Starting from Douluo to Capture Goddesses

"My 'Cultivation Level' broke through, so my combat strength just improved a bit,"

"In the past when I was a Soul Elder, I could easily defeat Soul Emperors, and as a Soul Ancestor I could do the same to Soul Sages. Now that I'm almost at the peak of Titled Douluo, I can easily take on First-Level Gods and possess the strength of a Divine King. Isn't that normal?"

"How can that be the same? Many people who could fight across levels in the early stages find they can't continue to do so after they become Titled Douluo. Later on, the gap between each level becomes very big and it's not as simple as before," Gu Yuena looked at Xu Ran with even weirder eyes.

Indeed.

When Xu Ran was a Soul Emperor, he could already hammer Titled Douluo.

The usual rules seemed unable to confine him.

"You are now a Titled Douluo, so your strength can match that of a Divine King. So when you become a god, wouldn't that make you invincible?" Gu Yuena was dumbfounded. Although she had previously thought Xu Ran was monstrous and would far surpass her in the future, those things hadn't happened yet, but now Xu Ran had indeed caught up.

In no time, Xu Ran could sit on an equal footing with her.

"How can I be invincible? You are the once-in-an-eternity Dragon God. Once we conquer the Divine Realm and kill the Golden Dragon King, you'll become the Dragon God. Won't I have to bow down to you then?" Xu Ran comforted her.

"Don't think I don't know. Your bloodline is even more formidable than that of the Dragon God," Gu Yuena said with a sense of grievance. Even after becoming the Dragon God, she might still be no match for Xu Ran.

Xu Ran's Ancestral Dragon Bloodline seemed even more formidable than that of the Dragon God.

"Anyway, you are my wife. No matter how strong I am, I still have to listen to you," Xu Ran said.

"You talk sweetly. No matter how strong you get, you can't beat your wife. If you dare to bully me in the future, you're done for," Gu Yuena chuckled. What Xu Ran said was also true; being a little weaker than her husband wasn't unacceptable to her.

"That's right, in the future, we two will suppress the entire Divine Realm, and no one will be able to stop our march," Xu Ran said, somewhat enthusiastically.

"So what then? What should we do if our power surpasses the Divine Realm?"

"Which side are you really on? Are you with the Human Clan or our Beast Clan?"

Gu Yuena blinked her purple eyes teasingly as she looked at Xu Ran.

She wanted to see how Xu Ran would answer.

"Is it necessary to make such a clear distinction?" Xu Ran touched his nose, feeling quite puzzled by this question.

It was indeed a complex problem to try to be relatively fair and beneficial to both the Human and Beast Races.

"Hmph. I think you've been seduced by those Fox Charmers of the Human Clan. Even if you take control of the Divine Realm, you're still going to favor the Human Race," Gu Yuena pouted.

Under Xu Ran's guidance these days, her hatred for the Human Race had diminished quite a bit.

But the fact remained that the Human Race hunted the Beast Race for their Soul Rings and soul bones, leading to the prosperity of the Human Race and the continuous decline of the Beast Race.

The prosperity of one race always came at the expense of another.

So it was impossible for Gu Yuena to have no grievances against the Human Race.

"How could that be? My greatest love is my dear Na'er baby," Xu Ran said, embracing Gu Yuena's fragrant shoulders and kissing her white forehead.

"Then what exactly are you thinking?" Gu Yuena softly inquired.

She certainly didn't want any disagreements with Xu Ran over matters of principle.

Emotionally, she could be lenient, but when it came to the interests of her race, she had to be assertive.

"I can no longer simply be counted as a part of the Human Clan, nor purely of the Beast Clan. I possess bloodlines from both clans. That's why I naturally hope both clans can develop together."

"In fact, the biggest trouble for our Beast Clan right now is the oppression from the Divine Realm against the Beast Clan, which has closed off the channel for soul beasts to become gods. Additionally, the difficulty of Tribulation for soul beasts is too great and should be moderately reduced," Xu Ran spoke confidently, and Gu Yuena's eyes lit up.

"Survival of the fittest is the law of nature. We cannot simply favor one clan over the other. It's best to let them develop freely," Xu Ran stated earnestly.

"Well said. So how shall we implement this?" Gu Yuena looked at Xu Ran thoughtfully, her heart easing.

Actually, that was exactly what Gu Yuena had been thinking.

Would the Beast Clan exterminate the Human Clan?

That was simply impossible to achieve, and Xu Ran would not allow it.

What he desired to see was fair competition between the two clans.

As the Silver Dragon King, all she needed to do was obtain a fair chance for the Beast Clan to develop. If they still fell short in a fair competition, there would be nothing to complain about.

"Firstly, the current structure of the Divine Realm remains unchanged."

"After I destroy the Destruction God and the Evil God, I will select someone from among Xiaowu and her companions to inherit these two godhoods. The same goes for the other Tier Two and Tier Three Divine positions. As for you, once you become the Dragon God, you alone will be able to contend against four or five Divine Kings. With this, the balance of power at the high end between the Human and Beast Races will be established,"

"Currently, the Divine Realm has more than thirty First-Level Gods, and Divine Beasts of comparable power will soon emerge. We will give those top ferocious beasts of the Beast Clan an opportunity to become gods, and after becoming gods, they will also possess the combat power of a First-Level God. For example, the Bear Tribe's Duskgold Dreadclaw Bear, the Rabbit Clan's Soft Bone Rabbit... And their godhood can be passed down continuously as well. As for the smaller and weaker clans, what they can strive for are the Tier Two and Three Divine positions of the Beast God."

These were all things that Xu Ran had been contemplating in his mind for a long time.

In fact, humans can become stronger by hunting soul beasts. Similarly, soul beasts can also consume the flesh and blood of humans to increase their strength.

The main reason why soul beasts killing humans to grow stronger on the continent is rarer than Soul Masters obtaining Soul Rings and Soul Bones is due to the subordinate position of the Beast Clans.

When in a subordinate position, they simply cannot step out of the soul beast gathering areas and can only fight and kill each other within the Aquipeia Forest. However, once the Beast Clan's position becomes equal to the Human Clan's, this one-sided hunting relationship will become mutual.

This is somewhat similar to the relationship between magical beasts and humans in Dou Po. Everyone hunts each other to become stronger; the issue isn't simply one of race. In fact, the confrontation between the Human and Beast Races may transform into conflicts of power, where those forces may even include both Humans and Beasts coexisting. Just like in those top-tier fantasy novels, where the prodigies of the Beast Clans can study and cultivate alongside human geniuses within the same Holy Land, within the same residence.

Ultimately, the Divine Realm needs to have a group of Divine Beasts whose strength is comparable to that of Human Gods.

This way, the Divine Beasts will pass down their bloodlines to those uniquely talented soul beasts within the Beast Clan, and their strength will instantly surge. The decline of the Beast Clans will be halted, and they will once again start to climb.

"That's great. As long as we can achieve this, it will be fine," Gu Yuena's eyes sparkled, as the ideas Xu Ran proposed were far better than what she had previously thought.

"Humph. I also want to establish our own soul beast academies and powers," Gu Yuena said excitedly.