I Define the Order of This World and Crush the God Kings; Tang San Realizes the Divine Realm May Be Built Upon the Sky Vault's Original Sin

The Dragon Clan had once been the undisputed rulers of the Douluo World, and the Dragon God had been its supreme God King.

But what happened later? Humanity rose, Soul Masters became the protagonists of the world, and the Divine Realm was established. The Dragon Clan was driven out and suppressed, even treated as nourishment for Soul Masters to advance.

To the Dragon Clan of old, were the human Gods who came later not also "outsiders"? Were they not "False Gods" who had stolen the world's Authority?

"Drive out... the False Gods..."

A deep sorrow and bone-deep hatred flashed in the Dragon God's enormous eyes. That roar seemed to give voice to the feelings he had repressed for ten thousand years.

He seemed to see another version of himself: a "Lord of the World" even more ancient, more powerful, and more tragic than he was.

On the viewing stands at Shrek Academy, Bei Bei, He Caitou, Xu Sanshi, and the others were utterly speechless.

Their thoughts were still caught up in the difference between Gods and humans, but the information on the Light Screen had already risen to a war between "True Gods" and "False Gods."

"The Gods we... we believe in, could they be... False Gods?" Xiao Xiao's voice trembled.

No one could answer her.

Tang Ya gripped Bei Bei's hand tightly, her palm slick with cold sweat. She had once fallen into darkness for revenge, but what did that little bit of hatred amount to beside a war spanning worlds and wagering the very definition of Gods?

Heaven Dou Imperial Palace.

Emperor Xue Ye had only just recovered from the shock of the "Conqueror" when the words "drive out the False Gods" struck him, leaving him reeling.

He stared blankly at the sky, as though he could see the lofty Divine Realm through the palace dome.

So even the Gods in the heavens could one day be driven out as "false"?

Then what did the imperial authority of the Human Realm amount to?

Marshal Dai Hao clenched his fists until they creaked.

He had just been thinking about how to use a million troops to oppose the "Heavenly Principles."

Now he had received an even more despairing answer.

His enemy might not be just one "Heavenly Principles," but a group of... "True Gods" and "False Gods" fighting over ownership of the world.

In this war, mortal armies weren't even worthy of serving as cannon fodder.

Ning Rongrong exchanged a glance with Ning Tian beside her. The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect was wealthier than a nation, yet at that moment, they felt so impoverished.

In the face of such a truth, wealth and power had lost all meaning.

Divine Realm.

Tang San's gaze locked onto the words "Teyvat" and "Sky Vault."

The name of a world.

A crucial location.

"Drive the False Gods from above the Sky Vault..."

He turned the phrase over and over in his mind, and an astonishing image took shape.

Phanes had conquered a world.

And the Primal Lord who had let out that roar seemed to be a "native" of that world.

Then Phanes and the beings behind him were the so-called "outsiders"—the "False Gods" denounced by that roar!

This wasn't a simple invasion.

It was a war... over the "legitimacy" of a world!

The victors were True Gods, the Heavenly Principles, enthroned above the Sky Vault.

The losers were False Gods, remnants of the old age, utterly driven out.

"We..." Tang San's voice was hoarse. "The Divine Realm we inhabit... isn't it also built 'above the Sky Vault' of Douluo Star?"

At those words, every God King changed color.

The Dragon God's roar still echoed in their ears. His grief and indignation, spanning countless ages, had made the hearts of everyone watching the Light Screen tighten. Yet before they could recover from the shock of "driving out the False Gods," the scene on the Light Screen changed once more.

The enormous dragon shadow, vast enough to blot out the sun, faded away, replaced by a field of purest white.

Then row upon row of cold, emotionless Golden Text appeared before everyone's eyes, accompanied by an equally cold, lofty voice that resounded deep within their souls.

[I define the "Order" of this world.]

The voice held neither anger nor joy, only an absolute indifference like the Rules of heaven and earth. It was as if it wasn't speaking, but merely stating an established fact.

[All things of the "Old Days" are "discordant."]

[All power of "chaos" is "sin."]

Those three brief sentences contained an unquestionable authority beyond all others. It wasn't negotiating with anyone, nor making an announcement. It was itself the Rules, the truth!

Divine Realm.

The God Kings, whose minds had just been shaken by Tang San's deduction, all felt an oppression that struck at their divine souls the moment they heard the voice. It was the merciless crushing of lower-dimensional beings by an existence of a higher dimension.

"Is this... the voice of the 'Heavenly Principles'?" Rong Nianbing's expression was grave. As the God of Emotion, he couldn't sense any emotion in that voice. It was ten thousand times more terrifying than a roar filled with endless fury!

Lie Yan, standing beside Ji Dong, trembled slightly. She had once been the ruler of the Core World, the embodiment of the "chaos" and searing heat of magma. Yet under the definition laid down by this voice, had her very nature become "sin"?

The final lines appeared slowly on the Light Screen, as if delivering the ultimate judgment on the Dragon God's roar.

[And you, last echo of the Old World... your existence is this world's greatest "discord."]

[I banish you.]

"Boom—!"

The Dragon God's enormous pupils contracted sharply. The flames of revenge that had just begun to burn were doused as if by a bucket of ice water, leaving only endless cold and despair.

"Discord... sin... echo..." he murmured. Each word was like a heavy hammer striking his Dragon Soul.

So that was it.

In the eyes of his Conqueror, he wasn't even an enemy worthy of being taken seriously. He was merely a "discordant note" that should never have existed, an "error" that needed to be erased, a "sin" that deserved banishment.

Gu Yuena's silver hair stirred without a breeze, and her body trembled uncontrollably. She thought of the fate of Soul Beasts on Douluo Continent. Under humanity's expansion and "Order," the living space of Soul Beasts had been squeezed smaller and smaller. They were labeled "Ferocious Beasts" and treated as "resources" for humans to obtain Spirit Rings and Spirit Bones.

Human Order, Soul Beast sin.

How alike! In that moment, she and the Dragon God before her shared a sorrowful bond across time and space.

Tang Wulin grabbed Gu Yuena's cold hand. The Golden Dragon King Bloodline within him roared and struggled wildly. It was the fury of a king from the old age, the instinctive rejection of this new Order!

Shrek Academy's viewing stands.

"I... I don't understand..." Xiao Xiao's face had gone deathly pale. "What does 'Old Days' mean? And what is 'discord'? Why would existence itself be a kind of 'discord'?"