When Su Chen was filled with negative emotions such as slaughter, destruction, and devastation, the attack power of his Life-Killing Spear Martial Soul increased accordingly.
When his mind was filled with positive emotions such as protection, compassion, and blessings, the defensive power of his Life-Protecting Shield Martial Soul also increased accordingly.
The degree to which the Life-Killing Spear's attack power and the Life-Protecting Shield's defensive power increased varied with the intensity of his emotions.
Moreover, the Life-Killing Spear's attacks carried an effect that made wounds difficult to heal, while the Life-Protecting Shield had effects that calmed and healed the spirit.
Was there a limit to the intensity of emotions?
Su Chen did not know.
No matter how fierce or extreme a person's emotions were, they could not continue without end.
But perhaps pure emotions had no end.
"Senior Destruction, are you there?"
This time, his cultivation had brought him not only an increase in Soul Power, but also a fundamental improvement in the quality of his Martial Souls.
The quality of his Martial Souls had not been low to begin with, and now they had risen to another level.
It brought indescribable benefits to both his strength and his future cultivation.
This time, God of Destruction did not respond to him immediately.
Inside the Castle of Destruction.
God of Destruction was not surprised by the arrival of God of Evil and God of Goodness. Instead, he felt that they had come at just the right time.
Upon seeing Destruction, the first thing God of Evil said was:
"I really envy you."
Every time he came, he could sense that God of Destruction had improved compared to before.
Though the improvement was not obvious, it was genuine progress.
It might not be noticeable over a short period, but what if it continued for a long time? Quantitative change would sooner or later become qualitative change.
By then, God of Destruction would become a God Above Gods, surpassing them by an entire level.
"You will have such a day as well."
God of Destruction remained very calm.
God of Goodness secretly sighed.
Goddess of Life had even said that Destruction had become colder and that he was better off maintaining his former state.
If the former Destruction had made such progress, how could he possibly have remained so modest?
Sure enough, Goddess of Life had been overthinking it.
God of Goodness gave up on trying to persuade God of Destruction to show more concern for Goddess of Life.
"Destruction, have you gained any insight into the brand-new power and laws being born at the End of Destruction that you mentioned before?"
They all knew that the day God of Destruction completely understood and controlled that brand-new power would be the day he formally reached an entirely new realm.
"How could it be that easy?"
Intense Destruction Divine Power emerged in God of Destruction's hand. Amid the intertwining Destruction Divine Power, a certain profound meaning seemed to flash past.
That profound meaning existed for such a brief moment and was so faint that even the God King-level spiritual power of God of Evil and God of Goodness could barely capture it, let alone try to understand or control it.
"See? There still hasn't been much progress."
"What you said is truly infuriating. How about we switch places? Let me experience what it feels like to have 'not much progress' like you?"
Just as God of Destruction withdrew his divine power, God of Goodness gave a startled cry.
In that instant, God of Goodness caught a familiar emotion.
That emotion was clearly an intertwining of good and evil. Though faint, it undeniably existed.
How was that possible?
Could the power God of Destruction had advanced toward be the power she and God of Evil possessed?
That was absolutely impossible.
If she and God of Evil possessed such power, would they not have long since become existences above God Kings?
No matter how the Destruction Law changed, it could not possibly become something so utterly unrelated.
Moreover, God of Goodness vaguely sensed that this emotion did not originate from God of Destruction himself.
She looked toward God of Evil.
Sure enough, God of Evil had noticed it too.
The appearance within the Castle of Destruction of an emotion that clearly should not have existed there made them both exceedingly curious.
The two exchanged glances, then took their leave together.
After leaving the Castle of Destruction, they did not need to speak. They joined forces to trace the source of that emotion.
"It does not seem to be from the God Realm."
"That is right. It should have come from the lower realm."
"It seems to be... Douluo Continent."
"Douluo Continent?"
The two looked at each other in surprise.
"God of Asura said that the successor he chose seems to be from Douluo Continent?"
"Yes."
After God of Asura left God of Destruction last time, he had taken the initiative to tell God of Goodness and God of Evil about this matter.
It was not because he was particularly conscientious, but because he feared that God of Destruction would report him and put him at a disadvantage.
As the God Realm's law enforcement god, God of Asura had knowingly broken the law by interfering with matters in the lower realm without authorization. This matter could be treated as either serious or trivial.
If a second- or third-level god without any backing had done such a thing, even if God of Asura had directly executed him, no one would have said anything.
But God of Asura was a God King, and he was himself the law enforcement god. Thus, the matter could be argued over and excused with other reasons.
In any case, God of Asura said that he had grown tired of staying in the God Realm.
Choosing a successor did not count as unauthorized interference in the lower realm.
God of Evil and God of Goodness had also considered passing on their divine positions. Furthermore, God of Asura was an old hand of the God Realm, so they did not pursue the matter further. They merely gave him a slight warning: there would be no next time.
As the saying went, raise the stick high, then bring it down lightly.
The God Realm was not a place entirely devoid of human sentiment and worldly wisdom.
Fairness did need to be observed, but some gods were simply more equal than others.
Everyone was a god.
Yet gods were divided into Gods Above Gods and Gods Below Gods. Whether one accepted it or not made no difference.
"Destruction is actually paying attention to Douluo Continent as well. Could there be something extraordinary about Douluo Continent? Or is it related to God of Asura?"
They knew that God of Destruction and God of Asura did not get along particularly well.
In the past, they would most likely have sided with God of Asura.
But now, they also had a good relationship with God of Destruction. If they had to choose at this time, they would most likely try to mediate, smooth things over, and find a way to resolve the conflict.
The two looked down upon Douluo Continent.
Following that emotion from earlier, they quickly found the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well where Su Chen was.
"The Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well? It is indeed a treasured place."
"There is an aura of the Water and Fire Dragon Kings. That should be the final burial ground of the Water Dragon King and Fire Dragon King."
The Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well drew only a small portion of their attention.
The Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well was indeed a treasured place, but it held little value for them.
They were not some future God King who treated every good thing he saw as his own private property.
Even if he could no longer use it himself, he still had to leave it to his descendants.
As the saying went, one would not become poor from eating or dressing, but would become poor if one failed to scheme. God King Tang was undoubtedly someone skilled at calculation.
He was especially adept at making things pass down through the generations.
"Eh? Look at that child."
"So the emotion within the Castle of Destruction came from this child."
"His Martial Souls—one good and one evil, one for attack and one for defense—depend on each other while contradicting each other. Rare, truly rare."
God of Evil and God of Goodness were both greatly astonished.
"The aura of Destruction, and the aura of life as well. It seems Destruction has been watching this child for a long time."
"Too late. We discovered him too late. He has clearly already been claimed by Destruction."
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