The Capable Asura

I'll get some illustrations to look at later.

Still, although he, the Sea God, could not beat the Asura God in a fight,

there were always ways to bring him to heel.

And so he broke into a sprint and ran toward the Life Ancient Tree.

Inside the Life Ancient Tree, the Life God King held a watering can.

She hummed a cheerful tune,

while carefully watering every flower evenly.

Behind her, the goddesses of the life faction played together in little groups.

They sang, danced, and swung on swings, a merry and dazzling sight.

Just then, the Sea God came running in, his face covered in dust and his clothes in tatters.

He slid forward on his knees and collapsed right before the Goddess of Life.

His voice trembled, thick with tears.

"Lady Goddess of Life, you must see justice done for me!"

The Goddess of Life first frowned, a little displeased with the Sea God for suddenly interrupting her.

But kindhearted by nature, she immediately realized that something had happened to him.

She quickly helped him up, pouring divine power into his body to heal him, and spoke gently.

"Sea God, what happened?"

Delighted to see his plan working, the Sea God nevertheless kept his aggrieved expression.

"It's like this, Lady Goddess of Life..."

He recounted everything that had happened when the Asura God came looking for him, even adding a few embellishments.

The more Poseidon spoke, the more aggrieved he became.

"Why should an honest, dutiful god like me be treated this way? You must act with a conscience, a conscience!"

Sure enough, the Goddess of Life's brow furrowed slightly upon hearing this.

She remembered that Tang San was the one Asura had forcibly brought over in violation of the law.

She had never expected so much to happen afterward.

Although she had never met Tang San, the Sea God's account told her what a treacherous scoundrel that otherworldly soul the Asura God had brought over was.

And so she gently patted the Sea God's shoulder.

"Rest assured, I'll see justice done for you. I'll convene a Divine Realm council meeting right away."

Watching the Goddess of Life leave, the Sea God grew increasingly pleased.

"Damn you, Asura, leaving me to take over your mess! You might as well have left him to grow old alone. What's with this business of having professional integrity one moment and none the next? Let's see how you handle this!"

Once the old gods Goodness and Evil took their seats,

the Divine Realm council meeting officially began.

The God of Destruction looked at his wife in utter confusion.

"Xiao Lu, what happened that made you call a Divine Realm council meeting in such a hurry?"

The Goddess of Life invited the Sea God forward.

The Asura God's face instantly darkened at the sight.

Damn you, you underhanded Sea God, pulling a stunt like this! No, I haven't even met my new successor yet. If they turn their eyes toward the Douluo Continent and find him, won't I lose my chance to pass on my godhood?

At that moment, Asura bitterly regretted having been lazy and slept in.

Had he known, he would have investigated the moment that light first shone.

He could only keep racking his brains for a way to salvage the situation.

As the Sea God recounted the story once again,

all the God Kings gave the Asura God strange looks.

Although this affair had violated Divine Realm Law,

Asura had already been confined for it. Besides, there was no rule saying a soul brought over from another world had to become a god.

As the view of the Douluo Continent's plane unfolded,

Tang San's face appeared before the Divine Realm once again.

Down in the lower realm, Tang San was cultivating when his nose suddenly tickled and he let out a violent sneeze.

He felt as though someone was watching him, but could not tell where the feeling came from.

The God of Destruction was the first to question him.

"Asura, is there something wrong with your head? Can just anyone become a god now? Even if you brought that soul over, couldn't you just leave him to fend for himself?"

Faced with this questioning, and to ensure that he could pass on his godhood,

he bit the bullet and admitted it.

"He was the successor I originally chose. I was simply a little blind.

"Now that I've found a better choice, I naturally gave up on him.

"I didn't leave him to fend for himself simply because it never occurred to me at the time. I'll own up to this one. Punish me however you see fit. I won't concern myself with him anymore."

The Goddess of Life lowered the hand she had pressed between her brows.

"Since this was merely a misunderstanding, and Asura simply failed to think of it at the time, let's leave the matter at that. Asura, apologize to the Sea God and make amends, and we'll call it settled."

Although the Asura God's answer just now had allowed the Sea God to guess that he had deceived him and concealed certain things,

the Goddess of Life had spoken, so he could hardly say anything more.

But the old gods Goodness and Evil did not see it that way.

Asura's behavior was too strange. Although his position clearly made him more of a military man, he could not be so stupid that he would forget about bestowing his godhood.

Besides, his voluntary admission now was nothing like his usual habit of spouting nonsense to wriggle out of things.

And so old Evil chuckled.

"Congratulations, Asura God, on finding a suitable successor. Unlike us, who can't even manage to pass on our godhood!"

He sounded as though he was offering congratulations, yet also lamenting his own lot.

Just then, Goodness beside him picked up where Evil had left off, speaking with a smile.

"But Asura, that previous successor you chose was a bit too... The rest of us are rather uneasy. Why not let us take a look at your new successor together? We can help you vet him and assess your choice."

Destruction and Life exchanged a glance, finding Goodness and Evil's words reasonable.

"Asura, find him."

Asura had completely blown up inside.

That brilliant brain of his went racing at full speed yet again.

They can't possibly kill me anyway, right?

In for a penny, in for a pound. He simply began the search.

To make managing the lower planes easier, the Divine Realm naturally had exquisitely sophisticated search devices.

They were convenient and fast.

In just a few seconds, Lin Xiao came into view.

Asura took a close look. That was him! That terrifyingly void-like Karma.

The God Kings first turned their attention to the Snow Empress.

"To think that even after the Dragon God imposed those restrictions, this Heavenly Snow Woman still found an opportunity to become a god and inherited the former Ice God's godhood. That legacy has a successor!"

The Goddess of Life was the first to sigh in admiration, and Destruction beside her nodded too.

Then, when they looked at Lin Xiao, surprise appeared on all their faces.

The God Kings had heard of the aura within him.

The Goddess of Life spoke first:

"This child's Martial Soul has a powerful plant aura, and he is also the Douluo Plane's Child of Nature. He is very well suited to inheriting my godhood."

The moment she finished, the God of Destruction's eyes filled with delighted surprise.

It was precisely their godhoods that prevented him and Life from even touching each other.

And so he followed her lead with a single click.

"This child is very special. He has the embryonic form of a godhood within him. I too wish to pass on my godhood, together with Life. I believe he can inherit both our godhoods, and even fuse them to form a new power of creation!"

Goodness and Evil, standing nearby, caught the scent of sparks flying.

Compared with Destruction and Life, the two of them were even more eager to retire.

"This child also has an affinity with us. The God of Creation may be powerful, but a fusion of my Goodness and Evil's powers wouldn't be out of the question either, would it?"

Just as friction arose between the two sides,

Asura seized his chance, lunged forward, and sent a strand of divine consciousness down into the lower realm.

It formed a concealed Asura Blood Sword on Lin Xiao's forehead.

Instantly, four murderous gazes swung toward him.

The Asura God's scalp prickled, but his mission was complete.

He simply drew the Asura Blood Sword and took on all four at once.

Even as they beat him until he coughed up blood in great gushes, he remained as stubborn as a dead duck with a stiff beak, taunting them.

"He was clearly my choice from the very beginning. What's wrong with passing on my godhood now?

"You lot came later and want to get ahead of me. If you don't like it, beat me to death!"

The Sea God watched from the sidelines, dumbstruck.

This Asura is way too fierce. I take back everything I said before. You have my admiration, truly!