Douluo Continent: Huo Yuhao, who lives in the Dragon King's body

Chapter 43 God of Destruction: If all else fails, we'll start a divine war and sink the divine

Among blacksmiths, Cen Yue is the most dedicated to focusing on forging. He doesn't possess exceptional talent; he entered the profession simply because he loved it, and his journey to where he is today can be described as steady and solid, taking one step at a time. Relying on his passion and dedication to forging, he has earned his place in the world of blacksmithing.

Tang Wulin felt he had benefited greatly from less than an afternoon of guidance, gaining more insights and ideas on the path of forging.

In fact, Cen Yue is indeed the most suitable blacksmithing teacher for Tang Wulin at present. Tang Wulin has laid a solid foundation under Mang Tian since childhood, believing in the principle of 99% perspiration and 1% talent. His level two blacksmithing skills are very solid.

Cen Yue's guidance seamlessly connected with Mang Tian's, teaching him "focused forging," a method of concentrating mental energy. This was his unique skill, which could achieve twice the result with half the effort for Tang Wulin at the moment, greatly enhancing his earning power.

Of course, Cen Yue's teaching didn't come without a price. Otherwise, Tang Wulin wouldn't have signed that teacher-student contract.

If Tang Wulin can accept the conditions to switch sides, then he can definitely switch sides to someone else as well. Cen Yue may love talent, but he's an old hand at this. Signing a contract is more secure. Even if you're from the Spirit Pagoda, you have no choice but to accept it!

The contract clearly states that Cen Yue invested in and trained Tang Wulin, and Tang Wulin's obligation was not to change schools or become an apprentice to others for 20 years. Furthermore, once he became a master craftsman, he had to return double the resources Cen Yue had invested in training him.

It seems like an extremely unfair clause, but many people would beg for such a clause. If the blacksmiths in the association who have no way to advance knew about this, they would cry out to the heavens and beat their chests in despair, lamenting the injustice of fate!

Even if they have to pay back a hundred times more after signing this contract, it's worth it! How did such a precious holy stone end up in the mouth of this poor kid?

"Alright, that's enough for today. Your academy should be closing soon, so hurry back and don't worry your teacher." Seeing that it was getting late, Cen Yue sent Tang Wulin back.

"Okay, thank you, teacher."

Tang Wulin nodded sensibly, preparing to go back to his dormitory to rest. He would leave his parents' matter to the teacher to investigate. This clause was also written in the contract, so the teacher should not breach the contract, right?

Cen Yue watched his retreating figure and chuckled, "Tang Wulin, you're still too young. You have a lot to learn in the future."

This kid is a talent, with the potential to be refined by him. He's pure and innocent; where else can you find such a talent? As for helping him investigate his parents? It's not that we won't investigate, but we'll investigate slowly and in an orderly manner. First, we'll investigate his affairs in Aolai City; we can investigate for ten years if we want.

Anyway, the teacher tried their best!

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"I wonder how far I am from those real geniuses. I forgot to buy the textbooks today, I'll buy them tomorrow."

Looking back on the day's events, Tang Wulin walked along, lost in thought. It was truly unpleasant to be treated as illiterate, especially when receiving guidance from Cen Yue. There were some things that he only understood after Teacher Cen Yue explained them to him!

So they're already spending money? Ugh, how infuriating!

However, touching the bank card hidden in his clothes, Tang Wulin's heart burned with excitement again; life was getting more and more hopeful. In a few days, once he obtained the Blue Silver King bloodline, he could evolve into a noble Blue Silver King Soul Master!

Feeling his son's belief, which was very similar to his own, Tang San was overjoyed, but also heartbroken. If his original body were still here, and the God Realm were still here, how could he let Wu Lin suffer like this?

The Haotian Sect's Ascension Pavilion is activated; the Son of the Sea God has descended!

It's all your fault, you evil Golden Dragon King!

Tang San sighed, his gaze shifting to the Golden Dragon King seal within Tang Wulin's body. He thought viciously, "This wretched bastard is one of the culprits, along with the God of Destruction, the Goddess of Life, Rong Nianbing... each and every one of them deserves to die!"

Tang San's memory returned to that scene.

The Divine Council has the responsibility of judging all gods, as well as governing the divine realm and maintaining its rules.

The palace's main hall is octagonal, with no decorations on any of the surrounding walls, yet countless images flicker and shift. Each of these light screens represents a world or scene from a different planet on Earth. This is also where the Divine Realm Committee monitors the various planets in this star system.

In the center of the main hall is a round table. The surface of the table is made of some unknown material. Upon closer inspection, one can see wisps of mist and clouds, as if it were endlessly deep.

At this moment, five people were sitting around the round table.

"Sea God, recently many humans in the lower realms have reached the pinnacle of their cultivation, requiring a divine position to enter my divine realm. It is time to continue expanding the divine realm." That despicable God of Destruction, as always, was looking for trouble and challenging his authority in the divine realm, which Tang San could not tolerate.

But he didn't react, refuting the other party with his usual rhetoric. However, he didn't expect that the God of Destruction's real conspiracy was not this.

"God of Destruction, the rules of the divine realm were established long ago. How can they be changed so easily? Moreover, opening up the divine realm might shake the very foundation of my divine realm. It is not advisable. Although there are humans in various realms who have reached the pinnacle, there are also gods in my divine realm who are willing to give up their divine positions to explore more distant star systems. Let them take their place freely."

The God of Destruction coldly replied, "Free succession? The succession of gods is incredibly difficult. Some people with the potential perish because they cannot obtain divine inheritance. If the divine realm had more divine positions, advancement would be much easier. Why not open up the divine realm? With the divine power accumulated over many years, opening it up gradually would naturally conform to the will of Heaven, allowing the divine realm to develop further."

Tang San said with disgust, "Opening up the God Realm is no small matter. It will cause turmoil throughout the entire God Realm and may even affect the changes in the entire star system we are monitoring. The impact on the human world is immeasurable. This matter must not be done. There is no need to mention the God of Destruction again."

His tone was very firm, and as soon as he said this, the other four people turned their eyes to him, each with a different look in their eyes.

The God of Destruction said coldly, "This is not a decision you can make alone. After the two God-Kings reincarnate, each of us will have one vote. I request a vote. I agree to expand the divine realm."

Tang San said in a deep voice, "Even if this matter needs to be voted on, it should be done at an expanded meeting of the God Realm Committee. It is definitely not something that the five of us can decide on our own. We'll talk about it later." With his unquestionable words, he forcefully suppressed the aggressive tone of the God of Destruction.

The God of Destruction's aura suddenly surged. He slammed his fist on the table and stood up. "Tang San, I'm giving you face by calling you the Sea God! Don't be ungrateful. Fine, since you think my expansion of the God Realm is wrong, then I'll leave the God Realm and create my own to guide geniuses from the lower realms. Is that alright? I know perfectly well what you want, you brat—isn't it to control the God Realm? I won't argue with you. Do you have any objections?"

A flash of anger crossed Tang San's eyes. "You damned bastard, showing such disrespect to me, Tang San!" he thought, but his face remained impassive as he coldly replied, "I don't care if you leave, but you can't slander me like this. I hold power because the two God-Kings entrusted me with it before they left, and everything I do is for the sake of the God Realm. In fact, I foresaw an impending calamity that will befall the God Realm, and stability is necessary to protect it! Besides, if you want to open up another God Realm, what are your intentions? To compete with us for faith? I'm afraid the gods will not accept it."

The eyes of the God of Kindness and the God of Evil flickered. You must know that they were the ones who were supposed to inherit the position of God-King, but in the end, the power fell into the hands of the Sea God, and they ended up like the Sea God's underlings. It's hard to say that they didn't have any thoughts in their hearts.

The goddess of life frowned, looked at her husband, and then at the sea god. Her thoughts were hard to fathom. She was a stability advocate and believed that peace in the divine realm was the right path. So she had been helping the sea god appease her husband.

But the great calamity Tang San spoke of... how many years has it been? Even she, a God-King who is very good at prophecy, doesn't know about it. How much experience do you, a newcomer, have to be able to prophesy it? This isn't your specialty!

"Hmph, the same old line again? I'm tired of it. How many times have you said it over the past decade? You say there will be a catastrophe, and then it happens? Where's the evidence?"

The God of Destruction scoffed disdainfully. Since Tang San arrived, he had assumed the other would join him in expanding the God Realm. But after so many years together, he had come to understand Tang San's true nature. Yes, his desire for destruction stemmed from a lust for power, but was Tang San a good person?

He'd been bombarded with baseless accusations of a "divine catastrophe" for over a decade, and he'd had enough.

"I cannot prove it. After all, you, the God of Destruction, are prejudiced against me, and you wouldn't believe me no matter what I say."

Tang San looked extremely aggrieved.

"Ha. Always putting on airs. If you're afraid of calamity, you should expand the divine realm and increase the number of gods. But there's been no movement for over a decade. I won't argue with you; I just want to start anew with the gods who are willing to believe in me. And you still try to stop me? What are you up to!"

The God of Destruction coldly snorted in disgust. With the support of certain individuals, he was extremely confident and directly declared, "My mind is made up. I will announce this matter to the divine realm, and I will take away any gods who are willing to come with me."

Tang San's face darkened. This God of Destruction... truly doesn't know what's good for him. He was simply following the natural order, conforming to the will of Heaven and the will of the gods, and considering the long-term interests of the God Realm.

"—Alright. But you must leave behind your divine positions and divine artifacts."

Just as the God of Destruction was stepping out of the Divine Realm Committee, he suddenly turned around, his suppressed rage erupting. With a thunderous roar, the heavens shook, and terrifying divine lightning of destruction continuously exploded from the gloomy dark clouds.

"Tang San, you're being so aggressive. Don't blame me for being impolite. At worst, we'll start a war of gods and sink the God Realm!"

Recalling this, Tang San's expression grew increasingly gloomy. If it weren't for the God of Destruction taking away most of the foundation of the God Realm, the subsequent events wouldn't have occurred.

The divine positions and artifacts originally belonged to the divine realm. How dare the God of Destruction and his ilk try to take them away? This is utterly outrageous! What's wrong with me thinking of the greater divine family?

However, his true form did not retaliate against the God of Destruction because of this matter. But what happened later far exceeded his calculations. There were only 18 first-level gods in the world, but after the God of Destruction revealed this matter, Rong Nianbing, the new God of Emotions, the seven elemental gods, and the seven original sin gods all chose to leave with the God of Destruction!

This instantly took away the combat power of 15 first-level gods from the divine realm!

At this moment, Tang San was extremely furious. The two newly appointed benevolent god kings and evil god kings also had some thoughts about this matter. How could Tang San, who had inherited the godhood, tolerate this? But he couldn't win in a fight, so Tang San finally chose one word: forbearance.

So the God of Destruction and the God of Life left together. Although the God of Life always sided with Tang San, the God of Destruction had already made such a concession and even planned to leave. She could not leave her husband.

In the realm of gods, the seven elemental gods and the seven original sin gods are the core fighting force. After they left, only the sea god, the time god, and the destruction god remain as level 1 gods in the realm of gods.

However, the god of time has always been secretive, and even his existence is questioned by some. He never participates in any struggles and remains mysterious.

In the fourth year after the God of Destruction and his companions left, a spacetime turbulence appeared, and the Golden Dragon King broke through the seal!

With two calamities occurring simultaneously, the divine realm was thrown into chaos, lacking sufficient power to stop them. Even if a first-level god were merely a "speed bump" in the face of the Golden Dragon King or the turbulent currents, they could at least offer some resistance. The only available combat power was the God of Destruction.

Left with no other choice, Tang San personally took to the field and addressed the gods of the divine realm, strongly condemning the God of Destruction and the Goddess of Life. After shifting the blame to the two, he faced off against the Golden Dragon King.

However, after being sealed, the Golden Dragon King had been absorbing the spiritual energy of the gods to cultivate, and had already reached the realm of a supreme god. His powerful physique and terrifying mechanism were naturally beyond Tang San's reach.

Even when he used the strongest Asura Blood Sword, he could only cut a gap in its dragon horn.

Ultimately, the main body of the god was severely damaged, and its divine power was almost gone. As for the God of Destruction, that traitor, it seems he escaped...

Damn it, I used to think so highly of you!

Thinking of this, Tang San felt another surge of anger.

Tang San's divine sense did not know what became of his physical body in the end, but he was confident that his physical body was still alive. The fact that he was here to guard the Golden Dragon King's seal proved everything.

Just then, Tang San's divine sense was disturbed. He quickly probed outwards and saw a faceless soul master with a sinister aura and indescribable clothing appear in front of Tang Wulin.

"Oh, so you're little Tang Wulin?" the faceless man said with a wicked grin. "Come with me!"

Tang Wulin cautiously retreated, a yellow spirit ring rising beneath his feet, while lightning-infused blue silver grass vines lay hidden in the shadows, ready to be activated at any moment.

"Who are you? A cultist?"

He had never seen such a strange Soul Master before. This kind of temperament could probably only be matched by the legendary evil Soul Master.

"Fine, evil spirit master, you actually dare to target my son, Tang San!" Tang San's killing intent was fully revealed. However, such a small fry was not worth wasting precious opportunities to attack. Before obtaining the Vast Ocean Universe Crystal, every opportunity should be used for truly important matters.

However, this place is very close to Donghai Academy... Tang San had a solution.

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Wu Changkong had an extremely regular schedule. After dinner, he would just quietly cultivate in his dormitory. But at this moment, fate intervened, and his heart suddenly clenched.

The face of Tang Wulin, the boy who had attracted his attention, inexplicably appeared in his mind. Wu Changkong opened his eyes, frowned in confusion, and wondered what was going on. Why did he suddenly think of this little boy?

Having cultivated to this stage, he understood that this feeling was guided by some unseen force and was by no means accidental. Therefore, he left the dormitory and decided to go find that child first.

That's right, that's exactly it.

Tang San withdrew his divine sense with satisfaction. He had thought of everything. Later, he would use Wu Changkong's hand to let Wu Lin see the dangers of the Spirit Pagoda and learn his excellent practice of "using someone else's resources to make a profit".

Dance Lama, let's go! Our soldier Wu Lin is here to save us!