"Big Daddy, Second Daddy!!!"
Aboard the Spirit Hall Empire's flagship, sobs rose one after another.
Wang Dong watched Da Ming and Er Ming being slain in succession below, sobbing so hard she could no longer speak.
Even her voice had changed from all the crying, shifting from its original boyish tone into a gentle girl's voice.
For as long as she could remember, she had lived in Clear Sky Castle, with Da Ming and Er Ming always looking after her.
Compared with the parents Wang Dong had never met, Da Ming and Er Ming were actually far closer to her.
But now, the two people closest to Wang Dong had become cold corpses.
Unfortunately, Wang Dong did not know that Da Ming and Er Ming had not actually raised her from infancy.
Before leaving the Divine Realm, she had already been able to run and jump.
But the memories of her time in the Divine Realm were still in God King Tang's hands.
A large portion of Wang Dong's memories of her past were false memories God King Tang had fabricated and implanted in her mind.
Yet Big Daddy and Second Daddy, whom she believed were closest to her, had known the truth all along and had never told her.
In fact, God King Tang's original plan had been to torment Wang Dong until she hovered between life and death.
He wanted Wang Dong to form an emotional bond with Huo Yuhao, then make her die before Huo Yuhao's eyes in the most agonizing way possible.
Only then could he utterly shatter Huo Yuhao's fragile emotional defenses and turn him into a dog of the Tang Family.
Da Ming and Er Ming were to play the villains in all this.
The goal was to use Wang Dong's death to magnify Huo Yuhao's guilt without limit, drawing him into the various arrangements God King Tang had laid throughout the Douluo Continent.
Whether it was the Cold Jade Bed or the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, this Child of the Plane would ultimately fall into God King Tang's palm, step by step.
In the hearts of Tang San, Da Ming, and Er Ming alike, Wang Dong was nothing more than a disposable pawn.
The real Tang Wutong should have been that spoiled, willful young mistress, a female warrior of feudalism who had been pampered into uselessness since childhood.
Not Wang Dong, this offshoot personality who possessed youthful spirit, cherished her companions, and never admitted defeat.
If Wang Dong's consciousness truly became Tang Wutong's dominant personality, God King Tang would inevitably suffer a backlash. They might even put on a show of "fatherly kindness and daughterly devotion."
But Wang Dong had no idea she was merely a pitiful piece of bait. At that moment, she struggled desperately to leave the flagship.
Bei Bei also wanted to leave. His great-great-grandfather had died in battle, and as his only descendant, he naturally had to retrieve his body.
But neither of them had been invited aboard like Huo Yuhao. Under the guard of the Spirit Hall Empire's soldiers, they had no way to leave the flagship.
"Little Yuhao, this roommate of yours-why are both her dads Soul Beasts?"
The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's voice rang out in Huo Yuhao's Sea of Consciousness, immediately halting his steps as he moved to comfort Wang Dong.
"Soul Beasts?" he asked in surprise.
"Weren't those Martial Soul Avatars?"
The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm said loudly, "Of course not!"
"There's no way I, your Brother Sky Dream, could mistake a Soul Beast's aura. And I'm familiar with both of those Soul Beasts."
"The Sky Azure Bull Python and the Titan Giant Ape were Soul Beasts who sacrificed themselves to Sea God Tang San ten thousand years ago. The commotion back then even alerted Di Tian and the others in the Core Area."
"But I never expected them to become sect masters of some Clear Sky Sect."
Huo Yuhao nodded lightly.
At the same time, Electrolux spoke as well.
"Yuhao, a book on the Douluo Continent's history that you read before recorded that the father of Sea God Tang San from ten thousand years ago was named Tang Hao."
"And the man who just emerged from the Golden Ancient Tree on the Sky Screen seemed to be named Tang Hao as well. He even held a martial soul called the Clear Sky Hammer."
"This friend of yours named Wang Dong is the young mistress of the Clear Sky Sect, while Tang Hao, Tang San's father from ten thousand years ago, has been hiding in Shrek Academy."
"Link these things together, and I seem to sense this information weaving into a net aimed specifically at you..."
Huo Yuhao's eyes widened at those words, light flickering in his Spirit Eyes.
"Aimed at me?"
Just then, Angel Holy Light blazed.
The Angel Wings behind Qian Daoliu fluttered as he descended onto the flagship, the Angel God Sword in hand.
"You killed my great-great-grandfather!!!"
Bei Bei tried to charge forward, but two soldiers easily stopped him.
"It's fine. Let him come."
Qian Daoliu waved a hand, then showed Bei Bei the Dragon Core.
"This is the last thing your great-great-grandfather left you. It can help you awaken the light sacred dragon martial soul."
"Moreover, your great-great-grandfather did not die by my hand. You could even say I saved him."
He pointed toward the Sky Screen, where Tang Hao and Ah Yin were being driven back relentlessly under Bibi Dong's frenzied assault.
"The parents of that bastard Tang San, whom your Shrek Academy reveres so deeply, wanted to devour Mu En's soul, but I stopped them."
"If you're willing to follow me to the Phoenix God Continent and swear allegiance to Spirit Hall, you and Mu En may yet meet again."
Qian Daoliu had made himself perfectly clear.
If Bei Bei joined Spirit Hall, everything could be discussed. If he refused, Qian Daoliu would not even give him the Dragon Core.
With his wisdom, he would never do something like rear a tiger only to invite disaster.
"Meet again? But how could that be..."
At that point, Bei Bei suddenly closed his mouth.
Standing before him was the Angel Douluo from ten thousand years ago, alive and well.
Perhaps his great-great-grandfather, Dragon God Douluo Mu En, really could be resurrected?
"But I'm a member of the Tang Sect..."
Bei Bei shifted his gaze toward Tang Ya.
"It's all right, Bei Bei. I'll go to the Spirit Hall Empire with you!"
Without the slightest hesitation, Tang Ya spoke with ironclad resolve.
"Our Tang Sect has declined to this state, yet our ancestor from ten thousand years ago was right there in Shrek Academy and never offered us any help."
"In that case, what meaning does that supposed old grudge with Spirit Hall from ten thousand years ago still hold?"
"As the Tang Sect's last sect master, I've decided to take the Tang Sect to the Spirit Hall Empire and carry it to greater glory!"
Bei Bei's eyes lit up at her words, and he nodded firmly.
Right before Qian Daoliu, he swore an oath on his own martial soul to join Spirit Hall.
Meanwhile, Wang Dong had already fainted from overwhelming grief.
Huo Yuhao supported Wang Dong, but a gray light began flickering in his Spirit Eyes.
"Yuhao, I have good news and bad news. Which would you like to hear first?"
At Electrolux's words, Huo Yuhao looked caught between laughter and tears.
"Elder Yi, I'd still like to hear the good news first."
Electrolux smiled faintly.
"The good news is that your good brother is actually a very pretty young girl."
"The bad news is that I sensed the aura of divine consciousness inside her."
"And if we put the earlier information together and draw a conclusion..."
"Yuhao, perhaps that Sea God Tang San is targeting you!"
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