I am the son of the Dragon God in Douluo Continent.

After receiving Xiao Wu's permission, Xu Xingyu prepared to leave, letting the mother and daughter resolve their relationship on their own.

But just as he was about to bow and thank her before leaving, Xiao Wu suddenly spoke up: "Wait a minute, if you're going to get Seagod Island to cooperate with your Spirit Tower, you'd better take this with you."

Xiao Wu handed Xu Xingyu a blue and gold trident badge. After Xu Xingyu took it, she could feel a clear ocean scent emanating from the badge, giving her a sense of calm and comfort.

Xiao Wu then explained, "This is the Sea God's Badge. The holder is considered the Sea God's representative on Earth, and their orders are equivalent to the Sea God's divine pronouncements. Anyone who disobeys will be executed."

"In addition, the holder of the badge can use the power of the sea god contained within the guild leader to call upon the power of the sea and the many sea spirit beasts that submit to the sea god to assist him in battle."

"Although the position of the Sea God is subordinate to the position of the Dragon God that you will inherit, so this thing is dispensable to you, it can at least save you a lot of trouble at this stage."

As Xiao Wu said, this badge is not very useful to Xu Xingyu; it is just a convenient tool. However, this does not mean that the badge itself is worthless. On the contrary, if this badge were in the hands of others, they would treat it as a priceless treasure.

Moreover, this wasn't something Xu Xingyu didn't have at all. After all, the people of Seagod Island had maintained a state of isolation from the world for many years, which made them somewhat inflexible. Without the Seagod's order, they wouldn't dare to open Seagod Island.

With this badge, Xu Xingyu could do these things much more easily. In a way, it even turned Poseidon Island into his own territory.

So even if Xiao Wu's behavior was a deliberate attempt to please Xu Xingyu, Xu Xingyu couldn't refuse. Moreover, he didn't think it was Xiao Wu's intention; he was more concerned about the fact that he felt guilty for arriving so late after dealing with matters on Seagod Island, which is why he gave her the badge.

It's no wonder Xu Xingyu thinks this way. He's too deeply impressed by Lan Xing's description of Xiao Wu, so in his eyes, Xiao Wu is more of a love-struck fool—intelligent, but never using it, thus practically the same as having no intelligence at all. She's very similar to a certain early-stage character, even more so.

Even so, since Xiao Wu has already done so, it would be somewhat unreasonable for me to do a lot more to help ease the relationship between Dong'er and my mother, especially since this mother has already begun to show signs of breaking with her husband.

Xu Xingyu clasped her hands in a fist salute to Xiao Wu and said, "Then I thank you in advance, Mother-in-law. I'll go and take care of those chores now."

The moment Xu Xingyu called Xiao Wu "mother-in-law," both of them were stunned. To be honest, given the terrible relationship between Xu Xingyu and Tang San, the mother and daughter couldn't imagine Xu Xingyu calling Xiao Wu "mother-in-law."

Xu Xingyu continued, "I know that because of Tang San, our relationship isn't very good. After all, even if he brought it on himself, I am still the culprit who caused him to lose his position as the Sea God and be ostracized by the entire God Realm."

"However, after observing all this, you yourself have noticed your husband's strange behavior and have begun to take your own actions and think things through. From the fact that you rush down from the God Realm every time Dong'er gets into trouble because of Tang San, it's clear that you value Dong'er very much and regard her as your daughter. In addition, she is your daughter by blood, so it's only right that she calls you mother-in-law."

"However, if it's Tang San, he doesn't really deserve to be called my father-in-law, since he's not a qualified father at all."

After saying this, Xu Xingyu got up and left. Before leaving, she used her soul power to send a telepathic message to Wang Dong'er, and then left the white space to prepare to explore Seagod Island.

Now only Wang Dong'er and Xiao Wu remained in the space. Since Xu Xingyu was no longer there to mediate, neither of them dared to speak first, resulting in a moment of silence.

Finally, Wang Dong'er spoke first, saying in a somewhat awkward tone, "Mom, thank you so much this time. If it weren't for you and the other two helping us, Xingyu and I would have been in trouble."

Hearing her daughter call her "Mom," Xiao Wu's eyes welled up with tears. It had been a long time since she had heard her daughter call her "Mom" like that. Although she could still hear a slight rejection from her daughter, this "Mom" at least gave her hope that their mother-daughter relationship could be eased.

Xiao Wu responded in a slightly trembling voice, "No, it's what I should do. After all, I am Xiao Qi... Dong'er, your mother. I know I can't protect you from your father, but I can still help at this level, especially since I mainly contributed to destruction and nature just now."

Xiao Wu still hasn't completely broken the habit of calling her daughter by her old name. Although she changed her way of addressing her in time, she doesn't know if her daughter will be unhappy about it.

After all, she had said before that she was Wang Dong'er, not Tang Xiaoqi, and certainly not Tang Wutong. She was Wang Dong'er, a real person, not anyone's puppet.

Fortunately, Wang Dong'er didn't dwell on this point but instead asked, "If you could, could you tell me how my father is doing in the God Realm lately? This whole Abyss incident happened on Seagod Island; anyone would notice something's wrong, right?"

Xiao Wu was somewhat surprised by Wang Dong'er's question, as she had thought that Wang Dong'er no longer cared about anything related to her father.

Wang Dong'er could tell what Xiao Wu was thinking just by looking at her slightly shocked expression. She thought to herself that of course Xiao Wu cared about her father, but her concern was more about whether Tang San had been imprisoned in the God Realm or was about to be executed. It wasn't really about father-daughter concern.

However, Xiao Wu's answer sent a chill down her spine. Xiao Wu simply said one sentence: "Your father has disappeared, and no one knows where he is."

"Missing? A God-King has disappeared in the God Realm? You must be joking!" Wang Dong'er exclaimed. "Isn't it said that Uncle Zi is now in charge of the God Realm's central hub? With the help of the central hub, no matter how someone hides, as long as they are still in the God Realm or within its protected area, everyone can find them, right?"

Xiao Wu could only shake her head and say, "I also hope this is false, but your father has indeed disappeared. This has led Destruction to conclude that he was behind this connection to the Abyss Plane, so they are sending a large number of gods to search for his whereabouts. But in the end, they have all found nothing."

At this moment, Wang Dong'er felt that a huge conspiracy was being set up. Whether it was the previous personality replacement or the invasion of the abyss, it was all to cover up this conspiracy. But no one could give her an answer, and no one could find the answer before Tang San was exposed.