After Qian Renxue, Ye Guyi, and Leng Yaozhu had each taken a seat on the sofa, ready to start watching the Douluo Continent Anime, Qian Renxue was still thinking about Yu Xiaogang's lone bamboo pole vault from earlier.
"Speaking of which, why was Yu Xiaogang so obsessed with going to the Divine Realm in that video?" Qian Renxue asked.
"That?" Jiang Yan said with a smile. "Because after Tang San became a god, even as a God Realm Enforcer and one of the Five Great God Kings, he didn't take Yu Xiaogang to the Divine Realm. So the readers started imagining Yu Xiaogang's obsession with becoming a god."
At that moment, in the Sky Screen Livestream Room, Yu Xiaogang was still making excuses for Tang San not taking him to the Divine Realm.
[Yu Xiaogang: So what if Little San didn't take me to the Divine Realm? If Little San didn't take me, he must have had his own reasons! The Divine Realm must have its own rules!]
[Tang San: Exactly, Teacher! I would never forget my roots!]
Meanwhile, on the Sky Screen,
Puzzled by what she heard, Ye Guyi asked, "Aren't you supposed to become a god through your own efforts? You can bring people along?"
Hearing this, Jiang Yan shook his head. "That's not how it works. After becoming a First-Level God or a God King, you can bring your friends and family to the Divine Realm, though there's a limit on the number."
"Then who did Tang San bring to the Divine Realm?" Qian Renxue asked curiously.
"His parents, of course-Tang Hao and Ah Yin," Jiang Yan said.
Yu Xiaogang's heart gave a violent twinge at this, but he still stubbornly insisted.
[Yu Xiaogang: Tang Hao and Ah Yin are Little San's parents. It's only natural for him to prioritize taking them to the Divine Realm.]
[Meng Hongchen: Why do I remember Tang San saying in the anime that a teacher for a day is a father for life?]
[Xu Xiaoyan: I remember that too!]
[Xie Xie: I think that did happen.]
[Yu Xiaogang: ...]
[Yu Xiaogang: He must have run out of spots afterward! That's why Little San didn't take me to the Divine Realm!]
[Tang San: Exactly! The Divine Realm must have its own rules. There's nothing wrong with me following its rules, is there?]
"So Tang San didn't take Yu Xiaogang to the Divine Realm because there weren't enough spots?" Ye Guyi asked.
"The original novel didn't mention it, but according to the readers' guesses, that definitely wasn't the reason," Jiang Yan said.
"Why?" Qian Renxue looked at Jiang Yan in confusion.
"Because Tang San never followed the Divine Realm's rules while he was there. You could even say he held neither its regulations nor the God Realm Committee in any regard," Jiang Yan said coldly.
These words immediately caught the attention of the God of Destruction in the Divine Realm during the Peerless era.
"He held neither the Divine Realm's regulations nor the God Realm Committee in any regard? Doesn't that mean the Sea God held me in no regard?"
"I'd like to see just how arrogant this Sea God became in the Divine Realm!"
"If that's really the case, the Sea God needn't retain his positions as God Realm Enforcer and a member of the God Realm Committee!"
Meanwhile, on the Sky Screen, Jiang Yan gave an example.
"For instance, while in the Divine Realm, Tang San resurrected those two Soul Beasts, the Titan Giant Ape and the Sky Azure Bull Python."
"Ten thousand years later, to protect his daughter Tang Wutong, Tang San even sent those two Soul Beasts down to the lower realm, where they became the two sect masters of the Clear Sky Sect ten thousand years later-in Huo Yuhao's era."
"Tang San committed more violations like these ten thousand years later than you could count. By comparison, taking Yu Xiaogang to the Divine Realm would have been as easy as turning his hand for Tang San, who was already a God King!"
Those few casual words from Jiang Yan threw the entire livestream room into an uproar.
[Tang Xiao: What? Ten thousand years later, the Clear Sky Sect actually had two Soul Beasts as its sect masters? Then what about our sect's Soul Masters?]
Ever since learning that Tang San would become a god, Tang Xiao and the many elders of the Clear Sky Sect had originally felt completely reassured about the future, even ten thousand years down the line.
With Tang San becoming a god, did the Clear Sky Sect's status even need to be questioned?
Especially after hearing that Tang San had also taken Tang Hao to the Divine Realm, they had outright declared that everything was secure!
But after what Jiang Yan had just said, Tang Xiao and the five Clear Sky Sect elders couldn't help worrying.
"Would the Clear Sky Sect still be the world's number one sect ten thousand years later?"
Meanwhile, hearing these words, Yu Xiaogang's heart beat faster and faster.
"Impossible. That's impossible! Little San must have had his own reasons for not taking me to the Divine Realm!" Disbelief was already written all over Yu Xiaogang's face.
Especially when Jiang Yan added this final remark on the Sky Screen.
"In other novels, disciples bring their teachers along after ascending. For example, in the equally popular Battle Through the Heavens, after the protagonist Xiao Yan arrived in the Great Thousand World and established the Endless Fire Territory there, he brought his teacher Yao Chen over."
"And that gave rise to a famous meme: the Endless Fire Territory had Yao Lao, but the Divine Realm had no Yu Xiaogang."
At this, Yu Xiaogang's heart, which had been hanging in suspense, finally died.
[Yu Xiaogang: Why didn't Little San take me to the Divine Realm? Without my invincible theories, how could he possibly have become a god?]
[Tang San: Teacher, there must be some misunderstanding!]
Tang San felt that things were becoming increasingly wrong. First Xiao Wu had started ignoring him, and now, judging by the situation, his teacher Yu Xiaogang was also beginning to lose heart in him.
"Damn Sky Screen Livestream Room, you've already courted death!"
Having been muted by the Sky Screen Livestream Room last time, Tang San had learned his lesson. This time, he hadn't chosen to hurl abuse inside the livestream room, so he wouldn't have to fear being muted.
Yet in the next second, as though the Sky Screen had sensed it, a nine-colored thundercloud suddenly appeared above Tang San's head.
A thick bolt of nine-colored lightning struck viciously down at Tang San, leaving him no chance to dodge.
Not only did he take the bolt head-on, but when Tang San came to his senses, he abruptly discovered that his Soul Power had actually dropped from rank sixty-six to rank sixty-three! A full three ranks of Soul Power!
"Sky Screen Livestream Room, I ********!" Unable to hold back any longer, Tang San burst into curses.
Another bolt of nine-colored lightning fell.
Tang San's Soul Power dropped again, falling to rank sixty.
Having lost six ranks of Soul Power, Tang San finally behaved himself and didn't dare curse again.
He could only drag his battered body back to heal.
Meanwhile, in the Sky Screen Livestream Room, seeing a rift form between Yu Xiaogang and Tang San, Bibi Dong immediately extended an invitation.
[Bibi Dong: Join Spirit Hall, Grandmaster. Only in Spirit Hall can you put all your talents to use.]
[Qian Daoliu: ?]
[Qian Daoliu: Spirit Hall has no need for trash.]
[Yu Xiaogang: Just you all wait! One day, I'll find a way to become a god myself!]
[Meng Hongchen: Hahahaha, I seriously can't hold it in anymore. Become the god of farts?]
[Qiangu Dongfeng: Maybe he can.]
Meanwhile, on the Sky Screen, when Leng Yaozhu heard Battle Through the Heavens mentioned, she looked at Jiang Yan and asked.
"Is Battle Through the Heavens a novel too? What's their world like? Is it also made up of Soul Power?"