An overbearing pressure crashed down on Xiao Chen.
Xiao Chen's body tensed, and the waves of shock in his heart would not subside.
He stared fixedly at Tang Wulin, who had been possessed by a God King's divine consciousness, countless questions circling in his mind.
He was absolutely certain that, according to the original story's timeline, the strand of Tang San's divine consciousness hidden within Tang Wulin-Old Tang-was still in a confused, uncomprehending state at this point.
Logically, it should have possessed only the instinct to protect Tang Wulin, knowing nothing of its original self's ten-thousand-year plan, much less recognizing its own identity as the Sea God or specifically calling him an anomaly.
But now, not only had Tang San's divine consciousness awakened, it had insistently branded him a so-called anomaly, its words brimming with resentment and anger.
None of this was a coincidence. The deviation in the plot had definitely triggered a chain of unforeseen changes!
After his brief shock, Xiao Chen swiftly sorted through every change. In the end, everything could only point to Gu Yue.
In fact, Gu Yue was indeed the cause.
In the original story, Gu Yue had played at her world-shaking wisdom, talking about patience and restraint, securing each step, and gradually approaching Tang Wulin before acting at the right moment, only to throw herself into the Tang Family in the end.
But the Gu Yue of the present was entirely different.
For some unknown reason, Silver Dragon King Gu Yuena's transformation into human form had gone wrong, splitting her into two halves, Gu Yue and Na'er.
And without those three years Gu Yue Na and Tang Wulin had spent together, Gu Yue acted against Tang Wulin decisively and ruthlessly, without any reservations.
After following her sense of the Golden Dragon King to Eastsea City, Gu Yue had detected the Golden Dragon King's Divine Core hidden within Tang Wulin and the terrifying power sealed there. She had immediately acted to seize the Golden Dragon King's Divine Core.
She wanted to fuse with the Golden Dragon King's Divine Core and bring back the Dragon God. The Divine Core within Tang Wulin was the key to the Soul Beasts' entire grand scheme of revenge.
Thus, rather than choosing the original story's approach of drawing close slowly, she had taken an extremely aggressive course, directly issuing orders to the Ferocious Beasts of the Star Dou Great Forest and dispatching two great Ferocious Beasts, Di Tian and Xiong Jun, to secretly capture Tang Wulin, take control of the Golden Dragon King's Divine Core, and seize the initiative!
It was precisely because Gu Yue had not played at her world-shaking wisdom that this sudden, forcible capture had completely disrupted Tang San's arrangements!
Di Tian and Xiong Jun were among the few big cats remaining in the Star Dou Great Forest. With them taking action, Tang San's divine consciousness had no choice but to act seriously.
The slumbering, uncomprehending God King's divine consciousness-Old Tang-had been forced to awaken ahead of time upon seeing that Tang Wulin's Golden Dragon King Divine Core was about to be stolen.
At that moment, this strand of divine consciousness had finally recognized its own identity-the Sea God, the Asura God, Tang San!
Then, unsurprisingly, Di Tian and Xiong Jun's mission had gone belly-up.
Fortunately, Di Tian was a dragon who had seen the world, seasoned and meticulous.
Upon detecting the stirring of a God King-level aura within Tang Wulin, worried that the situation would spiral out of control and afraid of being killed instead, he had made an immediate decision. He unleashed the Dragon God Claw to tear open space and fled decisively with Xiong Jun, barely escaping.
It was also fortunate that Tang San only had three opportunities to act and still had to reserve his strength for the Abyssal Sage King. Otherwise, Di Tian and Xiong Jun would have died there.
It was precisely this hasty, aggressive move that had made Tang San's divine consciousness realize that the Douluo Continent seemed to be slipping out of control.
Back to Xiao Chen's confrontation with "Tang Wulin."
Although Xiao Chen could guess that it involved Gu Yue, he did not know what she had done. But that no longer mattered to him now. He had to figure out how to deal with this divine consciousness.
Meanwhile, Tang San's divine consciousness, occupying Tang Wulin's body, was in even greater turmoil, filled with pent-up irritation and anger.
His arrangements had originally been exquisite, his planning far-reaching.
He had deliberately sealed the Golden Dragon King's Divine Core within Tang Wulin, intending to use it as bait to draw out the Silver Dragon King.
Through the attraction between the Golden and Silver Dragon Kings' bloodlines, he would draw the Silver Dragon King into his game and find the right opportunity to plant a spiritual brand, preventing her from truly carrying out the Soul Beasts' revenge.
At the same time, he could use the Silver Dragon King to help Tang Wulin deal with the Abyss Plane, allowing the Douluo Plane to advance and Tang Wulin to hold on until his return.
For an even more perfect outcome, it would be better still if his son Tang Wulin could control the Golden Dragon King's Divine Core. Add the Silver Dragon King to that, and he would kill two birds with one stone, bringing everything to a perfect close.
Then, when his original self returned, Gu Yue Na, hopelessly enthralled by Tang Wulin, would count as a member of their Tang Family too. Tang San was exceedingly familiar with this sort of thing.
Right, Huo Yuhao?
But who could have imagined that, just as the plan began, someone would forcibly cut it short and bring it crashing down!
Not only had the Silver Dragon King failed to gradually enter his game along the path he had envisioned and become attracted to Tang Wulin, she had instead dispatched Ferocious Beasts ahead of time to forcibly seize the Divine Core, throwing off his entire rhythm.
What made him even more wary was that this strand of divine consciousness he had left on the Douluo Continent possessed limited strength and was subject to enormous restrictions.
He had to preserve the vast majority of his divine consciousness's essence and power to coordinate with his father, Tang Hao, who had become the Lord of the Douluo Plane, in dealing with the Abyssal Sage King in the future. He could not casually expend his power interfering in trivial mortal affairs.
His plan had been disrupted, the Silver Dragon King was not following his script, the hidden danger of the Abyss had yet to be eradicated, and there was even an anomaly. Everything had slipped out of his control!
And earlier, when he had seen Na'er beside Xiao Chen from within Tang Wulin, his pupils had instantly contracted.
She was the Silver Dragon King's other half. His perception could not possibly have been wrong.
He had clearly seen that Xiao Chen seemed to share a deep bond with Na'er.
At the same time, this divine consciousness of his had examined Xiao Chen himself from within Tang Wulin, only to discover a mysterious mist of causality shrouding him, elusive and insubstantial, leaving no trace to follow.
Even his God King-level probing ability had actually been unable to see through Xiao Chen's mind.
The Douluo Continent absolutely could not be allowed to have someone so heaven-defying appear.
With that, Old Tang had reached an understanding.
It had to be the youth before him.
The source of everything was this anomaly who had suddenly appeared before him!
It was Xiao Chen's appearance that had kept the Silver Dragon King from being attracted to his son Wulin, ruining the grand plan he had spent ten thousand years preparing!
He had even lured away the Silver Dragon King. The Golden and Silver Dragon Kings belonged to their Tang Family!
Having figured out every connection, the anger pent up within Tang San's divine consciousness erupted completely!
His formerly indifferent eyes instantly turned scarlet, filling with bloodshot veins, while the dormant pressure around him became violent and surging, raging wildly through the entire woodland.
Tang Wulin's slight body heaved violently, his chest rising and falling continuously as he panted like an ox.
He stared at Xiao Chen, every word icy and laden with towering killing intent, and rebuked him harshly:
"You damned anomaly! Appearing in this world without cause, ruining the grand plan this God King spent ten thousand years devising! You have committed a monstrous crime and already courted your own death!"
Outside the Spirit Ascension Platform, the staff were scrambling in a panic. Not long after Tang Wulin and the others had encountered Xiao Chen and Na'er, the Spirit Ascension Platform's data had become abnormal, making it impossible to observe what was happening inside.
In fact, Tang San's divine consciousness had simply gone in along the network cable and probed Xiao Chen and Na'er, accidentally causing the Spirit Ascension Platform to go out of control.
"Oh dear, please don't let anything happen," said Li Qi, the master of the East Sea Spirit Pagoda.
"Otherwise, how am I supposed to explain this to Deputy Pagoda Master Leng?"
Inside the Spirit Ascension Platform.
Xiao Chen faced this terrifying pressure, powerful enough to crush everything in the world, his mind taut, yet without the slightest retreat.
Judging from the way Tang San's divine consciousness looked at him as though he were his father's murderer, Tang San had never intended to let him go.
Other than a fight to the death, there was no other way.
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