"Is it true? This is the most supreme divine position!"
A deity spoke up.
It wasn't that they didn't trust the God of Goodness, but this situation was simply too astonishing.
Even the former genius, the current Sea God Poseidon, had to accumulate for hundreds of years before he could lay the foundation to create a first-level divine position in one fell swoop.
And You Chen? According to the information, he was just over forty years old, a mortal who hadn't cultivated for long at all!
"This young man does have talent, but to say he has the bearing of a God King seems a bit exaggerated, doesn't it?"
Another first-level deity, after reviewing the information on You Chen compiled by the God Kings, said: "In the first half of his life, he did indeed study the Martial Soul system of Douluo Continent very deeply, but his later rise was too abrupt. If Your Majesty believes his creativity counts as extraordinary wisdom, I think that's an exaggeration, as he hasn't shown special talent in other areas. Moreover, such a sudden rise inevitably makes one suspect interference from external forces."
"My view is similar."
Another deity spoke up: "Observing his temperament, he appears polite and gentle on the surface, but is actually deeply restrained. The mortals below don't know, but using the Heavenly Mirror to observe, we can see that You Chen is the master of the Beast Soul Commerce. His ambitions are surely great. Such a scheming person, even if he has potential, shouldn't be given too much freedom or promoted too highly all at once. I think the position of Wind God would suit him well. It's still a first-level divine position and wouldn't disgrace his talents. After he ascends, if his conduct proves good, he can relinquish the position and create his own divine position later."
This suggestion quickly gained the agreement and support of many.
The gods' reaction was not surprising.
Adding another powerful first-level deity would be one thing, but adding another God King would make the divine realm stronger, but also mean another being with the authority to restrict their power above their heads.
And judging from You Chen's record in the mortal realm, he clearly wouldn't be an easy person to deal with.
Appearing gentle but secretly organizing forces and planning something big - such a person is far more frightening than those who openly display malice.
Moreover, the Heavenly Mirror's observations were limited, like a telescope looking down at the mortal realm. Actions hidden indoors or under cover could only be detected in real time with Divine Sense; they couldn't be seen retrospectively.
This meant the gods only caught glimpses of You Chen and his organization.
If You Chen's forces hadn't already taken shape with a rapidly increasing number of members making too much noise, the gods wouldn't have noticed anything amiss.
This inevitably made many deities wary.
However, the final decision still rested with the God Kings.
The God of Evil's gaze swept over the deities as he spoke with an interested smile: "I actually think such talent should be vigorously nurtured, guided in advance on how to create a divine position. Only then is there a sliver of hope that he could create those two divine positions before his lifespan ends. The difficulty of creating a divine position in the mortal stage and the deity stage are worlds apart. Even if one relinquishes a divine position after inheriting it, the imprint of those rules and authority remains, making it nearly impossible to create the most supreme divine positions."
The God of Destruction also nodded: "The Wisdom position would undoubtedly bring the most supreme faith power. And the Star position has the potential to open up a new path. Both are extraordinary."
The God of Asura said coldly: "Although his rise has clues to follow, there's still something unnatural about it. I suggest we wait and observe for a while. In my judgment, his current strength is already approaching the pinnacle of mortality. Wait until his cultivation truly crosses the boundary between human and god, when he is invincible in the world with no one to restrain him. Then we'll see how he acts and his true temperament will naturally be revealed."
The God of Goodness nodded in agreement: "With this young man's cultivation speed and the time difference in the divine realm, it will only be a matter of days. Before then, I hope no one makes contact with him in advance."
Afterwards, the deities all accepted this decision.
As for this result, the Sea God silently breathed a sigh of relief, while also feeling a sense of urgency.
You Chen had already caught the eyes of the deities. He felt he couldn't wait any longer, or he might miss the chance to pass on his divine position to You Chen and then go slack off.
...
Down in the mortal realm, Douluo Continent, the Far North.
You Chen stepped on the Snow Emperor, looking down at her face filled with unwillingness and humiliation as he said coldly: "I said I would spare your life, and I won't go back on my word. Now get lost."
With that, he kicked the Snow Emperor away.
An Ultimate-level powerhouse was no longer a match for You Chen in a single exchange.
Compared to the Titan Snow Demon King, although the Snow Emperor was stronger in terms of power, her life force was far inferior due to her smaller size.
As a medicinal ingredient, she wasn't even as effective as the Titan Snow Demon King.
Moreover, although You Chen had few moral limits, he still couldn't quite bring himself to eat such a completely humanoid creature.
Thus, he turned and left without hesitation.
The Snow Emperor bit her red lips, glaring at You Chen's retreating back, but didn't dare try to ambush him.
'How could such a terrifying powerhouse appear among humans?'
The Snow Emperor's gaze was complex.
Even with her pride as the leader of the Ultimate Fierce Beasts, she didn't dare say she had the slightest hope of defeating You Chen.
Since he had spared her, she naturally wouldn't be foolish enough to seek death trying to avenge her so-called compatriots.
After all, her relationship with the Titan Snow Demon King wasn't that close. She was just the nominal ruler of the Far North and couldn't play the coward in such a situation.
Leaving the Far North, You Chen didn't return directly to the Beast Soul Alliance headquarters, nor did he directly interfere with the situation on the continent. Instead, he went to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
After briefly greeting the guardians of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, he went to the side of the ice and fire springs.
Looking down with his powerful eyesight, he still couldn't see through the deep lake bottom.
But with Divine Sense observation, he could see large amounts of Immortal Spiritual Energy wandering in the lake water, slowly rising from the deepest part of the springs.
A major reason You Chen was confident he could fully cultivate the Yuan Elephant chapter of the Godly Elephant Suppressing Prison Strength was the Immortal Spiritual Energy in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
As a treasure land formed from the deaths of the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings and coincidentally nurtured by the world's fortunes, the greatest opportunity here wasn't the Immortal Herbs, but the spring water itself - or rather, the abundant Immortal Spiritual Energy in the water that nourished and catalyzed the herbs.
However, now that his semi-divine body was complete, continuing to cultivate the Yuan Elephant chapter wouldn't result in a qualitative change in the short term.
You Chen wasn't in a hurry about this cultivation, planning to return to the state before he focused single-mindedly on physical cultivation - just doing appropriate daily practice.
The reason he had to come here in person was that only his main body could cultivate the physical body. That was all.
'Moreover, cultivating the Frost Fist here would be no less beneficial than in the Far North,' You Chen silently thought.
The Titan Snow Demon King's 200,000-year Spirit Ring had given You Chen two spirit skills.
One was a move to help cultivate the "Frost Fist" - the Titan Snow Demon Break, the Titan Snow Demon King's strongest ice and snow fist technique.
The other was an enhancement-type spirit skill - Power Burn.
By burning qi and blood essence, it greatly enhanced physical strength. The skill description said it could burn up to 50% of qi and blood power.
However, with You Chen's current semi-divine body, his physical strength had already exceeded this spirit skill's limits. So burning 30% of qi and blood reached the skill's upper limit, providing the strongest enhancement. Even so, it could still triple You Chen's physical strength for a short time.
Without using any other spirit skills, just relying on his semi-divine body plus Power Burn to throw a punch could severely injure an ordinary Ultimate Douluo.
With his second Life Soul Core, You Chen's physical recovery was also extraordinary. As long as he wasn't seriously injured himself, Power Burn could be used as a regular move.
Moreover, as a spirit skill that simply drove life force and qi and blood power, You Chen felt that with some effort or a few uses of Flash of Inspiration, he could definitely find a way to turn it into a self-created spirit skill.
And this was just the enhancement effect of his physical body and a single spirit skill.
You Chen had no doubt that his full power now could match a Deacon-level powerhouse.
Before his breakthrough, You Chen's literal data was peak level 98 combat power.
This breakthrough was mainly a huge leap in physical body and spirit power, allowing him to skip three levels - quasi semi-divine, semi-divine, quasi-god - directly jumping to Deacon level.
And not just any Deacon level.
Anyone who has read the original knows that those filler Deacons are no match for Ditian.
As is well known, there are differences even among deities. Those with poor foundations naturally can't compare to the protagonist and exist to be surpassed.
In fact, if a quasi semi-divine is a normal level 99, then a semi-divine is actually a weak Deacon level.
And a quasi-god is absolutely considered skilled even among Deacons.
As mentioned in the original, a level 100 god with a divine position, like Qian Renxue, couldn't defeat Ditian. And a level 100 Angel God with a first-level divine position, even if lacking some combat experience, was not someone an ordinary Deacon could challenge.
Without other actual reference data, You Chen couldn't quite estimate what level of Deacon his current strength was equivalent to, or how far he was from a third-level god.
So for now, he planned to focus on cultivation.
Before that, he planned to first absorb the Titan Snow Demon King's Spirit Bone.
After hunting so many high-year spirit beasts, this time he finally got a left arm bone.
Without being picky, You Chen directly refined this 200,000-year Titan Snow Demon King left arm bone.
Without a spirit beast soul consciousness to guide it, the spirit bone skill couldn't be freely created like spirit ring skills.
But now that he had 200,000-year level spirit skills, You Chen didn't particularly care - they were unlikely to match his self-created skills.
Besides these improvements, this advancement also brought an unexpected benefit.
An unexpected benefit from the Soul Core.
Although You Chen didn't have a choice in the attribute of his second Soul Core, having two Soul Cores actually gave the host a bit of spatial power.
To be precise, the connection between the two Soul Cores was like forming a special spatial sensory organ.
This was why all dual Soul Core powerhouses could master some spatial power to varying degrees.
Even if they couldn't do spatial jumps and teleportation like Ditian with a Space Soul Core, their spatial perception would become extremely sharp.
In terms of perception and detection alone, it was stronger than low-level Divine Sense.
Following this direction, You Chen hadn't given up hope of achieving something similar to the spirit bone skill "Mermaid's Protection" without needing a spirit bone.
Of course, considering the two major factors of precise individual targeting and ultra-long-distance spatial jumps, without other lucky encounters, You Chen probably wouldn't be able to achieve this until after becoming a god.
After finishing reviewing his strength changes, You Chen quickly began researching the Frost Fist and Three Elements Origin Energy.
He wanted to find a way to completely fuse the three powers of essence, qi and spirit, and take the fusion of Stardust Power to the next level.
Take the Stardust Shattering Fist as an example - this move was a fusion of essence and qi. And the qi itself was a fusion of stardust, wind and holy powers.
But You Chen wasn't satisfied. In his mind, the perfect move would also incorporate spiritual power into this punch, either by interfering with reality through spirit, or the situation in martial arts novels where personal will is integrated into moves.
The "qi" formed by the perfect fusion of three attribute powers, plus a move formed from "Divine Sense, will" and "essence, qi and blood"...
This was the real trump card that could represent the beginning of perfection in the essence-qi-spirit trinity system.
And going one step further was the realm described in Three Elements Origin Energy - the so-called unity of heaven, earth and man.
Reaching that would mean, in terms of martial arts and move realms, he had reached the so-called first-level god realm.
In fact, the martial arts level of the Douluo universe might be lower than he imagined - the unity of heaven, earth and man might already be the God King realm...
In the blink of an eye, two weeks passed.
You Chen proceeded step by step with his various cultivations, focusing on studying the Frost Fist and Three Elements Origin Energy.
However, as the saying goes, the willow takes root where you least expect it.
In the process of researching qi fusion, his spirit power control naturally improved, and the Aura Concealment Art, which was already just one step away from a breakthrough, was the first to reach perfection.
While You Chen was quietly cultivating, representatives of the various powers on Douluo Continent finally gathered together. At the invitation and command of Pope Bibidong, they assembled at the main hall of Spirit Hall in Spirit Hall City.
Of course, not all the invited power leaders showed up.
After rumors spread that Spirit Hall intended to attack Seagod Island, some sects that had already been secretly subdued by Spirit Hall were the first to respond, dragging along some marginal-level forces that had no choice but to join in.
Of course, the so-called marginal forces that could participate in such a major event were only marginal compared to the top three sects, the two empires and Spirit Hall - they were actually forces with at least Soul Saint powerhouses.
With someone setting an example, some forces that originally didn't want to get involved also had to respond to Spirit Hall's call, naturally forming a major trend.
But even so, some sects found various excuses to decline Spirit Hall's invitation.
For example - the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Family.
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