Douluo Continent: Starting from Tianshui Academy

Chapter 390 The Gods Were Fooled

Since Ye Liangchen released the prophecy of disaster in the divine realm, the people of the divine realm have been in a state of panic. Some timid gods have been passing on their divine positions one after another, preparing to flee.

From then on, in many lower realms, some cultivators would occasionally hear in their minds: "Young man, do you want to become a god? Becoming a god grants immortality and omnipotence!"

In order to escape, these gods actually started to deceive cultivators with decent strength in the lower realms into inheriting their divine positions.

Ye Liangchen took the opportunity to gather Feng Xiaotian, Hu Liena, the Zhu sisters, and others in Dawn Valley, making it easier for the gods to come down and choose their successors. If they could obtain the divine position inheritance, breaking through to level 100 would be a piece of cake.

Besides Ye Liangchen's group, the best genius soul masters in Douluo Continent are Tang San and his group.

The Rakshasa God was also quite shrewd, seizing the opportunity to manipulate some second-level gods into passing their divine positions to those around Tang San. Since everyone was going to flee anyway, they didn't care who the successor was. Among these second-level gods were the God of Food, the God of War, the Barbarian God, the Black Nether God, and the Yin Sha God—basically, all sorts of strange and unorthodox figures. The God of War chose Dai Mubai, the Barbarian God chose Tai Long, and the Yin Sha God chose Tang San. In this way, Tang San became a dual-god, holding both the Rakshasa God and the Yin Sha God positions, and moreover, a combination of a first-level and a second-level god.

The Dark God chose Ma Hongjun and directly used his divine power to transform his martial soul into a dark phoenix.

After Oscar received the God of Cookery's inheritance, he immediately asked the God of Cookery if he could help Ning Rongrong. Without hesitation, the God of Cookery had his wife, the Nine-Colored Goddess, upgrade Ning Rongrong's martial soul to the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda. This made the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School jump for joy, feeling as if a pie had fallen from the sky and hit them.

Because of his advanced age, Yu Xiaogang did not receive the divine inheritance. However, seeing that everyone around Tang San had received the divine inheritance, he immediately felt that the entire Douluo Continent would be theirs.

The God of Destruction watched as the gods fled, but he ignored them. Instead, he took this opportunity to carry out a great purge of the divine realm, weeding out those who were afraid of death.

The God of Destruction also had his subordinates do a count and learned that there were several hundred gods who wanted to flee, including several dozen second-level gods and three to four hundred third-level gods.

"I used to worry that the increasing number of people in the divine realm would consume too much of its spiritual energy, eventually leading to its depletion. But now, that kid's prophecy of a catastrophe for the divine realm has scared away so many gods. It's practically lightening the burden on the divine realm!"

"Little Purple, if we let the gods slip away like this, the divine realm will probably be almost deserted in the future."

"Little Green, you're overthinking it. It's just some second-level and third-level gods who have run away. There are plenty of these gods in our God Realm, so don't worry about it. Besides, even if the old gods run away, new gods will appear."

Destruction and Life didn't care that so many gods wanted to escape the divine realm. They figured that once the new gods grew up, they would all be incorporated into the divine realm anyway.

What do you think?

The God of Destruction looked at Evil, Goodness, and Asura. Of these three, two were inactive, and the third was about to run away, but their status and position were undeniable.

"Very good! Very good. After all, there are too many gods in the divine realm, so it's not a problem if some escape." Goodness and evil nodded, not really caring about these things.

"I have a feeling that the kid is deliberately spreading rumors. Look, there are a lot of gods who have passed on their divine positions to the people around them."

The Asura God interjected sarcastically, sensing something was amiss. Ye Liangchen hadn't even become a god yet, and he was already forming cliques. Once he did, he could dominate the world.

"What he said is not a rumor. I once used the power of laws to deduce that the God Realm will indeed face a catastrophe in the future."

The Goddess of Life, seeing the Asura God's sarcastic tone, directly confirmed the truth of the disaster prophecy.

"Goddess of Life, that boy is your successor, so naturally you'll speak up for him." The Asura God still didn't quite believe in the so-called divine prophecy of disaster.

"Shura, you're about to run away, why are you still meddling in other people's business? If you dare to question Xiao Lü's decision again, I won't hesitate to loosen your muscles."

When the God of Destruction saw the God of Asura questioning his wife's speculation, he immediately became restless and rolled up his sleeves, ready to fight.

"Come on! Who's afraid of who?" The Asura God also rolled up his sleeves, signaling the other party to bring it on.

"Pfft...!"

Evil and good couldn't help but laugh, both showing expressions of watching a show, thinking: Hurry up and fight!

"Stop arguing! Do you all want to destroy the realm of gods?"

The Goddess of Life shouted to stop the two hot-tempered fellows. Destruction and Asura were both at the peak of the God King realm. If they were to fight, the God Realm would probably be almost completely destroyed.

"Destruction? For the sake of the Goddess of Life, I will not stoop to your level."

The Asura God suppressed his anger, unwilling to fight against Destruction.

"Then you'd better watch out in the future. If you dare to say anything bad about Xiao Lü again, I'll definitely beat you up."

Destruction and Asura were never on good terms. The other party often spoke ill of his wife, which he, as a man who loved his wife, could not tolerate.

……

The five great god-kings sit in the central hub of the divine realm, observing the gods as they search for successors in the lower realms.

Although the God of Destruction was willing to let the gods leave, he still did not want the Seven Deadly Sins and the Seven Elemental Gods to leave the divine realm easily. Otherwise, if all the main gods ran away, the major god-kings would be left with no one to command them.

But now the gods are in a state of panic, and everyone wants to run away. In addition, since even the main gods of the level of Asura and the Sea God have run away, the other gods don't care about anything else. So they all secretly take action and prepare to run away.

"No, we need to prepare as soon as possible."

"If we leave, the committee will probably get very upset."

"The Asura, Rakshasa, and the Sea God have all fled, and now the God of Light has run away too. It shouldn't be a big problem for us to escape, right?"

"Those arrogant guys actually listened to Destruction; they didn't run away."

"The Seven Deadly Sins are minions of destruction, and we, the Seven Elemental Gods, are not his minions, so we don't need to listen to him."

"I previously passed the divine position to that little girl who possesses ultimate light, but her other attribute is ultimate fire. Otherwise, you could have passed the position to her along with darkness."

"Let's go take a look!"

The seven elemental gods gathered together to discuss the future. As for the spacetime storm in the divine realm, everyone preferred to believe it was real rather than not. If they encountered it, they would die. Anyone who didn't run away would be a fool.

"Go find the successor of the Goddess of Life. I heard from the God of Light that the people around that kid are quite good, and there should be several promising talents among them."

"Let's do it this way."

After discussing it, the group rushed back to their respective temples, preparing to descend their projected forms to meet Ye Liangchen.

"Swish..."

Meanwhile, Ye Liangchen and his group, who were cultivating in the Dawn Valley of Seagod Island in Douluo Continent, were all awakened by the divine thought avatars projected by the Seven Elemental Gods.

"Welcome, everyone."

Ye Liangchen looked at the group of gods in front of him. Among them, there were six relatively strong gods whose auras were similar to those of the God of Light. They should be first-level gods. There were also seven or eight relatively weak gods who were estimated to be second-level gods.

"We are the gods of wind, fire, earth, water, darkness, and space among the seven elemental gods."

"Besides these, the rest are second-level gods, including the Phoenix God, the God of Enchantment..."

When these gods saw Ye Liangchen, they introduced themselves one by one without putting on airs. After all, this guy even dared to make a prophecy about a disaster in the divine realm, so he probably knew more than they did.

"So, you all came here looking for a successor, and then you're planning to run away?"

Looking at the gods before him, Ye Liangchen saw that apart from the seven elemental gods, the rest were all a motley crew. They could only be described as a bunch of monsters and demons.

"Indeed, we have this plan." The gods nodded.

"Jin Ling'er, you possess both the attributes of ultimate light and ultimate fire. The God of Light has chosen you, so my position as the God of Fire is also very suitable for you."

After taking a look, Vulcan discovered that Jin Ling'er, Yan, and Huo Wushuang were all fire-attribute soul masters, but Jin Ling'er's fire attribute was the ultimate fire, which was higher than the others, so he chose Jin Ling'er.

"God of Darkness, your divine position is also suitable for Ling'er. The ultimate light is the ultimate darkness."

"You and the God of Light are husband and wife, so it's perfectly fine for your divine position to be passed down to Ling'er as well."

Seeing that Jin Ling'er had obtained the inheritances of the God of Light and the God of Fire, Ye Liangchen simply tricked the God of Darkness into joining him as well, so that Jin Ling'er could obtain the inheritances of three first-level gods.

"You're letting this girl inherit the positions of the three of us elemental gods? Can she handle it?"

The God of Fire and the God of Darkness stared at Ye Liangchen in disbelief, feeling that this kid was too bold.

"It'll work! She possesses the ultimate fire and is destined to inherit the position of the Fire God. No problem."

"The ultimate light is the ultimate darkness, and vice versa. So there's no problem with her inheriting the God of Darkness. I was worried before that she only inherited the God of Light, which was too extreme. Now that the God of Darkness has come, it's just right to balance things out. Only when light and darkness coexist can a balance be achieved."

Ye Liangchen was not worried at all. Jin Ling'er inherited the power of light, darkness, and fire. He would use the Hunyuan Technique to help her refine the power of the three elements and let her master the power of the dark element. Once she grew up, she would be at least at the level of a god-king.

"Brother Ye, will this work?" Jin Ling'er was also startled by Ye Liangchen's idea.

"Don't worry, if I say it's okay, then it's okay." Ye Liangchen nodded and said, the so-called divine position is really nothing special.

"Boy, you said it yourself, so we'll pass the divine position to this girl. Once her soul power reaches level 99, she can receive the inheritance."

The God of Darkness and the God of Fire also left their divine thoughts within Jin Ling'er's body.

"Thank you both."

Jin Ling'er respectfully bowed to the God of Fire and the God of Darkness. Receiving the inheritance of two first-level gods again was an incredible stroke of luck.

"Your name is Shui Bing'er, and you possess ice-attribute power. My position as the Water God is very suitable for you."

The Water God directly chose Shui Bing'er. This girl, despite her young age, has already reached level 94, a titled Douluo. She is simply a genius among geniuses, and we cannot miss her.

"Thank you, Lord Water God."

Shui Bing'er was very excited to receive the inheritance of the Water God. Ye Liangchen had told her before that she could inherit these first-level gods with confidence and then inherit the position of the Ice God, thus obtaining two god positions.

"Your name is Zhu Zhuqing. The God of Speed ​​you received is too weak. My God of Space is a first-level god, which is more suitable for you."

The God of Space glanced at Zhu Zhuqing, then tapped her forehead, leaving a divine thought. He also dispelled the divine thought left by the God of Speed.

"Oh, this..."

Zhu Zhuqing was completely dumbfounded. She had just received the inheritance of the God of Speed, and now the inheritance of the God of Space had suddenly appeared. These gods were actually trying to steal her away.

"Whoosh..."

"God of Space, what do you mean? Are you trying to steal my person?!"

After the God of Speed's divine sense dissipated, a woman's figure suddenly appeared before everyone, angrily cursing at the God of Space.

"God of Speed, isn't there a girl who'd be more suitable for you? Her martial soul is called Sharp-Tailed Swallow, and she's the fastest."

The God of Space pointed at Bai Chenxiang, indicating that the God of Speed ​​should choose that little girl.

"God of Speed, everyone has their struggles. As long as you can pass on your divine position, that's enough. There's no need to be picky."

The other seven elemental gods were also there, trying to persuade the Goddess of Speed ​​not to worry about anything.

"So what if you're a first-level god? You think you're so great!"

The God of Speed ​​had no choice but to select Bai Chenxiang as his successor to the divine position.

"Feng Xiaotian, you possess the wind attribute, making you very suitable for the position of Wind God."

Feng Shen directly chose Feng Xiaotian, even though the other party was only an 86th-level Soul Douluo, he was still a genius.

"Thank you, Lord Wind God."

Feng Xiaotian never expected that he would actually receive a first-level godhood inheritance. Now he can be said to have truly taken off.

"Your name is Yan, and you possess both fire and earth attributes. My position as the Earth God is quite suitable for you."

When the Earth God saw that the three first-level gods had chosen their successors, he directly chose Yan.

Subsequently, among the second-level gods, the God of Enchantment chose Hu Liena, and the Phoenix God chose Huo Wu. Although Huo Wu's martial soul was not a fire phoenix, she possessed the fire attribute, so they simply chose this girl. Other random second-level gods also chose Xie Yue, Huo Wushuang, Qing Ming, the Qian Gu Brothers, Jin Yue'er, and others.

Since these gods are all going to run away anyway, it doesn't matter who they choose as their successor.

"Sister Bobo, you don't need to accept these divine titles."

As for Poseidon, Ye Liangchen used his soul to transmit a message to her, saying that she didn't need to inherit these divine positions. As long as she cultivated diligently, becoming a second-level god in the future would be no problem at all.

"Okay, I'll do as you say."

Poseidon nodded. Now it seemed that these divine positions were nothing special.

"Successor of the Goddess of Life, what are your views on the divine realm?"

The Seven Elemental Gods looked at Ye Liangchen and found that they couldn't see through him at all. Just as the God of Light had said, he was an unfathomable genius.

"The realm of gods is merely a retirement home for you old folks. In my eyes, it's like a cage, and you're like caged birds, forever unable to break free."

"Although you gods have long lives, you are limited by the rules of the divine realm, thus losing your freedom. Moreover, your divine positions are also a shackle, preventing you from breaking free of the constraints. You live your lives in a daze, never reaching a higher realm."

"Actually, it's not your fault. You can only blame this universe for being too damn ridiculous. Whether it's the God Realm or the various planes, they are all too weak, so you gods can't glimpse higher realms."

"I feel sorrow for you, and sorrow for all living beings."

"Life is precious, love is more precious, but freedom is the most precious of all. Whether you are a god or a man, once you cannot live freely, your life will have no meaning."

Ye Liangchen spoke nonsense with a straight face, starting to fool these gods.

"Xiao Chen, what did you say? We don't understand!"

"Sect Master,..."

Poseidon, Shui Bing'er, Feng Xiaotian, and the others were completely stunned by Ye Liangchen's words.

"What does 'this universe is ridiculous' mean?"

The Wind God, Fire God, and the others were utterly astonished by Ye Liangchen's eloquent speech. What kind of monster was this, to be able to say such things?

You can understand this as meaning "too weak".

Ye Liangchen smiled mysteriously. The universe where the Douluo World is located is indeed the weakest universe among all the universes.

"How do you know all this?" Everyone looked at Ye Liangchen in disbelief.

"I dreamt that an old man with a white beard told me that the universe we live in is too weak."

"I remember him saying something like, 'One flower, one world; one leaf, one Bodhi.'"

"Our universe is but a grain of sand among all the heavens and worlds, and the weakest of them all."

Ye Liangchen continued to deceive these gods, popularizing some knowledge about the myriad realms to prevent them from always putting on an aloof and superior attitude.

"All the heavens and myriad realms? What are those?"

Just then, the divine consciousness of the Goddess of Life emerged from between Ye Liangchen's eyebrows and was extremely surprised to hear the little guy say "all the heavens and myriad worlds".

"Xiao Chen, why haven't we heard you mention the myriad realms before?"

Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er asked curiously. The two sisters had been with Ye Liangchen since he was a child, but they had never discovered that the little guy had such a big secret.

"That was just a dream I had." Ye Liangchen nodded, making up an excuse to fool everyone.

"Tell us in detail," the Goddess of Life said, eager to know about the affairs of all the heavens and the myriad worlds.

"The old man with the white beard told me in my dream that there are countless universes outside our universe, collectively known as the myriad realms. Our world, whether it is the realm of gods or the 108 planes below, is the weakest existence."

"So, Goddess Sister, the reason why you five God Kings have been unable to break through to a higher realm is not only because you yourselves cannot create a cultivation system, but also because this universe is limiting you."

Seeing that the Goddess of Life had appeared, Ye Liangchen had no choice but to continue with her.

"How can we get to a higher universe? Did that white-bearded old man tell you any way?"

The Goddess of Life, upon learning that this universe was the weakest among all the heavens and realms, longed to see the outside world.

"The old man said that to go to the outside universe, one must have the power of the creator god to break through the barriers of this world and go to other universes. There is no other way."

What Ye Liangchen said wasn't entirely wrong; without becoming a creator god, it's impossible to break down the barriers of this universe.

"Goddess of Life, this is probably why you chose him as your successor!"

Fengshen and the others now understood why Destruction and Life had chosen Ye Liangchen as their successor.

"Indeed! This is what they call destiny."

The Goddess of Life smiled. It seemed that it was only a matter of time before Ye Liangchen became the God of Creation.

"By the way! Was that prophecy of divine calamity you mentioned told to you by that white-bearded old man?"

The Goddess of Life is currently most worried about the prophecy of a divine disaster, not knowing when the spacetime storm will arrive.

"Yes, that spacetime storm is also called a black hole. It can devour everything. Once these planets are sucked in, they will quickly turn to ashes."

"The old man with the white beard said that the black hole will reach the realm of gods in tens of thousands of years. For your realm of gods, that's only a hundred years. After all, one day in your realm of gods is one year in our realm of gods."

Ye Liangchen recalled that the destruction of the God Realm seemed to have occurred more than 20,000 years later. A time-space storm, coupled with the Golden Dragon King's uprising, directly destroyed the God Realm. In order to save the God Realm, the two God Kings of Life and Destruction merged and briefly reached the level of the Creator God, but they still could not save the God Realm. They only saved some gods.

"Only a hundred years? Goddess of Life, you won't blame us for running away, will you?"

The seven elemental gods were terrified when they heard that the divine realm would face annihilation in just a hundred years.

"What's there to blame? If you want to leave, then leave!"

The Goddess of Life didn't care about these runaway gods. As long as the people around Ye Liangchen could grow stronger, the Seven Elemental Gods would also return to the God Realm.

"These gods are so easy to fool!"

Seeing the stunned expressions on the gods' faces, Ye Liangchen was secretly laughing his head off. Sure enough, the gods or humans in the Douluo world weren't very bright. With just a few words of deception, they were completely bewildered.

……

"What? Over a hundred years? The God Realm will encounter a spacetime storm? This is going to be troublesome."

"A hundred years is but a fleeting moment for us gods."

At the same time, in the central realm of the gods, the beings of destruction, evil, good, and asura were startled by the message relayed back by the Goddess of Life.

"Goddess of Destruction and Life, you chose him because you wanted him to grow up under the guidance of the Creator God and resolve the calamities of the divine realm, didn't you?"

The Asura God now finally understands that the purpose of Life and Destruction in choosing Ye Liangchen was to create a creator god.

"This is indeed our goal. Once he can grow into a creator god, the disasters of the divine realm can be averted."

The Goddess of Life nodded, saying that she had always thought highly of Ye Liangchen. Now that Ye Liangchen had dreamed of the white-bearded old man, he might have received some kind of opportunity.

Now that the little guy has spoken out in front of the God of Fire and the others, the Goddess of Life is worried that other gods will covet the opportunities the little guy has. It seems that she has to continue to leave her divine thoughts on the little guy so that she can protect him as he grows into a God-King. Once the little guy grows to the level of a God-King, he can sweep away everything.

"Little Green, that little guy said that among all the universes, our universe is actually the weakest. Besides that, what else does he know?"

The God of Destruction was very interested in the white-bearded old man mentioned by Ye Liangchen. If he could meet that powerful figure, he might be able to obtain great fortune.

"The myriad realms? I wonder if what that kid said is true? If it is, then it's truly something to yearn for."

The three—Shura, Evil, and Good—all showed expressions of curiosity. Having the opportunity to go to this world outside the universe, none of them wanted to stay here.

"He only said that he dreamed of that white-bearded old man, and that the white-bearded old man told him that if he wanted to go to other worlds, he had to reach the creator god, and that there was nothing else."

The Goddess of Life looked at the group of people in front of her, feeling a little worried. She was afraid that they would suspect that Ye Liangchen had obtained some kind of opportunity, and she was especially worried that the God of Destruction would covet the secrets of that little guy. She didn't know how she would face them then.

Having stayed in Ye Liangchen's soul sea for so long, the Goddess of Life was very happy to be called "Goddess Sister" by that little guy. Now she treats him like her own child and doesn't want him to suffer any harm.

(End of this chapter)