"The reason I could fuse with the Vast Sea Cosmic Crest isn't because Tang San is controlling it, but rather because Tang San isn't controlling it at all."
At this thought, Su Ming looked at Yun Ming with an even more innocent gaze.
I truly did nothing.
It's purely because this real future only evolved a tiny point—the Douluo Planet and the Abyss—which happens to include the Vast Sea Cosmic Crest and Old Tang, but not the God Realm.
If it were the Douluo 1 situation, that would be one thing; the connection would be tight. The moment the Vast Sea Cosmic Crest was triggered, it could link to the God Realm, and then evolve the Sea God from the God Realm as well.
But the problem is, this is Douluo 3, and the God Realm is currently in a black hole.
It's not that the Vast Sea Cosmic Crest can't contact Tang San; it needs time.
At the very least, before Tang San could respond on his end, the Vast Sea Cosmic Crest took a liking to Su Ming first, fused with him, and automatically initiated the Divine Trial.
Of course, the Divine Trial still required Tang San's approval.
Su Ming gave Yun Ming an apologetic look, then closed his eyes, carefully contemplating the changes within himself.
"'Inheritance Core' refers to this."
Through the Sea God's divine rank, Su Ming could control the Vast Sea Cosmic Crest to some extent and, by using it, sense the existence of the inheritance space.
This inheritance space was similar to the Necromancer Demiplane.
Su Ming had once attempted to open the Necromancer Demiplane during the Douluo 1 era to establish contact with that era's Electrolux from the Holy Demon Continent. Unfortunately, Electrolux hadn't yet created the Necromancer Demiplane at that time.
This inheritance space operated on the same principle as the Necromancer Demiplane.
It inherently existed within dimensional space.
As long as one mastered the method to open it, one could even traverse time and space to descend upon it.
This layer of space could connect both the inheritor and the God Realm.
Tang San also relied on this point to anchor the Douluo Planet, confident he could find it after breaking out of the black hole.
Leaving the Vast Sea Cosmic Crest on Douluo Planet also served this purpose.
Now, as Su Ming extended his power into this inheritance space, Tang San's response was triggered.
Thus, outside this Sea God Palace, two consciousnesses faced each other in silence.
"Who are you?"
Tang San stared warily at Su Ming.
Those who could enter the Sea God Inheritance Space were either the Sea God or an inheritor.
Yet he had no inheritor.
Wait, he did.
The Vast Sea Cosmic Crest had been activated.
Is it Wulin?
Tang San couldn't see any trace of himself on Su Ming's face, nor could he sense any bloodline connection.
"Who are you?"
The first inquiry held confusion, mixed with caution.
The second was a demand, cold and severe.
Tang San even faintly began to condense a trident in his hand.
Su Ming raised an eyebrow.
This Tang San, isn't he supposed to be fighting?
Did I activate this at the wrong time?
But it's not a big issue.
From such a vast distance, can you, Tang San, truly kill me?
If you could kill me, then you should be able to kill the Abyssal Sage King, not rely on that bit of power sealed within Tang Wulin.
Su Ming's air of confidence angered and alarmed Tang San.
His intimidation had failed.
"What happened on Douluo Planet? How did you activate the Vast Sea Cosmic Crest? And how could you possibly enter here on your own?"
A string of questions from Tang San, all demanding in tone.
"I don't like your tone of speech," Su Ming said flatly.
He glanced at the trident phantom in Tang San's hand.
"If you dare send the Sea God Trident over, I dare take it to deal with the Abyss."
As he spoke, Su Ming enveloped the Vast Sea Cosmic Crest with water from the River of Time, isolating Tang San's probing of the Douluo Planet.
"You really aren't afraid of death."
Tang San said through gritted teeth.
Purple light erupted brilliantly from his eyes, and in an instant, a powerful divine light burst forth.
Purple Extreme Divine Light.
Su Ming snorted coldly.
"Stubborn and unyielding!"
This inheritance space was different from the Necromancer Demiplane after all. It allowed cross-dimensional connection, but its own mechanisms were more rudimentary. It was located on the Douluo Planet, while deities could only project their consciousness into it.
Su Ming could enter with his consciousness or his true body, but deities could only project their consciousness.
This was also to prevent deities from using this method to interfere with the lower planes.
That Tang San could still unleash Purple Extreme Divine Light with his consciousness surprised Su Ming. But after all, this was created by the God Realm; having certain loopholes was inevitable.
It couldn't be that all deities enjoyed being imprisoned.
Loopholes were normal.
As for the Purple Extreme Divine Light Tang San launched, Su Ming could only say its intensity was lacking.
Loopholes existed, but they weren't large.
Su Ming's head bone spirit skill blocked this Purple Extreme Divine Light.
Tang San indeed possessed God King-level spiritual power, but he was in a black hole, separated by such an immense distance. Even exploiting a loophole, the power of the Purple Extreme Divine Light was reduced to its bare minimum.
To say it had the intensity of a Purple Extreme Divine Light emitted by someone who had just broken through to the Godly Spirit Realm would be an overstatement.
Douluo 2's Su Ming possessed the Fate Head Bone, whose passive ability was spiritual defense, granting temporary immunity to five spiritual attacks.
Su Ming of Douluo 3 had mastered all the powers involved in that spirit skill, and was stronger than his Douluo 2 counterpart.
With the measures he had prepared well in advance, defending against Tang San's Purple Extreme Divine Light wasn't difficult.
However.
He didn't defend.
He employed the method he had once used in the illusory history to deal with the Shura God.
He intercepted this Purple Extreme Divine Light.
In the future, he possessed a Purple Extreme Divine Light unleashed by Godly Spirit Realm-level spiritual power.
Su Ming looked at Tang San, waiting for him to fire off a few more Purple Extreme Divine Lights.
Unfortunately, sensing something was off, Tang San grew cautious and did not act.
He stared fixedly at Su Ming, analyzing the power on him.
"Stealing my faith, and even has the aura of a Son of the Plane... no, also a Child of Fate... I don't know how Wulin is doing..."
Tang San's face was shadowed with gloom.
"Tell me everything happening on Douluo Planet now, or don't expect to gain anything from the Sea God's Divine Trial."
"You've already attacked me, yet still want peaceful coexistence?" Su Ming didn't reply to Tang San, directly withdrawing from this inheritance space.
This time, Tang San was completely driven mad.
Good news: Contact with the Vast Sea Cosmic Crest is established.
Bad news: It wasn't activated by Old Tang, the Vast Sea Cosmic Crest isn't on Tang Wulin, and I can't sense any coordinate information through it!
Su Ming opened his eyes, meeting Yun Ming's expressionless face.
Yun Ming simply stared at Su Ming with indifference, waiting for an explanation.
"First, the Vast Sea Cosmic Crest has now acknowledged me as its master."
"Second, it is the core of the Sea God's Divine Trial. Only after I fused with it did the Divine Trial begin. It sat in the Sea God Pavilion for so long, yet none of you initiated the trial."
"Finally, I cannot separate from it now."
Yun Ming's face instantly turned grim. The sky darkened, as if affected by his mood.
"Without the Vast Sea Cosmic Crystal, if I ever absorb abyssal energy, will I be unable to leave this Blood God Legion?"
No chance to reunite with Yali!
This was what Yun Ming found most unacceptable.
"Correction: it's called the Vast Sea Cosmic Crest," Su Ming said. "If you want to leave, it's actually quite simple. I can set up a separate Sea God faith suppression formation for you."
Yun Ming was about to refuse outright.
However, in the next moment, Su Ming's voice transmission reached his ear.
"As long as you fully absorb the abyssal energy within your body, with your quasi-god rank combined with your strength and my secret method, it should be enough to suppress the Abyssal Sage King's mark within it."
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