Chapter 303: Years Later II
From now on, there will be no more emperors, and the nobility will no longer have special privileges. The national leadership will be led by the President of the Spirit Master Guild and the Pope of the Spirit Hall.
Furthermore, the President of the Spirit Master Guild and the Pope of the Spirit Hall will always be the same person. Below the national leadership is the cabinet. The number of cabinet members is fixed, but to join, one must be a member of both the Spirit Hall and the Spirit Master Guild. Everyone is equal before the law, and no one can violate the laws of the republic.
Simultaneously, the next national leader has been announced: Shui Bing'er, another disciple of the Ice Emperor and the new Vice President of the Spirit Master Guild.
These three pieces of news naturally shocked the world. Of course, the most shocked were the nobles of the two former empires. However, before they could make any move, they were purged by the royal families of the two former empires.
Tang San knew all of this clearly. But the clearer he was, the more he knew. The more he raged, the more angry he became.
Because of Lin Hanye, he had lost his immortal herbs, his Eight Spider Lance spirit bones, and the Sea God Divine Trial. Although Xiao Wu remained by his side, she hadn't offered him a sacrifice. Therefore, his cultivation progressed much more slowly than in the original novel. Despite possessing twin spirits, he didn't ascend to Titled Douluo until his thirties. Then, under the guidance of the Asura God, he began to inherit the Asura Godhood.
The method for Tang San to inherit the Asura Godhood was simple. Tang Chen would regain consciousness during their battle. Then, parasitized by the Blood-Red Nine-Headed Bat King, his body would be too weakened to withstand the Asura God's power, leaving him with only three days to live. Then, Tang Chen would infuse his first eight Trials into the Asura Demon Sword. Tang San would then proceed directly to the ninth Trial and inherit the Asura Godhood.
At that moment, the Slaughter City was littered with corpses, a devastating mess. In the center of the battlefield, Tang San, who had cultivated twin spirits and ascended to Titled Douluo, faced off against Tang Chen, who had transformed into the Lord of Slaughter. Tang San's face was filled with alarm. Tang Chen clutched his chest, coughing up blood. Tang Hao and Xiao Wu watched from a distance, ready to support Tang San at any moment. Tang San raised his hand to signal them not to approach.
Just then, Tang San had used his so-called Tang Sect's ultimate skill, Guanyin Tears, to pierce Tang Chen's heart, severely injuring him. At the same moment Tang Chen was struck, the Blood-Red Nine-Headed Bat King within him was slain by the intervention of the Asura God, revealing a crimson aura. But Tang Chen did not collapse. Instead, he returned to his original form.
"You... Grandpa?" Tang Hao's voice trembled, as if he couldn't believe his eyes. He had never imagined that the person standing before him, the greatest obstacle to his son's succession to the Asura God throne, was actually his own grandfather, Tang Chen in disguise.
After the Blood-Red Nine-Headed Bat King's death, Tang Chen regained consciousness. Hearing someone call him Grandpa, he glanced at Tang Hao and, upon closer inspection, saw that although Tang Hao was now nearly ninety years old, his hair graying, his appearance was not unlike that of his son, Tang Wei, and he recognized him instantly.
"Are you Hao'er?"
"It's me, Grandpa, I'm Hao'er."
Confirming the man was truly his grandfather, Tang Hao leaped forward, kneeling before Tang Chen like a child who had suffered a great deal of injustice. There was no way around it; Tang Hao had suffered so much injustice along the way. Or rather, ever since meeting Lin Hanye, nothing had gone smoothly for him.
First, the girl he fell in love with at first sight (A Yin) was snatched away by someone else (Lin Hanye). Then, after finally meeting a girl he liked, A Lang, she became his eldest brother Tang Xiao's wife. Finally, after finally winning A Lang back, he angered her father to death, accidentally killed his uncle, and severely injured his eldest brother, earning him the envy of everyone in the Clear Sky Sect.
Later, to protect A Lang, he even killed Qian Xunji, the former Spirit Hall Pope. This brought devastating disaster upon the Clear Sky Sect. Not only had A Lang been sacrificed, his daughter lost and found, then lost again. He and his son also made enemies throughout the world, becoming the object of widespread condemnation on Douluo Continent.
Tang Chen knew his life was numbered, and that he was still alive only because of the Shura power within him. However, he hesitated to ask, waiting until Tang Hao had finished crying.
Upon learning that all this was the fault of the Spirit Master Guild and the Spirit Hall, Tang Chen chuckled in anger, "What a great Spirit Master Guild, what a great Spirit Hall, what a great Qian Daoliu, what a great Lin Hanye! You really are so kind!"
"Grandpa, we must seek revenge," Tang Hao sobbed.
"Yes, you're right. We must seek revenge. It's a pity..." At this, Tang Chen's expression suddenly darkened.
Hearing this, Tang Hao instinctively glanced at Tang Chen's clutched chest, where traces of blood still emanated. A wave of fear surged in his heart, knowing that his grandfather, after having his heart broken by his own son, would not survive.
Upon realizing that the King of Slaughter before him was his great-grandfather, Tang San quickly knelt forward, blaming himself, "Great-grandfather, this is all my fault. If it weren't for me, you wouldn't be..."
"You're Hao'er's son, right?"
Tang Chen looked at Tang San kindly. Though somewhat ugly, his strength and talent were far superior to Tang Hao's.
Tang San nodded, "Yes, Great-Grandfather, I am your son, Tang San. This is my wife, Xiao Wu."
He introduced Xiao Wu to Tang Chen.
"Great-Grandfather."
Xiao Wu had been hiding with Tang San for years, without immortal herbs or the Sea God's Divine Test to help her level up. Furthermore, she had never revealed her transformed spirit beast identity to outsiders, and her training had always been slack. Therefore, even at the age of forty-two, she was still hovering at the Soul Sage level.
"Well, you two are both very good." Tang Chen nodded, a look of nostalgia on his face. "But none of this has anything to do with you. Even if you hadn't broken my heart, I wouldn't have lived long."
"Back then, because of a promise, I put all my energy into breaking through and becoming a god. However, becoming a god is far too difficult. Only the power of faith accumulated over thousands of years can help top-level masters achieve a physical godhood. Thousands of years is too long for me. Who can be sure how long they can live? We have to seize every moment. So, I chose another path, seeking a godhood to inherit. That is the Shura God."
At this moment, Xiao Wu interrupted. She couldn't help but ask, "Thousands of years? But the president of the Spirit Master Guild has already become a god, relying on the accumulation of faith. Not only that, he also helped his disciple, the new Pope of the Spirit Hall, Qian Renxue, to become a god as well."
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