"Yes! Calm down, both of you!"
"Let's talk this through properly; you absolutely must not resort to violence!"
"The destructive power of a Half-Step God King is too terrifying. If you truly start fighting, none of us will come out of this unscathed!"
The surrounding First-Level Gods also chimed in with their own pleas, their faces pale, terrified that the two would start a war over a single disagreement.
Even the Evil God King, who usually loved to watch the chaos unfold, retracted his smile and frowned. "Kid, don't be so impulsive. You've just stepped into the Half-Step God King realm; your foundation is unstable. If you fight Asura to the death, you won't gain a single benefit. And you, Asura, stop adding fuel to the fire. If you really shatter the God Realm, none of us will spare you."
The Destruction God King stepped forward, his destructive divine power slowly spreading to form an invisible barrier, and he shouted in a deep voice: "Stop it, all of you! Private duels are forbidden within the God Realm, let alone a decisive battle between God Kings! Whoever dares to ignore the God Realm Convention and strikes first will be an enemy of the entire God Realm Committee!"
Yet, facing the pleas of the gods, Qian Chongguang only shook his head slowly, his eyes showing not a shred of hesitation.
"This is not a private duel. This is a battle of faith, a battle for justice."
His voice was icy, sweeping over every God King present.
"Some gods, cloaked in the guise of light and righteousness, engage in the filthy business of stealing authority and manipulating the lives and deaths of mortals. You have touched my bottom line. This kind of thing is absolutely intolerable, and no one's persuasion will work."
His gaze suddenly shifted, passing over the Asura God and landing on Poseidon, the Sea God, who was standing behind the crowd with a pale face, trying to shrink away quietly.
A cold, mocking smirk curled the corners of Qian Chongguang's mouth. "Isn't that right, Poseidon?"
Poseidon's entire body stiffened, his face instantly turning deathly pale, and his feet stopped dead in their tracks.
He forced a look of composure, raised his head, and feigned shock. "What nonsense are you spouting? When did I ever steal your authority? The Angel God Position and my Sea God Position have never had any intersection. Don't you dare spit blood on me!"
"No intersection? Spitting blood?"
Qian Chongguang sneered. With a light flap of his twelve wings, a majestic pressure of light instantly enveloped Poseidon, his voice carrying unquestionable majesty: "As a Sea God who controls the laws of the ocean and water, how could you possess a divine skill like 'Sea God's Light'—a light-type skill that purifies souls and dispels evil? That familiar fluctuation of origin is clearly the light authority of my Angel Clan! Do you really think that just because you stole a portion of the scattered light origin when the first-generation Angel God fell, and disguised it as your Sea God's Light, it actually became yours after all these years?"
You filthy thing, do you think you're Agul?
Before the words even faded, Qian Chongguang raised his hand and grabbed, spitting out two words: "Return it!"
In an instant, Poseidon's body shook violently, and he let out a painful, muffled groan! A brilliant golden light was forcibly stripped from his godhead against his will, turning into a stream of light that instantly broke through his protective divine aura and flew straight into Qian Chongguang's hand, merging into his own light origin!
With the return of this strand of light origin, the aura around Qian Chongguang grew even stronger!
"No! That's mine! Give it back!"
Poseidon's face was as white as paper. With his godhead damaged, his aura instantly withered. He lunged at Qian Chongguang, eyes bloodshot, desperate to reclaim that strand of origin.
But Qian Chongguang only glanced at him coldly and flicked his hand. A ribbon of divine power, intertwined with light and darkness, tore through the air and slammed fiercely into Poseidon's chest!
"Get lost!"
With a deafening boom, Poseidon was sent flying like a kite with a broken string, crashing heavily into the white jade pillars of the Angel Temple. A mouthful of azure divine blood sprayed out, and he was severely wounded on the spot, unable to even stand.
With a single move, he had severely wounded the veteran First-Level God, Poseidon!
The plaza fell into instant, deathly silence. All the gods were terrified, not even daring to breathe.
They finally realized that the newly ascended Angel God before them wasn't joking; he truly dared to strike at the veteran gods of the God Realm, and he truly wasn't afraid of tearing the heavens apart!
Qian Chongguang slowly withdrew his gaze, sweeping over the silent gods. His twelve light-and-dark wings snapped open, and the pressure of a Half-Step God King swept out without reservation, his voice echoing like thunder across the entire firmament of the God Realm.
"My high and mighty gods, and all you pampered deities, the time is almost up. Prepare to welcome your twilight!"
"Although this forbidden power was obtained by burning my soul's origin and can only grant me the cultivation of a Half-Step God King temporarily, it is more than enough to deal with all of you."
Watching the light and dark divine power, filled with the aura of annihilation, churning crazily around him, the Life Goddess suddenly changed color. As if realizing something terrifying, she exclaimed: "Angel! What exactly are you trying to do?! You are burning your origin to forcibly convert light and dark power; you won't last long! You... you never intended to live!"
Qian Chongguang turned to look at her and suddenly burst into laughter, his laughter filled with the madness of a desperate gamble and the sorrow of someone who had seen through everything.
"You finally realized?" His gaze swept over every God King present. "From the moment the Asura God forcibly dragged my avatar to the God Realm, from the moment I decided to overturn his script, this struggle was always going to be a fight to the death. And I never intended to survive from the very beginning."
Qian Chongguang's desperate declaration was like a spark thrown into a vat of oil, instantly igniting the tense atmosphere of the entire plaza.
The four God Kings—Destruction, Life, Goodness, and Evil—all darkened their expressions.
They had originally only wanted to calm the situation, neither wanting to let the Asura God's scandal grow nor wanting to force this new Half-Step God King into a corner. But now they realized clearly that this man was not here to seek justice or argue for authority—he was here to flip the table. He was harboring the intention of mutual destruction, intending to drag them, the high and mighty gods, along with the order of the God Realm, into hell.
The full-power eruption of a Half-Step God King was already enough to shake the foundations of the God Realm, let alone one who was burning his soul, using forbidden power, and fighting with a death wish. Not to mention that the power he controlled—the incompatible forces of light and darkness—was like a combination of their own Goodness and Evil, or Destruction and Life.
Even if this power was far inferior to the Dragon God who once dominated the God Realm, its bizarre and overbearing nature was enough to make any God King wary.
"Since you are obsessed and insist on inciting war in the God Realm, then don't blame us for ganging up on you."
The Destruction God King was the first to step forward, his destructive divine power erupting with a roar. As the pitch-black power churned, even the surrounding space began to crumble inch by inch. He shouted in a deep voice at the Asura God: "Asura, put aside your personal grudges! Now is not the time for temper tantrums. This kid has gone mad; we must join forces to take him down!"