The two exchanged a glance, each seeing the same helplessness and realization in the other's eyes.
Only at this moment did they truly understand that profound saying passed down in the lower realm.
Humans were humans, gods were gods. Do not treat gods as humans, nor compare humans to gods.
In the past, seated upon divine thrones and pitying all living beings, they had never been able to fully grasp the deeper meaning of those words.
But today, witnessing Tang San's utter detachment and complete severance firsthand, they instantly understood.
The four words "humans and gods are different" were displayed upon Tang San with absolute clarity, cold and piercing to the bone!
Mortal experiences, youthful bonds, ties to old places—before a supreme divine throne, all could be cast aside at will, cleanly severed in a single stroke.
Seeing the two rendered speechless, a trace of concealed pride and satisfaction quietly flashed through Tang San's eyes.
This was the transcendence of a Divine King!
Mortal shackles and past ties could not bind him!
At the same time, the doubts in his heart grew increasingly dense as he secretly pondered:
For the Goddess of Life, whose gentleness had remained unshaken for ten thousand years, to fly into such a rage that she smashed through the doors and stormed into my Sea God's Palace, this matter must be anything but trivial!
And she had specifically mentioned the long-outdated Shrek Academy of the lower realm...
Two key figures instantly flashed through Tang San's mind: Tang Wutong and Li Changsheng!
The two children had only recently departed for training in the lower realm. Hardly any time had passed.
Could something have happened to them down there?
And did it happen to involve Shrek Academy?
But how long had they even been in the lower realm?
Only a fleeting instant had passed. How could such a huge disturbance have erupted?
He had clearly instructed Da Ming and Er Ming beforehand to accompany them in secret, protect them, oversee the lower realm, and serve as their safeguard.
With two great soul beasts watching over them, how could anything have gone wrong?
Countless doubts, confusion, and irritation swirled through Tang San's heart.
He was baffled, suspicious, and furious.
He was furious because the Goddess of Life had shattered the gates of Sea God's Palace in public, the same as slapping a Divine King's face and utterly humiliating him.
Yet he did not dare to truly lose his temper in the slightest.
Because standing before him was not only the Life Divine King, who commanded the vitality of heaven and earth, but also the terrifyingly powerful Destruction Divine King at her side.
With two supreme Divine Kings joining forces, even though he possessed two godly powers and stood unrivaled in the God Realm, he would still be no match for them.
Thus, even with rage surging to the heavens within him, he could only force himself to endure it, burying it in his heart and not daring to let even a fraction show.
After all, he had not ascended to the God Realm long ago. Whether in strength or foundation, he could not contend with established Divine Kings.
Let alone the Goddess of Life and the God of Destruction.
One was immensely popular, while the other commanded countless subordinates and forces. If the husband and wife joined hands, dealing with a single Asura God like him would be effortless. Even if the current Goddesses of Kindness and Evil were added, it would still be easy.
One had to know that the former Goddess of Kindness and Evil Divine King had merely passed down their divine thrones.
But the super divine artifacts they wielded had not been handed over to the current Goddess of Kindness and Evil Divine King.
Within Sea God's Palace, fragments of shattered divine inscriptions still floated in midair, while the icy pressure of Divine Kings tightly enveloped the entire hall.
Tang San suppressed all the grievance and helplessness in his heart. Looking at the Goddess of Life before him, whose face was frosted with anger despite having not lost her temper in ten thousand years, he composed his expression and slowly asked in a cautiously probing tone:
"I wonder, Goddess of Life, what major event has occurred?"
"Today, you angrily stormed into my Sea God's Palace, broke down my gates, and suddenly mentioned Shrek Academy of the lower realm. What exactly is the reason for this?"
At this moment, he was both baffled and suspicious.
He had long since completely severed himself from the mortal lower realm. Shrek was merely a place from his past of tens of millions of years ago. It had no connection to the current situation in the God Realm and could not possibly provoke a supreme Divine King into such fury.
But in the next moment, the Goddess of Life abruptly raised her eyes, her beautiful face filled with extreme coldness and rage.
Then, each word sharp and forceful, carrying fury suppressed to its limit, she sternly rebuked him:
"What happened?"
"Tang San, do you know? There's a ghost in your family!"
Those brief words exploded through Sea God's Palace like thunder!
The air instantly froze, and all turbulent divine power came to a complete standstill.
Tang San froze where he stood, his pupils slightly widening, his face filled with utter bewilderment and shock.
There was a ghost in his family?
What did that mean?
He was the supreme Divine King who possessed two godly powers, commanded judgment and the four seas, sat in Sea God's Palace, and governed the order of all heavens. His home was sacred and immaculate, impervious to all evil!
Where could a ghost have come from?
And what did she mean by saying there was a ghost in his family?
At that moment, Tang San's mind completely crashed. His thoughts went blank, and he could not understand the deeper meaning of the Goddess of Life's words at all.
Utterly confused, his brows tightly furrowed, countless questions churned in his heart, yet he could not grasp even the slightest clue.
The God of Destruction at the side could no longer bear to watch his wife anger herself into harm.
He stepped forward, the divine majesty of destruction pressing down heavily around him. His tone was icy and bone-piercing, carrying undisguised, sinister fury as he spoke each word in a deep voice, directly shattering every mystery:
"My Changsheng was mistaken for an evil soul master by that damned Shrek Academy in the lower realm—the place you once came from—and they were going to execute him on the spot!"
Boom!
Those words fell like divine thunder from the highest heavens, exploding directly within Tang San's mind!
In an instant, Tang San was completely stunned where he stood. His divine body stiffened, and his entire being was utterly dumbfounded.
He stood there blankly as the God of Destruction's words echoed wildly through his mind.
The child of the Goddess of Life and the God of Destruction...
A second-generation Divine King from the very pinnacle of the God Realm...
Was mistaken by Shrek Academy of the lower realm...
For an evil soul master!
He heard every word clearly. Each one entered his ears, and there was not a single word he did not understand.
Yet when all those words were strung together, they became so absurd, ridiculous, and outrageous that he could not comprehend or process them at all!
He even suspected that he had misheard, that the shockwave from the shattered palace gates had thrown his thoughts into disarray!
What kind of joke was this?
Li Changsheng!
He was the biological son of the God of Destruction and the Goddess of Life!
Born from the origins of two supreme Divine Kings, his lineage was pure and legitimate, surpassing that of all second-generation Divine Kings in the God Realm!
He bore the two supreme Great Daos of destruction and life, born standing at the very peak of all living beings beneath the heavens.
He was legitimacy among legitimacies, sacredness among sacredness!
And yet!
He had gone to the Douluo Continent of the lower realm, where Tang San had once lived!
Only to be judged by a group of mortal soul masters with short lifespans and meager cultivation, who could not even touch the threshold of godhood!
Judged by a tiny academy of the lower realm!
Declared guilty with a single word!
And forcibly branded an evil soul master!
Tang San's mind buzzed as he fell completely into extreme chaos and incomprehension.
Outrageous!
Far too outrageous!
Absurd!
Absurd to the extreme!
One commanded the annihilation of all heavens, while the other commanded the vitality of all things.
The divine child born of the God Realm's two most ancient and supreme deities, noble through the ages and incomparably sacred.
Had actually been defined as the most vile and sinister evil soul master in the world by a group of ant-like mortals, using their narrow, shallow views and rigid, decayed rules!
At this moment, even Tang San, a Divine King whose state of mind had long transcended mortal dust and stood as steady as an eternal divine mountain, was completely dumbfounded.
His expression was vacant and his gaze hollow. He repeatedly chewed over those words in his mind, unable to recover for a long while.
Was there anything in this world more absurd, more laughable, or more humiliating than this?
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