A Good Student Learns by Analogy

God of Evil and God of Goodness stared intensely at God of Destruction.

They had not noticed it before, but when God of Destruction casually restrained the Destruction Intent, they finally detected something unusual.

God of Destruction's control over that Destruction Intent had become increasingly effortless, without the slightest strain.

One had to know that God of Destruction himself had previously been affected by the Destruction Intent and needed the Goddess of Life to help him resolve it.

But now, God of Destruction's eyes were calm as still water, utterly devoid of destruction's violence and madness.

This change was far from ordinary. God of Evil and God of Goodness knew exactly what it meant.

The strength of God Kings like them had not undergone any fundamental growth for countless years.

God of Destruction's transformation undoubtedly proved that, even if he had not completely shattered his shackles, they had certainly loosened considerably.

It was already extremely difficult for second- and third-tier gods to improve their strength, much less God Kings like them.

"Destruction, what opportunity did you encounter? You actually got ahead of Goodness and me."

An opportunity?

If death could be considered an opportunity, then God of Destruction had undoubtedly experienced a heaven-shaking one.

To be reborn from death was indeed a great fortune for Destruction.

His power of destruction had caused countless deaths.

Yet Destruction himself had never personally experienced death.

It could be said that death was far more valuable to him than it was to anyone else.

For him, death was the most thorough practice of his own Path of Destruction.

For other deities, even if they could survive after experiencing death once, it would most likely damage their laws and power.

After being tempered through the cycle from life to death, then rebirth from death, God of Destruction's destructive power had not weakened at all, while his control over it had risen to another level.

Moreover, a new kind of power had been nurtured within it.

Ever since his rebirth, God of Destruction had been drawing upon this "fortune," and he had indeed gained something from it.

But if he truly wanted to surpass his current realm, the time required would likely still be extremely long.

Yet to the other God Kings, this was already something they could only dream of.

They were not afraid that progress would take a long time. They feared remaining unchanged.

They God Kings had lived through who knew how many ages, and their unchanging lives as deities had already begun to weary God of Evil and God of Goodness.

To them, change and the hope of advancing further mattered more than anything.

"It hardly counts as an opportunity. At most, I gained a few insights."

God of Destruction said it lightly, but God of Evil was practically dying of envy.

"Destruction, Destruction. You never acted modest when you should have, but now that no one needs you to be modest, you suddenly start acting humble."

God of Goodness felt the same way.

"Exactly. At a time like this, you might as well act a little proud."

By nature, God of Destruction should have found it even harder than them to break his shackles and transcend to a higher realm.

Yet it was precisely God of Destruction, a God King with quite a few flaws of his own, who had taken the first step and walked ahead of everyone else.

God of Destruction was indeed somewhat pleased with himself.

The events of his previous life were too painful to look back on, but at least they had brought him some gains.

While conversing with God of Evil and God of Goodness, he still devoted part of his attention to communicating with Su Chen.

"Little Chen, aside from mutual interests, are there any other methods?"

God of Destruction truly could not think of any shared interests between himself, Evil, and Goodness.

Su Chen pondered for a while before saying,

"Senior Destruction, just because mutual interests do not exist now does not mean they will not exist in the future. Even if they truly do not exist, they can still be created."

"Oh? How?"

Whenever God of Destruction had a question, he asked it without the slightest embarrassment.

"The simplest method is to treat the other party's interests as mutual interests. A more difficult method is to make your own interests into interests shared by both sides. The hardest method is to turn two originally different personal interests into mutual interests."

Su Chen's words were somewhat convoluted, but God of Destruction clearly understood them.

Because after hurriedly saying a few words, he went offline.

"Destruction, we just told you to be a little proud, and you actually became proud. You can't even suppress that smile at the corner of your mouth."

God of Evil and God of Goodness exchanged a glance. They had never realized that Destruction had such an adorable side.

"Hahaha, why should the two of you envy me?"

"How could we not envy you? After all these ages, we still can't find even the slightest opportunity to advance further. We're already sick of staying in this God Realm. Don't act like a full man who doesn't know a hungry man's suffering."

"Oh? From the sound of it, do you two want to pass on your divine positions?"

God of Destruction asked as though it were merely a casual question.

The moment Su Chen finished speaking, God of Destruction felt as though the clouds had parted before him.

Of the three methods Su Chen had mentioned for creating mutual interests, God of Destruction felt that all of them made sense, but they were still not enough.

He felt that going a step further did not mean creating mutual interests. Rather, they already had common interests between them; they simply needed to uncover them.

To nourish things silently like spring rain, to be shapeless like a great elephant, and to avoid following convention—that was the highest path.

"We have indeed considered it, but finding successors capable of inheriting our two divine positions is no easy task. We can probably only think about it. Even after hundreds of thousands of years, we may not find our successors."

God of Goodness and God of Evil were both God Kings and were practically inseparable, as though they were one person.

Finding a successor suitable for either one of them was already unimaginably difficult, much less finding two at once.

In any case, they advanced and retreated together. If they were to pass on their divine positions, they would do so together.

To be honest, God of Destruction had envied the two of them in his previous life.

They had set down the burden of the God Realm together and gone off to live freely beyond worldly concerns.

Their relationship had remained intimate and flawless from beginning to end, unlike his relationship with the Goddess of Life. Though they had depended on one another for countless ages, in the end it had been like a reflection in a mirror or a flower in the water—so unreal.

"Indeed, one cannot be careless when searching for successors, especially since the two of you bear such heavy responsibilities in the God Realm."

The mutual interest God of Destruction wanted to find was the issue of successors that they cared about.

Rather than wait for them to pass their divine positions to Ji Dong and Lie Yan, Tang San's two yes-men, it would be better for him to choose better successors for them himself.

That was right—one, not two.

Thinking about it now, didn't Su Chen's Twin Martial Souls perfectly match the divine positions of God of Evil and God of Goodness?

However, God of Destruction did not immediately reveal his thoughts.

This was not something to rush. He could not let them think he had ulterior motives. He had to guide things along naturally, without leaving a trace.

Furthermore, passing the divine positions of two God Kings to one person was not merely unprecedented—it was even somewhat shocking.

He had to proceed even more carefully and make them come up with the idea "themselves" as much as possible.

It had to be said that Destruction was truly a good student.

The advice Su Chen offered, he could immediately apply by analogy, even taking it a step further.

Could death perhaps also raise a person's intelligence and comprehension?

God of Destruction's words did not offer any comfort. God of Evil said irritably,

"Stop talking as if it doesn't hurt. You already have hope of advancing further, so naturally you don't have this kind of concern."

Why did such a good thing have to happen to Destruction?

God of Goodness asked directly, "Destruction, did you really just suddenly attain enlightenment? Didn't you encounter some other kind of opportunity? Perhaps you simply failed to notice it."

Hmm...

God of Destruction put on a thoughtful expression!