God Realm Committee

If the King of Slaughter devoured Su Qi, who possessed the Asura Legacy Soul Bone, perhaps he could gain the Shura God's recognition once more and become the Shura God's inheritor again.

After all, when deities passed down their positions, they were generally eager to break free from the Divine Realm's restraints.

In that case, the Shura God probably did not care who the inheritor was. He only cared about who could take over the divine position!

He could abandon the King of Slaughter, and he could abandon Su Qi just as easily!

As that thought settled, the despair in Bibi Dong's heart instantly vanished, replaced by an imperceptible scheming gleam in her eyes.

She intended to first deceive Su Qi into absorbing the entire set of Soul Bones, then have him forge the Asura God Armor.

Then, she would pretend to send Su Qi to train in Slaughter City and let the King of Slaughter devour him. That way, he would possess the complete Asura Demon Sword and Asura God Armor.

And the King of Slaughter would surely help her destroy Spirit Hall, even the entire Douluo Continent!

Even if this plan failed, she could remain uninvolved just as she had when Ye Fan died, pushing all the hatred onto the King of Slaughter.

"Pope, if you don't want to stand guard for me, then go back." Su Qi's voice interrupted Bibi Dong's thoughts.

Snapping out of her revenge plan, Bibi Dong deliberately showed weakness. "Holy Son, you are the Shura God's Inheritor. It is my honor to stand guard for you. How could I be unwilling? Please absorb the God-Bestowed Spirit Ring quickly, Holy Son, lest someone set their sights on it!"

"The Angel Clan is not as righteous as it appears. Behind the scenes, they are capable of every filthy deed!"

As she spoke, Bibi Dong glanced at Qian Daoliu across from her, clearly intending to redirect her schemes and stir up trouble.

Qian Daoliu ignored Bibi Dong's provocation. After all, what his son Qian Xunji had done was indeed utterly disgraceful, leaving him with no grounds to argue.

It would be bad if Su Qi misunderstood.

Composing himself, Qian Daoliu smiled faintly at Su Qi. "Child, absorb the Soul Ring quickly. I will stand guard for you."

"Sorry for the trouble, both of you." As he spoke, Su Qi lightly tapped the space between his brows with his index finger, and the blood-red sword mark appeared once more.

A fist-sized ball of blood-red light flew out from the sword mark. It then hovered in midair and transformed into a blood-red God-Bestowed Spirit Ring.

Drawing the Soul Ring into his body, Su Qi sat cross-legged on the ground and closed his eyes in meditation.

Two purple and two black Soul Rings, four in total, lit up around him at once.

Immediately afterward, the blood-red God-Bestowed Spirit Ring around him gradually turned black.

His original configuration of two purple and two black Soul Rings was transforming toward two purple and three black Soul Rings.

Feeling the Soul Ring's energy reshape his body, Su Qi was overjoyed.

Once the Soul Ring stabilized, he would advance to become a Five-Ring Soul King—the first miracle in the continent's history to break through to Soul King at seven years old.

At the same time, high above in the distant Divine Realm, within the Asura Temple.

Through the Divine Mirror, the Asura God Statue watched the five Soul Rings flickering around Su Qi. It was as though he were admiring a porcelain piece he had painstakingly sculpted, wishing he could add all the finest things to it and make it perfect.

Suddenly, vast divine power descended outside the Asura Temple like an endless sea, taking the form of Sea God Poseidon. He transmitted his voice with divine power. "Asura, you are becoming bolder and bolder."

"Su Qi merely completed the Asura First Trial, not the ninth. Yet you left the Divine Realm without authorization and personally issued his Divine Trial reward. Even if you are the Law-Enforcement God, aren't you being far too biased?"

Just as the Sea God said, the Shura God had personally entered Su Qi's spiritual world and granted him the Asura Legacy Soul Bone as an additional reward. This was against the rules.

At the time, he had deceived Su Qi by claiming it was merely a wisp of divine thought, all to put him at ease.

However, since the Shura God dared to break the rules so openly, he naturally had a way to deal with it.

Later, he would go to the God Realm Committee and explain the situation truthfully, mentioning his intention to issue Su Qi a Shura God's Trial related to the Golden Dragon King Seal.

That way, not only would he not be breaking any rules, but the two God Kings of Kindness and Evil would praise him for his diligence.

Thinking that the Sea God knew nothing and was nagging outside like a resentful woman, the Shura God said with amusement, "Sea God, what are you going crazy for now? Spit it out. If you dare come to my Asura Temple without permission again, don't blame me for forgetting we're neighbors and beating you senseless!"

At those words, the Sea God instantly backed down. He knew he could not defeat the Shura God, and filing a complaint with the God Realm Committee would not do him any good either. So he got straight to the point. "These past few days, I have been observing the lower realm and found that none of the sea soul masters from Sea God Island have the qualifications to begin the Sea God's Nine Trials."

"Only Tang San, with his Twin Martial Souls, exceptional talent, and strange cultivation method, still has the qualifications to begin the Sea God's Nine Trials if I smooth the path for him a little."

"Especially his master, Yu Xiaogang. That man is truly something else. With one theory that may as well not exist, he has turned Tang San's future into a complete fog."

"Now that I wish to intervene, it no longer counts as interfering with a mortal's fate."

"Asura, since you broke the Divine Realm's rules for Su Qi, it means you have already decided to support him, right? For the sake of us both being in the same miserable situation, can you give me Tang San, whom you had as a backup?"

"Tang San?" The Shura God quickly distanced himself from the matter. "Never heard of him. Sea God, don't talk nonsense. I'm afraid Little Su will misunderstand. I don't know who this Tang San is that you mentioned, but if you have your eye on him, that's your business. It has nothing to do with me."

"Little Su?" Muttering those words, the Sea God's face filled with a strange expression. He seemed to have completely lost his divinity, and his expression was almost comical.

After a moment of silence, the Sea God finally realized that this Little Su must be Su Qi.

That old Shura actually called his inheritor something so intimate?

Had he taken the wrong medicine?

Su Qi had only completed the Asura First Trial. His affinity with the Shura God could not possibly exceed ten percent.

Even inheritors with affinity exceeding one hundred percent had never been addressed by a deity in such an intimate manner!

Could Su Qi have fed the Shura God some kind of love potion?

Or was Su Qi actually the Shura God's illegitimate son, sent to the Mortal Realm?

Otherwise, how could he possess the Innate Shura Sacred Body and receive such attention from the Shura God?

Setting those doubts aside for the moment, the Sea God smiled. He did not care what secrets lay between the Shura God and Su Qi.

Since the Shura God had already cleared himself of any connection to Tang San, he could make his move on Tang San!

Just as the Sea God was rejoicing, an overbearing murderous aura rushed toward him, passing directly by his shoulder before taking the form of the Shura God.

Compared to the Sea God, whose presence was gentle as water, the Shura God was far more majestic and domineering. The two gods stood back-to-back, instantly dyeing the surroundings outside the Asura Temple half red and half blue.

The Shura God cast a cold glance at the Sea God behind him, then transformed into a streak of blood-red light and flew away.

"Asura, where are you going?" the Sea God asked curiously.

"The God Realm Committee."

The cold, imposing voice faded away as the blood-red light transformed by the Shura God shot toward the God Realm Committee's palace.

"Nothing major has happened in the Divine Realm lately, has it? Is that old Shura rushing to the God Realm Committee to turn himself in? Whatever."

With that, the Sea God transformed into a streak of blue light and vanished, returning to the Sea God Temple to begin paving the way for Tang San to undertake the Sea God's Nine Trials.

Elsewhere, in the central region of the Divine Realm, a towering palace shimmered with a faint golden radiance beneath the Divine Realm's halo.

This was the highest point of the entire Divine Realm, as well as the place that controlled everything within it.

The God Realm Committee held the duty of judging the gods, as well as managing the Divine Realm and maintaining its rules.

At this moment, within the God Realm Committee's palace.

The five supreme rulers of the Divine Realm sat around a round table shaped like swirling clouds, discussing something.

The deity who had called this meeting was none other than one of the five supreme rulers of the Divine Realm—the Shura God.

The other four supreme rulers were the Goddess of Kindness, the Evil God, the God of Destruction, and the Goddess of Life.

The God of Destruction, clad in a large purple cloak, spoke first. "Asura, this is rare. You, who think about quitting every day, actually took the initiative to convene the God Realm Committee. What wind blew today?"

"Destruction, I, Asura, am still the Law-Enforcement God. I'm not as negligent in my duties as you say!" A sharp glint flashed through the Shura God's domineering eyes as he said calmly, "I called this meeting for the sake of my inheritor and the Golden Dragon King Seal."

Upon hearing "Golden Dragon King Seal," not only did the God of Destruction and the Goddess of Life sitting together react.

Even the God Kings of Kindness and Evil, who held authority over the God Realm Committee, could not help but frown, their expressions immediately turning grave.