In the cold, desolate, and infinite universe, there exists a massive, spherical, seven-colored space. People generally use two words to describe this place—the God Realm!
Inside the God Realm, billowy, surging clouds drift about. These clouds are entirely composed of the Origin Energy of Heaven and Earth. Because this Origin Energy is so incredibly dense, it has actually formed clouds visible to the naked eye.
In the central part of the God Realm, a magnificent and palatial building stands tall.
This is the God Realm Committee, the supreme governing body of the God Realm. It is composed of five God-King level beings and is responsible for handling all affairs of the God Realm.
The palace is octagonal, and its surrounding walls continuously flash with various scenes, corresponding to the events constantly unfolding on the 108 planets under the God Realm's jurisdiction.
The God Realm Committee monitors the planets under its rule through this method.
Inside the palace, there is a round table, and at this moment, exactly five figures are seated around it.
On the upper main side, two humanoid figures, one black and one white, are seated. These two figures are entirely enveloped in black and white light, making their appearances completely indistinguishable.
Seated below them are three figures: one purple, one green, and one red.
The one on the far left is a man wearing a purple cloak. Under the cover of the cloak, his face is completely invisible; only two beams of crimson light are transmitted through the hood—those are the man's eyes.
In the middle is a woman dressed in a pale green, long gown. The woman always wears a gentle smile. Although her appearance does not seem to be stunningly beautiful, she exudes a sense of gentle warmth, making others feel very close to her.
The one on the far right is a man clad in dark red armor. The man's expression is cold from beginning to end, giving people a feeling of being unapproachable.
That's right, these are the five God-King level beings of the God Realm: the God of Evil, the Goddess of Kindness, the God of Destruction, the Goddess of Life, and the Asura God (or God of Slaughter).
At this moment, the Goddess of Kindness glanced at the four people around her and spoke first: "At its peak, our God Realm possessed five God Kings, thirty-two First-Class Gods, four hundred and twenty Second-Class Deities, and three thousand Third-Class Deities, with countless God Officers below them."
"However, the Battle of the Dragon God several hundred years ago dealt a massive blow to our God Realm. Although no God Kings were lost, twelve First-Class Gods fell, over two hundred Second-Class Deities perished, and over a thousand Third-Class Deities died. As for the God Officers below them, the losses were even greater."
Speaking to this point, the Goddess of Kindness couldn't help but shake her head, saying, "Several hundred years in the God Realm is equivalent to hundreds of thousands of years in the lower realms. Even after such a long time, the God Realm's vitality has not recovered."
The God of Evil also spoke: "It might take ten thousand years for one human from the lower realms to cultivate to godhood on their own. If this continues, who knows when the God Realm's vitality can recover, let alone develop toward the direction of a Divine Star."
"Therefore, the best method is to search for the divine essence left behind by the Deities who perished in the War against the Dragon God and see if we can find a way to re-gather the shattered divine seats."
The Goddess of Kindness followed up: "Last time we met, we asked everyone to mobilize their subordinate Deities to search the lower realms for the divine essence of the fallen Deities. I wonder what everyone has found?"
The Goddess of Life smiled faintly and said, "Let me speak first."
"According to the Sea God's report, he sensed the divine power fluctuation of the Love God on a place called the Sun Moon Continent on the lower realm's Douluo Planet."
"The Love God?"
Hearing this name, the Goddess of Kindness eyes flickered.
The Love God was once a First-Class God under the Goddess of Kindness. Unfortunately, during the War against the Dragon God, the Love God was provoked by the opposing side, mistakenly believing her lover had betrayed her. Heartbroken, her divine core shattered, and she was lost somewhere. She hadn't expected to suddenly receive news of her now.
The Goddess of Life nodded slightly and said, "That's right, the Love God. She fell on the Sun Moon Continent, and the place of her demise formed a location called the Love Querying Valley."
The Goddess of Kindness showed a hint of a smile and said, "The Love God wasn't murdered; she fell because her divine core shattered on its own, so her divine soul and divine essence should be relatively well-preserved. Since she has been found, with your methods, Life, you should be able to resurrect her, or at the very least, re-condense her divine seat."
However, the Goddess of Life looked apologetically at the Goddess of Kindness, saying, "Kindness, I'm sorry, but the matter is probably not as simple as you think."
Hearing the Goddess of Life say this, the Goddess of Kindness couldn't help but frown and ask, "Oh? What is it? Is there some trouble involved?"
The Goddess of Life regretfully said, "After the Sea God found the Love God's place of demise, he tried to enter, but was blocked by the Love God's power and failed."
"Afterward, the Sea God reported this matter to me. I personally went to the Love Querying Valley, but I was also blocked."
At this point, the Goddess of Life shook her head: "I can feel that although the Love God has perished, her residual divine consciousness still rejects the entry of all Deities, including us. It's likely that even if you went, Kindness, you would be blocked."
"Of course, with our God-King level strength, we could force our way in, but if we did that, the divine essence left behind by the Goddess of Love would be completely dissipated in the conflict."
After the Goddess of Life explained the reason, the Goddess of Kindness couldn't help but sigh, "This is troublesome then."
Just then, the God of Destruction looked up at the Goddess of Kindness, the crimson light in his eyes slightly diminished, and said, "The divine essence of the Love God is, after all, very well-preserved. Now that she has been found, re-condensing her divine seat is only a matter of time. Let's continue discussing the other Deities."
"Have any of you found the essence of other fallen Deities? I have no news at all among my subordinates."
The Goddess of Life apologized: "I'm sorry, besides the Goddess of Love, my subordinates have not searched for any news of other fallen Deities."
Hearing the Goddess of Life's words, the Goddess of Kindness and the God of Evil exchanged a look and both shook their heads, saying, "Neither of our subordinates has any news either."
After the four God Kings finished speaking, they simultaneously turned their attention to the Asura God, who had not spoken a word since the beginning of the meeting.
The Goddess of Kindness couldn't help but ask, "Asura, what about you?"
The Asura God slowly scanned the four God Kings, then directly rose from his seat and said, "My subordinates have indeed searched for news, and it's not just one."
"Not just one?"
The four God Kings simultaneously showed surprised expressions.
The Goddess of Kindness, the God of Evil, and the God of Destruction all came up empty-handed. The Goddess of Life was slightly better, with news of the Goddess of Love. And you, the Asura God, found at least two at once?
The Asura God slowly said, "To be exact, there is news of only two fallen Deities, both at the First-Class God level, and coincidentally, just like the Goddess of Love, they are both on Douluo Planet."
"However, they are not on the Sun Moon Continent, but on the main continent of Douluo Planet—the Douluo Continent."
Hearing this, the four God Kings immediately understood. The God of Evil chuckled, "Heh heh, so that's it. I remember that on the Douluo Continent in the lower realm, the most widely spread faith should be that of the Angel God. The Angel God is one of your subordinates, so it's only natural that you would receive news."
The Goddess of Kindness glanced helplessly at the God of Evil and said testily, "Evil, don't interrupt. Listen to Asura speak."
The God of Evil merely shrugged dismissively.
The Asura God stated directly, "The first is the God of Evil's direct subordinate, the First-Class God—the Evil God."
"The Evil God?"
Upon hearing the Asura God mention his former subordinate, the God of Evil stopped talking and listened attentively to the Asura God's explanation.
The Asura God continued, "During the war against the Dragon God, we five discussed and decided to dispatch the Evil God to infiltrate the Divine Beasts and ambush the enemy's main fighting force at a critical moment."
"The Evil God did not disappoint us. He quietly possessed the Holy White Tiger and suddenly erupted in the midst of the fierce battle, ambushing and killing the Light Dragon King. Unfortunately, the Evil God was then besieged and fell under the furious attack of the Divine Beasts."
Even when mentioning the Evil God's fall, the Asura God's expression remained unchanged, and he calmly stated, "Since then, the Evil God's divine essence has been possessing the Holy White Tiger lineage. The combination of the two caused the Holy White Tiger to grow black wings and its own light attribute to mutate into a dark attribute, transforming it into the Dark Devilgod Tiger."
"Only one Dark Devilgod Tiger can exist at any given time. If that Dark Devilgod Tiger dies, and the Evil God's essence within it is not absorbed by another creature, then after a period of time, the scattered Evil God's essence will re-condense. Under some mysterious guidance, it will once again possess a Holy White Tiger, thus mutating into a Dark Devilgod Tiger."
After listening to the Asura God's explanation, the God of Destruction looked at the God of Evil and asked, "Evil, the whereabouts of the Evil God's divine essence is now clear. As his superior God, what do you plan to do?"
"Let's wait a bit first," the God of Evil replied after a moment of silence. "It's best if our God Realm does not interfere with the matters of the lower realm. Let's see if humans can obtain the Evil God's divine essence on their own. If they still haven't succeeded after ten thousand years, it won't be too late for us to act."
"That works," the other four God Kings nodded in agreement.
Seeing that the issue of the Evil God was settled, the Asura God did not say much more. He waved his left hand, pulling a purple-black battle hammer from an unknown place.
The hammer appeared to have been shrunk by the Asura God. Its handle was only about a foot long, inscribed with complex patterns. Upon closer inspection, one could see they were all tiny lightning streaks. The hammerhead, like a typical warhammer, was spherical.
"Asura, the Thunder God was your subordinate, so his Thunder God Hammer was entrusted to you after his fall. But why are you suddenly taking it out now? Could it be that..." The Goddess of Kindness was first puzzled, then instantly realized.
The Asura God placed the Thunder God Hammer on the round table in front of him, nodded, and said, "That's right, the second divine essence I discovered is the Thunder God."
"The Thunder God, what a brilliant and breathtakingly talented young man," the God of Destruction sighed, a hint of admiration flashing in his eyes. "He cultivated to the level of a First-Class God at such a young age, and still seemed to have potential left. If he hadn't fallen in the war against the Dragon God, he would probably be a God King like us by now."
The God of Evil also lamented, "Even in the Battle of the Dragon God, the Thunder God fought two major Dragon Kings—the Fire and Water Dragon Kings—alone, and surprisingly managed to perish with both of them in a mutual strike."
The Asura God ignored the two God Kings' sighs and continued his explanation on his own: "After the Thunder God fell, a Soul Beast appeared on the Douluo Continent—the Thunder Hell Prison Vine. It can increase its cultivation by absorbing the energy of thunder, but once it reaches a certain level, it self-destructs due to the violent energy within it."
"It can be confirmed that the Thunder Hell Prison Vine possesses the Thunder God's divine essence. And just like the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, only one plant can exist at a time. Only after the current one self-destructs will the Thunder God's essence re-condense and transform into a new Thunder Hell Prison Vine."
After finishing the introduction for the other four God Kings, the Asura God immediately stated his plan: "I share the same idea as Evil; we should wait for a while. Perhaps a human will, by chance, obtain the Thunder God's essence and eventually re-condense the Thunder God's divine seat. As for the waiting period, I tentatively set it at ten thousand years."
The Goddess of Kindness nodded: "The divine seat under your command is yours to decide."
Just as the five God Kings were discussing, the Thunder God Hammer placed on the round table suddenly flickered with a faint electrical light. The light then abruptly burst forth, completely enveloping the hammer. It floated in mid-air and began frantically absorbing the surrounding Origin Energy of Heaven and Earth.
"Hmm? What is this?" The sudden change in the Thunder God Hammer startled the five God Kings, who quickly rose from their seats.
A golden flash appeared in the Asura God's eyes, and he said, "Someone has merged with the Thunder God's divine essence! It has alarmed the Thunder God's residual divine consciousness remaining in the Thunder God Hammer!"
"We were just talking about what to do with the Thunder God's essence, and now someone has already merged with it," a smile appeared on the God of Evil's lips. "Interesting, truly interesting."
Just then, after absorbing enough Origin Energy, the Thunder God Hammer finally stopped, lifted directly into the air, and smashed down forcefully!
"Crack! Crack..."
Amidst the splashing lightning, the five God Kings' chairs instantly shattered and turned to dust. However, the round table in front of them, made of an unknown material, was completely unharmed.
Seeing this scene, the Goddess of Life laughed, "The Thunder God Hammer is trying to shatter space, but the God Realm's space is stable enough, and the space within the God Realm Committee has been reinforced by the five of us. So, this strike had no effect."
"Come, let the five of us release the space reinforcement and see what the Thunder God Hammer wants to do."
The other four God Kings nodded simultaneously and jointly withdrew the spatial reinforcement on the interior of the God Realm Committee.
Failing in its first strike, the Thunder God Hammer did not give up. After absorbing sufficient energy once more, it smashed down fiercely!
"Crack! Crack..."
This time, the sound of space shattering rang out. As the lightning scattered, space shattered like glass. The central area where the Thunder God Hammer struck turned into a spatial black hole, leading to an unknown destination.
Concealed by the surrounding thunder, a tiny streak of lightning flashed, passed through the spatial black hole, and headed to where it was meant to go.
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I recently found this fic, but the previous translator had only posted a few chapters. So I started translating this, mostly for my enjoyment. then I though, maybe there are some others that would like this, so I posted it so that other's could read along with me.
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