Chapter 235: The Many Schemes of Three
It has been nearly four to five months since the battle with Xuanzi. Niu Tian and Titan, who were seriously injured, have stabilized their injuries to prevent any long-term damage or hidden problems.
Upon returning to the Haotian Sect, Niu Tian, having sustained lighter injuries, used his divine sense to inform Tang San in heaven about the incident.
For the past three months, both have been waiting for a response from Tang San. However, they haven't received any divine messages from him. Why is that?
In the Sea God Temple, Tang San, sensing a barely noticeable but constantly vigilant divine consciousness outside the temple, wore a grim expression. This invasive consciousness, filled with violent and destructive aura, belonged to the God of Destruction. In the divine realm, being able to monitor Tang San with such confidence, and leaving him no options, was naturally the doing of the God of Destruction.
The story traces back to the intense battle between Xuanzi, Niu Tian, and Titan, which approached the level of gods. The divine realm was merely floating above them, and as a diligent worker, the God of Destruction sensed the battle immediately.
Upon recognizing the combatants, the God of Destruction was incensed. Niu Tian and Titan were well-known to him as the two soul beasts sacrificed to Tang San and then resurrected by him and sent to the Douluo Continent.
The God of Destruction could easily guess that it was Tang San's minions, again meddling in the operations of the Douluo Continent.
Outraged by this disruption of the divine realm's order, the God of Destruction confronted Tang San at the Sea God Temple immediately. If it weren't for the Goddess of Life, who ironically often helps outsiders more than her husband, intervening, a direct conflict might have erupted between him and Tang San.
Despite Tang San holding two divine positions, he would not necessarily be a match for the God of Destruction.
After everything was explained, even the Goddess of Life had nothing more to say. The newly arrived gods of Evil and Good, Ji Dong and Lie Yan, were equally perplexed.
The domineering God of Destruction, never one to yield when he was right, immediately demanded that Tang San recall Da Ming and Er Ming, the two loyal 'dogs' and also relinquish control of the divine central authority, accusing him of manipulating the lower realm and allowing his subordinates to interfere openly.
This put Tang San in a difficult position, essentially roasting him on the fire.
In the end, while Da Ming and Er Ming were not called back, the divine central authority was no longer in Tang San's hands but in those of the God of Destruction.
The reason given was Tang Wutong. Tang San, suppressing his hatred for the God of Destruction, earnestly poured out his woes to the Goddess of Life, citing the evils done by evil soul masters and his need to protect Tang Wutong as justification.
In his narrative, he could twist any fact into a self-serving argument.
The situation with Tang Wutong being split in half is true, with one half, Wang Dong'er, studying at Shrek Academy and the other half causing havoc. Tang San used the excuse of urgent paternal love to justify Da Ming and Er Ming's intervention, arguing that they did not use power exceeding that of gods.
Playing on emotions and appealing to reason, he managed to silence the soft-hearted Goddess of Life.
Tang San, astutely aware of the Goddess of Life's benevolent nature from the moment he arrived in the divine realm, frequently had Xiao Wu bring Tang Wutong to visit her, fostering a close relationship.
Unable to bear children with the God of Destruction, the Goddess of Life particularly longed for a child, making her bond with Tang Wutong exceptionally close.
While the Goddess of Life might deal with Tang San's transgressions impartially on any other matter, her decision wavers once Tang Wutong is involved.
Ultimately, not only did she plead Tang San's case, but she also successfully allowed Da Ming and Er Ming to stay in the Douluo Continent, following Tang Wutong back to the divine realm after her return, under the strict condition that they do not intervene unless it concerns Tang Wutong.
Even though Tang San managed to save Da Ming and Er Ming, he reluctantly handed over the divine central authority to the God of Destruction. Despite Tang San's efforts to signal to the Goddess of Life, she ignored his cues.
Though benevolent, she couldn't always counter her husband's wishes, especially since Tang San's interference in the lower realm, though intended to protect Tang Wutong, displeased her as well.
Thus, Tang San also harbored resentment towards her...
"Life, Destruction! Both of you are courting death!" An enraged Tang San, his eyes red, stared at the floating divine consciousness of the God of Destruction outside the temple.
"Disrupting my millennium plans, you both deserve death!!!"
But no matter, if Niu Tian and Titan can't act, the scheming trio always find a way to find two suitable 'dogs' in the Douluo Continent.
The matter of the Son of Fortune, closely linked to Tang Hao usurping the plane's master and having lost his mother, Tang San couldn't let Tang Hao be harmed.
Unwilling to relinquish his plans for the Douluo Continent, he quietly issued another divine decree.
This time, the 'dogs' Tang San pulled out were from the Sea God family, always hidden within the Douluo Continent.
If Niu Tian and Titan, the soul beasts he resurrected, couldn't act, then he would let a native family from the Douluo Continent take action, and the God of Destruction could do nothing about it.
The power of the Sea God family was not to be underestimated. After the cessation of the Six-Winged Angel's legacy, the only remaining divine soul spirit on the Douluo Continent was the Sea God spirit. The hereditary spirit of the Sea God family was the Sea God spirit bestowed by Tang San.
And he could use the connection between the Sea God spirit and the Sea God's divine position to issue a divine decree to the current patriarch of the Sea God family.
The divine decree had only one command: find the Son of Fortune, subdue him, or kill him, with permission to use the Sea God family's hereditary divine artifact, the Sea God's Helmet!
As for Tang Wutong... After the failed soul beast fortune scheme, Tang San directly shattered Wang Dong'er's soul, then merged it with a soul in his possession, reuniting them.
Now, Wang Dong'er, or rather Tang Wutong, lay quietly in the deepest part of the Haotian Sect, waiting for her full revival.
She indeed had a tough life.
In just a few years, she had effectively 'died' three times: once when her soul was split on the Douluo Continent, again when Wang Dong'er's soul was extracted, and now once more as her bifurcated soul was resurrected.
When she awakens, the former Wang Dong'er will no longer exist; instead, a stitched creature named 'Tang Wutong' will manipulate her body.
It remains to be seen what Tang San will have her do next after her revival...