The new God-king ruled the God Realm with her supreme wisdom and power, ushering in a new era.
The connection between the God Realm and the Human Realm became closer, and the boundaries became more blurred. For the people of Douluo Continent, the once distant, mysterious, and unattainable gods who only existed in legends were no longer illusory. The Douluo Planet welcomed an era of coexistence between humans and gods.
Gods were no longer gods, but a level in soul master cultivation, just like Titled Douluos. Of course, their status was still respected.
Although strengthening the connection between the two realms brought many problems and troubles, the God-king Yan Jin didn't care about these things; she only cared about having fun!
The God of Destruction and the God of Thunder jointly undertook the governance of the God Realm.
Without restrictions, the God of Destruction could expand the God Realm on a large scale.
To many of his proposals, the God-king would only respond with 'uh-huh' to indicate that she knew and had left it to him, saying she was very relieved and to let her know if he needed military support.
This made the God of Destruction suffer and rejoice.
The God-king was not a prudent person. The God Realm expanded rapidly without ambiguity, but she was also genuinely busy because the vast majority of the work required the God of Destruction to preside over and supervise.
What made the God of Destruction feel gratified was that, apart from the God-king Yan Jin, who didn't do proper work, the other three newly promoted level-one gods were all doers and of the extremely aggressive type.
Whether it was the God-king's younger brother, "Thunder God" Lei Yin, or the mother and daughter pair, "Rakshasa God" Bibi Dong and "Angel God" Qian Renxue, they seemed to have brought their style from the human world.
Many policy proposals were so extreme that even the God of Destruction, a radical himself, had to say, 'You guys are too radical.'
The God of Destruction suddenly began to understand the God of Evil. He looked at these three juniors the way the God of Evil used to look at him.
What he found particularly incomprehensible was the Angel God. The other two were understandable, as their divine duties were related to conquest, destruction, and slaughter, but where did an Angel God get such a strong desire for conquest?
As the God Realm embarked on a path of rapid expansion, the gods became increasingly busy.
"We need to replenish manpower, we must replenish manpower! It's too busy!" The God of Destruction repeatedly issued such complaints.
However, gods could not be cultivated overnight. Even with the closer proximity to the God Realm, the cultivation of soul masters in the Douluo Continent became easier, but the path to becoming a god was still fraught with difficulties.
Unless one was willing to sacrifice one's own power at the cost of nurturing Tang San like the Sea God had done in the past... few gods were willing to do so.
Regarding this situation, Bibi Dong made a suggestion: some administrative tasks that did not require strength could be handed over to mortals.
"Hand over administrative tasks to mortals?" The God of Destruction looked at the Rakshasa God, a look of hesitation on his face.
"We can become gods only because we have stronger talent in cultivation, but our other insights may not be as good as those of professionals among mortals. Therefore, handing over those administrative tasks unrelated to strength can greatly alleviate the problem of manpower shortage."
The God of Destruction was still somewhat hesitant because, due to his perspective and understanding, he doubted whether mortals could do the work that should be done by gods.
...Sure enough, these three new gods were very radical. The God of Destruction sighed again in his heart.
"Then we can start with a small-scale implementation, temporarily selecting one or two outstanding people as an experiment, how about that?" Bibi Dong said.
The God of Destruction pondered for a moment and nodded, "Since you would make such a suggestion, you must have suitable candidates, right?"
"Yes." Bibi Dong nodded slightly, a different light in her eyes. "His name is Yu Xiaogang. He is the most knowledgeable and intelligent person I know."
The God of Destruction responded, "Since he is so highly praised by you, let him try. I hope he can give me a surprise."
"Xiaogang will definitely not disappoint you."
...
Douluo Realm, God-king's Palace.
In the huge and magnificent white building, two statues stood tall. One statue was of a slender young man with a cheerful smile on his face, his right hand raised high, waving as if he were a cheerful, sunny boy. Beside him was an enthusiastic girl with a simple and honest smile on her face.
On the second-floor balcony of the main hall, a man with purple hair and wearing loose casual clothes was lying on a recliner, his left leg crossed over his right, leisurely basking in the sun.
"Lei Yin, didn't you say you were very busy in the God Realm? How do you have time to come down here?" Romier turned his head slightly, looking at Lei Yin, who was lying on the other side in the same position.
"Bibi Dong took Yu Xiaogang to the God Realm, so I threw the work to them and came down here for a vacation." Lei Yin sucked on his red wine with a straw.
Romier, who was drinking juice, spat it out directly and coughed twice, "Huh? Yu Xiaogang, him?"
"Yes, the God Realm is so short of manpower that it plans to establish an 'Administrative Department' to recruit outstanding mortals to assist in management." Lei Yin smiled, "Do you want to join too?"
Romier rolled his eyes, "I'll wait until I've had a few hundred more years of fun before going to the God Realm to work hard... I hope you guys will have built a system that requires less work and makes the gods more relaxed by then."
Beside him, an earth-yellow crystal trembled slightly, seemingly expressing its dissatisfaction.
Romier glanced at it and scoffed, "Go away, don't bother me. I said I'll accommodate you in five hundred years, so it'll be in five hundred years. Don't try to trick me into doing hard labor."
The earth-yellow crystal trembled even more violently.
"If you bother me again, I'll find another god position."
As soon as Romier said this, the earth-yellow crystal immediately quieted down, as if it were swallowing its anger.
...
In the garden, a black swan walked with arrogant steps, swaggering and swaying from side to side.
Its eyes were golden, its legs were covered with black dragon scales, and the shape of its feathers also had some shadow of scales, exuding extremely strong vitality. If it were placed in the Star Dou Great Forest, it would definitely be coveted by other soul beasts... although there weren't many soul beasts there anyway.
The palace maids and guards kept their distance from it, obviously somewhat afraid of this black swan that reached a person's chest in height.
The black swan would sometimes peck at the flowers in the flowerbeds, and sometimes snatch weapons from the guards, pecking them into piles of scrap iron with clanging sounds.
It would also "ga-ga-ga-ga" to scare the palace maids, watching them scream and run away in panic, chasing after them. It seemed to enjoy this game and never tired of it.
A woman in red, with a beautiful face full of heroic spirit and dark red eyes, looked at the black swan, revealing a look of great interest.
She walked to the black swan and chuckled, "Come on, shake hands!"
The black swan flapped its wings, giving her an idiot look.
"Hey, don't ignore me... can I ride you?" Yan Jin bargained with it.
"Ga-ga-ga..." The black swan squawked at her, obviously unhappy.
"I'll give you something good." Yan Jin mysteriously took out a right arm bone that emitted a lustrous glow.
This soul bone was so complete, without a single defect, and emitted extremely powerful soul power fluctuations.
Looking at this soul bone, the black swan was stunned, its eyes no longer able to move away... it felt a very close aura from the soul bone.
"How about it? I'll give you the soul bone, will you be my mount?" Yan Jin smiled cheekily.
The black swan snatched the soul bone in one bite, a look of sadness in its eyes. It carefully placed the soul bone under its wings, hiding it in its feathers.
Then it turned its head, looked at Yan Jin, and revealed a fierce light in its eyes.
It rushed up extremely angrily, jumped up, and pecked fiercely at Yan Jin's head.
"Ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch..." Yan Jin held her head and fled in panic.
The black swan chased after her relentlessly.
Romier got up and walked to the very edge of the balcony, looking down, "She's still so rowdy? Didn't you say she's the queen of your God Realm now? Is this okay?"
Lei Yin's mouth twitched slightly, "Probably okay... Sister has beaten all the gods with her fists... At critical moments, she is still very reliable."
A woman with golden hair, snow-white skin, and a cold and dignified expression walked into the garden.
Seeing her, Yan Jin seemed to have seen a savior and shouted, "Come and take care of your son... birdman."
Qian Renxue's forehead twitched, "How many times have I told you, don't call me that... Also, how did you bully Diji again?"
Seeing Qian Renxue, the black swan Diji immediately ran over, threw itself into her arms, and sobbed, tears flowing down in large drops.
Qian Renxue hugged Diji's big head, comforting her, "Don't cry, don't cry... be good..."
She glared fiercely at Yan Jin.
Yan Jin's eyes wandered, and she said somewhat guiltily, "I just gave it a soul bone."
"Soul bone?"
Diji turned her head, took out her very precious soul bone from the feathers under her wings, and handed it to Qian Renxue.
Her big eyes were full of grievance.
Looking at the right arm bone that emitted strong energy fluctuations and still carried the aura of life, Qian Renxue froze... a complicated expression on her face.
That was Bi Ji's soul bone!
"Diji... I'm sorry... I'm sorry..."
Diji's golden eyes revealed a look of incomprehension.
...
Qian Jun, wearing white clothes embroidered with gold patterns, and Jiang Mo, wearing red clothes embroidered with black patterns, quietly watched this scene.
Qian Jun raised his right hand and pinched his eyes, "I don't know why Miss wants to keep that soul beast."
"It can't cause much trouble... we don't need to worry about it either." Jiang Mo also made a pinching motion on his eyes.
Walter walked to their side and asked in a strange tone, "Why are you still doing this action?"
"I just do it subconsciously, it's hard to change."
"It's probably a side effect left behind."
"You kid, you're so successful now." Jiang Mo said to Walter in a calm tone.
Walter's face was full of smiles, "Haha, my eye for disciples is the best in the world!"
Even Walter, who was always humble, low-key, and unobtrusive, would show a proud look when he mentioned his disciple.
Taking such a disciple was the wisest decision he had ever made in his life.
"Old man!" Seeing Walter, Yan Jin didn't change her initial intention and headbutted him in the chest.
Walter: "..."
(Volume 1 End)