Cooperation?

After pondering for a moment, Gu Yuena spoke again. "Is your martial soul really only capable of Rule Creation?"

Su Yu frowned slightly but did not answer Gu Yuena's question.

Gu Yuena continued on her own, "The latter half is entirely blank and can create rules."

"What about the first half?"

"Is it merely recording the underlying rules of the world?"

Without waiting for Su Yu to speak, Gu Yuena changed the subject. "Have you heard of becoming a god at level one hundred?"

Seeing Su Yu nod, Gu Yuena continued, "For humans, as long as they break through level one hundred, they can ascend to the God Realm and become immortal."

"Have you ever wished to attain Godhood?"

Su Yu nodded slightly. "If given the chance, who wouldn't want to attain Godhood?"

"In the God Realm, the five great God Kings stand at the top: Evil God, Good God, Destruction God, Life God, and Asura."

"They wield different authorities and govern the God Realm and its subordinate worlds."

"Our world is among them."

"Do you know what authority is?"

Without waiting for Su Yu's response, Gu Yuena said directly, "Authority neither increases nor disappears. It can only be divided and diluted."

"Like the emperor of a human empire, or the ruler of a soul beast clan."

"It does not refer to a particular person or soul beast, but to whoever occupies that position."

"Even if the individual who is emperor dies, another individual will inherit his position."

"Even if the nation falls and the emperor ceases to exist as a result, those authorities still remain. They are merely taken by different people."

"Long ago, the emperor of the God Realm was the progenitor of my Dragon Clan—the Dragon God."

"After he fell, his authority was divided among the five great God Kings and the other gods."

Gu Yuena looked at Su Yu. "In other words, whenever another god appears in the God Realm, that god takes away authority that originally belonged to other gods."

"Even mortal emperors would not readily surrender their thrones."

"Why would they give their authority to you?"

Su Yu did not answer Gu Yuena's question. Instead, he said, "Ten thousand years ago, Angel and Sea God ascended to the God Realm from this world."

The meaning behind Su Yu's words was obvious. If the God Realm could accept them, why could it not accept him?

Gu Yuena sneered. "Back then, the Dragon God fell, and the God Realm was thrown into chaos. Who knew how many gods died unnatural deaths? Naturally, many positions were left vacant."

Su Yu shrugged. "Then they should be even more willing to accept me."

"I told you already, authority will neither increase nor decrease."

"The god who ruled the seas died, so no one cared about the authority of the sea. Naturally, Sea God could ascend."

"Do you know why Angel God died?"

Su Yu's pupils abruptly constricted.

Gu Yuena stared fixedly at Su Yu and said each word distinctly, "Because Angel Godhood not only involved the authority of the sky and holiness, but also possessed the authority of judgment. It threatened the position of the Asura God King!"

"So, clever as you are, why not guess what authorities you would obtain if you, who can create rules, attained Godhood one day?"

"Oh, and one more thing. Asura is not only one of the five great God Kings, but also the law-enforcement god of the God Realm."

Feigning indifference, Su Yu said, "As far as I know, the God Realm has rules prohibiting gods from killing one another."

Gu Yuena shot Su Yu a sidelong glance. "Do you believe that nonsense yourself?"

"You should know that I am not lying."

Su Yu looked up at Gu Yuena and smiled. "Senior, you didn't kidnap me just to tell me all this, did you?"

Gu Yuena gazed at Su Yu. "The gods of the God Realm are my enemies, and the God Realm will not tolerate you either. How about you and I cooperate, form an alliance, and stand against the God Realm together?"

Su Yu smiled calmly. "Senior, you are conflating two different things. I merely have a conflict of interest with Asura. I bear no grudge against the other four God Kings. How can you say that the God Realm will not tolerate me?"

"If I do not cooperate with you, after becoming a god, I would only need to face Asura."

"Under the rules of the God Realm, he cannot openly attack me. He can only resort to underhanded tricks behind the scenes."

"But if I cooperate with you, I will have to stand against the five God Kings with you, along with an unknown number of other gods."

"Senior, surely you are joking?"

Gu Yuena narrowed her eyes. "You are refusing me so directly? Aren't you afraid I will fly into a rage from humiliation and kill you outright?"

Su Yu coughed lightly. "Senior, how did we skip straight to that? That is not how this is supposed to go. You should promise me some benefits first and raise my favorability."

"Then you should talk about the grand ideal of leading the soul beasts to rise and escape their plight, moving me deeply."

"Only then would I risk my life to help you overturn the God Realm..."

"Who starts by trying to kill someone?"

Gu Yuena's cheek twitched slightly, leaving her speechless.

Then Gu Yuena asked curiously, "You seem very confident, certain that I will not kill you."

Su Yu nodded, a crafty smile appearing on his face. "Even if I can become a god, adding me to the equation still would not be enough to contend with the five great God Kings."

"Combined with what you said earlier, Senior, I can roughly guess the true reason you want to cooperate with me."

A sharp gleam appeared in Gu Yuena's eyes. "So you really can do it!"

Su Yu merely smiled without speaking and simply kept nodding.

At this moment, Di Tian was already somewhat bewildered, unable to understand what riddle his master and this human were speaking in.

Seeing Di Tian's confusion, Gu Yuena reminded him, "The moment I met him, I asked whether his soul skill could only accomplish Rule Creation."

Su Yu immediately followed up, "At that time, Senior suspected that I could not only create rules, but also rewrite the underlying rules of the world."

Rewrite the underlying rules of the world?

In a flash, a passage from the first half of the Brass Book surfaced in Di Tian's mind.

—Soul beasts are forbidden from becoming gods!

Di Tian stared at Su Yu without blinking, his tone becoming incomparably tense.

"You... you really, really can do it?"

Su Yu nodded. "Once I become a god, I definitely can!"

Gu Yuena added, "After becoming a god at level one hundred, one is permitted to remain in the human world for a period of time."

"Ha, hahahahahaha..."

Having received confirmation from Su Yu and his master, Di Tian immediately burst into wild laughter.

Finally!

After who knew how many years!

The soul beast clan had finally seen hope for its rise!

After laughing wildly, Di Tian bowed to Gu Yuena. "This subordinate has lost his composure."

Gu Yuena shook her head, unconcerned by Di Tian's lapse, and said to Su Yu, "Rest assured, we will do everything we can to help you become a god."

Di Tian nodded frantically like a pecking chick. "That's right! Your soul rings and soul bones, leave them all to me!"

"We will help you grow as quickly as possible and become a god soon!"

Su Yu was delighted at first, but then seemed to remember something. He looked at Gu Yuena awkwardly.

"What is it? Is there a problem?"

"There is a problem. A very big problem!"

"What problem?"

Su Yu said, "You need to recover from your injuries before I ascend to the God Realm, at the very least! Otherwise, how are I and a group of newly ascended soul beast gods supposed to fight them?"

Gu Yuena smiled. "You are worried about that? It is fine. At most, I will recover to my peak within fifteen years!"

Upon hearing this, Su Yu became doubtful.

Even if he had never read Douluo Dalu 3, he knew that Gu Yuena recovered in the era twenty thousand years later!

"By the way, how did you know I was injured?"

In an instant, every hair on Su Yu's body stood on end, and he felt as if he had fallen into an ice cellar...