Ju Zi was initially shocked and even incredulous at the truth told by Dugu Yan, but upon closer examination, she found it to be quite reasonable.
Putting aside feelings, from a purely economic standpoint, his background and status were indeed far inferior to Tang Wutong's.
She can't even be the most revered person in the mortal realm now. If Huo Yuhao had chosen her back then, she could only have been his secret lover at most, and this relationship could not be made public.
Although Xu Tianran is impotent and has never touched her, she is still a virgin.
But she is, after all, the Empress of the Sun and Moon Empire, and now the Empress Dowager. No one in the Sun and Moon Empire would approve of her relationship with Huo Yuhao, at least not in public.
Choosing Tang Wutong is different. With a God King from the Divine Realm as her father-in-law, becoming a god is almost a certainty. And once you become a god, you will have an immortal lifespan, which is a great temptation for anyone.
No one on the Sun and Moon Continent has become a god in ten thousand years. If Huo Yuhao doesn't seize this opportunity, he'll be out of his mind.
Although she understood everything, Ju Zi was still in a bad mood.
Was this the kind of man I used to be infatuated with?
" Little Juzi, don't blame Aunt Yan for being heartless before. My Little Ten likes you too, but you just happened to fall in love with a man who isn't worth your love. For my Little Ten's sake, I had no choice but to resort to this tactic, to turn the tables on you and let you see that boy's true colors."
Gently patting Ju Zi's shoulder in comfort, Dugu Yan had never intended to hide this matter.
After all, Ju Zi is a rare smart girl, and there's no way she could hide anything from you. Once she figures everything out, it will inevitably create an irreconcilable rift, which will be very detrimental to the future relationship between Ju Zi and Little Ten.
Therefore, confessing as soon as possible is the best option.
"No, I've never blamed Aunt Yan Aunt Yan. In fact, I'm grateful to you for making me realize how foolish I was!"
Silently shaking her head, Ju Zi gently stroked her son's head in her arms, then turned her gaze to him and asked in confusion, " Aunt Yan, how did you know he would use Yunhan to threaten me?"
That clone of Xiao Yunhan was no ordinary creation; it would have taken a great deal of time and precious resources to make it, and it couldn't have been made on a whim.
Clearly, Aunt Yan had made preparations in advance. This means she must have guessed Huo Yuhao's intentions long ago, which is why she laid out these plans ahead of time, creating this incredibly realistic clone to replace Xiao Yunhan and be held hostage by the other party.
Do you still remember the Xu Household's zeroth ancestral precept?
Dugu Yan did not answer immediately, but instead asked in return with a smile.
As an existence with a history spanning tens of thousands of years, the Xu family, the royal Xu Household of the Sun and Moon Empire, has many ancestral precepts. In addition to some publicly known ancestral precepts, there is actually a little-known ancestral precept, the Zeroth Precept, which is passed down orally by successive Sun Moon Great Emperor.
The establishment of this zeroth ancestral precept is also closely related to her.
"Grandma, I know, I know, it means never believe in gods, aristocratic families, noble clans, or wealthy tycoons!"
Before Ju Zi could speak, Xiao Yunhan spoke first. This was something his former godfather Xu Tianran, had taught him, and he had always kept it in mind.
" Xiao Yunhan is so smart!"
With a loving pat on Xiao Yunhan's head, Dugu Yan glanced at Huo Yuhao and Tang Wutong opposite her and sneered, "Noble families, wealthy clans, and sects are all shameless and unscrupulous people. They are capable of anything."
Not to mention that the kid comes from the Star Luo Imperial Family, which is the largest aristocratic family, sect, and wealthy family in the world. I had already guessed exactly what he would do.
That girl from Tang San isn't exactly a good person either. She was born in the Divine Realm, a natural-born member of the divine realm. In the eyes of the gods, we mortals are no different from ants; no matter how many of us die, they won't even blink an eye."
At this point, Dugu Yan's gaze towards Huo Yuhao suddenly turned cold, her bright eyes transforming into emerald green snake pupils, emanating a murderous intent that seemed to freeze one's very soul.
"Trying to use my precious grandson as leverage, kid, you've got some nerve!"
Driven by murderous intent, Dugu Yan decisively attacked Huo Yuhao, unleashing a deadly move that seemed poised to kill both Huo Yuhao and his companion on the spot.
The moment Dugu Yan made her move, Huo Yuhao and Tang Wutong sensed something was wrong and immediately completed their Martial Soul Fusion Skill. Tang Wutong even completely fused with the Butterfly God's Godhood within her body, becoming a true deity.
The pressure that Dugu Yan put on them was simply too great; she was definitely a powerful being at the First-Level God.
Their current strength is at most on par with Third-Level God, and they are no match for Dugu Yan in a one-on-one fight. Therefore, only by completing the Martial Soul Fusion and obtaining a qualitative improvement can they contend with her.
Huo Yuhao and Dugu Yan's approach was quite correct. For the past ten thousand years, Dugu Yan had never relaxed her cultivation. Moreover, with the special instruction from her father-in-law, her son had used his own Martial Soul, the Haotian Mirror, to create a dream space similar to the Spirit Hall Empire, thus gaining a large amount of cultivation time.
With the vast amount of knowledge bestowed upon her by her father-in-law, her cultivation over ten thousand years has reached the level of Level 100 God.
This Level 100 God isn't based on the Soul Master system of the Heaven Dou Empire and the Star Luo Empire, but rather on the perfect Body Refinement of the Spirit Hall Empire.
Therefore, although he only had the cultivation level of Level 100 God, his combat strength had reached the level of First-Level God in the Divine Realm, which was enough to take care of these two little guys.
The difference between each level of deities is enormous, so even though Huo Yuhao and Tang Wutong's Martial Soul Fusion Skill is incredibly profound, it still cannot bridge this huge gap.
After only three rounds of fighting, Huo Yuhao and Tang Wutong were forcibly forced out of their Martial Soul Fusion state by Dugu Yan. Both of them were pale and bleeding from the corners of their mouths, clearly having suffered serious injuries.
However, neither of them paid attention to their internal injuries. Instead, they looked down at their arms and saw that the originally fair skin on their arms was now covered with an abnormal emerald green color, which was spreading to their entire bodies at a visible speed. In the blink of an eye, it had spread to almost half of their bodies.
That's right, it is a toxin, a powerful toxin capable of harming even a Divine Body.
It should be noted that Dugu Yan's original Martial Soul evolved into the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor, which was on the same level as her grandfather's Martial Soul.
Dugu Bo was known as the Poison Douluo back then, and his poison skills were extraordinary.
As Dugu Bo's only granddaughter, Dugu Yan inherited all of Dugu Bo's skills, including his unparalleled poison skills.
Over the course of ten thousand years, she has perfected and evolved the poison technique she obtained from her grandfather countless times. Now she is confident that she can use this poison technique to threaten the existence of First-Level God.
Of course, it was just a threat. Poison techniques were, after all, unorthodox and shameful practices that couldn't be openly discussed. Dugu Yan only regarded them as a legacy from her grandfather and as an auxiliary means.
It was precisely because of this that Huo Yuhao and the other man were able to barely suppress the toxins in their bodies; otherwise, they would have been dead long ago.
Just as Dugu Yan was about to completely subdue Huo Yuhao and his companion, a powerful aura, no less than that of Tang San's previous outburst, suddenly descended, followed by a heroic and sinister figure appearing abruptly in front of Huo Yuhao and his companion.
"Finally decided to come out?"
Slowly retreating to Ju Zi's side, Dugu Yan wore a cold smile, clearly having anticipated this man's appearance and recognizing him as a fellow townsman.
The newcomer was none other than Dai Mubai, the ancestor of the Dai Family, the Star Luo Imperial Family, and also Huo Yuhao's ancestor. Ten thousand years ago, he became a god along with Tang San and others and ascended to the Divine Realm.
Dugu Yan knew that Huo Yuhao was a direct descendant of Dai Mubai, and Tang San paid so much attention to him, so there was no reason why Dai Mubai, as the legitimate ancestor, wouldn't pay attention to him.
It's even possible that Dai Mubai was involved in planning Huo Yuhao's path to godhood, and may even have been one of the masterminds behind it.
So the reason they attacked Huo Yuhao before was to force Dai Mubai was hiding in the shadows, to come out.
Enemies that are exposed are much easier to deal with than those that are hidden in the shadows.
" Dugu Yan, don't push your luck. Your strength is not weak, but it's just so-so. If it weren't for Yu Tianheng's sake, I would have killed you just now!"
As he spoke, an exquisite and luxurious scale appeared behind Dai Mubai; it was the Scales of Judgment, Super Divine Artifact inherited from the previous God of Evil, which he possessed.
The Super Divine Artifact themselves can assist gods in fighting beyond their level. The Sea God was only First-Level God back then, gained God King Level combat power with his Super Divine Artifact, the Sea God Trident, surpassing many gods.
Therefore, even though his cultivation level has been suppressed to the level of Second-Level God by the Douluo World, he will still possess the combat power of First-Level God thanks to the Super Divine Artifact Scales of Judgment in his hand.
Moreover, given his God King level, the power he could unleash far exceeded his restricted cultivation level, making him more than capable of eliminating the ungrateful Dugu Yan.
"It's just an extra vegetable scale, what's the big deal? Acting like nobody else has one!"
With his hands clenched loosely, two simple longswords materialized in his palms. Although their appearance was unadorned, the aura they exuded was in no way inferior to the Super Divine Artifact, the Scales of Judgment, on Dai Mubai's back.
In other words, those two longswords were also Super Divine Artifact, or at least Great God no weaker than Super Divine Artifact, and there were two of them!
The appearance of these two divine swords froze Dai Mubai's indifferent expression, and his previous composure crumbled.
His strength was suppressed to the level of Second-Level God. He only had the confidence to defeat Dugu Yan because of the Super Divine Artifact Scales of Judgment. But who would have thought that the woman would take out two Super Divine Artifact longswords in the blink of an eye.
What exactly happened?
When did Super Divine Artifact become so common?
" Mubai!"
As if sensing that Dugu Yan was not easy to deal with, more than a dozen figures appeared beside Dai Mubai. The first one, a stunningly beautiful woman, stood beside Dai Mubai, shoulder to shoulder, staring intently at Dugu Yan, who stood in front of him holding a sword.
Upon seeing the stunningly beautiful woman's face, Dugu Yan, whose expression had been cold and stern, suddenly wore a strange expression.
Because the people who reappeared were all old acquaintances of his, and the one who was first had even had a minor grudge against her.
" Ning Rongrong, your skill at changing men has really improved. Starting with that Oscar kid, how many is that now? Is the aristocratic circle always this chaotic?"
That's right, the stunningly beautiful woman was Ning Rongrong. However, the current Ning Rongrong was far more powerful than she had been back then. Most importantly, the divine power aura of the current Ning Rongrong seemed to be completely different from that of the Nine-Colored Goddess she had assembled back then, and it was even more powerful.
Most importantly, Ning Rongrong and Dai Mubai stood together, their divine power merging without any barrier, clearly indicating that they had cultivated Martial Soul Fusion Skill, or even engaged in deeper dual cultivation.
This suggests that the relationship between the two is far from simple, and they may very well be having an affair.
That's right, Ning Rongrong did have an affair with Dai Mubai, and even became Dai Mubai's wife.
Just like the pairing of the God of Food God and the Nine-Colored Goddess, the God of Evil and the Godess of Kindness are also husband and wife.
Dai Mubai inherited the Godhood Inheritance of the God of Evil ten thousand years ago. Although he cannot directly designate the Godhood Inheritance of the Godess of Kindness, he can provide certain conveniences.
Through Ning Fengzhi's machinations, Ning Rongrong was ultimately chosen to become Dai Mubai's wife, relinquishing her original Godhood as the Nine-Colored Goddess and instead inheriting the Godhood the Godess of Kindness.
After all, the Nine-Colored Goddess was only a Second-Level God Godhood, far inferior to the God King Level Godhood Inheritance of the Godess of Kindness.
Back then, Tang San of the Clear Sky Sect, who was also one of the Upper Three Sects, obtained the Godhood the Asura God, his father Tang Hao obtained the Godhood the God of Destruction, and his mother Tang Yuehua obtained the Godhood of the Goddess of Life.
With three God King in one family, Tang San is an exceptionally powerful being with three Godhood, dominating the world.
The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan is no less formidable. Yu Tianheng obtained the Godhood the Thunder God, a Godhood Inheritance from a First-Level God, and is a lightning controller with extremely strong attack power, whose prestige is equally impressive.
Not to mention Thor's Thor's Hammer, Thunder God's inherited artifact, is a top-tier artifact, even faintly touching the level of Super Divine Artifact, possessing immense power.
Only their Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect obtained the Godhood Inheritance of a Second-Level God, the Nine-Colored Goddess, and the inheritance of a Second-Level God, the Food God of Food.
This was already quite good, but as the saying goes, comparisons are odious.
Compared to the inheritances of First-Level God or even God King Level, it is far inferior. That's why Ning Fengzhi reached an agreement with Dai Mubai through some exchanges of benefits. The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect completely submitted to the Star Luo Imperial Family, the Dai Family, and replaced the original status of the Hell Spirit Cat Zhu Family, and formed a generational marriage alliance with the Dai Family.
After all, ever since the Evil Eye Holy King left, Dai Mubai's Martial Soul Mutation and evolved into the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, the original Evil Eye White Tiger Martial Soul was eliminated, and the Nether Civet Martial Soul, which complemented the Evil Eye White Tiger, naturally had no place to be used.
Clans, sects, and wealthy families are ruthless and merciless. They prioritize profit above all else, and once they lose their usefulness, they will be decisively abandoned regardless of their past.
The once- Hell Spirit Cat Zhu Family has long since vanished into the annals of history, completely replaced by the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.