"Don't movejust stand aside and watch me perform."
Who would've guessed that Rei Ao, giving her hand a gentle squeeze, signaled for her to just stay put. Under the gods' furious glares, he merely curved his lips with utter composure.
"Next, I'll give you all a chance to resist. Don't blame me if you die."
"!!!"
Gu Yuena's eyes went wide. She suddenly sensed a dragon's aura coming from Rei Ao, one so overwhelming she couldn't help but tremble.
"Roaaar!!!"
A dragon's roarstrong enough to shake the entire God Realmechoed to the heavens. The skies of the God Realm flared scarlet with blazing fire.
On this day, the gods remembered once again their fear of the Dragon God's tyranny. Its name wasthe Crimson Dragon God.
A moment later
Frieren: "It's over?"
Frieren: "What happened to the God Realm battle? Or Ragnarok?"
Erica: "Ragnarok? Huh. Isn't that what we're looking at right now?"
In the livestream:
All the gods of the God Realm lay flat on the ground in utter despair, like beaten dogs. Even the five Divine Kings were no exception. None of them had expected that, despite wielding the God Realm's core power, they could all be defeated in a single instant.
"So this is the God Realm's Core"
And the being who'd caused the 'twilight of the gods,' the Crimson Dragon God in personRei Aowas now gazing at the golden orb in his hand: the power of the God Realm's Core.
"From this day forth, the God Realm Core belongs to me. The God Realm belongs to me. I shall be the one and only God."
He closed his palm around it, absorbing the God Realm Core. At that moment, he became the sole master of the many starfields or continental worlds formerly under the God Realm's jurisdiction. Simultaneously, his power rose yet again:
[Name]: Rei Ao
[Level]: 73
[Abilities]: "Freeze", "Self", "True Sight", "Transformation", "Blessings", "Demon King", "Divine Soul", "Unique God", "Elven King", "Cognitive Disappearance", "Sword Aura Mastery", "True Crimson Dragon God", "Genetic Code", "Ten Incarnations", "Storm Authority", "Time & Causality Interference", "Inherent Device: King of All Things"
[Possessions]: "Grimoire: Ilias' Fragment", "Grimoire: Astir's Manuscript", "Awakening Stone x2"
[Description]: You can wipe out Galaxies with one breath
An increase of six levels. The wonder of such power made Rei Ao revel in it. At the same time, he had genuinely acquired a new ability, or rather, a sort of sovereignty and definitional authority:
[Unique God]: Upon seizing a world's source, you become that world's sole deity. As the Unique God, you may freely redefine the rules of your world. As the Unique God, you may use your world's core power to create new godhoods.
Rei Ao's eyes gleamed.
"So, I can claim other worlds, too?"
That discovery delighted him. For the moment, Unique God only applied to the worlds under the God Realm, but from the description, it seemed he could take control of other worlds as well. He'd have to test that later.
Meanwhile, he could alter world rules, as well as create godshighly relevant to the power of the God Realm Core. The only limitation was that creating new gods wasn't limitless. Each world's source was finite, and godhoods were forged from that source. Stronger roles, like a God-King, required more of the source.
Finished examining his new condition, Rei Ao turned and smiled at Gu Yuena, still stunned and at a loss.
"It's time to fulfill our agreement."
He would alter the Douluo Continent's rulesand the God Realm's rules about soul beastswhile Gu Yuena, for her part, had to fulfill her end of the bargain. Meaning she was in for some hard work.
It took Rei Ao a little time to alter the Douluo Continent's rules. The key points:
1. When a soul beast dies, no soul ring or soul bone is produced.
2. Human soul masters no longer advance by killing soul beasts. Reaching each ten-rank bottleneck would instead depend on talent, cultivation methods, opportunities, or natural treasures.
3. Skills (soul skills) could be learned or invented; people could train for them without soul rings.
Hence, soul masters would no longer rely on taking soul beasts' lives to grow stronger. For soul beasts, the biggest change was the lifting of the "can't become a god" restriction.
While their 100,000-year tribulation still existed, it would no longer be certain death nor so overwhelmingly strong.
Those who resisted it could progress further; those who failed would survive but never be able to advance. Hitting one million years would allow a soul beast to ascend to the God Realm as a divine beast.
Yet even that wouldn't guarantee no future strife between soul beasts and humans.
Whenever one side gains too much power, slaughter might ensue. So to protect soul beasts, Rei Ao created an entirely new planet containing no humans at allonly suitable for soul beasts.
He transferred many beasts to that planet so they could form their own ecosystem there. Any other beasts wishing to go there simply had to reach 100,000 years in cultivation.
"All set, Gu Yuena? Satisfied now?"
He asked, glancing at the woman in his arms.
"Mm."
Her beautiful eyes shone wetly. Despite the huge sense of relief and gratitude swirling in her heart, she could barely speak now that she was experiencing these "human hardships."
Rei Ao wore a playful expression.
"Well, since you're satisfied, you should work even harder to thank me. Right now, what you're doing is hardly enough And those others need to join us, too."
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Chapter 522: What to Upgrade...
That day would be forever recorded in the annals of the Douluo Continent.
The Spirit Hall unifying the continent!
A change in the soul master cultivation system!
One shocking event followed another. But the most incredible thing wasn't merely those.
The entire world was stunned as they witnessed what it meant for many gods to ascend at once!
At the same moment, dozens of beams of light shot up from the Spirit Hall, piercing the heavens.
Everyone faintly understood that a flurry of new deities was being bornnamely, those such as Bibi Dong, Lan Fozi, the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, and others whom Rei Ao had granted godhood.
"Iactually became a god"
Even after feeling the divine force in his body and ascending to the God Realm, the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King looked utterly disbelieving.
Di Tian and the others were similarly overjoyedat last, the soul beasts' future was bright.
The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's wife followed him to the God Realm and was genuinely happy for her husband. But she still had something to tell him:
"All of this is thanks to our daughter"
""
The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King went still. Indeed, if Rei Ao hadn't shown interest in their daughter, he himself might not have had the chance to benefit.
"Where is our daughter?"
Di Tian likewise snapped back to reality.
"Where is our master?"
Within the divine palace Rei Ao had crafted for himself, he surveyed the utterly exhausted Bibi Dong and the others with a satisfied grin.
If he was going to create his own "godly harem," then why not go all-out?
Snow Empress, Ice Empress, Bi Ji, Zi Ji, Da Wu, Xiao Wu, A Yin, Bai Xiu Xiu, Lan Fozi, Gu Yuena, and Bibi Dongnone had been left out. But that still wasn't enough.
Because he now completely controlled the God Realm, Rei Ao could freely manipulate time within it. Essentially omniscient and omnipotent in the worlds under his rule, he could do nearly anything.
As a result, his targets needn't be limited to the Douluo Continent in its current era, or merely people like Liu Erlong and Tang Yuehua from this period.
Future figures could also be his targetslike the grown-up Zhu Zhuqing, Hu Liena, Shui Bing'er, and even, further down the line, the Ma Xiaotao and Meng Hongchen of the "Peerless" era.
Basically, anyone who ranked high enough would not escape his reach. He'd pull them straight into the God Realm, adding them to the sole god's harem. A few dozen members should suffice.
However, there was one target that surprised him: Qian Renxuea woman who, by now, shouldn't exist.
He discovered in the River of Fate a figure "destined to become the Angel God," presumably Qian Renxue.
However, he had already killed Qian Xunji, so that possibility no longer existed in normal history.
Therefore, he'd simply created a new Angel God from that "inevitable destiny," who had no connection to Bibi Dong.
And sure enough, she could produce golden fluidthat was how special she was.
Of course, in addition to building his harem in the God Realm, Rei Ao hadn't forgotten one important matter:
He erased Tang Ritian and Yu Xiaogang directly from the continent's very origin. And that certain person from another timeline would never be able to transmigrate here.
In all the worlds under his dominion, any intruderperson or soulwould be unconditionally wiped out.
After that, he completely reshuffled the God Realm. The sealed Golden Dragon King's origin was extracted and handed to Gu Yuena; from now on, she would be the Dragon God. All the God-King seats naturally belonged to his people:
Ah Yin became the God-King of Life.
Snow Empress became the God-King of Asura.
Ice Empress became the God-King of Destruction.
Bibi Dong became the God-King of Evil.
Lan Fozi became the God-King of Kindness.
Other members of his harem received first-level god positions. He also discovered some happy news: now that he'd reshaped the god positions, they were no longer stuck at "trash-tier" levels but depended on his strength.
For instance, in the past, a God-King was only about level 50ish. But under his new system, each God-King reached level 55, a power capable of destroying stars.
Meanwhile, first-level gods were level 50, second-level gods were level 45, and third-level gods were level 40, with divine officials at level 35.
Essentially, this meant he could bring over people from his other worlds, directly grant them god positions, and thus create powerful experts.
And that bestowed power didn't conflict with his "Blessing" ability. It was indeed a wonderful thing.
He'd been worried that just farming XP wouldn't be enough to help Yukino and others rapidly grow stronger. But now the problem was perfectly solved. Yet that wasn't even the best news for Rei Ao.
What excited him most was that after becoming the "Unique God" of these worlds, his "Divine Soul" abilityrequiring the souls of living beingshad become abundant.
Since these worlds had no cycle of reincarnation, life and death simply let souls dissolve into the world, returning to nature. Now, that returning power automatically became "souls of the living" for him, their One God.
"Rei Ao, did something good happen? You're smiling so lecherously"
Amid his harem members kneeling, the Ice Empress was the first to speak, seeing Rei Ao's pleased expression.
"Heh, something good, indeed."
He waved.
"Ju Zi, Meng Hongchenc'mere and amuse me."
""
The two women exchanged glances.
"Yes, Master."
One approached on his right, untroubled; the other, cheeks flushed, edged closer on his left.
While enjoying himself, Rei Ao also pondered how to use Divine Soul. Which ability should he apply it to?
Divine Soul had the power to elevate and conceptualize any of his abilities. But he could only use it once, given the current total of living souls he possessed, so he had to carefully consider.
He immediately ruled out:
Freeze, Self, True Sight, Transformation, Blessing
They were his earliest chat-group-granted powers, "conceptual" enough already, in his view. Next, he ruled out:
Elven King, Cognitive Disappearance, Sword Aura Mastery, Genetic Code, Ten Incarnations, Storm Authority, Inherent Device: King of All Things
His reasons were straightforward: these abilities weren't strong enough to guarantee that conceptualizing them would yield something better. Then he excluded:
True Crimson Dragon God
It was already powerful enough. That left two final contenders:
1. "Demon King"
2. "Time & Causality Interference"
He had to pick one of these.
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Chapter 523: True Demon Aspect
"Time and Causality Interference, if conceptualized, would very likely become something to do with the concept of time."
In many works of fiction, there is a saying like "When time doesn't appear, space reigns supreme," symbolizing the immense power of time.
Realistically speaking, it's somewhat similar. Even though "Time and Causality Interference" (from Kurono) doesn't directly control time itself, it's remarkably convenient, adaptable, and powerful.
If it were conceptualized, Rei Ao could imagine that power becoming even more dazzling. Yet after some thought, he still chose to pass on that option, because the strength of a conceptual power ultimately depends on oneself.
Even a time-based concept wouldn't make him truly invincible. Instead, he selected "Demon King" as the ability to conceptualize with his Divine Soul.
It wasn't for any complicated reason; this ability was just extremely special.
The Demon King rank had always let him inherit that world's demon king status in any setting where a "Demon King" role existed, making him the strongest, peak holder of that position. It already had a faint feeling of conceptual power.
Be it in Kasuga Hijiri's world or Izawa Shizue's world, he could surpass his own limits to become the strongest Demon King under that world's rules.
Backed by this power, he'd accomplished feats otherwise unattainable at his level. One could say this ability had helped him greatly, so Rei Ao was quite curious about what would happen if it were further sublimated and turned conceptual.
He saw no reason to hesitate. At worst, it might just fail to meet his expectations. So Rei Ao activated his Divine Soul power at once.
"W-what's going on?"
The Ice Empress, who'd been licking a lollipop, suddenly reacted, her expression changing. The others rushed over anxiously. An inexplicable and unfathomable force now surrounded Rei Ao, whose eyes had just closed.
Frowning, Bibi Dong kept her composure. "Rei Ao hasn't said anything, so it should be fine. Let's wait."
