The battle between Huo Yuhao and the Fallen Mages led by Kaecilius within the Heavenly Screen was truly spectacular. The various earth-shattering scenes and brilliant magical duels left viewers mesmerized.
Especially during the direct confrontation between Huo Yuhao and Kaecilius, the power they displayed completely reshaped the audience's understanding of the destructive capabilities of mages as a power system on the Douluo Continent!
The phrase "destroying heaven and earth" was merely a description of the facts for their battle, not an exaggeration.
However, while thoroughly enjoying the spectacle, the audience was also very focused on the exchange between Huo Yuhao and Kaecilius.
Especially when Huo Yuhao asked Kaecilius why he didn't choose to ascend to godhood for eternal life, Kaecilius's answer caused countless people's dao hearts to collapse.
Gods were not immortal; they could only live for ten thousand years, and they were restricted from leaving the God Realm as they pleased.
The God Realm was extremely scarce in resources, completely different from the beautiful place people imagined. The environment was so harsh that it was almost a luxury for the gods to even have a meal, and they had to fight and strive for even a little clean water!
Was this still the God Realm that everyone on the continent yearned for?
Before the Heavenly Screen played the scene where Huo Yuhao first encountered the Guardian Mages in the Extreme North, those people had disdained the gods, calling them prisoners without freedom. It turned out they weren't exaggerating!
Even many criminals currently imprisoned for crimes or other reasons felt their lives were better than those so-called God Realm Gods; at least they had food and water.
Many people's worldviews were completely re-examined!
The audience also understood why Kaecilius would rather embrace the Dark Dimension and become a half-human, half-ghost rather than attempt to ascend to godhood and gain that ten-thousand-year lifespan in the God Realm.
Meanwhile, some great powers that originally had 'gods behind them,' and many prodigies and experts who strived to become gods, were stunned.
So, their ancestors lived a hard life in the God Realm for ten thousand years?
In the Nine Treasure Glazed Sect, the Current Sect Master and several elders sat facing each other, exchanging bewildered glances. After a moment of silence, someone suggested, "How about... we find a way to burn some food for Ning Rongrong's ancestor?"
"What about drinks?"
"We can't burn drinks... Besides, burning things is for those who ascend to heaven. Although the ancestor also ascended, it's different from ordinary ascensions. If we burn it, she probably won't receive it..."
"Sigh, we juniors occasionally complained in our hearts that our ancestor neglected her descendants. Now it seems we were wrong. She didn't even have food or drink in the God Realm, no wonder she couldn't attend to us..."
"What ancestor, you're calling the ancestor old! Didn't you hear the Heavenly Screen say that a day in the God Realm is a year in the mortal world? Ning Rongrong's ancestor is probably younger than your daughter, don't be afraid she'll be unhappy if she hears it!"
On the border of the Star Luo Empire, Dai Hao gazed at the Heavenly Screen with a strange expression, his lips twitching.
Good heavens, ancestor Dai Mubai lived a hard life in the God Realm for ten thousand years? No wonder he was indifferent to the Dai family in the lower realm.
Since Dai Mubai didn't leave any bloodline before ascending, the White Tiger Duke Mansion line was actually descended from Dai Weisi.
And the tradition of the Dai family ten thousand years ago was that there was no family affection between brothers. Therefore, their descendants always thought that it was because of Dai Weisi that Dai Mubai, after becoming a god, disliked this lineage and remained indifferent to them.
Now it seemed, not necessarily.
Ten thousand years ago, Dai Mubai ascended early, while Dai Weisi inherited the imperial throne and served as emperor his entire life.
Originally, people envied Dai Mubai more for ascending to godhood and becoming immortal. But now, with the Heavenly Screen revealing the truth and stripping away the halo of the God Realm, Dai Mubai's hasty ascension seemed questionable.
Even with the different time flow, ten thousand years passed in the lower realm, but it had already been twenty-seven years in the God Realm!
Imagine Dai Mubai, right after ascending, discovering the truth and spending his days digging soil, growing vegetables, and struggling for a mouthful of water, while watching Dai Weisi, who became emperor in the lower realm, feasting on delicacies and fine wine. He must have been grinding his teeth!
Thinking of this, Dai Hao fell into deep contemplation: If the God Realm was so terrible, should he still try to reconcile with Huo Yuhao and have him bring him along to ascend?
Or should he wait for Huo Yuhao to become stronger in the future, borrow his influence to reclaim the Star Luo Imperial Throne from the Xu family, and live a comfortable life as emperor?
After careful consideration, Dai Hao felt that he was an adult, and he wanted both!
First, he would borrow influence to reclaim the throne, let Huo Yuhao strive in the God Realm first, and then ascend to enjoy the ten-thousand-year lifespan when he was close to death! It was the best of both worlds!
Dai Hao inwardly praised his own wisdom! He felt that if he had been born ten thousand years ago, his intelligence would not have been inferior to Tang San, who came up with the brilliant strategy of cutting off the grain route!
Even Yu Xiaogang, the Horn of Wisdom who taught Tang San, would probably praise him, "This person's wisdom is not inferior to mine!"
Just as White Tiger Duke Dai Hao was lost in his fantasies, in the Clear Sky Sect, several figures were lazily lying on the grass, watching the Heavenly Screen and chatting casually.
One figure scratched his belly and laughed, "Heh heh, the God Realm is indeed not a good place. Fortunately, Mom was kind enough to arrange for us to enjoy life in the lower realm."
"Exactly, ascending is not as comfortable as being a Soul Beast. Although our strength improvement is slower, our lifespan is long," another scarred strongman, who looked like he wasn't a good person, chimed in, "Back then, Mom said Tang San could become a god and asked us to sacrifice ourselves so we could enjoy ourselves together in the God Realm after ascending..."
"But after we resurrected in the God Realm, we found it wasn't what we imagined... What a lousy place. Besides being able to drink water in the Divine Beast Forest, the only edible thing was Oscar's sausage."
The scarred strongman laughed, "Fortunately, we are still Soul Beasts after resurrection and can return to Douluo Star. After experiencing life in the God Realm, we truly understand how comfortable the mortal world is. Seventh and Eighth always envied us for being able to ascend, hmph..."
The man beside him, slightly less imposing, turned his head, "You know what Eighth likes to eat, why bother arguing with him? His brain is not as good as yours."
"Oh right, Boss, with the Heavenly Screen out and exposing so many things, what about our mission?" the scarred man asked.
The strongman called Boss crossed his arms and let out a cold snort, "Of course, we'll proceed as planned. Keep a close eye on that little girl Wang Dong'er... That dog Tang San still wants to secretly take the Son of Destiny as his subordinate, probably to deal with Mom. We absolutely cannot let him succeed!"
"Tang San probably still thinks no one knows about his secret schemes on the Douluo Continent, right?"
"Hmph, unfortunately, Mom knows everything. She saw him send that Hammer Wielder and the Dark Blue Silver King down to the mortal world, as well as that little girl. Mom has seen it all and is just waiting for the day to settle the score with him!"
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