At this moment, listening to the Asura God's voice echoing continuously in his mind, Ignaz fell into deep contemplation.
For him personally, wasn't cultivating his martial soul all about becoming stronger, extending his lifespan, and ultimately achieving immortality?
The current Asura God was the leader of the six main gods in the Divine Realm. Inheriting the Asura God position was undoubtedly the fastest path to immortality. However, Ignaz clearly understood the Asura God's true purpose in urgently seeking to pass on his divine position.
The Divine Realm was lonely. As the God of Law Enforcement, Asura managed countless trivial matters for thousands of gods—it was both an overwhelming power and an endless shackle.
Ignaz was unwilling to continue serving as a divine lackey after ascending to the Divine Realm. What difference was there between that and imprisonment?
But here lay the problem: if he didn't inherit a divine position, achieving godhood through personal power would require either gathering faith or spending a thousand years. Both paths were extremely difficult.
Even if he successfully created his own divine position, the transformation of divine power would still require time. The final result might only be that of a second-level god—or perhaps not even that.
With this in mind, Ignaz still preferred to try creating his own divine position. Inheriting a divine position simply wasn't his style.
Life was full of attempts; following rules only doomed one to become an ordinary person, like the walking dead.
As for whether he would provoke Tang San later, or whether the gods would favor Tang San, after some consideration, he had already come to terms with it.
Whoever blocked his path, he would eliminate. A Tang San without immortal herb assistance posed little threat to him.
However, he currently couldn't completely offend the Asura God—he had to leave himself a retreat. Ignaz asked with feigned confusion:
"Are there any harsh additional conditions for inheriting the Asura God position?"
Seeing Ignaz's puzzled expression, the Asura God suppressed his inner restlessness. Originally, some harsh conditions were to be added to the Asura God trials.
But since Ignaz was extremely suitable for the Asura God position, Asura no longer cared about those minor requirements.
"If you truly want to inherit this seat's Asura God position, eliminating emotions is your greatest trial."
"Eliminating emotions? Does that mean erasing one's excess emotions?"
Ignaz acted as though he didn't understand and asked.
"Yes. My inheritor doesn't need excess emotions. You'll understand once you truly inherit the Asura God position."
Having heard this much, Ignaz felt it was time to tactfully express his true intentions. He looked up at the sky and sighed lightly:
"Since excess emotions must be removed, then becoming the Asura God isn't my goal. In at most thirty years, I'll be able to become a Titled Douluo and stand at the pinnacle of the entire continent. Becoming a god won't be so important anymore."
Upon hearing this, the Asura God in the Divine Realm immediately flew into a rage. He had never expected that after personally descending to the Douluo Continent and persuading Ignaz with a benevolent, fatherly attitude, Ignaz would outright refuse.
Suddenly, an invisible pressure from the Slaughter God Domain burst forth, compressing Ignaz's body until even breathing became increasingly difficult.
"You dare refuse this seat? Boy, this is the power of a god. If this seat wanted to crush you, there are ten thousand ways—"
Before he could finish, the suffocating force vanished. Even the Asura God's divine consciousness withdrew from Ignaz's mind, leaving his thoughts exceptionally clear.
At this moment, Destruction, Kindness, and the Sea God gathered in the Divine Realm Committee.
"Asura, as the Law Enforcement God of the Divine Realm, you should be even more dutiful, not disregarding laws and losing your composure over a child who refused you."
Seeing Destruction reprimand the Asura God, Kindness, the peacemaker, quickly interjected:
"Asura, isn't the King of Slaughter within Douluo Star also one of your inheritors? You could simply let him continue through the divine trials. Everyone has the right to choose—why must you cling to one child?"
"Tang Chen and this child are completely different. Tang Chen has decent talent but lacks mental fortitude—you all know this. But that boy was born for slaughter, born for the Asura God position."
At this moment, the Sea God, who had been silent for a long time, frowned and spoke angrily:
"What do you mean 'born for your Asura'? Before that child displayed his overwhelming blood essence, he was just an ordinary Sea Spirit Master. If anything, he's a child of my ocean, under the protection of my Sea God Island."
"If he hadn't gone to your Slaughter City first, his martial soul would have already evolved into a second Golden Trident under my divine power. There wouldn't be any share left for you, Asura."
"You, Poseidon, dare target even my inheritor? Do you want to fight?"
Facing the Asura God, Poseidon no longer felt any fear. With biting sarcasm, he retorted:
"Oh, Asura, now you remember to protect your inheritor? But with Tang Chen, you offered no protection at all, instead letting Rakshasa interfere in his Asura God trials. You, a Divine Realm Law Enforcement God, are biased and unfair in your judgment."
"You, Poseidon, don't think I won't dare kill you—"
At this moment, Asura was rendered speechless. No matter how he explained, he would only be mocked by the three gods. If word spread to the rest of the Divine Realm, how could he maintain his authority?
Yet seeing Poseidon's smug expression, the Asura God grew even more frustrated. He descended his divine consciousness once again, and Ignaz, who had just regained clarity, felt his mind grow heavy.
"You, boy, have a resilient character—knowing of godhood yet not coveting it. I will make an exception and give you thirty years to travel the continent and marry. After thirty years, the Asura God trials will arrive on schedule. If your spirit power has not reached level 98 by then, you die. If you refuse to inherit my divine position, you also die."
At this moment, the Asura God's tone was deadly serious, leaving Ignaz no room for negotiation. It was an official decree.
At the same time, the Asura God would select several more candidates during this period. If someone more suitable than Ignaz appeared, then Ignaz would merely serve as a stepping stone for the new inheritor.
Before Ignaz could reply, the Asura God's consciousness vanished once more. The Slaughter God Domain within his Blood Thunder War Spear martial soul turned void and was completely sealed, unable to be used.
Ignaz recalled the Asura God's decree with surprise. He had to admit that although the Asura God was domineering, he wasn't entirely unkind.
"Thank you, Asura God!"
Even though the Asura God's consciousness had dissipated, Ignaz still bowed respectfully toward the sky.
At this moment, the three gods in the Divine Realm Committee looked at Asura with strange expressions.
Especially the Sea God, who urgently said to the other two God Kings:
"Asura, you're forcing that boy to inherit your divine position. This is clearly breaking the rules and should be punished. Destruction, Kindness—what do you say?"
The two God Kings shook their heads.
"Although Asura threatened that boy, he has now agreed to the divine decree. Therefore, it doesn't violate the rule that gods cannot interfere with the lower realm."
The furious Poseidon glanced down, saw Ignaz bowing respectfully, and stormed off with a huff.
"'Thank you'? Thank you, my ass—we'll see about this."
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