Legend Among Legends

Zhou Qiubai's tone gradually turned cold.

"But who set this rule? If it arose naturally from heaven and earth, then why would heaven and earth create a system where one must slaughter another to grow stronger? And if it did not arise naturally, what does the being who made these rules want?"

Dragon God: Heh~, you're talking about me.

Bi Ji's brows knit slightly.

Xiong Jun remained silent, his pupils fixed intently on Zhou Qiubai.

"Spirit Beasts are forbidden from becoming gods."

This blunt truth silenced every ferocious beast present.

"It isn't that you lack talent, wisdom, or inheritance. Di Tian, your cultivation surpasses that of the vast majority of peak human Douluo. Every one of the others has their own strengths; any one of you alone possesses the power to crush any Title Douluo. Yet none of you can become gods."

He paused, his gaze sweeping across the five great ferocious beasts one by one before finally settling on Di Tian's golden eyes.

"The rules do not permit you to become gods. You are penned within this forest, hunted by humans, bound by the rules, and locked down by fate. In the end, you are all prisoners raised by the God Realm. Your cage is merely smaller than humanity's."

All the ferocious beasts lowered their heads in unison at his words.

Because Zhou Qiubai was absolutely right.

Spirit Beasts could not become gods, and humans without divine positions could not become gods either. Across the entire Douluo Continent, there were only a scant few who had truly created divine positions for themselves.

The Sea God and the Angel God.

But after they ascended to the God Realm, what was left besides a place of inheritance?

Nothing.

So humans merely had a slightly larger comfort zone than Spirit Beasts.

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