Destruction's aura surged through the Consciousness Sea. It seemed displeased by Shen Lian's doubts, yet patiently explained:
"Now that you have thoroughly offended the Asura God, if you take too long to find the Goddess of Life's successor, then by the time you become a god, she may still be undergoing her God Trial. Your days in the God Realm will not be easy then."
A faint note of helplessness and urgency seeped into his words as he continued:
"More importantly, I need you and the new Goddess of Life's successor to come to the God Realm together and help me complete some of my plans."
Hearing Destruction's words, Shen Lian dug his fingers deeply into his palm, his nails leaving pale marks in his skin.
He gradually understood Destruction's intentions. This seemingly abrupt God Trial was actually laying the groundwork for the future situation in the God Realm.
The moment he heard the word "plans," Shen Lian's thoughts immediately drifted to the descriptions of the God Realm Expansion Plan in the original work.
Legend had it that Destruction wanted to break the God Realm's existing structure and open up new territory within it. Yet doing so would inevitably touch the interests of every side, especially the order closely tied to the Goddess of Life.
At that thought, Shen Lian could not help but shudder. He knew he had already been swept into the vortex of the God Realm's power struggle, and finding the Goddess of Life's successor would be the key to surviving this storm.
Shen Lian drew a deep breath, slowly exhaling the turbulent emotions churning in his chest with it.
He slowly nodded, his thoughts already drifting thousands of miles away to the Sun-Moon Empire.
There were people and things he knew there, and Shen Lian also