Chapter 285: Legend Says, When a Person's Wish Reaches Its Extreme
At that moment, Kong's voice resounded once more.
"The law of survival follows the principle of the strong preying on the weak. When soul beasts undergo tribulation, all debts shall be settled."
"The deeper the sin, the stronger the tribulation!"
"???"
Wait a minute—weren't we just discussing whether this God-King was aiding the soul beasts? And now, he's suddenly saying they must be judged?
"He is right."
"Since humans can undergo tribulation to break through their bottlenecks, then when soul beasts slaughter humans, they naturally accumulate sin—especially if their victims are ordinary humans."
"However, if the humans were soul hunters, then killing them would fall under the natural law of survival and would not be subject to judgment."
The Silver Dragon King's voice rang out. Did this mean she no longer had to fight for the soul beasts' rise?
With these two constraints in place, humans wouldn't need to kill soul beasts to advance.
And soul beasts wouldn't need to kill humans either…
Wait, that's not right. Many soul beasts can't restrain themselves—they will still attack human villages.
After all, they are the true rulers of this land, while humans are merely intruders!
The gathered fierce beasts fell silent. Even if they wanted to argue with Kong, they had no way to refute him.
After all, he was a God-King!
Wait a second…
"My Lord, isn't the God of Thunder just a First-Class Deity? Then why is his successor at the level of a God-King?"
Di Tian asked in confusion. He remembered clearly that the God of Thunder was supposed to be a First-Class Deity—at most at the peak of that rank, but still just a First-Class God.
"The original God of Thunder was indeed a God-King."
"However, after the Divine Realm was shattered…"
"The Thunder God you know, the one at the peak of the First-Class level, is technically the second-generation Thunder God. But because no one had ever seen the original God-King-level Thunder God, they mistakenly believed this second-generation Thunder God to be the first."
The Silver Dragon King pondered briefly before explaining.
"I see."
The Divine Realm of today was merely the remnant of the once-intact Divine Realm, only capable of housing a limited number of God-Kings.
This was also one of the reasons why the Dragon God had "gone mad."
In truth, the Dragon God had been pretending the whole time!
His true purpose was to restrict the growth of divine beasts and prevent the Divine Realm from shattering further.
Otherwise, how could the Asura God have possibly split the Dragon God into two?
At that time, even if the Dragon God was excluded, the divine beasts still had nine full-fledged God-Kings!
All Nine Dragon Kings were God-King-level beings, and the Light Dragon King was the one closest to reaching the level of the Dragon God.
And what about the human side?
There were only five God-Kings in total.
If the Dragon God hadn't defected, how could the divine beasts have suffered a crushing defeat?
It would have been absolutely impossible!
"I still don't understand how this Thunder God managed to elevate his divine status to the level of a God-King."
The Silver Dragon King murmured in contemplation. She truly couldn't figure it out.
Logically speaking, Kong shouldn't have been this powerful.
He had only just inherited the divine position of the deceased Thunder God. There shouldn't have been much divine power left for him to inherit!
Even after merging with the divine position, at most, he should have reached Level 110, and from there, he should have slowly cultivated his way back to a First-Class Deity.
Yet the moment this so-called Thunder God Kong became a deity, he didn't just stop at Level 110.
He directly surpassed Level 120… and seemingly reached around Level 140!
Not even the divine positions of Good, Evil, or Destruction could achieve such a thing!
It was as if he had been born at the peak from the very beginning.
"You should instruct your clansmen to focus on cultivation. There are certain things from the past that can no longer be done."
Hearing this, the rulers of the fierce beasts nodded.
Even without the Silver Dragon King saying so, they would have understood.
The rules had changed.
If they wanted to break through, they had to cultivate properly. Normal hunting was fine, but they should no longer trespass into human territory.
"Yes!"
The scene shifted back to Kong.
Suddenly, as if struck by an idea, the corners of his mouth curled up slightly. He murmured, "Since things have already come to this, why not add fuel to the fire?"
"When a person has an intense wish and is noticed by this god, I shall bestow upon them the Divine Eye."
"For the people of Douluo Continent, you may think of the Divine Eye as a new power system."
"It is an external magical organ…"
"Do not worry about the Divine Eye being stolen. Even if it falls into another's hands, it will always return to its original owner."
"Humans who possess the Divine Eye can be called Primordials and will have the potential to ascend to godhood!"
"However, if one uses the Divine Eye to commit atrocities and loses sight of their original purpose, I shall revoke its divine power as a warning."
The moment these words were spoken, the entire Douluo Continent erupted in an uproar!
The Divine Eye?
A Divine Eye personally bestowed by a god?
Even though they didn't fully understand what an "external magical organ" was, they clearly understood one thing—possessing the Divine Eye meant having the chance to become a god!
And this was completely different from soul masters. A soul master's fate was determined the moment their martial soul awakened.
But the Divine Eye was different—it was granted by a god!
What defined a strong wish?
At that moment, everyone was contemplating this question.
That included the rulers of the fierce beasts.
"This is unfair! Why?! Why can only humans receive the Divine Eye, but soul beasts cannot?"
Bear Lord protested furiously. It wanted to become a god too! Why was this Thunder God refusing to give it a chance?
The other fierce beasts glanced at Bear Lord as if looking at a fool. Though they also desired godhood, they understood that this was merely a fleeting thought. The Thunder God had already been far too generous to soul beasts. At the very least, their survival was now secured.
What fairness existed in this world?
If they had been the ones to become gods first, would they not have annihilated humanity?
Fairness was nothing more than a gift the strong granted to the weak!
Inside the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace, the "ascension ritual" had concluded. Kong gazed expressionlessly at the trembling death warriors and Xue Ye below.
Xue Ye's face was deathly pale. He had never imagined that the one to overthrow him would be a deity!
A deity capable of altering the very laws of the world!
Did such a powerful being also oppose his rule?
"Will you lay down your weapons, remove your armor, and return to your fields? If so, your past transgressions shall be forgiven."
Kong's voice was calm, devoid of any emotion.
Was it truly wrong to have placed restrictions on the development of soul beasts? In a certain sense, it was not.
Likewise, these warriors who had sworn loyalty to Xue Ye were not in the wrong either.
For tens of thousands of years, the two great empires had ruled Douluo Continent. Changing their way of thinking was nearly impossible.
Loyalty to the royal family, the nobility, and the sects—
These were the rules they were born into, the very structure of their world. The chances of them abandoning such beliefs were almost nonexistent.
"..."
The death warriors exchanged glances in silence.
They were not ordinary soldiers. They were death warriors, personally trained by Emperor Xue Ye, loyal only to him or whomever he designated.
Without his command, they would never surrender—not even to a god capable of wiping them out in an instant.
Seeing this, Kong fell into silence…
(End of Chapter)
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