Di Tian at Over Nine Hundred Thousand Years

"Victory belongs to the strong, and the defeated become outlaws. Ever since the Dragon God was slain in the God Realm War and the Soul Beasts were defeated, these so-called heavenly tribulations came into being. This is the God Realm's way of restricting Soul Beasts."

"Naturally, they do not want Soul Beasts to grow powerful. Once a Soul Beast reaches a sufficient level of strength, a heavenly tribulation will descend to kill it. Powerful Soul Beasts like Di Tian may be able to withstand several, but they definitely cannot endure until the critical thresholds of nine hundred thousand years or one million years."

"At least under normal circumstances, he absolutely could not withstand it. Breaking through to over nine hundred thousand years means getting extremely close to becoming a god, while reaching one million years allows one to become one of the Deities. How could the God Realm permit a god-level powerhouse to emerge among the Soul Beasts?" Gu Yue Na said coldly, unsurprised by the situation.

Before the God Realm War, Soul Beasts that cultivated for one million years could become Deities. Their accumulation over countless years allowed them to possess god-level combat power without needing a divine position. This was a special privilege they deserved after their long efforts; unlike humans, they did not need a divine position to become Deities.

Humanity's advantage lay in its rapid cultivation. In a hundred years—or even several decades—humans could gain the power that Soul Beasts needed tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of years to accumulate. Their speed far surpassed that of Soul Beasts.

As the saying went, every gain came with a loss. They could grow quickly, but the price of such rapid growth was the difficulty of becoming gods. They had to rely on divine positions to become