Chapter 284: Thunder Tribulation
At this moment, Tang San had just walked out of the Sunset Forest, his face filled with confusion!
Wait…
Kong became a god?
How did he just become a god like that?
Hold on, that doesn't make sense. Why didn't he become a god earlier??
If what Kong said was true, that one only needed to undergo a lightning tribulation to break through and could even obtain a soul ring, then how could he, Tang San, have ended up with a mere ten-year soul ring?
How could that Title Douluo have targeted him?
Tang San clenched his fists, his eyes bloodshot.
"Why… why didn't you become a god earlier?!"
He felt like crying. If Kong had ascended even a day earlier, he wouldn't have ended up in this situation!
"Heaven is unjust!"
"I, Tang San—"
Boom!
A bolt of lightning struck a tree right beside Tang San. In an instant, the tree was reduced to charred ash, not even retaining the properties of a lightning-struck wood.
Tang San's words were abruptly cut off, his eyelids twitching uncontrollably. He hadn't even finished speaking—he had only uttered four words about heaven being unjust—and he was already being warned?
At that moment, Tang San felt as if he had been locked onto by some thunderclouds, ready to strike him down at any moment. This wasn't just his imagination.
But strangely, despite following him for a long time, the thunderclouds didn't immediately unleash any lightning upon him. This left Tang San dumbfounded.
What was going on now?
With the newly established rules, no one had ever encountered a situation like his before. He clearly had his sixth soul ring, yet his soul power level was still only sixty.
At level sixty, one was supposed to undergo a tribulation. If they succeeded, they would obtain a soul ring. But Tang San already had a sixth soul ring.
So, should the lightning strike him or not?
While modifying the rules of Douluo Continent, Kong frowned as he noticed this anomaly. After thinking for a moment, he promptly fixed this bug.
Strike!
Who told you to be at level sixty while already being a Soul Emperor?
You must endure the tribulation—but without any reward!
On Tang San's side, he noticed that the thunderclouds above him no longer hesitated. A bolt of blue lightning suddenly descended toward him. In that instant, his entire body went numb!
Why?
Hadn't he already broken through to the Soul Emperor level?
Wasn't tribulation only supposed to occur upon reaching Soul Sage?
Lightning didn't care what he thought. The bolt struck him directly on the head. In that instant, Tang San felt as if he was seeing his father.
Of course, he had no idea that Tang Hao was already dead.
Tang San exhaled a mouthful of white smoke, barely managing to regain his composure. For some reason, he suddenly felt as if he were seeing the elders of the Tang Sect from his past life.
Their faces were filled with anger, as if they were condemning him for something.
"I, Tang San, may have stolen the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record, but I left behind the Buddha Fury Tang Lotus for the Tang Sect!"
"With the Buddha Fury Tang Lotus, the Tang Sect has a trump card! That should count as atonement. What more do you want?!"
At this moment, Tang San didn't feel that he had done anything wrong.
As an outer disciple of the Tang Sect—an orphan the Tang Sect had taken in and raised—he had stolen the sect's highest internal cultivation technique. Yet, he didn't believe he had done anything wrong.
He was part of the Tang Sect, so why shouldn't he be allowed to cultivate its techniques?
Moreover, because he was only an outer disciple, he had even punished himself while practicing the Tang Sect techniques!
That should have been proof that he hadn't forgotten his place. He had already paid the price, so why wouldn't these old men let it go?
"Tang San, do you admit your mistake?"
"Tang San, do you admit your mistake?"
…
"I, Tang San, did nothing wrong! It is you who are at fault!"
"Why should outer disciples be forbidden from cultivating inner sect techniques? I, Tang San, am also part of the Tang Sect!"
"I had unparalleled talent, reaching a level at twenty-nine that none of you could even dream of…"
Tang San spoke with a clear conscience.
"The Tang Sect raised you, and this is how you repay it?"
"Even after reincarnating into the Douluo Continent, I have never forgotten that I am a Tang Sect disciple! Every action I have taken has followed the rules of the Tang Sect!"
"What have I done to wrong the Tang Sect?"
Tang San ranted hysterically.
"A fine example of Tang Sect's rules!"
"The Tang Sect rules clearly state that outer disciples are forbidden from learning inner sect techniques, yet you stole the highest secret manual. And you still dare claim you followed the rules?"
Tang San: "..."
At that moment, Tang San was completely numb. Why weren't these elders following the script?
If he had followed the Tang Sect's rules, he wouldn't have stolen the sect's highest inner technique—the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record.
Yet, he wasn't wrong to say that he had always abided by the Tang Sect's way of doing things.
He had grown up in the Tang Sect, deeply influenced by its teachings.
That was why he had always spoken of "the path to death."
As an assassin, there was no room for kindness or mercy.
"No… something's not right. You aren't the elders! Who are you?"
"I have been reborn into Douluo Continent. I am the master of the Tang Sect! The Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record is a technique of my own creation!"
Tang San's eyes shone with golden light. His intuition had always been sharp. Would the elders of the Tang Sect waste so much time talking to him?
Impossible!
If they were really Tang Sect elders, they would have already unleashed the Rainstorm Pear Blossom Needles on him!
Boom!
Just as Tang San came to his senses, another massive bolt of lightning, as thick as a bucket, crashed down upon him. In that moment, he suddenly understood!
What he had just experienced had been part of his tribulation. His past resurfacing in his mind was one of the trials.
Wait… but why was this lightning strike so big… so…
Boom!
Suddenly, he saw Mandala Snakes.
Countless Mandala Snakes…
The soul beasts he had killed the most in this life were Mandala Snakes!
"I, Tang San, have a clear conscience! If you sought to kill me, why shouldn't I have killed you?"
…
While Tang San was undergoing his tribulation, the kings of the soul beasts were stirring.
How many years had it been since a god last appeared on Douluo Continent?
And now, not just any god—a truly powerful one had emerged!
In the depths of the Star Dou Forest, the ancient soul beast kings awakened from their slumber. At first, their gazes were dull, but soon they began to understand.
"Humans no longer need to kill soul beasts to obtain soul rings? They can now become gods just by surviving their tribulations?"
The beast kings were utterly stunned.
"My Lord!"
"This being is undoubtedly a God King. In fact… I suspect that his power surpasses that of an ordinary God King. He may even have reached the level of the Father God."
The Silver Dragon King opened her eyes, her expression dazed.
She couldn't understand why this god had chosen to change the very rules of Douluo Continent.
Long ago, there had been no such restrictions placed upon soul beasts.
That was why so many divine beasts had once been born in the Divine Realm. As long as a soul beast lived long enough and wasn't killed prematurely, becoming a divine beast was only a matter of time.
After the Dragon God was defeated, these restrictions had been imposed upon Douluo Continent. Soul beasts had to endure tribulations to grow in strength, and every 100,000 years, they had to pass a new divine trial.
"This God King… it seems he is helping us soul beasts?"
Now that humans had to undergo tribulations as well, their numbers would certainly dwindle.
Even if they no longer needed to hunt soul beasts for soul rings…
(End of chapter)
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