A God King's Curiosity

[Ning Fengzhi: Ahem, everyone, I'd like to say something. Disaster is upon us; everyone on the Douluo Continent bears responsibility. We should unite. We cannot abandon ordinary villagers just because they do not possess powerful Martial Souls. We should stand together and make use of everyone's strengths.]

Ning Fengzhi stepped in to smooth things over at this moment, because he understood that this was the reality of the Douluo Continent. Those with powerful and exceptional bloodlines could attain high status, but those without outstanding bloodlines or good Martial Souls had little value, just like those villagers.

At this moment, the Sky Screen could be said to have torn away their fig leaf.

Ning Fengzhi was also stepping in to smooth things over. Ning Fengzhi himself was a businessman, not exactly a good man. He had turned the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect into the second greatest sect in the world, which was certainly impressive, but it also proved that he was no saint.

In this Soul Master world, morality and ethics were unimportant. Only fists, strength, ambition, and power mattered most.

Although Ning Fengzhi would buy slaves captured by the Heaven Dou Auction House and release them, the problem was that once freed, if they had no reliable means of survival or backing, they would still be captured again. The reason Ning Fengzhi did this was simply to drape himself in a cloak of morality.

The major factions all understood this in their hearts, but none spoke of it. After all, Ning Fengzhi wanted to establish the image of a kindly old man in the eyes of ordinary people, just like Spirit Hall, in order to win over commoner Soul Masters.

In his view, Spirit Hall was so powerful because it had won over many Soul Masters from among the common people. And it had to be admitted that many commoners truly possessed powerful and exceptional Martial Souls.

What Ning Fengzhi wanted was to walk Spirit Hall's path and leave Spirit Hall with nowhere to go.

To put it bluntly, Ning Fengzhi was much like a financial magnate or warlord. They all belonged to the great clan factions. If they wanted to preserve the prosperity of those clans, then Spirit Hall had to be eliminated.

As Qian Daoliu watched Ning Fengzhi speak like this, he understood his intentions. He had long since seen what kind of person Ning Fengzhi was; he simply had not said it aloud.

[Qian Daoliu: The Douluo Continent has been invaded by mysterious creatures, yet instead of gathering their strength to resist, they start making special distinctions. How impressive!]

When Qian Daoliu said this, many Soul Master factions knew that he was talking about them.

Soon, everyone continued watching the content displayed on the Sky Screen.

[Blonde woman: My name is Qian Renxue. I don't know who I am, either. I only remember this name. After my consciousness awakened, I found myself on a mountain peak. The area around me was in ruins, but I didn't know why I was there. At that time, a voice appeared in my mind and told me never to ascend to the God Realm. There was danger and a conspiracy above.]

The moment these words appeared on the Sky Screen, the people of the lower realm did not understand much. But Qian Daoliu was different. As the guardian of the Angel God, he naturally knew what the God Realm was. It was the world where gods lived. A place like the Douluo Continent was called the lower realm by the God Realm. The God Realm was a world even greater than the Douluo Continent, a world inhabited by gods. Yet now, a voice in Qian Renxue's mind had said that the God Realm contained danger and conspiracy.

For a time, the old man who had protected Qian Renxue for who knew how many years began to sense a trace of danger as well.

[Ning Fengzhi: Senior Qian Daoliu, may I ask whether the God Realm is the legendary world where gods live? Do you know something about it?]

Ning Fengzhi was not particularly interested in Qian Renxue's words. It could now be confirmed that this candid woman was likely the grown-up Qian Renxue, but what did it mean that the God Realm held danger and conspiracy? He did not understand.

[Qian Daoliu: Indeed. The God Realm is the world one ascends to after becoming a god. I do not know exactly what the God Realm is like, either. After the gods of our Angel Clan ascended to the God Realm, they only left behind their bloodline and divine artifacts. They said nothing at all about it. Even when we try to contact the Angel God, she rarely responds to us. So I do not know what the God Realm is truly like.]

After Qian Daoliu said this, no one objected. In everyone's eyes, although Qian Daoliu was powerful, he was ultimately only at the peak of mortals. There was still a gap between him and gods.

So it was fine that he did not know. No one found it strange.

But the God Realm was different at this moment. In an instant, the people of the God Realm became unsettled.

"Xia Zi, do you think something happened in the God Realm? Is that why the voice told that girl named Qian Renxue not to ascend to the God Realm?" The Life God King, the Goddess of Life Xiaolu, began to worry at this moment. Had something happened in the God Realm in the future?

That was why the voice in the Sky Screen had told the grown-up Qian Renxue not to ascend to the God Realm.

"How would I know? But judging by the fact that this voice told Qian Renxue that, something may very well have happened in the God Realm. Or perhaps one of us conspirators is plotting something."

The God King of Destruction, the God of Destruction Xia Zi, voiced his opinion. As the God of Destruction, Xia Zi naturally put the overall interests of the God Realm first. Though he was the God of Destruction, what he did was instead very upright. It was only because his duty was to destroy factors harmful to the God Realm that he had been classified among the evil gods.

But Xia Zi was a genuine, exceptionally honest man, as well as an excellent husband. His personality was nothing like that of a destruction-type deity.

"I think something really did happen in the God Realm. Otherwise, that voice would not have told the girl Qian Renxue not to ascend there. Something may truly have happened. There are Abyss Monsters in the lower realm. When I was managing other planes, I once encountered people from other planes and heard them speak of the Abyss. But this Abyss is rather different from the Abyss I know."

At this moment, the Kindness Goddess stepped forward and spoke of what she knew, namely matters concerning the Abyss.

"The Abyss I know is an energy-based plane that invades other civilizations. But the creatures living within it were not as ugly as the monsters shown on this screen. I feel they may be similar existences. I only heard that person speak about the Abyss, but this is truly different from what that person described."

"According to what you said, since it differs from the Abyss we know, could it be that the people of this Douluo Continent simply gave it that name?"

The Evil God also stepped forward at this moment and voiced his opinion.

The only God King absent from the scene was the Asura God.