Other gods had run experiments, and eventually even the God Kings had tried. But without exception, a god could have only one Divine High Priest, even if that priest's life was in the god's hands and the god had no intention of killing them.
It was like an iron law of the universe, impossible to change.
That was why the Goddess of Life had suggested that the Destruction God King choose a pawn of his own on the Douluo Continent and appoint a Divine High Priest.
But the Destruction God King shook his head at his wife's suggestion. "You don't need to get involved. Besides, the only people on the Douluo Continent who meet your requirements are the Ye Family with their Nine-Heart Begonia. They submitted to Spirit Hall long ago, and now they're cultivating a power called Alien Energy. They're no longer suitable as your pawns."
One of the rewards in a Divine Residence's God Trial was divine power affinity.
With divine power affinity, a successor or High Priestess could bear divine power without being a god. When that affinity reached one hundred percent, the successor could inherit the Divine Position.
But Alien Energy was a power from outside this world. Because of its peculiar nature, anyone who possessed it could never reach one hundred percent divine power affinity, even if they received a God Trial. They could not even reach ninety percent.
And the stronger a Divine Position's successor grew through Alien Energy, the lower their affinity became.
That left the Goddess of Life with only people who did not belong to Spirit Hall and did not possess Alien Energy.
As her husband, the Destruction God King thought none of them were worth considering.
So he told the Goddess of Life to give up the idea.
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