Chapter 457: The Astonished God Kings
After all, how could he possibly be wrong? Even if the entire world accused him, it was they who were mistaken not him!
As for the grand words he spoke before jumping off the cliff in his past life, they were nothing more than a strategy to preserve his reputation after death. If he had outright refused to admit his "wrongdoings," people might have labeled his suicide as an act of guilt, which would have been an unsightly stain on his legacy.
In truth, he had never believed that sneaking into the inner sect and secretly learning Tang Sect's techniques was wrong. He only admitted fault because of external pressures. Tang Sect's skills were treasures that, by principle, should belong to those worthy of them and who could be more worthy than himself?
Leaving those supreme techniques in the hands of incompetent inner sect disciples would have been nothing short of a colossal waste. Fortunately, at the young age of nine, he had already realized this truth. By choosing to secretly learn those techniques, he managed to master the art of hidden weapons, and in just twenty years, at twenty nine, he had created the Buddha Fury Tang Lotus, reaching the pinnacle of hidden weapon craftsmanship.
Could those useless inner sect disciples have achieved the same? Absolutely not.
Even after ascending to the Divine Realm and becoming a God King, Tang San had thought to himself if he could bring his current overwhelming power back to the Tang Sect in Sichuan from his past life, he would make the sect leader and elders pay for their foolishness. He would make them realize what it meant to offend a God King.
"Enough. I must focus on my cultivation. Once the time is right, I will execute my plan to release the Golden Dragon King. And when that happens, I will pin the blame entirely on Destruction. He will be utterly ruined, while I will rise as the savior of the Divine Realm, reclaiming control over the Divine Realm's core. I will become the undisputed Number One God King! Then, one by one, I will eliminate the other four God Kings, seize their divine thrones, and bestow them upon my Tang family!"
At the mere thought of this, his mood improved slightly. Destruction might currently hold the upper hand, behaving arrogantly, but his time at the top would be short lived. The future belonged to Tang San.
Closing his eyes, he prepared to begin his daily cultivation. Though he prided himself on being unmatched in intelligence, he had to admit that there was a gap between his strength and Destruction's. Only by gaining greater power could he face Destruction with confidence.
Just then
A powerful cosmic ripple surged through the Divine Realm.
Tang San abruptly opened his eyes, his face darkening.
"Another new god has emerged? And they've already connected to the Laws of Water? Does that mean they have gained the Authority of Water?"
This discovery made him feel uneasy. As Sea God, his domain was water, and he held the Main God level Authority of Water although his authority was fused with the concept of the ocean. If this new god's authority outranked his, it would severely limit his power!
"Could this be a God King level Water Authority? No, that's impossible! The only one to wield such power was the Water Dragon King, and they perished long ago! Could it be a naturally born deity, like Destruction and Life?"
Regardless of the truth, if this new god truly existed, Tang San's Sea God throne would be completely suppressed. It would be like a mouse encountering a cat his authority over water would never reach the level of a God King.
For any god, the worst possible situation was encountering another deity with the same domain but vastly superior authority. A God King's Water Authority and a Main God's Water Authority were as different as heaven and earth they were simply incomparable.
This was precisely why Tang San had been tirelessly working to evolve his Sea God divinity into a God King level throne.
According to his calculations, if he continued absorbing faith energy, training diligently, and pushing his Main God level power to the absolute peak, he could eventually break through the threshold to God King.
With his Shura Divine Power as a supporting force, he could become the first in history to elevate a Main God's divine throne into a God King's.
As for the current Water God? Tang San dismissed them outright.
"That weakling? Give them twenty thousand years, and they still won't match my mastery over the Authority of Water."
Now, however, this new being was a threat and the thought twisted his expression into one of pure malice.
"It doesn't matter if you're the Water Dragon King or not. From now on, you are my enemy. And if you are my enemy then you have chosen the path of death!"
Meanwhile, another figure in the Divine Realm was also disturbed by the cosmic ripple Destruction.
"Strange... could it be that someone in the lower realm has gained Water Authority at the level of a God King? Impossible. The Water Dragon King is dead. And under the Divine Realm's surveillance, no lower realm should be capable of producing a new God King. Could it be... a naturally born deity, like me and Life?"
Stepping forward, Destruction entered a grand, towering palace, one that radiated immense power.
Within moments, he appeared before the Divine Realm's Surveillance Screen, activating the Divine Realm Core.
A dazzling golden light engulfed the screen, instantly expanding across the Divine Realm's vast monitoring network.
The surveillance screen flickered, sending a powerful wave of detection throughout all the planets under the Divine Realm's jurisdiction. Every bit of information was rapidly processed and streamed directly into Destruction's mind.
For a God King, handling such an overwhelming flood of data was not an issue.
Just then, the other four God Kings arrived at the Divine Realm Committee's Hall. Their gazes immediately locked onto Destruction, who was fully focused on scanning the lower realms.
The sheer magnitude of the cosmic ripple meant that something major had occurred.
If a Main God level deity or divine beast had emerged in the lower realms, then the "Gods Shall Not Interfere with the Mortal World" rule would have been violated.
According to Divine Realm law, the committee would be required to dispatch a god to capture the offender and bring them back for judgment. The final verdict would then depend on the committee's decision.
Moments later, Destruction let out a sigh.
"I couldn't find even the slightest trace of this deity. This is too strange. Under normal circumstances, unless their power vastly exceeds my own, they shouldn't have been able to escape my detection."
At these words, Ji Dong and Lie Yan, the two newest God Kings, exchanged startled glances.
Even though they were relatively new, they were well aware of Destruction's immense strength. Without a doubt, he was the most powerful being in the Divine Realm.
And yet, even he was saying such things?
Just how powerful was the deity behind that cosmic ripple?!
"Destruction," the Life Goddess spoke calmly.
"It's impossible for this entity to surpass you in strength. The Divine Realm is far more advanced than it was in the past we are no longer in the Dragon God's era. There's no way a God King stronger than you has suddenly appeared."
"More likely, they are using some kind of special super artifact to completely conceal their presence. That's why your detection efforts failed."
She was right. In the era of the Dragon God, there were indeed beings far stronger than Destruction.
But that time was long gone. There was simply no way that another supreme God King had emerged unnoticed.
And yet...
Something was out there.
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