Yun Ming couldn't accept Su Ming setting up a separate formation for him; he didn't want anyone else's methods left on his person.
But if it were as Su Ming said—merely a secret technique, utilizing his existing divine rank to suppress the abyssal energy—that was acceptable.
It was just that coming here this time had directly resulted in the loss of a Vast Sea Cosmic Crystal, which still greatly frustrated Yun Ming.
"Since the Vast Sea Cosmic Crystal—Vast Sea Cosmic Crest—is the core of the Sea God's Divine Trial, can you still guide others to undergo ordinary assessments over there?" Cao Dezhi asked curiously.
"No."
Su Ming answered bluntly.
Even if he could, he wouldn't.
Letting Tang San connect with others on Douluo Planet? No way.
Fusing with the Vast Sea Cosmic Crest now actually didn't offer him much benefit. Firstly, he hadn't truly received a beneficial Divine Trial. Secondly, he had already exposed himself to Tang San's view prematurely.
At best, hijacking the Vast Sea Cosmic Crest cut off Tang San and Tang Wulin's backup plan.
This was harming others without benefiting himself.
The Vast Sea Cosmic Crest itself was also a divine artifact, capable of helping Su Ming stabilize Sea God faith.
But its usefulness was genuinely limited.
Whether in Douluo 1, 2, or 3, Su Ming had never considered inheriting the Sea God Godhood.
That thing was a major trap.
Douluo 2 goes without saying; Tang San definitely wouldn't yield. If Su Ming overstepped, even Destruction might lean towards Tang San.
Seizing a Godhood?
That would be crossing the line.
As for Douluo 1, that first-generation Sea God was also an unreasonable fellow. First, Posei Xi's relationship with Tang Chen was unclear. Tang Chen hadn't been completely killed by Bibi Dong back then; he was said to have fled overseas, and it's unknown if he's still on Sea God Island now.
Su Ming had also always avoided Sea God Island.
Secondly, if one secretly dabbled in Sea God faith and caught the first-generation Sea God's eye, he wouldn't care whether you were trying to create your own Godhood or not—he'd just give you the Godhood and run off himself. If you can absorb Sea God faith, can you still say you're not compatible with me?
The key point was that the first-generation Sea God's strength was second only to the top tier; no one in the God Realm could do anything about him.
Originally incompatible?
If you secretly prove yourself worthy of Sea God faith, what else could the first-generation Sea God say? The Godhood is yours!
You wouldn't even have a place to cry.
As for Douluo 3 here, Su Ming was only using the Sea God's divine rank to resist the Abyss.
Moreover, it was only a temporary measure.
He was already thinking of ways to transfer it.
The Sea God's divine rank ultimately belonged to Tang San. Using it temporarily was fine, but truly treating it as a foundation was dangerous.
Tang Wulin still had Old Tang inside him.
Old Tang might often seem like a helpless Old Tang, but his own power wasn't insignificant. If provoked into using his trump card, Su Ming couldn't withstand it yet.
Su Ming secretly transmitted the method for utilizing faith to suppress abyssal energy to Yun Ming.
Yun Ming raised an eyebrow.
"My Godhood is lacking by this much?"
From Su Ming's secret technique, he indirectly compared the strength of Godhoods and found his own was too low in terms of rank and completeness.
Su Ming wasn't particularly concerned about Yun Ming's doubts.
With the God Realm gone, and you alone in a lower plane without having become a god, how could you possibly grope your way to a God King-level Godhood?
Forget God King-level; even a First-Class God Godhood is an extravagant hope.
You need to understand that a First-Class God corresponds to a Spirit Master level of at least 130 or higher.
For a quasi-god who can't even break past level 100, even if dabbling in the path of faith and walking a concept like "Invincible," condensing a First-Class God Godhood wouldn't be that easy.
Yun Ming's path wasn't wrong. He had always held the position of the continent's number one, something none of the other quasi-gods like Chen Xinjie contested.
If he condensed an "Invincible God," that indeed had the makings of a First-Class God.
But Yun Ming's faith was insufficient. He also mobilized, drew upon faith and fortune belonging to Shrek to assist in condensing his Godhood.
With impure materials, the semi-Godhood embryo he condensed was naturally poor.
Yes, his Godhood was still only a semi-Godhood embryo.
It wasn't even a proper Godhood embryo.
Moreover, he wasn't truly invincible.
He was evading the Abyss problem. On Douluo Planet, there was still the Lord of the Plane suppressing things. His so-called "continent's number one" was just an empty shell.
This led to the so-called "path of invincibility" being wrong from the very start.
"A Second-Class God's rank is enough to contend with the Abyssal Sage King for abyssal energy. Across planes, a Third-Class God's rank would be roughly sufficient—that is, a true god-level rank. Pavilion Master Yun Ming, once your semi-Godhood embryo fully condenses, it can be considered a Third-Class God rank."
Su Ming's words made Yun Ming withdraw into himself.
I've condensed it for half a lifetime, and it's only a Third-Class God?
It's miles away from establishing a God Realm.
Chen Xinjie was also present. He didn't want to be trapped in the Blood God Legion either and had come to ask Su Ming if there was a way.
"The Sea God's Helmet can invoke the Sea God's descent. But the Sea God no longer has any connection with Douluo Planet. You can use a secret technique to activate Sea God faith and simulate the deity's descent."
Without Tang San responding, the Sea God's Helmet's deity-invocation ability was just a decoration.
But Su Ming had secret techniques.
After resolving the issues for these quasi-gods, Su Ming also needed to return to secluded cultivation. He still had to deduce how to construct the grand formation.
Before entering seclusion, he convened a meeting to propose increasing the number of Blood God titles.
Now there were eight limit-tier combatants present in the legion. And based on current knowledge, at least three more Limit Douluo had yet to arrive. Plus Super Douluo, Three-Word Battle Armor Masters, Divine-level Mecha Masters... the mainland's top powerhouses were all preparing. Once their factions were stable, they would all converge here.
With only nine titles in total, it was fundamentally insufficient to distribute.
"How do you plan to increase them?" Cao Dezhi inquired.
All high-ranking legion officers were present, waiting for Su Ming to voice his thoughts.
"Increase to thirty-six titles. Anyone wanting a Blood God title must first kill any Abyssal Emperor from any layer. After making the list, their Blood God ranking will be directly determined based on the rank of the Abyssal Emperor they killed."
"If they desire a higher Blood God ranking, they must kill an Emperor from a higher layer. If there's truly no opportunity to encounter one, they can also choose to completely devour a low-layer Abyss's Emperor to obtain a challenge quota."
The expressions of the quasi-gods present changed.
What? So harsh?
They had initially thought it was a welfare policy, but now everyone realized this wasn't a benefit.
"Blood God is an honor. Even if we increase the number of titles, there must be aprecondition to stabilize that honor."
Without a doubt, future wars between the Blood God Legion and the Abyssal army wouldn't be few. Only by killing an Abyssal Emperor can one be hold a position in the Blood Gods. This way, the gold content of the Blood God title can be guaranteed.
"In that case, Little Nine and I will first withdraw from the Blood God ranks. We'll return to the Blood God ranks in the future when we meet the requirements through warfare."
After a moment of silence, the former·Blood Two voluntarily resigned his Blood God title.
Blood Nine also handed over his title.
Of the remaining seven, Su Ming and Cao Dezhi remained calm and composed. They had genuinely killed Emperors. Even under the new rules, they firmly held the positions of Blood One and Blood Two.
Yun Ming, Chen Xinjie, and Qian Gu Dieding also sat steady as Mount Tai, unshaken. At least they had truly killed Emperors when they served in the legion back in the day.
Tong Yu and Mu Ye wisely did not continue to hold the titles of Blood Six and Blood Seven.
They weren't too upset either.
At least their strength was here. Given the opportunity, killing an Emperor was achievable. They would eventually return to the Blood God ranks.
"Alright, let's wait. Next, the Blood God Legion will undergo large-scale expansion. Arrange the assessments and training properly. Once the nine divine artifacts are gathered and the elemental grand formation is completed, the official war should begin."
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