Goddess of Life's Confession, Martial Soul Emotions

"Maybe you're overthinking it? I think Destruction is doing quite well right now."

The Goddess of Life had poured her heart out to the God of Goodness for a long time, only to receive the response, "You're overthinking it."

The God of Goodness truly did not think there was anything wrong with the God of Destruction. On the contrary, he felt that Destruction's personality had improved greatly.

He and the Evil God had once worried that if they were absent from the God Realm and the God of Destruction failed to control his Destruction Intent, it might lead to catastrophic consequences.

But the God of Destruction was now kind and approachable, clearly having fully mastered his Destruction Intent.

Moreover, because the God of Destruction had advanced even further, they saw hope of breaking through their current shackles.

During this time, the God of Goodness and the Evil God had visited the Castle of Destruction several times to discuss with the God of Destruction his experience in breaking through his current limitations.

Although their laws were entirely different, making it difficult to gain any fundamental insight.

The God of Destruction's completely unreserved explanations still left both the God of Goodness and the Evil God deeply grateful.

So when the Goddess of Life complained that the God of Destruction had become even more distant, the God of Goodness could not help speaking up for him.

"You don't understand."

The Goddess of Life had thought the God of Goodness would share her indignation, but he actually spoke in the God of Destruction's defense.

"Before, Little Purple spent almost more than half his time with me. The two of us were inseparable, but now he was always gathering with other gods, completely forgetting that he still had me, his wife."

The Goddess of Life complained gloomily, but the God of Goodness laughed.

"I understand now."

"What do you understand?"

"I don't think the God of Destruction has become distant. You just feel that much of the love and time Destruction once gave you has now been divided among others, hasn't it?"

The chief culprits taking up Destruction's time included the God of Goodness himself and the Evil God.

"Th... that's not all."

The Goddess of Life felt that this had indeed been a major reason at first.

But ever since she had gone to the Castle of Destruction to see the God of Destruction last time, she had felt that the distance between her and Destruction involved more than just that.

"Now you're embarrassed?"

"You've been with Destruction for such an unimaginably long time, and you still haven't grown tired of each other. Just because Destruction now showed a little more concern for others, you couldn't stand it? Even young couples madly in love in the lower realm don't have possessiveness as strong as yours, do they?"

The God of Goodness summed up the Goddess of Life's complaint.

It was the conflict between the Goddess of Life's intense possessiveness toward the God of Destruction and the God of Destruction's limited time.

The God of Goodness had not expected the Goddess of Life to have such a side to her.

Although the Goddess of Life and the God of Destruction had always shared a good relationship, she had never before shown such anxiety and frustration.

Could distance have made their feelings even deeper?

Even the normally gentle and tranquil Goddess of Life had become restless and insecure.

Seeing the God of Goodness laughing at her, the Goddess of Life felt somewhat embarrassed as well.

Could I really be overthinking this?

No, even if I had overthought things at first, it was still Destruction's fault for failing to notice my emotions in time.

"Stop laughing at me. If I had known that Little Purple's deeper comprehension of the Path of Destruction would make him like this, I would rather he had remained as he was before and never broken through any bottleneck."

"You..."

The God of Goodness's smile slowly vanished.

The strength of God Kings like them had remained unchanged for ages, and even the slightest breakthrough was enough to delight them.

Not to mention a qualitative change like the God of Destruction's. Given enough time, he might completely enter another level.

Even if the Goddess of Life's words had merely been an unintentional complaint, the God of Goodness still found them somewhat inappropriate.

Putting herself in his place.

If the Evil God had scattered most of his energy because of a breakthrough and spent less time with her, the God of Goodness would not think that was a bad thing.

That was simply human nature.

Their lives were endless and long. Even a separation of a thousand or ten thousand years was only a brief span in their lives.

At worst, she could settle scores with the Evil God later and mock him a little more.

At the same time, she could not be content to lag behind. She had to strive to catch up and could not let herself be left too far behind.

Self-pitying and complaining that the other person had progressed too quickly was not in the God of Goodness's nature.

But she was not in a position to say that the Goddess of Life was wrong. She merely said,

"The Evil God and I will find time to talk to Destruction. Don't overthink it. How long has it even been, and you already feel neglected? If it had been thousands or tens of thousands of years, wouldn't you be depressed to death?"

"Thousands or tens of thousands of years?"

The Goddess of Life shook her head.

If this situation really lasted that long, she might as well go into slumber for ten thousand years.

"You promised me, so don't forget to talk to Destruction."

"Don't worry. I won't forget."

Only after the Goddess of Life had been gone for some time did the Evil God arrive.

"What happened to the Goddess of Life? She talked with you for so long."

The God of Goodness smiled and explained the reason she had summarized.

The Evil God could not help shaking his head as well.

"I never thought the Goddess of Life had such a side to her. If you could go for a while without arguing with me over the principles you insist on, I'd wake up laughing from my dreams."

"You're obviously the one who likes arguing, and then you twist logic to suit yourself."

As they spoke, the two started arguing again, only stopping after quite a while.

"I think we should stop arguing endlessly and go find Destruction instead," said the God of Goodness.

"You really intend to help the Goddess of Life persuade Destruction? I think we should forget it. Destruction's heart might be entirely focused on cultivation right now, which is why he deliberately stayed in the Castle of Destruction."

"Of course I know what matters."

The God of Goodness rolled his eyes.

She was not an idiot. How could she possibly interfere with the God of Destruction at such a crucial time?

"Aren't you curious whether Destruction has made any new progress? Besides, I keep feeling that there may be another reason he is staying in the Castle of Destruction."

"That's true. I'll go with you."

Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

As usual, Dugu Bo came down to inspect Su Chen's condition.

Three months had already passed. Su Chen neither ate nor drank and seemed to have been sleeping the entire time.

If Dugu Bo could not still sense Su Chen's breathing and vigorous heartbeat, he would have almost thought Su Chen was dead.

Just as Dugu Bo was preparing to continue refining his poison, the spring suddenly began to churn.

"Is it ending?"

The white and black spheres of light within the two springs floated upward.

They continued expanding and contracting, like two beating hearts.

Gradually, Dugu Bo felt as if an actual heartbeat had begun to sound.

But it was not the two spheres of light. It was Su Chen's heartbeat.

His heart was pounding heavily in rhythm with the rise and fall of the two spheres.

Finally, Su Chen opened his eyes.

At the same time, the black and white spheres turned into particles of two-colored light and vanished into nothingness.

Su Chen beckoned with one hand, and the Life-Killing Spear and Life-Protecting Shield flew back into his grasp.

The black of the Life-Killing Spear had become even more restrained, while a touch of crimson had appeared on its spearhead, as though a drop of blood were about to fall.

The Life-Protecting Shield was covered in a faint white glow. Merely looking at that light made one feel warm and peaceful.

The changes to their appearance were merely superficial.

Holding his Twin Martial Souls, one spear and one shield, Su Chen sensed something different from before.

He seemed to sense emotions from the two Martial Souls.

It was not that the Martial Souls had developed consciousness, but rather pure emotions.

Moreover, those emotions contained a certain kind of power. Su Chen tried resonating with them using his own emotions.

After a long while, the Life-Protecting Shield blazed with light.

He had found a way to mobilize that power!