From the Soul Motion Machine onwards, the Mechanized Douluo

Chapter 558 Chaotic Spiritual Root - Twelve-Leaf Green Lotus! (Thanks to 'Yunran Mofeng' for the donation)

The Asura God King's targeting of Chen Hong was merely due to a conflict of interest.

If Chen Hong were to rise to power in a different world, or if a new era were to be born sooner or later, the Asura God King would not pay any attention to Chen Hong.

However, Chen Hong's birth was too coincidental; he just happened to run into a promising but conventional talent that the Asura God King had specifically recruited from other planes.

There was no other way; once Chen Hong rose to power, things in the God Realm would become much more complicated, and the Asura God King would be unable to leave. However, now that the Asura God King had made up his mind to leave the God Realm, he would naturally do everything in his power to help Tang San achieve final victory, thus becoming an unchanging "anchor point" for him within the God Realm.

"However, Poseidon need not be so anxious. There is still plenty of time. We can observe slowly." Sensing that Poseidon seemed to be losing control of his emotions due to the instability of his own realm, the Asura God King spoke up calmly to remind him.

"Chen Hong has a human body, but he follows the path of a soul beast. In the end, he will still be far inferior in terms of combat power evolution," the Asura God King said slowly.

Upon hearing this, Poseidon, the god of the sea, narrowed his eyes slightly, noticing what Chen Hong was still lacking in his path to godhood.

Poseidon, the sea god, couldn't help but sneer at Chen Hong, who was under the lightning tribulation: "Without absorbing soul bones, the ultimate result is that you won't have your own divine armor when you become a god, and you won't have your own divine artifacts when facing traditional deities. History has proven that divine beasts of the same level cannot defeat fully armed deities!"

Poseidon's words drew the attention of the other gods, and even the god of craftsmen couldn't help but think to himself, "This is troublesome."

The Douluo Realm is a rather special plane, one of the core fragments of the Dragon God's Domain and one of the origins of the Soul Beast race. Therefore, when the God Realm later established a new Soul Master system, it granted the Soul Master system many preferential treatments. In fact, the God Realm simplified the system originally designed for gods and then presented it to humanity as the Soul Master system.

This is why, at the moment of becoming a god, a Soul Master in the Douluo Realm can have all their Soul Bones directly transformed into divine armor and their Martial Soul into divine artifacts. Becoming a god means becoming a complete god! This is a benefit that no other world has. People in other worlds who become gods still have to forge their own divine artifacts and divine armor. How can the Douluo Realm be like this, where becoming a god directly gives you a complete set of equipment?

"Who knows?" The God of Life looked down at the thunderclouds in the lower realm, his gaze seemingly piercing through the plane and landing directly on Chen Hong's body.

Chen Hong possessed a power that even she found difficult to comprehend. Even as a God-King, when she examined Chen Hong's seventh soul ring, its color remained chaotic and formless.

Why did the God King of Destruction and others firmly believe that Chen Hong possessed the potential to become a God King? It was because Chen Hong possessed powers and concepts that even a God King could not comprehend or observe.

In the realm of gods, what kind of god can become a god-king? Either one whose path is incomprehensible to others, or one whose path, even if understood by others, has not been as far-reaching as one's own.

Of course, possessing a Dao that others cannot comprehend does not necessarily guarantee becoming a God-King. The fact that others cannot understand it only means you have no rivals on this path. However, if you don't go far enough, you still cannot become a God-King. Existing examples of this are the God of Time and the God of Space, both first-level gods. The former has become lost in time itself, while the latter is content with the status quo and makes no further progress.

In the words of the God of Destruction, Chen Hong has potential, but whether he can realize it depends on his fate.

There are many geniuses in this world, but only those who are still growing have a significant voice.

"Unless it is innate, the process of a God-King's attainment of enlightenment is extremely arduous, to the point that no one can interfere." The God-King of Life sighed slightly.

Once the path to godhood is opened, one must experience the process alone; no one can interfere.

Because some people want it to succeed, some want it to fail, and some want to usurp its position and advance over its corpse.

The God of Life deeply admired Ye Lingling of the Nine-Hearted Begonia, but the God of Destruction repeatedly asked for her opinion, yet she remained silent. This was because the rules of the God Realm dictated that no one could interfere with the path to becoming a God King; even the God of Asura could only use his successor, Tang San, to suppress Chen Hong.

Apart from the Asura God-King, the other four God-Kings in the God Realm were all innate gods. The Asura God-King fought his way up from the back, and when no one blocked his path anymore, he became a God-King.

Therefore, everyone understood that when facing the newly born God King, they could not take sides or make rash decisions, because one wrong move could lead to their death and annihilation.

"But the successor of the Twelve-Leaf Green Lotus cannot be touched." The Goddess of Life said indifferently. She could not control Chen Hong, but she was now making it clear that she would protect the successor of the Twelve-Leaf Green Lotus just in case.

The Twelve-Leaf Azure Lotus, one of the primordial spiritual roots from the beginning of the Divine Realm, is a companion spiritual root of the Tree of Life. During the Dragon Clan's Calamity, the first Black Dragon King devoured the roots of the Tree of Life. When the Tree of Life was about to perish, the Twelve-Leaf Azure Lotus sacrificed itself to help the Tree of Life attain the status of a God-King. The Nine-Hearted Begonia is the reflection of the Twelve-Leaf Azure Lotus's power in the Douluo Realm.

In the Douluo Continent, this rule is reflected in many places. As one of the core fragments of the Dragon God's Domain, the Douluo Continent's foundation is no less than that of some large planes, such as the entire Abyss Plane.

Mortals cannot bear or understand the power of gods. Therefore, the power that mortals can accept is only the form of power that mortals can understand. This gave birth to special martial souls that are exceptionally stable, such as the Sun, the Silver Moon, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, and the Nine Heart Begonia.

"Of course," the Asura God King replied calmly.

Ever since Ye Lingling defied fate and unleashed her martial soul, the Asura God King has had no interest in her. Her connection with the Life God King is too profound. Even if the Life God King didn't say anything, no one in the God Realm would dare to provoke Ye Lingling, who is clearly a "Little Life God King".

As long as the God King of Life is still in the God Realm, Ye Lingling can roam freely within the planes ruled by the God Realm.

Moreover, if Ye Lingling has outstanding talent, after becoming a god, she will be able to transform her Nine Heart Begonia into a Nine-Leaf Green Lotus, and then further into a Twelve-Leaf Green Lotus. In that case, she will also have the potential to become a God King.

Of course, it is believed that if Ye Lingling wants to become a God-King, she must reclaim the plane where the Twelve-Leaf Green Lotus fell; otherwise, the God Realm will not be able to give birth to two Life God-Kings.

"This marks the end of the first native, uncrowned divine beast in the Douluo Continent that is not recognized by the laws."

While the gods of the God Realm were discussing this, Chen Hong and others from the Douluo Realm finally passed the hundredth lightning tribulation after undergoing four tribulations, thus opening up the path to becoming a divine beast for the Snow Empress.

Adding more is too difficult, so we'll just have to save it for later.

(End of this chapter)