhausted as I imagined!"
Tang San's heart sank to the bottom.
His plan had been to take advantage of the God King Qilin Remnant Soul's deep slumber, while it was unable to attend to the outside world—
and quietly use divine power to leave a mark upon Xia Ming's Martial Soul, creating a foundation for forced resonance with Dong'er's Martial Soul and making the matter irreversible.
By the time the God King Qilin awakened, the Martial Soul Fusion Skill would already have taken shape, and it would be difficult to reverse.
But he had never expected this ancient God King's vigilance and recovery speed to far exceed his estimates!
Not only had he instantly detected and devoured Tang San's divine power, but he seemed to have seen through what Tang San had done to Dong'er's soul as well?
"A miscalculation..." Tang San slowly tightened his