Chapter 202: The Lonely Silver Dragon King
In the video, after listening to Di Tian's account and understanding the soul beasts' current predicament unable to break through a million years to become true divine beasts the Silver Dragon King fell silent.
Even though she had awakened, there was nothing she could do to change the situation.
The so called inability of soul beasts to ascend to godhood and the heavenly tribulations they faced were mechanisms set in place by the God Realm through its central control system. Even though the God Realm had fled, the modifications it made to the world's laws could not be altered unless an equivalent or greater force intervened.
While Divine Kings were the strongest individual beings in the God Realm, the central control system itself was far beyond their level. As the core that managed countless lower worlds, its power surpassed even that of the Divine Kings.
The level above Divine Kings could be called "Creation Level," as the being who originally created the God Realm had undoubtedly surpassed them. This entity was referred to as a Creation God. (This story follows the setting of the first three Douluo series, where the Dragon God was a Divine King who ascended from the lower realms. The "Creation God" version of the Dragon God from Ultimate Douluo is considered an inconsistent retcon and is disregarded.)
Since the central control system wielded Creation Level power, any modifications it had made to the world were beyond the reach of a mere Divine King like the Silver Dragon King.
Thus, even though she had awakened, she could not change the fate of soul beasts, nor could she help them ascend to godhood. The only difference now was that soul beasts finally had a Divine King level combatant on their side.
However, this alone was not enough to bridge the power gap between soul beasts and humanity.
According to Di Tian, the strongest human was Cloud City's Lord, Ye LingLing, a Divine Ring Master with nine rings equivalent to a Divine King.
Beyond Ye LingLing, there were two other human powerhouses, Sun Zhongjing and Neptune, who both possessed eight divine rings. Although they were slightly weaker than Ye LingLing, they too had reached the level of Divine Kings.
Both eight ring and nine ring Divine Ring Masters were considered Divine Kings, far superior to those with seven rings.
After learning that humanity now had three Divine King level warriors, the Silver Dragon King felt a wave of dizziness.
She had originally assumed that, with the God Realm gone, her Divine King level power would allow her to dominate the Douluo Continent.
Instead, she was now being told that humanity had three Divine Kings.
To make matters worse, those three had entire legions of first class and second class gods serving under them. Meanwhile, she had no divine level subordinates at all just herself.
Just thinking about it made her feel that the future of soul beasts was utterly hopeless.
In reality, Di Tian and the other soul beasts watching the video felt a deep chill.
Now that they knew even their master couldn't solve the problem of soul beasts being unable to ascend to godhood, their hearts sank.
How could this be?!
Even their master couldn't change fate… Were the soul beasts truly doomed to be suppressed for all eternity?
Despair crept into Di Tian's heart.
It was as if he could already see the future where, during the Abyssal invasion, all of the top soul beast warriors were annihilated. In the end, only the Silver Dragon King would remain alone and powerless.
Meanwhile, in the God Realm, the five Divine Kings were no longer able to sit still after seeing the Silver Dragon King appear in the video.
"Should we immediately descend and destroy it?!" the hot tempered God of Destruction suggested.
"We cannot. We cannot descend so easily," the Evil God rejected the idea.
"We know too little about this 'Question and Answer' event," the Asura God added. "The Douluo Continent is not somewhere we can recklessly enter."
"Then should we send the five divine officers to slay the Silver Dragon King while she is still weak?" the Goddess of Life suddenly proposed.
"During the great war back then, the Silver Dragon King suffered devastating injuries and had her divine consciousness shattered. However, even in such a state, a dying dragon is still stronger than a horse. If she were to fight recklessly, she could temporarily unleash the power of a Divine King. The five divine officers would stand no chance against her," the God of Destruction shook his head.
"Then… are we just going to sit here and do nothing?" the God of Kindness asked.
The other four Divine Kings fell silent.
Back in the great war against the Dragon God, the soul beasts had been completely suppressed. As the leader, the Dragon God was slain, but in its final moments, it split itself into two beings Gold Dragon King and Silver Dragon King.
The Gold Dragon King was sealed in the God Realm.
The Silver Dragon King, however, had managed to escape into the chaotic currents of space, grievously wounded and missing ever since.
For countless years, the God Realm had continued hunting the Silver Dragon King, but the vastness of the universe made finding her like searching for a needle in a haystack.
And yet, through this future projection video, they had now discovered that she had been right under their noses all along hidden on the Douluo Continent.
If they had learned this before, the five Divine Kings would not have hesitated to descend and eradicate her, even if it meant breaking their own rules.
But now, things had changed.
The Douluo Continent had gained the Question and Answer event.
Previously, they had attempted to seize control of it, even going so far as to use the God Realm's central control system. But they were effortlessly repelled, leaving the God Realm severely weakened.
That colossal failure made the Divine Kings unwilling to act rashly again.
This Question and Answer event was simply too mysterious who knew what kind of forces were behind it? If they descended, what would happen to them?
Because of this, even though they now knew the Silver Dragon King was on the Douluo Continent, they dared not move against her so recklessly.
Furthermore, based on the video's timeline, before the Abyss invaded, the Silver Dragon King was still in deep slumber, her power yet to recover. In her current state, she was no immediate threat.
Even if she were to fully recover, the God Realm would still not be afraid.
After all, soul beasts had been permanently cut off from the path of godhood. Without the ability to become gods, the Silver Dragon King would never be able to gather divine level subordinates.
That was one of the reasons the God Realm had imposed this restriction in the first place.
They wanted to prevent the Silver Dragon King from forming a new divine army and launching another war against them.
By permanently sealing off the ascension of soul beasts, they had ensured that she would never have any Divine Beast level allies.
She would always be alone.
Just like in the video immensely powerful, but completely isolated.
Di Tian and the others were essentially irrelevant in the grand scheme of things.
(End of Chapter)
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