Three Gods Face Off in a Vision of the Future

[A god becoming a scientist? Or a musician? Isn't that a bit absurd?]

[Hey, is that really the point? The point is, he killed his way through almost an entire generation of noble clan heads.]

[What's that got to do with me? I'm not a noble.]

[All I can say is: good riddance.]

Holy Soul Village, inside Tang Hao's house.

One adult and two children fell silent.

Li Xun cleared his throat. "Uncle Hao, that should be me and Little San on the Heavenly Screen, right? Are we still going to awaken our Martial Souls tomorrow?"

Tang Hao looked at Li Xun and Tang San with complicated eyes. These two children would one day ascend to godhood, and one of them was his own flesh and blood. Ah Yin, can you see this? Our son will become a god... At the thought of his late wife, his mind drifted.

"Father." Tang San raised a hand and waved it gently before Tang Hao's eyes, drawing him back to the present. "Brother Xun asked you a question."

"Ahem."

Tang Hao snapped back to himself and coughed twice to cover his lapse. "There's no need to go to Spirit Hall. I'll awaken your Martial Souls myself, right now."

With that, he took six Awakening Stones from his Storage Ring and arranged them neatly on the floor.

"Little San, stand in the center of the Magic Array. I'll awaken yours first."

"Yes, Father." Tang San obediently stepped into the circle formed by the Awakening Stones.

Li Xun stood quietly to one side, watching everything within the Magic Array.

What followed was no different from the original story.

The six Awakening Stones glowed with soft white light. A holy radiance enveloped Tang San as Soul Power from heaven and earth poured wildly into him. First came the Blue Silver Grass winding around his right hand, its green leaves tender and brimming with life.

Then the shadow of a massive hammer, black and heavy with ancient patterns, slowly took shape in his left hand—the Clear Sky Hammer had appeared!

This time, Tang San did not conceal his Second Martial Soul. He revealed it completely.

At the sight of Twin Martial Souls awakening together—his son's Clear Sky Hammer Martial Soul in his left hand and Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul in his right—Tang Hao shuddered. His eyes reddened instantly. Years of suppressed grief, guilt, and hope surged through him. Clenching his fists, he spoke the words that would ring throughout the heavens of Douluo, his voice hoarse and trembling:

"Little San, remember: use the hammer in your left hand to protect the grass in your right!"

With that, the battle-hardened man, weathered and scarred by half a lifetime, could hold back no longer. He pulled Tang San into a tight embrace, and father and son wept together. Years of regret and longing spilled out as scalding tears.

Li Xun stood frozen nearby, awkward and at a loss. He could only avert his eyes and pretend to look around, unwilling to intrude on their tender moment.

After a while, Tang Hao abruptly remembered that Li Xun was still standing there. He hurriedly released Tang San, coughed twice, and composed himself, hiding the redness in his eyes.

"Little Xun, come here."

He suppressed the turmoil in his heart and spoke gently.

Li Xun stepped obediently into the center of the Magic Array formed by the Awakening Stones. "All right. Sorry for the trouble, Uncle Hao."

Once Li Xun stood in the center, the six Awakening Stones burst into a pure white radiance. A gentle current of Soul Power swirled around him, enveloping him completely.

Tang Hao put aside his earlier grief, focused his Soul Power, and guided Li Xun's Spirit Awakening.

With his eyes closed, Li Xun felt as though he were in a warm world, held in his parents' arms as he had been when he was little. Energy flowed through his organs and every limb and bone, leaving him indescribably comfortable.

At the same time, a powerful force stirred in each hand, as though both were about to break free of his body's shackles.

As a transmigrator, Li Xun knew this was a sign of Twin Martial Souls.

But he had no intention of hiding them. He displayed them openly. The Heavenly Screen has already exposed us. Tang San and I are good brothers. Surely you wouldn't kill your own son's best friend, Tang Hao?

Four tiny swords appeared above his right hand. At the same time, a formation diagram appeared above his left.

"The Four Swords of Zhu Xian and the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation Diagram?" Li Xun's heart lurched. Am I a lesser version of the Heavenly Lord of the Dao?

"Twin Martial Souls... Another pair of Twin Martial Souls." Tang Hao could not hide his shock. Twin Martial Souls were a rarity seen perhaps once in a century, yet two had appeared today.

"Come, Little San, Little Xun. Let's test your Innate Soul Power."

He took a crystal ball from his Storage Ring. "Put your hands on it."

Moments later, Tang Hao was stunned again. Both boys had Innate Full Soul Power. No wonder they would accomplish so much in the future.

Still, he forced himself to calm down. "Little Xun, go home for now. Bring your parents here tomorrow. We can't stay in Holy Soul Village anymore. We'll move somewhere else tomorrow."

Li Xun immediately understood. The Heavenly Screen had exposed them, and their location near Nuoding City was now known. Scouts from all kinds of factions would surely come. They needed to avoid the coming storm.

"Got it, Uncle Hao. I'll come first thing tomorrow morning." Li Xun nodded. "I'll head home, then."

"Go on."

The Heavenly Screen continued to play.

[The scene changed. Smoke and dust hung over a scarred landscape pocked with craters of every size and depth.

Three figures appeared in the sky.

The two on the left were:

Sea God Tang San, ruler of the four seas.

His azure divine robe billowed without wind, rippling like a surging sea. Layer upon layer of divine Sea God light surrounded him, while tiny star-shaped divine patterns covered his body and shimmered without end. Black hair fell to his shoulders. His features were gentle, yet bore the supreme divinity of one who looked down upon all living things. His clear eyes held the depth of an ancient ocean and the breadth to contain a hundred rivers.

In his right hand, he held the Sea God Trident steady. Endless light flowed through its clear blue shaft, and ancient divine patterns shone across it. The vast might of the ocean descended upon the mortal world, compelling every trace of moisture in heaven and earth to bow.

Angel God Qian Renxue, ruler of light.

Her sacred white armor was flawless. A holy Angel God Ring hovered above her head, and twelve pure angel wings slowly spread behind her. With each gentle beat, they scattered radiant light across the sky and swept away the surrounding gloom and dust.

Her beauty was cold and breathtaking, her posture straight as a goddess of the highest heavens. Her golden eyes were stern, and she carried the holy authority to judge all things. Pure light surged from her, cleansing the violent energy lingering between heaven and earth. Her domain of light spread across the sky—holy, majestic, unyielding. She was the supreme celestial ruler of light and order.

Facing them stood:

Asura God Li Xun, wielder of the power of judgment.

He stood alone and unbowed, with the Four Swords of Zhu Xian and the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation Diagram floating around him. Four purple-gold divine swords revolved in midair, their cold-edged blades tearing through the clouds as sword energy sealed off all eight directions. The ancient, boundless diagram spread across the Void, its profound power concealing a killing formation capable of locking down every law in existence.

Endless Asura baleful energy intertwined with the slaughtering power of the swords to form a boundless divine domain. Cold, tyrannical, and absolute, it overwhelmed the Sea God's vastness and the Angel God's sanctity. Its peerless killing might stood above all heaven and earth.

The Sea God, the Angel God, and the Asura God.

Three supreme gods faced one another in the sky. Their utterly different divine domains collided and intertwined, whipping up wind and clouds. Above that ruined, scarred world rose a scene of godhood that would shake the ages.]

The Worship Hall.

When the image on the Heavenly Screen appeared, Qian Daoliu shook from head to toe. His aged eyes filled with fierce excitement and relief.

Gazing at Qian Renxue as a god, he could no longer contain himself. He knelt beneath the enormous statue of the Six-Winged Angel and bowed again and again, his aged voice thick with tears and devotion. "Xue'er has become the Angel God! Heaven bless the Angel Lineage!"

Sea God Island.

Bo Saixi stood quietly by the sea. Her flowing, wide-sleeved blue dress shimmered like water, and mist curled around her. Beautiful and dignified, she carried the ancient solemnity of the sea itself.

She gazed at Tang San on the Heavenly Screen and murmured, "Is he the successor Lord Sea God has chosen?"

The Divine Realm.

The Asura God sat upon his divine throne, his gaze fixed on Li Xun's overwhelming presence within the Heavenly Screen. Admiration and astonishment flashed through his eyes. He nodded. "So this is my destined successor. His innate gifts, fortune, and resolve to walk the path of slaughter are all exceptional. He is truly worthy of inheriting my position as Asura God!"