"Tang San is backed by the Shura God, so my true intent to eliminate Tang San provoked the Shura God's retaliation."
To be able to pinpoint his location so accurately meant either the Ice Fire Two Eyes had been marked by the Shura God early on as a necessary opportunity on Tang San's growth path, or the Shura God was monitoring the entire Douluo Continent all along.
Su Ming now felt both possibilities were likely.
"This Douluo Continent is truly not a place for ordinary people; almost everyone seems to have a preordained divine fate."
Now he understood.
Lower-level gods had no inheritances to speak of, while high-level gods each had their successors predetermined early on.
"Fortunately, the reason I dared to be so reckless is because I gained the confidence to be reckless."
Su Ming took a deep breath and sat down on the spot.
While waiting for the possible arrival of Tang Chen, he was also preparing for his revival.
"The Douluo 2 version of me is the key, the core. The Spirit Power Martial Spirit masters the revival Spirit Skill, and the Douluo 1 and Douluo 3 versions of me can also benefit from it to a certain extent, especially since the Douluo 2 me condensed a Body Martial Spirit."
Su Ming lent his Spirit Power to the Douluo 2 Su Ming and integrated the Spirit Power into the Body Martial Spirit.
God Realm.
The Shura God held the God Realm Core, his gaze fixed on the mortal world below.
"Su Ming..."
The forging system and the Spirit Core cultivation method were both major reforms that could push the Spirit Master world forward. The luck he enjoyed was too vast.
"Even if Tang Chen kills Su Ming, and even if I, as the God Trial conductor, give him leeway, it will be very difficult for him to regain clarity. He will probably fall completely towards the Rakshasa faction."
"This Su Ming is protected by luck; it's becoming increasingly difficult for me to observe him. This time, the faith on him actually protected him autonomously."
Although he knew the cost of killing Su Ming was significant, the Shura God couldn't afford to gamble.
"I must have succeeded. How can this Su Ming invade the timeline? Is he an enemy of my future self?"
"The node during Tang San's early stages is too fragile; he actually managed to find him directly."
"Bringing forging, bringing the Spirit Core cultivation method... he is indeed not from the Douluo God Realm."
In a distant sea, within a spatial layer near a small continent.
"Has this node been invaded?"
A voice, seeming not to exist in reality, came from a seven-colored dragon soul.
"Hmm..."
"The entire timeline has been illusorized. It seems this node has become history. I don't know what happened in the future."
"It was the Shura God who acted; otherwise, I wouldn't have noticed the history of this node being modified."
"Shura... how is he planning to break through?"
"I disturbed history, using chaotic, illusory history to disrupt the lock of the Cosmic Will and break free. How is Shura planning to break through?"
"Regardless of the method, he should have succeeded in breaking through and transcended, but he provoked an enemy who locked onto this node?"
The Dragon God murmured.
His voice was very distant and blurry, as if it didn't exist in this world.
In fact, the foundation he stood on was in the true history beneath the River of Time, not this segment of illusory history.
If not for the Shura God's intervention, whose power exceeded the upper limit of this segment of illusory history, the Dragon God wouldn't have noticed.
When a God King cultivates to the extreme, they can interfere with time.
If one can disrupt time, interfere with the Cosmic Will, and transcend from it, they become a Supreme Being.
There are many versions of the legends left by the Dragon God, and he himself performed many god-like operations, so the Cosmic Will could no longer lock onto him.
Simultaneously, this was also the Dragon God's proudest point.
Relying on this, no one could go to the past to disrupt his path to supremacy.
If the method of transcendence has flaws or vulnerabilities, it can be fatal. For example, the first-generation Phoenix God, also a Supreme Being, was completely killed by the Dragon God after he exploited a flaw.
The Shura God is now in the same situation.
The Dragon God, with his unique understanding of the Supreme, quickly analyzed the situation.
He would sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight.
Whether Su Ming won or the Shura God won, it didn't affect him.
What he didn't know was that Su Ming was unaware of the rules and frameworks of the Supreme.
He was just naturally a Trinity.
"Little Gold, don't run around later. Stay within my three Spirit Rings and block off all sensations."
Little Gold didn't understand but was pressed by Su Ming into his three Spirit Rings.
"Seal!"
Su Ming used his Spirit Soul faith to seal Little Gold's consciousness.
After doing all this, he began to wait.
Slaughter City.
A middle-aged man in scarlet robes, with red eyes and red hair, walked out of this bloody land of sin.
He rotated his neck, his expression ferocious, his eyes sometimes clear, sometimes insane.
"I am Tang Chen!"
In the endless abyss, he had finally recovered a trace of his true self.
Simultaneously, a scarlet longsword mark flickered between his eyebrows.
"The key to the Shura God Trials is actually the foundation. If the Clear Sky Clan is strong, it can use the clan's luck to counteract the killing intent."
After finally recovering a sliver of consciousness, Tang Chen didn't hesitate, believing this piece of information he had comprehended.
He had no mind to think about any so-called reasoning.
"Kill. A clan prodigy is being hunted. Kill the mastermind, and my God Trial will advance further."
Killing intent filled Tang Chen's eyes. Around his body, a massive bloody domain rapidly expanded, causing all things to wither.
A pair of huge blood-red wings grew from his back.
The next moment, he shot into the sky, flying straight towards the Sunset Forest.
His brow twitched, the sense of foreboding growing stronger. Su Ming knew his life was nearing its end.
"I just said I wouldn't need revival, that the Douluo 1 era was the most stable."
He left the Ice Fire Two Eyes and came to the depths of the Sunset Forest.
Looking up at the night sky, he saw a bloody figure.
It was indeed Tang Chen.
"A full God King, truly thinks highly of me."
However, compared to Tang San, the Shura God seemed more presentable, directly sending his strongest subordinate.
He input a message into his Spirit Communication Device.
"Killer: Tang Chen."
The next moment, a bloody sword aura blasted Su Ming apart, turning his entire body into a mist of blood.
Tang Chen tilted his head.
So weak.
And so smoothly.
But these were both good things.
I am closer to becoming a god.
He raised his head and let out a long roar.
The next moment, his clear gaze became turbid again, and negative emotions like bloodlust and madness began to erupt.
After Su Ming's death, the accumulated Rakshasa faith within him was instantly absorbed by Tang Chen.
Spirit City, Pope's Hall.
"Hmm? How audacious!"
Bibi Dong was furious.
Letting you absorb a bit of Rakshasa faith was one thing, but now you want to seize the God Seat inheritance?
Her gaze turned cold as she looked towards the direction of the Sunset Forest.
"Such a powerful expert is hidden in the Sunset Forest?"
Sensing the changes in her Spirit Power, she revealed an icy smile.
"I have now returned to my peak state."
Heaven Refinement City.
All blacksmiths looked up at that moment, feeling inexplicable grief.
From the Blacksmith Association headquarters, Zhu Jiuyang's roar echoed throughout Heaven Refinement City.
"Clear Sky Clan, blood debt must be paid in blood!"
Clear Sky Clan?
What happened with the Clear Sky Clan?
Tang Long and Tang Hu, who were still studying within the Association, instantly turned pale.
Without another word, they ran towards the outside of Heaven Refinement City.
Regardless of the reason, running first was the priority.
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