Silence—a long silence.
The Evil God King knew the whereabouts of the Silver Dragon King. Even if he didn't know completely, he could at least deduce a certain range.
That made sense. Even a newbie God King like Tang San, who had only recently ascended, could scheme against Gu Yuena—let alone the head of all evil like the Evil God King.
It was just that Gu Yuena hadn't yet threatened the Divine Realm, so he didn't want to bother. He might even be blocking other God Kings from searching for Gu Yuena, honoring the gift left behind when the Dragon God fell.
Of course, that could also just be an excuse from the Evil God King.
Whatever the Evil God King thought didn't matter anymore.
Don't look at his heart—look at his actions.
Ning Rongrong took a deep breath and said:
"I don't know the full ins and outs of the matter. My strength isn't there yet. Too much curiosity often kills the cat."
"Indeed, it's valuable for people to know their own limits." The Evil God King nodded.
"I was planning to give you my God position inheritance. But I don't see even the slightest hint of desire on your face. You could at least pretend a little."
Ning Rongrong: "…"
You straight-up told me to pretend—how am I supposed to pretend now!
Ning Rongrong shrugged: "Don't you think Kurumi is very suited for the position of the Evil God King?"
"Kurumi? The Dark Devilgod Tiger beside you?" The Evil God King was stunned for a moment before realizing the other party's name seemed to be a rather interesting one given to the Dark Devilgod Tiger.
"That kind of evil overlord position—it even comes with a binding effect. I don't want that kind of thing."
"Kurumi, listen to me." Ning Rongrong shot a glare at Tokisaki Kurumi. "If someone offers it to you, you take it."
"Even if we get tricked, I'm still here. They can't trick it away from us. It's not like both of us could be fooled, right!"
Tokisaki Kurumi: "…"
Evil God King: "…"
Good grief—was his dignified God King position something that needed to be "tricked" out of him?
"Ahem~" The Evil God King gave a light cough. "You can have the God position if you want. Kindness and I originally planned to leave the Divine Realm and detach from our positions anyway. Previously, Kindness and I made a bet."
"We originally had our eyes on two little fellows from the Five Elements Continent and let Kindness go play around a bit."
"But compared to them, you two seem much more interesting."
"Killing Sea God Bo Saixi and Kill God Hypnos—if even that isn't enough to inherit a God King position, then the threshold for God King inheritance is a bit too high."
In an instant, the entire Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda was enveloped in a chilling killing intent.
This killing intent even directly suppressed the divine aura emanating from the Evil God King.
"You're not worried that this strand of your divine sense won't be able to escape from here?"
"Hahaha, interesting—truly interesting."
"As an enforcer of the Divine Realm, this is the first time I've seen someone violate the law and still plan to silence the witness."
The Evil God King struggled to resist the oppressive pressure released from all directions within the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda. He waved his hand and said:
"Sea God repeatedly violated the rules of the Divine Realm. His death in the lower realm was simply because his strength wasn't sufficient."
"As for Hypnos—that guy has long been an eyesore to both Kindness and me."
"And most importantly—you two are not gods."
"The rules of the Divine Realm have no effect on you. So I'm not breaking any regulations!"
Unlike Ji Dong and Lie Yan from the Five Elements Continent—where Lie Yan had already reached second-level god—
"You can just say it straight. What exactly do you want from me?" The pressure from the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda dissipated. Ning Rongrong spoke coldly.
"Your and this little brain-axe's cultivation method—I and Kindness are willing to exchange it for God King positions."
"The position of God King—even if you don't need it, what about your family?"
"Are you threatening me?" Ning Rongrong's brows furrowed slightly. "Moreover, can you speak for the Kindness God King?"
Good grief—if Evil and Kindness didn't have something going on between them, no one would believe it!
"Think whatever you want. I've seen your extraordinariness, and I've glimpsed a higher dimension."
"That's why I'm willing to reveal Divine Realm matters to you. The God positions can be given to you." The Evil God King paused slightly in his speech.
"But I don't want my and Kindness's subordinates to be ravaged by soul beasts who become gods."
Even if he no longer held office and no longer managed affairs, some things still needed to be explained.
The Evil God King's words tacitly admitted many things. He knew about the Silver Dragon King—perhaps even knew she was still on Douluo Star—but he didn't want to investigate, and neither did Kindness.
They didn't care what you did, but the Silver Dragon King and Golden Dragon King running rampant was the bottom line.
"I can give you the cultivation method—but not now. You understand what I mean."
"Fine." The Evil God King nodded. "After you ascend to the Divine Realm, Kindness and I will wait for you."
"Also, remember this: based on the rules of the Divine Realm, Kindness and I cannot help you in principle, nor will we help Asura."
"But once the Silver Dragon King arrives in the Divine Realm, we will have no choice but to act. That was the promise we made when we divided the Dragon God's power."
"This Dragon God must have had something wrong with his brain!" Tokisaki Kurumi couldn't help but complain as she listened—it sounded more and more off.
If he wanted to die, fine—but he wasn't even going to leave a path for soul beasts.
Banning soul beasts from becoming gods, and not even allowing the Silver Dragon King to ascend to the Divine Realm—was the Dragon God hiding shit in the Divine Realm or something?
"We don't know the specifics, but there's one thing I can be certain of."
"The Silver Dragon King does not have the capacity to carry the soul beast race."
"Once fused with the Golden Dragon King, there is a very high probability she will become a demon god who only knows slaughter."
"You've never seen the Golden Dragon King—you wouldn't understand the resentment of the dragon race that the Golden Dragon King carries. That is absolutely not something the Silver Dragon King can bear."
"Heh." Ning Rongrong was noncommittal toward the Evil God King's words. "Do you and the Kindness God King know about the Dragon God dragon soul in the lower realm?"
"We know—but not much." The Evil God King sighed. "The dragon soul concealed the dragon tomb. That's what worries me the most. If the Silver Dragon King fuses with the dragon soul…"
"Heh heh, that's your problem—it has nothing to do with me." The Evil God King smiled. His entire body transformed into a white ball of light and floated in front of Ning Rongrong.
"By the way, the Kindness God King's divine trial was placed in the Ice Palace. I'll mention it to her."
"Whether you can satisfy her is up to you—I can't interfere too much."
"Oh, and not long ago, the Ice Palace seems to have been activated. Somewhere on the Douluo Continent."
Ice Palace?
Before Ning Rongrong could ask further, the Evil God King had completely vanished.
All that remained was a ball of white light—seemingly meant to activate the divine trial.
"Should we stop him?"
Tokisaki Kurumi glanced at the light orb in front of Ning Rongrong, her tone carrying some worry.
"No need. The rule fluctuations inside are enough for me to reach the third realm."
"You're not worried he's deceiving us?" Tokisaki Kurumi asked cautiously.
"We each take what we need." Ning Rongrong spoke. "The Evil God King is willing to place his bet—we'll accept it. If I'm not wrong, he might have also sensed something beyond the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda."
"I was careless."
"No—it's that we shouldn't have placed the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda and the Evil God Pearl together at that time."
Ning Rongrong gazed at the light orb in her palm. Inside were profound mysteries concerning divine trials, even the condensation of god rings, and some cultivation methods related to the divine realm.
"We can absorb the power. Leave the divine trial imprint aside."
"That thing is useless to us."
"But that's a God King position!"
Tokisaki Kurumi was actually a little tempted.
"No need. We only wanted to confirm the intentions of Kindness and Evil."
"The rest can wait until later. Even if we do it later, we can just split off an avatar to inherit the Evil and Kindness God positions. No need to make ourselves uncomfortable."
"Fair enough." Ning Rongrong spread her hands. "Probably only you would think like that."
As for the human rights of the avatar…
Once it's an avatar, what human rights are there?
After dealing with the Evil God King matter, Ning Rongrong finally breathed a sigh of relief: "By the way, there's information up there about Asura God getting angry. It seems Qian Renxue defeated Tang San."
"Oh?" Tokisaki Kurumi's eyes showed slight surprise. "That silly disciple of your father—defeating a reborn God King? I thought he was just a love-brained fool!"
"Don't say that in front of Qian Renxue. She can be considered the reincarnation of the Angel God—she's not as bad as you say."
"Fallen Angel God?" Tokisaki Kurumi teased.
Ning Rongrong: "…"
Where did you pick up these weird terms? I don't remember teaching you that!
"In short, let's cultivate first. After breaking through to the pinnacle of the third realm, we should head back."
"Then go find Xue Di."
"If the Ice Palace involves the Kindness God, no wonder it could seal the passage for so long."
"These gods don't seem so simple after all." Tokisaki Kurumi nodded.
The two exited the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda space and entered deep cultivation.
…
Time passed—unknown how many hundred-thousand-year periods.
Ning Rongrong slowly rose with closed eyes. Her right hand formed a loose fist.
She swung.
"Bang!"
The fist wind was sharp and cold. The space ahead twisted and tore open into a massive rift.
It directly punched through space. The surrounding seawater surged and was instantly drawn into a vacuum.
A region hundreds of meters wide became an empty void. No seawater could flow in—as though a special isolation domain had formed.
"Pinnacle realm—Extreme of Power—achieved!"
(End of chapter)