Douluo Continent: The Ten Kings of Hell, I am the Emperor of the Underworld

Chapter 109 Gu Yuena Enters the Underworld, Di Tian's Regret
A short while later, Di Tian flew out of the Lake of Life again.

“Mr. Ning, the Lord wants to speak with you personally.”

“Yes, I heard you,” Ning Qiuyang said.

A powerful spiritual force emanated from the bottom of the Lake of Life, and a clear yet majestic voice appeared in Ning Qiuyang's ears.

"Di Tian said you possess a realm that goes unnoticed by the God Realm, and you can even convert soul beasts into divine power, and even grant them godhood. Can you tell me how you did that?"

"Heh." Ning Qiuyang chuckled softly.

"Don't you think this question is a bit much? You don't need to know how I came to possess the underworld. All you need to know is that by joining the underworld, you can avoid being discovered and hunted down by the gods, and you can also recover from your injuries quickly."

After Ning Qiuyang finished speaking, the Silver Dragon King did not reply immediately.

After a long while, the voice rang out again.

"Although you can deceive the divine realm for a while, you will eventually clash with them. Are you confident that you can withstand their attack?"

Ning Qiuyang had thought about this problem long ago.

"The underworld and the divine realm may clash sooner or later. The underworld's overall strength is indeed inferior to that of the divine realm, but it is absolutely impossible for the divine realm to destroy the underworld."

The Silver Dragon King fell silent again.

She had gotten the answer she wanted: the underworld and the divine realm were not connected, and in fact, there was a high probability they were hostile to each other.

For her, that was enough.

Although she escaped the pursuit of the gods, it would take her countless millennia just to recover from her injuries, let alone seek revenge.

Now there is a place in the underworld where she can find peace and recover from her injuries; there is no better place.

Moreover, this underworld has great potential for development and is not hostile to soul beasts.

If a real conflict were to break out between the underworld and the divine realm in the future, perhaps this could be used as a means of revenge.

"I have one last question."

"Ask away." Ning Qiuyang knew that the Silver Dragon King was already tempted.

"What level of godhood in the divine realm does the divine position you're preparing to give me correspond to?"

"A first-level god."

"A first-level god?"

The Silver Dragon King wasn't disappointed by this; at her peak, her strength far surpassed that of a first-level god. However, she was now severely injured, and this outcome had exceeded her expectations.

She had thought that the underworld, being a newly emerging plane, would be lucky to produce even a few second-level deities.

"So, have you made your choice?" Ning Qiuyang asked.

The lake water rippled, as if some enormous creature was about to rise from the bottom.

But what slowly emerged from beneath the lake was a silver-haired woman.

Her face appeared somewhat pale, and Ning Qiuyang could sense her weakness from the subtle fluctuations in her aura.

"Lord."

Upon the appearance of the Silver Dragon King, Di Tian immediately bowed respectfully.

Although Xiong Jun had long harbored the idea of ​​switching allegiance, he was still intimidated by the aura of the Silver Dragon King when he appeared, and dared not show the slightest disrespect.

"I agree to join the underworld."

Perhaps due to his severe injuries, the Silver Dragon King's real voice was less majestic and more weak and gentle compared to his telepathic communication.

"Very good." Ning Qiuyang clapped his hands in satisfaction. "Yin... do you have any other names? Should we just call you Silver Dragon King? Calling you Ah Yin isn't quite right either, since there's already an Ah Yin in the underworld."

Silver Dragon King: ...

She hadn't expected that Ning Qiuyang's first question would be about how she addressed him.

The Silver Dragon King tilted her head and thought for a moment. Suddenly, a name popped into her mind.

"You can call me Gu Yuena, that will be my other name from now on."

Is it still the same name after all these years?
"Alright, Gu Yuena, come with me, I'll take you to see the underworld."

Gu Yuena nodded slightly, then said to Di Tian:

"Di Tian, ​​after I leave, you must protect the Star Dou Great Forest."

"Yes, my lord." After giving instructions to Di Tian, ​​Gu Yuena had no more hesitation and followed Ning Qiuyang onto the road to the underworld.

After the two disappeared completely, Di Tian suddenly felt that something was wrong.

He repeatedly refused the great opportunities that came his way in order to protect the Silver Dragon King. Now that the Silver Dragon King has accepted Ning Qiuyang's invitation to join the Underworld, he is still staying in the Star Dou Great Forest.

This doesn't make sense. He missed so many opportunities, and this is the result?
No, if I had known it would be like this, I wouldn't have refused either the Prison-Suppressing Divine Beast or the Underworld Godhood.

The Lord has gone to the underworld, what's the point of him staying? To protect the Star Dou Great Forest? What can he use to protect it? If he dares to slaughter Soul Masters indiscriminately, the punishment from the God Realm might descend at any moment.

I finally managed to do my duty faithfully this once, and you made me lose so completely, ugh~

Compared to the slow-to-realize Di Tian, ​​Xiong Jun was full of hope.

Next time, when the Lord comes again, He will surely entrust me with an important task. I can't wait!

However, before the Lord comes again, His illustrious name must be remembered by every soul beast in the Star Dou Great Forest that is over ten thousand years old, and sung in praise of Him from time to time.

When the Lord comes up and sees how well you have done, there may be other rewards.

Seeing Xiong Jun's appearance, Di Tian's depressed mood improved slightly.

Compared to this idiot, I'm not completely stupid.

Xiong Jun left excitedly, carrying with him what he thought was the task Ning Qiuyang had assigned him.

Then Di Tian came to the Lake of Life.

"sleep."

Just as he was about to plunge into the lake, Di Tian slammed on the brakes and stopped abruptly.

"That's not right. The Lord has already left. What's the point of me sleeping now? I'm not in the mood to sleep at all."

Thinking about the two opportunities I missed in a row.

Will Mr. Ning come again? Even if he does, will he give me another chance?

Di Tian was deeply worried, feeling that he might have been ungrateful.

Having missed two opportunities to be recruited by Mr. Ning, it seems unlikely that there will be another chance.

Thinking about this, he became even more depressed, and all traces of sleepiness he had been feeling completely vanished.

"I'm not even as good as that big idiot Xiong Jun."

Di Tian suddenly slapped his head.

At least Xiong Jun still has hope, or at least he believes he still has hope, but I may really have no hope left.

If he could do it all over again, when faced with Ning Qiuyang's offer to recruit him, Di Tian would only want to say three words to Ning Qiuyang: "I'm willing."

If he were to put a time limit on his loyalty to the underworld, he would hope it would be forever.

"No~"

His divine power, his divine status, what exactly did he miss?

"This is the underworld?"

On the other side, Gu Yuena, entering the underworld for the first time, was filled with curiosity.

She had spent a long time in the divine realm and had a deep understanding of it.

In her view, this underworld, though not yet perfect, was as immature as a newborn world.

However, the rules of the underworld are mysterious and profound, and the order is strict and ancient. Although its foundation is shallow, its development potential is absolutely no less than that of the divine realm, and may even surpass it.

"Well? After seeing the underworld, you should have some confidence in its ability to fight against the divine realm."

Gu Yuena nodded seriously.

"It's hard to imagine why such a world with such high development potential would have come into being."

She glanced at Ning Qiuyang with curiosity.

What she found even more unimaginable was that such a world could be controlled by someone like him who had not yet become a god.

"Come with me, let's go see the divine succession you are to receive."

(End of this chapter)