"You should tell me your story first." There was a cunning look in the eyes of the Deep Sea Demon Whale King.
The Deep Sea Demon Whale King knew that he was no match for Shui Bing'er and the others, especially Ye Feng. He understood that he only had one chance, which was to escape.
Letting Shui Bing'er speak first and buying time—this was his plan.
"The story I'm going to tell you comes from the God Realm," said Shui Bing'er.
"God Realm?" Bo Saixi was stunned.
"God Realm?" A gleam of light flashed in the eyes of the Deep Sea Demon Whale King.
"Yes. And it has something to do with whether you can become a god."
"Is it related to my becoming a god?"
"Mm." Shui Bing'er nodded. She saw the interest burning in the Deep Sea Demon Whale King's gaze and continued.
"In ancient times, the Douluo Continent was ruled by the Dragon Clan. The ancestor of the Dragon Clan, the Dragon God, cultivated to the divine level through his unique talents, ascended to the God Realm, and even created a godhood of his own."
"Because the Dragon God's power was immense, the God Realm Committee wanted to restrain him. But the Dragon God was arrogant by nature and refused to submit. He joined forces with other divine beasts in the God Realm, waging war against the gods. This battle came to be known as the Dragon God War."
"Back then, spirit beasts and monster beasts from the human world were allowed to ascend into the God Realm through cultivation. They even had their own divine system specifically designed for divine beasts."
"The divine beasts had always been under the rule of the gods. But under the Dragon God's leadership, they grew wild and aimed to unify the divine world."
"The war soon swept across the entire God Realm. Eventually, the five main controllers of the God Realm Committee at the time—the God of Kindness, the God of Evil, the God of Shura, the God of Destruction, and the Goddess of Life—joined forces, leading all the gods in a grand war against the divine beasts."
"In the end, the divine beasts were defeated, and the Dragon God was destroyed. However, the gods suffered heavy casualties as well. Four of the seven elemental gods perished at the hands of the Dragon God. It took the combined might of the five supreme gods to bring the Dragon God down."
"The Dragon God's spirit and consciousness were completely shattered, but even in death, he used his incredible power to split himself, transforming into the Golden Dragon King and the Silver Dragon King. Though his spirit was shattered, it reincarnated into divine consciousness, and his nearly invincible strength was inherited separately by the Golden and Silver Dragon Kings."
"The Golden Dragon King inherited the Dragon God's supreme physical power—unmatched strength, impervious to weapons, and astonishing speed. The Silver Dragon King inherited his control over the six major elemental forces—water, fire, earth, wind, light, and darkness."
"When the Dragon God split, the energy released was tremendous. To eliminate the threat completely, the God Realm Committee attempted to destroy the remnants. In the end, the Golden Dragon King was defeated and sealed in the God Realm, while the Silver Dragon King took advantage of the chaos to flee into the turbulence of time and space. Since then, he's disappeared without a trace."
"But the Silver Dragon King had also sustained serious injuries during the escape. His consciousness shattered entirely and turned into spiritual consciousness, something only humans possess. Even if he didn't perish in the time-space turbulence, it wouldn't make much difference."
(TL: They don't know that the Silver Dragon King is a woman or they don't need to know)
"The rebellion of the Dragon Clan inflicted a devastating blow to the God Realm. Nearly half the god positions became vacant, and it took hundreds of years for the God Realm to recover."
"You should understand—hundreds of years in the God Realm equals hundreds of thousands of years in the human world. Replenishing the God Realm's divine sigils took hundreds of thousands of years in the mortal realm. That alone shows the cost of that catastrophe."
"This painful history led the God Realm Committee to issue the most severe divine punishment ever recorded: from that point on, no beasts from the human world were permitted to ascend to the God Realm through cultivation. The path was permanently sealed, and all divine beast positions were abolished."
"Since then, no matter how powerful a beast may be, it will be suppressed below the God Realm. In the end, they can only linger at the peak of their race, unable to ever ascend, and will eventually die of old age without hope."
…
As Shui Bing'er finished speaking, the Deep Sea Demon Whale King had completely forgotten about his original escape plan. Bo Saixi, the Sea God High Priest, along with the seven Holy Pillar Guardians, all stared at Shui Bing'er in shock.
Bo Saixi was the first to regain his composure and turned to Ye Feng. "Ye Feng, did you tell her all this?"
He himself didn't know about the Dragon God War in the God Realm. Shui Bing'er, a junior, clearly wouldn't know such ancient history unless someone had told her. In his mind, that person had to be Ye Feng.
"Mm." Ye Feng nodded.
"Is everything she said true?" Shui Bing'er asked.
Ye Feng didn't answer.
The Deep Sea Demon Whale King also turned to Shui Bing'er and asked, "You said beasts can only linger at the peak until they die… Is everything you said true?"
"I'm a human, not a god. I didn't experience that war. I can't guarantee accuracy. In fact, there are three different versions of that story," Shui Bing'er answered calmly.
"Tell me," the Deep Sea Demon Whale King said with narrowed eyes, deeply interested in the secrets of the divine realm.
"The second version says the conflict began over godhood positions. The Dragon God had five divine thrones, but the powers of destruction and life, kindness and evil, conflicted with each other. Eventually, the contradiction tore at his mind, and he became schizophrenic. This version says the Dragon God lost control, and that's what started the war between humans and divine beasts. In this version, the five supreme gods had no choice but to eliminate the Dragon God."
"There's a variation of that story too," she continued. "Some say the Dragon God came into contact with destructive and creative powers, which twisted his mind. The mental breakdown caused violent mood swings—rage, killing—even harming his own kind. His mental split led him to start a war over a minor disagreement. Eventually, the Asura God led the gods to resist, and the Dragon Clan was wiped out."
"What about the third version?" asked the Deep Sea Demon Whale King, even more intrigued.
Shui Bing'er replied, "In the third version, the war wasn't caused by position conflict or divine beast discrimination. Instead, the Dragon God tried to expand the God Realm. After his son was framed and died tragically, the Dragon God went mad from grief and killed six God Kings."
"According to this tale, the Time Dragon King and the Space Dragon King were the ones who framed his son. Enraged, the Dragon God struck them down. The other Dragon Kings thought he had gone insane and tried to kill him, but were slaughtered instead."
"The rest of the Dragon Clan mistakenly believed that human gods were the culprits behind the massacre of their kings. That misunderstanding led to an all-out war. Ultimately, the entire Dragon Clan was exterminated."
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