Oscar sighed inwardly.
After the God of Destruction achieved victory, he expanded the divine realm. The divine realm's barriers became thin as a result, and the accumulation of years was consumed.
This made the divine realm appear precarious when the spacetime turbulence descended. The previous positions and arguments were meaningless at this point. The God of Destruction acknowledged his mistake and, together with the Goddess of Life, stood up to protect the divine realm, dying in the process. They gave the divine realm a protective shield of creative power, weakening the threat of the spacetime turbulence, and recompressed the divine realm, reducing the pressure on it.
Xiao San regained control of the divine realm's central hub and raised a barrier within the Divine Realm Council to protect the divine realm.
Unfortunately, no one had expected the Golden Dragon King to break free at such a critical moment, nor that he would be so powerful.
What kind of seal was that?
The Golden Dragon King had originally been a half step God King. Yet during his sealed years, he had forcefully broken through to God King, becoming even stronger than the God of Destruction. Had the God Kings who set the seal not even been trying?
But complaints could not solve the problem. The divine realm could only grit its teeth and face the Golden Dragon King.
At that time, Tang San had already been through multiple battles and was heavily consumed. He also had to hold up a shield within the Divine Realm Council to protect the divine realm from the spacetime turbulence. Naturally, he could not, as in the original work, single-handedly lead the Golden Dragon King away and run circles around him.
Even worse, to support the divine realm's central hub, Tang San could only choose to fight the Golden Dragon King near the Divine Realm Council.
This was very dangerous. If the Golden Dragon King chose to attack the divine realm's central hub located at the Divine Realm Council, causing the divine realm to be unable to withstand the spacetime turbulence, the divine realm could have been wiped out in one blow. At that point, it would not be a question of how many deities died, but how many deities could survive.
However, the Golden Dragon King did not choose to do that. He did not directly destroy the barrier around the divine realm to let the spacetime turbulence invade. Instead, he chose to fight the deities directly, enjoying the thrill of battle.
His goal was to use the divine realm's power to wear down the spacetime turbulence's power.
Although the Golden Dragon King's body could withstand the spacetime turbulence, he still feared its core power. So he thought he would let the divine realm live a little longer, help him block some damage, consume the spacetime turbulence's power, and enjoy the deities' gradually despairing expressions.
Thus, after breaking free, he spent some time finding the Divine Realm Council and then clashed with the deities who had prepared to meet him, intending to exact revenge on the gods.
At that time, Tang San tried various methods, such as weighing interests, inviting the Golden Dragon King to fight the spacetime turbulence together, and making bets, to buy time for reinforcements to arrive.
After all, Tang San had already notified the two God Kings of Good and Evil, who were helping their predecessors in the mortal realm. As long as they could hold out until they returned, everything would be fine.
Unfortunately, the Golden Dragon King did not buy it.
With a single remark of "So much useless talk," the Golden Dragon King contemptuously glanced at Tang San and directly shattered the negotiating atmosphere he had painstakingly built with a swipe of his giant dragon claw.
Before absolute power, all words seemed pale and powerless.
The gods could only grit their teeth and fight.
Among them, the Seven Deadly Sins and the Emotion God charged to the front. Because of their conscience, and because of the Golden Dragon King's taunt, "The God of Destruction and the Goddess of Life are dead. The Asura God now has less than half his power. What do you have to stop me? I should thank the God of Destruction. If he had not expanded the divine realm, this would not have been the outcome."
"However, compared to this outcome, I would actually have preferred the spacetime turbulence to come a little later, to see if the God of Destruction could expand the divine realm even further and have it destroyed directly by his own hands. That would undoubtedly have been more interesting. Ha ha ha."
This was the Golden Dragon King's true thought. He wanted to create a world belonging to divine beasts. Humans should all die. In his eyes, all the gods of the divine realm were enemies, including Destruction.
He had observed the struggle between the God of Destruction and Tang San from the shadows, which was why he regretted that if the spacetime turbulence had come a little later, he might have witnessed the spectacle of the divine realm being destroyed by the God of Destruction.
That would have been even more interesting than doing it himself.
However, such thoughts undoubtedly rubbed salt in the wounds of the Seven Deadly Sins and the new Emotion God. Especially when they noticed the complex looks from some of their colleagues, they felt even more tormented.
In the eyes of the gods, the instigator of the Divine Realm War was the God of Destruction. The one who expanded the divine realm was the God of Destruction. The one who used the reincarnations of the previous Good and Evil God Kings to away lure the two current God Kings was also the God of Destruction.
This series of actions had minimized the divine realm's defensive power, leaving them now facing the Golden Dragon King and the spacetime turbulence with insufficient combat strength, almost in despair.
One could even say that the plan to destroy the divine realm was formulated by the God of Destruction.
The God of Destruction was the MVP.
However, the God of Destruction and the Goddess of Life had already paid with their lives to protect the divine realm. No god would dwell on that, and no one dared to gossip about the two God Kings.
But the deities who had followed the God of Destruction were in a difficult position.
The idea of expanding the divine realm might not have been wrong, but the timing was clearly off. Facing such a crisis, the cause no longer mattered. What mattered was that they also bore responsibility.
So, in facing the Golden Dragon King, they naturally had an obligation to stand on the front line, to atone.
That battle was, of course, earth shattering.
But the initial fighting was not actually that fierce.
Because the Golden Dragon King's intelligence could only be described as such. He could reject Tang San's various rhetorical tricks, but he could also completely ignore the Good God and Evil God when he did not see them.
The Good God and Evil God were missing?
Then they must be dead.
(Old Gold was truly hard to describe. In his eyes, the Good God and Evil God were as good as dead. If he had not ignored them and had paid attention to the time, he could have destroyed the divine realm before they returned.)
Having ignored the two God Kings, the Golden Dragon King felt invincible in the divine realm. He was in no hurry to deal with it. He fought with the intention of savoring the deities' gradual despair, like a cat playing with a mouse. One could also call it having a slow heart.
(Huo Yuhao said, "Old Gold, I will give you a new title. Gold Shining.")
If not for the deities forming ranks to face him, the Golden Dragon King had actually thought about watching them slowly fall into despair as they resisted the spacetime turbulence and saw him.
However, even though the Golden Dragon King wanted to see the deities' desperate expressions, his slaughter was not slow. He just was not used to finishing them off, and with gods protecting gods, it gave divine consciousnesses a chance to escape.
This gave many deities the opportunity to resurrect.
At that time, the gods were not yet in despair. They felt it was worth a try.
Oscar and Ning Rongrong, as supports, were far from the battlefield, responsible for applying various buffs to others. Normally, they would not have been in danger.
But as Tang San's condition worsened and the gods' morale dropped, Oscar grew anxious. He even grasped at straws, wanting to try making Copy Mirror Sausages from the Golden Dragon King's divine blood, to see if there would be any miraculous effect.
His sixth spirit ability, Copy Mirror Sausage, after he became the Food God, had become a divine ability. By using a deity's divine blood, he could make sausages that copied the deity's abilities for a period of time.
Even someone like Tang San, the Asura God, he could copy. However, if he used a supreme god's divine ability like the Asura Blood Sword, as a second class god, he only had the power for a single strike, and only sixty percent of the power of Tang San's Asura Blood Sword.
But that was already heaven defying enough. Sixty percent of a God King's divine ability was something even an ordinary first class god could not stand.
However, Oscar's idea was directly rejected by Tang San.
"The Golden Dragon King is undoubtedly formidable, but his strength lies in his overall power, with his physical abilities being the main component. If you want attack power, there is no need to choose him. Use my divine blood instead. But copying a God King's ability places a considerable burden on you. You cannot copy many. Using them all on copy sausages will not kill the Golden Dragon King. It will only exhaust your and other deities' divine power. Our goal is not to kill him. What we need to do is use our limited divine power to buy time."
Tang San's words brought Oscar back to his senses.
Although his Mirror Sausages were most effective when he consumed them himself, others could also use them.
In normal times, Oscar felt he could make more Copy Mirror Sausages and give them to the first class gods, allowing them to gain near God King level output when necessary, preserving their strength, or concentrating their power to attack the Golden Dragon King.
But at that time, their divine power was limited. Most of the divine realm's power was concentrated in the central hub to protect the divine realm. The divine realm was essentially in an Era of Absolute Spirit. It was difficult for them to absorb the divine realm's Immortal Energy to restore their divine power.
Although Tang San could draw a little to help everyone recover, this could not be done lightly, lest the divine realm become unstable.
With divine power difficult to restore, making God King Copy Mirror Sausages, which consumed one's own state and also heavily consumed the user's state, was not very cost effective. Making sausages to restore divine power for Tang San and the first class gods was actually a better choice.
At most, they would make one or two Copy Sausages for emergencies.
Their goal was to buy time. As long as they could hold out until the Good God and Evil God, two full strength God Kings, returned from the mortal realm, they would have nothing to worry about.
Thus, Oscar's suicidal tendencies were temporarily suppressed by Tang San.
On the other side, the Golden Dragon King's patience had basically run out.
He no longer paid attention to the first class gods who left shallow scratches on his scales. He no longer enjoyed the thrill of playing with his prey. His pupils were locked on the figure holding the sword, Tang San.
After the Golden Dragon King emerged, he had been particularly interested in Tang San, the only current God King and Asura God in the divine realm. Previously, with other gods helping, Tang San had fared relatively well when the Golden Dragon King was not focused on him. But when the Golden Dragon King no longer cared much about the other gods, the situation changed.
A game of King of Qin running around the pillar began.
The two chased each other around the Divine Realm Council.
Accompanying this were the Golden Dragon King's various taunts.
"Asura God, you have grown weak. You are far, far weaker than the previous Asura God. Are such weak attacks meant to tickle me?"
"Asura God, stop running. Destruction and Life are dead. You are the only God King left in the divine realm. What are you still holding on for?"
"You run quite fast. The previous Asura God was not as good at running as you. He could even kill the Dragon God. Indeed, each generation of the divine realm is worse than the last."
The Golden Dragon King's taunts were like gangrene, drilling into everyone's ears.
Oscar did not know how the Golden Dragon King had remembered the five God Kings as three, but his words gave Oscar some inspiration and a way to boost morale.
The Golden Dragon King was so reckless precisely because there was no full strength God King in the divine realm, no existence that made him wary. If there were an existence that could make the Golden Dragon King wary, would he still be like this?
And the existence that could make the Golden Dragon King wary had already been mentioned by him.
So, after Tang San was rescued by the seven elemental gods using a formation, Oscar exchanged a few words with him. After some thought, Tang San agreed to the plan.
They contacted an enforcer of the divine realm and gave him a Copy Sausage made from Tang San's divine blood, meant for emergencies, along with a few instructions.
The enforcer had once been a subordinate of the first generation Asura God. Hearing the plan, he initially did not dare. But thinking of the divine realm's precarious state, and with Tang San's permission, he reluctantly agreed.
Thus, a voice that made the Golden Dragon King both resentful and wary came from the Divine Realm Council.
"Golden Dragon King, you still dare to wreak havoc in the divine realm? Have you forgotten what happened to you last time?"
A majestic voice and a blood red pillar of light rose from the Divine Realm Council, carrying a hint of a God King's prestige.
There was a barrier around the Divine Realm Council that even divine consciousness would struggle to penetrate. This was the last line of defense for the Divine Realm Council. Even a God King would need some effort to break through it. The gods were intercepting the Golden Dragon King outside this barrier.
Taking advantage of the fact that others could not investigate the interior of the Divine Realm Council, and using the properties of the Copy Sausage, as well as his own understanding of the Asura God, this divine realm enforcer pretended to be the first generation Asura God, buying time for the divine realm and boosting the gods' morale.
After all, if it was not used for attack, just to mimic the Asura God's killing intent, the Copy Sausage could last longer, and the divine power consumption would not be too great. He could hold out for a while.
And the effect of pretending to
be the first generation Asura God was indeed apparent.
"Lord Asura God? It is the previous Lord Asura God returning."
Outside the barrier, some deity was the first to exclaim in surprise.
This exclamation was like a stone thrown into a calm lake, quickly creating ripples among the gods. Those who had been on the verge of despair rekindled hope in their eyes.
Facing the "unkillable" Golden Dragon King, watching their own God King being chased like a dog, the gods' hearts had actually been nearly desperate for a long time. They gave it their all, yet could only leave shallow scratches on the Golden Dragon King's scales. They charged forward wave after wave, only to watch their companions fall. That feeling of seeing no hope was even more suffocating than the Golden Dragon King's claws.
Some gods had even started thinking about fleeing, not daring to face the Golden Dragon King.
But now.
The first generation Asura God had returned.
The existence that had slain the Dragon God in the Dragon God War. The legend that had sealed the Golden Dragon King. He had returned.
"I knew the divine realm would not fall."
"The first generation lord has returned. The Golden Dragon King is doomed."
Seeing hope in the midst of despair, the gods naturally cheered and their morale soared. They once again had the courage to face the Golden Dragon King.
Among these people, only Tang San's expression was somewhat unnatural.
If not for the Golden Dragon King's relentless pressure, he would certainly not have agreed to this Plan. But on the other hand, if the Golden Dragon King continued to focus on him, if he did not go all out and sacrifice a divine seat, he probably would not survive.
Now he had only lost some dignity. At least his strength and life were still intact. That was much better than the God of Destruction.
As long as they could hold out a little longer until the Good God and Evil God returned, everything would be worth it.
And the Golden Dragon King, seeing the gods' expressions, which showed no sign of being faked, believed it.
He could not be blamed. The gods' genuine cheers and worship, their wild joy at surviving a desperate situation, their excitement that "the first generation lord has returned, we are saved," did not seem at all like acting.
If it was acting, then these gods' acting skills were simply too good.
Moreover, in the Golden Dragon King's view, a God King's status in the divine realm was supreme. The idea of impersonating a God King had never even crossed his mind.
So the Golden Dragon King hesitated.
He could say that Tang San was inferior to his predecessor precisely because the first generation Asura God's strength was indeed formidable. If he returned, his plan to slaughter deities, watch the divine realm be Devoured by the spacetime turbulence in despair, and use the deities' hands to weaken the turbulence might not work.
However, he was not yet scared off.
"Asura God, I am no longer the same as before. You have now passed your divine seat to this weakling. How much strength do you have left?"
"Enough to kill you."
"Heh. Arrogant."
The two exchanged verbal blows. The Golden Dragon King even stopped slaughtering the divine realm's deities. From this perspective, the plan had indeed bought the gods some breathing room, raised morale, and prevented the situation from worsening further.
But it was ultimately a lie.
Seeing that the "first generation Asura God" never dared to come out and fight, only talking tough from there, the Golden Dragon King grew suspicious.
If it were the first generation Asura God, seeing the divine realm in such a state, could he really hold back from attacking?
Or was the first generation Asura God injured? If so, this would be a perfect opportunity to kill him.
The Golden Dragon King's World-shaking Power took over his mind. He was always direct. Once suspicious, he acted. He did not overthink, did not internalize. He had a kind of beauty of missing brainstem.
And deception naturally came with a price.
Especially deceiving an existence like the Golden Dragon King.
The Divine Realm Council's barrier was shattered by the Golden Dragon King. The fact that the first generation Asura God was only a second class god was discovered.
The Golden Dragon King was utterly enraged.
He had been fooled by a second class god? What an Utter Humiliation.
That second class god was directly blasted into ashes by the Golden Dragon King. And Oscar, as the plan's proposer, was also targeted by the Golden Dragon King, who had read the deity's memories. Naturally, Tang San, who had agreed to the plan as the second generation Asura God, was also targeted.
When the gods learned that the first generation Asura God was fake, their morale hit rock bottom again. Those who had already been thinking of fleeing began to do so.
The scene was chaos. The enraged Golden Dragon King went all out, chasing Oscar and Tang San relentlessly. Ning Rongrong, as a support, was caught in the crossfire.
So, to protect Oscar, to stop the gods' morale from collapsing, and to save his own life, Tang San had no choice but to sacrifice his Sea God divine seat in exchange for a period of combat power.
If not for that, Oscar would not even have been able to preserve his divine consciousness.
But with the Golden Dragon King wanting him dead, Oscar could no longer stay in the divine realm.
Otherwise, before the Good God and Evil God returned, he would die.
So he and Ning Rongrong had no choice but to evacuate the divine realm under Tang Wutong's guidance, arriving at Qiankun Questioning Love Valley.
Because their initial condition upon descending was too poor, Tang Wutong had left behind a wisp of divine consciousness to protect them.
As for Tang Wutong herself, she had naturally not descended.
That was the full story. Thinking of those events now, Oscar still blamed himself. If he could do it all over again, he would never come up with such a foolish idea.
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