If I Can't Become a God, Then Heaven Itself Has No Justice!

"!!!"

The Sky Azure Bull Python's Soul Power aura, which had been flowing slowly around its body, suddenly froze!

The damp air by the lake seemed to solidify in an instant. Even the campfire flames appeared to stop dancing.

Its enormous azure pupils abruptly contracted into dangerous vertical slits as it stared fixedly at Lin Qing!

Returning from the dead!

For Soul Beasts with long lives and deep emotions, those four words carried far too great an impact! They were far too tempting!

Especially for Soul Beasts like it, Da Ming, and Er Ming, who depended on one another and regarded each other as family.

At the same time.

As intelligent as it was, it immediately caught some deliberate implication in Lin Qing's abrupt words.

Was he... hinting at something?

Was he offering a promise?

Or a faint hope?

The Sky Azure Bull Python gazed at Lin Qing.

The campfire flickered in those golden eyes, reflecting a bright, open light.

There was no cunning, no calculation—only a calm statement.

"..."

The wordless silence lasted a long, long time.

Long enough for a thick log in the campfire to burn through and snap with a soft crack.

The night wind continued to sweep over the vast lake, carrying moist vapor and the faint, intermittent cries of nocturnal animals in the distance.

When the Sky Azure Bull Python spoke again.

Its voice seemed to have settled with countless complicated emotions, becoming even deeper.

"Lin Qing."

For the first time, the Sky Azure Bull Python called his name with utmost solemnity.

"Tell me, given your current situation and your understanding..."

"What do you think your chances of successfully becoming a God in the future truly are?"

It had asked the most crucial, most practical question.

No matter how beautiful or moving a vision was, it needed the possibility of becoming reality.

Otherwise, it was merely a reflection in the mirror, an empty discussion.

Lin Qing smiled.

His smile looked exceptionally dazzling beneath the firelight, carrying a distinct sharpness and edge, as well as an indescribable certainty, as though he had glimpsed part of the future.

"If someone like me can't become a God, then I'm afraid there truly won't be anyone else in this world who can."

He set down the branch and began counting on his fingers, as if listing the most obvious facts in the world.

"First, I have Twin Martial Souls. My potential limit far surpasses that of ordinary Soul Masters. My starting point is already different."

"Second, my Golden Dragon Martial Soul possesses the Ultimate Power attribute. It is incomparably tyrannical. My Silver Dragon Martial Soul is equally mysterious and powerful—both are the finest among the finest."

"Third, due to certain special opportunities, my Soul Rings were refined. Now, the first three rings of my first Martial Soul are already three Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings."

He shrugged, wearing an expression that practically said, I'm cheating.

"With this setup, there probably hasn't been a second one like me throughout history."

Perhaps only Huo Gua, who began with a million-year Soul Ring ten thousand years later, could suppress a setup like his.

"Fourth..."

He paused, his gaze naturally shifting toward the three little girls sleeping soundly on the animal-skin mats beside him.

They slept deeply, their Small Faces rosy beneath the firelight.

Lin Qing's gaze softened as he said meaningfully,

"I also have some special 'opportunities,' and..."

His voice was soft, yet exceptionally firm.

"People I must protect with all my strength."

"These will all become the motivation and confidence that drive me to climb ever upward and never stop."

Lin Qing did not mention the system, his greatest cheat.

Yet the confidence radiating from his bones had already become impossible to conceal.

With my current start, I might not compare to that absurd "Huo Gua," who began with a million-year Soul Ring, came with the Holy Necromancer Grandfather, and even got a Four-Hundred-Thousand-Year Ice Empress bundled in.

But in this era, I absolutely crush Tang San, Bibi Dong, Qian Renxue, and those Shrek Seven Devils who were originally destined to become Gods. If I still can't become a God like this, then Heaven itself truly has no justice. Even the author deserves to be sent razor blades!

Of course, he only amused himself with that last bit of grumbling inwardly.

"..."

Upon hearing this.

The Sky Azure Bull Python stared deeply at Lin Qing.

Its gaze seemed as though it wanted to pierce through his flesh and bones to see straight into the depths of his soul, to verify whether the future he described was real.

The campfire's orange-red glow danced across Lin Qing's face.

What burned in those eyes was undisguised ambition, unwavering conviction, and absolute confidence in his own path.

After a long while.

The Sky Azure Bull Python said nothing more.

Its enormous head slowly turned and sank into the cold, deep lake water.

Ripples spread across the lake's surface in widening circles before gradually returning to calm.

Only a whisper, nearly too faint to hear, drifted through the night wind and lingered in the air.

"I... understand."

The next morning.

Golden sunlight struggled through the dense, sky-blocking canopy of the Star Dou Great Forest, casting mottled, swaying patches of light across the woodland clearing.

The Titan Giant Ape, Er Ming, had not returned yet.

Lin Qing and Da Ming were not particularly worried.

With Er Ming's terrifying strength as a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, along with its violent and troublesome temperament.

So long as the dormant Fierce Beasts from the forest's Core Area had not emerged to roam, there were truly very few beings in the Star Dou Great Forest capable of threatening it.

It was probably because the Flood Dragon's location was a little far away, or perhaps something had delayed it along the way.

However, Lin Qing did not sit around idly waiting for news from Er Ming.

He happened to use this opportunity to arrange matters concerning the First Soul Rings for his three precious girls, who had already reached level ten.

After the three little girls had slept their fill and awoken, each was full of energy, like three lively little sparrows.

Their bodies had already built a solid foundation far beyond that of children their age after being tempered and nourished by Whale Rubber.

But Lin Qing sought absolute certainty.

The First Soul Ring targets he had planned for his Daughters were all over a thousand years old!

This was exceedingly rare even in the history of Soul Masters on the Douluo Continent, and it placed an enormous burden on both the body and mind.

Lin Qing felt that the physique enhanced by Whale Rubber alone was still slightly lacking. It was not secure enough.

He needed to add another layer of "insurance."

"Dad, what are we doing today?"

Wu'er asked indistinctly while chewing on the sweet dried fruit Lin Qing had prepared beforehand, her big eyes brimming with curiosity.

Lin Qing smiled and rubbed her soft hair.

"I'm giving you some 'insurance' so that absorbing your Soul Rings later will be smoother and safer."

As he spoke.

With a thought, he took three Soul Bones from the Storage Soul Tool.

Light flashed faintly, and the physical objects appeared.

They were precisely the three Ninety-Thousand-Year Thousand Jun Ant Emperor Soul Bones that emitted a gentle yet heavy Dark Gold radiance and contained immense power—the Left Arm Bone, Trunk Bone, and Left Leg Bone.

They floated silently before Lin Qing.

Even without being activated, the faint fluctuations of power they emitted made one's heart tremble.

Wu'er said, "Eh, are those those three precious bones? I thought Dad was going to give us carrots. We can't eat these."

Rou Rou said, "Is Dad planning to let us keep them as collectibles? But compared to bones, Rou Rou likes pretty gemstones more~"

Qing Zhu said, "Idiot, those are Soul Bones."

Qing Zhu shook her head helplessly, then looked up at Lin Qing and asked, "Dad, are you planning to let us absorb the Soul Bones?"