"Oh, the power of the moon? How interesting," God King of Destruction said. "Don't worry, Asura. Our Divine Realm is as solid as a rock. The Divine Realm's seal is its foremost bastion. Nothing will happen to it. Besides..."
At that, Destruction looked into Tang San's eyes. "Asura, have you been too tired lately? Maybe something went wrong with your fate calculations. How could you possibly foresee the destruction of the Divine Realm? Why don't you go back and run the calculations again?"
God King of Destruction had put it very tactfully. Tang God King's credibility with him was nonexistent. Over the past ten thousand years, God King Tang had squandered his reputation badly—especially a thousand years ago, when he issued a divine decree ordering the three nations of Douluo Continent to attack the Sun Moon Empire. That was a major reason why God King of Destruction's trust in him had hit rock bottom. You were Asura God, chairman of the God Realm Committee, and yet you brazenly interfered in the lower realm. Did you have no shame?
So when God King Tang claimed to have divined the future and said the Divine Realm was likely to be destroyed, God King of Destruction didn't believe him for a second. He just made an excuse—"Hey, maybe something's wrong with your technique?"—and sent Tang San on his way.
Once Tang San had left the Temple of Destruction, he said viciously, "God King of Destruction, you dare look down on my divination skills? You've got a death wish!"
He immediately returned to the Temple of Asura and began divining fate again. Before long, he furrowed his brow. "This time, the divination hasn't produced anything at all. It seems something really did go wrong with my calculations of fate." Though Tang San thought his calculations had gone awry, he still believed God King of Destruction had a death wish.
The first time Tang San divined fate, Kong Bo had happened to be awakening his Martial Soul, so Tang San had gained access to Kong Bo's fate. Now that Kong Bo's Martial Soul Awakening was over, Tang San could no longer reach it. Aside from that, some other being on Douluo Continent had helped shield Kong Bo from him.
"Still, I can't afford to be careless," Tang San muttered to himself. "The threat I just saw didn't come from the child of fate I divined. It's time to give him a little extra help."
Tang San swept his right hand again and again, scattering divine power like points of starlight that fell into the territory of the Star Luo Empire. "No one can ruin my ten-thousand-year plan! No one can stop me—not Destruction, not Life, not even the Silver Dragon King. I will either rule the entire Divine Realm and Douluo Planet, or reduce Douluo Planet to scorched earth!"
As Tang San scattered his divine power across Douluo Planet, the planet itself gave off a series of faint, almost imperceptible ripples. It was as if a voice had said, "The future remains unwritten."
Kong Bo knew nothing about any of this. He woke from his sleep, still amazed by the strength he had possessed in his dream. "So that's the power of a god-level expert? If my Three Moons Martial Soul reaches that level, I'll be able to fight several God Kings at once."
Then Kong Bo glanced at the Soul Guidance clock. It was already eight in the morning the next day. He hurried out of bed and went to the dining room for breakfast.
"Bo'er," Kong Bo's father, Kong Yi, said, "thank goodness you're awake. You've really done something remarkable, awakening such a powerful Martial Soul. According to your great-grandfather, it's far stronger than the Moon Martial Soul passed down through our Kong Family—and you have Innate Full Soul Power, too."
"You're too kind, Father," Kong Bo replied. "Great-grandfather, you promised me. After I invented that Lightning Rod, didn't you send people to the Star Luo Empire to keep an eye on him?"
Kong Bo had transmigrated into Peerless Tang Sect, so of course he hadn't forgotten the original protagonist, Huo Yuhao. But Kong Bo was in the Sun Moon Empire, while Huo Gua was in the Star Luo Empire. He was only a child and couldn't keep close tabs on Huo Gua himself.
Fortunately, the Sun Moon Empire had a highly developed intelligence network. After the war a thousand years ago, the empire's intelligence agency, the Purple Imperial Guard, had begun actively gathering information on Douluo Continent. The Purple Imperial Guard didn't just collect military intelligence for the Sun Moon Empire; they also gathered information on local customs and resources throughout Douluo Continent. To show respect for powerful Soul Engineers, and to ensure relevant intelligence could be quickly delivered to the professionals, the Sun Moon Empire's strongest Soul Engineers each commanded a Purple Imperial Guard unit of about a hundred people. What those hundred members did outside the Sun Moon Empire was entirely up to their Soul Engineer.
Kong Bo had known since he was little that Kong Deming had access to such a force. He needed to persuade Kong Deming to keep a close eye on Huo Gua, but he knew Kong Deming wouldn't listen to a little kid. So he came up with a plan.
Kong Bo had noticed that the Sun Moon Empire's technology was generally at about the level of Blue Star in the sixteenth or seventeenth century. They didn't have Lightning Rods yet, so he "accidentally" invented one. Kong Deming thought Kong Bo was incredibly lucky, a child blessed with great fortune, and asked him what he wanted. Kong Bo said that an immortal had appeared to him in a dream and told him there was a person who would affect the Sun Moon Empire's national fortune. They absolutely had to keep an eye on him.
The Purple Imperial Guard under Kong Deming had been sitting idle. Kong Bo pleaded and pleaded until Kong Deming finally ordered them to watch Huo Yuhao closely. Huo Yuhao was merely the child of a maid in the White Tiger Duke Mansion, so he was easy for the Purple Imperial Guard to monitor—not like legitimate heirs such as Dai Yueheng and Dai Huabin.
"Mm," Kong Deming said, nodding. "That boy from the Dai Family you asked me to watch really is unusual. Did you know he's the same age as you, and he has Innate Full Soul Power? His Martial Soul is his eyes."
"Full Soul Power?" Kong Bo said in surprise. It seemed Peerless Tang Sect was a real world after all, and a book was just a book.
"That's right," Kong Deming said. "But the mistress of the Dai Family is a small-minded woman. She wanted to get rid of the child. What she didn't expect was that the royal family would also send people to the Martial Soul Awakening that day. That little boy, Huo Yuhao, was taken away by the royals."
"I see," Kong Bo said. "Looks like Huo Gua's fate has improved a little."
"Oh, right." Kong Deming took a small Soul Tool recorder out of his Storage Bracelet. "The Purple Imperial Guard is reliable. I told them to keep a close eye on the child, and they really did record his every word and action... though some of it was strange. Bo'er, he's your age. Want to hear what he said? According to the Purple Imperial Guard, that child's... words are a little odd, almost like the ramblings of a madman."
"Yes, Grandfather." Kong Bo took the Soul Guidance Recording Pen. "I'll listen after I finish eating."
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