"MY DIVINE POSITION!!!"
God Realm.
Inside the Sea God Palace.
Tang San's furious roar echoed in every corner. Countless divine officials and attendants trembled. He tried to keep his Sea God divine power inside, but it slipped away through his fingers, flowing straight toward Douluo Planet.
The Sea God Palace itself was starting to "reject" him, preparing to welcome the new Sea God.
"Why! Why!!"
Tang San fumed with anger.
Everyone had betrayed him.
Even the very will of the Douluo Star's world itself!
Now, he finally understood—the anomaly days ago originated from Douluo Star. Unbeknownst to him, within his own Sea God Temple, a secret succession ceremony had been conducted! Though the world's will tried its best to suppress it.
He should have gone to check back then...
Even a single glance would have revealed something was off.
"Sea God?"
A surprised voice sounded from afar.
The God of Destruction slowly appeared, accompanied by the Goddess of Life, Ji Dong, Lie Yan, and the Death God, Electrolux, who wore a teasing smirk.
All the God Kings had gathered, drawn by this succession's commotion.
Normally, for the succession of a first-level god, only the seated god's consent was needed—others wouldn't care much.
But the Sea God...
That was one of Tang San's two divine positions!
"Didn't expect it!" Destruction grinned. "You actually kept your promise and gave up your position?"
Another stab to Tang San's heart.
His eyes bloodshot, Tang San glared at Destruction, almost thinking of going down together, but suppressed it...
The matter with Wang Dong'er—he'd hold it for now.
That was his own daughter. Even Xiao Wu couldn't be allowed to find out.
If anything happened to his foundation (Asura Sword Sheath), it would all be over. Decades of careful planning and work—all for nothing.
"I still hold the God Realm Core. There's still hope..." Tang San took a deep breath. "Hold on, hold on!"
"Tut tut, what's wrong? If you didn't want to, could anyone forcefully take your divine position?" Destruction raised his brow, eyeing Tang San in surprise.
"No!" Tang San answered coldly. "I gave it up voluntarily!"
But those words sounded forced.
"Seems like the Sea God—eh, I mean, the Asura God—has set a good example. Those soul beasts we had our eye on can start inheriting divine positions too~," Electrolux sighed leisurely.
"..."
Tang San clenched his fists, head down.
He watched the main gods whisper, discussing Su Wen's fierce beasts, and almost couldn't catch his breath. Misfortune piled on, like a leaky roof meeting rain—bad luck never comes alone.
"Looks like the new Sea God is still in the lower realm for now?" Destruction mused.
"Gods shouldn't remain in the lower realms too long. Who wants to meet the new Sea God?" Destruction emphasized "Sea God" with extra weight.
"Let the old Sea God go! After all, it's their divine position to pass on, they must be close, and this palace must meet its new owner," Electrolux kept pouring salt on Tang San's wounds.
"..."
"Alright, let the old Sea God go. How about it, Tang San?" Destruction and Electrolux acted in harmony, looking at Tang San's gloomy face.
"Fine. And even if I'm no longer the Sea God, I'm still the Asura God—call me... Asura God!" Tang San said coldly.
"Isn't Asura God Xiao Wu..." Destruction started to jab again but was stopped by the Goddess of Life, who looked at Tang San with a strange glance. "The Sea God sets the example—he should be commended."
"Heh, yes, commended indeed."
Destruction laughed even harder.
"I... became a god?!!"
Inside the Sea God Temple.
Wang Dong'er's delicate face was full of disbelief. She checked herself—her clothing unchanged. Her pink-blue hair, soft as waves, draped over her shoulders; her skin even fairer, her body curvier; her pink-blue eyes now flashed with intimidating light.
On the copper walls of the palace, blue images flickered.
Massive whales, lively dolphins, fierce killer whales, octopuses, and other ocean creatures appeared, darting lively across the walls.
"Hail the Sea God!!!"
Spirit Whale knelt down, gazing at the white-robed woman hovering at the altar, eyes full of fervent excitement.
"Hail the Sea God!!!"
Behind him, the Seven Sea Pillars, faces trembling with excitement, all knelt, worshipping their new master...
It was only then Wang Dong'er finally felt that thread of faith from being the Sea God.
Her vision soared.
From countless stars and planes, an infinite number of filaments flowed toward her—feeding her power.
Billions of believers congratulated the birth of the new Sea God.
"I... became a god?"
Wang Dong'er murmured.
Wasn't she supposed to cultivate step by step, spend at least a decade reaching Title Douluo, then maybe break through after half a lifetime, and eventually aim for godhood?
How did she reach the top in one step?
Honestly, when Su Wen called her, she thought, as with Tang San before, she would face tempering, life-or-death tests, and finally EARN the Sea God position.
Who knew...
She got the title—but where was the tempering? The trial?
"No need to repeat it..." A gentle voice sounded in her ear, making Wang Dong'er shiver. "Su Wen! Where are you?"
"I'm at Shrek Academy... From now on, you'll have all the time you need to refine forging skills. Through the future, I can make you a unique Sea God battle armor. With your divine power, it will likely become a super artifact—this can make up for your shallow foundations and help you catch up to the real Sea God, Poseidon..."
"Isn't Tang San the Sea God too?" Wang Dong'er was surprised.
"He... is way off," Su Wen replied. "Also, you're a god now—can't you sense my location?"
"Hm... it's really hidden, like someone deliberately screened your presence." Wang Dong'er shook her head, but failed to pick up on Su Wen's unsteady, tense tone.
"It's me."
Another gentle voice spoke up.
"I've shielded Su Wen's aura..." (planned as a secret room + imprisonment)
"You're... the Angel God?!" Wang Dong'er's pink-blue eyes widened in shock. "Senior?"
"Hehe, you could say that... I am indeed your senior, from any angle. Congratulations, new Sea God, welcome to the God Realm." Qian Renxue's soft voice was abruptly cut off by a startled cry, her tone tender: "Be gentler..."
"Beep beep beep..."
The "call" disconnected.
Wang Dong'er: "..."
Why did it feel like she had been drawn into some kind of play between two people?
Also, Su Wen's "network" was honestly terrifying...
Ever since she visited the Sun Moon Empire, it just got harder and harder to see what was really happening...
"So you're Wang Dong'er?"
Tang San stared at the familiar yet unfamiliar "daughter" before him, taking a deep breath, suppressing his anger, and trying to look "sorrowful": "First, congratulations on inheriting my Sea God position."
"Secondly, this was always meant for you..."
His lips twitched, an expression of regret and guilt flashed across his face: "Of course, this was my fault, for not explaining earlier. I meant for you to train in the lower realms, but we ended up as strangers... but you're at a rebellious age, I get it as your father..."
Tang San spoke with "deep emotion," but was also watching Wang Dong'er's gaze.
It was all fake.
The family card was his final move.
Pretending to be a hurt father, watching his "cabbage" get stolen by Su Wen—he was acting out a wounded father drama.
However, Wang Dong'er clearly didn't buy his act. Her pink-blue eyes stayed cold, staring indifferently: "Where's Xiao Qi?"
"..." Tang San's pupils suddenly contracted.
How did she know?!
"Hehe, I used to be jealous of her, getting everyone's love and skipping all hardships, reaping what should have been mine." Wang Dong'er shook her head at the blood-red figure before her. "But now, I don't need it—because in my world, there's only Su Wen..."
"Even if it's just him, that's enough."
Staring at Tang San's increasingly ugly expression, Wang Dong'er said, "So... don't try to drive us apart. Get out!"
"RUMBLE!"
Her pink-blue eyes shot a divine ray.
Her long hair floated, hand raised, she pointed a finger—the terrifying Sea God might crushed the blood-red apparition to ashes.
"You dare..."
Tang San's divine sense didn't even finish his sentence before he was wiped from this space.
"My world has only Su Wen..."
Wang Dong'er's beautiful eyes narrowed, palm tightening, as if she meant to hold someone tightly in her grasp.
"Angel God..."
"Actually, I'm a very petty person..."
"She dare! She actually dares..."
Tang San's face turned purple, repeating those words.
More than anger—he was both mad and humiliated.
He never expected Wang Dong'er to know his secrets—his ultimate plan!
Only a very few knew.
Now, it had been brutally exposed, shut down with just a "Get out", and his divine sense shattered.
Unforgivable!!!
"Third brother?"
A gentle voice sounded near his ear.
Tang San's pupils shrank.
He hadn't even sensed Xiao Wu approaching?
No—his Sea God power had been fully stripped, and Asura God wasn't stable yet, still needed Xiao Wu to support it. With his power weakened, he...
"It's nothing."
Forcing down his anger, Tang San managed a smile. "I'm just too tired lately, and was injured by the Golden Dragon King. I just need some time to recover."
"Oh, about our daughter..." Xiao Wu hesitated.
"Don't worry. She's having fun in Douluo, doesn't want to come back," Tang San wiped his cold sweat, and quickly changed the subject, "Are Rongrong and the others coming this afternoon?"
"Why do you seem so anxious whenever we talk about our daughter?" Xiao Wu asked with suspicion.
"What are you saying—come on, let's make some desserts to welcome them."
"Alright…"
Xiao Wu frowned, but didn't give him pressure, and walked into the Sea God Palace.
But doubts festered in her heart.
"Maybe I'll ask Da Ming and Er Ming this afternoon—since they went with Xiao Qi, they must know something..."
Shrek Academy.
Sea God Island.
Inner Court Cafeteria.
Chef Lu Xiaoxiao stormed out of the kitchen with a spatula, fuming: "I've already made a hundred and thirty-seven bowls of beef noodles! You idiots, are you here just to make trouble? It's already past midnight, let me off work..."
Suddenly, her anger paused.
She stared dumbfounded as a blonde girl devoured noodles, even licking the bowls clean. Gingerly, the girl set her empty bowl down, clutching her still-flat belly, her gaze evading: "Could I… have another bowl?"
Piles of empty bowls stacked beside her, like a tiny mountain.
Lu Xiaoxiao: "..."
She'd run into a glutton.
"What's your name?" Lu Xiaoxiao's anger half-vanished, pitying the girl in an ill-fitting red and white uniform.
"I, I…" The blonde girl stammered.
"I didn't call?"
"Your surname! Name!" Lu Xiaoxiao twitched.
"Oh, I'm… Golden D—cough, Jin Ling'er," the girl made up randomly.
"What about your family?"
"All dead!" Jin Ling'er nodded.
"Aunt Lu, Elder Xuan found her in the Star Dou Forest. He said she's destined for Shrek Academy," a late-arriving student explained.
"I see, looks like you're talented..." Lu Xiaoxiao nodded.
"Eat up! I'll make sure you're fed well tonight!" She strode back to the kitchen, all bossy.
After hearing this "fierce" claim,
even the Inner Court students flinched.