"Of course. Gods are ranked, too."
"At the bottom are Divine Officials, followed by Third-Level Gods, Second-Level Gods, First-Level Main Gods, and, at the very top, God Kings."
"Once you surpass the level of a Second-Level God, you can bring others into the Divine Realm. After entering, they'll most likely become the lowest-ranking Divine Officials."
"That's one level above a Level 99 Limit Douluo."
"In other words, as long as I become a First-Level Main God, I'll have the right to bring people into the Divine Realm."
Just as everyone was about to say something, they heard Huo Yuhao speak.
"The other way is to create your own godhood!"
"It's several times harder than the first way, but if you succeed, the rewards are incredibly rich!"
"You could even leap straight to becoming a God King!"
"And that's the path I intend to take!"
Huo Yuhao said, "Snow Empress, join us!"
Ice Empress said, "Snow Maiden, join us."
She knew full well that Snow Empress would never attach herself to a human just to stay alive.
But she still wanted to try and persuade her.
She didn't want Snow Empress to turn to dust just like that.
Snow Empress probably wouldn't survive this tribulation. Otherwise, why would she have thought of using a Hundred-Thousand-Year Snow Lotus to seal her origin and transform?
Snow Empress said, "I still want to try on my own."
Sky Dream Ice Silkworm was about to say something, but Huo Yuhao cut him off.
"Honestly, I hadn't wanted you to learn this cruel truth."
Huo Yuhao sighed. "Soul Beasts can't become gods. Even if you transform, it makes no difference."
"What?!?" Snow Empress and Ice Empress cried out in shock.
They felt as if some earth-shattering secret was about to be revealed!
Huo Yuhao smiled. "Do you really think Soul Beasts have been unable to become gods all these years because of some shortcoming of their own?"
"Could it be..."
Huo Yuhao nodded. "That's right. It's an external force! It's all because of the Dragon God!"
"The Dragon God? What happened to the Dragon God?" Snow Empress asked, baffled.
She had heard a little about the Dragon God, but not much.
"The Dragon God went mad. It went completely insane, and in its madness, it once made a great vow!"
"Unless the dragon race revives and the Dragon God returns, no Soul Beast may become a god!"
"Of course, if that were all, there'd still be a way to take another path to godhood."
"But the Divine Realm went even further and continued to suppress the path to godhood for Soul Beasts."
"That path is transforming into a human and cultivating anew. That's why I said you couldn't become a god even if you transformed."
"Because even after transforming, you'd still need contact with humans to raise your level!"
"And Soul Beasts transformed into humans can be seen through!"
"A Soul Beast over a hundred thousand years old, with no means to resist, exposed by a powerful human—what happens next doesn't need me to spell out, does it?"
As soon as Huo Yuhao finished speaking, two surges of fury shot into the sky!
The Soul Beasts throughout the Core Circle trembled in terror!
Whether Ice Empress or Snow Empress, no matter how long they had lived—
Once they learned this, they couldn't hold back their fury!
All these years, humans had become gods, but not a single Soul Beast had ever done so!
Not even Di Tian had become a god!
Was it because he hadn't worked hard enough?
Or because his talent was lacking?
Neither!
"To stay alive, I've weathered tribulation after tribulation!"
"And in the end, all the effort I've put into this life was for nothing!"
"The outcome was decided from the beginning!"
All these years, she had never slacked off in her cultivation!
Wasn't it all so she could stay alive?
And now someone was telling her that Soul Beasts couldn't become gods.
It rendered every bit of her effort meaningless!
All along, every Ferocious Beast had believed the fault lay with them.
They had never imagined that the Dragon God's vow was what kept them from becoming gods!
"Join us, Snow Empress!"
"After those few people became gods ten thousand years ago, they took control of the entire continent."
"That led to fewer and fewer people becoming gods, and those who had a chance all failed without exception."
"Not only that, even Level 99 Limit Douluos have had their lifespans drastically shortened. They have only a few hundred years left!"
"I don't know who did it, but I do know this continent—"
"Has suffered under the Bitter God King for far too long!"
"If even I can't become a god, then who in this world can?"
"Only this way can you keep living."
"And take revenge on the Dragon God!"
Hearing Huo Yuhao speak of the Dragon God, Snow Empress looked puzzled. "Isn't the Dragon God already dead?"
She was furious, but her anger hadn't clouded her judgment.
"It seems you all think the Dragon God is dead."
"It isn't. It hasn't died; it split apart."
"It split into the Golden Dragon King and the Silver Dragon King!"
"And the Silver Dragon King is sleeping in the Star Dou Great Forest!"
"She's Di Tian's master!"
Snow Empress couldn't help freezing. "Di Tian..."
"?" Huo Yuhao was at a loss.
"Don't you want revenge anymore?"
Snow Empress sighed. "I do. But Di Tian isn't someone you and I can defeat."
Huo Yuhao: "?"
Oh no. I'd pushed too hard.
This was bad.
Huo Yuhao hadn't expected things to turn out like this.
This was really bad.
"I think Ice Empress would be heartbroken if you died just like this, wouldn't she?"
Huo Yuhao figured he had to salvage the situation.
He immediately had Sky Dream Ice Silkworm release Ice Empress.
Of course, Huo Yuhao was confident he could suppress both of them at once. Otherwise, he wouldn't have taken such a risk.
Ice Empress immediately understood what Huo Yuhao meant and went right over.
"Snow Maiden, join us. Please."
She kept rubbing her scorpion tail against Snow Empress's thigh.
Snow Empress's sky-blue eyes were full of confusion.
After a long while, Snow Empress said, "Bing'er, you fuse first."
"Okay." Hearing Snow Empress say that, Ice Empress breathed a sigh of relief.
As long as Snow Empress had come around, that was all that mattered.
Sky Dream Ice Silkworm said solemnly, "Be ready. If you want to fuse with Huo Yuhao and become his Martial Soul, you must do so willingly."
"Otherwise, it's bound to fail!"
"And since you're in your prime, unlike me, even if you're willing, the pressure Huo Yuhao has to bear will still be immense. I'll seal that portion of your power to keep Huo Yuhao from bursting apart."
"Even during the sealing process, the impact will be no small thing. Yuhao, you have to hold on!"
"Otherwise, the three of us are finished for good."
As he spoke, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm looked at Huo Yuhao.
"It shouldn't be a problem." Huo Yuhao nodded.
Although he wouldn't get the Snow Empress Martial Soul, the Ice Jade Empress Scorpion Martial Soul was no slouch!
An Ultimate Attribute!
It could provide him with a three-hundred-and-ninety-thousand-year Soul Ring!
And it could even give him a three-hundred-and-ninety-thousand-year Soul Bone!
"Let's begin," Ice Empress said coldly.
Clearly, she felt nothing but loathing for Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.
"Release your Spiritual Origin first."
Hearing that, Ice Empress hesitated.
Once she released her Spiritual Origin, there would be no turning back.
She wasn't actually sure whether what Huo Yuhao and the others had told her was true.
Although she already believed them deep down, she couldn't help hesitating when her life was at stake.
"Ah." Sky Dream Ice Silkworm naturally knew what Ice Empress was worried about.
"I swear in the name of Ice, with the Ice God as my witness!"
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