Douluo: This Legend of the Dragon King is not quite right

Lu Jun's deduction about the daughter of the God King was like a boulder thrown into a calm lake, stirring up a storm in Wu Siduo's heart.

She fell completely silent, her delicate body stiffening slightly. Her face, which had been rosy from absorbing Long Yun's energy, now appeared somewhat pale.

She had planned everything, but she never dreamed that behind the misfortune and displacement that befell her family, the hidden hand shrouded in mystery would involve such a high-ranking, legendary figure.

After a long while, Wu Siduo finally managed to process this information, her voice trembling with disbelief:

"Why...why would the daughter of a god-king, such a noble and powerful being, treat us mortals who are like ants with such scheming?"

What does this mean to her?

Seeing her deeply shocked expression, Lu Jun remained calm:
"I naturally cannot know all the specific details. But I can try to piece together and deduce a relatively reasonable outline of the truth based on the fragments of information I have."

He paused, then looked at Wu Siduo:

"This reasoning might sound a bit bizarre, even absurd. Would you... like to hear it?"

"I am willing!"

Wu Siduo nodded almost without hesitation, her eyes filled with trust and reliance on Lu Jun.

In her mind, Lu Jun was already a symbol of omniscience and insight into the world, and his reasoning must have its basis.

Lu Jun took a deep breath and began his bold construction based on scattered clues:
"Based on some unofficial historical anecdotes that have been passed down and deliberately downplayed by mainstream history, the root of the matter can be traced back to 10,000 years ago."

"That noble daughter of the God King was, at that time, hopelessly infatuated with that extraordinary and talented legendary figure—Huo Yuhao."

His first words made Wu Siduo's beautiful eyes widen in surprise.

"However, the falling flowers were willing, but the flowing water was indifferent. The deep affection of that God King's daughter was repeatedly and clearly rejected by Huo Yuhao."

"In fact, in order to completely get rid of this entanglement, Huo Yuhao did something that seemed shocking at the time - he betrayed Shrek Academy, which had nurtured him, and went to the Sun Moon Empire, and... married the then Sun Moon Empire's Empress, Ju Zi."

"What? Huo Yuhao's ancestor... he married the queen of an enemy country?"

Wu Siduo gasped in shock; this completely overturned her understanding of that legendary hero.

Lu Jun was not surprised by Wu Siduo's shock.

This history was not included in the public version, which is obviously because the Sun and Moon Federation also felt it was very embarrassing, so they deleted it.

Lu Jun continued to narrate this long-buried past in a calm tone:
"Having suffered such tremendous blows in succession, the proud daughter of the god-king began to fall into deep self-doubt."

"She couldn't understand why she, with her looks, strength, status, and background, would lose to a mere mortal queen."

"She was obsessed with the idea that there must be something wrong with her that prevented her from winning Huo Yuhao's favor."

"So she began to obsessively improve and perfect everything about herself, especially her appearance and charm, in an attempt to win back Huo Yuhao's heart."

"However, fate played a cruel trick on her. Even after Huo Yuhao's lifespan ended and his whereabouts on Douluo Continent became a mystery, she was unable to get what she wanted."

"This lifelong, unrequited obsession ultimately drove her to utter madness." Lu Jun's voice carried a hint of感慨 (gǎnkǎi, a complex emotion encompassing regret, sorrow, and a sense of loss).
"And perhaps it was this twisted obsession that led her to create her own godhood and successfully ascend to the divine ranks over the next ten thousand years, thanks to her extraordinary talent as the daughter of a god-king."

"And she named the deity she created—the Goddess of Beauty."

"The God of Beauty..."

Wu Siduo murmured the name of the divine position repeatedly, as if she could sense the obsessive and unsettling force contained within it.

“I suspect that the title ‘Goddess of Beauty’ itself reveals that the daughter of the god-king has not yet escaped the shadow of the past.”

"She was still mired in the pain of being rejected by Huo Yuhao based on her 'appearance,' or perhaps for reasons she herself believed, and she frantically pursued the ultimate beauty in an attempt to prove herself, which ultimately led to her being called the 'Goddess of Beauty.'"

Lu Jun analyzed, his logic being alarmingly clear.

"Therefore, this current goddess of beauty is essentially a demonized person who is driven by love to hatred and obsessed to the bone," Lu Jun commented. "And her way of taking revenge on Huo Yuhao is not to directly target the long-deceased Huo Yuhao, but to choose to harm his descendants."

He looked at Wu Siduo:

"Look, why do Huo Yuhao's direct descendants, the Lingbing Douluo lineage, live in seclusion in the Western Continent for so many years, and almost never set foot in the Eastern Continent or the Douluo Continent?"

"It's highly likely that it was to escape the omnipresent malice of this goddess."

"Then, Dai Tianling, the current chairman of the Eastern Continent Federation branch, although not a direct descendant of Huo Yuhao, the Dai family has a very deep connection with Huo Yuhao and can be considered his related descendants."

"In order to torment and destroy everything related to Huo Yuhao, this goddess naturally turned her attention to the Dai family."

"And you, the Wu family, as an ancient family that has been intermarried with the Dai family for generations and shared a common destiny, have inevitably become innocent bystanders caught in the crossfire."

Lu Jun's reasoning is intricately linked, connecting the grudges and affections spanning thousands of years with the current tragic reality.

"As for why she didn't take action herself and use her divine power to wipe everything out..."

Lu Jun frowned slightly and continued to speculate.

"I suspect the problem might lie in the complete Douluo Continent itself. If I were her, possessing god-level combat power, I would have personally achieved my goal long ago. Why would I go to such lengths to support a mortal force like the Green Skull Organization?"

"Therefore, I tend to believe that there is some kind of powerful law or suppressive force in the complete Douluo plane that restricts this goddess, preventing her from descending in her true form or directly using her divine power to interfere in important matters within the plane."

"This is the fundamental reason why the Green Skull organization was able to be born and exist, and why it could crush the Eastern Continent Federation branch."

Lu Jun's mind was still racing, filling in the details:

"Anyway, that's the core reason. This goddess must have some kind of limitation that we don't fully understand, which prevents her from personally participating."

"That's why, when your mother finally sent you to the relatively safe Douluo Continent in the end, and the Dai family withstood the pressure and refused to intervene directly, her plan failed to succeed completely. She could only continue to drive the Green Skull organization to attack Sun Moon City through conventional means, trying to exert pressure from the outside."

"In other words..." Lu Jun concluded, "that goddess is still secretly plotting something, perhaps with a final trump card that we don't yet know about." (End of Chapter)