Tang San Called Him Father, and Yu Xiaogang's Heart Meridians Ruptured on the Spot

[Though both were God Level, Qian Renxue's strength was clearly inferior to Tang San's.]

[In the end, she was defeated by Tang San, who spared her life as promised.]

[Afterward, all the remaining members of the Shrek Seven Devils advanced to Title Douluo.]

[Ning Rongrong and Oscar also gained the favor of the Food God and Nine-Colored Goddess, becoming inheritors of godhood.]

[The group immediately set out to return to the Heaven Dou Empire.]

[Qian Renxue had already arrived ahead of them and declared war on the Heaven Dou Empire the following day!]

[As war was about to break out, Tang San appeared in time to hold Qian Renxue back.]

[The final battle officially began!]

[The two gods battled fiercely ten thousand meters in the sky, yet the aftershocks did not even reach the ground.]

The might of the gods' clash could not even affect anything beyond ten thousand meters...

Ten thousand meters might have sounded terrifying,

but converted to twenty li, it seemed utterly insignificant.

The battle between God Level experts did not even affect a place twenty li away,

such combat power was truly jaw-dropping!

The Heavens and Myriad Worlds watched this battle between two gods as though they were witnessing two Dou Zongs sparring.

No, even a clash between Dou Zongs would probably have been more spectacular!

The area affected by an ordinary Dou Zong battle was measured in hundreds of li!

Yet the gods of this world could not even surpass twenty li. It was utterly absurd!

At this point, the peak combat power of the Douluo World had been completely exposed!

God Level was roughly equivalent to a Dou Emperor!

And a Dou Emperor was no more than an ant in the Great Thousand World!

Yet the Sea God was already considered top-tier combat power in the God Realm!

This was the Douluo World!

This evaluation took multiple aspects into account, including character and combat power.

In terms of combat power alone, Tang San could not compare to Xiao Yan;

and setting combat power aside, his character was no better...

[While the battle of gods raged in the skies, flames of war spread across the ground.]

[The six Title Douluos strengthened by Tang San swept through the battlefield without opposition!]

[Xiao Wu once again unleashed the Buddha Fury Tang Lotus, severely wounding dozens of Spirit Douluos in an instant!]

[If the targets had been Title Douluos, they would have been gravely injured even if they survived!]

[Then Dugu Bo released his deadly poison, and toxic mist swiftly engulfed the entirety of Jialing Pass!]

[Nearly five hundred thousand soldiers and civilians were trapped within the poisonous miasma!]

[If no one stopped it, every living being in the city would perish!]

[Qian Renxue was frantic at the sight:]

["Tang San, how could you fail to notice Poison Douluo's deadly poison? Five hundred thousand lives in the city are about to be destroyed. As the one responsible, aren't you afraid of divine punishment?"]

["Why put on such an act! When Spirit Hall massacred the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, did you ever fear divine punishment?"]

["When you persecuted my parents, did you ever consider the cycle of heavenly justice? What do the lives of the Spirit Hall Empire's people have to do with me? You're the one who should be worried."]

[The two sides clashed once more, and Tang San's attacks grew increasingly fierce.]

[In truth, he was not entirely indifferent to the people below.]

[After all, slaughtering hundreds of thousands of lives would leave anyone uneasy.]

[They might have been civilians and soldiers of an enemy nation, but five hundred thousand lives were simply too great a burden!]

[Even across two lifetimes, he had never committed such slaughter. He could not bear such sin.]

[Thus, he had to end the battle swiftly!]

[Only by defeating Qian Renxue could he clear the poisonous mist in time.]

What a fine line: "What do the lives of the Spirit Hall Empire's people have to do with me?"

What an immaculate and saintly Tang Buddha!

Had the Heavens and Myriad Worlds ever seen such a "compassionate" Buddha?

From the thoughts revealed through the image,

Tang San was not entirely indifferent to life,

but he had never truly valued it either.

Just as he said, what did the lives or deaths of Spirit Hall's people have to do with him?

That was indeed true,

yet he had always portrayed himself as an envoy of justice,

and had even sworn to uphold justice when inheriting the Sea God's godhood.

At this moment, he wanted to save them,

three parts because his conscience had not completely died,

but seven parts to preserve the image and persona of his godhood.

His double standards were hardly anything new.

Though he appeared to be attacking with all his strength, all he was thinking was, If I can save them, then I will.

If he truly cared about all living beings,

he should have stopped fighting immediately and devoted himself to rescue efforts!

War was cruel by nature,

but harming civilians was truly unjust.

There was nothing wrong with rescue itself,

but committing violence while still flaunting righteousness was truly despicable.

[Under Tang San's all-out assault, Qian Renxue was soon defeated and fled.]

[Tang San had intended to pursue her, but then thought that she was already at the end of her strength. It would not be too late to chase her after dealing with the poisonous mist.]

[Yet after clearing the poison, he discovered that Qian Renxue had vanished!]

[Unable to find her, Tang San simply gave up the search and returned to the Heaven Dou Empire.]

[In his view, even if Qian Renxue had survived by sheer luck, the outcome of the war had already been decided!]

[How could a defeated general possibly win again?]

[The first thing Tang San did upon returning was kneel before Tang Hao and the others, swearing that he would forever remain their junior.]

[He even publicly acknowledged Yu Xiaogang as his adoptive father!]

[Grandmaster burst into tears and declared that he would have no regrets even if he died at that very moment!]

[Then, his emotions became so intense that his heart meridians ruptured, and he nearly died on the spot!]

[In the end, Tang San's divine power saved him. Not only did he escape danger, but his Soul Power also rose five levels in a row!]

The Heavens and Myriad Worlds: ...

Could this really have been a staged performance?

The Grandmaster in the image had actually become so excited by a single "Father" that his heart meridians ruptured!

Even dramas would not dare exaggerate things so wildly!

This scene left all beings across the Heavens and Myriad Worlds dumbfounded.

The Grandmaster fainted from being acknowledged as family, while Tang San spent divine power without hesitation to save his adoptive father...

Could anyone really find such a scene deeply moving?

Surely not?

If the Grandmaster had truly revealed his feelings, that would at least have been understandable,

or even astonishing.

After all, a teacher who died on the spot from a single form of address

was surely one of a kind throughout all of history!

Even across countless worlds, it would be difficult to find something so absurd!

And yet Tang San had rescued him in time,

making the whole scene seem like a meticulously planned performance,

as though it had been deliberately arranged to prove the deep bond between these newly acknowledged father and son!

Anyone unaware of the truth might think you had directed this melodramatic farce yourselves!

Taking a step back, it would have been one thing if he were an ordinary person,

but you were at least a Spirit Master!

Judging from the battlefield performance just now...

you were a dignified Spirit King-level Spirit Master!

It was like a Dou Wang expert becoming so excited by one sentence that he nearly died on the spot!

Of course, a Spirit King and a Dou Wang could not truly be compared...

but wasn't this Spirit King of yours far too pathetic?

You urged your students every day to temper their bodies in a gravity field,

so why had you never tried it yourself?

If you had kept training, how could your heart meridians have been so fragile?

This performance, which resembled a scripted scene,

not only failed to move the Heavens and Myriad Worlds in the slightest,

but instead made them want to laugh!

However...

Tang San and the Grandmaster of the Douluo World watched this scene and were moved to tears!

Ah! Where else in the world could one find master and disciple who supported one another, respected one another, and shared such profound affection?

Back then, Xiao Yan had also nearly regarded Yao Lao as his own father,

and he had even had his daughter Xiao Xiao treat Yao Lao as her own grandfather.

Though Yao Lao had also shed tears back then, he had not suffered the embarrassment of ruptured heart meridians.

Heh, if a Half-Saint expert's heart meridians burst from excitement, that would be a truly explosive plot twist!

[After the acknowledgement ceremony ended, Tang San led the group back to the Heaven Dou Empire and began planning the complete extermination of Spirit Hall!]