Prologue Three

Today, Huo Yuhao went to carry out his duties as God of Emotion, just as he did every day. But outside the courtyard stood someone he never expected to see.

"Butterfly God, what can I do for you?"

"God of Emotion, I hope you can help me. I've asked many people, but all they did was comfort me. I hope you can help me save my father." Tang Wutong spoke anxiously.

"Calm down first. What exactly happened?"

Tang Wutong explained that God of Destruction had sealed Tang San and six others away. But because he had watched Tang Wutong grow up from childhood, he hadn't sealed her along with them. After getting out, she had kept seeking help, but none of the gods in the Divine Realm wanted to get involved. That was why Tang Wutong had come to Huo Yuhao's courtyard.

"Please, you have to help me. I really don't know what to do," Tang Wutong said, her voice choked with tears.

"But I'm only a newly appointed First-Level God. What can I do?"

"W-what should I do? I really don't know." Hearing Huo Yuhao's answer, Tang Wutong couldn't hold back her tears.

When Huo Yuhao heard that Tang San had been sealed away, he was happy inside. He knew that in the Divine Realm, gods weren't allowed to kill other gods. But looking at Tang Wutong before him, he couldn't help remembering their time on Douluo Star. Seeing her like this, Huo Yuhao finally sighed and said, "I'll take you to see my teacher."

Tang Wutong quickly replied, "Thank you, God of Emotion."

The two went to Rong Nianbing's courtyard and explained the situation. After listening, Rong Nianbing said he had promised Tang San that he would help him. He told the two to wait there while he went to find someone, and then they could discuss how to carry out the rescue.

Tang Wutong hurriedly thanked him. After Rong Nianbing left, Huo Yuhao and Tang Wutong fell silent. Huo Yuhao didn't care about this matter at all, while Tang Wutong wondered how she could get Huo Yuhao to come with her. After all, there were too few people who could go.

Huo Yuhao broke the silence first. "Butterfly God, can you give Qiu'er's soul back to me?"

"You asked me this before, but I really don't have Qiu'er's soul."

Huo Yuhao pressed her urgently. "But you can use the Golden Dragon Spear. How could you use it without Qiu'er's bloodline? And where could Qiu'er's soul have gone? I'm begging you, give her back to me. I did things to you in the lower realm that I shouldn't have, but Qiu'er shouldn't have just disappeared without a trace."

"I really don't know anything. I don't know why I can use it, either. I just went to sleep. I don't know who Qiu'er is, and I don't know what happened between us in the lower realm."

Huo Yuhao was filled with despair. He had finally gotten a chance to ask Tang Wutong about Qiu'er, but this was the answer he got.

Seeing Huo Yuhao like this, Tang Wutong took out the Golden Dragon Spear. "I can tell that this Qiu'er is very important to you. I don't know what happened between us, or why I can use it, but this means less to me than my parents do. I hope you'll come with me. If we can save my parents this time, I'll give it to you."

Huo Yuhao nodded after hearing Tang Wutong's words.

Not long after, Rong Nianbing returned to the courtyard with the Seven Elemental Gods. Seeing Huo Yuhao still there, he asked, "Yuhao, what are you-"

"Teacher, I'm joining this operation."

Rong Nianbing was puzzled, but didn't ask further. Then everyone went to the place where Sea God had been sealed, and God of Destruction appeared before them.

"All right, you've done what you came to do. I don't want to fight you, either. I can pretend none of this happened. Go back now," God of Destruction said coldly.

Rong Nianbing and the others hadn't expected to be discovered so quickly. Seeing the situation, the hope that had just flared in Tang Wutong's heart seemed about to die out again. But she still wanted to try once more. "Uncle Zi, does it really have to come to this? Please, let my parents go." Tang Wutong spoke while holding back her tears.

"Xiao Qi, you don't understand your father. Sea God's actions have already hindered the Divine Realm's development. I did this for the Divine Realm. Go back, Xiao Qi. This isn't something you can get involved in."

After hearing him, Tang Wutong looked at the people behind her. She knew this operation had failed, and now there was no one who could help her. In the end, her tears fell. She turned back to the others and apologized. "I'm sorry, everyone. I've caused you trouble." Everyone fell silent. Looking at Tang Wutong now, Huo Yuhao still wanted to do something, no matter how much resentment he held toward Tang San. He looked at Destruction God King and, making up his mind, took a step forward. "Lord God of Destruction, since Sea God and the others have already been sealed by you, they can't do anything. Why not let them reunite with Butterfly God?"

Hearing Huo Yuhao speak to God of Destruction, Rong Nianbing hurriedly tried to stop him. None of those present had reached the God King Realm. If they offended God of Destruction, even he might not be able to protect Huo Yuhao easily.

"So you're Huo Yuhao. You're a newly appointed God of Emotion and have only been in the Divine Realm for a few years. Why are you involving yourself in Sea God's affairs? I heard Sea God made things difficult for you at every turn. What are you doing this for?" God of Destruction watched Huo Yuhao with an impassive expression.

Huo Yuhao didn't let Rong Nianbing stop him. He looked at God of Destruction and said, "I'm not doing this for Sea God. I came for something else. What I'm doing now is also because of Butterfly God."

"It's not that I can't agree to let Xiao Qi reunite with Sea God and his wife, but everything has a price. Are you willing to pay it?"

Hearing that there might be a chance, Tang Wutong looked at Huo Yuhao with reddened eyes. She hoped he would agree. Huo Yuhao didn't look at Tang Wutong, but instead asked what the condition was.

"You're the only person to have ascended from Douluo Star in recent years. To be honest, I wasn't very satisfied with the previous seven. I want to know how strong the people on Douluo Star are now. If you can take one of my moves, I'll agree to your proposal."

"Fine. Then please give me your guidance, God of Destruction." After speaking, Huo Yuhao began circulating the Divine Power throughout his body. But he didn't call Brother Sky Dream and the others out. This had started because of his own selfish motives, and he couldn't drag them into it. Under the force of his powerful spiritual power, Huo Yuhao's emotional power kept rising to its limit, and the Divine Power in his body continued to gather.

"Half-Step God King Realm. Not bad. I've heard the God of Emotion keeps to himself in the Divine Realm. It seems you haven't slacked off since arriving here. You're more interesting than those seven."

Huo Yuhao didn't answer God of Destruction. He only felt the Divine Power within him. That sensation he'd experienced during cultivation appeared once more. Huo Yuhao's face was utterly expressionless. With so many emotions layered upon him, he was no longer fixated on any one of them. He pushed the power of all those emotions to its limit, then used Emperor Sword: Peerless to gather his strength along the blade. Huo Yuhao stared at God of Destruction.

Seeing this, God of Destruction summoned the Destruction Scepter and struck out with a bolt of Annihilation Divine Thunder. Purple energy surged toward Huo Yuhao. Seeing the energy of the God King Realm coming at him, Huo Yuhao neither panicked nor felt afraid. In his eyes, God of Destruction's attack was no different from an ordinary one. Without any unnecessary emotion or movement, he swung the Emperor Sword in his hand, which shone with a nearly transparent white light, at the purple energy. The two forces collided, stirring up wave after wave of shockwaves. For a moment, neither side had the upper hand, and the sky changed color. But the destructive energy began to dissipate under Huo Yuhao's attack. In the end, his attack shattered the Annihilation Divine Thunder and slashed toward God of Destruction.

Seeing this, God of Destruction knew the move was no ordinary one. He summoned all the Divine Power in his body and attacked again. His full-strength strike, infused with the power of the God King Realm, rushed toward Huo Yuhao's attack. In the end, Huo Yuhao's attack crumbled beneath God of Destruction's full-strength strike.

"Not bad. You made me use my full strength. God of Emotion, I acknowledge your power. As for Xiao Qi, I'll take her to reunite with Sea God."

After hearing this, Huo Yuhao returned to the others. That last strike had been the limit of his own power. Huo Yuhao had practically exhausted all his Divine Power.

"Yuhao, are you all right?" Rong Nianbing hurriedly looked at Huo Yuhao.

"I'm fine, Teacher. I've just used up all my Divine Power." After speaking, he saw a golden spear appear before him.

"Thank you, Yuhao. Take this. No, to you, this might be more like getting it back. I hope you can find Qiu'er again." Tang Wutong held the Golden Dragon Spear out to Huo Yuhao.

Huo Yuhao looked at the Golden Dragon Spear, then raised his head to look at Tang Wutong. His hands instinctively accepted it. Looking at Tang Wutong, her figure seemed to overlap with someone from the past. Huo Yuhao stood there, stunned, while Tang Wutong left with God of Destruction. Only Rong Nianbing and Huo Yuhao remained. When Rong Nianbing saw Huo Yuhao come back to his senses, he asked what was wrong.

Huo Yuhao only shook his head and said he was fine. Rong Nianbing told Huo Yuhao to go back and rest, as he still had to follow them and see what happened.

After Rong Nianbing left, Huo Yuhao looked at the Golden Dragon Spear and thought of how, when he had first arrived in the Divine Realm, Rong Nianbing had told him that Tang San had been keeping an eye on him. He thought of his teacher burning his divine soul for him, of his experiences at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, of the Mingdu explosion, of what had happened at Qiankun Asking Love Valley, of Dong'er dying for him, and of Qiu'er sacrificing herself for him. He thought of Ju Zi and Yun Han, and of a life in which Tang San had spied on him and toyed with him.