"You really are carrying out the Ten Thousand Year Plan... At a time like this, you're already having your parents possess the Plane Consciousness and Life Core..."
Whether it was me or Qiu'er back then, we were both crucial stepping stones in Tang San's Ten Thousand Year Plan.
For Tang Hao and Ah Yin to truly replace the Plane Consciousness and Life Core and obtain their corresponding authorities, the power of the plane's fortune was essential. That was why Tang San had gone to such lengths to scheme against Huo Yuhao and Wang Qiu'er.
Only by taking the power of fortune from him and Qiu'er could Tang Hao and Ah Yin truly control the various authorities of the Douluo Plane and smoothly arrange for Tang Wulin and Tang Xuanyu to become Child of the Plane.
It went without saying that from then on, the Child of the Plane's fortune on Douluo Continent would belong to the Tang Family, forever and ever.
Look at it this way: all they had to do was sacrifice Huo Yuhao and Wang Qiu'er, and the entire future of the Tang Family would benefit. What a bargain.
You could call Tang San a bastard, but you couldn't call him stupid.
Baili Du rested his chin on one hand and pondered. At this rate, it would probably take them less than ten years to complete the possession. Whether he and Qiu'er could handle it then was anyone's guess.
Then... could he act now and stop them?
Taking on these two half-baked Second-Level Gods wouldn't be difficult. The real question was whether Tang San would personally descend to intervene.
After thinking it over carefully, Baili Du reached his conclusion.
No, Tang San wouldn't dare!
As far as Baili Du understood him, Tang San had always prided himself on being pure and noble. He might sneak around behind the scenes, but he would never give anyone cause to criticize him openly!
Having his parents, both deities, descend to the lower realm was already a violation of the rules. Replacing the Plane Consciousness and Life Core was an outright, flagrant violation. If anyone found out, God of Destruction would absolutely come over with the Scepter of Destruction and thrash Tang San.
Judging from the battle during the Divine Realm's turmoil ten thousand years later, Tang San's raw strength at the time had been inferior to God of Destruction's. He'd needed Ning Rongrong and Oscar's support just to barely hold his own. And that was nothing compared to Tang San now, who had only just entered the God King realm.
If Baili Du sabotaged Tang Hao and Ah Yin's possession plan, Tang San would just have to swallow his anger in silence, with no way to complain! As long as it didn't cause some massive disturbance, like a deity falling, Tang San—with his lifelong caution—wouldn't act rashly.
For him, controlling everything was what mattered most.
As for the rest, they could all be necessary sacrifices. He could sacrifice his own daughter; sacrificing his own mother was hardly out of the question.
No time like the present!
He glanced back at little Yuhao, who was reading, then casually tore open space and arrived at Shrek Academy.
"It really has been a long time..." Looking at the all-too-familiar Shrek Academy, Baili Du couldn't help feeling his heart stir.
The clear, azure waters of Sea God Lake, the vibrant Outer Court, the verdant scenery that resembled a forest.
It would have been even better if they'd smashed that eyesore—the statue of the First Generation Shrek Seven Devils.
Memories of the past surfaced in his mind, and a heartfelt smile spread across Baili Du's face before he knew it.
If he hadn't run into Tang Sect and all that other rotten trouble, then looking back, the happiest days of his life had been the ones he'd spent training here at Shrek Academy.
He'd been young then, not yet blinded by love.
Now that he thought about it, it was laughable. At barely a dozen years old, he'd planned to spend the rest of his life with someone?
What did a kid that age know about love?
Still using Simulation to conceal himself, he swept his nostalgic gaze over each familiar face, his heart stirred with excitement.
Mu En, Yan Shaozhe, Qian Duoduo, Fan Yu...
Zhang Lexuan, Ma Xiaotao, Ling Luochеn...
He'd never imagined he'd really get to see everyone again!
But Baili Du's spirits soon sank. If only he hadn't left in such a hurry back then. What had been the point of rushing to the Divine Realm to be a dog for the Tang Family?!
No matter how much time passed, he would settle the score with the Tang Family!
He exhaled, forcing down his anger before it could erupt. Then he drew back his gaze and walked up to the Golden Ancient Tree.
The Golden Tree was also where Shrek Academy's Sea God Pavilion was located. The elders of the Inner Court generally spent their days here, holding meetings and enjoying their retirement, while sending Inner Court students below to carry out surveillance missions and risk their lives fighting Evil Soul Masters.
They'd devoted their entire lives to Shrek Academy. Couldn't they enjoy themselves a little?
Xuan Zi, that useless freeloader, was still happily munching on a chicken leg and drinking wine. Mu En was still basking in the sun, and Yan Shaozhe was still busy squabbling with the Soul Guidance Department.
Everything was so peaceful and beautiful that none of them had noticed the bloodsucker parasitizing the Golden Tree.
Baili Du's deep blue eyes narrowed dangerously as he watched the stunning figure sitting cross-legged in the air within the Golden Ancient Tree's space. She wore a green dress and radiated a dense aura of life.
Tang San's mother, a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast who had taken human form—Blue Silver Emperor, Ah Yin.
"You spent over ten thousand years devouring the Douluo Continent's life force, and only advanced from God Official to Second-Level God. But the price was spending over ten thousand years as a mindless plant inside this Golden Ancient Tree. I don't know whether to say your son is filial or you're a foolish mother..."
She was hiding in the Golden Ancient Tree's core space? Even a Limit Douluo from this era of Douluo Continent wouldn't find her, let alone someone with less mastery over space than an average Second-Level God.
But that wouldn't stop Baili Du!
Who didn't know how to wield the Power of Space? He even had a Spatial Soul Core!
Although...
He anxiously examined himself from within. The silver Spatial Soul Core that had originally been in his dantian had turned an extremely bizarre silver-gray. It radiated not only the aura of space but seemingly the Power of Time that had sent him to this timeline.
It had burrowed into his body when he'd finally managed to break free of the pull of the Space-Time Turbulence. He had barely managed to suppress the Power of Time inside it with his divine power. It was like having a time bomb buried in his body; he had no idea when it might go off...
Forget it. He'd deal with that later. First, he had business to take care of!
A vicious glint flashed in his eyes. He reached out toward the Golden Ancient Tree, gave a tug, and pulled.
The next moment, a hazy blue figure composed of pure life energy and soul power was violently expelled by a force. She stumbled out of the Golden Ancient Tree's trunk and landed soundlessly on the ground behind it.
No one on Sea God Island in the Inner Court had been alerted—not even Mu En, the Limit Douluo at level 99.
She was a woman of peerless beauty, the most beautiful in the world. Her long, water-blue hair cascaded down her back like a waterfall, and she wore a flowing, emerald-green dress. An intense, pure aura of life emanated from her. But now, her face was pale, her eyes filled with fear and panic, and her figure seemed almost transparent.
She had been at the most crucial stage of possessing the Golden Ancient Tree, but someone had forcibly interrupted her. Her divine power had surged backward, and she had even suffered serious injuries.
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