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**Chapter 202: The Lonely Silver Dragon King.**
**2023-04-04 Author: Fu Hejun**
In the video.
After listening to Di Tian's explanation and understanding the current predicament where soul beasts could not break through a million years of cultivation to become divine beasts, the Silver Dragon King fell silent. Because of the schemes the God Realm had enacted upon the Douluo Continent, even if she awakened now, she couldn't change anything.
The so-called inability of soul beasts to become gods and the heavenly tribulations they faced were all operations conducted by the God Realm through its central hub. Even though the God Realm had fled, the altered rules could not be interfered with except by a power of the same level.
While the strongest in the God Realm was a God King, this didn't mean the central hub was also at the "God King" level. On the contrary, as the core of the entire God Realm, controlling numerous lesser worlds under its command, it possessed a power that absolutely transcended the God King level.
Let's tentatively call the level above God King the "Creation-level." This is because the being who originally created the God Realm undoubtedly surpassed the God King level, and since they were a Creator God, the level above God King is referred to as such. (The God Realm in this text adopts the settings from the first three Douluo novels, where the Dragon God is a God King who ascended from the lower realm. As for the *Ultimate Douluo* setting where the Dragon God is a Creator God, the author feels it's too far-fetched, because acknowledging that setting would mean the plot of the first three novels is a complete joke.)
As the core of the entire God Realm, the power it possessed was naturally at the Creation-level. The modifications applied to the planet were simply not something a mere God King like the Silver Dragon King could hope to shake.
Therefore, the Silver Dragon King's current awakening could not change the soul beasts' awkward situation, nor could it allow them to break through to the god-level. The only difference was that the Soul Beast Faction's top-tier combat power now included one more God King-level expert.
However, one God King-level combatant could not bridge the gap in top-tier strength between humanity and the soul beasts. According to Di Tian, the strongest on the human side was the Lord of White Cloud City, Ye Cheng, whose strength was that of a nine-ringed God Ring Master, equivalent to a God King in the God Realm.
Besides City Lord Ye, there were two other human powerhouses, Sun Zhongjing and Neptune, who were also at the God King level. However, they only had eight divine rings, a gap compared to Ye Cheng's nine, but they were undoubtedly still at the God King level.
Both eight and nine divine rings belonged to the God King stage, far beyond what the seven-ring level could compare to.
Upon learning that the Human Faction now had three God King-level powerhouses, the Silver Dragon King felt a bit dizzy. She had originally thought that with the God Realm gone, her God King-level strength would be enough to dominate the Douluo Continent.
But then she was suddenly informed that the opposing humans had three experts of the same level as her. What was worse, they also had many First-Level and Second-Level God subordinates. Meanwhile, she didn't even have a single divine beast under her command, with only herself, a "god," to hold the fort.
Just thinking about it made the Silver Dragon King feel that the soul beasts truly had no bright future.
In reality, when Di Tian and the others saw the Silver Dragon King's inner monologue revealed in the video, they realized that even with the God Realm gone, their Master could not solve the problem of soul beasts being unable to become gods. Their hearts instantly turned cold.
How could this be?!
Even their Master couldn't solve the problem... Was their Soul Beast Clan destined to never rise again?
Despair immediately filled Di Tian's heart.
They could already envision a future video showing the soul beasts' top-tier combatants being completely annihilated during the abyssal invasion, ultimately leaving only their Master as a solitary figure.
Meanwhile, in the God Realm, the five God Kings couldn't sit still after seeing the Silver Dragon King's appearance in the video.
"Should we descend to the lower realm and slay it immediately?!" the hot-tempered Destruction God suggested.
"Impossible. We cannot go there so easily," the God of Evil said, shaking his head.
"We know too little about this Q&A; we cannot go to the Douluo Continent lightly," the Asura God agreed.
"Then should we send those five God Officials to slay the slumbering Silver Dragon King?" the Life Goddess suddenly asked.
"In the battle back then, although the Silver Dragon King's divine sense was shattered and she was heavily injured, a wounded tiger is still a tiger. With her current strength, if she acted without regard for the consequences, she could possess the power of a God King for a short time. Five mere God Officials are simply no match for her," the Destruction God said, shaking his head.
"Then... are we just going to watch? Do nothing?" the God of Good asked.
The other four God Kings fell silent.
The rebellion initiated by the Dragon God in the God Realm back then had ultimately resulted in the Soul Beast Faction being completely suppressed. The Dragon God, as the leader, had split himself at the final moment before his death, creating two life forms that were extensions of his own life.
The Golden Dragon King and the Silver Dragon King.
The Golden Dragon King was suppressed in the God Realm, while the Silver Dragon King was heavily injured, her divine sense shattered. She had escaped into the space-time turbulence during the chaos, her whereabouts unknown.
Over the years, the God Realm had never given up on pursuing the Silver Dragon King. Unfortunately, the universe is so vast that trying to capture a god in its boundless expanse was like searching for a needle in a haystack.
Now, through the future video from the lower realm, the five God Kings had just discovered that the Silver Dragon King was actually recuperating right under their noses. A classic case of the darkest place being right under the lamp!
If it were before, had they known the Silver Dragon King was recuperating on the Douluo Continent, the five God Kings would have undoubtedly violated their own rules, descended to the lower realm, and utterly destroyed her!
But unfortunately, that was no longer possible.
The Douluo Continent had a mysterious Q&A.
Previously, they had attempted to control this Q&A, even using the power of the God Realm's central hub to do so. They were easily defeated, which left the God Realm severely weakened.
This significant setback made the five God Kings completely unwilling to descend to the lower realm so easily. That mysterious Q&A was too enigmatic; who knew what would happen if they went there?
So now, even knowing the Silver Dragon King was on the Douluo Continent, the five God Kings didn't dare to act rashly. Moreover, from the information in the previous video, they had learned that before the current abyssal invasion, the Silver Dragon King was still heavily injured and in a deep slumber, her strength far from its peak. For the time being, she posed no threat.
Of course, even if the Silver Dragon King recovered to her full power, the God Realm's side wouldn't be afraid. After all, the path for beasts in the lower realm to become gods had been sealed. Being forever unable to become gods meant the Silver Dragon King was destined to be a solitary figure.
This was precisely one of the reasons the God Realm had established the rule that beasts could not become gods. The purpose was to prevent the Silver Dragon King from gathering divine beasts in the lower realm and secretly growing stronger, thereby avoiding the awkward scenario of her leading an army of divine beast subordinates to attack the God Realm.
By fundamentally severing the path for beasts to become gods, they had completely eradicated the threat of the Silver Dragon King. She was destined never to gather any divine beasts as subordinates. She could only ever fight alone. Just like in the video, her own strength was formidable, but she didn't have a single divine beast under her command. The contributions of Di Tian and the others were completely negligible.
(end of chapter)
**2023-04-04 Author: Fu Hejun**
In the video.
After listening to Di Tian's explanation and understanding the current predicament where soul beasts could not break through a million years of cultivation to become divine beasts, the Silver Dragon King fell silent. Because of the schemes the God Realm had enacted upon the Douluo Continent, even if she awakened now, she couldn't change anything.
The so-called inability of soul beasts to become gods and the heavenly tribulations they faced were all operations conducted by the God Realm through its central hub. Even though the God Realm had fled, the altered rules could not be interfered with except by a power of the same level.
While the strongest in the God Realm was a God King, this didn't mean the central hub was also at the "God King" level. On the contrary, as the core of the entire God Realm, controlling numerous lesser worlds under its command, it possessed a power that absolutely transcended the God King level.
Let's tentatively call the level above God King the "Creation-level." This is because the being who originally created the God Realm undoubtedly surpassed the God King level, and since they were a Creator God, the level above God King is referred to as such. (The God Realm in this text adopts the settings from the first three Douluo novels, where the Dragon God is a God King who ascended from the lower realm. As for the *Ultimate Douluo* setting where the Dragon God is a Creator God, the author feels it's too far-fetched, because acknowledging that setting would mean the plot of the first three novels is a complete joke.)
As the core of the entire God Realm, the power it possessed was naturally at the Creation-level. The modifications applied to the planet were simply not something a mere God King like the Silver Dragon King could hope to shake.
Therefore, the Silver Dragon King's current awakening could not change the soul beasts' awkward situation, nor could it allow them to break through to the god-level. The only difference was that the Soul Beast Faction's top-tier combat power now included one more God King-level expert.
However, one God King-level combatant could not bridge the gap in top-tier strength between humanity and the soul beasts. According to Di Tian, the strongest on the human side was the Lord of White Cloud City, Ye Cheng, whose strength was that of a nine-ringed God Ring Master, equivalent to a God King in the God Realm.
Besides City Lord Ye, there were two other human powerhouses, Sun Zhongjing and Neptune, who were also at the God King level. However, they only had eight divine rings, a gap compared to Ye Cheng's nine, but they were undoubtedly still at the God King level.
Both eight and nine divine rings belonged to the God King stage, far beyond what the seven-ring level could compare to.
Upon learning that the Human Faction now had three God King-level powerhouses, the Silver Dragon King felt a bit dizzy. She had originally thought that with the God Realm gone, her God King-level strength would be enough to dominate the Douluo Continent.
But then she was suddenly informed that the opposing humans had three experts of the same level as her. What was worse, they also had many First-Level and Second-Level God subordinates. Meanwhile, she didn't even have a single divine beast under her command, with only herself, a "god," to hold the fort.
Just thinking about it made the Silver Dragon King feel that the soul beasts truly had no bright future.
In reality, when Di Tian and the others saw the Silver Dragon King's inner monologue revealed in the video, they realized that even with the God Realm gone, their Master could not solve the problem of soul beasts being unable to become gods. Their hearts instantly turned cold.
How could this be?!
Even their Master couldn't solve the problem... Was their Soul Beast Clan destined to never rise again?
Despair immediately filled Di Tian's heart.
They could already envision a future video showing the soul beasts' top-tier combatants being completely annihilated during the abyssal invasion, ultimately leaving only their Master as a solitary figure.
Meanwhile, in the God Realm, the five God Kings couldn't sit still after seeing the Silver Dragon King's appearance in the video.
"Should we descend to the lower realm and slay it immediately?!" the hot-tempered Destruction God suggested.
"Impossible. We cannot go there so easily," the God of Evil said, shaking his head.
"We know too little about this Q&A; we cannot go to the Douluo Continent lightly," the Asura God agreed.
"Then should we send those five God Officials to slay the slumbering Silver Dragon King?" the Life Goddess suddenly asked.
"In the battle back then, although the Silver Dragon King's divine sense was shattered and she was heavily injured, a wounded tiger is still a tiger. With her current strength, if she acted without regard for the consequences, she could possess the power of a God King for a short time. Five mere God Officials are simply no match for her," the Destruction God said, shaking his head.
"Then... are we just going to watch? Do nothing?" the God of Good asked.
The other four God Kings fell silent.
The rebellion initiated by the Dragon God in the God Realm back then had ultimately resulted in the Soul Beast Faction being completely suppressed. The Dragon God, as the leader, had split himself at the final moment before his death, creating two life forms that were extensions of his own life.
The Golden Dragon King and the Silver Dragon King.
The Golden Dragon King was suppressed in the God Realm, while the Silver Dragon King was heavily injured, her divine sense shattered. She had escaped into the space-time turbulence during the chaos, her whereabouts unknown.
Over the years, the God Realm had never given up on pursuing the Silver Dragon King. Unfortunately, the universe is so vast that trying to capture a god in its boundless expanse was like searching for a needle in a haystack.
Now, through the future video from the lower realm, the five God Kings had just discovered that the Silver Dragon King was actually recuperating right under their noses. A classic case of the darkest place being right under the lamp!
If it were before, had they known the Silver Dragon King was recuperating on the Douluo Continent, the five God Kings would have undoubtedly violated their own rules, descended to the lower realm, and utterly destroyed her!
But unfortunately, that was no longer possible.
The Douluo Continent had a mysterious Q&A.
Previously, they had attempted to control this Q&A, even using the power of the God Realm's central hub to do so. They were easily defeated, which left the God Realm severely weakened.
This significant setback made the five God Kings completely unwilling to descend to the lower realm so easily. That mysterious Q&A was too enigmatic; who knew what would happen if they went there?
So now, even knowing the Silver Dragon King was on the Douluo Continent, the five God Kings didn't dare to act rashly. Moreover, from the information in the previous video, they had learned that before the current abyssal invasion, the Silver Dragon King was still heavily injured and in a deep slumber, her strength far from its peak. For the time being, she posed no threat.
Of course, even if the Silver Dragon King recovered to her full power, the God Realm's side wouldn't be afraid. After all, the path for beasts in the lower realm to become gods had been sealed. Being forever unable to become gods meant the Silver Dragon King was destined to be a solitary figure.
This was precisely one of the reasons the God Realm had established the rule that beasts could not become gods. The purpose was to prevent the Silver Dragon King from gathering divine beasts in the lower realm and secretly growing stronger, thereby avoiding the awkward scenario of her leading an army of divine beast subordinates to attack the God Realm.
By fundamentally severing the path for beasts to become gods, they had completely eradicated the threat of the Silver Dragon King. She was destined never to gather any divine beasts as subordinates. She could only ever fight alone. Just like in the video, her own strength was formidable, but she didn't have a single divine beast under her command. The contributions of Di Tian and the others were completely negligible.
(end of chapter)
