"How should we deal with those Divine Realm who possess ancient traditions and whose power is no less than ours?"
"Should we try diplomacy first, or directly annex? This requires a clear foreign policy."
"Policy?" Xuan Ming said calmly, "It's simple, just two words—strike first."
"Attack first?" The Ice Dragon King was startled.
"That's right." Xuan Ming nodded matter-of-factly. "No matter who we encounter, we'll subdue them first, then sit down and discuss names, mergers, and ideals."
"In this universe, might makes right. If they can't even withstand our punches, then they have no right to talk about diplomacy with us. They should just be incorporated into the Great God Realm and become a subordinate plane."
"But..." the Ice Dragon King said with a strange expression, "What if... I mean, what if we can't win?"
"Can't beat them?"
Xuan Ming raised an eyebrow, looking at the Ice Dragon King with a puzzled expression. " Sister Bing, are you joking?"
How many God King do we have now?
" Gu Yuena will soon fully digest the Dragon God's Power and return to the Supreme God Realm. Kindness and Evil combined can rival the highest existence. Destruction and Life combined can also create creation-level power. Add to that Bibi Dong, Qian Renxue, Bo Saixi... and myself."
"More than a dozen God King! And all of them are top-tier!"
"I refuse to believe that any other Divine Realm in this universe could assemble such an outrageous lineup. Unless they manage to bind all the God King of the entire universe together, who can stop us?"
"Even if we take a step back..."
The divine light in Xuan Ming's eyes suddenly deepened and became dangerous, an indescribable, eerie aura emanating from him. "Even if we've truly encountered some indescribable monster..."
"I Negation."
"I can Negation their Godhead, Negation rules, and even their Negation existence from the very root of the matter."
"I will not lose again. I have absolute confidence now."
The Ice Dragon King looked at the domineering man before him, opened his mouth, and finally let out a helpless sigh.
really.
She couldn't refute it.
Xuan Ming's Godhead is truly too peculiar. It is neither the control of elements in the traditional sense, nor the maintenance of rules, but a kind of "anti-rules" power.
Although the Dragon God of that time was powerful enough to contend with the entire Divine Realm, he was still an enforcer of the laws of the universe.
The Dragon God governs the balance between creation and Destruction; its power is traceable and conforms to the logic of the universe.
However, Xuan Ming is different.
His power fundamentally Negation all of this.
He defies all established rules; under his Divine Power, time can be reversed, space can be disordered, and cause and effect can be broken.
It was a kind of "unreasonable" power that even Gu Yuena now possesses the Dragon God's Power, cannot fully comprehend.
Faced with such unreasonable power, coupled with the outrageously luxurious God King's team from the Divine Realm, it's indeed... difficult to lose.
"Fine, you're right."
The Ice Dragon King rubbed his temples. "Since you're so confident, then let's proceed with our foreign policy as you say. If anyone objects, give them a good beating first."
After saying that, she seemed to have thought of something, and her gaze swept over Xuan Ming, her expression becoming somewhat complicated.
"However, there's another issue I need to remind you of."
"What?" Xuan Ming asked.
" Godhood."
The Ice Dragon King said earnestly, " Xuan Ming, although you have now condensed Godhead and possess power surpassing that of the Supreme God, you have not yet condensed Godhood."
"No Godhood?"
Xuan Ming paused for a moment, then frowned and said, "Isn't it enough that I have Godhead spark? Aren't Godhood positions just a formality?"
"No, it's not just about form."
The Ice Dragon King shook his head and patiently explained, " Godhood is the anchor point connecting deities to the Divine Realm Core, and it is also the concrete manifestation of the rules."
"To give an analogy, the Divine Realm is like a chariot speeding through the universe. The Godhood are like the fixed seats on this chariot."
"Only by possessing Godhood can your power receive continuous nourishment from the Divine Realm Core, becoming more stable. At the same time, your will can more smoothly mobilize the power of the Divine Realm to suppress external enemies."
"This is why only by expanding the Divine Realm and increasing the number of seats can we accommodate more deities."
The Ice Dragon King looked at Xuan Ming, "Right now, you're like a passenger standing on the roof of a vehicle, wielding heavy weapons. Although you're strong, even stronger than the driver, you haven't truly integrated into this vehicle. According to the laws of the universe, you are still... a rootless duckweed."
"If you encounter an opponent of equal strength, they Divine Realm as their backing and an endless supply of laws to support them, while you are consuming your own life force. This is a huge disadvantage."
"Therefore, if possible, I suggest you take the time to solidify your own Godhood. Whether it's the Primordial Beginning or Heaven, make this position firmly established."
Xuan Ming frowned even more deeply after hearing this.
He certainly understood what the Ice Dragon King meant.
But he... was unwilling.
" Sister Bing, you know me," Xuan Ming sighed, " Godhood... means constraint."
"If the Divine Realm is a vehicle, Godhood is the seat, then once I sit on it, wouldn't I be welded to this vehicle?"
" Godhood is both power and a shackle. It represents responsibility to the Divine Realm and the maintenance of the rules. Once I have Godhood, I become part of this system. Whatever happens in the Divine Realm, I will have to bear the consequences; I can't escape it even if I want to."
"I don't want to weld myself to this Divine Realm."
"The world is so big, maybe one day I'll figure it out and want to wander into the depths of the universe like those two old guys. Having a Godhood is too much trouble."
The Ice Dragon King couldn't help but laugh as he listened to his complaints.
"You..."
She stepped forward and poked Xuan Ming's forehead. "Don't want to be welded to death? Don't want to take responsibility?"
The Ice Dragon King's smile faded, his gaze softening and deepening. "But Xuan Ming, look at yourself now."
"What are you doing?"
"You just established new rules for the Divine Realm, you just went to Douluo Star to establish a new federal order, and you just waved your hand to send all the First-Level God out to do their jobs."
"Which of these dozen or so God King doesn't act according to your wishes? In this Divine Realm, every major and minor matter requires your final approval."
"If the Divine Realm were truly in crisis, would you run away? Would you abandon Bibi Dong, Qian Renxue, Gu Yuena, and all of us, and wander off alone?"
Xuan Ming fell silent.
"Look."
The Ice Dragon King shrugged. "Actually, you've been sitting in this driver's seat for a long time now, and you're the one holding the steering wheel. You're already the core of this vehicle, the Sea God for everyone."
"You keep saying you find it troublesome, that you don't want to be tied down, and that you don't want to take responsibility. But in reality, every time something happens, every time you face a crisis, whether it was in the Douluo Continent before or now in the Divine Realm, haven't you always been at the forefront?"
You're always like this.
The Ice Dragon King sighed, his tone tinged with heartache and helplessness, "While grumbling and complaining about the trouble, they shoulder all the burdens themselves."
"So, whether you condense that Godhood or not, it's essentially the same. Because in everyone's hearts, that highest position has already been engraved with your name."
"Instead of being an illegitimate passenger on the roof, I might as well make the seat more comfortable and sit down more securely."
"Okay, okay, I understand."
Xuan Ming sighed, "I'll... I'll find time to make one later, okay? Honestly, everyone's so long-winded."
"But..."
"It's really strange that someone who's clearly a landlord would insist on having a long-term laborer's job."
Chapter 498 Condensing Godhood
Having bid farewell to the Ice Dragon King, Xuan Ming moved slightly and took a step forward.
This step is not only about crossing space, but also about crossing the boundaries of rules.
He passed through the shimmering crystal barrier that protected the gods from external attacks in the Divine Realm, and arrived outside the Divine Realm —the endless void of the universe.
There is no gentle and compliant Divine Realm Divine Power here, only violent spatial turbulence, deathly darkness, and fragments of primordial laws that have existed since the beginning of the universe but have never been tamed.
Xuan Ming stood in the void, glancing back at the enormous sphere radiating a nine-colored halo in the darkness— the Divine Realm.
The Ice Dragon King's analogy is quite apt. The Divine Realm is indeed a sanctuary traveling through the universe, and the Godhood are the interfaces connecting to the core engine of this vehicle.
The higher the privileges of an interface, the greater the power it can mobilize, and the more feedback it receives in return.
Just like Qian Renxue and Bibi Dong, after Xuan Ming broke through to the Supreme God Realm, he actually first strengthened the "engine" of the Divine Realm Core, and then used the surplus energy generated by the engine to forcibly raise their realms, essentially adding "luxury seats" to their vehicles.
The more powerful the Divine Realm, the more powerful the gods become; it's a symbiotic relationship.
In theory, if the energy of the Divine Realm were limitless, it would even be possible for all deities to reach the God King Realm.
The problem is that energy is not infinite.
The process of consolidating Godhood essentially involves consuming the resources of the Divine Realm to forge rules and authority.
If it were just ordinary Second-Level God or First-Level God gods, that would be fine, but even God King, the current Divine Realm can afford it.
However, Xuan Ming is different.
His level of power is too high. He is " Negation and Reconstruction," a supreme being that transcends conventional laws.
If we were to use the parts and fuel of this "vehicle" itself to build him a " Supreme God throne" that matches his rear end...
Xuan Ming guessed that the Divine Realm would probably be drained of its essence and fall apart before he could even settle in.
Therefore, he had no choice but to take the risk of going beyond the Divine Realm and directly demanding from the universe.
So-called Deity Energy, in essence, is the embodiment of the power of the laws of the universe.
The reason why the Five Great God Kings of Kindness, Evil, Destruction, Life, Asura were so powerful was because they were innate deities born at the beginning of the Divine Realm, based on the five most fundamental laws of the universe. Their Godhead and Godhood were innate, bestowed upon them by the universe.
Later deities, whether Sea God or Angel God, mostly emerged during the expansion of the Divine Realm. The Divine Realm Core captured the free-floating laws and energies in the universe, absorbed and purified them, and then powerful beings in the mortal realm sensed this tamed power when they broke through, thus becoming gods.
Without the filtering and protection of the Divine Realm, mortals cannot sense these energies at all, let alone come into contact with or absorb them.
Even Xuan Ming himself relied on the Dragon God's Power as a springboard to condense his divine Godhead in order to complete that heaven-defying qualitative change.
Xuan Ming took a deep breath, opened his arms, and faced the dark, deep, and unknown universe.
There is no filtering from the Divine Realm, no buffer from the central hub.
What he wants to do is to plunder directly from this vast universe!
In the eyes of ordinary deities, this behavior was tantamount to suicide.
The energy in the universe is violent, chaotic, and full of radiation and pollution. Without the protection of the Divine Realm, directly absorbing this energy is like a mortal drinking magma—they would be instantly overwhelmed or assimilated.
However, for Xuan Ming, who now possesses the power of " Negation and Reconstruction "...
Nothing in this world can threaten him anymore.
boom--!!
The Supreme God within Xuan Ming suddenly erupted.
In an instant, an extreme, pure white light spread wildly in all directions from him.
This white light belongs to no element, nor does it contain any known rules. It domineeringly repels the surrounding darkness, forcibly carving out an absolute domain belonging to Xuan Ming in the void.
Meanwhile, in the Divine Realm Core.
The massive core, which had been operating smoothly, suddenly began to tremble violently, emitting a piercing buzzing sound.
Four streaks of light flashed by in an instant.
Kindness, Evil, Destruction, and Life —the four God King appeared almost simultaneously in front of the central monitoring console, each with a solemn expression and undisguised horror in their eyes.
"What's going on? An extremely high-energy reaction has been detected outside the barrier of the Divine Realm!"
The God of Destruction stared intently at the wildly expanding white spot of light on the screen. "This energy fluctuation... it's even more terrifying than the spacetime turbulence from before! Could it be an invasion by an external enemy?"
No, it's not an external enemy.
The Goddess of Life sensed that familiar yet unsettling aura, her voice trembling slightly, "It is... Xuan Ming."