The Five Great God Kings Were Alerted

The Divine Realm, the God Realm Committee!

The disturbance caused by the Ice God's Divine Seat finally drew the attention of the Divine Realm Core.

A figure cloaked in purple, his face obscured and an endlessly profound aura of destruction constantly radiating from him, was the first to step into the Glorious Hall.

He was none other than the God of Destruction, one of the Five Great God Kings of the God Realm Committee!

Only a step behind him, a slender, breathtakingly beautiful figure entered the God Realm Committee. She wore a flowing aqua-green dress, and her body brimmed with the aura of life. A single glance made her unforgettable.

She was the God of Destruction's wife, the Goddess of Life!

The last two entered the hall together. One had short black hair, flames seeming to burn in his eyes, and an evil aura constantly radiated from him.

The other had long red hair and wore a pure white dress. She radiated pure goodwill, her nature unsullied, her supreme kindness like water!

The God of Evil and the Goddess of Kindness!

Together with Sea God Tang San, who was already in the hall!

These five were all the current members of the God Realm Committee, the Five Great God Kings of the Divine Realm and its enforcers.

"Sea God, what happened?" The God of Destruction questioned Tang San, who had arrived early, as soon as he entered.

"Someone triggered the Ice God's Divine Seat hidden in the Douluo Plane, drawing the Core's attention," Tang San said.

"Has someone gained the recognition of the Ice God's Divine Seat? Then that's good news." The Goddess of Life smiled.

"If someone really had gained its recognition, that would be wonderful. I checked the situation, and it seems this was trouble caused by one of my followers." As Tang San spoke, shame appeared on his face.

"What do you mean?" the God of Evil asked.

Tang San looked at the four God Kings. "Before I left the Douluo Continent, I left a replica of the Sea God Helmet with the followers who once worshipped the First Generation Sea God. It contained some of my divine power.

"That follower seems to have encountered an enemy he couldn't defeat, so he used the divine artifact I left behind.

"Precisely because that artifact contained my divine power, it provoked the hidden Ice God's Divine Seat. It didn't appear of its own accord after finding a suitable candidate. So this is my fault."

"What? What kind of situation is this? According to you, the Ice God's Divine Seat didn't emerge voluntarily, but was forced to reveal itself. Won't that throw the Douluo Continent into chaos?" The God of Destruction could not help frowning slightly.

"That's what I'm worried about now, too. An unclaimed Divine Seat will attract disputes all too easily," Tang San said.

"The Ice God fell many years ago. Guided by the remnants of her consciousness after her death, her Divine Seat returned to her homeland with her divine artifact. Given her nature, she would surely feel terrible if her Divine Seat caused unnecessary conflict in her homeland." As the Goddess of Life spoke, she gazed sorrowfully at the Douluo Plane, half of which had already turned snowy white.

"That's all the more reason to resolve this quickly. I suggest recalling the Ice God's Divine Seat to the Divine Realm. It would be safer than leaving it on the Douluo Continent," the God of Destruction said.

"But wouldn't that go against the Ice God's original wishes?" the Goddess of Kindness countered.

The God of Destruction asked in return, "And leaving it on the Douluo Continent is a good thing? Those who have reached the pinnacle of the mortal world are bound to sense the Ice God's Divine Seat. Without a god, it's a mountain of treasure no one has excavated. Those people will inevitably fight over it, perhaps even bringing devastation to all living things in the end."

The Goddess of Kindness had no answer. They all knew perfectly well that, for those who had reached the pinnacle of the mortal world, the path upward to godhood might not be completely severed, but the Divine Realm had only so many Divine Seats, each with its own occupant.

Although Divine Seats could be passed on, one still had to choose someone suited to oneself, or rather, to the attributes of the Divine Seat.

Take the Ice God, for instance. They could hardly find a fire-attribute expert to inherit her seat.

But those experts who had already cultivated to the pinnacle of the mortal world and could advance no further would not care about any of that. All they would see was an opportunity, a path upward to godhood.

"So we must intervene, but I also feel we cannot let Senior Ice God down. Although my follower caused this incident, it was my power that triggered it. I must bear the main responsibility.

"Therefore, I propose that I take charge of this matter to make up for my mistake." Tang San spoke with utmost sincerity, volunteering to shoulder the entire matter himself.

"How do you intend to make up for it?" The God of Destruction turned to look at him.

"We can send someone to take the Divine Seat away. Of course, they would only pretend to take it away. In reality, it would remain in its original location," Tang San explained his method.

"But that would still be a deception. If someone refuses to believe it and goes to try again, it will be exposed all the same," the God of Evil offered his view.

Tang San nodded. "That's why it would only be temporary. Senior Ice God wished to rest in peace in the earth, but she left inheritances on other planes. As long as someone has the ability to trigger the Ice God's inheritance.

"That means she did consider passing on her Divine Seat. She simply hoped her soul could rest peacefully in her homeland before that happened.

"Then we can take this opportunity to nurture a successor to inherit Senior Ice God's Divine Seat. Not only would our Divine Realm gain another First-Level God, but Senior Ice God would also have someone to carry on her legacy.

"We wouldn't have to worry about people who refuse to believe it coming to investigate, either.

"If you are concerned, I can arrange for someone when the time comes, and the four of you can test him. As long as he passes, we nurture him. How does that sound?

"Of course, throughout this process, we would only be responsible for nurturing him. Whether he can inherit the Ice God's Divine Seat would still depend on him."

"You mean our Divine Realm should intervene?" Having heard him out, the God of Destruction understood Tang San's meaning. He wanted to act behind the scenes and quietly nurture a successor to the Ice God.

"I know this approach may violate the Divine Realm's rules, but we don't have many choices now. Either we go against Senior Ice God's original wishes and retrieve her Divine Seat,

"Or we nurture a successor now to inherit the Ice God's Divine Seat. That would also spare the mortal world the devastation of a struggle over it.

"Besides, that is my homeland, too. I don't want its people to suffer devastation because of this. Senior God of Destruction, if you think I am violating the Divine Realm's rules, I will shoulder the blame. It won't be too late to punish me once I've finished dealing with this."

Tang San's final words were utterly decisive, as though he cared nothing for the punishment for violating the Divine Realm's rules and only wished to spare his homeland from devastation.

Hearing this, the Goddess of Life said frankly, "Sea God, you don't need to put it that way. The Divine Realm's rules aren't unreasonable. Besides, the rule states that gods may not interfere in mortal affairs.

"But there are always exceptional circumstances. Today's incident, for example, was caused by a god and requires the Divine Realm's intervention in the first place.

"We can absolutely decide this matter according to the God Realm Committee's rules and procedures."

"The Goddess of Life is right. Then let's give our opinions on Senior Sea God's proposal. I agree." The God of Evil voiced his opinion immediately after the Goddess of Life.

"I agree, too," the Goddess of Kindness followed.

Seeing that the God of Evil and the Goddess of Kindness had already stated their positions, and that his wife, the Goddess of Life, was clearly on Tang San's side as well, the God of Destruction also voted in favor. After all, the matter really was as the Goddess of Life had said. "I agree, too, but some things must be stated beforehand. The Sea God will be responsible for selecting a successor, but as he said, once he has made his choice, that person must undergo the tests of all four of us.

"And regarding assistance for the successor, aside from some initial advantages, if help in any other respect is needed, the four of us must be informed."

"Of course." Tang San nodded gently. To him, this was already enough. It was also his objective.

Now, he could be said to have given up on Huo Yuhao and turned to preparing to nurture another capable assistant. Being able to intervene in the mortal world to select the Ice God's successor was the perfect opportunity for him to win over a new capable assistant.

The Far North!

"You mean our Ice God fell during the Dragon God War, and her Divine Seat has been hidden in the Far North all along. Someone activated it just now." After hearing Di Tian's account, the Snow Empress and the others understood what had happened.

"It wasn't activated. The Ice God's Divine Seat has always existed. Someone merely triggered its automatic counterattack just now. That's where that cold wave came from. It was effectively an announcement to the entire world that the Ice God's Divine Seat is here.

"And that's the biggest problem now. Human experts from all over the world may be drawn here by that Divine Seat to try their luck. Conflict will be inevitable," Di Tian said solemnly.

"What's so troublesome about that? On the contrary, they told us where the Divine Seat is. She was the god of our Far North. She's been gone for years. It's time there was a new Ice God. I nominate the Snow Empress." The Ice Empress quickly accepted this information. After grieving, she came up with what she believed was the best response.

"If it's Mom, I agree with both hands and both feet raised." The Ice Bear King nodded in agreement.

"My Titan Snow Demon Clan also supports the Snow Empress becoming the new Ice God." The Titan Snow Demon King reacted a little slowly, because the bloodline of the legendary Ice God flowed within him. Everyone present had a bloodline connection to the Ice God. After learning of her death, the bloodline within him that he had always taken pride in could not help crying out in grief.

But once he came to his senses, he still supported the Snow Empress without hesitation.

Not one of the other hundred-thousand-year Soul Beasts or even ten-thousand-year Soul Beasts around them objected.

In their eyes, the Snow Empress, ruler of the Far North, was unquestionably the one most qualified to inherit the Ice God's Divine Seat.

Only the Snow Empress could win their acceptance, their wholehearted acceptance.

If they had to choose who among them was most qualified to become a god, no one could surpass the Snow Empress.

"Unfortunately, Soul Beasts cannot become gods." Although Huo Yun really did not want to shatter the atmosphere of unity in the Far North, he still had to remind them, lest all their efforts end up wasted.

"Who?" Huo Yun's sudden voice instantly put the Snow Empress and the others on alert.

"Don't be nervous. This is our world's consciousness. She was also the one who told me those people were going to attack the Far North, which is why I came to notify you." Seeing Huo Yun take the initiative to speak before everyone, Di Tian hurried forward to introduce her to the Snow Empress and the others.

"The World Consciousness. So it's you. Please forgive our discourtesy." Apart from a very few with malicious intentions, no one lacked respect for the World Consciousness. The Snow Empress bowed slightly to the world around her in greeting.

Huo Yun did not care in the slightest about that supposed discourtesy when they had been on guard. She said softly, "It's fine. I've been watching nearby all along. What you mentioned earlier, having the Snow Empress inherit the Divine Seat, won't work. Soul Beasts cannot become gods."

"Why? Why can't we Soul Beasts become gods?" Hearing this, the Ice Empress could not help demanding an answer. If they simply lacked an opportunity to become gods, that would have been one thing. But a Divine Seat was right in front of them, yet they could not use it. It was like telling them that no matter how formidable they were or how powerful they became, what was not theirs would never be theirs, as though being Soul Beasts meant they had to stand a rank below everyone else.

"Bingbing." The Snow Empress quietly reminded the Ice Empress that the one before them was no ordinary being.

"I wasn't the one who made that rule. Getting angry at me is useless. If you have the ability, go find the Dragon God. He was the one who set it.

"If you want to become gods, you must either become human or gain strength surpassing the Dragon God and shatter the rule he left behind. Otherwise, either wait for the Dragon God to return, at which point the rule will disappear, or choose to become human." Huo Yun made it clear that she would not shoulder this blame for the Dragon God.

"What did you say?" Before the other Soul Beasts could react much, Di Tian was the first to cry out in shock.

"There's no need to be surprised. The rule preventing Soul Beasts from becoming gods was left by the Dragon God. Perhaps, after that incident, the Soul Beasts remaining in the Divine Realm-in other words, divine beasts-would inevitably become objects of hatred for those human gods. The Dragon God worried that divine beasts would be persecuted without his protection, or perhaps there was some other reason. In any case, he left behind this rule.

"In short, unless you have strength surpassing the Dragon God, you cannot break this rule. Otherwise, just wait obediently for the Dragon God to return, or become human." There were too many twists and turns involved, and Huo Yun could not be bothered to explain so much. Those present only needed to know why Soul Beasts could not become gods.

Even so, the Soul Beasts present took a long time to digest this information.

After hearing this, the Ice Empress could not help giving a bitter laugh. "If that's the case, there really is nothing we can do. To become human, we only have one chance to start cultivating anew when we're hundred-thousand-year Soul Beasts. Once we've survived a heavenly tribulation, there's no chance left."

"It's not entirely impossible. You can use a hundred-thousand-year snow lotus, drawing on the essence of heaven and earth within it as a catalyst to seal your own power. That would give you another chance to start cultivating anew as a human.

"In the Snow Empress's case, if she started over as a human and cultivated back to the level of a human rank-99 Limit Douluo, she wouldn't even need to deliberately attract it. The Ice God's Divine Seat would seek her out on its own." As Huo Yun spoke, she looked at the Snow Empress. She remembered that in the original story, the Snow Empress had obtained a hundred-thousand-year snow lotus. However, she apparently had not acquired it yet. Huo Yun could sense that hundred-thousand-year snow lotus's presence here in the Far North.

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