Two Paths to Godhood and the Idea of Creating a God King Seat

After touring Ten Mile Flower Street, the most famous street in Star Luo City, the still-enthusiastic Xu Jiujiu dragged Qiangu Yunche through all manner of shops. Even after Qiangu Yunche had begun to feel tired, she remained brimming with energy.

Qiangu Yunche could not help but sigh. When it came to shopping, women were practically perpetual-motion machines.

It was utterly terrifying.

After eleven o'clock that night, Qiangu Yunche escorted Xu Jiujiu to the entrance of the Starlight Auction House, and only then did they wave goodbye.

When he returned to the hotel, Qiangu Liting and Qiangu Yunmei were both sitting on the sofa. Seeing Qiangu Yunche enter, Qiangu Yunmei teased him with a smile.

"Your first date in life was with an imperial princess. That must have felt pretty great, right?"

Qiangu Yunche slumped onto the sofa, feeling his entire body relax as his exhaustion gradually faded.

"Everything else was fine, but shopping with a girl is simply a double torment for both body and soul. With that kind of time, I'd rather go into the Soul Hunting Forest and fight a powerful Soul Beast."

"You need to be more patient with girls. Of course, Yunche, I should remind you that this princess's reasons for approaching you are not entirely pure. Don't get in too deep." Qiangu Liting set down his teacup and offered a reminder.

His son, who was as innocent as a blank sheet of paper in matters of romance, had barely set foot on the continent before encountering a top-tier "succubus" like Xu Jiujiu. Qiangu Liting feared that Qiangu Yunche would become completely enchanted by her and end up giving her his whole heart. If that happened, the Qiangu Clan would not even have a place to cry.

"Dad, I'm not some love-struck fool. I know what matters." Qiangu Yunche spoke softly.

Romance between men and women was an indispensable seasoning in his life. The key word was "seasoning."

He could feel joy, excitement, happiness, sorrow, and disappointment because of love, but none of those things could alter his path in life or his goals.

Xu Jiujiu's intentions in approaching him were impure, but how pure could his own intentions be?

Qiangu Yunche had never considered himself a good person. He simply had not yet fallen so far as to completely lose his bottom line and conscience.

Qiangu Liting did not say anything more on the matter and instead changed the subject.

"I just met with the Star Luo Emperor and that senior from the Imperial Family's Offering Hall. They were indeed telling the truth. That senior has, at most, half a year left to live. No wonder the Star Luo Imperial Family is so eager to win us over. It is clear their situation is not very good."

Qiangu Yunche nodded and stated the truth.

"That's normal. Although the Star Luo Empire is the continent's second-strongest nation, the Sun Moon Empire lies to its west, Heavenly Soul lies to its north, and to the east stands Shrek Academy, a mountain hanging over the original Douluo Continent."

"Once the Sun Moon Empire starts a war, Star Luo will definitely be the first to suffer. If they do not have any presentable high-level combat power, their imperial palace could even be seized outright."

Qiangu Liting gave Qiangu Yunche an approving look. As for Qiangu Yunmei... well, she was a military commander who did not particularly enjoy thinking. She only liked wielding blades and staffs, always following the principle that strength came first. She had little pity for the weak, but was full of desire to defeat the strong.

It was precisely because of that personality that she was unsuitable for leading the clan. Instead, she was best suited to become its sharpest sword against the outside world.

"By the way, Dad, what did the imperial family say?"

Qiangu Yunche asked the crucial question.

"After I revealed some of the clan's circumstances, the Star Luo Emperor directly promised that if we were willing to cooperate with the imperial family, they would grant the Qiangu Clan a status equal to that of a nation-protecting sect and confer upon me the title of Duke Panlong, hereditary in perpetuity."

"At the same time, that emperor mentioned you and Princess Jiujiu more than once. Clearly, he intends to bring the two of you together."

"I did not reject any of this outright, but I did not agree either. I only said that we needed time to consider it."

Qiangu Yunche nodded, not particularly surprised.

The Star Luo Empire was the strongest nation on the original Douluo Continent. Even the combined national strength of Heavenly Soul and the Spirit Dou Empire could not contend with Star Luo.

Meanwhile, the Qiangu Clan now possessed eight experts at the Title Douluo level or above. There was no doubt that it ranked among the top five peak Soul Master powers of the era, and on the surface, it was inferior only to Shrek Academy's Sea God Pavilion and the Body Sect.

If two such colossal powers could establish mutual interests, it would bring enormous benefits to both sides.

If the benefits had not been great enough, why would the Body Sect in the original work, with its full eleven Title Douluo, have willingly become the Heavenly Soul Empire's nation-protecting sect?

But there were no absolutes in this world.

Once interests became intertwined, if one side faced a crisis, the other absolutely could not stand by and watch. Otherwise, the alliance of interests would collapse, and both sides would suffer grievous losses.

However, the Star Luo Empire's stance did remind Qiangu Yunche of another path to godhood.

There were only two ways to become a god.

One was to create a god seat, while the other was to accept a god seat's inheritance.

The latter needed no explanation, but the former held considerable potential.

Yunche knew that in ancient times, the first-generation Sea God and Angel God had merely obtained the power of faith from Sea Soul Beasts and the land-dwelling humans of the original Douluo Continent, respectively, yet they had created first-class god seats. The Sea God had even obtained a super divine artifact.

If the power of faith from Sea Soul Beasts, land Soul Beasts, and land-dwelling humans could be fully united, then without a doubt, it could forge a true God King seat.

Compared with waiting for a god to bestow an inheritance, this method was undoubtedly more practical and had a higher ceiling.

After all, based on Qiangu Yunche's impression of the Destruction God King, the other party was still devoted to making the God Realm bigger and stronger in this era. The possibility of him choosing an inheritor was not great, even if Yunche might be his most suitable successor.

Therefore, Yunche had long considered that he did not necessarily need to obtain the God of Destruction's inheritance. It would already be an excellent outcome if he could merely draw the God of Destruction's attention and receive some of his help.

An inherited god seat might not suit him, but a self-created god seat would certainly suit him best.

Qiangu Yunche considered the possibility of unifying the plane's power of faith to create a God King seat. Then he discovered that this path was entirely feasible!

According to common understanding on the continent, a Title Douluo could easily destroy a medium or large city, while a Limit Douluo could turn the tide and even decide the outcome of a war between nations.

Given the strength and foundation of Qiangu Yunche's Martial Soul, once he became a Title Douluo, there would likely no longer be anyone on the entire continent capable of matching him. Once he became a Super Douluo or Limit Douluo, he was confident that he could suppress an entire era by himself. At that point, so long as the timing was right, whichever nation he wished to help unify the continent would be able to do so. He could even establish his own power and become that greatest figure in history himself, allowing him to better complete the integration of faith.

With that thought, he looked at Qiangu Liting and spoke seriously.

"Dad, I have an idea..."