Destruction God King Seeks My Advice?

"Senior Destruction, why are you communicating with me through this Pendant?"

Su Chen had wanted to ask this ever since Destruction came looking for him.

But the God of Destruction had been so rushed that Su Chen had never found the chance to ask.

"Your Pendant should have come from the God Realm. It is part of an item that once belonged to a fallen god."

"While it cannot be considered a divine artifact, after being infused with divine power, it is no longer an ordinary object."

"I am in the God Realm. Communicating with you through this Pendant is both convenient and more discreet."

Su Chen rubbed the utterly ordinary-looking Pendant, never having imagined that it was connected to a god.

It seemed that even if the God of Destruction had not come looking for him, his own fortune was far from ordinary.

Made sense. He had already transmigrated—he ought to at least get to be the protagonist.

"Then could you tell me more about the crisis the God Realm will face in the future?"

Su Chen was incredibly curious about that.

If the God of Destruction really could foresee the future, he should not have ended up like that in the end.

The God of Destruction fell silent for a moment.

It was not that he did not want to say it, but that he was considering how to phrase it.

If he explained it too profoundly, Su Chen would not understand at his age and with his experience.

"You can think of it as me having an arch-enemy. His strength is secondary; what matters is that he is exceptionally calculating, and his luck is absurdly good. If I do not prepare in advance, I will suffer sooner or later, and the God Realm will face major problems as well."

Su Chen could not help sighing once more at old Destruction's bluntness.

With a personality like yours, no wonder you are bad at schemes. You started a rebellion and ended up getting yourself killed.

Beyond his sigh, Su Chen felt even more confused.

When he awakened his Martial Soul, it had been handled by people from Spirit Hall. This should be the timeline of Douluo Continent I, right?

Did the God of Destruction already have an arch-enemy at this point?

Anyone the God of Destruction called an arch-enemy had to be a God King too.

Could it be that the current God of Asura was already at odds with the God of Destruction? Surely it was not the current God of Goodness and God of Evil?

Su Chen could not figure it out, so he stopped dwelling on it.

Matters of the God Realm were still far too distant from him. There was no point overthinking them.

"You truly think highly of me. You are a God King, and even you find this arch-enemy troublesome, yet you expect me to be able to help you."

Su Chen was not being self-deprecating. He simply did not understand why the God of Destruction regarded him so highly.

Among the many planes under the God Realm's jurisdiction, there should be plenty of talented people. Why had he chosen Su Chen at a glance?

"You should believe in your own talent. My judgment is absolutely not wrong."

The God of Destruction spoke with absolute certainty, placing boundless hopes on Su Chen.

The reason he had chosen Su Chen at a glance and believed Su Chen could help him deal with Tang San was not merely because Su Chen was talented, but because he valued a certain trait Su Chen possessed.

It was the same trait Tang San had—the ability to influence others without them even realizing it.

Tang San had risen from a human to become a god, and his foundation and accumulated influence had been very shallow.

Yet he had somehow made many people support him as though they had lost their minds.

Aside from Tang San's talent for maneuvering and building factions, that trait had played an enormous role.

The God of Destruction wanted to expand and strengthen the God Realm, yet because Tang San claimed to have a bad premonition, many gods—including the Goddess of Life, the God of Destruction's wife—had believed Tang San's words without question and stood unwaveringly at his side.

The God of Destruction even felt that he himself had been affected.

Ever since he and Tang San had disagreed, it was as if his mind had been clouded, causing him to make many foolish decisions he would never have made normally.

Even his eventual death while protecting the God Realm now felt, in retrospect, like an inexplicable impulse.

If it came down to strength, although the God of Destruction had lost once in his previous life, he would still not fear Tang San after being reborn.

But he had no way to deal with that inexplicable trait.

Thus, after discovering that Su Chen possessed the same trait, he decided to devote great effort to nurturing him.

If Su Chen knew that the God of Destruction had discovered this trait in Tang San, he would definitely call it protagonist aura.

He had no idea the God of Destruction had thought so much.

In response to the God of Destruction's regard, he could only say:

"Thank you for your trust."

After talking for so long, Su Chen had been the one asking questions while the God of Destruction answered them.

It was like chatting on WeChat: if one person only asked while the other only answered, the conversation would be difficult to sustain.

"Senior Destruction, do you have any questions you want to ask me?"

Su Chen had thought that, given the personality the God of Destruction had displayed, he probably had nothing to ask.

He would most likely end the conversation directly.

Yet the God of Destruction really did ask a question:

"If you had an enemy who was especially skilled at forming cliques, winning people over, maneuvering, and exploiting loopholes, what would you do?"

The God of Destruction had asked casually and had not expected an answer.

He simply did not know who else he could talk to about such troubles.

The Goddess of Life?

Forget it. His wife was not of one mind with him.

With a wife who always sided with outsiders, the God of Destruction did not dare share his thoughts with her. Who knew when she might sell him out?

"Senior Destruction, I wonder if you know this principle: make lots and lots of friends, and make fewer and fewer enemies."

"Forget it... Hm?"

The God of Destruction had not expected Su Chen to offer an answer and was already about to end the conversation, only to hear those earthshaking words.

"Isn't that principle you mentioned telling me to win people over and maneuver just like... my enemy?"

"Ah, Senior Destruction, that is not right."

Having gained a certain understanding of the God of Destruction's personality, Su Chen spoke more boldly.

"Your enemy does it to seek personal gain, while you are acting for the sake of the entire God Realm. How could those be the same?"

The God of Destruction had initially resisted Su Chen's suggestion, but after hearing that, he immediately felt it made sense.

That was right. How could he be the same as that petty villain Tang San?

Tang San gave special privileges to his daughter and son-in-law and wanted to turn both the God Realm and Douluo Continent into the Tang Family's domain, while he was acting entirely for the public good.

Once he understood the reasoning, many things no longer felt so objectionable.

Now, only one problem remained.

The God of Destruction's tone weakened considerably.

"I do not know how to make friends."

The God of Destruction had been born a god, and one of the supreme God Kings at that.

Other than the other four God Kings, all the remaining gods in the God Realm were his subordinates.

And because of Destruction's personality and the nature of his divine office,

the other gods held more awe for him than affection.

The God of Destruction had never taken the initiative to make friends with anyone else, so he truly did not know where to begin.

Asking others for advice was impossible, so the God of Destruction simply asked Su Chen, who had made him see things in a new light.

Su Chen: ...

He did not know how to make friends?

All right.

Very good. Very powerful!

Well, you are a God King. It really did seem like you had no need to make friends with anyone.

"You are a God King, so your standing must be extremely deep-rooted. If you show the other gods even a little concern and consideration, many of them will surely be deeply moved."

"As for the other God Kings of your generation, each of them must have different ideas and needs. You can think of ways to work from that angle."

"Mm, mm, go on."

Su Chen could not see the God of Destruction, but he somehow felt that the other side was frantically taking notes in a little notebook.

Who exactly was the senior here, and who was the junior?

Why did it feel like our positions had been reversed?