Seven-God Meeting!?

Back at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect residence, Qian Xunling sent Bibi Dong, Dugu Bo, and the others away, returned to his bedroom alone, and placed the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud on the table.

Although the Sea God was only a First-Level God, he was far from weak. He was the strongest of the First-Level Main Gods, and with the Super Divine Artifact, the Sea God Trident, in hand, he could unleash damage at the God King level.

Moreover, even after inheriting the Sea God's position, he could still obtain the positions of other gods. As long as he displayed sufficient potential, the gods of the Divine Realm might even seek him out themselves.

Qian Xunling bit his finger and let a drop of blood fall onto the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud.

The Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud absorbed the blood and began to glow blue.

Within the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud was a divine thought the Sea God had left behind.

If he had probed it with spiritual power, he would certainly have been repelled by that wisp of divine thought. But since he had used essence blood, the divine thought began to assess Qian Xunling's potential.

Then a distant yet deeply timeworn voice sounded in Qian Xunling's mind. "After all these years, someone has finally earned the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud's recognition."

The sensation was strange.

Yet it filled Qian Xunling with a measure of awe.

The power of a god truly was terrifying. The Sea God could speak to him from such a great distance, and Qian Xunling could clearly sense the energy contained in this wisp of remnant thought.

Still composed, Qian Xunling asked, "Who are you?"

"The Sea God," the Old Sea God replied.

"You have been recognized by the Boundless Cosmic Shroud. That makes you my sole God Trial successor. Are you willing to go to Sea God Island..."

"Wait."

"Whose power is that?"

The Sea God could clearly sense a far more terrifying power interfering with their mental conversation. At the same time, the Old Sea God saw the faint, still-forming Sea God Trident mark on Qian Xunling's forehead dissipating.

Qian Xunling was surprised as well, but his consciousness soon arrived in another mental world.

A towering divine temple suddenly appeared before him. His consciousness followed his gaze into the temple, which was completely empty, and Qian Xunling stood at its very center.

Rumble! Qian Xunling looked up and saw five imposing figures in white, black, purple, green, and red, radiating the presence of powerful experts. All five turned their gazes on him at once.

At the same time, the Old Sea God hurried into the temple. He looked at the Five Great God Kings in surprise and said respectfully, "My lords."

He had not expected the power that had just stopped him from marking the young man before him as a Sea God candidate to have come from the God King of Goodness.

What on earth had happened to make the five God Kings willing to violate the God Realm Committee's rules together just to see a young man?

Just then, a woman slowly walked in from outside the temple. Six wings grew from her back, and she wore golden divine armor. She was stunningly beautiful, yet utterly cold: the Angel God.

"Angel God, what brings you here too?" the Old Sea God asked, puzzled.

The Angel God respectfully greeted the five God Kings and asked, "May I ask why you five lords have brought my descendant and Godhood successor to the temple?"

Qian Xunling was somewhat surprised.

Wasn't I just inheriting the Sea God's position?

How did all five God Kings suddenly appear? Even my own ancestor came running over.

The God King of Goodness spoke gently. "Sea God, Angel God, you need not worry about Qian Xunling's safety. Our bringing him here was agreed upon through negotiations long ago. For now, please leave. There is no need for you to hear what follows."

The God King of Goodness had spoken.

However puzzled the Old Sea God and the Angel God were,

they could only take their leave.

After the temple doors closed, Qian Xunling looked at the Five Great God Kings without much reverence and asked, "May I ask what business you God Kings have with this junior?"

The Evil God King chuckled. "Just as I guessed. Even when this brat meets us, he doesn't put on a pleasant face. The word 'awe' isn't in his dictionary."

The Goddess of Life smiled and looked at Qian Xunling. "You don't need to be nervous. We only asked you here to discuss something. Not only will we not hurt you, but you'll receive a good reward as well."

Qian Xunling pondered for a moment, then asked, "From what you're saying, you've been watching me for a long time?"

Destruction spoke. "That isn't called watching. It's called inspection."

"Is there a difference?" Qian Xunling turned his gaze to Destruction.

That a mere mortal would show them such disrespect made Destruction's face turn somewhat livid.

Life soothed Destruction. "We suddenly pulled him here, so it's only natural for him to be wary of us. We should give more thought to how he feels."

Now that his wife had spoken, Destruction fell silent.

At that moment, the most imposing of them all, the Asura God, spoke. "Qian Xunling, we have indeed observed you for a long time. We originally intended to wait until you became a Titled Douluo before considering a meeting with you, but since you've already begun to come into contact with the Sea God, we decided to meet you sooner."

"The reason we paid attention to you was your talent, but even more than that, it was because of your Martial Soul that we were willing to break the God Realm Committee's rules to see you."

Qian Xunling listened.

Previously, he had displayed talent far surpassing Tang San's.

Yet these gods had made no move toward him at all. Qian Xunling had thought they hadn't noticed him, but now, looking at it this way,

they had been paying attention all along. They might even have mapped out his future path down to the last detail.

The Asura God continued, "From our observations over such a long time, your Martial Soul surpasses the Super Divine level. There are some of its wondrous aspects that even we have yet to fathom. You'll have to explore them yourself in the future."

"I'd like to hear the point," Qian Xunling said evenly, though he was somewhat impatient.

"Heh." It was the first time anyone had dared be so impatient with him. The Asura God scoffed, but he wasn't angry. He continued, "In the Divine Realm where we reside, a Golden Dragon King burdened with grave sins is imprisoned. This Golden Dragon King is immensely powerful. Even the five of us God Kings cannot kill it completely."

"And as its hatred continues to grow, its power grows stronger as well. Sooner or later, it will break through our seal, and the Divine Realm will face danger once again."

"Now your appearance has given us an idea for a highly feasible method. Your Martial Soul possesses a power of fusion that can take in a hundred rivers, something even we gods cannot do. It can even assimilate part of the power of laws."

"We God Kings created a Martial Soul Fusion Skill of our own, called the Three Realms Judgment Sword. It takes at least three God Kings working together to use it. To kill the Golden Dragon King completely, the five of us have decided to act together."

"But we cannot be certain it will truly kill the Golden Dragon King. Moreover, after using that move, the five of us will be left with greatly diminished divine power, unable to deal with unexpected situations. So we decided to take a precaution and have someone else act in our place."

Unexpected situations? They're probably afraid the power they unleash will be so immense that it causes something like turbulence in spacetime.

"And then you appeared."

The Five Great God Kings' gazes once again settled heavily on Qian Xunling.

Qian Xunling asked, "Is my Martial Soul really that powerful?"

"More powerful than we imagined," Kindness replied.

Kindness continued, "But you don't need to worry. We only need you to become a god quickly, then use your Martial Soul to absorb our divine power. If your Martial Soul proves unable to absorb it, we'll stop immediately. Besides, with your talent, becoming a god won't be difficult."

Use my Martial Soul to absorb their divine power.

Then automatically gather it into the Three Realms Judgment Sword.

It was a good idea, and Qian Xunling was somewhat confident that his Martial Soul could indeed absorb their divine power.

Qian Xunling asked, "So you're planning to help me become a god?"

"Yes." The Goddess of Kindness nodded.

Qian Xunling chuckled. "Then which god should I inherit?"

The God Kings looked at one another.

"..."

That was true. Whose Godhood should this exceptionally gifted young man inherit?