"Tang San, you were born and raised in Douluo. If I hadn't chosen you back then, do you think you could have grown so smoothly and defeated Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue, that mother and daughter, at Jialing Pass?"
"I intended to help you enter the Divine Realm so you could then help Douluo Star grow stronger and raise its planar level. But you turned around and made Douluo Star your Tang family's private property!"
"Not only did you fail to help Douluo Star, you also took control of Huo Yuhao, the new Child of the Plane I supported, and set your sights on me!"
"I truly misjudged you back then! I nurtured an ungrateful wolf like you!"
The Plane Spirit spoke heatedly.
Each and every one of these deeds had filled him with regret for the past twenty thousand years.
Especially now.
Tang Hao parasitized him from within, while the Abyss attacked from without.
The Douluo Plane Will had already reached the brink of collapse.
Tang San sneered. "You fool, I'm helping Douluo Star grow stronger. The Abyss Plane's involvement was something I deliberately arranged!"
The Plane Spirit trembled with rage. "Nonsense! The Douluo you want to strengthen is the Douluo controlled by your father, Tang Hao! And do you know how many Soul Masters on Douluo Star have died in battle since the Abyss appeared?"
The Plane Spirit radiated grief.
The human Soul Masters were all his children.
Tang San used him as a pawn and his children as fuel to strengthen the Tang family's Douluo Star!
Tang San shook his head with a chuckle.
"Tsk, tsk. Look at you, a Plane Spirit with no vision whatsoever. Just tell me, has Douluo Star grown stronger or not? As for you, who cares whether you live or die?"
The Plane Spirit's emotions turned icy.
"Tang San, an Evil Soul Master endangers a city, but you endanger all of Douluo Star!"
"Throughout history, all the Evil Soul Masters combined haven't caused as many gruesome deaths as your schemes alone!"
Tang San grew impatient. "And? This God King has no time to listen to you dredge up the past!"
The Plane Spirit focused his consciousness on Li Zha.
"Li Zha, you are the new Child of the Plane I've chosen, and the last Child of the Plane I can choose."
"You now know everything Tang San has done. Remember, never trust anyone from the Tang family, and never trust Shrek or the Tang Sect."
"There isn't much I can do for you. I hope you continue to grow well. If you can avenge me someday, all the better. If not, I can still keep you safe for this lifetime."
Upon hearing this, Tang San
immediately knitted his brows.
The Plane Spirit was exposing all his dirty secrets!
And,
Li Zha was actually his newly chosen Child of the Plane?!
This was bad!
But that wasn't all. Just then,
the Plane Spirit looked at Tang San, radiating astonishing malice.
"Although I gave birth to you humans, I've also learned a great deal from you."
After the Plane Spirit's will rippled outward,
an astonishing surge of energy spread. Some power of law bound the entire Spirit Pagoda, and an immense mass of energy seemed poised to explode!
Tang San was dumbfounded. "Wait, what are you trying to do?!"
The Plane Spirit sneered.
"This move is called Heaven and Earth Share the Same Lifespan! If you want your son Tang Wulin to live, obediently block this strike!"
Tang San froze. This power was immense. He would probably have to use up his two remaining chances to intervene to neutralize it!
"You're insane! Your Child of the Plane will die too if you do this! Stop! I said stop!"
Controlling Tang Wulin, Tang San frantically poured out the Sea God's Power, hesitating over whether to use Unfixed Storm to stop him.
Damn it!
That move was reserved for that being in the Abyss Plane. If I use it now, Tang Wulin's safety will be completely beyond my control!
Tang San could only roar, trying to make the Plane Spirit see reason.
The Plane Spirit laughed. "Hahahaha! So even after becoming a God King, you can still feel fear, Tang San... Hahaha! Well? Being used as someone else's pawn doesn't feel good, does it?"
"But your son should die anyway!"
Boom!
A violent blast of energy erupted, its power already far exceeding that of the two Class 12 Fixed Soul Cannon Shells!
"Damn it!"
"Unfixed Storm!"
Tang San acted immediately, freezing the explosive energy in place.
Then,
he manipulated his Sea God Divine Power, mixing the blue-and-gold Sea God's Power with the pure-white mass of energy.
Tang San frantically neutralized the Plane Spirit's powerful self-detonation energy.
Finally, a few seconds before Unfixed Storm expired, he resolved this terrifying catastrophe.
The Plane Spirit dissipated.
Yet Tang Wulin's body, controlled by Tang San, suddenly staggered.
It was a sign that the divine power he had left inside Tang Wulin was running out.
"Damn you!"
Tang San furiously punched the ground and looked at Li Zha.
"You brat, you're truly lucky! Listen to me. Don't think obtaining a Godhood Inheritance means you can escape my control!"
"Li Zha, I'm warning you. You must not attack my son Wulin. Otherwise, when I return with the Divine Realm, I'll tear you into ten thousand pieces..."
Before he could finish,
Tang San's divine power ran out, and Tang Wulin collapsed unconscious.
Li Zha scoffed.
Tang San had brought this entirely upon himself. If he had behaved and stayed out of it, how could he have exhausted all his divine power?
Li Zha picked Tang Wulin up and tossed him onto the bed.
Then he walked out of the room.
Looking at the night sky, Li Zha sighed.
"To think you chose me. No wonder I kept wondering why I had such a talent for forging."
"Ah, I owe you thanks this time. Otherwise, I'd still have had to find a way to deal with Buddha Tang's two remaining chances to intervene."
"Goodbye..."
Li Zha cupped his fist toward the sky.
"Ahem, I'm not dead yet."
A response sounded in Li Zha's mind.
"Huh? You're not dead?!"
"Of course not. I said I'd at least keep you safe for your lifetime. How could I really use all my power to self-destruct?"
"Whew, that's great, then."
"Not exactly. After this, I'll probably fall into a deep sleep, and Tang Hao will devour me much faster. Besides, judging from what Tang San just said, his power was reserved for dealing with the Abyss, but I've exhausted it now."
The Plane Spirit's voice was weary. "So you'll have to be careful. Things will be troublesome when the Abyss invades."
Li Zha smiled. "It's fine. Go get some rest. By the next time we meet, I may already have freed you from Tang Hao's control."
"Mm. Good luck, my child of fortune."
The Plane Spirit's voice faded away.
Meanwhile,
in the Douluo God Realm, many light-years away.
Inside a black hole,
Tang San slammed his fist into the Divine Realm's floor.
"Insolent! Utterly insolent!"
The might of a God King enveloped the entire Divine Realm.
"Brother San, what's wrong?"
Beside him, Xiao Wu asked worriedly. Brother San looked even more panicked than when the Divine Realm had been swept away by the spacetime turbulence.
Huo Yuhao also came over with Tang Wutong.
"Father, what's wrong?"
Huo Yuhao asked with concern.
Tang San immediately recounted everything that had happened.
Xiao Wu clutched her chest. "W-what did you say?! All your power is gone? Then what about Wulin?! My Wulin..."
Xiao Wu burst into tears.
Her little Wulin.
At birth, the Golden Dragon King had entered his body, nearly making him explode and die.
When the Divine Realm was swept away, Tang Wulin could only survive alone on Douluo Star.
Now even the backup power Tang San had left behind was gone. Didn't that mean her Wulin's life or death was uncertain?!
"Xiao Wu, don't panic! That Li Zha strikes me as a righteous brat. He probably won't attack Wulin."
Xiao Wu frantically hammered Tang San's chest. "If he's an upright person, why did you attack him? If he took the Golden Dragon King's power, then let him take it! That's a good thing for Wulin too. Why did you keep hounding him?"
Tang San flushed under her scolding. He didn't dare argue and could only glance at Huo Yuhao.
Huo Yuhao steeled himself and spoke.
"Well, Mom, Father must have had difficulties he couldn't avoid. That Li Zha actually dared to steal the Golden Dragon King's power from Wulin's body. He was clearly courting death! Dad did nothing wrong."
Xiao Wu shoved both men out the door.
"Get out!"
Xiao Wu's eyes were bloodshot, and a trace of anguish pierced her voice.
"Tang San, if Wulin dies, I'll make you pay for my son's life with yours!"
After saying that,
Xiao Wu was so overwhelmed by distress that she fainted on the spot.
Tang Wutong hurriedly caught her mother.
"Uh, Dad, my mom...?"
Tang San waved a hand. "Don't worry. She just fainted from distress. Hurry and take her to rest."
Tang Wutong nodded and carried Xiao Wu away.
Tang San's expression darkened. "Damn it, Huo Yuhao, what the hell have you been doing? Do you know that brat belongs to the Spirit Pagoda?!"
Huo Yuhao was dumbfounded.
Holy shit.
You bastard, you're blaming me for this too?
"Father, I ascended to the Divine Realm a long time ago. The Spirit Pagoda has long since been beyond my control..."
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