"Trash. Utter trash..."
A flash of fury passed through Tang San's eyes as he spoke coldly.
How could this fellow be so useless!
He was supposed to be the Child of Fortune.
He embodied an entire plane's fortune and strength. His future achievements should at least have surpassed those of the former Sea God, and perhaps barely reached my own level. Yet that was it for him.
And he had the nerve to call himself the Child of Destiny?
In Tang San's eyes, he was little different from that ancestral disgrace Dai Mubai, who had been frequenting brothels since he was twelve. What Tang San found even harder to stomach was that the fellow's talent really was pathetic.
Innate level one.
What on earth had he been eating? If he had even a scrap of talent, surely he wouldn't have been this completely talentless.
"And I nearly made you my son-in-law. I really misjudged you."
"It's just as well you died like this. Otherwise, my daughter might have ended up with a piece of trash."
Tang San snorted coldly. The thought eased his mood a little. His death was a good thing; now his daughter would not have to marry such a useless fellow.
Yet deep down, he still felt puzzled. A dignified Child of Fortune had simply died, just like that?
"No, I need to see what happened..."
As Tang San considered this, he frowned and instantly focused his perception on the Douluo Continent.
He had long regarded the mere Douluo Continent as practically his own backyard. Perhaps his current control over it was still far from that extensive, but before long...
The Douluo Continent would ultimately be his for the taking.
And with it as his foundation, he would truly become the head of the Divine Realm.
"The Douluo Continent, the Star Luo Empire, the White Tiger Duke..."
A thoughtful gleam flickered in Tang San's eyes as he silently searched the Douluo Continent for those traces.
"Sea God."
"What are you doing?"
But just then, as a cold, distant voice rang out, a figure in purple robes appeared directly in his field of vision.
He was an exceptionally handsome man with white hair. Not a trace of emotion showed in his purple eyes, and the pressure radiating from him was immense, as though his slightest movement could affect anyone before him.
"Destruction."
Tang San's gaze sharpened, and his heart immediately lurched.
The Destruction God King! What was he doing here!
The man before him was the God King who put him under the greatest pressure in the entire Divine Realm-and the only one who did so: the Destruction God King.
His strength even surpassed Tang San's.
Merely standing beside him was oppressive enough under normal circumstances, let alone now, when Tang San was engaged in something furtive.
Even a god interfering with the lower realm was wrong, much less a God King.
"Destruction..."
"What brings you here? Haha."
Tang San grew visibly unnatural for a moment, but quickly recovered. A smile spread across his face, making him look sunny and cheerful.
"I'm not here to joke with you."
"Sea God."
"What exactly are you planning to do?"
The Destruction God King simply stared at him coldly, ignoring his question and repeating his earlier one.
Tang San started to speak, then stopped.
Although he already had a complete plan for interfering with the lower realm and laying out his schemes on the Douluo Continent, getting caught was clearly another matter entirely.
The Divine Realm expressly stipulated that those at God Level could not casually interfere with the lower realm. Apart from the successors they selected for their trials, they were not permitted to influence anyone else.
If he told the other man he wanted to see what had happened to the Douluo Plane's protagonist, he would probably be in trouble.
"Nothing."
"I was just getting bored here in the Sea God Hall, so I was taking a stroll. I didn't expect you to drop by."
Tang San gave an awkward smile and waved at him, putting on a somewhat innocent expression as he tried to argue his way out.
"Is that so?"
The Destruction God King watched him expressionlessly.
"That's right."
Tang San spoke without batting an eye.
"Good, then."
"Just now, I sensed divine consciousness traveling from the Divine Realm toward the Douluo Continent in the lower realm. It came from around your Sea God Hall. I wonder whether it belonged to those Second-Level Gods under you."
The Destruction God King appeared unconcerned, yet he gave Tang San a long, penetrating look filled with coldness.
It immediately left Tang San feeling uneasy.
"They..."
"They've probably spent too long in the Divine Realm. Destruction, you know my friends' potential only goes so far. After staying in the Divine Realm for so long, it's only natural that they'd want to take a look at the Douluo Continent..."
Tang San laughed it off.
"I don't think I need to remind you and those people what you should and shouldn't do."
"This is the last time."
The Destruction God King's eyes were filled with coldness. After saying this, he left without looking back.
A barrier of destruction divine power also appeared between the Divine Realm and the lower realm, beyond the reach of any god below God King. Who it was meant to guard against went without saying.
"Destruction..."
"You've gone far too far."
Watching the direction in which he had departed, Tang San forcibly restrained his anger as waves of murderous intent rose within him. A Way of Seeking Death. This man was surely walking the Way of Seeking Death!
I'm finding myself a successor, influencing the continent's development a little along the way, and restoring my Tang Sect to glory. And that gets in your way, does it, Destruction...
Just you wait!
Tang San roared inwardly.
"Darling, Tang San..."
"Did he interfere with the lower realm again?"
In the Destruction Temple, a gentle, elegant beauty looked at the man's grim expression and instantly guessed what had happened. She hurried over and asked softly.
She, too, possessed an aura stronger than Tang San's by an unknown margin. She was the Life God King, one of the Divine Realm's Five Great God Kings, and likewise stood at the pinnacle of the Douluo God Realm's fighting strength.
Of course, in her heart, the finest title of all was simply the wife of the man before her.
"Yes."
"The Sea God is becoming more and more heedless of the rules."
The Destruction God King nodded. The instant his gaze fell on her, more than half his anger disappeared, though he still spoke with some irritation.
As a God King, he interfered with the lower realm again and again. What did he take the lower planes for? A backyard he could seize at will!
The fellow had been in the Divine Realm for years, but even counting generously, it had only been a hundred years. Yet he was already so brazen that he dared treat the lower realm as a plaything.
Then what would happen in the future?
Would not only the lower planes, but the entire Divine Realm have to take the surname Tang, after him, Sea God Tang San?
"Ah, that Sea God really is..."
"I thought secretly sending his daughter down to the lower realm was surprising enough. Now he's gone and done this."
The Life God King was equally helpless. This was truly the first time she had encountered someone so heedless of the rules.
Xiao Qi, the daughter of Tang San and Xiao Wu, had practically grown up before the couple's eyes. Yet Tang San had sealed such a good child's memories and sent her into the lower realm, dressing it up as "gaining some experience."
Calling it a chance for his daughter to gain experience sounded nice, but did that explanation really hold water?
How many resources did the lower realm have? At best, she could follow Tang San's example and break through to God Level through the inheritance of a divine trial.
But the crucial point was that, when the Sea God first arrived in the Divine Realm, he had already made an agreement with the Butterfly God to cultivate good relations with the gods... Xiao Qi already had a divine trial.
So why send his daughter into the lower realm, specifically to the Douluo Continent? Others might not know, but how could the couple, who had seen every one of Tang San's little maneuvers, fail to understand?
"Xiao Qi hasn't really been affected much."
At the mention of that little girl, the Destruction God King could not help smiling. To the two of them, who could not have children, Tang Wutong was their daughter.
"Although she's lost her memories, I have a feeling her destined partner is on the Douluo Continent."
"As for Tang San..."
At the mention of Tang San, the gentleness on the Destruction God King's face abruptly vanished, replaced by icy severity.
"I'll strengthen the protections around the lower realm."
"If Tang San dares overstep, I'll be the first to know."
"I'd like to see whether he still refuses to abandon his scheming."
A thoughtful look entered the Destruction God King's eyes. He did not know whether this Sea God could return to the proper path.
Damn it. It looks like I'll have to take a longer view of interfering with the lower realm...
The Douluo Continent is vitally important to me, and the geniuses who emerge in that plane must serve my purposes as well, whether in establishing faith on the Douluo Continent or building up my sect.
Tang San pondered this with a ruthless gleam in his eyes.
With the Child of Fortune gone, all I can do is see whether my daughter can meet a god's child in the future...
But very soon, a contemplative expression appeared on his face, and his gaze went blank.
Speaking of my daughter, wasn't...
My daughter still down in the lower realm, where I'd left her?
(End of chapter)