Douluo God Realm, Sea God Hall.
"What is useless? This is the very definition of useless!"
Tang San stood atop his lofty throne, his eyes bloodshot and his breath heaving like an ox's, roaring curses.
"Fine, you can't open a passage or descend to the Douluo Plane!"
"But you can't even send down a single message, the tiniest ripple of divine consciousness?"
"What use are any of you?!"
Watching the Spirit Hall Empire's fleet break straight through Shrek City's walls on the Sky Screen and prepare for a full-scale assault, Tang San truly panicked.
The golden ancient tree faintly visible in the image was where his parents lived as parasites.
Under his original plan, Tang San only needed to use his daughter, whom he had divided into three parts, to bring the child of the plane under his control.
Then he could completely erase the plane's will, which would have no strength left to resist, and let his father, Tang Hao, take its place.
His mother, Ah Yin, could then serve as Douluo Star's source of life, freely draining the entire plane's life energy and turning Shrek Academy into a true grotto-heaven, a blessed sanctuary.
Once the Douluo Plane became the Tang Family's private property, they could continue expanding toward other planes.
By controlling the power of faith from those planes, Tang San could continually strengthen his divine power.
Ultimately, with his strength greatly increased, Tang San would settle accounts with the God of Destruction's faction and bring the entire Douluo God Realm firmly under his control!
He would climb to the very top, one step at a time!
Yet the unidentified powerhouse who had abruptly appeared in the Douluo Plane had sealed off the entire plane, forbidding all communication with the Divine Realm.
And the Spirit Hall Empire's army was actually aiming to cut down the golden ancient tree?
Had that person already discovered his arrangements?
Was Tang San, the Divine Realm's God-King of Law Enforcement, supposed to watch his dear parents ascend to heaven with his own eyes?
Too cruel!
They were simply courting dea... no, wait. I might not actually be a match for them!
Tang San scratched his head in agitation, while Xiao Wu beside him spoke softly.
"Brother San, if nothing else works, why don't we ask the God of Destruction and the Goddess of Life to come help think of a solution?"
"The God-Kings of Kindness and Evil are nowhere to be found, but Destruction and Life are among the Divine Realm's oldest gods, after all. Perhaps they have a way to connect to the Douluo Plane?"
Tang San fell silent upon hearing Xiao Wu's words.
Deep down, he did not want to ask his sworn enemy, the God of Destruction, for help. It was far too humiliating.
The problem was that his dear parents were about to end up reenacting Shang Yang's dismemberment...
If the Spirit Hall Empire really cut down the golden ancient tree, wouldn't that be even more humiliating?
"All right!" Tang San sighed helplessly.
"Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing, go to the Destruction Temple and invite the God of Destruction and the Goddess of Life here!"
Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing acknowledged the order.
The exalted God of War and God of Speed were treated no differently from Tang San's divine servants, reduced to errand runners.
Yet neither dared voice any objection.
Zhu Zhuqing took Dai Mubai's hand, and they became a streak of black-and-white light, vanishing in an instant.
But immediately afterward, Tang San looked up at the Sky Screen, and his eyes went round.
"No, don't go! Don't go to the Destruction Temple!!!"
But Zhu Zhuqing was the God of Speed. With her command over the law of speed, she had left so quickly that she never heard Tang San's call.
Tang San stared blankly at the Sky Screen and slumped onto the floor.
"Now, it's all over..."
"Senior Bei Bei, Senior Tang Ya, are we really not going to get caught doing this?"
In the dense forest, Wang Dong, Bei Bei, and Tang Ya chased the golden streak of light that Qian Daoliu had become, racing toward Shrek Academy.
Hearing Wang Dong's question, Bei Bei glanced back at her and said with a smile.
"No matter what, I can't just let someone take my junior brother away like that."
Tang Ya nodded as well, her feet tracing the Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track as she moved like the wind.
"Little Yuhao joined the Tang Sect. As its sect master, of course I have to protect him!"
"I already had my Dragon Whisker Needle ready to fire earlier. Who would've thought a Limit Douluo would rescue Little Yuhao?"
"Wang Dong, your cultivation is lower than ours. Maybe you shouldn't come with us?"
Hearing Tang Ya's concerned words, Wang Dong silently shook her head.
The next instant, a pair of blue butterfly wings spread open behind her.
The tips of her forewings shifted continuously between deep blue, brilliant azure, and pale blue. The wings looked like a blue sky inlaid with a series of dazzling halos arranged in a V.
Although the wings were merely illusory light, they were mesmerizing beneath the sunlight.
"A light goddess butterfly?" Bei Bei said in surprise.
Wang Dong smiled faintly. The butterfly wings behind her fluttered as she followed the two toward Shrek City.
"Who dares intrude upon the Spirit Hall Empire's fleet?!"
Hundreds of warships instantly changed direction. Blazing crimson spheres of light condensed at their main cannon muzzles, ready to fire!
And standing at the very center of their aim was Angel Douluo, Qian Daoliu!
Supported in one of Qian Daoliu's hands, Huo Yuhao gazed at the countless colossal steel warships surrounding him, a gleam of excitement flashing through his eyes.
For some reason, as he faced these crystallizations of soul guidance technology, far beyond the technological level of either the Douluo Continent or the Sun Moon Continent,
an inexplicable excitement suddenly welled up in Huo Yuhao's heart.
Qian Daoliu glanced at Huo Yuhao's expression in surprise. Then the phantom of a six-winged angel around him instantly burst with dazzling holy light.
"Angel Douluo Qian Daoliu is here!"
His voice rang out like a great bronze bell. Atop the fleet's flagship, Golden Crocodile Douluo nearly fell off when he heard it.
Who? Angel Douluo Qian Daoliu?
Wasn't he their Spirit Hall's ancestor from ten thousand years ago? Why would he be here?
Could someone with a twisted sense of humor be playing a deliberate prank?
But when Golden Crocodile Douluo saw the six-winged angel phantom radiating brilliant golden holy light, hot tears instantly filled his eyes.
"It's real! It's the six-winged angel martial soul!"
"Our ancestor has manifested! Our Spirit Hall's ancestor has manifested!"
The next instant, Golden Crocodile Douluo shot forward as a golden streak of light and appeared before Qian Daoliu.
He carefully studied Qian Daoliu's appearance.
The resemblance! It was uncanny!
He looked exactly like Qian Daoliu's portrait in the Worship Hall!
"Are you... our ancestor?" Golden Crocodile Douluo asked tentatively.
A smile appeared on Qian Daoliu's face, especially when he sensed the familiar aura of the Golden Crocodile King martial soul emanating from Golden Crocodile Douluo.
"The Golden Crocodile King... I never thought I would see his martial soul again after ten thousand years."
"Are you a descendant of Spirit Hall?"
Golden Crocodile Douluo nodded vigorously.
Although his cultivation was now higher than Qian Daoliu's, his expression was filled with boundless respect and reverence.
"I am Jin Wuyi, Spirit Hall's current Great Enshrined, titled Golden Crocodile. I am indeed a descendant of the Golden Crocodile King lineage from ten thousand years ago."
"Ancestor, how did you..."
Qian Daoliu looked up at the sky and said with a soft sigh.
"Through the Phoenix God's grace, of course..."
"Never mind. We can discuss that afterward. The Huo Yuhao you are looking for is right here."
Qian Daoliu and Golden Crocodile Douluo returned to the flagship together.
Golden Crocodile Douluo explained Qian Daoliu's identity to Feng Xuanyuan and the recently returned Xu Yi. Both looked shocked.
The Pope of Spirit Hall from ten thousand years ago had actually been resurrected by the Phoenix God?!
But the next instant, a Spirit Hall Empire officer piloted a small warship over to Qian Daoliu and the others.
"Reporting to the Grand Commander, the Great Enshrined, and the Headmaster!"
"Our patrol captured three Soul Masters trying to sneak into the fleet, but they said they came looking for Huo Yuhao, so we didn't dare deal with them on our own!"
Huo Yuhao hurriedly turned upon hearing his words, and delighted surprise instantly spread across his face.
"Wang Dong, Eldest Senior Brother, Sister Xiaoya?"
"Why are you all here?"
Meanwhile, elsewhere.
Douluo God Realm, Sea God Hall.
The God of Destruction stared at the Sky Screen. The destruction divine power around him surged into raging waves, stirring up a hurricane that swept across heaven and earth throughout the Divine Realm!
Within his deep-purple cloak, two blood-red lights locked onto Tang San. His voice seemed to contain endless fury.
"Is that... Xiao Qi?"
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