Soul Land: Exposing Tang San

Chapter 216: The Arrival of the God of Time, Chaos in the Douluo Timeline

Spring passed and autumn arrived, and in the blink of an eye, Su Yun turned thirteen. His soul power, growing alongside his age, had successfully reached level fifty-nine, just one step away from the soul emperor title at level sixty. His rapid cultivation pace was widely recognized within the Spirit Hall's upper echelons in Wuhun City, and even many soul masters from the Priest Hall faction had started paying him more serious attention.

They had once thought that Qian Renxue's innate twenty-level soul power was impressive, but upon witnessing Su Yun nearly reaching the soul emperor rank at just thirteen, they realized that there truly were mountains beyond mountains, and people beyond people in this world.

After a day's training at the Spirit Hall's cultivation grounds, Su Yun returned to his residence, feeling his soul power nearing the critical threshold of sixty after a period of consolidation and intense training. He decided not to rush but rather to wait until his body was in optimal condition to break through.

Additionally, after spending time in the Spirit Hall's simulated training environment and absorbing a significant amount of wood attribute essence, Su Yun felt his life energy thriving to its peak.

"Perhaps soon, I will be able to reach the third level of the Taiyi Green Wood Technique—Reconstitution," Su Yun murmured to himself. Reaching this stage would allow him a swift recovery from any attacks, unless they were from a terrifyingly powerful Title Douluo.

After freshening up back at his dorm, Su Yun lay in bed, taking out the Heart of the Sea God—the Hanhai Qiankun Cover. Over the past six months, he had attempted daily to communicate with the remnant will of the Sea God within it, but frustratingly, he had never succeeded in making contact. Sometimes he even wondered if the Sea God had secretly gone off to find Tang San instead.

"According to the original story, if I can't become a god, no matter how strong I am, it's useless," Su Yun knew well. Although Douluo Continent was a world of fantasy, its gods were indeed gods, and even with his system, he was no match for them.

Just as Su Yun was about to exit the spiritual space inside the Heart of the Sea God as usual, he suddenly felt a disturbance. The space around him rippled like water, and accompanying it was a divine presence so powerful and unfamiliar that it took him by surprise.

"Could it be the Sea God?" Su Yun wondered.

Before he could ponder further, a translucent, shadowy figure appeared before him. The figure was blurry, but the divine aura it exuded left no doubt in Su Yun's mind that this was a deity—and not the Sea God.

"Who are you?" Su Yun asked.

"I am the God of Time, a traveler from another world," the shadowy figure began, causing Su Yun's complexion to change dramatically. He instinctively tried to retreat but found himself frozen in place, unable to move.

"Relax, I have used the rivers of time to isolate you from the outside world," the God of Time said with a chuckle. "Right now, you are akin to a small stone on the bank of the river of time, conversing with me. No one can detect your presence here, including the soul within you."

Hearing this, Su Yun's tension eased slightly. "Why are you in the Heart of the Sea God? Where is the Sea God?"

The God of Time smiled faintly. "I've used a bit of my power to extend his 'time' just a little bit. He's likely to remain asleep for a while longer."

"So..." Su Yun's eyes flickered, guessing the deity's intent. "You were waiting for me?"

"Indeed."

"But before we talk further, I can answer a question that's on your mind. In your understanding, this world shouldn't have me, correct?"

The God of Time once again spoke, startling Su Yun, who realized that the deity knew of his origin.

"I am unlike other deities; my existence is quite special. I can control the timelines of hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands of worlds. I don't always exist singularly in one world, like this one where I originally wouldn't have existed."

The God of Time continued with a slight smile, "However, your arrival caused ripples like a stone thrown into a lake, drawing my attention."

Su Yun raised an eyebrow, "So, according to your words, doesn't that make Tang San..."

"The difference between him and you is like a grain of sand to a boulder weighing tens of thousands of pounds. There's no comparison," the God of Time interrupted. "Due to your arrival, I first used my power to glimpse the future of this world without you and found it quite troubling due to that fellow named Tang San. Therefore, I decided to see what impact your presence might have."

Su

 Yun's eyes brightened. Could this God of Time also foresee his future?

"Unfortunately, I can't see through your future. It remains obscured by a fog, which suggests that the world you come from is beyond my reach."

"And on you, there is something akin to my own essence," the God of Time said softly.

Su Yun thought about it, and it must be the time-stopping ability given to him by the system.

Stopping time was a trivial skill for powerful beings like the God of Time, who could master the river of time.

"You're not thinking of passing on your divine position to me, are you?" Su Yun suddenly asked. He felt that this was the other party's intention, otherwise why would he specifically wait for him in the Heart of the Sea God?

"Indeed."

The God of Time nodded, saying, "I indeed have this in mind. Both you and that Tang San are outsiders. Since his future has already turned this world upside down, I might as well let you inherit my divine position."

"Is it that simple?" Su Yun was somewhat surprised, as he had expected the other party to propose some unexpected conditions.

"You don't also have something like the Nine Trials of the God of Time, do you?" Su Yun asked with a probing look.

The God of Time laughed heartily: "Such things are merely a burden to me. With your talent, you are bound to become a god after reaching level 100, but I think the other divine positions are probably not suitable for you."

"Given your talent, you would be qualified to become the God of Life, but firstly, that guy isn't old enough to retire, and secondly, if you really became the God of Life, it would be a waste of your talents. So, I reluctantly give up my position in this Douluo World to you."

Upon hearing this, Su Yun suddenly frowned: "Doesn't that mean I would become your subordinate?"

The God of Time managed the river of time of so many worlds, but he only controlled one of them. Wasn't this disparity too large?

The God of Time shook his head: "No, I said, you are different from us."

"If you truly became the God of Time in this world, then this world would assimilate because of you. Even if I am more powerful, I would not be able to enter or interfere with the river of time. You would be the true sovereign here."

"Besides, I am not so pedantic."

Seeing the God of Time's smiling face, Su Yun could only smile.

"By the way, I should remind you that from the moment I pass the divine position to you, the timeline of this world might undergo a huge change, and everything might change. And the main target of this change will be that Tang San."

"So, you need to be prepared," the God of Time mysteriously said.

Su Yun frowned: "What do you mean?"

The God of Time explained: "Simply put, this world only accepted Tang San and didn't have a place for you, but you joined in with a strong attitude."

"And because I forcibly bestowed upon you the qualification to become a god, now, the protection mechanism of this world for Tang San will be activated."

The God of Time stretched out an invisible, illusory palm and patted Su Yun on the shoulder: "Young man, you need to put in more effort. Tang San is about to rise, and you cannot let me down."

After speaking, the God of Time instantly disappeared from Su Yun's sight.

At the same time, a voice that seemed to come from the realm of gods suddenly rang in Su Yun's mind.

"You have now obtained the qualification for the inheritance of the God of Time."

And at that moment, Su Yun suddenly felt clearly that the will of the Sea God, which had been hidden within his own Heart of the Sea God, was beginning to escape uncontrollably towards the outside world.

Whoosh! The next moment, that will disappeared.

Noticing the disappearance, Su Yun immediately realized what the God of Time had just said to him.

This world, because of the original timeline, was about to start powering up Tang San.

And when Su Yun exited that space and looked at the candle burning on the bedside, he realized that what the God of Time had said to him was not wrong.

They had always been chatting on the banks of time.

Time had always been paused.

"I need to step up my efforts as well," Su Yun encouraged himself in his heart.

Meanwhile.

At the Haotian Sect.

In a dense forest at the foot of the mountain, Tang San, who had just reached the forty-first level of soul force, was currently sitting on the ground next to a ten-thousand-year soul ring, helping his second martial soul, the Haotian Hammer, absorb a soul ring from a soul beast that had just crossed ten thousand years.

"Sect Master, isn't this trip a bit too risky?" The Second Elder looked at Tang San's fierce expression and the surging soul force and blood qi all over his body, and couldn't help but frown lightly, stroking his white beard with his left hand, his eyes filled with increasing concern.

Absorbing a ten-thousand-year soul ring as the fourth soul ring, isn't this just imitating the Holy Son of the Spirit Hall?

"It doesn't matter."

Tang Xiao, standing by with a stern look, his broad palms slightly trembling behind his back but firmly gripped, said: "Over the past six months, we've used the best treasures to help Xiao San build his body, plus Xiao San himself has his own self-created soul skills, and his physical fitness is even better than some of our defense-type soul masters."

"Moreover, he himself is confident, so what we need to do now is to trust him!"

To help Tang San successfully absorb a ten-thousand-year soul ring for the first time, the Haotian Sect had made full preparations. If Tang San could succeed this time, it would signify the rise of the Haotian Sect! At this moment, Tang San, who was absorbing the ten-thousand-year soul ring, was fighting a final battle with the energy released from the soul ring in his heart!

"Damn! Such powerful energy! How the hell did Su Yun manage it!" Tang San gritted his teeth, feeling as if his bones were about to be deformed by the force, his body inflated like a balloon that was about to burst.

"Ah!!!"

Tang San let out a cry of despair in his heart, feeling increasingly unable to withstand it.

Although he had been cultivating the Xuan Tian Gong from a young age, nurturing his body with pure internal energy, his physique was always one step away from that realm.

"If this world had a treasure like the Ice-Fire Yin-Yang Eyes, perhaps I could use it to temper my body!" Tang San felt increasingly unable to withstand it, feeling his blood begin to lose control, and a nameless fear surged to his heart.

"Damn! Am I going to die here today like those with the explosive twin martial souls?" Tang San roared in anger.

He still had to avenge his father, how could he die here so easily?

Swish!

Just when Tang San thought he was about to collapse, a stream of blue light suddenly appeared inside his body.

Swish!

Like a tsunami, the wave pushed forward, instantly devouring the energy that was about to burst his body. The power emitted by the blue light was very gentle, which greatly surprised Tang San.

Thus, in an instant, he successfully absorbed the first ten-thousand-year soul ring from the edge of danger!

"Kid, I feel you are worthy to become my successor as the Sea God. I ask you, are you willing to inherit my position as the Sea God and benefit the Douluo world?" The Sea God's apparition suddenly appeared and issued the divine decree to Tang San.

Although Tang San was surprised by the appearance of the Sea God, upon hearing the word "become a god", his eyes immediately widened like bells, and without any hesitation, he nodded and said: "I am willing."

"Good!" The Sea God pointed with his hand.

Buzz!

A mark of the golden Sea God's trident appeared on Tang San's forehead.

"Go to Sea God Island, there are my servants waiting there for a long time. If you can pass their tests and successfully reach the hundredth level of soul power, you will be able to become the current Sea God!"

As the voice fell, the Sea God suddenly disappeared.

Tang San felt an immense surge of power mysteriously appear within him, and his heart was filled with immense joy.

He hadn't expected to gain the recognition of a deity so inadvertently. Could it be that his resilient will had moved the divine?

And just as Tang San was excited, suddenly, a voice as if from hell abruptly sounded in his ear.

(End of Chapter)

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