[Titan Giant Ape]: I'll talk! I'll tell you everything!
[Titan Giant Ape]: That despicable Tang San deceived me and Da Ming!
[Titan Giant Ape]: Back then, in the Star Dou Great Forest, he promised us he would protect Sister Xiao Wu and keep her safe, even at the cost of his life.
Da Ming and I believed him. We even gave our lives for him.
But later, when Sister Xiao Wu sacrificed herself for him, Da Ming and I sacrificed ourselves for him too. We gave him all our Soul Rings and Soul Bones, leaving nothing for ourselves.
[Titan Giant Ape]: Afterward, Tang San resurrected Sister Xiao Wu and became a god. I thought he'd treat her well for the rest of her life.
He was already a God King. What couldn't he do?
But Da Ming and I never imagined that he'd only treat Sister Xiao Wu as a scabbard for the Asura Godhood!
[Goddess of Life]: Yes, I know about this.
[Goddess of Life]: It seems the killing intent of the Asura Godhood was too intense, and without a sufficiently powerful soul to share the burden, its bearer could easily have their mind corrupted by it.
That was why Asura's successor needed a soulmate to share the burden.
[God of Destruction]: Hmph. That was just an excuse that fellow Asura came up with to give Tang San Dual Godhood.
All that nonsense about needing someone to share the burden because the killing intent was too intense.
The Divine Realm had been passing on its legacy for ages. Which god had needed a "scabbard" to secure their godhood?
That old fossil Asura had cast aside all shame just to pave the way for Tang San.
[Xiao Chenyu]: Godfather really was wise.
When he watched the story, he'd already thought something was off.
This was obviously a ploy to bypass the rules of the Divine Realm and force Tang San to possess both the Sea God and Asura Godhood at once.
Asura had gone to extraordinary lengths for this successor.
Come to think of it, Asura was a schemer, but Tang San had surpassed even him.
In Tang San's eyes, the entire Divine Realm was a chessboard, and everyone in it was a pawn.
[Titan Giant Ape]: Sister Xiao Wu never complained once. She willingly became his subordinate, his shadow, his "scabbard."
She always said, "Third Brother is doing it for the good of the Divine Realm."
But what did we care whether the Divine Realm was doing well?
Da Ming and I only cared whether Sister Xiao Wu was happy!
[Titan Giant Ape]: But Tang San wasn't even human. After becoming a god, his head was full of schemes. He didn't even spare his own daughter!
To control a child of destiny born ten thousand years later,
Tang San cruelly split the soul of his and Sister Xiao Wu's own daughter, "Xiao Qi," into three parts!
[Titan Giant Ape]: She was his own daughter! His and Sister Xiao Wu's only child!
Those words struck like a thunderclap, and the Chat Group erupted.
[Will of Douluo Planet]: Emmm, I know about Tang San's daughter's soul being split into three parts and scattered across the Douluo Continent.
I just never imagined that Tang San himself, there in the Divine Realm, had made that decision.
[Will of Douluo Planet]: Even a tiger won't eat its cubs... He's terrifying. (≖_≖)
[Man Faced Demon Spider]: Terrifying! Terrifying! Tang San isn't human! He isn't human!
[Goddess of Life]: What did you say?!
[God of Destruction]: Tang San split Xiao Qi's soul?!
The Goddess of Life and the God of Destruction were utterly shocked.
As far as they knew, Xiao Qi had merely gone from the Divine Realm to the lower realm, gone through a period of training, and returned safely with a husband of extraordinary talent.
That husband was Huo Yuhao, who had inherited the Godhood of the God of Emotions.
They had both recognized Huo Yuhao's extraordinary talent.
And indeed, though Huo Yuhao held only the First-Level Godhood of the God of Emotions, he had wielded power on par with a God King.
At the time, they had thought it was Xiao Qi's good fortune and the young couple's own choice.
They had never imagined there was such a secret behind it.
[Titan Giant Ape]: I saw it with my own eyes.
[Titan Giant Ape]: The part of Xiao Qi's soul that was split off became a girl named Wang Dong'er. Tang San personally issued a divine decree sending her to the lower realm, ordering Da Ming and me to look after her there.
Da Ming and I did everything we could for her, cherishing her as if she were Xiao Qi.
[Titan Giant Ape]: That girl Dong'er loved playing with me from the time she was little. She'd climb on my head and tug at my fur. Half the fur on my head got pulled out by her.
Only later did I learn... another part of Xiao Qi's soul had merged with the Emperor Auspicious Beast, becoming a girl named Wang Qiu'er.
[Titan Giant Ape]: Later, when Xiao Qi's soul was pieced back together, Dong'er died, and so did the Auspicious Beast.
[Titan Giant Ape]: The one who survived wasn't Xiao Qi at all. She was someone entirely new... Tang Wutong!
[Titan Giant Ape]: My Xiao Qi, my Dong'er, were gone too!
[Titan Giant Ape]: The Tang Wutong who survived remembered me and Da Ming, but both of us knew she wasn't Xiao Qi or Dong'er. She was nothing but a stitched-together monstrosity!
[Xiao Chenyu]: Er Ming was right.
[Xiao Chenyu]: To put it bluntly, Tang Wutong was the "dog leash" Tang San used to keep Huo Yuhao tethered.
[Xiao Chenyu]: Huo Yuhao was a child of destiny born only once in ten thousand years on the Douluo Continent, with boundless potential.
[Xiao Chenyu]: Tang San was afraid he'd slip out of his control, so he split his "daughter" into three parts and gave them all to him.
[Xiao Chenyu]: Once he became his son-in-law, they'd be family. Naturally, he'd have to listen to his father-in-law.
[Will of Douluo Planet]: Damn it, damn it, damn it!
[Will of Douluo Planet]: No wonder my child of destiny, Huo Yuhao, didn't repay Douluo Planet after becoming a god!
[Will of Douluo Planet]: Tang San had snatched him away and turned him into a puppet!
[Will of Douluo Planet]: That was the destiny Douluo Planet had accumulated over ten thousand years! Tang San took every last bit of it! (ó﹏ò｡)
[Will of Douluo Planet]: Aaaah! Tang San, you despicable villain! I hope you die a horrible death! (`皿´)
[Goddess of Life]: Tang San... How could he?!
For the first time, the Goddess of Life's voice lost its gentleness.
Her tone was no longer as warm as a knitted sweater. It carried a biting chill, like spring suddenly freezing over.
[God of Destruction]: Xiao Lu, calm down.
[Goddess of Life]: How can I calm down?
[Goddess of Life]: Xiao Zi, Tang San was Xiao Qi's own father. How could he treat her like that?
[Goddess of Life]: Splitting someone's soul—that's a punishment more cruel than death!
The pain of having one's soul torn apart was ten thousand times worse than being hacked to pieces!
He knew exactly what that agony felt like, yet he still did it to his own daughter!
[Goddess of Life]: You and I watched Xiao Qi grow up, and cherished her like our own daughter.
From the moment she first learned to walk, I'd hold her hand and stroll with her through the God Realm Garden.
She loved picking the Flowers of Life I grew and weaving them into garlands. Once she'd finished, she'd put one on her head and ask, "Auntie Lu, Uncle Zi, does it look nice?"
But Tang San treated her as a tool and tore her soul into three pieces!
One part as bait, one part as a bargaining chip, and one part as a dog leash!
[Goddess of Life]: Tang San, you're unworthy of being a father!
[God of Destruction]: ...I was wrong about him.
When Tang San inherited the Asura Godhood, I'd only thought he was too calculating and his methods lacked honor.
[God of Destruction]: I never imagined he could be so vicious.
[God of Destruction]: Splitting his own daughter's soul—not even the most savage fiend in Asura Hell would do such a thing.
The Goddess of Life and the God of Destruction were truly furious.
Of all the gods in the Divine Realm, those two had cherished Tang San's daughter Xiao Qi the most.
Because the essences of life and destruction repelled one another, they couldn't have children of their own.
That had been their greatest regret over the ten thousand years they'd spent together.
As the only daughter of God King Tang San and Xiao Wu, Xiao Qi was naturally adorable and fond of them. She'd grown up in their care, delighting them at every turn.
She called the Goddess of Life "Auntie Lu" and the God of Destruction "Uncle Zi."
The entire Divine Realm regarded her as a priceless treasure, and they loved her like their own daughter.
The Goddess of Life and Xiao Wu were also close friends.
When Xiao Wu first arrived in the Divine Realm, the Goddess of Life personally taught her its rules.
When Xiao Wu missed her family, the Goddess of Life would keep her company and cheer her up. Their friendship had deepened over thousands of years.
They'd always believed that the Xiao Qi who returned from the lower realm was still the same Xiao Qi.
She'd simply grown up, matured, and found herself a husband.
Though they felt she'd changed a little, they'd assumed it was just part of growing up.
They'd never imagined that "Xiao Qi" had long since ceased to be Xiao Qi!
The Xiao Qi they'd watched grow up had vanished completely, lost to the agony of having her soul torn apart.