Father and Son

Sensing a change in the atmosphere around him Wulin opened his eyes, his crimson orbs and spiritual power searching his surroundings instantly. However, he soon abandoned such a thought, it was useless. He was in his own spiritual sea.

"Tang Wulin, I've been waiting for you." A deep and majestic voice full of concealed joy and sorrow resounded through his spiritual sea. It was a voice Wulin recognized, one that he hadn't heard in over nine years.

"So you're my father." Wulin said bluntly, no intent of hiding his knowledge from the being in front of him, there was no reason to. The version of his father in front of him was a strand of his father, the Sea Gods, divine consciousness inserted into his spiritual sea from birth.

For that reason, he had seen every moment of his life from when he was left on this planet to the current moment. Not only that, but there was no threat from the strand of his father. Even without their familial bond he wouldn't be able to harm him.

While he was a strand of Divine Consciousness, he ultimately resided in Wulin's own spiritual sea meaning he couldn't harm Wulin even if he wanted to, it would destroy the power source sustaining his existence.

"I suppose the jig was up from the beginning. I doubt you'd want a hug?" His father, Tang San the Sea and Asura God said with a self deprecating chuckle. If Wulin knew who he was, he certainly knew that he had failed him.

"They have grown on me in recent times." Wulin replied simply, bringing his father into his embrace. His father was quite a bit larger than him so it was slightly odd however it didn't matter, what mattered was that the two were reunited even if only partially.

Stunned into a stupor Tang San could only look at his child in surprise. Due to being so far away from his true body, he hadn't seen all that much of his child's growth. What he had seen, however, showed that his child was all but emotionless.

Hesitantly, he brought his arms around his son's small but powerful physique, tears forming in the corner of his eyes. The son he thought he may never see again… was in his arms, alive and well. And what a fine man he had grown up to be!

Crumpling down onto his knees Tang San let out tears of joy, relief, and appreciation whilst basking in the warmth of his son's embrace. His emotions were indescribable in volume and more powerful than the power of the oceans. He was finally reunited with his son.

The two stayed in that same position for an unknown amount of time as the passage of time was strange within one's mind. However, eventually, the ever calm Tang San reclaimed his calm and broke from his son's embrace, more regretfully than he would have liked.

"Ahem… you may already know this but I am your biological father Tang San." He introduced himself awkwardly yet there was a large smile of pure relief on his face. He was pleased to no end to be able to say such words to his child.

"Nice to meet you, Dad." Wulin said simply, his eyes completely locked on what was above him. A large golden dragon thousands of meters long coiled nigh endlessly lay in the air above him, an imposing presence radiating even from the mindless and tamed dragon.

"You know… I never thought I'd see the infamous Golden Dragn King tamed." Tang San spoke in pure awe. The Golden Dragon King was a being formed from the chaos of all universes with dragons and formed from the blood of over a dozen god kings including the Dragon God.

Yet that same being was tamed without any hope of escaping its cage. Regrettably, his seals weren't helpful at all however it was good that it turned out all right even if nothing went according to his plans.

In the end though, the result was the same. His son had become the Golden Dragon King and successfully tamed the madness and destruction, it had happened a bit earlier than he expected but that wasn't exactly a bad thing.

"Is that so." Wulin replied absentmindedly, simply taking in the form of the former Golden Dragon King and the former bearer of the power that now belonged to him. It was impressive beyond all belief what such a being was capable.

Yet at the same, time he was relieved. His predecessor was impressive, there was no other way to call him, yet he had the potential to surpass him, and already had even. His current limit of |Level 4| was stronger than the being before him.

It was minor, it was small, and it practically didn't exist but it proved that his effort was not wasted, that he was not locked to just the power of the dragon in front of him. He could reach a height even beyond the Golden Dragon King.

Before today, he wasn't aware of it. He had heard from Gu Yuena that it was true however a small portion of him always doubted it, doubted that such a being could be surpassed so easily however he had now seen undoubtable proof.

"Since the seals did not work as planned, I take it you received your gifts?" Tang San spoke, a regretful look on his face. He had been the one in charge of protecting his child from the Golden Dragon's madness yet he had failed. All turned out well but he had failed nonetheless.

"I have." Wulin replied simply, two spears forming in both of his hands. In his left was a golden trident and in his right an intricately designed golden spear radiating an intense aura of power and strength.

The two were divine tools however one was better than the other. The one in his right hand was the Golden Dragon Spear, a spear formed from a rib of the Dragon God, and stood proudly as a peak Divine Tool.

However, the one in his left hand that seemed shockingly normal was the Sea God Trident, a trident that was the martial soul of the first Sea God and had been elevated to a powerful Ultra Divine Tool by the second and current Sea God Tang San.

"That's strange… why isn't the trident reacting to you?" Tang San questioned, a frown on his face.