Watching the five suddenly wise up and begin discussing things,
Lin Xiao suppressed the suspicions in his heart.
He simply watched them in silence.
After a while, Asura came over first and patted Lin Xiao on the shoulder.
"Good lad. You talk big, but I like it.
I've discussed it with Goodness, Evil, and the others. We've placed the Three Realms Judgment Sword in your Sea of Consciousness. If you run into trouble, draw it.
We won't argue over divine positions for now. After all, you have a power here that can subtly influence Goodness's and Evil's thoughts.
That being is definitely beyond the level of a God King.
And to respect your choice, the five of us intend to place a portion of our divine power origins in your Sea of Consciousness.
On one hand, it's for protection and as a precaution. On the other,
you can decide how many divine positions to inherit and fuse based on your own limits and compatibility."
Goodness and Evil had originally wanted to reject Lin Xiao's request.
But after this turn of events,
they could only conclude that this unregistered newcomer to Douluo harbored some considerable secrets.
His earlier boasts had become a genuine possibility.
Besides, they really couldn't figure anything out, so they simply agreed to wait and see.
"Lin Xiao, what divine position do you want to give that Tang San?"
Just as things were almost settled, the Sea God played the obedient child again, raising his left hand high.
"I've also stored the Sea God Trident and the Thirteen Forms in your Sea of Consciousness. You can learn them when you have time!"
The figures of the gods from the Divine Realm gradually faded.
They all returned to the Divine Realm.
Lin Xiao looked at the five blobs of light surrounding his divine position prototype.
There was also that dung fork and the renowned Three Realms Judgment Sword.
Asura had told Lin Xiao that if he wanted to use the Three Realms Judgment Sword,
he would suffer severe backlash, just as he did when using his Sixth Soul Skill.
That would remain the case until he could perfectly control the divine power of Asura, Goodness, and Evil.
It was meant to serve as a trump card, too.
Returning his attention to reality, Lin Xiao glanced up at the clock on the wall.
Only about ten minutes had passed.
He walked back into the meeting room.
Discarding everything he had originally planned to say, he slapped the table.
"Great Enshrined, you're only the enshrined servant of a First-Level God. There's a lot you don't understand, so let me explain it properly."
Qian Daoliu's brows furrowed slightly.
"A First-Level God? You mean the Angel God is a First-Level God? Gods have ranks?"
"Yes. And unfortunately, I must tell you that the Angel God has long since fallen. So absorbing faith is actually useless now."
Those words struck Qian Daoliu's heart like a heavy hammer.
For more than five thousand years,
the Angel God Statue had never shone again, nor had another divine oracle descended.
Searching his own heart, had he truly never dared consider that possibility? He had simply refused to admit it.
Now, Lin Xiao's words not only confirmed that a god stood behind him,
but also showed that he knew and understood far more than Qian Daoliu did.
Yet as the Angel God's Great Enshrined, his final duty and dignity still drove him to instinctively gather his might and unleash it at Lin Xiao.
The Snow Empress snorted coldly. Ice-blue energy instantly shattered the light-attribute might, wiping it out completely.
Looking at the Snow Empress, Qian Daoliu sighed helplessly and slumped into his chair as though his soul had left him.
"Young friend Lin Xiao, could you tell me everything you know?"
"Xue'er has a trace of divine power within her. You should be able to sense it, too.
The divine position she's currently inheriting belongs to the Ice God.
The Ice God has also vanished from this world, leaving only a wisp of divine soul and a divine artifact.
We were fortunate enough to receive her final inheritance.
The Angel God is the same. You've wondered before whether she was already dead, haven't you? But seeing that she could still bestow God Trials,
you kept that thought buried in your heart.
So now I need to tell you in the most direct, plainest words possible, without beating around the bush, words that strike straight at your heart.
Even after gods fall, they can still trigger God Trials, and even pass on their inheritances."
"I also possess a god's inheritance-that of a God King from the Divine Realm. In the Divine Realm, gods are divided into Divine Officials, Third-Level Gods, Second-Level Gods, First-Level Gods, and God Kings.
The Angel God was once among the finest First-Level Gods in the Divine Realm."
Qian Daoliu finally calmed himself and nodded.
"Are God Kings very powerful? How great is the gap between a First-Level God like the Angel God and the God King whose inheritance you're receiving?"
"To paint you a picture: a father beating his son, a tiger fighting a kitten, a little roadside snake trying to challenge a Flood Dragon in a pond."
"A heaven-defying gulf! Only a handful of First-Level Gods with exceptionally profound foundations and strength have even a slim chance of contending with a God King."
"But at most, that only means enduring another strike or two and holding out for a little while."
"Most First-Level Gods can't even withstand a single full-force strike from a God King."
"Most of what I know, aside from the information about the Ice God, came from this God King."
After a stretch of silence,
"Then, faith?"
Lin Xiao shook his head.
His original plan had been godhood through faith. Though its floor was very low, its ceiling was also very high, and there weren't too many bottlenecks.
Besides, creating a divine position of his own would be seriously cool, wouldn't it?
After all, among the theories he knew, one held that Tang San was a soul Asura had pulled over from another world.
So if he planned for the worst, he would have to face Asura secretly throwing obstacles in his path.
But the current script had clearly departed from its original course.
Tang San had been reduced to some roadside nobody, while he himself had won the favor of the gods of the Divine Realm.
He had even obtained the origins of five God Kings at once.
That meant he could completely fuse the power of the five great God Kings.
And if his suspicions proved true, the Dragon God origin might also be possible.
Then he could study that Douluo True God who could influence God Kings, the Love God.
He could mash it all together, then add some divine power from himself and the system.
How wonderful would it be to make this entire universe bear the name Lin?
Who would still care about these measly scraps?
"Actually, I don't need faith."
"What I want is unification, unification, and more fucking unification!"
"But if we unify, who will the Soul Masters choose-the Spirit Pagoda or Spirit Hall?
Even if I don't actively compete for it, the power of faith will still flow endlessly toward us, won't it?"
"Qian Renxue's innate soul power is rank twenty. I believe she can become the next Angel God."
Watching Lin Xiao seemingly refuse at first, only to suddenly start praising his granddaughter,
Qian Daoliu felt rather confused.
"What do you mean?"
Lin Xiao smiled. The perfect ending had been achieved.
"Earn it with sufficient contributions!"
"Once this continent is unified, the Martial Soul Federation we establish will still worship the Angel God.
But that Angel God can only be Qian Renxue."
Qian Daoliu understood.
The old Angel God was already dead, so faith was no longer of any use to her.
But the Angel God's legacy could still be passed on.
What Lin Xiao wanted was that new Angel God. Following his words to their conclusion, that meant Xue'er!
"Well... I need Xue'er's own opinion."
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