Furina knew very well that the God of Destruction harbored deep resentment toward Tang San's control over the God Realm's administration.
This was only natural; as an established God King and one of the God Realm's original Enforcers, no one would feel comfortable being suppressed by a 'latecomer.'
"On the surface, there is indeed no direct connection." Furina smiled slightly, a sense of certainty radiating through her mental intent. "However, Lord God of Destruction, I know some... secrets regarding the Sea God Tang San. Secrets that perhaps even you are not fully aware of."
"Secrets? Regarding Tang San?" The God of Destruction's Divine Thought flickered with clear interest. A Mortal from the Lower Realm claiming to know the secrets of a God Realm Enforcer God was intriguing enough in itself. "Tell me."
He didn't believe her immediately, but he was willing to listen. At his level, during the boring passage of eons, any small surprise or novelty was worth a bit of attention.
Furina didn't beat around the bush and directly threw out the first piece of information: "I know that the Sea God Tang San has a daughter named Tang Wutong, also known as Tang Xiaoqi in the God Realm. Furthermore, she has already descended to the Lower Realm and arrived at the Douluo Continent."
Hearing this, the God of Destruction's Divine Thought reacted indifferently, even showing a hint of disappointment. "This is not top secret in the God Realm. Allowing one's offspring to descend to the Lower Realm for tempering is not rare for gods, especially for a God King. How is this a secret?"
He thought Furina had simply happened upon some common knowledge from the God Realm and was using it to act profound.
"Don't be in a hurry, Lord God of Destruction." Furina's tone remained steady. "This is just the appetizer. The real show... is yet to come."
She paused briefly, letting the effect of her words simmer, before speaking each word clearly through her mental intent: "Do you know that the Sea God Tang San... split his daughter Tang Wutong's Soul in two and stuffed them into two different bodies?"
"What?!"
The God of Destruction's Divine Thought suddenly jolted violently! It wasn't just within Furina's consciousness—back in the God Realm, inside the towering and solemn Temple of Destruction, the black-robed God King sitting upon his throne snapped his eyes open, purple-black lightning of destruction flickering wildly within them!
Crack—!
An incredibly sturdy table in front of him, crafted from rare wood of the God Realm, was actually shattered into pieces by the invisible intent of destruction in this sudden outburst of aura!
"What did you... just say?!" When the God of Destruction's voice rang out in Furina's mind again, it was no longer calm. It was filled with shock, violent rage, and a hint of disbelief. Although he tried his best to control it, the destructive aura naturally carried within that vast Divine Thought was several times stronger than before, sweeping across the edges of Furina's mental world like a storm.
Furina let out a muffled groan, feeling a sharp pain in her head as if she were being pricked by countless fine needles.
Her mental force was already quite strong, but it still felt fragile before even a trace of a God King's unconscious aura. Fortunately, the God of Destruction immediately noticed her discomfort.
"...Apologies, I lost my composure." The God of Destruction's voice forcibly regained its calm, but his suppressed anger was like a volcano about to erupt. "You... continue. Tell me everything you know."
It was no wonder the God of Destruction lost his composure. He and the Goddess of Life shared a deep bond, but because his power of destruction was too strong, it was extremely difficult for them to have offspring. Tang Wutong, that lively and cute little girl, was deeply loved by the couple in the God Realm, and they treated her almost as their own. Hearing that the child they viewed as a daughter had her Soul split by her biological father was a shock enough to make any sentient being instantly furious.
Furina took a breath and continued, "What I say is the truth. The Sea God Tang San split Tang Wutong's complete Soul into two halves and placed them into different bodies. If you don't believe me, you can use your Divine Sense to check the male dormitory area of Shrek Academy near my current location for a student named 'Wang Dong.' On the surface, she is a boy, but she is actually a girl in disguise. Perhaps you should call her 'Wang Donger.'"
"Her Martial Souls are the Light Goddess Butterfly and... the Clear Sky Hammer. Furthermore, she still has Tang San's Divine Sense seal on her, which also acts as a third Martial Soul. I'm not sure if this counts as Tang Wutong's Reincarnation, or if... Tang San simply found a suitable 'vessel,' forcibly fused half of Tang Wutong's Soul into it, and is attempting to gradually replace the original consciousness of the vessel's owner."
Furina's description was very specific, even pointing out details like the 'Clear Sky Hammer' and 'Tang San's Divine Sense seal.' This caused the suspicion in the God of Destruction's heart to drop sharply, replaced by a raging fire and a trace of icy chill.
Without the slightest hesitation, his boundless God King-level Divine Sense instantly pierced through the solid barrier between the God Realm and the Lower Realm. Like an invisible Heavenly Eye, it accurately locked onto the location Furina described—a certain room in the male dormitory of Shrek Academy.
In that room, a blue-haired youth (girl) with exquisite, almost androgynous features was sleeping soundly. Under the probe of the God of Destruction's Divine Sense, all disguises and appearances were stripped away.
Girl disguised as a boy, confirmed.
Soul status... incomplete! Confirmed! The essential vibration of that Soul indeed shared the same source as Tang Wutong's, but it was only about half! Moreover, this half-Soul was 'repairing' itself in a slow and eerie manner. However, the direction of the repair was not to restore it to Tang Wutong's complete Soul, but rather to fuse with certain residual imprints of this body, forming a new, strange Soul state that was both like and unlike Tang Wutong.
Martial Soul... Light Goddess Butterfly, confirmed. Deep within the body, another heavy, domineering power lay dormant... Clear Sky Hammer Bloodline, confirmed!
Deep within the Soul, an obscure but powerful Divine Sense seal, like the most sophisticated lock, was entwined around the incomplete Soul core... That familiar, loathsome aura of the Sea God and Asura God, Tang San! Confirmed!
"Bastard!!!"
On his throne in the God Realm, the God of Destruction could barely restrain himself from standing up. The purple-black divine force of destruction boiled violently around him, illuminating the entire Temple of Destruction like the center of a lightning storm!
He saw it! Everything was exactly as Furina had said!
Tang San! That man who usually wore a gentle smile, handled matters 'fairly,' and was praised by many gods as a rising God King, was actually doing something so cruel and so contrary to human ethics to his own biological daughter behind everyone's backs! Splitting a complete Soul was no different from the most brutal torture! And he even stuffed half a Soul into another body, allowing it to undergo irreversible mutation!
What on earth did he want to do?! Did he have even a shred of conscience as a father?! What about Xiao Wu? Did Xiao Wu know? Given that girl's love for her daughter, if she knew, she would never have agreed!
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