Chapter 127: 144. Tang San: Let Xiao Wu Become the Scabbard of the Trident
Tang San hadn't bothered to learn about soul tools or battle armors, which was already bad enough—but now he realized he didn't even know about the spirit system created by Huo Yuhao?
What the hell had I been doing during my fifty years in the Divine Realm? The little demon child extended his hand and scratched his head in frustration.
Oh right—you were busy setting up plans on the Douluo Continent and fighting with the God of Destruction for power in the Divine Realm. No wonder.
After repeatedly going over his situation, Tang San awkwardly discovered that even after being reborn, he could only fight the Spirit Hall "instance" using the same configuration from his previous life. The advancements of the next twenty thousand years—alchemy, soul tools, battle armor, the spirit system—he hadn't touched a single one of them, hadn't learned any of it.
Fortunately, before reaching godhood, this Spirit Hall instance wasn't too hard to beat.
Forget it. Stop thinking. Tang San shook his head and continued pondering other ways of strengthening his foundation.
Then came the matter of immortal herbs. Speaking of those, one couldn't avoid mentioning the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. Ever since the Dugu Bo family was wiped out in their later years—when the toxins accumulated in their bodies from years of absorbing spirit bones finally erupted—the site of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well had become private property of the Tang Family.
Before becoming a god, Tang San hadn't known the true origin of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. Only after ascending did he finally learn that the most valuable thing within it wasn't the herbs, but the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings buried at the bottom of the valley.
He had known that the Lake of Life hid the Silver Dragon King, and that Dragon Valley held more mysteries of the Douluo Continent. From the moment before his ascension, Tang San had already begun scheming to claim the Dragon God's divine position.
To prevent anyone in future millennia from accidentally obtaining the dragon inheritances within the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Tang San directly sealed the place, forbidding anyone from approaching it.
According to his plan, those treasures were to be reserved for his descendants—they must never fall into the hands of outsiders.
If he could obtain the inheritance of the dragons within the Well… Tang San's small face showed a disturbingly human shade of greed.
But that was a god-level dragon! He wasn't one of his future descendants who could, under his calculated breeding plans, obtain draconic bloodlines to trick the two dragon souls. Moreover, as the chosen of the Asura God, he knew that if he appeared before those souls now, they would undoubtedly tear him apart.
Forget it, I'll leave the opportunities there for my descendants. The little demon sighed in disappointment.
Then came the matter of divine positions.
In his previous life, Tang San had possessed two divine thrones, appearing glorious beyond measure—but upon reviewing it carefully, he realized it had actually been a huge loss.
He had fully accepted the Sea God's inheritance, achieving perfect affinity with it; but the Asura God position had been forcibly bestowed upon him, and its compatibility was never high. Because of this, he'd had to keep his head down before the God of Destruction in the Divine Realm.
Moreover, Xiao Wu, serving as the sheath for the Asura Divine Sword, could not last long. Every time he channeled that power, her soul would suffer—cracking apart bit by bit. Because of this, for a long time, Tang San had appeared before others only as the Sea God, using the Asura divine power merely as a deterrent. But even so, Xiao Wu hadn't much time left. In the Divine Realm, Tang San had already felt that Xiao Wu was nearing her end.
Once Xiao Wu died, he would lose the Asura God position. How could he accept that? Even if he couldn't use it anymore, he wouldn't let such a God King position fall into others' hands.
That was why he'd planned for his son, daughter-in-law, and grandchild to inherit the divine thrones of Life, Destruction, and Dragon God respectively.
With those three God King positions, even without him, the Tang Family could firmly control the Divine Realm. Then he could safely reincarnate, rebuild his foundation, and when he became a god again, fully unleash the potential of his Sea God inheritance.
But now that he was reborn, with both the Sea God and Asura God thrones before him, Tang San would undoubtedly choose the Asura God position.
He had always been the boy chosen by Asura. If it hadn't been for that bastard Sea God cutting in halfway, none of the tragedies afterward would have happened.
Still, after using the Sea God position for so long, he couldn't quite let it go. (After all, even if I don't need it, at least I'll keep the damn seat occupied so no one else can sit on it.) Tang San already regarded the position as his own possession—how could he allow anyone else to touch it?
After mulling it over, Tang San decided on another approach: he would primarily cultivate the Asura God position, and let Xiao Wu serve as the scabbard for the Sea God's Trident. That way, he could still achieve dual divine fusion—although it might slight the Sea God Poseidon a little.
Besides, unlike the bloodthirsty Asura divine power, the gentle divine force of the Sea God could nourish Xiao Wu constantly, soothing her spirit and making her even more supple and radiant.
The thought made Tang San swallow hard.
Excellent. That's decided. I'll master the Asura God position, fuse it with the Sea God's power. Sea God, I hope you won't be too ungrateful.
Then came his soul rings.
Thinking of those, Tang San couldn't help recalling that short-haired man—Yu Xiaogang, his teacher from his previous life.
When he'd awakened the Blue Silver Emperor spirit, Tang San realized he'd been tricked by that useless man, Yu Xiaogang.
You told me to absorb poisonous beast-type soul rings for my Blue Silver Emperor martial soul.
Sure, because my martial soul was the Blue Silver Emperor, I eventually got the Blue Silver King's sacrifice and a second awakening, so it didn't matter much. But if I'd had any other martial soul, wouldn't your advice have ruined my whole life?
I trained bitterly, fought in the Soul Master Tournament, walked through the Slaughter City, accepted Xiao Wu's hundred-thousand-year ring through tears, united the four clans, and built the Tang Sect—what the hell did any of that have to do with you, Gangzi? Then I went to Sea God Island, completed the Nine Trials, and when I returned to the continent, that shameless bastard actually said—guess what?—that he had nurtured a god!
Ridiculous! Other than teaching me some basic soul master theories and making me run laps, what else did you do? Anyone who understood a bit of theory could have done better than you.
And you—what a useless waste! If I, Tang San, hadn't had my past-life memories and knowledge of hidden weapons, then as a twin-spirit genius destined for greatness, I would've been killed in the process of hunting that Mandala Snake under your idiotic guidance!
Without me, you'd never be a "Divine Instructor" or bear the title "Teacher of a God King." Where the hell did you get the face to call me your student?
If not for maintaining the image of respecting one's teacher during my ascension to the Divine Realm, I would've turned my back on you right then.
I worshipped you out of courtesy, but when all the Shrek Seven Devils ascended to the Divine Realm, and even my parents came along, I deliberately left you behind. Let that anger you to death. Why didn't you use your vaunted "theory knowledge" to ascend, huh?
In his previous life, Tang San's revenge on Yu Xiaogang had been simple: give the man false hope of eternal life in the Divine Realm, then make him watch as Tang San, the Seven Devils, and his parents ascended—while he stayed behind.
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