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— Chapter 448 —
"That is the origin of my time travel," Xu Deming said bitterly. "Not only did I arrive here by accident, but I also couldn't return home."
Ye Ziyun was shocked and questioned her faith, "So, what about your biography and ancient records? Did you forge those?!"
Xu Deming shook his head and replied, "No, those records are very much true."
"Even though it's true that I time-traveled into this timeline, my body could not endure the chaotic temporal storm in the rift, leaving me as a soul only. I then possessed a dying infant on this tundra."
"That's why I find it fascinating that 'he' arrived in this timeline with his physical body intact..." He added, glancing at Han Yuan.
"Even a Divine Being is not necessarily able to do so. Just how strong could his physique be to endure such chaotic space-time laws?"
Han Yuan remained calm and commented, "You came from an era where reaching the Level 99 Limit Douluo realm is not an uncommon occurrence, so your guess is not unfounded."
"I assume you've probably reached Level 99, though you're still far from the Quasi-God realm."
"But to tell you the truth, my physical body is naturally strong because of the energy I cultivated and other techniques specific to my plane."
"I see, then, that explains it," Xu Deming nodded. "And you're right."
"I have reached the Level 99 Limit Douluo realm, but I am merely at the Demi-God level, largely due to the immense resources provided by my lineage."
"The Quasi-God realm you mentioned must be the 'barrier' between the mortal and divine realms that many Limit Douluos spoke about."
"That's partly true..." Han Yuan replied, chuckling playfully.
"What do you mean by that?" Xu Deming narrowed his eyes at him.
Han Yuan smiled and waved his hand, "I'll explain that later. You should finish your story first. You stopped when you mentioned possessing a dying infant to survive in this timeline."
Xu Deming felt like he was dancing on Han Yuan's palm, which was an unpleasant sensation, yet he couldn't even do anything about it.
"Right, possession..." Xu Deming sighed helplessly.
"After possessing the dying infant, I researched many things, including the 'vessel' I currently inhabit, which is called Mechanical God's Armor, and a space-time GPS to track the coordinates back to my original timeline."
"Unfortunately, I underestimated how many calculations I needed to pinpoint the exact location."
"Indeed, we're not just talking about millions or billions of simulated runs anymore."
"We're talking about an infinitely expanding universe that I couldn't possibly keep track of—not with my mortal body. However, this led me to a discovery about the Martial Soul system."
"After losing my body, my soul had only a few moments to linger in the world."
"When I possessed the dying infant, I discovered that my martial souls were merging with the boy's martial souls, which he inherited from the genetic maps of his parents."
"However, this was a gradual process."
"I originally possessed twin martial souls from the unorthodox Sun and Moon Empire's lineage, called the Sun and Moon. My new vessel ironically awakened Spirit Eyes martial soul, which was connected to the brain."
"Huo Yuhao's martial soul, huh?" Han Yuan commented with amusement.
Xu Deming could only laugh bitterly. "Yes, but thanks to that, I don't have to delve too deeply into cultivating this new martial soul."
"The path walked by the Spirit Ice Douluo, while not the best, serves as a great reference point for my own. Not everyone could have a million-year-old spirit beast sacrificing to themselves, and followed by several other ferocious spirit beasts."
"However, as my soul adapted to this new body, I discovered that the Spirit Eyes fused with the origin of my Sun and Moon Spirits, becoming what I've defined as a God-level martial soul."
"Did you lose your Sun and Moon Spirits?" Han Yuan asked, rubbing his chin in curiosity.
Xu Deming shook his head gently. "Calling it a loss is not accurate."
"I reached level 99 with my Sun and Moon martial souls. What happened is merely that I used them as an energy source to elevate my new martial soul to a higher realm, and I succeeded."
"I surpassed my previous bottleneck and touched the Quasi-God realm, but my path remains that of a Spirit Engineer. At the same time, I also triggered a God's Inheritance."
"The Ice God?" Ye Ziyun interjected, fixing her gaze on Xu Deming's metal frame. Her fingers tightened against her sleeves, her breath hitching as the sheer scale of their conversation challenging everything she knew.
"Unfortunately, no, it wasn't the Ice God..." Xu Deming sighed, recalling a very unpleasant memory from the past. "Honestly, I wish I had triggered Ice God's Inheritance instead of this God's Inheritance.
"The inheritance I triggered was from a 2nd Class God called the God of Damage."
"A powerful god known for his destructive prowess, under the rule of the Asura God King."
"God of Damage..." Han Yuan couldn't shake the sense that the Divine Title sounded familiar.
Then it clicked, the 'God of Damage' was just another follower, a.k.a dog, that Tang San had tamed.
The God of Damage, Zhou Weiqing, was another main character from a different world connected to the Douluo Dalu universe.
Tang San saved Zhou Weiqing at the last moment and wanted to transfer the Asura God's position to him.
However, Zhou Weiqing felt unworthy of such a title and chose to ascend on his own as the God of Damage.
Yet, how could Tang San truly hand over the Asura God's position? This was merely a ploy!
Zhou Weiqing became Tang San's spy while being part of the God of Destruction's camp, but he later betrayed that allegiance to help Tang San claim the Divine Realm for himself.
What Han Yuan didn't expect was that the position of the God of Damage actually existed before this event.
Nevertheless, this God of Damage was only a 2nd Class God, while Zhou Weiqing was capable of fighting a Godking powerhouse. Being a former main protagonist, such an achievement is barely acceptable, though.
Xu Deming spoke calmly, "I rejected the God of Damage's Trial, but that incurred the God's wrath, sealing off my path to godhood."
He continued, "However, one cannot simply accept such a fate. I hold too many secrets, even for other beings—and gods—who can readily pry into my mind."
"I can't let that happen, ever!"
"Moreover, I knew that the God of Damage's Trial was merely a facade, a trap designed to lure me into the Asura Godking's camp."
"But I also understood that in the distant future, 'Tang San' would ascend to become the new Asura God. The terrible deeds he inflicted upon the Douluo Continent were enough for me to reject such a position."
"Who is this Tang San?" Ye Ziyun asked, tilting her head in confusion.
Xu Deming gritted his teeth and replied, "He is an otherworldly devil who only knows how to reap benefits through the suffering of others."
"Unfortunately, Tang San is also a powerful divine being with two God's Positions, and his sect and alma mater have effectively ruled the Douluo Continent for nearly twenty thousand years."
"In fact, you should know this person as well, right?" He gazed at Han Yuan solemnly.
"Well, yes, and he's also the reason the Limit Douluo in your era could not become gods," Han Yuan responded with a smile. "Oh, by the way, Tang San is also responsible for the Abyss Plane's invasion of the Douluo Continent."
"So, this means Tang San was the reason you got trapped in this timeline in the first place."
"..." Xu Deming's metal body shook violently, and his blue sapphire eyes quickly turned red. The sound of rattling gears and metals reverberated throughout the chamber.
"BASTARD!"