Torn

Qian Xunji paused slightly in her steps.

"Then what?"

"And then, of course, I'll be put on trial!" Qian Renxue raised her chin, her eyes full of smugness.

Qian Xunji looked at her bright face, which seemed to be waiting for praise, and remained silent for a moment.

Then he nodded slightly. "Hmm. Impressive."

With just two words, Qian Renxue seemed to have received a tremendous reward, her eyes crinkling into crescent moons with laughter.

"And there's more!" She pulled Qian Xunji forward, pointing to the distant Divine Realm realm, which was even more vast and dazzling than before. "Father, look over there— the Divine Realm is so much bigger than it used to be! The God of Destruction oversaw the expansion, and it took decades to push the Divine Realm's barriers outwards by a great deal! The concentration of divine power in the Divine Realm is much higher than before, and cultivation is much faster!"

She turned her head and added earnestly, "Although the God of Destruction was on a different side from us before, he really did a pretty good job in this matter!"

Qian Xunji looked at the new territory in the distance, then at the radiant face before him.

"You're quite optimistic," he said.

Qian Renxue blinked. "Of course! I'm Angel God, of course I must be upright and honorable!"

She paused, then leaned closer, lowering her voice but unable to suppress her anticipation. "Father... you're not leaving this time, are you? Can we, father and daughter, stay together forever from now on?"

Qian Xunji met those expectant purple eyes.

Those eyes, just like they were many years ago, were bright and full of trust and reliance on her father. Even though he had been absent from her life for thousands of years, even though he had never been a good father, the way she looked at him had never changed.

He remained silent for a moment.

"I still have to go," he said.

The light in Qian Renxue's eyes dimmed for a moment, but she quickly smiled again, "That's alright! Father, go do whatever you want. Anyway, the Divine Realm is here, and I'm here. You can come back whenever you want!"

Qian Xunji looked at her.

a long time.

He raised his hand and gently patted the top of her head again.

"Good."

Qian Renxue paused for a moment, then smiled even more brightly. She took her father's arm again and pulled him forward, chattering on and on about all sorts of interesting things in the Divine Realm —where the scenery was the most beautiful, where the divine fruits were the most delicious, which deity was the most interesting, and which new priest particularly admired her...

Under the golden sunlight, the father and daughter walked side by side in the garden corridor.

One of them talked incessantly, his eyebrows and eyes sparkling.

One listened quietly, occasionally responding with a word.

In the distance, Qian Daoliu stood under the corridor of the side hall, watching this scene, and sighed with a complicated expression.

"This girl..."

He shook his head, turned and left.

The sun was shining brightly, and a gentle breeze was blowing.

The Divine Realm once again welcomed an ordinary and beautiful afternoon.

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Qian Xunji's arrival did not cause much of a stir in the Divine Realm.

After all, the Divine Realm is filled with divine officials and messengers coming and going every day, and with constant fluctuations of divine power.

Even if a lower realm ascendant has a somewhat special aura, it's not worth the personal attention of a god-king level being.

But the God of Destruction noticed.

He stood at the highest point of the Divine Realm's central hub, overlooking the eternally bright divine land below. His divine sense, like invisible tentacles, spread throughout the entire network of laws in the Divine Realm, and no abnormality could escape his perception.

That golden aura...

The God of Destruction frowned slightly.

He remembered that scent.

Long ago, long before the Divine Realm expanded, before the Asura God was defeated, and before he truly took control of the situation, he paid attention to a special inheritor in the lower realm— Qian Xunji.

At that time, all the gods in the Divine Realm noticed Tang San as a "variable," but he caught sight of another noteworthy existence amidst the chaotic atmosphere.

The origin of Qian Xunji's divine trial has always been a mystery. He checked the inheritance records of all the gods in the Divine Realm, but none of them matched. That guy seemed to have appeared out of thin air, accepted a divine trial that did not exist in any records, and then... disappeared.

Later, the affairs of the Divine Realm became complicated, involving expansion, judgment, integration, and reconstruction... He gradually put this matter out of his mind.

Now, this person has appeared.

In a time when the divine positions in the Divine Realm were already full and no new deities were descending to test their abilities, he suddenly arrived in the Divine Realm.

interesting.

The God of Destruction moved swiftly, appearing a hundred paces in front of Qian Xunji in the next instant.

Qian Xunji was strolling in the garden when he saw the figure suddenly appear. He paused, but showed no surprise. He simply turned his head slightly, his golden eyes calmly looking at the current ruler of the Divine Realm.

"God of Destruction." He nodded slightly, as if to say hello.

The God of Destruction made no small talk.

His gaze fell on Qian Xunji, his divine sense acting like the most sophisticated detection array, attempting to analyze everything about this person...

Then he realized that he couldn't see through it.

Chapter 365 Dilemma

The person stood before him, his aura perfectly concealed, neither too strong nor too weak, maintaining just the level of an ordinary priest. But beneath that facade, something was deliberately hidden, something even his divine sense could not penetrate.

"Qian Xunji," the God of Destruction spoke slowly, his voice deep, "You've finally arrived."

Qian Xunji raised an eyebrow. "Finally? You were waiting for me?"

The God of Destruction frowned slightly, sensing the indifference in his tone.

"I've been wondering," the God of Destruction said, ignoring his question, "Who exactly brought down that divine trial back then?"

Qian Xunji did not answer, but simply looked at him quietly.

"I have examined all the deities in the Divine Realm. None of them correspond to your lineage." The God of Destruction's gaze sharpened. "Where did your divine examination originate?"

"Does it matter?" Qian Xunji asked indifferently. "I stand here with a divine position, a divine status, and an aura recognized by the Divine Realm. What is the source of this? What's the difference?"

The God of Destruction fell silent for a moment.

According to the rules of the Divine Realm, there is indeed no difference.

All deities who ascend through legitimate means and are accepted by the Divine Realm origin possess equal divine authority, regardless of which deity they are ordained from.

But what he cared about wasn't the rules.

If he truly cared so much about the rules, he wouldn't have confronted the Asura God who controlled them in the first place.

"And also," the God of Destruction continued, his tone now more scrutinizing, "The time it took you to become a god."

Qian Xunji listened calmly as always.

"Ten thousand years have passed in the mortal realm. If you had passed the divine test to become a god, you should have ascended long ago. If you became a god through faith," the God of Destruction paused, "... mortals cannot live that long."

Qian Xunji disliked the God of Destruction's gaze and tone. "So what? What's it to you?"

"A person of unknown origin, whose ascension to godhood occurred at an unusual time, and who has managed to enter the Divine Realm alive—I naturally need to take a closer look." The God of Destruction's gaze, as if tangible, pressed down on Qian Xunji. "Speak, what have you been doing all these years?"

Qian Xunji's lips curled into a wicked smile, then he spoke, his tone still flat, as if discussing a trivial matter. "Went to a few places. Tang Sect, took a stroll around. Star Dou Great Forest, wandered around. Spirit City underground, retrieved something."

I picked something up.

The God of Destruction's gaze suddenly sharpened.

He saw what Qian Xunji was holding: a rhombus-shaped object with a beautiful silver surface, resembling a gemstone, and containing immense energy.

The Silver Dragon King Core, also known as the "Silver Dragon King Dragon Core," or more commonly as the "Dragon God's Heart."

This is not only the source of Gu Yuena's power, but also an extremely powerful Super Divine Artifact.

As the entity that inherited half of the Dragon God's power after the Dragon God split, this core contains the Dragon God's perfect control over the elements. When the Silver Dragon King regains his strength, he may even reach the level of a God-King with the help of this core.

Now that the Silver Dragon King Core is gone, Gu Yuena is either dead or crippled; of course, it's more likely she's dead.

"You..." The God of Destruction paused slightly, a rare look of shock flashing in his eyes, "You killed the Silver Dragon King?"

Qian Xunji looked down at her hand, where a faint silver halo shone through.

"Hmm," he said, "Just doing it."

The God of Destruction fell silent.

He looked at the blond, golden-eyed man in front of him, and for the first time, he truly and seriously examined him.

The Silver Dragon King is the embodiment of the other half of the Dragon God's power. Even when the first generation of God Kings of the Douluo God Realm were still around, they never thought of killing Gu Yuena directly.

Qian Xunji killed Gu Yuena so easily, without considering the consequences at all.

"Do you know," the God of Destruction slowly began, " that the Dragon Clan is awakening. The death of the Silver Dragon King will drive the Dragon Clan completely mad."

Although the Silver Dragon King intended to betray the Dragon Clan, she did not fully carry it out. However, as an avatar of the Dragon God, she held extraordinary significance, and her death would inevitably cause a great uproar among the Dragon Clan.

Qian Xunji raised his eyes, his golden eyes showing no emotion.

"So what?"

The God of Destruction met his gaze.

a long time.

The God of Destruction's lips suddenly curved into a very faint smile—a stiff smile, with a hint of... appreciation in his eyes.

"Nothing," he said. "Just confirming that the Divine Realm has gained another... interesting person."

He did not press the matter of the divine examination further.

Some questions don't need answers.

The figure of the God of Destruction gradually faded into the distance until it disappeared.

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Sky Dragon Planet.