76: Chapter 74 The First Dawn of the East

If a normal person's Spirit Sea, regardless of its size or appearance, was at least complete at a minimum,

however, right now, Wang Donger's Spirit Sea in Lin Yan's eyes presented a bizarre sense of fragmentation.

One part was the normal region carrying her Mental Energy, glowing with a faint golden hue.

The other part, however, was a hazy, gray void, as if a piece had been forcibly torn off by something, leaving a huge gap.

And having lost such a large piece, the reason her Spirit Sea had not yet collapsed

was entirely because in the center of that gap, there was an extremely brilliant blue-golden orb of light, extending wisps of blue-golden threads that carefully wove and propped up the entire Spirit Sea.

At the same time, in the center of that orb of light, a vague human-shaped phantom could be faintly seen.

That was... Tang San's Divine Sense!

"Beast!"

Right at this moment, Electrolux's cold voice rang out in Lin Yan's mind.

"What a great Tang San! What a great Sea God!"

"For the sake of his own schemes, to actually inflict such a vicious act upon his own biological daughter, he is truly worse than a beast!"

Electrolux's voice was filled with fury and disgust. Although he was called the Necromancer, having spent almost his entire life dealing with the undead and Souls, he deeply detested someone who so wantonly desecrated Souls.

Moreover, he even struck at his own flesh and blood!

Although Lin Yan had long known of Tang San's character, after witnessing this scene with his own eyes, a chill still ran through the bottom of his heart.

Taking a deep breath and suppressing the anger in his heart, he asked in a deep voice, "Elder Yi, what else have you managed to discern?"

Electrolux's voice carried a trace of fatigue, but even more of it was unmasked killing intent.

"Her Soul has indeed been torn apart, and at least one-third of it is missing."

"The reason she is still alive today relies entirely on Tang San's Divine Sense deeply integrating into her Soul, forcibly maintaining the structure of her incomplete Soul so that it doesn't directly collapse."

"What is even more hateful is that this Tang San is not only frantic, but also ridiculously foolish!"

"From the traces left here, it's not hard to tell that when he tore apart her Soul back then, he simply tore it apart crudely without employing any auxiliary measures."

Hearing this, a flash of contemplation crossed the depths of Lin Yan's eyes.

Combined with some descriptions in the original work, looking at it now, Tang San's entire chain of actions toward Wang Donger—or rather, Tang Wutong—was already very clear.

He must have first divided Tang Wutong's Soul in two.

The part of the Soul containing Tang Wutong's memories and personality was kept in his own hands, while the remaining two-thirds of the Soul became the current Wang Donger.

Afterwards, when Huo Yuhao and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion conducted the destiny guidance, a portion of Wang Donger's Soul should have been split off once again, entering the body of the Three-Eyed Golden Lion.

After that, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion transformed into human form, and that portion of the Soul that entered its body either underwent Fusion or was directly devoured, ultimately making it become Wang Qiu'er.

And the final step, naturally, was to let the main personality of Tang Wutong retained in his hands devour Wang Donger and Wang Qiu'er, completing the "Three Souls Return to One" and synthesizing a trash card carrying the Luck of the Spirit Beast clan—Tang Wutong!

Having figured out this point, Lin Yan gained an even deeper understanding of the extent of Tang San's shamelessness.

He was really treating his own daughter like a Japanese person to be messed with!

Did he really think a person's Soul was a jigsaw puzzle?

To be taken apart whenever he wanted and put together whenever he wanted?

Originally, a person's Soul was an incomparably exquisite structure; how could it withstand such rough tossing and turning?

Moreover, this fellow Tang San's operation had no technical content to speak of; it purely relied on Realm suppression, brute-forcing it, and forcibly executing it.

After such a mess of random tinkering, the ultimate result could only be the de facto death of all three: Tang Wutong, Wang Donger, and Wang Qiu'er.

Then, upon the "corpses" of the three Souls, a brand-new "Tang Wutong" dominated by Tang Wutong's personality and possessing all the memories of the three was re-bred.

Of course, perhaps the pure and flawless Sea God lord also knew it would be this result, but simply didn't care at all.

Sweeping his gaze across the blue-golden threads extending from Tang San's Divine Sense, Lin Yan thought of another question in his heart.

"Elder Yi, under this state, can this Divine Sense of Tang San read Wang Donger's memories at any time?"

Hearing this, Electrolux pondered for a moment and slowly shook his head.

"He can no longer do it."

"If this Divine Sense of his merely resided within this young girl's body, then relying on his powerful strength, he would indeed be able to forcibly read her memories."

"However, in order to maintain this young girl's Soul from perishing, he chose to achieve deep Fusion of his own Divine Sense into her Soul without taking any protective measures."

"To the extent that his Divine Sense has now undergone an adaptive mutation over time, almost becoming an existence similar to a Spirit."

"Under this state, if he still dares to forcibly pry into her memories, then there will only be one result—that is, this young girl's barely maintained Soul will completely collapse."

After listening to Electrolux's analysis, Lin Yan nodded slightly.

Viewed this way, the threat posed by Tang San's Divine Sense wasn't actually as great as he had anticipated.

At least in terms of freedom, it was severely restricted.

Not only did it fall into a deep slumber in order to maintain Wang Donger's Soul,

at the same time, due to the state he was currently in, Wang Donger's fragile Soul unexpectedly resembled an invisible cage, restricting the play of the vast majority of his power.

For Lin Yan, this was undoubtedly a good thing.

At least for a short time, there was no need to worry about this Divine Sense suddenly pulling some tricks.

This also gave him more time to calmly lay out his plans.

If the timing was right in the future, he might as well make some moves on this Divine Sense.

Gradually having a plan in his heart, Lin Yan took one final, deep look at Wang Donger's Spirit Sea, then quietly withdrew together with Electrolux.

Once his consciousness completely withdrew, Lin Yan slowly opened his eyes.

Facing Wang Donger's somewhat nervous gaze, he quickly organized his phrasing in his heart.

Telling her everything was naturally out of the question, at least not right now.

The time was not right yet; letting Wang Donger know the truth in advance would not only be unhelpful, but would instead needlessly increase unnecessary risks.

Thinking this in his heart, Lin Yan's face did not reveal the slightest abnormality.

However, seeing that he was slow to speak, Wang Donger instantly became a bit anxious.

"How is it? Did you discover anything?"

Hearing Wang Donger's inquiry, Lin Yan nodded slightly, his tone steady.

"There is indeed something inside your Spirit Sea."

"But rest assured, it won't cause you any harm in the short term."

Finishing these words, before Wang Donger could speak, Lin Yan looked seriously into her eyes and asked abruptly, "Are you willing to trust me?"

Wang Donger, who had just heard Lin Yan's words and was about to ask something, was noticeably stunned by this interruption.

However, looking at the solemnity revealed within Lin Yan's deep eye sockets, although she was somewhat puzzled as to why he asked that, she still gently nodded.

"I naturally trust you. If I didn't trust you, why would I have come to find you today?"

Hearing this, pausing for a moment, Lin Yan slowly said with a reassuring power in his tone, "If you are willing to trust me, don't ask about anything else for now."

"From now on, just pretend that thing doesn't exist. Act as you normally would, without deliberately thinking about it or deliberately probing it."

"Afterwards, when the timing is ripe, I will help you resolve it."

"And another thing, besides the two of us, it's best not to tell anyone else about this matter."

"Remember, anyone!"

As his voice fell, Wang Donger looked at him in a daze.

She had many doubts, much curiosity, and many words she wanted to press on with.

But looking into Lin Yan's earnest eyes, those words that reached her lips were all swallowed back down.

After remaining silent for a long time, she finally nodded gently and replied in a soft voice, "Alright."

"I'll listen to you."