Theoretically speaking, Wang Dong, whose soul had been repaired by the Butterfly Goddess and Huo Yuhao, was already a natural person.
His soul was four-fifths restored, and he should be fully recovered by the end of the year.
However, only a small portion of the newly formed soul belonged to Tang Wutong, and this portion was currently being assimilated by the majority of "Wang Dong's" soul.
From a soul science perspective, Tang San's envisioned obedient daughter, Tang Wutong, was stillborn; the portion of her soul within Wang Dong's body was virtually impossible to separate.
It was like a branch of a large tree sprouting a new plant on the ground, similar to the original but fundamentally different.
Even if Tang San, in a fit of rage, used his Asura God form to cut Wang Dong's soul into three pieces, it would never be the original Tang Wutong soul.
It was completely incompatible with the soul fragments within Tang Xiaoqi and the auspicious beast.
Unless Tang San could find the God of Original Sin and the God of Time to act together, he had no way of reverting Wang Dong's soul to the state of one-third of Tang Wutong's fragment.
If Huo Yuhao hadn't deliberately left a connection between Wang Dong and Tang San's souls, he wouldn't even be able to find Wang Dong's whereabouts now.
Without the God Realm's central hub, coupled with the Clear Sky Sect's Niu Tian and Titan's inaction, the destruction of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, and Huo Yuhao's departure, his control over the continent had been weakened to the extreme.
Ah Yin was still asleep, and Tang Hao was still in hiding; they couldn't be exposed now.
The God Realm's central hub was in the hands of the Goddess of Life; if exposed, the God of Destruction would definitely use all sorts of means to persecute Tang San like the Golden Dragon King.
Especially his mother, Ah Yin, absolutely couldn't be exposed.
If the Goddess of Life discovered what his mother was doing, even someone as kind as her would be furious.
As the Goddess of Life, someone seizing the life core of a plane right under her nose was blatant provocation.
Especially since Douluo Star held special significance for the God Realm—it was the birthplace of the Dragon God and the origin of the God Realm.
The Goddess of Life is merciful, but in terms of combat power, she is a genuine God-King and possesses offensive capabilities. Among her artifacts is a set of armor, though it is now damaged.
"Let me see how my dear daughter is doing lately."
Tang San's divine sense easily entered Wang Dong's spiritual sea, where his trident mark still radiated golden light.
The familiar light relieved Tang San; regardless of the situation in the God Realm, at least the grand plan for the lower realm hadn't encountered any major problems.
The relaxed Tang San seemed unaware that beneath the golden light of his trident mark lay the marks of three other god-level beings.
This trident mark, aside from its radiance and appearance belonging to the Sea God, had long been filled with the marks of Huo Yuhao and the others.
His trident mark believed until its death that Tang San would come to save it.
Then, Tang San skillfully prepared to use his divine sense to link with Wang Dong's soul and memories, to read what Wang Dong had been doing during this time.
It's hard to imagine a father doing something like this, completely denying his child any privacy.
Even Huo Yuhao, with his power over the [Dream Realm], wouldn't easily pry into the memories of Xia Die and the others; he believed these children had the right to choose their own future.
Huo Yuhao would only give them some safety net options.
Tang San's actions quickly triggered the Arrogance Sin landmine that Dai Ying had planted in Wang Dong's body.
The eerie, dark brown divine power silently captured Tang San's consciousness. It
then slowly merged into it, the entire process going unnoticed by Tang San. This
was partly due to his treating Wang Dong's spiritual sea as his own backyard, and partly due to Huo Yuhao's proactive help in concealing it.
Double insurance, better safe than sorry.
The Arrogance Sin divine power left by Dai Ying was minimal, perhaps only a drop compared to the divine power of a god, but this single drop could ignite a raging fire like a spark.
Simply attaching it to consciousness wasn't enough; at most, it would only destroy one aspect of consciousness, insignificant to Tang San.
It had to attach to his soul to achieve its maximum effect.
Dai Ying's divine power immediately followed the connection between Tang San's soul and consciousness, arriving at the outer edge of the God Realm.
The God Realm barrier could block external divine power and consciousness; with the God Realm's central hub, the barrier had automatic screening capabilities and would automatically sound an alarm.
Unfortunately, Dai Ying's divine power wasn't considered external.
In the barrier's eyes, this divine power was clearly the power of the God of Pride; not only did it not obstruct, it actively opened its gates to welcome it.
With various forms of assistance, this wisp of divine power successfully attached itself to Tang San's soul.
In fact, if Tang San had been more careful, this wisp of divine power wouldn't have been
able to attach itself. Dai Ying underestimated the strength of the Sea God's position; among all the first-level gods, only the God of Emotions could contend with it.
However, unfortunately, Tang San's main consciousness was currently within Wang Dong's body and didn't notice that this faint power of original sin had already attached itself to his soul.
"Bai E…"
"Smiling so brightly."
"That treacherous little devil, the God of Destruction, actually took a liking to someone whose personality is completely incompatible with his."
"I think this Bai E might also be two-faced; birds of a feather flock together."
"But don't worry, when you arrive at the Valley of Love and Destiny, I'll personally correct you and make you like me."
"But this talent is truly remarkable, the Ultimate Light, is it?"
"No, it should be considered a variant attribute."
"Light with fire within it, if I had to describe it, it would be the Blazing Sun attribute."
Tang San savored Wang Dong's memories, commenting on Bai E's performance.
"Bai E's companions are quite interesting too."
"I didn't pay much attention to them at the time."
"This guy named Medmus actually possesses the Ultimate Power."
"He doesn't have the Golden Dragon King bloodline within him; it's a completely different bloodline."
"This is the first time I've seen one like this."
"If the plan goes smoothly in the future, I can have Dai Mubai pass on the God of War position to him."
"He can become a pillar of my faction."
"This guy named Tibao has a pretty good martial soul, but his bloodline is a bit hard to fathom."
"And this Xia Die? Such pure death?!"
"How could a mortal withstand this level of death power? Even a god would fall into eternal sleep if not careful."
Tang San, located in Wang Dong's spiritual sea, frowned, sensing that things were not simple.
Having held the divine position for many years, he possessed a wealth of advanced knowledge and had even glimpsed the most mysterious underworld, knowing that unknown divine positions might exist there.
"There's only one possibility in this situation: the power of death favors this girl."
"Perhaps, I can control the underworld of Douluo Star through this girl?"
Tang San found it increasingly feasible. If he controlled the underworld, he would have control over the fate of all living beings on Douluo Star, from birth to death, and even after death.
Douluo Star would become completely at his mercy, like clay to be manipulated. With some clever plans, he could attract invasions from other planes.
Not only could he devour the energy of these planes, but even the souls of powerful beings from those planes would become his henchmen.
At that point, even if the God King of Destruction used the central authority of the God Realm to pressure him, it would be futile.
Before Tang San could even conjure up his perfect future, he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his body within the God Realm.
"An attack?!"
Tang San was startled; he hadn't expected anyone to dare attack him inside the Sea God's Mansion.
There was no time to continue examining Wang Dong's memories.
He hurriedly withdrew his main consciousness and checked what had happened in the God Realm.
Going back wouldn't have been so bad; going back would have been the real death of him.
A strange divine power exploded directly on his soul!
The eerie divine power began to erode the surrounding souls; any soul containing the characteristic of arrogance could be corrupted.
Then it began a secondary explosion, a deafening roar echoing throughout the entire soul.
"Damn it!!"
"Who did this?!"
Tang San gritted his teeth, hurriedly mobilizing the Sea God's divine power to suppress the explosion on his soul.
However, his understanding of the soul was too shallow; this divine power not only had no effect but was also ignited by the power of arrogance, turning against Tang San's soul.
"Not good!"
"This is the power of original sin!"
If he had the Asura God's position now, he could easily suppress this erosion, but Xiao Wu was nowhere to be found.
He could only isolate the eroded soul bit by bit with his divine sense to prevent further spread, and then use the Sea God's divine power to defeat it one by one.
This method was very effective; the fragmented power of original sin could no longer erode the vast and boundless power of the sea god.
However, what he could think of, Dai Ying could also think of: all the power of original sin, along with the sea god's power it had been carrying, began to surge violently.
Then, it spontaneously combusted, like gunpowder igniting a fuse, exploding with a deafening roar.
Tang San's isolated divine sense now formed sealed spaces, allowing the explosive force to fully impact his soul.
In the midst of the violent explosion, only one thought occupied Tang San's mind:
"It's over."
(End of Chapter)
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