Shrek Outer Court, work-study student dormitory.
Fourteen-year-old Tang Wulin had finished his forging assignment and was utterly baffled.
"Old Tang, what's wrong with you?"
Tang Wulin asked.
He had just been about to wash his hands, rest, and then enjoy a huge meal.
Instead, Old Tang had suddenly taken over his account.
"How strange, how strange. I sensed the presence of two old acquaintances."
Tang Wulin's eyes widened. "Old Tang, your old acquaintances? You-you're a Soul Master?"
At this point, Tang Wulin still did not know that Old Tang was Tang San. He only knew this person was a lingering shadow of the Golden Dragon King Bloodline, but whether he was a Soul Spirit or a human, Tang Wulin had no idea.
"Old Tang, what sort of beings would your old acquaintances have to be?"
Tang Wulin was very curious.
Old Tang had given him an immensely powerful impression from the moment he appeared. Tang Wulin did not even know how long Old Tang had lived.
But since he knew of an existence like the Golden Dragon King, Tang Wulin guessed that Old Tang's acquaintances probably had extraordinary backgrounds too.
"Ahem."
Tang San's divine consciousness changed the subject. "That isn't important. Find a chance to visit the guest building later so I can take a closer look. If it really is them, things will get interesting."
"Oh."
Tang Wulin agreed and ran straight toward the dining hall.
He still had to visit Senior Zhuo Shi that evening, so he needed to hurry up and eat.
At that moment,
all sorts of guesses welled up in Tang San's divine consciousness.
He had really fucking seen ghosts in broad daylight.
Inside a black hole far from Douluo Star,
God King Tang San, who was in the Divine Realm, paced back and forth, feeling thoroughly unsettled.
Beside him,
Huo Yuhao hurriedly asked with concern, "Father, what's wrong? Did something happen on Douluo Star? Is my brother-in-law all right?"
Tang San let out a long sigh.
"Yuhao, there's something I need to tell you. I think I've discovered Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao on Douluo Star."
"What?!"
Huo Yuhao's eyes widened.
The corner of his mouth twitched. "Father, could you have seen wrong?! How is that possible!"
Huo Yuhao did not believe it in the slightest.
After all,
a full ten thousand years had passed since he became a god on the Douluo Continent!
Never mind that he and Wutong had personally watched Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao die before him back then.
Even if Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao had still been alive,
after ten thousand years,
even the strongest humans would long since have become dry bones.
How could they possibly still be alive!
No such Soul Masters existed!
"It's true, Yuhao."
Tang San smiled bitterly, his heart likewise filled with questions.
Humans fucking living for ten thousand years, appearing in the Dragon King era from the Peerless era-this had frightened even him.
"Father, this..."
Huo Yuhao took a deep breath. Hearing his father-in-law fucking say that made his hair stand on end.
He had heard before that humans feared ghosts.
Now that he was a god, he had never expected gods to fear ghosts too!
"Although I haven't seen them personally, judging by those soul fluctuations, they're most likely Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao."
"It's just that I don't know why their presences have become somewhat weaker than those of Limit Douluos, and they're a little different on the soul level too. But it really is them."
The more Huo Yuhao heard, the more frightening it became.
Undying Soul Masters-just tell him that wasn't scary!
"Father, how could this happen? Could it have something to do with the oath they swore before dying?"
Huo Yuhao suddenly remembered when he and Wutong had only been rank 92, when they had watched Long Xiaoyao and Ye Xishui die before them.
One very strange thing back then was that,
Long Xiaoyao and Ye Xishui had clearly been preparing to pass all their power to him and Tang Wutong before they died.
But then,
Long Xiaoyao and Ye Xishui had suddenly seemed possessed. The two had strangely sworn an oath, and immediately afterward, a huge pink tree had appeared in the sky and taken the two Limit Douluos away.
Even now,
Huo Yuhao still had not figured out
what that huge pink tree back then had been.
And after that,
he and Tang Wutong could only cultivate and accumulate Soul Power on their own, and they had nearly been killed by the Sun Moon Empire as a result.
Fortunately, Tang San had descended to the lower realm ahead of time and stopped the Sun Moon Empire in his capacity as God King. Only then had he and Wutong survived and successfully condensed their third Soul Cores.
They had thus ascended to the Divine Realm.
For that reason too,
Huo Yuhao felt even more grateful to Tang San at that moment.
"It's possible."
Tang San knitted his brows tightly.
The Divine Realm could not return for the time being, and he only had three opportunities to act through Wulin.
Therefore,
Tang San was unwilling to see any unexpected changes. Otherwise, if something happened on Douluo Star, he really might be unable to do anything about it.
"I suspect that the God of Love from back then may not have died. Even if it did fall, its power is still influencing the Douluo Continent in some way."
After hearing this, Huo Yuhao nodded in agreement.
The God of Love.
Indeed, this was currently the most plausible possibility. Because the God of Love had fallen on the Douluo Continent, it had caused some unknown change on the continent, bringing Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao back from the dead.
"Then, Father, what do we do? My brother-in-law won't be in danger, will he?"
Tang San shook his head.
"He probably won't. Although Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao have revived, the Douluo Continent today isn't what it used to be."
"Shrek Academy is now like the sun at its zenith. One or two Limit Douluos can't influence the entire continent anymore."
"And Wulin has already joined Shrek Academy and is drawing its attention as someone to nurture intensively. I think that as long as Wulin doesn't provoke them himself, nothing should happen."
Tang San was not particularly panicked.
Every version had its own gods.
A mere two Limit Douluos from the Peerless era would still have to kneel in the current Dragon King era.
In fact, never mind Long Xiaoyao and Ye Xishui.
On the current Douluo Continent,
even Tang San found those monstrous geniuses frightening.
Limit Douluos like the Black and White Twin Holy Dragons, or a quasi-god like Yun Ming.
Tang San secretly rejoiced that he had become a god early. Otherwise, if he were thrown into the present-day Douluo Continent, even if he swung his Clear Sky Hammer until it smoked, the Divine Realm probably would not notice him.
"Father, how wise you are!"
Huo Yuhao flattered him.
Tang San smiled and nodded. "Here's what we'll do. Don't tell Xiao Wu about this yet. I'll keep observing. Once I figure out where the God of Love's power is, perhaps I can take it and put it to our use."
Tang San sneered.
The Douluo Continent's current Plane Master was his father, Tang Hao, and its Life Core was his mother, Ah Yin.
Since the God of Love's power remained on Douluo Star, it naturally belonged to his Tang family too.
Reincarnation.
Tsk, tsk.
Tang San narrowed his eyes. This really was something good.
This thing was simply a powerful tool for gathering faith. Just imagine if this power of reincarnation fell into his hands.
Once the Divine Realm returned to the Douluo Plane,
who in the entire Douluo Plane would not worship him, Tang San?
After all, everyone feared death. Being able to reincarnate and start again-just thinking of that kind of faith felt great!
Tang San made up his mind to have Wulin approach them and take a look when an opportunity arose.
Meanwhile,
on Douluo Star,
Li Chen knew nothing of Tang San's thoughts.
In truth, it would not have mattered even if he knew. His Martial Soul, the Tree of Sorrow, was no God of Love.
Its might was also more absurd than the God of Love's.
The Tree of Sorrow's reincarnation and rebirth could directly influence and change everyone's perceptions, including those of gods.
Even Sea God Tang San, along with the replicated people of the entire continent, had their perceptions and memories altered.
This ability was far more absurd than the God of Love's!
Li Chen ate with Long Xiaoyao and Ye Zhaolu. The two had grown somewhat more familiar with each other by now, and could at least converse normally.
Long Xiaoyao was no longer so nervous either.
Good, keep advancing their relationship and improving my strength!
Li Chen made up his mind.
While the three were eating, someone suddenly kicked the room's door open.
Silver Moon Douluo Cai Yue'er, with silver hair and a silver-white dress, strode in aggressively.
"Long Xiaoyao! Who is she? Why are you eating with her?!"
Cai Yue'er pointed at Ye Zhaolu and demanded angrily.