After chasing out of the main hall, Huo Yuhao hurried along the corridor all the way, and finally found Wang Donger on an open-air stone platform behind Haotian Castle.
With her back to him, she was standing on the edge of the high platform. Before her were the overlapping roofs of the entire Haotian Castle and the distant rolling mountains, shrouded in clouds and mist, under a vast, hazy sky.
The mountain wind surged up from the bottom of the valley, blowing her powdery-blue long hair and the sleeves of her robes, making that figure appear exceptionally frail in the wind.
Huo Yuhao walked forward and stopped beside her, not rushing to speak.
He quietly accompanied her as she stood there for a moment, his gaze likewise falling upon that hazy mountain range in the distance.
After quite a while, Wang Donger slightly turned her head back. Her eyes were somewhat listless, and the tears in her eye sockets seemed to have dried up, leaving only faint traces at the corners of her eyes.
There was still a hint of lingering crying tone in her voice as she said, "Yuhao, what on earth is going on? Why did Big Dad and Second Dad lie to me? And... who in the world are my parents?"
Huo Yuhao knew the answer to this question, but telling Wang Donger at this moment seemed a bit too cruel to her.
He was silent for a moment, then reached out and gently stroked her powdery-blue long hair with a soft and natural movement: "They might have their own unspeakable difficulties, and should tell you the whole story later."
Wang Donger did not respond to these words. She simply leaned forward slightly, throwing her entire body into Huo Yuhao's embrace, burying her face in his chest, wrapping her arms around his waist, and holding him very tightly.
Her muffled voice came from within his lapels, carrying a fragility that rarely appeared on her: "Fortunately you are here, otherwise I wouldn't know what to do right now..."
After a moment of silence, Huo Yuhao heard an extremely soft murmur: "Yuhao... Tell me, am I going to die?"
Huo Yuhao's arms tightened slightly, firmly encircling her entire body within his embrace.
He lowered his head, his chin gently resting against the top of her head. His voice was low and resolute, as if speaking to her, and also as if speaking to himself: "With me here, you won't be hurt."
Wang Donger's pretty face was buried in Huo Yuhao's chest, and that soft "Mm" tinged with a nasal tone was like the whimpering of a kitten.
The arms with which Huo Yuhao encircled her did not loosen; he simply stood quietly upon that high platform, letting her lean against him, letting time flow slowly between the two of them.
Right at this moment, the voice of the God of Destruction suddenly resounded within his Spiritual Sea: "The second test of the destruction Divine Trials is complete. Reward: God of Destruction affinity increased by ten percent; reward: one comprehension of the destruction Law."
Hearing this, Huo Yuhao was slightly stunned. He had only contacted the God of Destruction through the Scepter of Destruction not long ago; he had not expected the divine trial of the second stage to be completed so quickly.
He had originally thought that if the weight of Niu Tian and Tai Tan's contributions was not enough, he would make a trip back to Shrek Academy.
With the Blue Silver Emperor there, his second divine trial would definitely have no problem, but now it seemed he didn't need to return to Shrek.
Although this reward did not include an increase in spirit ring age, for becoming a god, the comprehension of the Law was obviously even more important.
Furthermore, this comprehension did not stipulate that it must be carried out immediately at this time; he could wait until he had more free time to digest this gift.
Huo Yuhao originally thought it was over, but unexpectedly, the voice of the God of Destruction sounded once again shortly after.
"The third test of the destruction Divine Trials: resolve Wang Donger's Soul problem and make her Soul complete."
Huo Yuhao was stunned. He hadn't expected the third test to come so quickly, and its content happened to land so precisely upon the problem he was facing at this moment.
Yet the biggest difficulty right now lay in the Seal belonging to Tang San within Wang Donger's Spiritual Sea.
That was a method of the divine level; given his current cultivation, just thinking about it made him feel it was tricky.
Therefore, this test, though seeming simple and straightforward, was the most difficult divine trial test so far.
Huo Yuhao couldn't help whispering in his Spiritual Sea: "What should we do about Tang San's Seal!"
This was merely a self-muttering filled with helplessness, but just as his voice fell, a familiar voice rang out within his Spiritual Sea: "Rest assured, when you are ready to act, I can handle Tang San's Seal."
Huo Yuhao was startled in his heart, not expecting that this sentence actually received a personal response from the principal himself.
He instinctively swept a circle around his Spiritual Sea, but did not see the trace of the God of Destruction.
However, just now those words clearly did not resemble that previous voice, which lacked the slightest bit of emotion as if it had been pre-set.
Huo Yuhao tentatively asked another question: "Senior God King, do you know where that split-off portion of Donger's Soul is?"
Having just obtained the "evidence of guilt" against Tang San from Huo Yuhao here, the God of Destruction's mood was unprecedentedly good at the moment, so naturally he didn't mind saying a few more words.
His voice resounded through Huo Yuhao's Spiritual Sea once again: "The Donger in your mouth is Tang San's daughter, whose nickname is Xiao Qi and whose given name is Tang Wutong."
Hearing this, Huo Yuhao secretly muttered to himself that it was indeed as expected.
According to the records he read in that history Ten Thousand Years later, his wife, the existence known as the Dragon Butterfly Douluo, was precisely named Tang Wutong.
The voice of the God of Destruction continued to echo in Huo Yuhao's Spiritual Sea: "Xiao Qi is Tang San's daughter. Although I do not get along with Tang San, the Goddess of Life and I have always treated Xiao Qi as our own daughter."
Speaking of this, a layer of suppressed anger was clearly discernible in the tone of the God of Destruction as he said, "I didn't expect Tang San to be so frantic as to tear Xiao Qi's Soul apart; he is not worthy of being a father."
Hearing this, Huo Yuhao also deeply sympathized. No matter from which angle one looked at it, tearing apart one's own daughter's Soul was definitely not something a father should do.
He silently clenched his fists, yet did not interrupt the words of the God of Destruction.
The God of Destruction paused for a moment, his tone calming down a bit, before finally getting to the main point: "That torn-apart portion of Xiao Qi's Soul is not in the Divine Realm; right now, it is in the Spiritual Sea of your other little girlfriend."
Another little girlfriend?
Huo Yuhao was dazed for a split second, and the first person to naturally surface in his mind was Gu Yue.
Yet the God of Destruction should not know the relationship between him and Gu Yue in that space-time Ten Thousand Years later.
Promptly reacting shortly after, what the God of Destruction was talking about was Jin Li.
But how could Donger's torn Soul appear on Jin Li?
The voice of the God of Destruction sounded once again, as if he had long since seen through the doubts in Huo Yuhao's heart: "The Auspicious Beast bears the Luck of the Star Dou Great Forest. Tang San placing Xiao Qi's Soul on her body must surely involve some kind of scheme."
Prompted by the God of Destruction like this, Huo Yuhao instantly figured out the crux within it.
In the historical records Ten Thousand Years later, the Auspicious Beast ultimately chose to sacrifice herself for him.
Yet in this era, although he had tried his utmost to prevent Jin Li from stepping onto that path of destiny, in Qiankun Asking Love Valley, had it not been for the sudden arrival of the God of Destruction, Jin Li still would not have escaped the fate of sacrificing herself for him.
All of this was manipulated by Tang San behind the scenes!
He was not clear why Tang San specifically wanted to place Wang Donger's torn Soul onto Jin Li, but it was definitely to "scheme against" him, this continent's Child of Destiny.
Tang San of Ten Thousand Years ago was himself the Child of Destiny, eventually ascending to the throne of one of the five great God Kings of the Divine Realm.
And now the continent's Child of Destiny was none other than him, Huo Yuhao. Tang San's goal seemed to be to control him and tame him, making him a blade in his hand and a dog beneath his seat.
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