The plan to scheme against others, yet within the scheme of others

"Very simple."

"The evil god worshipped by the Holy Spirit Cult is the ruler of the Abyss Plane—the Abyssal Sage King."

Demon Empress: "???"

"You don't believe me?"

"The Douluo Plane falls under the jurisdiction of the God Realm. There are no deities known as evil gods in the God Realm."

"Even if there truly were an evil god, he could not possibly teach you how to suppress a plane and become a god through it. Doing so would violate the laws of the God Realm."

"The laws were jointly established by enforcers at the level of the Five God Kings. What evil god would dare risk being ground to dust by a God King just to give his loyal followers a way to become gods?"

"Anyone who dared do such a thing definitely would not belong to the God Realm, and must be hiding some unspeakable secret."

"By an extraordinary coincidence, the time when the Abyssal Sage King—someone capable of doing this—appeared, and the time when the evil god worshipped by the Holy Spirit Cult began manifesting miracles, were remarkably consistent."

"The Abyss Plane invaded first, but the Abyssal Sage King was blocked by the plane's will and could not cross between planes, so the invasion failed."

"Then, the evil god worshipped by the Holy Spirit Cult began appearing before people and bestowed upon them a method of becoming gods."

"Tsk, tsk, tsk~"

"Tell me, why do you think that is?"

"Could the body of a true god bear the Abyssal Sage King's power and allow him to cross the Natural Chasm between planes?"

Demon Empress took several deep breaths, struggling to calm herself.

"Even if what you say is true, even if the evil god truly is the Abyssal Sage King, his plan is still as dangerous as walking a tightrope."

"After becoming a god, I may be weaker than the Abyssal Sage King, but if he wants to seize my body, I don't think he can succeed."

By then, Di Tian had already moved to the edge of the Blood Pool. With one hand, he scooped up a handful of Demon Empress's bathwater and carefully sensed the life essence within the bloody water.

He smiled and replied, "Let me correct one thing. The god you become will have no divine seat. The Blood River God-Slaying Array does not have the ability to condense a divine seat."

"Though the Abyssal Sage King himself is a powerful First Class God, he does not possess a divine seat of his own."

"A god without a divine seat actually dares to teach someone how to condense one. Tell me, where did he get that confidence?"

Demon Empress's expression darkened like still water. She offered no response, leaving Di Tian no choice but to explain the details of divine seats more thoroughly.

"Admittedly, whether a god possesses a divine seat has little effect on their combat power."

"A divine seat is both the rank that sustains a god's existence and a cheat device for cultivation."

"Take the first-generation Sea God as an example. By gathering the Power of Faith from the sea over a thousand years, he created the prototype of a divine seat and forged it into one. The moment he ascended to godhood, he possessed the power of a First Class God."

"From Limit Douluo, he crossed over Divine Official, Third Class God, and Second Class God, directly establishing himself in the realm of a First Class God. This was a privilege exclusive to the creator of a divine seat."

"Even gifted God Successors of later generations who inherited a divine seat could only barely possess the combat power of a hundred-level Divine Official in the early stages."

"That was also why the godly war at Jialing Pass twenty thousand years ago lasted so long."

"Tang San inherited the God King-level divine seat of the Asura God. Even when fighting Qian Renxue, the Angel God, and Bibi Dong, the Rakshasa God—two First Class Gods—he had to exert an absurd amount of effort before he could defeat them."

"Of course, inherited divine seats also functioned as cheat devices. They allowed inheritors to cultivate at an extremely rapid pace until they reached the upper limit of the divine seat."

"Thus, inheritors of divine seats from lower planes were permitted to remain in their lower planes for one hundred years, rapidly advancing their cultivation until it matched the upper limit of their divine seats, after which they would ascend to the God Realm."

"It was rather humane. A god who inherited a God King's divine seat but initially only had the combat power of a Divine Official would have no way to convince anyone after running off to the God Realm."

After hearing Di Tian's detailed explanation, Demon Empress finally understood that the Abyssal Sage King had a high chance of successfully seizing her body.

Even if she became a true god, the Abyssal Sage King, as a First Class God, would still possess the strength to utterly crush her.

Without the ability to create a divine seat, she could only improve her realm through her own cultivation after becoming a god, a process that would inevitably take a very long time.

Given such a lengthy span of time, the Abyssal Sage King would have more than enough patience to wait for her to reveal a flaw.

As for whether Di Tian might have fabricated all this about divine seats?

Demon Empress did not doubt him. Every cultivator on the Douluo Plane who approached the plane's limit could sense the God Realm and gain a general understanding of it.

She was still capable of judging Di Tian's direct, face-to-face explanation.

Di Tian's origins had circulated among the ferocious beasts for a long time.

He had originally been the captain of the Dragon God's personal guard, born as a divine beast.

After the Dragon God was slain and the beast clans were massacred, he had no choice but to flee to the Douluo Continent alongside the Dragon God's avatar, the Silver Dragon King.

Yet because of this, he was restricted by the plane, stripped of his divine beast body and his eternal lifespan.

Even though his accumulated cultivation was enough for him to become a god ten times over, he was still firmly suppressed by the plane beneath the realm of gods.

But the Dragon God of old had been the most powerful God King. Would such a being need a mere little dragon as the captain of his personal guard? Who was protecting whom?

The position of captain of the personal guard was entirely equivalent to a close attendant of the emperor in a human imperial court—the minister most favored by the highest ruler.

A superb management trainee personally kept close at hand for training and exposure to the wider world.

Therefore, it was not strange at all that Di Tian knew so many secrets of the God Realm.

After a long silence, Demon Empress finally spoke.

"The Beast God has said so much and pointed out the fatal trap I had fallen into without realizing it. What do you need me to do?"

There was no such thing as a free lunch. Demon Empress understood that saying deeply.

"Come with me."

With all the groundwork laid, Di Tian brought out his final trump card.

"I know you must have remnants left behind by the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, but relying on those alone, not even a God King could revive your husband."

"Follow me. Whether it is becoming a god or reviving your husband, the chances of success will always be greater than if you do it alone."

This trump card directly dispelled Demon Empress's last hesitation.

Her ultimate goal in becoming a god was not only to take revenge on humanity and the gods. Most importantly, she wanted to revive her husband and reunite their family of three.

The delicate body wrapped beneath the black robe trembled slightly, stirred both by inner excitement and outward action.

She stepped out of the Blood Pool and paid her respects to Di Tian. This was a sign of submission, the reverence shown by a lower-ranked member of the soul beast race toward a superior.

It also meant placing restraints upon herself. She could change her mind, and they could part ways peacefully, but betrayal was absolutely forbidden.

"After you leave with me, there won't be any problem with control over the Blood River God-Slaying Array, right?"

"The array will play a crucial role later. It would be best if nothing went wrong."

Demon Empress waved her Fair Hand. The blood in the Blood Pool began to boil, bubbles gurgling to the surface as droplets rose and gathered into her likeness, incredibly lifelike.

"This clone I condensed through the power of the Blood River God-Slaying Array can hold out for a while even against the attacks of a Quasi-God. It will be enough to support us until we return."

Seeing this, Di Tian felt much more at ease. The reason he had asked was naturally because of the ambitious Evil Soul Masters outside, especially that Ghost Emperor.

"Ghost Emperor, Ghost Emperor..." As he repeated the name, Di Tian suddenly remembered something.