Morax Soloed the Demon Gods, Ending the Calamity in Liyue with a Rain of Rock Spears; Dai Hao: That's What a King Should Be

"No, Your Majesty." Marshal Dai Hao's voice was low and strained. His fists were clenched so tightly that his nails nearly dug into his palms. "This isn't madness. It's a selection."

"A selection?"

"Right." Dai Hao stared fixedly at the demon gods falling one after another on the screen. "A selection to determine the sole victor. Andrius gave up the throne, but there are countless 'Andriuses' who would destroy everything for it."

He couldn't understand Andrius's choice, but he could understand the nature of the war before him.

The Path of Power was built on a mountain of corpses. It was just that the corpses along this path belonged to gods.

Divine Realm.

"Th-this resentment and pain are terrifying." Rong Nianbing's face had gone pale.

As the God of Emotion, he could sense far more clearly than anyone else the despair, anger, and unwillingness pouring from the image—the emotions unleashed in their final moments by countless living beings and demon gods. That vast Torrent of Negative Emotions nearly overwhelmed his Divine Sense.

Ji Dong and Lie Yan beside him also wore solemn expressions.

"This isn't simply a contest of strength," Ji Dong said gravely. "It's mutual consumption at the level of Laws. The victor will take everything from the defeated, even the very concept of their existence."

Lie Yan watched the fallen demon gods and sighed softly. "Every one of them was once the ruler of a realm, with subjects and glory of their own. Yet in this war, they're no more than blades of grass."

Douluo God Realm, Realm of Life and Destruction.

Chang Gongwei, Lei Xiang, A'Dai, Tian Hen, Hai Long, Ye Yinzhu, Zi...and the other powerful figures who had come from different worlds and eventually gathered here all fell into a long silence.

They had each once