"The memory obtained from the Evil God Pearl?" The Evil God King fell into thought.
The Evil God was a second-level god under the Evil God King, holding a status equivalent to Hypnos, the second-level god under the Asura God—essentially a close attendant role.
However, the Evil God had fallen many years ago during the great war in the Divine Realm.
Apart from the Evil God, a large number of other gods had also perished in that war.
After the Divine Realm war ended, he had collected the remaining power and laws of the Evil God, condensed them into the Evil God Pearl, and placed a strand of his consciousness inside it.
The last time he checked, he discovered that the Evil God Pearl had been absorbed by a Dark Devilgod Tiger.
Moreover, it had successfully been corrupted by its evil aura, transforming the original Holy Light White Tiger into the Dark Devilgod Tiger.
Thinking of this, the Evil God King turned his gaze toward the black twin-tailed girl standing beside Ning Rongrong.
"Dark Devilgod Tiger, right?"
Although the aura had changed, with the Evil God King's vast experience, he could still faintly discern it.
"That's right. I'm the victim—the little tiger who was miserably harmed by your pearl."
"That power of yours made me unloved by grandma and unliked by uncle."
Tokisaki Kurumi stepped forward, her voice carrying traces of resentment. Then her tone shifted:
"But if not for those experiences, I probably wouldn't have been able to meet my master. In the end, the merits and demerits cancel each other out—I don't owe you anything."
The Evil God King shook his head, showing no sign of anger.
"The power of the Evil God Pearl is the materialized law of the fallen Evil God from the Dragon God war, carrying extremely strong resentment."
"This power brings fear to humans and is not blessed by soul beasts."
"Just as you said—unloved by grandma and unliked by uncle."
"No need to repeat what I just said word for word." Tokisaki Kurumi's face was covered in black lines. "Anyway, that so-called Evil God Pearl contains the power of the Evil God and your strand of divine sense as the Evil God King."
"What exactly is the purpose of this divine sense of yours?"
Ning Rongrong and Tokisaki Kurumi had their own speculations, but to learn the true content, they had to pry open the Evil God King's mouth.
"Purpose, huh…"
The Evil God King did not answer immediately. He sized up Tokisaki Kurumi for a long while.
"Interesting. Your state feels intriguing to me. You're neither human nor soul beast—more like a special type of energy entity."
"I remember the Evil God Pearl didn't have such an effect."
"Besides that…"
"With the intelligence of a Dark Devilgod Tiger, it shouldn't be this clever—able to break away from its original form and transform into a human without being in a true transformed state. Strange, truly strange."
"Are you saying the Dark Devilgod Tiger's intelligence is questionable?"
A "well" mark of frustration appeared on her forehead.
Tokisaki Kurumi was both angry and amused. This Evil God King, acting so high and mighty—what exactly did he want!
Treating her like merchandise being appraised—who did he think he was!
Believe it or not, I'll have Ning Rongrong bite you.
No, no, that's not the right way to think.
Tokisaki Kurumi steadied her emotions and took a deep breath: "What I am has nothing to do with you. Just talk about your own business."
The solidified body of the Evil God King emanated faint pressure, but it seemed to have no effect whatsoever on Ning Rongrong and Tokisaki Kurumi.
"You two are truly bold! This pagoda contains the power of dragon souls."
"If I'm not mistaken, you've come into contact with those fallen dragons."
"We did, and then—"
Before Tokisaki Kurumi could finish, Ning Rongrong's voice interrupted her.
"What is your opinion?" Ning Rongrong's deep gaze fixed on the Evil God King.
The moment she activated and isolated the sealed Evil God Pearl, Ning Rongrong had decided to test the Evil God King's attitude.
With the previous experience of killing a half-step God King's divine sense, this time there was an extremely high probability that not even a single thought from the Evil God King could be transmitted back to the Divine Realm.
Of course, anything probability-based still carried some risk.
If it really came to that, Ning Rongrong could only take Ning Fengzhi and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and make a strategic retreat to another world. Once their strength was sufficient, they would return in triumph.
Mm, the Abyss plane seemed pretty good.
"The Dragon God, huh…" The Evil God King let out a sigh.
"Since you've obtained the power of the Evil God Pearl and completely refined it,"
"then the remaining memories inside should contain some information on this matter."
"To be honest, the gods of the Divine Realm have very complicated feelings toward the Dragon God."
"Talking about this with you might not be of much use—it's too distant." The Evil God King paused, then continued, "But right now I'm quite bored, so I'll chat with you two for a bit."
"God King realm, according to the classification on the Douluo Continent, roughly falls in the 140–149 range."
"First-level gods are 130–139. You should already know this from the Evil God Pearl."
"I, Kindness, Life, Destruction, and Asura are, in essence, all 149-level God Kings."
"But during the Dragon God rebellion, we received a gift from the Dragon God."
"We advanced from 149 to 150." The Evil God King sighed. "And precisely because we reached this level, we were able to somewhat understand the Dragon God's actions at the time."
"If not for the massive number of first-, second-, and third-level gods who died in that battle, I personally would not have opposed soul beasts becoming gods. But that rule was established by the Dragon God himself."
"At most, we were simply enforcing the rule he set."
"But…"
"That has nothing to do with me. I only want to know your current opinion—or rather, the opinions of the five of you." Ning Rongrong took a deep breath and interrupted the Evil God King's long speech.
"If you wanted to find her, I refuse to believe that you five great God Kings, plus so many first-level gods, couldn't locate the Silver Dragon King."
In the original story, it was already strange—Evil and Kindness running off to the lower realm to indulge in romance, not even bothering with Divine Realm affairs.
It was utterly absurd. If the Silver Dragon King truly posed such a severe threat, they would have sent troops everywhere.
Even later, Evil and Kindness had avoided Ji Dong and Lie Yan.
If 149 was the limit of God King, then 150 was like a 90th-level Soul Douluo.
Half a step into another realm.
Were Evil and Kindness still stuck in the lowbrow tastes of the Douluo Continent—both of them love-brained?
"Then I'll tell you straight." The Evil God King let out a long sigh. "Kindness and I hold an indifferent attitude toward whether soul beasts can ascend to the peak of the Divine Realm. But if the Golden Dragon King and Silver Dragon King were to fuse…"
"Then… it would bring disaster to the entire world. We cannot guarantee whether we ourselves could handle such a disaster."
"Since that was the rule the Dragon God established before falling, we will continue to enforce it."
"Asura and Destruction are firmly opposed to soul beasts becoming gods—especially the Silver Dragon King ascending to the Divine Realm and releasing the seal on the Golden Dragon King. That is absolutely not permitted."
"I don't know Asura's exact reasons. Perhaps it's because he personally used the Asura God Sword to cleave the Dragon God in two, leaving behind some apprehension—or maybe something else."
The Asura God had split the Dragon God in half with one sword. If the Dragon God were to recover—even if not fully—he probably wouldn't let him off. Whether there were other hidden reasons, he himself wasn't entirely clear.
"As for Destruction's opposition to the Silver Dragon King's return to the Divine Realm, the main reason is that his wife, the Life God King, nearly fell to corruption by the resentment of the Dragon God and the several great Dragon Kings during their battle, while protecting the gods of the Divine Realm."
"To be honest, the fall of the Dragon God and the several great Dragon Kings"
"was actually a good thing for the gods of the Divine Realm—and even for humanity."
"I don't know whether, when you obtained the dragon souls and those lingering resentments, they told you anything." The Evil God King spoke. "Sometimes, positions are not about right or wrong."
"I can turn a blind eye to the Silver Dragon King's matter, but if she runs up to the Divine Realm,"
"that is absolutely not allowed."
"We cannot be certain whether the Silver Dragon King and Golden Dragon King—after fusing once again—would be the Dragon God, another living being, or a deity filled with resentment toward all living creatures."
The Evil God King paused slightly in his speech. His gaze lingered on Ning Rongrong for a long while before he finally spoke:
"I've already stated my position. Now what about you? What is your answer?"
(End of chapter)