Angels of Light, Darkness, Righteousness, and Evil

The gods gathered around the Ascension Staircase erupted in an instant, their faces filled with bewilderment, their minds completely unable to process what they were seeing.

The Angel clan were the embodiment of light, born in absolute opposition to darkness and evil.

Yet now, within the inheritance light of the new Angel God, such a dense origin of darkness had emerged?

But the next second, something even more hair-raising occurred.

The aura of that intertwined light and dark divine power was climbing at a terrifying, frantic speed!

The originally stable fluctuations of a First-Class God position shot upward like a rocket, shattering the shackles of a First-Class God and surging straight into the realm of a Half-Step God King!

Moreover, the momentum of that ascent showed no signs of slowing, with faint indications that it might continue to push toward the God King realm!

One must know that since the birth of the God Realm, the number of deities who could touch the threshold of a Half-Step God King could be counted on one's fingers.

From inheriting a First-Class God position to stepping into the Half-Step God King realm, even for a genius of supreme talent, it would take hundreds of thousands of years of bitter cultivation, and many would never even reach the threshold in their entire lives.

Yet for Qian Chongguang, from inheriting the Angel God position until now, it had been a mere hundred breaths of time!

The entire God Realm was struck into a stunned silence by this terrifying anomaly.

After a long while, the Evil God King drew a sharp breath, slapped his own forehead, and shouted to the Asura God with a wry, helpless expression: "Damn it! Asura, oh Asura, you didn't just find yourself an enemy; you've created a new 'Great Father' for our entire God Realm!"

The Asura God froze in place, his blood-colored pupils filled with confusion. He looked as if he had been struck by a bolt of lightning, and even the raging fury surrounding him came to a standstill.

He was stunned—completely stunned.

Having lived for nearly a million years, he knew better than anyone how difficult it was to bridge the chasm between a First-Class God and a God King.

Even if one were to drain all the faith power of the entire Douluo Planet, or scour the God Realm for every heavenly treasure, it would be absolutely impossible to step into the Half-Step God King realm the very moment one inherited a god position!

This simply did not conform to the laws of the God Realm; it was an impossibility!

How on earth did this brat manage it?

I am so envious.

The shock of the gods lasted only a moment. In the next second, the four God Kings exchanged glances and, almost simultaneously, transformed into streaks of light, speeding toward the Angel Temple.

The dozens of First-Class Gods behind them reacted instantly and hurried to follow—the anomaly of a Half-Step God King was enough to shake the entire structure of the God Realm; they had to see it for themselves.

But when they broke through the sea of clouds and landed on the plaza in front of the Angel Temple, the sight before them left their already-overloaded minds completely numb.

In the center of the white jade plaza before the temple, Qian Chongguang stood suspended in the air.

He was dressed in divine robes woven from gilded gold and ink-black, with twelve wings spread wide behind him—six wings were of pure gilded gold, engraved with the sacred patterns of the Angel clan, meant to be the embodiment of light and justice, yet every golden feather was covered in dense, fine black demonic patterns, exuding bone-chilling darkness and evil; the other six wings were a deep, ink-black, entwined with the dark patterns of annihilation, meant to be the representation of evil and coldness, yet every black feather flowed with a shimmering holy light, carrying warm light and justice.

Light and dark, holy and evil, were perfectly fused within him without the slightest discord, instead forming a terrifying pressure that made even the God Kings feel a palpitation of the heart.

The gods were completely dumbfounded.

Since the birth of the God Realm, light and darkness had been absolute, opposing laws, like fire and water; never had any deity been able to control these two diametrically opposed origin powers simultaneously, let alone fuse them to such an extent, or use them to break the shackles of a First-Class God and step into the Half-Step God King realm!

This was no longer just breaking the rules; this was tearing the underlying laws of the God Realm apart from the bottom up!

Seeing the bewildered, ghost-struck expressions of the gods, Qian Chongguang suddenly laughed aloud. His voice, half-filled with holy light and half with dark bass, echoed through the plaza for a long time.

"Are you all surprised? Do you think light and dark are opposites, with no possibility of fusion?" He raised his hand, and a point of golden light and a point of black radiance ignited at his fingertips simultaneously. As the two lights touched, they blended together perfectly. "The logic is actually quite simple. There is light in the day so that people can work, farm, and multiply; this is justice. There is darkness at night so that people can rest, sleep, and replenish their energy; this, too, is justice. But if there were only day and never night, or only night and never day, it would be a catastrophic nightmare for all living things."

He slowly lowered his hand, the light and dark divine power around him surging once more, and the pressure of a Half-Step God King swept out like a tidal wave: "Light and darkness have never been absolute, mortal enemies. They are two sides of the same world, interdependent and co-arising. Within specific rules, they can naturally form a perfect balance, or even transform into one another. And I, right now, am that rule itself."

The moment his words fell, the divine power fluctuations around him finally reached their peak.

The momentum of his ascent slowly ceased, finally settling steadily at the Half-Step God King realm, only one step away from a true God King.

For Qian Chongguang, this power was more than enough.

From the very beginning, he had never intended to rely on this power to live his way into the God King realm.

This origin of darkness was a forbidden power he had forcibly reversed and transformed by using the Angel God's origin of light as a catalyst, burning away his own soul cultivation of several hundred years.

The stronger this power was, the faster his life would slip away.

He slowly raised his eyes, his gaze passing over the crowd of deities and locking firmly onto the Asura God at the very front, a cold smile curling the corner of his lips.

"God King Asura, the show is over. Now, we can settle our accounts."

He took a step forward, his twelve light-and-dark-interwoven wings flapping gently. The battle intent around him erupted like a volcano, and he spoke each word with heavy, resounding impact.

"This battle will determine not only who is superior, but who lives and who dies."

As soon as these words were spoken, the entire plaza erupted!

The gods' faces changed drastically, and they retreated half a step, filled with terror and disbelief.

He was mad! He was completely insane!

A Half-Step God King was going to initiate a life-and-death duel against the God Realm's recognized top combatant, the God King Asura who held the law of slaughter?!

Never mind the outcome; the mere all-out clash between two top-tier powerhouses would be enough to flip half the God Realm upside down!

The temples surrounding the Angel Temple, and even the spatial barriers of the God Realm, would be shattered to pieces!

"No! Absolutely not!"

The Life Goddess stepped forward quickly, surrounded by a rich green light of life, blocking the space between the two. Her gentle voice carried an urgent plea: "Asura, Angel, both of you, calm down! Whatever conflicts you have, we can return to the God Realm Committee and sit down to discuss them slowly. Why must you fight to the death? If you truly fight, the foundations of the God Realm will be damaged, and countless living beings will suffer. This is certainly not what we wish to see!"