On the grassland.
Lu Yang and Fu Yun sat facing each other. At the same time, blazing firelight and icy-blue spatial radiance erupted from their bodies, leaving Zhuojiu, Bai Shi, and the others standing in the distance speechless.
Lu Yang and Fu Yun were not fighting. There had once been gossip that when Fu Yun of the Imperial Capital, Lu Yang of the East Sea, and the powerful figures from the major southern cities who had obtained Hearts of the Gods met, they might fight to determine who was strongest.
In reality, given Lu Yang and Fu Yun's positions and the current crisis on the battlefield, it was impossible for them to compete. The intense spatial radiance and flames around them came from the Blazing Demon God inside Lu Yang and the spatial God King inside Fu Yun competing against each other.
One major reason the new gods had been able to defeat the old gods was the discord among the old God Kings. In particular, the faction led by the Blazing Demon God and the faction led by the Void God King, who challenged his authority, had fought most fiercely.
The reason the two sides had become enemies had initially been very simple: a dispute over cultivation methods. The Blazing Demon God believed that after possessing the Ancient Demon God of Blood Purgatory, one should focus on cultivating one's own flames, supplemented by the Ancient Demon God's dark magic, to break through the God King realm and reach an even higher level.
The Void God King believed that, as spatial spirits formed from the origins of another world, they should cultivate their own spells. Upon reaching the highest level, they should gather every origin Void spirit in existence and explore a higher realm.
But the Blazing Demon God did