Paying Respects to His Majesty the God King

For a long time, a saying had circulated among the Chaos evil gods: Lein wasn't the real God King. He was merely a fraud who had stolen the title by mastering some special trick.

The old schemer Spider Goddess Luo Si had especially worked tirelessly to spread this claim as widely as possible, making sure it reached the ears of other hot-tempered evil gods. It would be ideal if she could lure some hothead like the Lord of Storms or the God of Tyranny into picking a fight with Lein.

It couldn't be helped. The Spider Queen held grudges like that. After all, Lein had protected Ma Enzhuo'er and helped her overthrow Luo Si's rule.

Unfortunately, every time a new rumor surfaced, Lein or the Physics School would soon smother it with some even more outrageous stunt.

Dealing with an enemy came at a cost, whether in time or some other marginal expense.

If your opponent was truly powerful—or you believed he was—you needed to watch him for a while.

The Lord of Storms might seem hot-tempered, but that depended on who he was dealing with. If he didn't consider someone worth his attention, he'd wipe out their entire family without a second thought.

But what about a God King?

Anyone would think twice.

In the eyes of the Chaos gods, a God King, real or not, wasn't someone a Powerful Divine Power God could casually challenge. Fortunately, gods had all the time in the world to observe.

Normally, if Lein were a fake, he'd eventually slip up. Then the moment he fell, all the gods would pile on and finish him off.

Lein's wild stunts were simply too impressive. For instance, while he was still a Lesser Divine Power, he had dared to elevate Downs to become his subordinate