Rules Shattered, Three Realms Judgement Sword

"Hmph, so this was the so-called Heavenly Tribulation rule the God Realm placed here to restrict the Soul Beast Clan's development for hundreds of thousands of years?"

"Other than bullying little ones who haven't become gods, you don't seem capable of much else!"

Gu Yuexi looked at the white humanoid figure struggling ceaselessly in her hand, a cold smile curling across her lips.

Only now did she finally understand how the Heavenly Tribulations that had plagued the Soul Beast Clan for hundreds of thousands of years had come about.

"Y-You can't kill me! I am a rule established here by the God Realm and represent the entire God Realm. If you kill me, you will face the endless pursuit of the Gods of the God Realm!"

"Heh~ I'm not even afraid of your masters standing before me. Why would I fear some petty Heavenly Tribulation rule? Die!"

Upon hearing that, Gu Yuexi laughed. Then she squeezed hard, and the white humanoid figure shattered into countless fragments of energy, completely dissipating within the Rule Space.

By now, Gu Yuexi had thoroughly figured out how this Heavenly Tribulation rule operated.

Simply put, this thing was essentially an AI system the God Realm had left within the Rule Space.

It constantly monitored every movement of the Soul Beast Clan on Douluo Star. Whenever a soul beast with cultivation exceeding one hundred thousand years appeared, it would immediately draw upon the surrounding Cosmic Energy and bring down a Heavenly Tribulation.

Furthermore, after reaching one hundred thousand years of cultivation, every breakthrough into a major realm would bring another Heavenly Tribulation, each one more powerful than the last.

If they survived it, they could naturally continue cultivating and living. But if they failed, they would be reduced directly to ashes!

"Hmm, since the God Realm created a Heavenly Tribulation rule, then aside from the rule preventing soul beasts from becoming gods, could there be other restrictive rules as well?"

"I might as well keep looking!"

With that thought, Gu Yuexi immediately began searching through the Rule Space.

After all, the Soul Beast Clan had been burdened by far too many disadvantages since its birth.

At first, she had assumed those were simply limitations inherent to the Soul Beast Clan and had not paid them much attention.

But after seeing the Heavenly Tribulation rule established here by the God Realm, Gu Yuexi's thoughts changed.

Could those disadvantages that were so detrimental to the Soul Beast Clan's development also be restrictions imposed by the God Realm, rather than something the soul beasts were born with?

After all, those Gods of the God Realm certainly did not want another being like the Dragon God to emerge.

With that in mind, Gu Yuexi began carefully examining the Rule Space.

The Rule Space represented the domain of cosmic laws and was immensely vast. Even with Gu Yuexi's cultivation at the Peak God King level, she flew for a long time before gradually leaving its outer regions and arriving at its core.

During this process, following the Energy Waves of the Heavenly Tribulation rule from earlier, she truly did discover several similar things here.

Without question, they were all rules forcibly established here by the God Realm in the past to restrict the Soul Beast Clan's development.

For instance, there was a rule that delayed the awakening of the Soul Beast Clan's intelligence. Aside from special existences such as the Emperor Auspicious Beast or descendants of Sacred Beasts, ordinary soul beasts had to reach one hundred thousand years of cultivation before attaining high intelligence.

There were also rules that restricted the Soul Beast Clan's cultivation and growth, as well as the rule that a soul beast's essence would inevitably turn into a Spirit Ring after death.

"What a scheme. No wonder soul beasts cultivate more slowly than so many soul masters, and no wonder this Spirit Ring system is so strange. So the God Realm was behind it all!"

Gu Yuexi was utterly enraged. She immediately circulated her Divine Power and condensed countless dragon claws, which shot toward those rules at tremendous speed!

"The entire God Realm stands behind us! You, a mere soul beast, dare kill us? Then prepare for retaliation! When the time comes, the entire Soul Beast Clan will be buried alongside your reckless actions!"

"Hmph, always the same bland lines. Can't you come up with something new when making threats? It seems the rule AIs created by the God Realm aren't very intelligent either!"

"Then die!"

After saying that, Gu Yuexi directly controlled those dragon claws and crushed every one of the rules, turning them into a massive surge of energy that dissipated throughout the space.

After finishing this, Gu Yuexi did not stop. Instead, she continued searching for rules that restricted the Soul Beast Clan and destroying them.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

As the rules restricting the Soul Beast Clan were destroyed one after another, the existence hidden deep within the Rule Space seemed to have been provoked.

Endless Cosmic Energy began churning within it. Several bolts of white lightning formed in an instant and struck directly toward Gu Yuexi.

"Hmm? Interesting."

"Break!"

As the lightning came rushing in, the Golden Dragon Spear in Gu Yuexi's hand burst forth with brilliant golden light and thrust toward it.

Boom!

The Golden Dragon Spear collided with the lightning, and blinding radiance instantly illuminated the surrounding space.

At the same time, a faint white glow rose around them and formed a Protective Barrier, absorbing and blocking all the shockwaves from the explosion. Only then were the surrounding Rule Chains spared from damage.

This was the Rule Space's self-protection mechanism. Unless one's cultivation reached a realm above that of a Supreme God King, it was impossible to cause any damage here.

"Interesting!"

Gu Yuexi narrowed her eyes at the distance and immediately flew at top speed toward the source of the lightning.

Very soon, she saw clearly what had attacked her earlier.

It was different from the minor rules she had shattered before.

This was a gigantic humanoid sphere of light. Five kinds of Divine Power—black, white, purple, green, and red—swirled around it as it stood in the deepest part of the Rule Space. Behind it, an enormous sword stretching ten thousand zhang guarded the area.

Sensing the familiar aura emanating from the gigantic humanoid sphere of light, Gu Yuexi naturally understood that these five colors represented the Divine Power of the original five God-Kings of the Douluo God Realm.

As for the great sword behind it, it was the Douluo God Realm's most powerful super Divine Skill—the Three Realms Judgement Sword!

This was the strongest and most perfect Three Realms Judgement Sword, formed by the original five God-Kings. It was even capable of killing the Dragon God and was fundamentally incomparable to the inferior version Ji Dong and Lie Yan had created before!

At the same time, both the humanoid sphere of light and the Three Realms Judgement Sword were bound by a Rule Chain, seemingly restrained deliberately by the Rule Space.

"I never expected the rule preventing soul beasts from becoming gods to be hidden in the deepest part of this place, guarded by the Divine Power of the five God-Kings and the Three Realms Judgement Sword!"

"However, it seems this thing is restricted by the Rule Space and cannot act freely, nor can it leave a certain range. Otherwise, I might have been done for here today!"

"Looks like I won't be able to destroy the rule preventing soul beasts from becoming gods unless I break through to the Supreme God King realm and establish my own God Realm."

"Still, I've already destroyed all the other rules. For the current Soul Beast Clan, that should be enough. I can return to the Star Dou Great Forest."

With that, Gu Yuexi's figure disappeared from the Star Dou Great Forest.