In the Divine Realm, at the Eternal Sanctuary,Huo Yuhao, as usual, activated the Eternal Eye and gazed down upon the Douluo Continent. From the perspective of a god, this vast continent was laid bare before him without any obstruction: the towering and magnificent walls of the Spirit Hall, the splendid Tian Dou Palace, the towering Battle Soul Hammer, the solemn and dignified Hao Tian Sect, and the wealthy Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect... every detail of the continent was fully within his sight.
At this moment, the Xingluo Empire was hosting the once-every-five-years Spirit Master Competition for the entire continent. The Hao Tian Sect's twin stars, Tang Hao and Tang Xiao, had fought their way through the ranks and entered the finals, fiercely battling the Spirit Hall team. If nothing unexpected happened, this competition would be the opportunity for the Hao Tian twins to become world-famous.
"Only a few decades remain before Tang San's birth. In Divine Realm time, that's merely a few days," Huo Yuhao murmured softly, his gaze deep and contemplative. He couldn't help but wonder whether the future Tang San also once stood on a high vantage point, overlooking the continent and taking in everything with a god's sight.
Only by becoming a god did he fully realize how ridiculous his thoughts were when he first arrived in the Douluo world. In this world, the authority of gods towers far above the beings of the lower realms. Tang Hao is only a level-two god, yet he managed to possess the will of the Douluo dimension itself, not to mention the supreme God King. The God King's thoughts run deep, controlling nearly every person and event across the dimension. Unless encountering places like the Dragon Valley or Divine Examination Grounds, or wielding divine artifacts, the beings of the Douluo Continent are almost completely exposed in the eyes of the gods. The only real check against gods are the regulations of the Divine Realm Committee.
At this thought, Huo Yuhao felt a momentary daze and a trace of self-mockery well up inside him: "How foolish I was at first, naively thinking I could pull off some schemes right under the God King's nose."
Looking back on the past, Huo Yuhao felt fortunate about his choices. In his previous life, he was named Huo Qiqiang, a traveler from another world. The moment Huo Yuhao escaped from the Duke's mansion, he possessed the original host's body. As a traveler, he was well aware of his precarious position — how could he tolerate some small-time nobody defiling his mind and body?
Though he had no system to rely on, Huo Yuhao was confident in his future thanks to his own fortune and knowledge of what was to come. First, he went to the Star Dou Great Forest and acquired the powerful external aids Tianmeng Ice Silkworm and Elex. Then he refused to join the Tang Sect and headed straight to the Sun Moon Empire.
However, just as he was about to receive the Sun Moon Empire's green card, a heavy hand, as large as a palm fan, patted his shoulder. Looking up, Huo Yuhao saw the one who called himself Titan, accompanied by a big brother named Niu Tian and a young man with pink-blue hair who wanted to meet him. Seeing that pink-blue hair, Huo Yuhao's heart instantly collapsed — everything seemed to return to its original course.
Thus, Huo Yuhao was forced to enroll in Shrek Academy and, persuaded by Niu Tian, joined the Tang Sect. He endured a series of God King trials originally belonging to Huo Yuhao in the original story, and they became even more difficult. During this time, he tried to resist Tang San's control, but any slight deviation was quickly corrected by Tang San, leaving almost no room for rebellion.
Facing Tang San, the full-powered final boss, Huo Yuhao's only "advantage" was his identity — a traveler and child of destiny. This status prevented Tang San from casually altering his memories or fragmenting his soul as with ordinary spirit masters. Even in the original story, Tang San could only influence and control Huo Yuhao through other means — such as using his daughter as leverage, guiding the original soul into the Divine Realm, modifying it into a tool, or influencing him through various trials.
(Note: If Tang San could treat Huo Yuhao like any ordinary spirit master, he wouldn't have needed to treat his own daughter that way in the original story.)
Being a traveler gave Huo Yuhao a crucial "talisman" — his memories could never be read by Tang San. This meant that although Tang San could control his every move, he would never truly know what Huo Yuhao thought deep inside. Thus, the only realm where Huo Yuhao could roam freely was his closed inner world, the sanctuary of his thoughts.
The relationship between him and Tang San was like the complex and subtle game between the Trisolarans and the Wallfacers in The Three-Body Problem. After many failed attempts to break free from Tang San's control, Huo Yuhao finally understood a cruel truth: in this world, unless he became a god, he could never match Tang San. So he made a painful and difficult decision — to feign submission, secretly scheme, and wait for the perfect moment to betray.
However, this path was destined to be fraught with thorns and danger. Every move Huo Yuhao made was under Tang San's strict surveillance. He had to constantly display a deep, genuine love for Dong'er; even the slightest hint of insincerity would bring immediate divine punishment. Through rounds of divine tests, Huo Yuhao gradually became an outstanding "best actor," passionately loving the awkward "Hao-Dong-San" relationship, even more genuinely and embarrassingly than the original. His future father-in-law later told him that watching it made him shed crocodile tears.
While acting, Huo Yuhao focused even more on strengthening his foundation and spiritual power cultivation, knowing well — without a solid base, everything would collapse. He was forced to accept the original fate but never gave up. He knew the key to turning the tables lay in the Divine Realm's future, not on the Douluo Continent. Only by becoming a god could he overturn the heavens and earth and trample Tang San underfoot.
Finally, with the God King's permission, Huo Yuhao became a god — the God of Emotions as in the original story. Carrying 100 pounds of body and 99 pounds of rebellious spirit, Huo Yuhao ascended.
The moment he ascended to the Divine Realm, Huo Yuhao immediately went to the Sea God Palace to pay respects to Tang San, tearfully declaring, "Father-in-law, from now on your son-in-law is with you through thick and thin, willing to go through fire and water." This kowtow brought immense joy to the God King Tang San.
From then on, Huo Yuhao steadily earned Tang San's trust, won the old father-in-law's favor, and gradually entered Tang San's core decision-making circle. Meanwhile, he deepened the conflict between the Destruction faction and Tang San, secretly exposed the undercover Zhou Weiqing, eliminated threats near the God of Destruction, and conspired with the Golden Dragon King.
Then the war between Tang San and Destruction broke out. Thanks to Huo Yuhao's presence, Tang San suffered repeated defeats. To counterbalance the God of Destruction, Tang San reluctantly relaxed some constraints and allowed Huo Yuhao to enter the Divine Realm's center to study universal laws and improve his godly rank.
Through repeated acts of nurturing enemies for self-benefit and scheming, Huo Yuhao rose to become a God King, Tang San's most indispensable and trusted right-hand man.
Eventually, a crisis hit the Divine Realm. To save the Divine Realm, life itself sacrificed itself and entrusted two divine seeds to Tang San.
The Golden Dragon King broke free from his seal, and after Tang San's battle with Destruction, he was forced to face the Golden Dragon King alone. His distress calls to Ji Dong and Lie Yan were intercepted by Huo Yuhao's immense spiritual power, and the two God Kings were drawn away by him.
At the same time, Huo Yuhao activated his backup plan on the Douluo Continent, wiping out A Yin and Tang Hao, who had possessed the will and life core of the dimension, thus liberating the Douluo Continent.
When Tang San and the Golden Dragon King were both battered and exhausted, Huo Yuhao's arrival brought hope to the wounded Tang San.
The old father-in-law tearfully said, "Yuhao, you've finally come. Let's take down this beast together."
Huo Yuhao's face twisted into a fierce grimace. After hundreds of years of endurance (both Douluo and Divine Realm time), he launched his betrayal—
The moment Huo Yuhao's claws pierced Tang San's heart, the God King looked at him in disbelief, "Why? Why do you betray me?"
"Old thief Tang San, a true man born between heaven and earth cannot remain beneath others forever!" With that, Huo Yuhao crushed Tang San's heart, seized the two divine seeds of Life and Destruction from him, and fled into the temporal vortex.
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