Douluo: The Golden Saint Cloth
Chapter 60

On the Issue of Saints Destroying Planets

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Golden Saint Cloths did not blow up Earth-kun because of Gods' Seal. There was nothing much to say about that; it was part of the setting.

If you did not know that, it was honestly ridiculous.

But a setting was just a setting. It could not change the flaw that your power system lacked rigor.

Power levels should progress step by step. For example, a Dou Zong initially grasped the power of space, a Dou Zun set up Space Wormhole passages, and a Dou Sheng opened up an entire realm.

A Dou Di would then crush a Dou Sheng.

But Saint Seiya was not like that. Saga shattered Galaxy Stars with one blow, while Hades merely changed the orbit of the Nine Planets in the end.

That was a problem.

The balance of power had to be handled properly.

No matter how impressive your setting sounded, if you could not portray that planet-destroying devastation or that sense of oppression when you actually drew it, then in the end you could only pile on more settings, like Gods' Seal.

That was the author's problem.

That was why, in Chapter 57, I wrote:

"Although every Lightspeed Fist could shatter a planet, with enough force to destroy stars, any Golden Saint Cloth could completely control the force of their Lightspeed Fist, destroying only the target without causing any collateral damage.

(The above was part of the Lightspeed Fist setting, so Earth-kun remained safe not only because of the gods' seals and reinforced barriers, but also because the Golden Saints controlled the force of their attacks.)"

Based on the original Lightspeed Fist setting, that passage added a restriction to the protagonist's control over his power.

I had said more than once that, since everyone agreed that Golden Saint Cloths could destroy planets, I would

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