There Are Rules Within the Rules, Too

God Realm.

After leaving the Castle of Destruction, God of Evil and God of Goodness went directly to find God of Asura.

Indirectly cultivating Su Chen as a successor through the God of Destruction still made them somewhat uneasy.

They wanted to fulfill the request of the God of Destruction as soon as possible and train Su Chen directly.

Upon seeing God of Asura, God of Evil did not appear overly eager.

"Asura, you mentioned before that you chose a successor in Douluo Continent, right?"

Even though the words of God of Evil were very casual, the sensitive nerves of God of Asura were instantly triggered.

"What, did the God of Destruction say something?"

God of Asura guessed whether the God of Destruction had spoken ill of him.

Ever since he and the God of Destruction had parted on bad terms earlier, he had been waiting for the God of Destruction to pursue the matter.

As a result, the God of Destruction had no follow-up.

Could it be that he had waited until now to start trouble?

God of Asura certainly did not believe that, based on such a small matter, the God of Destruction could get God of Evil and God of Goodness to help him deal with himself.

"No."

God of Evil had a bit of a headache.

How could Asura have such a strong opinion of the God of Destruction?

He hadn't even mentioned Destruction once, yet Asura's very first reaction was that the God of Destruction had done something.

These two were practically becoming enemies; internal strife among the God Kings was certainly not a good thing for the God Realm.

"After you mentioned this matter last time, I kept a slight eye on it later and found that your successor suffered interference from the Rakshasa God. Such interference with a divine position inheritance clearly violates the rules of the God Realm, and Goodness and I have decided to put a stop to it."

"Interference from the Rakshasa God?"

The expression of God of Asura changed as he looked toward Douluo Continent.

Soon, God of Asura breathed a sigh of relief.

"Where is this interference from the Rakshasa God? Did you guys look wrong?"

God of Asura had thought they were talking about Tang San being led astray by the Rakshasa God, but instead, God of Goodness said:

"That's right, see for yourself. Your successor has already passed eight divine trials. If not for the interference of the Rakshasa God, he might have already passed the ninth trial and succeeded you to become the Asura God."

God of Asura reacted. It turned out these two were not talking about Tang San, but Tang Chen.

He felt slightly uncomfortable in his heart.

The divine position inheritance of the Asura God was a personal matter of his. Even though his relationship with God of Evil and God of Goodness was generally all right, God of Asura still didn't want them meddling too much.

"Tang Chen is indeed only a step away from completing the Asura Nine Trials, but failure is failure. Even if he was interfered with by the Rakshasa God, it still shows his strength was inadequate, and he is destined not to become my successor."

Neither God of Evil nor God of Goodness expected the attitude of God of Asura to be so resolute.

He didn't care at all about a successor who had already passed eight divine trials.

Could that Tang Chen just be an abandoned pawn, or a stepping stone for the true successor?

They couldn't guess what God of Asura was thinking.

Even though that Tang San possessed Twin Martial Souls, surely he wouldn't be valued to this extent, would he?

Regardless of what God of Asura was thinking, God of Evil and God of Goodness both realized the matter was tricky.

Judging by the attitude of God of Asura, he seemed determined to have Tang San as his successor and wasn't so easy to persuade.

Yet they had no choice but to bite the bullet and think of a way.

Their successor was still being held in the grip of the God of Destruction.

If they didn't handle God of Asura, such an outstanding successor might just get crushed to death by Destruction.

"You're too harsh. With the interference of the Rakshasa God, let alone the fact that he's still just a successor, even secondary or tertiary deities would fall victim to it if they weren't careful."

God of Evil continued to probe indirectly.

As long as he got God of Asura to accept Tang Chen as a successor, wouldn't that leave Tang San vacant?

Who knew that God of Asura was extremely sensitive about the inheritance issue.

He immediately became alert and looked at the two suspiciously.

"When did you two start caring so much about my inheritance issue?"

"Need you ask? Divine inheritance is of paramount importance, not to mention the inheritance of a God King."

"An unsuitable God King has the potential to bring endless trouble to the God Realm."

God of Evil and God of Goodness sang in harmony.

Usually, they liked to butt heads and were always in a state of debate.

Yet when it truly came to presenting a united front, their coordination was exceptionally tacit; without needing to communicate at all, they knew what the other was going to do.

However, this time, before they could say any more, God of Asura interrupted:

"Precisely because of that, Tang Chen couldn't even withstand a tiny bit of interference from the Rakshasa God. How could someone like that be put in charge of a position as important as the Asura God?"

With a single sentence, God of Asura dismantled the buildup of God of Evil and God of Goodness.

God of Asura, who had been observing their expressions all along, narrowed his eyes.

"Why are you two so interested in my divine inheritance?"

"No reason, we're just concerned."

Just as they expected, God of Asura already had a definite candidate for the divine inheritance and it wasn't so easily changed.

Just as God of Evil was thinking of switching tactics, God of Asura suddenly asked:

"Did Destruction say something to make you two care so much about my divine inheritance? Don't let yourselves get hoodwinked by him!"

God of Evil: ...

Destruction, I really can't take the blame for this.

Asura insisted on suspecting the God of Destruction on his own; this was just Asura having his own opinions about Destruction, and he himself hadn't instigated anything at all!

Without caring whether God of Evil and God of Goodness answered or not, God of Asura spoke on his own:

"I am the Enforcement God, and I like to talk about rules. Rules are the foundation upon which the God Realm stands. If there aren't even any rules left, I'm afraid it will be very hard to maintain order in the God Realm. Don't you agree?"

It was true that God of Asura was the Enforcement God, but God of Evil and God of Goodness were the greatest maintainers of the rules of the God Realm.

Although God of Asura didn't know why they had been persuaded by the God of Destruction, he believed they wouldn't go so far as to destroy the rules by which the God Realm had operated for countless years just for the sake of the God of Destruction.

"That's right, everyone must obey the rules of the God Realm, and not even God Kings can be an exception."

God of Evil put away his various calculations and quietly gazed at God of Asura.

As the most senior God Kings, he and Goodness truly didn't want to break the rules casually.

Besides, intercepting someone else's successor was already something they had no moral high ground on, and God of Evil even more so didn't want to use overly direct methods.

God of Asura praised, "You are so right. After I pass down the Asura divine position, the God Realm will still have to rely on you two to maintain it."

As long as God of Evil and God of Goodness weren't deceived by Destruction, everything was negotiable.

As long as they upheld the rules of the God Realm, God of Asura felt it would benefit him.

Anyway, he was about to pack up and slip away soon, and future matters of the God Realm would have nothing to do with him.

God of Evil and God of Goodness didn't say anything further and soon took their leave.

"Evil, what do you plan to do?"

"Asura is right, we are the maintainers of the God Realm's rules. Even though we will also pass down our divine positions, we cannot leave behind a God Realm with decayed order and rules riddled with holes for future generations. We cannot become sinners of the God Realm."

God of Goodness nodded in agreement.

"Then are we just going to let it go?"

"Of course not."

God of Asura wanted a good successor, and they did too. Moreover, no matter how they looked at it, Su Chen fit their wishes completely, so how could they just give up like that?

God of Evil thought for a moment and said:

"Since Asura says he likes to talk about rules, then we'll just switch to playing within the rules. Divine inheritance isn't a one-sided affair anyway."

It just so happened that God of Evil didn't want to break the rules out in the open either; otherwise, whether it was dealing with the God of Destruction or God of Asura, he would have just snatched the person directly instead of beating around the bush to make a trade.

At a glance, God of Goodness knew God of Evil had come up with a bad idea.

"You really are wicked, full of belly-aches of bad water. You truly live up to the name God of Evil. Someone like me doesn't have so many bad ideas."

God of Evil: ...

That's going too far!