The God of Wisdom pushed up his glasses and glanced at the Asura God.
The Asura God's face was expressionless, and his dark red eyes showed little reaction.
"Speak."
The God of Destruction spoke in a deep voice, his tone brooking no refusal.
The God of Wisdom sighed. Knowing he couldn't avoid it, he spoke. "Then I'll analyze the changes in the attribute card."
He paused to gather his thoughts.
"Before, Xiao Wu's attribute card only showed her cultivation and Soul Rings. But after the divine punishment descended, the words 'Asura God' appeared at the end of her attribute card. There's only one possibility: the Asura Godhood in the future timeline is already on her."
The gods listened in silence.
"But that raises a question. If the Asura Godhood was already on her, why didn't it show up before? There's only one answer: Xiao Wu couldn't control this godhood at the time. The godhood was on her, but someone else held the reins."
The God of Wisdom's gaze fell on the Asura God once more.
He said no more after that.
But everything he had said pointed in a very clear direction.
The situation with Xiao Wu had been caused by the Asura God.
This wasn't a normal Godhood Inheritance process, which meant the Asura God must have interfered somehow.
"Asura, it really was you!"
The God of Destruction immediately turned to the Asura God and demanded angrily, "So you're the one who interfered in the lower realm in the future!"
"That's impossible! Lord Asura God would never do that!"
The God of War was stunned and immediately stepped forward to refute the accusation on the Asura God's behalf.
"Isn't the evidence right there on that girl? Who else could it be?"
The Rakshasa God was overjoyed and hurriedly jumped in to pin the blame on the Asura God.
That way, she could clear her own name.
"Asura God King, what do you say?"
The Angel God also looked at the Asura God and put the question to him.
"I did not." The Asura God spoke quietly, but his voice was heavy. "I have done no such thing."
"Then how do you explain the Asura Godhood on Xiao Wu?" the God of Destruction pressed. "The sky screen showed it as clear as day."
"I don't know."
"Don't know?" The Rakshasa God sneered. "Asura God, who but you could do something as momentous as a Godhood Inheritance?"
"I said, I have not done it." The Asura God's tone remained calm, but something churned in the depths of his dark red eyes.
He really hadn't done it.
But he knew he was capable of doing such a thing.
His successor would have difficulty controlling his Asura God power, and it could even cause them to lose their emotions, so he had considered such a maneuver.
He would entrust the godhood to the person closest to his true intended successor, making her the sheath while another person actually used the godhood's power.
That way, the successor wouldn't lose his emotions when he wasn't using the Asura God's power.
And since Tang San had been revived by the God of Food and the Nine-Colored Goddess's Resurrection Divine Light after his death, the Asura God already had a fairly good idea of what had happened.
The youth named Tang San was probably the successor he had truly chosen.
The Asura God understood this in his heart, but he would never admit it.
He wouldn't own up to something he hadn't done.
Even if what the sky screen showed was true, it was his future self who had done it. It had nothing whatsoever to do with his present self.
At least, as far as he remembered, he had never done it.
"I swear in the name of a God of Law Enforcement that I have never done this. If I did, I am willing to submit to divine punishment."
The Asura God's words rang with conviction.
The gods looked at one another.
After all, he was one of the Five Great God Kings and the foremost God of Law Enforcement. Since the Asura God had said as much, the others could hardly press the matter.
It was all conjecture, after all, not real evidence.
"Hmph!"
"Then let's wait until the evidence appears. I believe the sky screen will show it later."
The God of Destruction snorted coldly and said no more.
"All right, all right, let's not talk about things we have no evidence for!"
"Let's keep watching the sky screen!"
"I still want to see what choices Angel and Rakshasa make in the end!"
The Sea God stepped forward to smooth things over, taking the opportunity to tease the Angel God and the Rakshasa God.
"That's right!"
"Let's keep watching the sky screen!"
"We can talk about the divine punishment when we have clear evidence!"
"..."
The gods all chimed in.
Beneath the sky screen, little Wu Wei was also slightly taken aback when he saw Xiao Wu's attribute card.
Xiao Wu became the Asura God?
After giving it a little thought, he understood what had happened.
In the original story, Xiao Wu had indeed inherited the Asura Godhood, but she couldn't use it even after inheriting it. She was only the sheath, a sheath that held the godhood.
Tang San was the true successor to the godhood later on.
Normally, however, the Asura God's power was kept on Xiao Wu, and Tang San could only use it after they used the Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Dual God Coexistence.
"So Xiao Wu is basically Tang San's accessory!"
Little Wu Wei chuckled.
When all was said and done, Xiao Wu had gained nothing. She had even died of illness after reaching the Divine Realm.
But this woman was a love-struck fool, and she wasn't worth pitying.
"This time, though, Xiao Wu really lucked out. The divine punishment descended, and before the Asura God could maneuver the godhood onto Tang San, his level was reset to zero, so he lost control of the godhood."
"Naturally, that meant she truly inherited the Asura God's godhood."
Little Wu Wei was somewhat envious of Xiao Wu for that.
Just like that, she had truly obtained a God King's godhood.
But he also knew very well that Xiao Wu on the sky screen surely couldn't be happy.
Because Tang San still hadn't woken up.
"It seems the Asura God also stepped in later, and only then was Tang San truly brought back to life."
"Now that the divine punishment has descended, the Asura God's own level has been reset to zero too. He definitely can't step in to help Tang San."
"Could Tang San really be getting his lunch box just like that?"
Little Wu Wei rubbed his chin with his small hand, speculating with great interest.
If that were true, he would genuinely be happy for his future self.
But apparently, his future self didn't need him to worry.
His future self was the one who had truly started with a winning hand: everyone's levels had been reset to zero, and he himself possessed heaven-defying comprehension.
Unlike his present self, who had heaven-defying comprehension but still had to figure out cultivation methods and Soul Skills and the like step by step.
And there were countless powerful people here, too. Spirit Hall, the major sects and factions, and those gods were all still around!
"How come we're the same person but have different fates?"
"I want a divine punishment to descend here too!"
Little Wu Wei was truly green with envy of his future self.
After the sky screen finished showing the situation with Tang San's group, the image soon switched back to Wu Wei.
Wu Wei could be seen standing on a hill outside the battlefield, watching from afar as the Heaven Dou army launched its attack on Jialing Pass.
The two goddesses, the Angel God and the Rakshasa God, obediently followed behind Wu Wei.
Their faces showed that both women were extremely unwilling to stay by Wu Wei's side, yet had no choice but to submit.
"Eh-"
As little Wu Wei watched the sky screen, his attention should have been on Angel and Rakshasa, but his gaze was completely drawn to his future self instead.
Through the sky screen, he seemed to see the Soul Power cultivation method running on its own within his future self.