Past timeline.
When they saw Dai Mubai and the others' attribute cards on the Heavenly Screen change to "Level 1" one by one, people across the Douluo Continent marveled once again.
"Five days, and those young Titled Douluo have reached level 1 too!"
"Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue took four days. They were only a day slower than those two!"
"Those people really are monsters, each more monstrous than the last!"
"Doesn't that mean the Shrek Seven Devils' cultivation talent is about the same as Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue's?"
"Obviously. Every one of them becomes a Titled Douluo in the future, and the strongest, Tang San, is even the Sea God. How could their talent be lacking?"
For all their discussion, everyone also noticed how Dai Mubai and the others on the Heavenly Screen had praised one another after breaking through, saying things like, "Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue are older than us, so their talent must be inferior to ours." The sight of all that confidence left everyone with complicated expressions.
The Shrek Seven Devils were scattered in different places, and each of them felt their face burn when they saw how they had behaved on the Heavenly Screen.
In the Star Luo Imperial Palace, Dai Mubai covered his face, his ears red to the roots.
Zhu Zhuqing, beside him, was no better off.
"How could the future me be so... so..." Dai Mubai struggled for a long time before finally getting the words out. "So shameless!"
"Aren't you always pretty confident?" Zhu Zhuqing teased him for once, her voice calm.
"That's different!" Dai Mubai protested. "How strong are Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue now? How strong am I? What do I have to compare with them?"
Elsewhere, Ma Hongjun squatted in a corner, muttering to himself, "I'm done for, I'm done for, I'm done for. Am I really that kind of person in the future? Bragging that my talent is no worse than Qian Renxue's? Am I even worthy?"
In another place, Oscar was much the same, shaking his head at the Heavenly Screen and wishing he could find a crack in the ground to crawl into.
In her bedchamber at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Ning Rongrong's face was bright red. She buried it in a pillow and cried out in a muffled voice, "This is so embarrassing..."
Ever since they had learned they would become Titled Douluo so young in the future, they had indeed grown considerably more confident.
But not as confident as their selves on the Heavenly Screen.
The Heavenly Screen continued playing.
When a burly red-haired man came to their door and claimed he had a way to wake Tang San, everyone was astonished.
That was Sea God Tang San, who had been killed.
Someone actually dared claim he could wake him?
[Name: Asura (former Asura God)] [Cultivation level: Level 1] [Soul Rings: None]
"It's actually the Asura God!"
"No wonder he dared say he could bring Tang San around!"
"Why did the Asura God come looking for Tang San? And why did he say he could save him?"
The moment they saw the Asura God's attribute card, everyone was shocked. So it was the Asura God.
After that, they no longer found it so strange.
He was the Asura God, after all. If he said he could save Tang San, then he probably could.
"Brother, you can be saved now!"
Xiao Wu was the most excited of all.
She immediately took Tang San's arm and began hopping with joy.
Although the Tang San on the Heavenly Screen was not the Tang San beside her, she was just as worried and just as eager for him to come back to life.
She did not want to keep seeing her future self looking as though she had nothing left to live for.
"That's me!"
The Asura God, who had already been banished to the Douluo Continent, could not help being slightly taken aback when he saw himself on the Heavenly Screen.
This was the first time he had seen his future self on the Heavenly Screen, and it felt very strange.
Then the Asura God continued watching.
He wanted to see what his future self had come to Tang San and the others to do.
Future timeline.
The Asura God wasted no words. Standing before Yu Xiaogang, he swept his gaze over everyone present and stopped them all in their tracks with his very first words.
"I am the Asura God."
His tone was calm as he said it, as though he were giving an ordinary name.
Yu Xiaogang froze. Dai Mubai and the others all froze as well.
"The reason the Resurrection Divine Light was able to bring Tang San back was that I asked the God of Food and the Nine-Colored Goddess for help," the Asura God continued. "Otherwise, a food-type and an auxiliary-type Titled Douluo resurrecting a dead god on their own? Don't even dream of it."
The command tent was silent for quite a while.
Yu Xiaogang's lips trembled, and it took him a long time to force out the words. "You're saying... you're the Asura God?"
"Mm."
"Resurrecting Tang San... you arranged it?"
"Yes."
Yu Xiaogang took a deep breath, his whole body trembling.
He had already been wondering about it. Oscar and Ning Rongrong's Martial Soul Fusion Skill was powerful, but no matter how he looked at it, it fell a little short of resurrecting someone killed by a god.
So the Asura God had been pulling the strings behind the scenes.
"So when that voice said earlier that a god had repeatedly interfered with the lower realm, it was actually you?"
Yu Xiaogang said abruptly.
"So it was you!"
"That's right, you just said you intervened behind the scenes. That means you interfered with the lower realm!"
"Then you're the one who brought down the divine punishment?"
Dai Mubai and the others quickly caught on as well, each looking at the Asura God with some anger.
If not for the Asura God, how would they have ended up like this?
Now all their levels had been reset to zero.
"If the divine punishment hadn't descended, do you think you would still be alive?"
Faced with Dai Mubai and the others' anger, the Asura God needed only one sentence to leave them all stunned on the spot.
Only then did Yu Xiaogang and the others realize it.
If the divine punishment had not descended, they would probably all have died this time.
With two gods, Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue, holding the fort for the Spirit Hall Empire, Tang San, their Sea God, had been killed.
Even if Oscar and Ning Rongrong resurrected him, what use was a Sea God who would not wake up?
If the two gods on the other side came to kill them, the Shrek group would not even be qualified to fight back.
Besides, the fact that Tang San's body was still alive was entirely thanks to the Asura God.
"So... the divine punishment actually saved our lives?" Dai Mubai opened his mouth, his voice dry.
The Asura God did not answer, tacitly accepting it.
"He's right!"
"If the divine punishment hadn't descended, we'd probably all be dead by now. The Spirit Hall Empire has more than enough strength to unify the continent!"
Yu Xiaogang stepped forward, agreeing with Dai Mubai.
Dai Mubai and the others also realized that this was indeed the truth.
So they all put aside their anger toward the Asura God.
They should not blame the Asura God. On the contrary, they should be grateful to him.
Besides, when all was said and done, the Asura God had interfered with the lower realm to save Tang San!
"Asura God!"
"Is it true that you have a way to wake Third Brother?"
Of everyone present, only Xiao Wu did not care about divine punishment or anything of the sort. Once she had confirmed the Asura God's identity, she stepped forward and pressed him for an answer.
The Asura God looked at Xiao Wu.
From her condition, it was not hard for him to see that she had not cultivated at all these past few days.
"Little girl, you're just as I thought. Your mind is entirely on Tang San!"
The Asura God sighed as he looked at Xiao Wu.
He had guessed this would happen, which was why he had come to them after falling to the Douluo Continent.
He did not want his divine position to go to waste after being transferred to Xiao Wu.