Tang San: What Do You Mean, the Douluo Plane Slapped Me?

The Douluo God Realm, the Sea God Hall.

"It is my honor that you all are willing to be friends with me, Tang San."

"I have prepared a feast for you today. Please, make yourselves at home. We won't leave until we're drunk!"

On a snow-white dining table that looked carved from a single block of white jade, gold and silver tableware gleamed.

Every piece had been crafted by a god of the Divine Realm. Even a single chopstick taken to the lower realm would be a divine artifact fought over in a frenzy.

The table was laden with delicacies of every kind.

The Divine Officials of the Sea God Hall wore white robes and moved silently among the seated gods, ready to attend to their every need.

The air carried the fragrance of the beautiful goddesses and the rich aroma of fine divine wine.

The seated gods were dressed just as splendidly. The cloudlike fabrics they wore were of styles that could never be found in the mortal world.

A band invited from the God of Music's temple played lilting melodies, lending the feast an even more otherworldly air.

And the reason such a grand affair was taking place in the Sea God Hall...

Was that Tang San, the recently appointed God King of Law Enforcement who held the positions of both Sea God and Asura God, was hosting a banquet for the gods close to him.

The pure-as-ice-and-jade God King Tang naturally sat at the head of the table.

Beside him sat his sword sheath—no, his beloved Xiao Wu.

Closest to him, besides several powerful First-Level Gods, including Zhou Weiqing...

Sat the other members of the original Shrek Seven Devils.

Dai Mubai, the God of War; Zhu Zhuqing, the God of Speed; Ning Rongrong, the Nine-Colored Goddess; and Oscar, the God of Food.

As for Ma Hongjun, the Phoenix God, he had always holed up in his temple like a recluse and never left.

After Tang San's speech, the gods rose with cups in hand and began showering him with praise, spit flying.

"Lord Asura God ascended to the Divine Realm at such a young age. What a... divine talent!"

"Indeed! I heard your wife recently gave birth to a little princess. What wonderful news!"

"I hear the God of War and the God of Speed were once Lord Asura God's companions. Even after ascending to the Divine Realm, Your Majesty hasn't forgotten your friends. You're a model for us all!"

"My admiration for Your Majesty flows on like the endless Yangtze, surging like the Yellow River in flood, impossible to hold back!"

Before ascending, every god in the Douluo God Realm, strong or weak, had ruled a faction of their own.

Every last one of them was a schemer, with eyes even in their heels.

When they laid on the flattery, their words were sweeter than honey.

Their praise made Tang San feel as though his chair were floating beneath him. He nearly soared to the ceiling along with it.

Though both were among the Five Great God Kings of the Douluo God Realm, the Destruction God King had never thought much of Tang San, who had only recently inherited his Godhood.

Unlike the old Asura God, Tang San leaked foul schemes from his shoes even as he walked.

What the God of Destruction despised most was someone who thought himself cunning yet couldn't calculate a thing.

And yet Tang San, whose every move resembled a rat's in the gutter, had inherited the position of God Realm Enforcer. How could the God of Destruction accept that?

Even with the Godhoods of both Asura God and Sea God, Tang San was still weaker than the God of Destruction, a veteran God King.

What was more, the God of Destruction's wife, the Goddess of Life, was also one of the Five Great God Kings.

He also commanded the Seven Original Sin Gods, powerhouses half a step from God King whose combined strength rivaled one.

Outmatched in both strength and influence, Tang San was unwilling to let the God of Destruction strip him of power and turn him into a puppet. He could only throw everything into winning over the neutral gods.

As the God King of Law Enforcement, Tang San had plenty to offer them.

For instance, if they wanted to bring mortals from the lower realm into the Divine Realm, he could turn a blind eye.

After all, Tang San was doing the same thing himself. Huo Yun'er's soul was still clutched in his hand!

In the future, once he controlled the whole Douluo Continent, he could use it as a foundation to cultivate gods in batches.

Then he would have the gods of the Douluo God Realm pass their Godhoods to people of his own faction—powerhouses who had to come from Shrek Academy.

His power would grow and grow, until he found a chance to settle accounts with the God of Destruction once and for all!

Just as God King Tang was considering what promises to dangle before the gods next, to make them willingly hand over their Godhoods...

"Something terrible has happened, Your Majesty!"

A Divine Official of the Sea God Hall hurried over and called out.

"What is it? Couldn't it wait until after the banquet?"

Tang San frowned, sounding impatient.

"Your Majesty, we've... lost contact with the Douluo Plane!"

At the Divine Official's words, Tang San's eyes flew wide.

"What! Did! You! Say?!"

The other gods were stunned as well.

A lower-realm plane losing contact with the Divine Realm was no small matter.

The gods of the Divine Realm needed Immortal Spirit Qi to sustain their power. Even forging divine artifacts required it.

And Immortal Spirit Qi was, in essence, condensed power of faith.

Losing a plane meant the gods had lost a steady source of faith.

Besides, hadn't God King Tang, the God of War, and the others come from the Douluo Plane?

Sure enough, Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and Oscar all shot to their feet.

"Third Brother, what's going on?"

"Tang San, how could this happen? Nothing's happened to the Douluo Continent, has it?"

"Little San..."

Before Dai Mubai could finish, Tang San shot him a sidelong glance.

"Mubai, there's no need to worry too much."

Seeing the coldness in Tang San's eyes, Dai Mubai stiffened and hurriedly replied.

"As you command, Your Majesty!"

Tang San sneered inwardly. He was now the God King of Law Enforcement, practically the ruler of the entire Divine Realm.

How dared a mere Second-Level God like Dai Mubai call him "Little San"?

He was courting death!

"It's nothing. I shall investigate!"

Blue-gold and crimson flames shot from Tang San's eyes as his powerful divine sense swept toward the Douluo Plane.

Yet just as it was about to touch Douluo Star, the strand of divine sense he had sent out suddenly vanished...

No, vanished wasn't the right word.

It seemed to have been extinguished outright!

Tang San froze, panic flashing in his eyes.

"No. How is that possible?!"

No wonder God King Tang panicked. Even setting aside his so-called ten-thousand-year grand plan...

Tang San's own parents were still down on the Douluo Continent, cosplaying as comatose patients!

"Unfixed Wind Waves!"

Tang San stretched out his right hand, and the Sea God Trident, a Super Divine Artifact, appeared in his palm.

He swept the Sea God Trident in a circle, forming a golden ring that descended from the Divine Realm toward Douluo Star.

The Phoenix God Realm.

Feng Xuanyuan tipped fine wine into his mouth with one hand and held a blushing Qian Renxue with the other.

Suddenly, his gaze sharpened, and a faint smile touched his lips.

"Only now have you noticed that I've sealed off the entire Douluo Star?"

"You really are slow to react!"

"But since you've made a move to test things, I might as well play along."

The Douluo God Realm.

Before the assembled gods, Tang San's Unfixed Wind Waves was extinguished the instant it neared Douluo Star.

But in the next instant, an equally dazzling golden light flew out of the Douluo Plane and sped straight toward the Divine Realm.

Smack!

The golden light formed a hand, which landed a light slap squarely on Tang San's face.

Tang San and the watching gods alike stood frozen, not moving a muscle.

Tang San, both Sea God and Asura God, one of the Five Great God Kings, the God King of Law Enforcement...

Had been slapped by the Douluo Plane?