(A/N. Hello everyone. Sorry for the delay. I caught a nasty cold and I have been absolutely fucked up for the past couple of days. But I hope you enjoy the chapter. Thank you for reading!)
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Tang Zhen's Soul Skills:
Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon:
1st: Three Thousand Thunder Movement (Red)
2nd: Tesla Prison (Red)
3rd: Thunder Emperor's Armor (Red)
4th: Heaven's Shockwave (Red)
5th: Thunder Emperor Lance. (Red)
6th: Judgement of Heaven and Earth (Red)
7th: Martial Soul Form (Red)
8th: Thunderclap Dominion/ Sky Piercing Roar (Red)
9th: Celestial Qilin Soul/ ? (Gold)
10th: Dragon God (Multi)
Haotian Hammer:
1st: Hammer of the Titan/ ? (Red)
2nd: ? (Red)
3rd: Haotian Bombardment/ ? (Red)
4th: ?/ ? (Red)
5th: ?/ ? (Gold)
6th: ? (Gold)
7th: Martial Soul Form (Gold)
8th: ?/? (Multi)
9th: ?/? (Multi)
10th: Thunder God (Multi)
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Tang Zhen opened his eyes and looked around at his wives. His eyes welled up with tears as he walked up to kiss each one of them.
"Thank you for being with me. Thank you for loving me. I promise, once this is over, we will have a family together."
All the girls smiled at him, they were all grateful to him. This was something that they chose not influenced by other gods.
Their husband promised that they would be able to choose their own destiny and he had kept his word.
"Notice. Congratulations host for reaching level 100. Converting Martial Soul Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon to Blue Lightning Celestial Dragon. Transferring Dragon God essence into Martial Soul. Complete. Congratulations, New Dragon God."
"Notice. Converting Haotian Hammer to Heavenly Sky Thunder Hammer. Supreme Divine Weapon created. Transferring Thunder God Essence into Martial Soul. Complete. Congratulations Thunder God."
"Notice. Asura God essence detected. Asura Demon Sword detected. Combining Asura Demon Sword with Lightning Emperor's Battle Armor. Complete. Congratulations Asura God."
"Notice. Host and wives synchronization. All Host's wives carry Thunder element. Detecting host's worry for wives safety, initializing. Complete, Host's wives receive Ultra Divine Tool, Tang Zhen's Thunder Armor."
"Notice. Congratulations host for reaching Godhood. Increase age of all Soul Rings for Host and Wives to 100,000 years."
"...SYSTEM YOU'RE THE BEST! YOU BROUGHT THE GOOD STUFF THIS TIME!"
".....Heh."
Tang Zhen's eye started twitching. How shameless.
"Goodbye host."
"Goodbye system. Will I hear from you again?"
"....Goodbye host."
Suddenly Tang Zhen's wives were surrounded by a gold light and women's battle armor appeared on each of them.
"Husband, do you know what this is?" Bo Saixi asked.
Tang Zhen walked up to her and brushed a loose hair away from her face and tucked it behind her ear and smiled at her.
"The Dragon God heard my worries and the heavens bestowed upon you all the armor. It's called Tang Zhen's Thunder Armor."
"What is your biggest worry big brother Tang Zhen and what does this armor do?" Zhu Zhuqing asked. She could feel the Thunder element coursing through her. It was powerful, explosive, dangerous.
"My biggest fear was losing you all. What if you got injured....What if you died.... Sensing this, the Divine essence created the armor for you to protect you. It should have the same protection that the Lightning Emperor's Battle Armor gives you. It also allowed you all to carry and harness Thunder energy. If you are ever in danger, just shoot the Thunder out and I will come to you." Tang Zhen lied through his teeth. This little white lie was okay.
The girls were shocked, they soon channeled some soul power and tried to isolate their own from the mysterious Thunder that they could feel and suddenly Thunder formed above their hands.
"With some practice, you can summon that at will instantly to add more damage to your abilities. Whether it be for penetrating defenses or paralysis effects." He said.
They all smiled at him truly fortunate to have such a caring husband.
-God Realm/Lower Realm-
Poseidon was furious. He had finally found another woman he could take as his wife but she was snatched away.
To make matters worse, his powers felt significantly weak. He no longer had a connection to his Trident nor the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud.
Perhaps he needed to go visit that woman again. His urges were flaring.
In another part of the God Realm or Lower Realm, the Rakshasa was sitting on her throne with a satisfied smirk.
She could feel the evil influence she had left in Poseidon growing.
A few centuries ago, she had slept with him in secret after preying on his lonlieness and lack of partner.
After their night, she whispered in his ear to find a wife worthy of him through the trials which instantly caught his attention.
Hence from then on, he had been trying to find a female successor.
Her plan was working. She would sleep with every God in the realm if she had to and put them all under her.
Regardless of current appearance, her humanly form was stunningly beautiful. She already had several Gods under her thumb. Their current partners were too dull and she made sure to exploit that during their nights together.
She would rule this realm or see it burned to ashes around her.
*Knock Knock*
"My Lady, Lord Poseidon has come for an audience." A servant's voice rang out.
Rakshasa smirked coldly. Her plans were coming together indeed.
She needed more support to take the position of the God of Evil.
-Sea God Island-
Tang Zhen stared at the sky as if trying to pierce the heavens. He could feel unease coming from the God Realm.
Before they could ascend, he knew that there was something he needed to take care of first.
Looking off into the distance, he could feel dark and evil energy amassing in a specific direction and his Asura powers were resonating as if it were ready to fight.
From that he figured that it must be Hu Liena taking the Rakshasa God Trials and from the fluctuations, she must be close to the final trial.
"Put your armor on and I'm going to teach the rest of you the Thunder Body Tempering Technique to increase your physical condition."
Tang Zhen then summoned Celestial Thunder. With their armor, his control, and their innate Thunder affinity should help them with using the Celestial Thunder to temper.
Not used to the powerful thunder, it was painful, but with the help of the armor, it was manageable until the pain soon faded.
After a few months of training their powers and gaining control, they were ready to return and settle their business before ascending to the God Realm.
Right before they left, they were pulled into a separate realm again. This time, the Asura God, the Nine Colored Goddess, and the Fire God were there.
"Tang Zhen….You have used something to act as a sort of sheath for my Demon Sword. How is that possible?" Asura God asked curiously.
"The Lightning Emperor's Battle Armor used to be sentient from an ancient divine being. It can hold your essence in it."
"Why have we never heard of this armor before?" The Fire God said surprised.
"Would you believe if I said that it was a gift from my predecessor?" Tang Zhen said.
"And who is your predecessor?" The Nine Colored Goddess asked in her smooth voice.
"It is someone from the Upper Divine Realm. As to who, I won't say."
This was a shock to the Gods and Goddess. There was an Upper Divine Realm?
"You mean to say that there is another realm above ours? How is that possible? We are among the oldest Gods." Asura asked seriously.
"The Upper Realm had closed off conctact from the God Realm or to them rather, the Lower Realm. That was much earlier than when you asceded to Godhood and they created a law prohibiting the Gods from entering the Douluo Continent."
They were surprised at this revelation, no wonder they couldn't go down to the mortal realm. There was always some sort of energy that was preventing them from directly setting foot there.
Hence why the God Trials were established in order to find a worthy successor.
"Tang Zhen, Ning Rongrong, Liu Erlong, step forward." Asura said.
The three stepped forward. As to why they were asked to, Tang Zhen had an idea.
"We wish to pass our position to you. Will you take it?" The Nine Colored Goddess asked looking at Ning Rongrong tenderly, almost like a mother would.
After getting over their shock, they accepted.
Tang Zhen already had two godly positions which shouldn't be possible but the system seemed to have bound the Thunder God to his new hamer with it becoming a divine weapon.
With the Asura God position existing through using the Lightning Emperor's Battle Armor as a catalyst.
"There is one more thing. The movement of Rakshasa has been odd lately. Not just her but many other Gods have been acting strangely. When you ascend to the God Realm, be careful." Asura said.
"Don't worry, I have to kick Poseidon's ass when I get up there for coveting two of my wives." Tang Zhen said.
"Why would he covet your two wives? For as long as I have known him, he has been alone?" The Nine Colored Goddess asked.
"I am unsure, but the Dragon God gave me an ability to see their intentions but I need a connection to them somehow, in this case, I was able to connect with Poseidon through the Trident that Dong'er has and found out the reason he put the trails there was to find a wife for himself."
The revelation left everyone speechless.
"Dong'er knows that she will have to fight him or I can just kill him and have Dong'er take his position either way." Tang Zhen mused.
"Well, we will hold our positions until you arrive to avoid suspicion." Asura said.
With that they left the separate space.
Anxious to see their family, the girls pressured Tang Zhen to return. After all, it was highly unlikely that they would see their families again and wanted to say goodbye.
To the protest of the Seven Children of the Sea God, they all left. Even though Bibi Dong was going to take over the Sea Goddess position, her place was by her beloved husband's side. Obligations be damned.
-Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan-
The clan grounds swarmed with activity. The Martial Soul Hall had attacked recently with 10,000 soul masters.
Thanks to the years of preperation that Tang Zhen had asked for, the clan and their allies suffered 200 casualties.
Even 200 was too much. The teams they had formed between the Defense, Breaking, Zhu, and Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clans were extremely effective. They were able to hold off the assault of random soul masters no problem with their coordination.
The casualties piled up when the Titled Douluos showed up.
The civilians were able to evacuate to hidden shelters in time.
The Martial Soul Hall was surprised at the level of defense the clan had. Before the attack commenced, they were noticed and as the first wave approached the walls, they were riddled with mass amounts of knives and metal stars that were incredibly effective. While not all that powerful, the sheer number of them was nothing to brush off.
It only got worse from there. The outer wall was just a trap, the inside was modeled so that it was like a bowl. As the soul masters funneled in through the opening, Dugu Bo was able to unleash his poison in a straight line creating a fatal funnel at the entrance causing massive losses.
Any flying type soul masters were met with a hail of the same knives and a level 85 Flender and Sword Douluo who quickly took air dominance.
The rest of the soul masters able to get around Dugu Bo's poison was met with the combined teams led by Yang Wudi and Niu Gao who had ascended to Titled Douluos.
The losses were staggering and in a short period of time. As the Titled Douluos from the Martial Soul Hall engaged, they were horrifed to find out that Sword, Bone, and Poison Douluos were all much stronger.
Dugu Bo known as the weakest among the previously known Titled Douluos was now at level 96 and Chen Xin rose to level 98 rivaling Golden Crocodile Douluo in level and Gu Rong was at level 97.
With the difference in power, the attacking group were massacred.
Only a handful of soul masters were able to escape and they were allowed to take the bodies of the slain Titled Douluos back to the Martial Soul Hall as a warning.
-Martial Soul Hall-
When Hu Liena found out, she was furious. She originally had 20,000 soul masters to take care of the upper three clans but thankfully, Tang Zhen wiped out two of them due to his grudge saving her a significant amount of manpower.
She had sent only 10,000 to the last one because she knew how formidable Sword and Bone Douluo were. To Think they were hiding Dugu Bo, and two other Titled Douluos inside was a major miscalculation and it cost her the entire force.
The only good news she heard was that the team she sent to the Star Luo Empire had successfully ambushed and assassinated the Dai Royal Family. She wasn't surprised that the empire didn't object to being under the Martial Soul Hall. After all, they believed that whoever was strong should rule and the previous emperor was not very strong.
Hu Liena knew that Yu Xiaogang was teaching Dai Mubai but she was surprised to hear that he was among the dead during the attack and they took over the empire.
Yu Xiaogang…When she heard of his death at Tang Zhen's hand, she was furious but that feeling quickly disappeared. Perhaps it was just the lingering feelings she had as a young girl. The girl that no longer exists.
She had the final trial of the Rakshasa God left then she would bring this world to its knees and destroy everything.
-Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan-
Seeing the familiar Pagoda in the distance, Ning Rongrong became excited. However that died once she saw that there were flames around the surrounding area.
With the Elders, they were planning on reconsolidating their forces when they felt a suffocating pressure approaching and immediately ran outside.
Seeing some figures approaching, they were getting ready. These people were not something they could handle but they weren't about to give up.
"PAPA! GRANDPA BONE! GRANDPA SWORD!"
Hearing that voice, they visibly relaxed and were overjoyed that their little princess was back home.
When the group descended from the sky, the entire clan grounds went silent.
Surrounding Tang Zhen and the girls was a divine aura, something they had never seen in person before.
"Father, Grandpa Bone, Grandpa Sword, Uncle Dugu, we have returned." Tang Zhen said with a bow.
"T-Tang Zhen! H-Have you all…." Dugu Bo was stunned. Have they truly done it? Have they reached the unreachable?
"Grandpa! We did it! We all really did it!" Dugu Yan said walking towards Dugu Bo.
She hugged her grandfather and he started to cry tears of joy. The serious and cold Dugu Bo was crying.
"My Yan Yan has become a Goddess! HAHAH! OLD BONE, OLD SWORD! MY GRANDDAUGHTER HAS BECOME A GODDESS!" Dugu Bo lifted up Dugu Yan and spun her around. He had never been more proud.
"Old Poison, what are you going on about, our Rongrong has become a Goddess as well." Sword Douluo said as Ning Rongrong stepped up to hug her grandfathers.
"Little Princess, Your Grandpa Sword and Grandpa Bone are proud of you." Chen Xin said while rubbing her head affectionately.
Ning Rongrong cried happily before she turned to her father who was also crying.
"My Rongrong, you did it!" Ning Fengzhi said.
"ZHUQING!"
The Zhu family ran to their daughter happy to see her again.
"FATHER! MOTHER! SISTERS!" Zhu Zhuqing rushed forward to reunite with her family.
Tang Zhen looked around and saw everyone greeting and embracing their families.
Xiao Wu and Ah Yin was with Ah Rou and Flender.
Bibi Dong was with her brother.
Liu Erlong was talking with Gu Rong and hugging her adoptive father.
Dugu Bo was the adoptive grandfather for Ye Lingling and Shui Bing'er and he was hugging them as well.
Tang Zhen looked around and saw his wives with their loved ones and he felt a pit in his stomach. His heart was in pain.
They were so happy. Could he really break them apart? Once they ascended to the Lower Realm, they would never see them again.
Lost in thought, he started to tear up at the pain his wives would go through.
Qian Renxue and Bo Saixi seeing this walked up and hugged him from both sides.
He felt thankful but there had to be something he could do.
Suddenly someone burst in ruining the happy reunion.
"Clan Leader! Emperor Xue Beng has sent word! The Martial Soul Hall has begun their attack!"
Had Emperor Xue Ye died? Tang Zhen thought. Seeing his confused expression, Dugu Bo mentioned that due to the disappearance of Xue Qinghe, Emperor Xue Ye took over national duties again but it seems that Prince Xue Xing was a little too ambitious.
Emperor Xue Ye found out about Xue Xing's ploy to kill him and take over the throne resulting in his execution.
With no other option, Xue Beng was crowned the Crowned Prince and surprisingly was a good leader. To escape from being murdered he pretended to be a lecherous fool.
As of right now, he is a decent leader although he is very weak due to not cultivating to stay under the radar.
Tang Zhen hearing that knew that Xue Beng was a fair ruler from the original story so perhaps leaving the mortal real to him and Ning Fengzhi might not be a bad idea.
"*Sigh* Although our clan alliance has been able to keep casualties to a minimum, the civilians outside caught in the middle of the war, have not been as lucky." Ning Fengzhi lamented.
Another messenger burst in.
"Clan Leader! The Star Luo Empire has joined the Martial Soul Hall to attack!"
That surprised everyone.
"Let's go! They're going to need help. It's time to end the Martial Soul Hall's tyranny. Prepare for war." Tang Zhen said.
(A/N The other girls will have their God positions revealed next chapter.)