"Then why didn't the Snow Empress become a god?
Was it because of time?
Was she still a juvenile?"
Ye Qingxian knew nothing about the affairs of Soul Beasts and was simply curious.
If the Snow Empress had such great potential and could naturally grow into a god, why hadn't she become one?
"Because the path to godhood has been sealed off for Soul Beasts.
The rules of this world don't allow Soul Beasts to become gods."
"Why should that be?"
Although Ah Yin had already taken human form, she still thought it was unfair.
"Was it because of a war between humans and Soul Beasts?"
Ah Yin asked softly.
"No. It wasn't humans who prevented Soul Beasts from becoming gods.
It was Soul Beasts."
With nothing else to do, Qian Xunji didn't mind sharing some secrets.
"The Divine Realm is a higher plane above the Douluo Continent.
It's where gods live, and they have the authority to set the rules for a world.
They govern who knows how many life-bearing planets like the Douluo Continent.
A very long time ago, the Divine Realm was jointly governed by the Five Great God Kings and the Dragon God.
The Dragon God was the leader of the beast races and the most powerful divine beast.
But he wanted to go a step further. Something went wrong during his cultivation, and the laws of the universe turned on him. His godhood split apart, and his mind collapsed.
Along with certain other events, this caused the Dragon God to lose his reason, leading to a chaotic war in the Divine Realm.
Later, the Dragon God briefly recovered and had the Asura God cut him in two, forcibly splitting him into the Golden Dragon King and the Silver Dragon King.
The Golden Dragon King inherited the Dragon God's brutality and unparalleled strength.
The Silver Dragon King inherited the Dragon God's wisdom and his mastery over the nine elements.
At the same time, to secure the position of the dragon race or perhaps his own,
the Dragon God established certain rules.
Unless the dragon race revived or the Dragon God reappeared, Soul Beasts could not become gods.
The lightning tribulations Soul Beasts suffered every hundred thousand years were a result of the rules the Dragon God established.
The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King has a million years of cultivation and a foundation that is nearly inexhaustible.
He constructed his massive body from pure energy, but he still doesn't dare undergo the tribulation.
That's the right choice, because the moment he tries to undergo it, he'll surely die."
"The Dragon God? He was too selfish."
Ah Yin was deeply displeased. Just because he feared the position of the dragon race and his own would be threatened, he had forcibly blocked Soul Beasts' path to godhood.
...Original timeline...
In the Star Dou Great Forest, an enraged roar shook the entire forest.
Countless Soul Masters quailed at the sound.
It was terrifying. What kind of Soul Beast could make a roar so frightening?
But the depths of the Star Dou Great Forest soon fell silent again.
Di Tian's expression was indifferent. "Do you really think you'd come to a good end if you became gods and went to the Divine Realm?
Without the Dragon God, divine beasts would only be oppressed by the gods of the Divine Realm.
Fools!"
Di Tian was actually very unhappy himself, but he couldn't show it.
For the sake of the dragon race, and for the greater cause of Soul Beasts.
Besides, the Silver Dragon King lay sleeping at the bottom of the Lake of Life.
"Di Tian!"
Suddenly, an ethereal voice rang out. Di Tian looked delighted. "My lord, you're awake."
"Mm... We're out of time."
Nine-colored ripples spread across the lake's surface, and a peerlessly beautiful woman in a long silver dress stepped out.
"This heavenly screen is bound to alarm the Divine Realm.
And I have a feeling that the Heavenly Screen Spacetime and our own spacetime will intersect more and more frequently.
It can't possibly involve only human Soul Masters.
This is an excellent opportunity for our people to rise and revive."
The Silver Dragon King's wise eyes flickered as she looked at the figure on the heavenly screen. "He's very different.
He even knows the secrets of what happened back then.
What a pity I can't communicate with the Silver Dragon King of the Heavenly Screen Spacetime."
"What do you intend to do, my lord?"
With Di Tian keeping order and the Silver Dragon King there as well, no trouble could break out in the Star Dou Great Forest.
Besides, the Silver Dragon King didn't care about the so-called Soul Beasts of the Star Dou Great Forest.
As long as she became the Dragon God, everything could change.
"He was right. Soul Beasts can't become gods.
And I only inherited half of the Dragon God's godhood.
To become the Dragon God, I must reclaim the Golden Dragon King's power and godhood, which are sealed in the Divine Realm."
The Silver Dragon King was troubled as well. Although she could enter the Divine Realm, with her current strength, she didn't dare expose herself.
The Soul Beast Clan had indeed fallen to its current state because of the Dragon God.
But if they wanted to revive, they had to consider the stance of the gods of the Divine Realm.
The human gods would never want the Dragon God to return.
The Dragon God was too powerful. He alone could stand against five God Kings.
How could those God Kings possibly give her a chance to make a comeback?
That meant she could use neither her identity nor her strength as the Silver Dragon King.
So her only choice was... to go to the Divine Realm as a human.
...Heavenly Screen Spacetime...
The Azure Plume Eagle Emperor had already entered the Far North Ice Plains. Icy winds howled past, but he blocked them all with his Soul Power.
"Master, a blizzard is raging in the core region of the Far North.
The flight may get a little bumpy."
The Azure Plume Eagle Emperor spoke as flying became more and more strenuous for him.
Even though he was a hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast, faced with extreme weather, especially the bitter cold of the Far North's core region, he still couldn't guarantee a smooth flight.
"No matter!"
Qian Xunji glanced at the overcast region ahead. The entire core region of the Far North was dim, while endless icy winds raged through it. Wind and snow cut like knives, and the cold pierced to the bone.
Though the Azure Plume Eagle Emperor himself was uncomfortable, he was a hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast, so it was nothing serious.
Ah Yin and Ye Qingxian couldn't say the same. They could already feel the cold.
And that cold was only the slightest trace that had seeped through the Azure Plume Eagle Emperor's Soul Power barrier.
Qian Xunji gave each of them a light pat. Holy light imprinted itself between the two women's brows, giving off a faint glow that dispelled the cold.
Shui Bing'er didn't need it. If it was merely cold, she was immune.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The Azure Plume Eagle Emperor skimmed low over the ground. In the distance, the Titan Snow Demon King, a full hundred meters tall, made the earth quake and the mountains tremble with every step.
He spotted the Azure Plume Eagle Emperor and shot him an icy gaze. "Humans?"
Noticing Qian Xunji and the other three on the Azure Plume Eagle Emperor's back, he spoke in a muffled voice and raised his enormous palm, directly rousing the power of the endless wind and snow to sweep toward the Azure Plume Eagle Emperor.
In weather like this, although the Titan Snow Demon King had only two hundred thousand years of cultivation, killing the Azure Plume Eagle Emperor would be little different from killing a chick.
But the Azure Plume Eagle Emperor wasn't afraid at all. He didn't even intend to dodge.
Qian Xunji raised a hand, and holy light dispersed the wind and snow.
"Angel Descent!"
After blocking the Titan Snow Demon King's attack, Qian Xunji immediately used Angel Descent. At once, his enormous avatar rose like a manifestation of heaven and earth. Golden light pierced the clouds, scattering the dark mass in an instant.
The sky was clear for ten thousand miles, but the light in the Far North remained dim.
After a brief calculation, Qian Xunji knew that the polar night had just ended on the Far North Ice Plains, and the polar day would soon arrive.
"How is that possible?"
The Titan Snow Demon King stared at the immense Martial Soul Avatar. At a hundred meters tall, he looked like a chick beside it.
A sacred pressure filled the entire core region of the Far North. Qian Xunji's divine sense spread out as well, locking onto the Snow Empress and the Ice Empress.
"Come and present yourselves before me!"
Qian Xunji spoke, his voice resounding with grandeur.
Then he withdrew his Martial Soul Avatar and summoned the power of ice and snow to construct a castle on the spot.
The Titan Snow Demon King had already taken human form. He stood a zhang tall, with thick hair and extremely rugged features.
He lay prostrate on the ground. It wasn't that he didn't want to resist, but that... he couldn't even get up or raise his head.