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Inside the Divine Realm Committee—
Feeling the immense power coursing through his body, Huo Yuhao's smile widened… and then, suddenly, he burst into maniacal laughter.
"Hahahahahahahaha!!!"
His laughter was laced with so many emotions—long-suppressed rage, bone-chilling fury, the cathartic release of long-awaited vengeance, and a hatred so consuming it seemed he might devour someone alive.
The gods around him, still stunned by his abrupt breakthrough to God King, were shaken back to reality by the madness in his voice. They stared in disbelief at Tang San's son-in-law—how could he laugh like that, here, at such a critical moment?
And what was with his strange behavior?
"Yuhao, how did you suddenly become a God King?!" Xiao Wu finally asked the question on everyone's mind. It echoed the doubts that plagued every divine heart present.
But Huo Yuhao had no interest in answering his "mother-in-law." With a slight flick of his body, he shook her hand from his shoulder. Then, not far from where he stood, a vortex suddenly appeared—a hilt slowly emerging from within.
He reached out and gripped the white jade-like hilt.
In an instant, an invisible wave of power exploded outward, sweeping across the entire Divine Realm!
At that moment, the viewer's perspective suddenly zoomed out. To their horror, they saw that beyond the Divine Realm, in the boundless void… the rainbow-colored sphere that was the Divine Realm was now held in the palm of someone's hand.
A colossal figure—so vast it defied comprehension.
Its face was exactly like Huo Yuhao's, though translucent and unreal. Only its upper body was visible, yet even so, the enormous hand cradling the Divine Realm was beyond massive. That so-called divine realm now looked like nothing more than a toy in his palm.
"I shall… reshape the cosmos!"
With those words, he clenched his fingers.
BOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It was as if the heavens themselves had been split open. The explosion that followed was beyond deafening.
The livestream went completely white—no one could see what happened next.
[What the hell just happened?!]
[Did he just… crush the Divine Realm?!]
[No way, that's too extreme!]
[Wait, isn't he still inside the Divine Realm?!]
[Yeah! And aren't his parents there too? He just killed everyone? Suicidal move?!]
The chat exploded with confusion. Even the gods watching the broadcast in real time were stunned, desperately trying to comprehend the future of their realm. Had Huo Yuhao truly destroyed it in one palm?
No one had expected that a being above a God King could wield such world-shattering might.
Among the viewers—humans, soul beasts, and even gods—no one could forget that enormous phantom in the void, gripping the Divine Realm like a plaything, squeezing it with such casual, godlike strength… The shock of that scene rippled through every soul watching.
It was too overwhelming.
And now, some were beginning to think—if they could find the remnants of Elder Ye's soul, or shards of divine weapons… maybe they too could follow Huo Yuhao's path, and one day grasp power that defied the heavens.
Temptation sparked across countless hearts.
If the video hadn't continued playing, millions would've already set out in search of relics and opportunities.
After over ten seconds of blank white silence, the stream finally resumed.
The scene shifted—
It now showed Tang San locked in combat with the Golden Dragon King. Just as the audience began wondering what was going on, space around them suddenly shattered, and blinding white light consumed everything from all directions.
Only then did the viewers understand: this was the moment just before Huo Yuhao crushed the Divine Realm—only now seen from Tang San's perspective.
'What's going on…?'
Before Tang San could react, the white light engulfed him completely. He lost consciousness.
When he opened his eyes again, he found himself in a completely unfamiliar room. The furnishings were sparse and worn, littered with old and shabby daily-use items.
"Where… am I?"
His memory still lingered on the battle with the Golden Dragon King. But then, the sudden blinding light had consumed everything. Now, waking in this unfamiliar place, his first instinct was that he must be trapped in some kind of illusion.
"…And my power?!"
He jumped out of bed, trying to summon his divine power to dispel the illusion—only to find his body completely empty. The godly strength that could once level mountains and seas… gone.
Not just that—his divine sense, divine tools, every shred of power a god should possess… all mysteriously vanished.
It was as If he'd awoken as a mere mortal.
"What the hell is going on?!"
Tang San's expression grew darker and darker. He felt like he was standing on a precipice—and for the first time in ages, a flicker of genuine fear gripped him. Because now, he truly was just an ordinary human.
The audience was equally confused—
[Yeah, what just happened?]
[Did Tang San really become a mortal?!]
[Did Huo Yuhao do this to him?!]
[Obviously he did.]
[But how? And why?!]
The stream of comments flooded the screen. No one had answers.
Back to the video—
Still unsure of what had happened to him, Tang San sat in silence for a while, then decided to head outside and explore. Was he still in the Divine Realm? What was this world?
Following Tang San's perspective, the viewers watched as he opened the door—
A cacophony of noise hit him.
Outside was a bustling street, filled with people and traffic.
Tang San, now dressed in ordinary clothes suited to the locals, had discarded his divine armor. With his powers gone, the godly aura that once made him untouchable had completely vanished. Even his handsome face couldn't hide his now-mediocre presence.
Viewers quickly realized: stripped of his powers, divested of divine glory, this so-called God King was nothing more than a common man now.
Tang San quietly observed his surroundings, then cautiously began gathering information. He soon learned that this world was called "Douluo Continent," but it had no soul masters, no soul beasts—only normal humans.
He was completely lost.
Returning to the room where he'd awakened, he tried cultivating the Mysterious Heaven Skill. But what had once flowed effortlessly now yielded nothing—because the air in this world contained no trace of energy that could be absorbed.
This was a world without supernatural powers.
A world that belonged to ordinary people.
And Tang San, here, was no longer a God King—just another face in the crowd.
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