Chapter 775: The Facets of Life

After a full hour of refinement, the body had become nearly transparent; its blood vessels functioned normally, and a quick divine consciousness scan revealed even brainwaves. Only then did Tang San stop injecting his internal energy.

At this point, the body was indistinguishable from a living person who was temporarily unconscious.

Tang San then guided the Spacetime Lighthouse to descend slowly, landing on Xiao He's chest. Soft halos spread out, enveloping his body.

A strange golden light glimmered from the Spacetime Lighthouse, and in the next instant, the golden light shot out, landing on Xiao He's forehead.

The White Tiger Demon Emperor focused his gaze and saw that the golden light was actually in the shape of a tiny figure, continuously shifting between a human form and that of a peacock in a rather unstable manner. When it took the form of a human, its eyes remained tightly shut, and faint fluctuations of divine consciousness appeared.

Tang San focused his mind, unleashing his divine consciousness. Behind him, a wheel of light appeared, spinning, as a golden radiance emerged from behind him.

It was a unique aura of majesty. As soon as it appeared, the White Tiger Demon Emperor felt his divine consciousness tremble violently, even experiencing an intense longing. It felt as though obtaining that golden light would grant him something he could never reach otherwise. At the same time, he felt... suppressed. His divine consciousness felt sluggish, and he was simply in awe, for whatever reason.

That was because, unbeknownst to him, he was witnessing true godhood!

What his divine consciousness felt was Tang San's Sea God seat. The greatest difference between Tang San and the so-called god-level powerhouses, Emperors included, was that he possessed a divine seat from a divine realm.

Only a true god could understand the importance of a divine seat. It determined a god's potential, their dominion, and the source and destination of their faith.

Without a divine seat, even if one reached that level of personhood[1] physically and spiritually, they would merely be a powerful being, but not a true god. They could be a Demon King, Great Nymph King, or even an Emperor, but a deity they were not.

Tang San's level of personhood was far below that of the Emperors, but if he summoned a divine seat, things changed drastically. The Sea God, in particular, was as far beyond the Emperors as they were beyond ordinary humans.

Thus, there were some things that even the Emperors could not achieve, but Tang San could.

The Sea God's radiance descended upon Xiao He's body, and in an instant, the entire array turned into a dazzling golden hue. Tang San pressed his hands together in front of his chest, his eyes closed. The Sea God's golden shadow behind him became clearer, merging completely with his body and transforming him into a figure of pure gold.

The golden figure raised a hand and pointed at the Peacock Great Demon King's divine consciousness. In the next instant, the flickering consciousness stabilized, taking on the form of a human.

The golden figure slowly descended, sinking into Xiao He's body.

Immediately, Xiao He's body began to tremble violently, with his veins and meridians swelling and pulsating intensely.

This was, after all, just an ordinary human body. Even though the Peacock Great Demon King had died, his divine consciousness remained at the level of a peak Great Demon King. If this were a regular human body, it would never be able to contain such a powerful consciousness. Tang San had refined this body as much as he could, improving it far beyond normal human limits, but even so, the body's reaction was still extremely intense.

Another wave of milky white light rippled from the Spacetime Lighthouse, transforming into a white halo that surrounded the divine consciousness.

As soon as the white halo appeared, the violent trembling of Xiao He's body rapidly subsided.

Improved though it was, the body still couldn't directly withstand the full force of such a powerful divine consciousness. So Tang San employed a trick, using the Spacetime Lighthouse to partially seal the Peacock Great Demon King's divine consciousness. This seal suppressed its strength, allowing it to release gradually rather than all at once.

This method only affected the sheer power of the divine consciousness; it did not interfere with awareness. This was the crucial reason Tang San dared to say he could help the Peacock Great Demon King be reborn. Without the Spacetime Lighthouse, they would at least need the body of a Demon King, and even then, it would have to be from the Peacock Demon Clan to give them any chance of success.

As the seal took effect, the divine consciousness began to sink into the body at a faster pace. Golden light patterns continuously flowed from Xiao He's head down into his body, which once more began to quiver—but this time in a rhythmic, steady fashion.

The White Tiger Demon Emperor and Mei Gongzi watched closely, observing these wondrous changes. Even the White Tiger Demon Emperor, at his level of power, felt that he was gaining valuable insights. Tang San's mastery of divine consciousness, life energy, and godly aura left a deep impression on him.

He was beginning to understand more clearly why the Crystal Demon Emperor had chosen to collaborate with Tang San. The inheritance Tang San had received was indeed on a level that surpassed all the forces of this plane.

A faint smile appeared on the White Tiger Demon Emperor's face. He had already made up his mind: not only would he cooperate with this young man in the future, but he would also learn from him. Through Tang San, the White Tiger Demon Emperor saw the potential for his own advancement.

Even if he remained limited to the level of an Emperor, there were differences between Emperors. Just look at the Celestial Pillar—his own Celestial Pillar was just over two hundred fifty meters, while others had pillars of three, four, even five hundred meters. After the Crystal Demon Emperor's fall, her Celestial Pillar had even reached an unprecedented six hundred meters. So why couldn't he achieve such heights?

Thinking of this, the White Tiger Demon Emperor felt a surge of excitement. If he stuck around this remarkable young man, perhaps some remarkable things would also happen to him as well.

Mei Gongzi's focus was naturally different from his. What she cared about was whether her father could be successfully resurrected. And when she saw the Peacock Great Demon King's divine consciousness appear, her heart began to race.

Back when the Peacock Great Demon King died, Tang San promised to find a way to bring him back. At the time, Mei Gongzi had thought he was merely trying to comfort her. Yet now, she found that he might actually pull it off. Since his breakthrough to godhood, he had truly changed—far more than she had after her own tribulation. Even though she had now become a Great Demon King, it was clear that the gap between them was not in her favor.

The image of the Sea God gradually retracted and disappeared into Tang San.

Tang San's cultivation was still far from being able to make full use of the Sea God's divine seat. That would have to wait until he regained his old God King power. However, with the assistance of the divine seat, the divine consciousness he had expended was now recovering smoothly. In particular, he had already exercised the Sea God's authority in the Endless Blue Sea. As the benefits that the sea gained from this authority grew—especially after solving the Sea Plague—the stronger the feedback would be to him. This would make him a true Sea God of this plane. The immense power of faith would become the foundation of his future growth.

In the future, when he reached the Emperor level, he would need to amass a vast amount of faith power to prepare for his return to the God King realm.

This would also be the next major challenge Tang San had to face. While this plane didn't restrict him in this respect, the universe itself did. As the former ruler of a major divine realm, whether the laws of the universe would allow him to become a God King once more was a significant question. After all, the Douluo Divine Realm was immensely powerful, and whether Tang San was part of it would make a world of difference. Furthermore, Tang San had long been thinking about how to defy the laws of heaven and ensure the eternal existence of the Douluo Divine Realm.

These goals all went against the entire universe's laws, and thus, his future path to reclaiming his God King authority would likely require him to face a trial from the universe itself. As for what that entailed... he had no idea. All he could do was his best, because the manner of a confrontation with the entire universe was something even a God King couldn't predict.

1. In case this term seems familiar, that's because its translation is borrowed from another WW novel,

Beyond the Timescape

. It refers to the fact that some beings are fundamentally different from others in a qualitative manner—not like "some humans are smarter than others" but like "the human brain is fundamentally different from a shrimp's brain" and "3D things are different from 2D things." ☜