Douluo: Phoenix God Descends, Emperor Flame Burns the Sky

Chapter 655 Victory means becoming the master of all soul beasts, defeat means becoming the dragon beast beneath you.

The most widely circulated version now is that the Dragon God died in the siege of the five great god kings and was eventually cut in two by the Asura Divine Sword.

But as a former rival of the Dragon God, Maple Leaf scoffed at this claim.

Even if the five great god-kings were combined, they wouldn't be enough to defeat the Dragon God with one hand.

If the Dragon God were so easy to kill, how could Maple Leaf have been defeated in the first place?
Despite his loathing for the Dragon God, Maple Leaf had to admit that the Dragon God's power was indeed unprecedented.

It could even be described as the existence closest to the laws of the universe.

Hearing the maple leaf's question.

Wang Qiu'er and Gu Yuena both fell silent.

a long time.

Wang Qiu'er shook her head.

"The original essence of the Golden Dragon King that I received only contained some fragmented memories, all of which were scenes of battle. I was not clear about the death of the Dragon God."

Gu Yuena sighed.

"The Dragon God is dead. What's the point of discussing these things now?"

Maple Leaf said:
"Of course it makes sense."

"The death of the Dragon God could not have been caused by external factors. It could only have been due to its own collapse. At its level, only it could kill itself!"

"And Lin Xiao will become the one who carries on the legacy and is closest to the level of the Dragon God."

In other words, Lin Xiao may follow the same path that the Dragon God has walked.

Gu Yuena understood the subtext of the maple leaf.

She sneered:

"Even if I knew, why should I tell you?"

Lin Xiao silently stretched out his palm, preparing to activate the Emperor Flame Mark. Gu Yuena panicked when she saw this action and quickly said:
"It's not really a secret, so I won't mind telling you."

"I don't know why the Dragon God fell."

"When the Dragon God went mad and lost his mind, he personally killed the other Dragon Kings, causing great suffering to the gods. At that time, the gods were mainly beast-like beings, but most of them died at the hands of the Dragon God."

"Later, during a brief moment of lucidity, the Dragon God regretted everything he had done and ultimately asked the Asura God to divide it into the Golden Dragon King and the Silver Dragon King."

"The Dragon God had many problems at the time."

"First, the Dragon God, as the strongest God King in the Douluo God Realm, has mastered nine attributes and is attempting to break through the limits and control the tenth attribute."

"Secondly, the Dragon God attempted to push the Dragon God Realm to evolve into a God Star, which caused the two opposing personalities within him, good and evil, life and destruction, to become irreconcilable."

"Thirdly, the Dragon God attempted to integrate human cultivation methods to break through the shackles of the soul beast bloodline, but failed, which caused a power disorder."

"Fourth, the Dragon God has been consuming resentment and negative emotions for a long time, which makes him very unstable."

"There are some other scattered reasons, but no one knows which one caused the Dragon God to go mad."

Maple Leaf was dumbfounded.

I've seen people court death, but I've never seen anyone court death like this.

It really does prove what she said true!
The only thing in this world capable of killing the Dragon God is the Dragon God himself.

She even felt:
If he were still alive, the Dragon God might not have ended up in this state. It was because the Phoenix God King fell that the Dragon God became invincible, which made him extremely confident and ambitious.

In the end, he got burned.

Lin Xiao fell into deep thought.

"Its rise was swift, and its fall was sudden."

"Things often decline unexpectedly when they are at their most prosperous, catching everyone off guard."

Lin Xiao felt that this was somewhat similar to the Qin Dynasty on Earth.

After unifying the six kingdoms, the Qin Empire should have been at its peak of power, yet it collapsed rapidly within a few decades. "The Dragon God was too greedy. He wanted to master the tenth elemental power, evolve the Dragon Realm into a divine star, integrate human cultivation systems to break the shackles of the soul beast bloodline, and strengthen himself by devouring the resentment of dragons and other beast races..."

"Taking too big a step can easily lead to trouble."

"Perhaps the Dragon God has done far more than just these few things at the same time, and each one is unprecedented and unimaginable to others. Even if there were problems with just one of them, it wouldn't have killed the Dragon God. But all of them erupted at once."

Lin Xiao's thoughts gradually became clearer.

"Therefore, I must not repeat the mistakes of the Dragon God."

"Fortunately, I had a clear direction from the beginning. I have many Phoenix Flames, each with different abilities, but all of them can be fused together to become the Emperor Flame."

"Return to simplicity and authenticity, and all paths lead to oneness."

Lin Xiao looked at Gu Yuena and said firmly:
"Gu Yuena, if I'm not mistaken, the elemental power within you comes from separate sources and cannot be fused together, right?"

Gu Yuena nodded, looking at Lin Xiao with considerable surprise.

"Your elemental abilities can be fused?"

"How can different elemental forces possibly merge together!"

Lin Xiao said calmly:
"Yes, elements are meant to be used for differentiation."

"But what if all the elemental powers I possess share a fundamental common characteristic?"

The most fundamental characteristic...

Gu Yuena frowned, lost in thought, but couldn't come up with a solution for a long time.

Wang Qiu'er said with a smile:
"fool!"

"It's fire!"

"Isn't the common characteristic of all of Lin Xiao's elemental abilities fire?"

"Isn't the Emperor Flame Mark planted on your soul a product of the fusion of all of Lin Xiao's elemental flames?"

Hit people without slapping their faces, and curse people without revealing shortcomings.

Wang Qiu'er's words struck a nerve with Gu Yuena, causing her to glare at her angrily.

"You imperial beast, once I've recovered from my injuries, I'm going to teach you a lesson!"

"Hey, you dragon mount, who gave you the right to speak to the mistress like that?"

Gu Yuena was furious.

"I, Gu Yuena, would rather die, even if I were to jump into the Lake of Life and drown or be choked to death, than become Lin Xiao's mount!"

Lin Xiao glanced at Gu Yuena.

Not salty or bland:
"Some dragons are really hypocritical. They keep talking about the long-term plan for the soul beasts and the hope for the soul beasts, but they only ever think about being the one who enjoys it, without making any contribution whatsoever."

"How come it's okay for you to be the boss and order others to work themselves to the bone, but when it's your turn to do some hard work, you suddenly become all high and mighty?"

"Gu Yuena, to be honest, you are really quite disappointing."

Gu Yuena clenched her fists in anger.

"Lin Xiao, since you think I'm incompetent as the Lord of Soul Beasts, now it's your turn. You'd better show me some real achievements!"

"All they do all day is make empty promises and deceive people!"

Do you think I'm as foolish as those ferocious beasts in the Lake of Life?

Lin Xiao said calmly:
"We've already hit you, slapped you, but it seems you're still not convinced. In that case, let's make a bet."

“If I am not as good as you, or not much better than you, I will voluntarily give you the position of the Lord of Soul Beasts.”

"But if I am far superior to you."

"From now on, you will only be my dragon beast, addressing me as Master, and you must not show the slightest disrespect!"

(End of this chapter)