Meanwhile, on the other side
The Divine Realm
The gods panicked as Gu Xun seized their god positions and artifacts, causing the Divine Realm—which had nearly broken free from the spacetime turbulence—to be swept back in once more.
Without their divine artifacts, the gods' combat strength plummeted dramatically. Yet they soon realized.
It seemed only the God-Kings and Level 1 Gods had lost their god positions and artifacts. The god positions and artifacts of Level 2 and Level 3 Gods remained largely intact.
What did "most" mean? Because Dai Mubai's War God position, Ma Hongjun's Phoenix God position, Zhu Zhuqing's Speed God position, Oscar's Food God position and his divine sausage artifact, as well as Ning Rongrong's Nine-Colored Goddess position and Nine-Treasure Glass Pagoda artifacts—all were gone.
The other Level 2 and Level 3 gods were fine, and Tang Wutong's Butterfly God position was also gone.
Only these individuals' god positions and artifacts were lost; everyone else remained unscathed. Crucially, all these losses were connected to Tang San.
Speculation began to swirl among the group—could this fate befall anyone close to Tang San? At that very moment, within Dai Yuhao's spiritual sea...
His seven spirit souls lingered there, their nerves taut amid the divine realm's crisis.
Skydream Ice Worm, Ice Empress, Snow Empress, Evil Emperor, Octagonal Mystic Ice Grass, Mermaid Princess, and Ice Bear King Xiao Bai were all present.
Suddenly, the Snow Empress felt something snag her collar, then she was violently yanked away.
"Xue'er!"
The Ice Empress, standing beside her, watched helplessly as the Snow Empress vanished before her eyes.
"What's wrong, Bingbing?"
Tianmeng Ice Worm approached upon hearing the commotion, while Ice Emperor frantically searched for Snow Emperor.
"Get out of the way! Don't get in my way!"
Ice Emperor lashed out with a scorpion tail strike, sending Tianmeng Ice Worm flying. The others watched Ice Emperor's panicked state, utterly baffled.
"Yuhao! Xue'er, Snow Emperor is gone!"
Ice Emperor immediately called out to Dai Yuhao. Startled by the summons, Dai Yuhao paused before searching for Snow Emperor's figure.
"My soul contract link with Snow Emperor has been severed!"
Unable to locate Snow Emperor, Dai Yuhao sensed something amiss. He immediately probed through the soul contract and was stunned to discover Snow Emperor's soul contract had vanished.
"What?! Xue'er! My Xue'er!"
The Ice Emperor turned pale with shock. Beside him, the Tianmeng Ice Worm watched the Ice Emperor's deep concern for Xue'er and felt its own nose grow warm.
The souls were in utter chaos. Xiao Bai was crying for its mother, the Ice Emperor was searching for Xue'er, and the Tianmeng Ice Worm continued to shamelessly nuzzle up to the Ice Emperor.
The enraged Ice Emperor vented her fury by beating the Tianmeng Ice Worm senseless.
Unlike the chaotic souls, Gu Xun's side fell into silence.
Snow Empress looked blankly at Gu Xun before her. To her left stood a ausposcious beast, and to her right, an elf.
Behind Gu Xun stood Ditian and Gu Yuena, both utterly bewildered. Wait... how did he end up fishing up a person?
The group froze in confusion before Dit Tian's eyes suddenly widened in shock.
"Snow Empress!"
"You're... Di Tian?!"
Di Tian and the Snow Emperor instantly recognized each other, having crossed paths several times before.
"Good that you know each other. Don't disturb my fishing."
Gu Xun flicked his fishing rod, sending the Snow Emperor flying to the side. She landed lightly on the ground.
"Where is this?"
The Snow Emperor scanned her surroundings, realizing this wasn't the Star Dou Great Forest. She then discovered her spirit soul contract was missing.
"This is Elf Planet Now, Snow Empress, I have questions for you."
Di Tian's expression instantly turned icy. His God King-level pressure surged forth, instantly forcing Snow Empress to her knees.
Feeling Di Tian's God King-level pressure, Snow Empress's heart was tossed by a storm. Since ascending to godhood, she had followed Dai Yuhao's growth, her strength reaching nearly that of a second-tier god.
After all, Dai Yuhao had elevated his position as the God of Emotions to God King level, naturally bringing Snow Emperor and the others along in their advancement.
Yet now, Di Tian's divine pressure crushed her outright—a force Snow Emperor had only ever felt from the few God Kings in the Divine Realm.
"Snow Emperor, what have you been doing since ascending to the Divine Realm with Huo Yuhao?"
Di Tian's golden eyes fixed intently on Snow Empress, sending a chill through her. She hadn't expected that after some time, Di Tian had already reached the God King level.
"Di Tian... Since ascending with Dai Yuhao, I've noticed he seems possessed, utterly fixated on that Tang Wutong."
"Day in and day out, he labors tirelessly—planting crops, cooking meals, amusing his wife. I even tried persuading Dai Yuhao to aid the spirit beast clan."
"But I discovered the Divine Realm harbors deep hostility toward spirit beasts. They've even banished all remaining divine beasts to a secluded Divine Beast Forest."
"Moreover, Dai Yuhao repeatedly brushed aside my requests. I've done everything I could..."
Listening to Snow Empress's words, Di Tian's face darkened to a terrifying shade. Fine, very fine indeed, Dai Yuhao! No sooner had he made a promise than he dashed off to the Divine Realm chasing after his wife, did he?
A surge of murderous intent erupted from Di Tian's body, instantly thickening the atmosphere around him.
Just then, a fishing hook shot out, snagging Dì Tiān. With a sharp tug, Dì Tiān stumbled, nearly crashing to the ground.
"I told you not to disturb my fishing!"
Dì Tiān turned to see Gu Xun gazing at him with a piercing stare. Dì Tiān's expression instantly cleared, and he fell into line.
"Yes, Master."