Soul Land 2: Body Sect

Chapter 284: I Will Become a God Myself!

Du Qianjue 's words left the two divine kings in a state of shock. It turns out that backstabbing Tang San in front of the God of Destruction worked wonders, as the God of Destruction already disliked Tang San and his opinion dropped to rock bottom after hearing about Tang San's dirty deeds. Even the Goddess of Life, who usually saw the good in everyone, changed her view on Tang San. Blame can only be placed on Tang San for not acting humanely.

The God of Destruction, who has a strong moral compass, cannot tolerate any deceit. It is foreseeable that any interference by Tang San in the Douluo Continent must now pass through the God of Destruction. This was why Du Qianjue spent so much time smearing Tang San in front of the divine couple—not only to disgust Tang San and set him against the divine couple, but also to buy himself time to grow in the Douluo Continent. With the God of Destruction around, Tang San would have no opportunity to act rashly.

From the moment the God of Destruction pulled Du Qianjue's soul from the Douluo Continent to the divine realm, Tang San's doom was sealed. In the divine realm, except for the Shrek Seven Devils he brought from the Douluo Continent, almost no one else would support him.

"I'm sorry, young one, I was narrow-minded before. I apologize to you!" The Goddess of Life, wiping her tears, gently bowed to Du Qianjue. She might be overly compassionate, but that doesn't mean she's foolish. Du Qianjue 's arguments about the cruelty of manipulating souls and the difference between humans and soul beasts left her speechless. This made the Goddess of Life realize that every world operates differently, and Du Qianjue's actions were not truly evil on Douluo Continent.

Understanding this, she sincerely apologized to Du Qianjue, not maintaining her divine dignity.

"It's alright, Goddess. You have a kind heart and mean well for all beings. I understand your concerns, and you shouldn't blame yourself too much," Du Qianjue replied with a smile.

The God of Destruction nodded and chuckled, his fondness for Du Qianjue increasing. Who wouldn't like such a sensible and humble junior?

"Don't worry, lad. We'll keep an eye out for you in the divine realm and ensure you have enough time to forge your own divine position!" He looked meaningfully at Du Qianjue. "I expect to see you become the sixth god king. Don't disappoint me..."

"Thank you. Rest assured, I have great confidence in myself!" Du Qianjue replied confidently.

"Well then, let me enlighten you on how to become a god," the God of Destruction said with a smile, reaching out his hand and pointing a finger across the space at Du Qianjue´s forehead. A stream of purple light shot out, entering his brow.

Rather than speak, the God of Destruction transferred the information on how to become a god directly into Du Qianjue's mind. He could just read it and ask questions if there were anything unclear.

Du Qianjue closed his eyes to review the information on becoming a god.

The divine couple patiently waited for him to finish.

"Ah, this..." Du Qianjue opened his eyes, his face turning pale after reading the information. He looked earnestly at the God of Destruction.

"Um... Can I still choose to inherit your divine positions?" he asked.

"Oh? Why do you want to inherit the divine positions now? If you don't give a good reason, I'm not so easily persuaded," the God of Destruction raised an eyebrow, his tone teasing.

The Goddess of Life couldn't help but giggle.

Du Qianjue shook his head with a wry smile.

Why did he want to inherit a divine position? Because he had forgotten a crucial factor: the time needed for growth!

Why did the original God of Angels and Poseidon, the Sea God, spend a thousand years gathering faith to create their divine positions? It wasn't because their methods were crude, but because forging a divine position required that much faith!

During the era of the Dragon King, Yun Ming could form a rudimentary divine position before the age of a hundred, an unreplicable method that involved borrowing faith accumulated over the years at Shrek Academy, where his wife, Holy Spirit Douluo Lilia, also accumulated faith by healing countless people with her Angelic Healing Spirit.

Yun Ming's demi-god status was a result of many coincidences!

If the same time frame applied to Du Qianjue, even if he didn't need thousands of years like the first-generation Sea God and God of Asuras, he would still need at least a century or two.

And that was just the beginning!

A couple of centuries would only be needed to forge the divine position. Du Qianjue's own growth to reach the peak of godhood could take even longer!

And now, the Douluo Continent could no longer support Du Qianjue's growth to the pinnacle.

Unless he was prepared to sacrifice the entire Douluo Continent or extract all its energy, he couldn't advance to the level of a god king there.

"I... just don't have the time! Besides, Douluo Continent could only support me up to becoming a level two god at most, and even that would damage its foundation. If I became a god, no one else could cultivate there," Du Qianjue explained with a sigh.

Divine positions were indeed tempting! After reading the information provided by the God of Destruction, Du Qianjue realized that a divine position was like an external accessory that aids in becoming powerful, similar to a soul ring. It was a shortcut to power.

However, this shortcut came with a price.

With a divine position, one could greatly enhance their cultivation speed to reach the limits of the divine position and more easily control the power it represented.

Yet, there were three drawbacks:

Transferring a divine position could be troublesome unless one was willing to abandon it carelessly, like the first-generation Sea God and God of Asuras did, finding a lackluster individual to take over. Once one reached the limits of their divine position, breaking through those limits was impossible without passing on the divine position or strengthening it themselves. A divine position depended on the divine realm and couldn't be taken away; the holder could not stray far from the divine realm.

Aside from these drawbacks, a divine position was akin to a portable charger, capable of quickly empowering a person. For instance, if Du Qianjue inherited the God of Destruction's divine position, he would immediately possess the power of a peak level one god and, after some acclimation, could challenge Tang San with the superweapon, the Destruction Staff.

But if he were to advance on his own, even after breaking through as an Ultimate Douluo and having a strong foundation to achieve the power of a level two god without a divine position, advancing further would only be possible through cultivation and energy absorption.

From level two god upwards to level one god, god king, and the supreme god—his potential didn't guarantee an immediate reach to these heights after becoming a god. Just like Yun Ming and Huo Yuhao, who gradually ascended to god king status post-deification, Du Qianjue couldn't be an exception under the laws of the realm.

"Alright, let's get serious," the God of Destruction said with a chuckle, exchanging a serious look with the Goddess of Life.

" Du Qianjue, are you willing to inherit the divine positions of the God of Destruction and the Goddess of Life?"

"I am willing!" Du Qianjue bowed deeply.

"Ha, good!" The God of Destruction laughed heartily, raising his hand to manifest the Destruction Staff wrapped in ferocious thunder.

The Goddess of Life also raised her hand, and a miniaturized ancient tree appeared in her palm.

The essences of life and destruction intertwined and then shot into Du Qianjue's forehead as a beam of light, forming a unique mark of the staff in front and the tree behind.

[The Nine Trials of Destruction have begun!] [The Nine Trials of Life have begun!]

A brilliant column of light surged from Du Qianjue's soul upwards. The God of Destruction simply waved his hand, concealing all activities. It wasn't time for Tang San to know that he had inherited a divine position.

After a while, Du Qianjue opened his eyes, feeling his soul fortified more than twofold by the divine power, and his mood was excellent.

Before, he wasn't sure if he could break through to the Divine Origin Realm and transform his spiritual power into divine sense after forming his third soul core. But now, he was absolutely confident!

"Thank you, my predecessors!" Du Qianjue gratefully stated.

"Heh, it's about time for you to return," the God of Destruction said with a nod, clearly pleased with his successor.

"I have high hopes for you. I hope that after inheriting our divine positions, you can go further, use your chaotic attributes to merge our divine positions into one, and become the new Creator God."

"Work hard, and we will be watching you from the divine realm," the Goddess of Life said gently.

Du Qianjue nodded.

After bidding farewell to the divine couple, his soul was sent back to the Douluo Continent by the God of Destruction.

In the Snow Emperor's Palace, Du Qianjue, who had been meditating with his eyes closed, suddenly opened them. Each of his eyes flickered with deep purple and vibrant green lights, and a mark of the Destruction Staff and the Life Ancient Tree appeared on his forehead.

"Ah, it seems I miscalculated; in the end, I had to rely on the power of a divine position," Du Qianjue sighed with a wry smile, touching his still-smooth forehead.

"But... the Creator God?"

That sounds rather nice!

(The chapter ends here.)