Douluo God Realm

If he harbored ill intentions toward this world and she cooperated with him, then when the entire world was plunged into an irredeemable catastrophe, she would become its sinner.

So the Silver Dragon King fell silent.

She didn't know whether she should drag the entire world into an irredeemable catastrophe for her own selfish desires.

Having lived for so long, how could Xia Linyuan fail to see what the Silver Dragon King was worried about? He smiled faintly. "Don't worry. I came to the Douluo Continent just to relax and make up for a few regrets."

"A world as weak as the Douluo Continent is nothing more than a place in the gutter compared to all the worlds I've visited. I'm really not interested in it."

Not just him—even R'lyeh, whose purpose was to bring about the end of the world, had no desire to destroy the Douluo World.

Hearing Xia Linyuan describe the Douluo Continent as a place in the gutter, the Silver Dragon King was at a loss for words.

"If you don't trust me, we can sign an Equal Contract to prove that I truly have no designs on the Douluo Continent. It's not like you'll lose anything, right?" Xia Linyuan drew a Contract Inscription in the air with a smile.

At his words, the Silver Dragon King was completely speechless.

If he was willing to use an Equal Contract to prove he had no designs on the Douluo World, then the Silver Dragon King finally understood that, in Xia Linyuan's eyes, the Douluo World really was nothing more than a "place in the gutter."

"Then, esteemed Nyarlathotep, I look forward to our cooperation."

"Likewise."

To make sure Xia Linyuan wouldn't change his mind and go back on his word later, the Silver Dragon King carefully examined the terms of the Equal Contract. After confirming that Xia Linyuan wasn't playing word games with her, she signed the agreement.

She knew her concerns were unnecessary, too. If "Nyarlathotep" truly had designs on the Douluo World, given his strength, why would he need to beat around the bush like this?

With a single gesture, plenty of people would gladly do anything for him.

"Now I'm curious. What sort of regret could only be made up for by personally coming to the Douluo Continent?"

"Oh, it's nothing much. I just came to beat up a hypocritical God," Xia Linyuan said casually.

The Silver Dragon King: "..."

Fine. You're strong enough to do whatever you want.

The Silver Dragon King said, "Esteemed Nyarlathotep, may I ask you for a favor that would be exceedingly easy for you?"

"Do you want me to go to my Divine Realm and rescue the Golden Dragon King?" Xia Linyuan guessed her intentions at once.

After a moment's thought, the Silver Dragon King said, "I don't necessarily need you to rescue the Golden Dragon King. Just bring me the Golden Dragon King Bloodline. If I can fuse with it and become the Dragon God again, I'll be able to offer you greater assistance."

"Oh? Is that so?" Xia Linyuan's expression turned a little strange.

"Can't you?" Seeing the peculiar look on Xia Linyuan's face, the Silver Dragon King thought he couldn't do it yet and was instantly disappointed.

"No, I can," Xia Linyuan said with a shake of his head. "I was just wondering whether the Golden Dragon King Bloodline really is that important to you."

The Silver Dragon King explained, "The Asura God split the Dragon God into the two of us. Unless one of us fuses with the other's bloodline, it'll be difficult for us to become God Kings again."

"It's difficult, but still possible, isn't it?"

"That possibility is vanishingly small." The Silver Dragon King's voice softened.

Xia Linyuan smiled. "From my perspective, you're fixated on absorbing the Golden Dragon King Bloodline as a shortcut to breaking through to the God King level again. But what about beyond the God King level? How will you find a Pathway to break through even faster?"

The Silver Dragon King fell silent.

"Let me tell you something: I used to be an ordinary human," Xia Linyuan said calmly. "In my world, there were some people with extraordinary abilities, but 99.99 percent of people were bound by the world's shackles and couldn't cultivate."

"Later, by a stroke of luck, I ended up in the world I'm in now and began cultivating. Step by step, I climbed from the weakest of creatures to my current position among the strongest."

"Throughout that journey, I didn't seek a way to raise my strength as much as possible in the shortest time. Instead, I took one step at a time to get where I am today."

"Perhaps we look at things from different angles. So I wonder: if I could do it, why couldn't you? Yet you've confined yourself to the Douluo Continent."

"The Dragon God Bloodline may be the strongest bloodline in the Douluo Universe, but in other worlds, it might not even measure up to the worst, lowest-grade bloodlines."

"At my level, I can disregard the advantages bloodlines offer. The only thing that matters is the insurmountable gap between a creation and its creator—a difference that bloodlines can never make up for."

After hearing Xia Linyuan's words, the Silver Dragon King fell silent.

What Xia Linyuan said was more or less true. In her understanding, the Dragon God was the strongest being in the Douluo Universe, so she had always unconsciously thought that becoming the Dragon God was the end. But she had forgotten that in the Three Thousand Great Worlds, the Dragon God was only one of countless tiny grains of sand.

So, should she follow the Dragon God's old path, or seize this rare opportunity and forge a path of her own?

Yet another difficult decision.

After thinking for a long time, the Silver Dragon King said, "I want to forge a path of my own. But I'd still like to ask you to bring me the Golden Dragon King, or its bloodline."

"Fine, fine." Xia Linyuan shrugged indifferently.

"Carlos!"

Xia Linyuan patted Carlos on the dragon horn. Carlos understood at once. With a light flap of his enormous wings, he shot dozens of meters into the air.

With Xia Linyuan on his back, Carlos flew toward deep space at his top speed. Like a shooting star that vanished in an instant, he pierced through layer upon layer of clouds and reached a vast sea of stars in just a few breaths.

To this day, there had been three theories about the Douluo God Realm.

The first theory held that the Douluo God Realm was a special space opened up by humans to accommodate those whose strength had surpassed the limits of their respective planets and who could no longer be restrained by the planets' seals—in other words, the so-called "Gods." (Peerless Tang Sect setting)

The second theory was that the Creation God had split up his power and created the Divine Realm. Life and goodness formed the foundation of the entire Divine Realm, while destruction and evil formed its opposite, and slaughter established its order. (God Realm Legends setting)

As for the third theory, the Dragon God created the Douluo God Realm. Thanks to the Dragon God's leniency, humans from the lower realms who cultivated to the "God" level were able to enter the Divine Realm and continue cultivating. (Ultimate Douluo setting)