Therefore, with decisive resolve, he chose to activate the Original Sin Descent Divine Punishment Formation immediately.
The inheritance seeds of the seven gods of original sin were strung together by Tang San using the devouring golden thread of the Blue Silver Emperor. Inside them surged the full divine power of the seven original sin deities.
Divine King Lei Xiang, clad in super divine armor, punched down at a blood-red longsword.
By all his senses, this blood-red longsword exuded the thick aura of the Asura God—it was clearly a bona fide super divine weapon.
But in reality, under his punch, the blood-red longsword shattered completely.
Which revealed a shocking truth: this so-called super divine weapon was a counterfeit.
Lei Xiang had been tricked.
Even though he reacted almost immediately, it was already too late.
Tang San had made meticulous preparations against the unprepared—especially when the "unprepared" made a critical slip for just an instant.
In that brief instant, the power of original sin from the Divine Punishment Formation turned into pitch-black thunder and crashed down like a mountain upon the Zither Emperor, Ye Yinzhu.
On the ground, a seven-pointed formation of original sin suddenly emerged, instantly activating and restricting Ye Yinzhu's ability to move.
At the moment the Divine Punishment of Original Sin descended, the Purple Empress, who shared her life with the Zither Emperor, wanted to come to his aid—but couldn't. She was entangled by Tang San controlling three top-tier divine weapons simultaneously: the Hao Tian Hammer, the Blue Silver Emperor, and the Sea God's Eight Wings. She was completely unable to break free.
In this moment, the Zither Emperor Ye Yinzhu lost all chances of rescue.
However, the thick divine energy of original sin within the formation gave him one final opportunity.
Even if he couldn't survive, he was determined to drag Tang San down with him.
Using the Eastern Dragon martial technique of redirecting force, he applied it through his zither skills.
He actively embraced the divine punishment of original sin, drawing its power into himself.
Among the twelve gods on the battlefield, in terms of spiritual strength, Ye Yinzhu ranked second to none.
With his immense spiritual power, in a last desperate effort, he redirected the original sin energy into himself. Using the pseudo-super divine zither, Withered Wood Wandering Dragon, he played one final divine melody:
The Hymn of Salvation.
Using his own Zither Emperor Salvation Codex as the blueprint, he borrowed the power of original sin—redirecting force against force.
His melody, without flaw or gap, pierced the formation of original sin and descended unimpeded upon Tang San.
The divine music echoed around him, locking onto Tang San as the central pillar, circling and looping tightly to seal him in place.
The spiritual power contained in the melody was even stronger than Tang San's, sealing his consciousness into an illusion so vivid, it was nearly indistinguishable from reality.
In this state, if any opposing divine king managed to attack, Tang San would be eliminated.
Unfortunately, the battlefield was still in chaotic melee. No one had the opportunity to break away yet.
At this point, the outcome of the battle seemed to rest entirely on Tang San alone.
Whether he could break free from the illusionary projection of the divine technique Hymn of Salvation before the opposing gods acted would determine the tide:
If yes—a victory.
If not—disadvantage.
As the strongest combat force in the Douluo Divine Realm and the one who wielded the Original Sin Descent Formation, exchanging him for the Zither Emperor was not worth it.
Yet, at this moment, the first one to have a problem—
Was not Tang San.
And not even someone on the battlefield.
But someone outside the battlefield—
His beloved, Xiao Wu.
She had long been suffering from an incurable condition, like a candle in the wind, her body decaying.
Previously worried about her son, Tang Wulin, and now about her husband, she had just forcefully used the power of the Asura God to lend him strength.
Her heart, already weary, now—finally shattered.
Actually, by holding onto her longing for Tang Wulin, she could still endure.
But in this moment, to assist Tang San, she chose to "fall" ahead of time.
More accurately, this "falling" referred to a reverse process toward the end of life—a type of disappearance even the gods cannot stop.
She separated her body and soul, returning to the state she once had on the Douluo Plane, letting her soul reside within Tang San.
Given her intimate bond with Tang San—no less than Dai Yuhao and Tang Wutong—she was able to appear silently and assist him in secret.
To remain hidden, Xiao Wu even had Oscar use his mirroring soul skill to appear in her place on the battlefield.
Only a few, such as the original Shrek Seven Devils, knew she had entered a "fading" state.
On the battlefield—
Xiao Wu's soul quietly slipped in, fusing into Tang San's body.
Just as Immortal Emperor Hailong, who had barely gotten free, raised his weapon for a crushing blow—
Tang San, in that critical instant, awakened from the Hymn of Salvation's illusion, narrowly dodging a fatal strike.
Xiao Wu's descent into "disappearance" triggered an eruption of Shura killing intent in Tang San. His eyes turned blood-red, breath raging like a wild beast.
Not long ago, Tang San sensed that his divine sense left on the Douluo Plane had completely severed, strongly implying that Tang Wulin had fallen.
Fearing the impact on Xiao Wu's emotions and health, he had intended to hide the truth.
But unexpectedly, Xiao Wu collapsed anyway.
Now, in a blaze of fury, he launched a killing intent toward the nearest enemy—Immortal Emperor Hailong, unleashing the Divine Punishment of Original Sin formation to batter him with nearly every strike fatal.
But within Tang San, Xiao Wu's soul did not wish to see this outcome.
Winning a fight and fighting to kill are very different. If Tang San really killed Hailong on the spot, it would cause a disastrous political backlash.
She still wanted to return to the Douluo Plane, to bring back Tang Wulin—they couldn't afford for things to spiral out of control here.
Holding Tang San's "user manual" in her hands, Xiao Wu's voice struck directly into his mind:
"San-ge, didn't you say the Dragon God had creation power?
If we use Di Tian's divine blood, maybe I could be reborn, reverse this 'disappearance.'
Don't kill Hailong. We can't let the divine realms fall into civil war.
If we do… we'll never escape the black hole of the universe."
And truly, Xiao Wu's words, to Tang San, were nothing short of a healing remedy.
(End of Chapter)