In the Divine Realm, Asura God and Poseidon had watched the deaths of Bo Saixi and Tang Chen without reacting at all.
Asura God had existed since the birth of the world. Even Sea God had lived through thousands upon thousands of years. In the Divine Realm, that was only a few decades, but to put it another way, Sea God Island's High Priestess changed in his eyes every hundred or so days. Bo Saixi was only one among many.
The deaths of those two did not move Asura God or Poseidon. Wu Ling's growing strength, however, truly alarmed them.
Asura God had once again sensed that sword which surpassed life and death. As for Ibuki Douji's strength, even Poseidon felt he did not have absolute confidence in defeating her. After all, he was only one of countless sea gods named Poseidon across countless worlds, and the world he existed in was Soul Land. His strength could not begin to compare with Type Moon's Machine God Poseidon.
The two stayed silent for a while. Then Asura God asked Poseidon, "Did you record the battle on your side?"
Poseidon nodded. "I recorded it. But that newly appeared one seems to have noticed me. While I was recording her, she even looked up at me from across space."
"I noticed as well," Asura God said. "The swordsman did not make any extra move, but I could clearly feel that when he cut off my power, he had already crossed the world's boundary and fixed his gaze on me.
"We cannot delay any longer. The existences that boy summons are growing stronger. Whether he can summon even stronger beings is not even the main issue. A few more entities like the one summoned by his seventh Spirit Ring would already be enough to give ordinary gods trouble. His eighth and ninth Spirit Rings make even me feel threatened.
"Come with me. I will call Destruction, Evil, and the others for a council meeting. Once we confirm his status as an outsider, I will have the authority to descend and punish him. You are a god who ascended from Soul Land, so you also carry the duty of protecting that world.
"When the time comes, we will descend together and kill him. As long as we can study the secrets on his body, it does not matter if the original plan is exposed and fails."
After hearing Asura God's plan, Poseidon quickly nodded in agreement. Truthfully, if Asura God had not been there to support him, Poseidon would have been somewhat afraid to descend. He feared that the moment he went down, he would face Wu Ling and a siege by Wu Ling's many subordinates, then die completely.
While the Divine Realm held a special meeting because of Wu Ling, Wu Ling, the source of all this trouble, had just woken up in bed.
He looked at the ceiling that felt both familiar and unfamiliar and sighed.
"It really has been a long time since I slept."
Wu Ling turned his head. Aurelia Cross's stunning sleeping face entered his eyes. Her closed eyes and trembling lashes showed that her sleep had not been especially peaceful.
Then Wu Ling's gaze drifted downward. Only a blanket covered her. Remembering the previous night, Wu Ling, who had been single for nearly forty years across two lives, felt the memory linger.
As if she sensed Wu Ling's gaze, Aurelia let out a soft sound and slowly opened her eyes.
The first thing she saw was Wu Ling's smiling face. After a brief moment of confusion, fatigue in her body and memories of the previous night rushed into her mind at the same time. A tempting blush rapidly climbed onto her cheeks.
Wu Ling reached out and tidied her messy hair, then asked gently, "Awake? How do you feel?"
After the initial embarrassment passed, Aurelia's emotions gradually calmed. Hearing Wu Ling's concern warmed her. She moved closer to him, and the two began chatting quietly.
In the middle of it, as Wu Ling breathed in the fragrance of Aurelia's hair, a trace of pride rose in him. Even a proud and powerful woman like Aurelia seemed to become a little lamb before him.
As they spoke, Aurelia suddenly asked, "Ling, are you opposing the gods of the Divine Realm?"
Wu Ling was not surprised that she knew. Aurelia was not the only one. Lucius Cross and Bibi Dong had likely noticed as well. After all, Wu Ling often busied himself with unknown matters and disappeared from sight. Then there had been the change in the divine tests some time ago, and these recent enemies connected to other gods.
They all knew that Wu Ling was a creator of miracles. Or perhaps Wu Ling himself was a miracle. If so, they might as well guess boldly that Wu Ling had gone to the Divine Realm to change the divine tests and provoked other gods along the way.
Wu Ling did not believe in hiding the truth out of fear that the other person would worry. He had not explained earlier partly because many things were happening, and partly because he was too lazy to explain. Since she asked now, explaining did no harm.
After that, Wu Ling told Aurelia some things about the Divine Realm. As she listened, her hand slowly clenched.
"Do you need my help?" Aurelia asked.
Wu Ling smiled faintly, lowered his head, and kissed her. After a long while, their lips parted. Wu Ling pinched Aurelia's cheek and replied, "Relax. I am invincible. I am the kind who will not fall, will not be cut in half at the waist, and will not stop thinking."
Aurelia looked at Wu Ling's confident smile, and her cheeks reddened again. Then she seemed to see something. The gaze she used to look at Wu Ling gradually shifted from love to shame, anger, and resentment.
"Set everything else aside. I want to ask you something. Why does my second Angel God test still require you, and why twice?"
Wu Ling's hands slowly became restless, but his tone was full of innocence.
"One test once, second test twice. That feels normal. Maybe Angel God just likes this pattern."
After saying that, Wu Ling moved forward and held Aurelia.
"True. Since it was the first time, resting before I help with cultivation is fine."
Hearing Wu Ling's words, Aurelia had only just relaxed when he took the chance to pull her close.
Then Wu Ling's voice reached her again.
"But since we woke up, we should still greet the morning properly. As for the soreness, we can change the method this time."