The Situation in the Divine Realm

The Situation in the Divine Realm.

If not for Tang San later Becoming a God, allowing Bo Saixi and Tang Chen's divine souls to remain together forever, this would have been a tragedy. Since it was a tragedy, Huo Yuhao, a master of tragedies, decided he might as well make it even more complete.

Thus, Tang Chen's fate arrived at a fork in the road. In the original timeline, Tang Chen had gone to the City of Slaughter to inherit a Divine Throne. But in the timeline where Huo Yuhao existed, Tian Meng led him to the Inheritance Ground Huo Yuhao had left in the Extreme North, where he underwent a Divine Trial.

Top-Tier Eight Trials. Tang Chen became an offering and divine servant of the Eternal God, bound within the Eternal Sacred Land. The first trial of his Divine Trial was to go to the Clear Sky Sect and Spirit Hall to congratulate his descendants and his good buddy, Qian Daoliu.

In other words, on the Douluo Continent, the three great Limit Douluo—Tang Chen, Bo Saixi, and Qian Daoliu—were no longer special. All three had become divine servants. Of course, Bo Saixi was the divine servant of a Second-level God, Qian Daoliu was the divine servant of a First-level God, while Tang Chen was the divine servant of a supreme God King. At least in front of Qian Daoliu, Tang Chen could feel a little superior.

However, the Shura God could not sit still over this matter. The successor he had chosen had been snatched away. The key was that Huo Yuhao had snatched his successor not to inherit his own Divine Throne, but to make him a divine servant. What did that mean? Was he trying to imply that the Shura God's successor could only be a divine servant under him?

At once, the Shura God convened the God Realm Committee and sought to impeach Huo Yuhao on the grounds that he had immorally poached his successor. However, a small accident occurred at this meeting. Unlike before, when the Five God Kings stood united and advanced and retreated together, the Life God was absent as usual. The Destruction God, representing both himself and the Life God, cast opposing votes, causing the Shura God's proposal to impeach Huo Yuhao to be rejected.

The rejection of the impeachment was of little consequence to the Shura God. He had never expected this matter to bring Huo Yuhao down. His true strength did not lie in authority, but in power. What truly concerned the Shura God was the attitude of Life and Destruction.

Originally, the two God Kings had stood with him through everything. Yet for some reason, beginning with the recent sessions of the God Realm Committee, the Life God had started absenting herself, shutting herself inside the Life Temple and refusing visitors. The Destruction God had also begun to adopt a neutral stance.

This left the Shura God utterly baffled.

The Sea God's eyes rolled as he offered his guess. "Your Excellency Shura God, do you think something might have happened on the Life God's side, causing the God of Destruction to seek help from the Eternal God?"

Hearing the Sea God's speculation, the Shura God pondered for a long time before saying, "That is possible."

"If that is the case, wouldn't that mean two of the Divine Realm's God Kings are about to side with the Eternal God King?" the Food God said worriedly.

Huo Yuhao was no ordinary God King, but a supreme God King on the level of the Dragon God. The Divine Realm's current balance relied on the Five God Kings joining forces to restrain Huo Yuhao, the Eternal God King. If Life and Destruction sided with Huo Yuhao, the balance of the Divine Realm would be shattered immediately. Would gods like them, who stood on Shura's side, still have peaceful days ahead?

Suppressing the unease in his heart, the Shura God said calmly, "Life, Destruction, and I have governed the Divine Realm together. After tens of thousands of years of friendship, Huo Yuhao dreaming of using one or two weaknesses or favors to pry apart that friendship is nothing but a fool's fantasy."

He rose to his feet, clasped his hands behind his back, and paced back and forth through the Divine Temple. "However, one thing is certain: the balance of the Divine Realm is about to be broken."

The Sea God hurriedly asked, "Why is that, Your Excellency Shura God?"

The Shura God said, "The two veteran God Kings, Goodness and Evil, intend to retire. They wish to pass on their Divine Thrones and roam the universe afterward."

"Have you tried to persuade them?" The Sea God's heart lurched. He had not expected that the situation with Life and Destruction had yet to be confirmed, while Goodness and Evil, the two most stable God Kings, were already planning to quit. If they stepped down and Huo Yuhao gained the upper hand in the Divine Realm, could he still live comfortably? The Eternal God King's hostility toward him was completely undisguised.

The Shura God said, "I have already tried to persuade them, but their minds are made up. However, to prevent the Divine Realm from falling into Huo Yuhao's hands, I convinced them that after they enter reincarnation, they will hand the authority of the God Realm Committee to the successor I have chosen. The newly appointed Twin Gods of Goodness and Evil will assist my successor and continue maintaining the balance of the Divine Realm."

"Ah..." The Sea God was stunned as well. "Your Excellency, could it be that you also..."

"That is right. I too intend to roam the universe. It is only because the Divine Realm absolutely cannot fall into the hands of that wretch Huo Yuhao that I have delayed until now," the Shura God said.

"Once Huo Yuhao gains great power, supreme authority will allow him to act as he pleases, exclude dissenters, turn the Divine Realm into his own one-man domain, and impose one man's will upon the aspirations of all. If he gains control of the Divine Realm, it will be a disaster for the Divine Realm and for all living beings in the Lower Realm." The Shura God paced back and forth in the hall, his eyes full of concern for the Divine Realm and the countless beings of the Lower Realm. "But now, Goodness and Evil intend to retire, while no one knows what has happened to Destruction and Life, and they are no longer eager to restrain the Eternal God. The balance is about to break. Could the Divine Realm truly fall into the hands of such a shameless man? Alas..."

"This is precisely why I cannot lay down this heavy burden," the Shura God said firmly. "As Asura, who holds the authority of judgment, for the future of the Divine Realm and for the countless beings of the Lower Realm, I have a responsibility to choose a qualified successor. He must be pure and spotless, selfless and impartial, gentle, respectful, frugal, modest, and accomplished in virtue, intellect, physique, aesthetics, and labor. Only such a successor can inherit my authority, take over the authority of the God Realm Central Hub from Goodness and Evil, stop Huo Yuhao's dictatorial ambitions, and lead the Divine Realm and the Lower Realm toward a beautiful and bright future."

"Then, Your Excellency Shura God, do you have a candidate?" the Sea God asked curiously.

The Shura God said, "In several dozen days, it will be the once-in-Ten Thousand Year Fortune Convergence on the Douluo Continent. The Dragon God, Ice God, Eternal God, Angel God, and Sea God of old were all born in response to these once-in-Ten Thousand Year Fortune Convergences. Not a single god born on the Douluo Continent has been ordinary. I will carefully select a Great Treasure from the Lower Realm, one who embodies every excellent virtue, guide him to the Douluo Continent, direct the Ten Thousand Year fortune of the Douluo Continent toward him, and allow him to grow and forge an unparalleled foundation. Then, he will inherit my Divine Throne, achieve the authority of the strongest Shura God, take over the authority of the God Realm Central Hub from Goodness and Evil, and only then will he be able to stop the Eternal God's ambitions of dictatorship and tyranny."

Great Treasure? Hearing the Shura God's plan, the Sea God's eyes rolled as he asked, "May I ask what sort of candidate has caught your eye?"