"Time—what about time? No matter how I think about it, there isn't enough." Qian Renxue pondered for a long while before voicing her concern.
"Gathering the faith of the entire continent isn't that easy. And if this gets exposed..."
"Extreme terror can bring fear to living beings. It was only by borrowing the hundreds of thousands of years of fear that sea soul beasts held toward the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King that Lan Fozi successfully ascended to godhood."
Ning Rongrong's words were extremely calm—so calm that even Ning Fengzhi and the others felt a chill of detachment.
They had no idea what Ning Rongrong and Qian Renxue had transmitted between themselves that they skipped over.
"A beast... beast tide—if it spirals out of control, the disaster it would cause..."
"Ning Rongrong, have you thought about that?"
Qian Renxue's tone was very serious, yet the content she revealed left everyone present repeatedly shocked.
Ning Rongrong wanted to unleash a beast tide?
Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo were completely dumbfounded.
First there was Tang San slaughtering the Sun Moon Continent to reshape his divine body and revive himself. Now Ning Rongrong wanted to pull off something even bigger?
"Um, Rongrong..."
"Daddy, we don't have time." Ning Rongrong sighed. "Under normal cultivation, I cannot reach the next realm in a short period."
"But if we don't quickly raise our strength and awaken Kurumi, once the Divine Realm's seal breaks, we will be extremely passive."
Facing five God Kings, double-digit first-level gods, and a vast number of second- and third-level gods plus divine officers, Ning Rongrong had no confidence at all.
"Rongrong..." Ning Fengzhi opened his mouth to say something, but Ning Rongrong interrupted him. "The one who imparted the inheritance to me said that in this world, there are only three kinds of existences."
"They are: ant realm, fellow daoist realm, and senior realm."
"Right now, in the eyes of the Divine Realm, we are merely in the ant realm. We must advance to the fellow daoist realm to even qualify to negotiate with the Divine Realm."
As for destroying the Divine Realm—that was the Silver Dragon King's business and had nothing to do with her.
She simply did not want anything to happen to the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect or to Ning Fengzhi and the others.
Gu Yuena was very likely to lose control. At that time, whether it was her or the Divine Realm venting their anger, the entire continent could be implicated.
Never overestimate the moral character of the gods in the Divine Realm. Managing multiple worlds—if something went wrong and they were furious, destroying one or two worlds was perfectly normal.
The cause and effect involving the Silver Dragon King and Golden Dragon King were far too great. Ning Rongrong did not want to be left powerless when the time came.
"You still haven't made up your mind?" Ning Rongrong looked at Qian Renxue, whose brows had remained furrowed the entire time.
"Your approach is too dangerous." Qian Renxue shook her head. "If it fails, this entire continent could very well be destroyed."
"Ning Rongrong, what exactly do you want to do?" Di Tian asked, full of suspicion.
Ning Rongrong glanced at Di Tian and spoke: "Borrow the power of the entire planet, along with the laws of heaven and earth, to allow Qian Renxue to achieve God King."
"And I can also use this power to perfect my own path and awaken a certain lazy cat who's been sleeping."
If the Asura God had not obtained the other world's Asura god position, Ning Rongrong would not be in such a hurry.
But since the Asura god position flew toward the Divine Realm, she could not conclude that it would be unable to breach the barrier. She had to prepare for the worst-case scenario.
Moreover, Gu Yuena—and the unknown whereabouts of the Wisdom Emperor—also had to be taken into account.
She must reach the four ultimate realms as quickly as possible, or even unify the four realms to achieve the Longevity realm. Only then could she possibly stand fearless against the Divine Realm.
The Extreme of Qi required a massive amount of heaven-and-earth power converted into zhenqi.
If Di Tian's tribulation could bring an extraordinary surge of energy, breaking through was not necessarily impossible.
From helping Lan Fozi become a god earlier, and the various pieces of information her clone brought back from the Sun Moon Continent...
Ning Rongrong felt—she could do it again!
"How about we take it slow first?" Sword Douluo hesitated before speaking. "No need to be so urgent. Let's discuss it properly."
"Alright." Seeing it was Sword Douluo speaking, Ning Rongrong considered for a moment and nodded. "Then we'll head back first and wait for news."
"Qian Renxue, discuss it with Di Tian. If you decide, you can come find me at the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect."
"But in seven days, I need a yes or no from both of you."
With that, Ning Rongrong opened a space-time teleportation gate and took her people away from the Star Dou Great Forest.
"Phew—" Watching Ning Rongrong and the others leave, Qian Renxue let out a long breath.
For some reason, Ning Rongrong's presence felt overwhelmingly strong!
It was completely suffocating.
"Is this the real her?"
Qian Renxue gave a wry smile. She had really been thoroughly deceived back then!
"Qian Renxue, what Ning Rongrong said..."
"Di Tian, let's find a place for a private talk first!" Qian Renxue gestured.
"Alright." Di Tian nodded.
...
Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
"Rongrong, this is too insane. I cannot agree to such a plan." Ning Fengzhi, seated in the main position, had cold sweat beading on his forehead.
"Father, do you not want to become a god?" Ning Rongrong countered. "What about Grandfather Sword and Grandfather Bone—don't they have any thoughts at all?"
"Using the entire continent as a chessboard is just too..." Seeing the two elders look toward him, Ning Fengzhi sighed. "Rongrong, be honest with me—what happens if it fails?"
Whenever Ning Rongrong called him "Father," it was when discussing serious matters. She rarely addressed him that way otherwise.
"Failure means death! Success means leaping through the dragon gate." Ning Rongrong's voice was calm. "If we do nothing, when the Divine Realm's entrance opens, we can only be slaughtered at will."
"I couldn't speak the full truth in the Star Dou Great Forest." Ning Rongrong paused. "Gu Yuena is not likely to lose control—she is almost certainly going to lose control!"
"What!"
Ning Fengzhi stood up in shock.
Gu Yuena—the co-ruler of soul beasts!
Peak first-level god. After absorbing the dragon soul, she erupted with God King-level combat power.
"This..." Thinking of this, Ning Fengzhi fell silent.
Ning Rongrong continued: "Gu Yuena can unleash God King-level power within the Dragon Valley, but once outside, she would at best be half-step God King."
"Perhaps even just peak first-level god."
"But if she loses control, we cannot stop her. When the Divine Realm settles accounts, we won't escape either. That's why I need sufficient strength."
"At least for now, it's not enough..."
"Rongrong, can you currently match a first-level god?" Bone Douluo asked.
"It's difficult. My combat power can barely reach first-level god, but in an actual fight against one, it's roughly three-to-seven—I three, they seven."
"That's why I plan to use the power of heaven and earth to push my strength further."
"I already told Qian Renxue earlier—using faith to help you become gods. Of course, this is just a concept."
"But it's not impossible. It all depends on how strong the cosmic laws brought by the Dragon God are."
Ning Rongrong paused here, giving Ning Fengzhi and the other two time to think.
A moment later, she continued:
"One week is enough for me to set up the array across the entire continent."
...
Seven days later.
Ning Rongrong appeared above the Demonic Whale Sea Area.
"Lan Fozi, please come out for a moment."
Moments after her voice fell, the sea waters churned.
A young girl in light blue attire, with blue hair cascading over her shoulders, hovered above the sea surface.
"Why do you have time to come here?"
"I hope you can help me collect the faith of all sea creatures. I want to create gods!"
Ning Rongrong extended her finger. A beam of white light shot from her fingertip and entered Lan Fozi's forehead.
Lan Fozi did not resist.
After all, if Ning Rongrong wanted to kill her, she would not have gone to such dangerous lengths to help her become a god.
After a while, Lan Fozi opened her eyes. Her voice carried some heaviness: "Things have already reached this point?"
Seeing Ning Rongrong nod, Lan Fozi let out a long sigh.
"I just discussed it with Father and Mother. They agree, but the time you've given is too short. Subduing sea soul beasts and disguising a beast tide will be somewhat troublesome."
"Moreover, on the human side..."
"Don't worry." Ning Rongrong spoke.
"The Spirit Hall, Star Dou Great Forest, Xue Di, and the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect have all chosen to enter the game."
"All participating soul beasts—I will send clones to teleport them over."
"The beast tide will be launched after the Heaven Dou Empire destroys the Star Luo Empire. Two months of preparation should be sufficient."
After receiving Lan Fozi's agreement, Ning Rongrong left the Demonic Whale Sea Area.
(End of chapter)