At the same time, in the God Realm.
"Damn it..."
Tang San had been feeling quite frustrated lately.
When he tried to spy on the movements in the Douluo Continent through the wisp of Divine Sense he left inside Wang Dong, he repeatedly sensed the aura of the Divine Sense belonging to the Seven Original Sin Gods under the command of the God of Destruction—those veteran First-Class Gods were tirelessly scanning the Lower Realm.
Clearly, the God of Destruction had already discovered his little tricks.
The matter had to be traced back to the last time.
When Wang Dong and the child of destiny Huo Yuhao were performing a Martial Soul Fusion and their auras were intertwined, Tang San seized the opportunity to quietly send a wisp of Divine Sense into Huo Yuhao's body.
This was originally a brilliant move—it could subtly influence Huo Yuhao while allowing him to keep track of his whereabouts at any time, paving the way for controlling this key piece in the future.
Unfortunately, man proposes, but heaven disposes.
He never expected that the God of Destruction had already set his sights on this child of destiny, having planted the seed of a Divine Seal in Huo Yuhao's Sea of Consciousness in advance and left behind Divine Sense to guard against outside prying.
This sudden move by the God of Destruction completely disrupted Tang San's plans and even exposed his own trail.
Although the God of Destruction only gave him a mild warning, telling him not to harbor ulterior motives toward the person he had chosen, and even more so not to interfere with the upcoming God Trial for Huo Yuhao—on the surface, it seemed he had not seen through his entire scheme.
But Tang San knew very well in his heart.
The God of Destruction appeared hot-tempered, but in reality, he was meticulous.
This veteran God King had always wanted to catch him in a mistake; now that he had exposed his trail, how could the other party be completely unaware?
Absolutely impossible.
That was the God of Destruction, one of the most senior God Kings in the God Realm.
If he hadn't gained the favor of the previous God of Goodness and God of Evil, obtaining control over the God Realm's core; if he hadn't always positioned himself on the moral high ground, winning over the gods, and molding himself into the image of a bright, upright, and steady God King who cared solely for the God Realm—the God of Destruction would probably have moved to seize power long ago.
Now that the traces of his intervention in the Lower Realm had been caught, the God of Destruction had only given a light warning, saying only that Huo Yuhao was his successor, without offering any other reasons.
This abnormal restraint made Tang San increasingly uneasy.
And now, through the Divine Sense inside Wang Dong, he could clearly sense that the Divine Sense of the Seven Original Sin Gods was scanning the Lower Realm almost every moment.
The seven veteran First-Class Gods were not inferior in strength to the Seven Elemental Gods, and perhaps even surpassed them.
Under the coverage of their Divine Sense, how could Da Ming and Er Ming possibly hide?
After all, Da Ming and Er Ming were merely his Divine Officials—to put it bluntly, they were just Third-Class Gods without a God Position.
Their meager Divine Sense was practically useless in front of a First-Class God.
Thinking of this, Tang San couldn't help but feel secretly relieved: Fortunately, fortunately, he hadn't sent his father Tang Hao and mother A Yin down to the Lower Realm yet.
If that were the case, he would be unable to defend himself right now, unable to clear his name even if he jumped into the Yellow River.
What was even trickier was that the plane consciousness of the Douluo Continent still existed, and the child of destiny Huo Yuhao was still in the Lower Realm.
If he were to forcefully act against the plane consciousness of the Douluo Continent now, it would inevitably invite a backlash from the plane itself.
Even if he succeeded by luck, the commotion caused would definitely not be hidden from the God of Destruction and other gods.
By then, he would completely lose his footing in the God Realm.
He must wait until the child of destiny Ascends to the God Realm—that would be the weakest moment for the Douluo Continent plane, and the easiest time to succeed.
At that time, taking it in one fell swoop would allow his parents to rightfully inherit the position of the plane master.
After that, he could attract the covetousness of other planes, and let the Douluo Continent—which meant his parents—swallow them one by one.
In this way, the Douluo Continent would become his second God Realm.
Even if the God of Destruction discovered the truth in the future and wanted to suppress or strip him of his power, he would have to weigh the cost of confronting the entire Douluo God Realm.
It's just a pity... Plans cannot keep up with changes.
"God of Destruction... You really deserve to die!" Tang San gritted his teeth in his heart.
Now all his layouts had been disrupted.
He dared not scatter his Divine Sense to the Lower Realm to observe, nor did he dare to rashly make new arrangements.
He couldn't act rashly on Da Ming and Er Ming's side either—once detected by the Seven Original Sin Gods and the God of Destruction, these two pieces that he had painstakingly placed would be ruined and would have to be recalled to the God Realm.
Tang San paced back and forth irritably, then suddenly stopped.
"How about... forcibly snatching the person from the God of Destruction and directly letting the child of destiny accept my Asura God rank?"
This was currently the best way to break the deadlock.
Although he would have to give up one of the God Positions of the Asura God or the Sea God, he had never stopped Cultivating all these years, and he had even traveled to the Major Thousand Worlds to collect various Cultivation Techniques, further perfecting and upgrading the Mysterious Heaven Skill.
Giving up one God Position in exchange for winning the heart of a child of destiny was not a bad deal.
The premise was—he must ensure that the child of destiny would listen to him in the future.
But as soon as this thought emerged, he denied it himself.
"No... I can't snatch him from the God of Destruction right now."
On the level of Divine Sense, he was far from being the God of Destruction's opponent.
The God of Destruction was a veteran God King who had lived for who knows how many tens of thousands of years; his accumulation of divine force far exceeded his own, and his attainments in Divine Sense were even more unfathomable.
As soon as his own Divine Sense probed down, the God of Destruction's Divine Sense would immediately wake up, either pushing it back or directly opening the God Trial Legacy in advance.
Going head-to-head, there was absolutely no chance of winning.
Tang San fell into deep thought, his fingers unconsciously tapping on the table.
A moment later, his eyes suddenly lit up.
"If the child of destiny could go to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, or the Qiankun Gate of Asking Love Valley..."
He had already secretly set up back-up plans in these two places.
There were Restrictions there that blocked Divine Sense; even Divine Sense at the God King level could hardly penetrate them for a while.
As long as Huo Yuhao stepped into them, he could temporarily avoid the God of Destruction's surveillance and layout calmly.
"Then... I can only let Xiao Qi go and help."
But at the thought of Wang Dong, Tang San's brows furrowed again.
These days, through the wisp of Divine Sense left inside Wang Dong, he could clearly sense—Wang Dong was starting to resist.
That sense of resistance was weak, but it was real.
Was the child growing up and becoming rebellious? Or was the God of Destruction secretly helping to resist his Divine Sense, while subtly influencing Wang Dong?
After all, the God of Destruction and the Goddess of Life had always wanted to treat Xiao Qi as their own daughter.
Tang San sneered, a cold light flashing in his eyes.
"Since that's the case... then I can only deploy another piece."
The Auspicious Beast, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion.
It was originally Xiao Qi's other half.
Although it now had its own Soul Beast consciousness, so what?
How could the will of a mere Soul Beast compare to the divine soul of a god?
"Letting her meet Wang Dong will help strengthen my power, and it can also strengthen the control over the child of destiny."
Tang San's lips curled into an arc of certainty, "Let's do that."
He stood up, his gaze piercing through the sea of clouds in the God Realm, casting toward the distant Douluo Continent.
"In addition... I still have to go and notify Mu Bai and the others."
Dai Mubai, Oscar, Zhu Zhuqing... these companions of the Original Shrek Seven Devils all had their own duties in the God Realm now.
Although their strength might not be comparable to the Seven Original Sin Gods, if they joined forces, they could always play some role in restraining them.
Causing some interference should be fine, right?
Tang San took a deep breath, and fighting spirit rekindled in his eyes.
God of Destruction, let's wait and see.
The child of destiny, I am determined to have him.
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