Douluo 2: This Dragon God has too much martial virtue

Chapter 610 Traceability
As for Wang Dong, he is even more insignificant.

The Goddess of Life stretched out her finger and gently traced Mu Xing's eyebrows and eyes in the light curtain.

"Either she's not a tactful monarch, and her decisions can be manipulated by her subjects; or, this is what she really wants, and she doesn't want Xiao Qi to live at all. Di Tian is just trying to please her."

The Goddess of Life withdrew her hand and asked, "Which one do you think it is?"

Ji Dong and Lie Yan looked at each other with expected expressions.

Seeing this, the Goddess of Life smiled even more deeply, "Maybe Destruction thought the same." That's why she promoted Wang Dong to a god in advance, right?
Seeing that Ji Dong and Lie Yan had no intention of further commenting on these matters, the Goddess of Life said no more. She gracefully stood up, temporarily entrusted the duty of observing the lower realm to the two God Kings, and then left the Central Hall and went alone to the top floor of the castle where the God Realm Committee was located.

The view from here was expansive, overlooking the entire divine realm, yet it also carried a sense of loneliness and desolation that came from being at the heart of power. The Goddess of Life slowly walked to the window, her gaze sweeping over the buildings below that symbolized divine authority, a complex ripple rising within her heart.

In the era of the first five God Kings, each possessed their own independent territory and symbols. The God of Destruction sat in the Castle of Destruction, while she resided in the vibrant Forest of Life.

The God of Good, the God of Evil, and the God of Shura also each have their own unique domains that are consistent with their divine authority.

At that time, the Divine Realm Committee was more like a place for discussion and coordination rather than a permanent residence.

However, all of this changed after the succession of the divine positions. The successors did not move into the original residences of the first generation of god-kings. According to Tang San's later explanation, this was out of "respect" for the first generation of god-kings, so that if they were to return to the divine realm one day, they could return to their former abodes.

But since Tang San, the "first comer", set the precedent, the subsequent successors fell into an awkward situation.

Lie Yan and Ji Dong inherited the thrones of the God of Good and the God of Evil, respectively, but their successions were incomplete. In a sense, they were more like temporary replacements for the original God King. Under these circumstances, they were less able and less confident to enter the exclusive territories of the original Gods of Good and Evil.

Therefore, they could only live in the residence provided by the Divine Realm Committee. Although they enjoyed the title of God King, they were not God Kings in reality.

Tang San, on the other hand, was completely different. He not only inherited the throne of the Sea God, but later also inherited the throne of the Asura God. Under the pretext of respecting the Asura God and the Sea God, he claimed that their old lands should not be occupied. However, he actually moved into the core castle where the God Realm Committee was located and made it his permanent residence.

This seemingly modest move was actually a carefully calculated one. Its purpose was to leave the gods with the impression that he always sat at the center of power, wielding the ultimate authority over the divine realm. This demonstrated that he did not need a specific territory to establish his status, as he was already one with the highest authority, thus invisibly strengthening his position as the de facto ruler of the divine realm.

The goddess of life arrived before an exquisitely decorated door. Without her prompting, the priests standing on either side respectfully opened it for her. Inside was a warmly furnished bedroom, yet an inescapable loneliness and sorrow permeated the air. The original occupants of this bedroom were no longer there; one was dead, and the other's remaining half-soul was sealed in the forbidden land of the gods. Now, only their daughter remained. Wang Dong sat on the edge of the bed, expressionless, his eyes vacant, his body stiff, as if frozen in place, motionless like a delicate doll devoid of its soul.

When the Goddess of Life walked in, Wang Dong seemed to notice something, and a faint glint of light crept into her eyes. She turned her head to look at the Goddess of Life, but her once lively eyes were now filled with confusion and helplessness.

"Aunt Lu..." Wang Dong's voice was choked with sobs and sadness. "Am I being imprisoned?" She had long been aware of the priests guarding the door. Whenever she wanted to go out for a walk, she was always gently but firmly told to stay in her room and recuperate. This seemingly caring isolation made her feel deeply uneasy.

The goddess of life did not answer directly. She walked to the bedside, avoiding the topic, and looked at her with gentle and compassionate eyes. "You are badly injured, but fortunately, the body of a god has the ability to heal itself."

Then, she changed the subject slightly and mentioned an old story, her tone tinged with a subtle hint of regret: "Back then... if you hadn't spilled that cup of water of life, perhaps you could have recovered faster now."

These words were like a key, gently touching a forgotten or chaotic corner deep in Wang Dong's memory. She sat there in a daze, her once empty eyes now filled with emotion, her eyelids gradually turning red, tears silently filling her eyes.

A distant and vague fragment of memory slowly emerged along with bitter emotions...

She remembered that when she was a child she loved to run to the Forest of Life to play. At that time, she was restless all day long, full of endless curiosity and mischievous ideas.

Was it because she always liked to tease Mu Xing, who often quietly accompanied the Goddess of Life, that she found the little dragon's pretentiousness amusing? Or was it because she subconsciously sensed the special attention the Goddess of Life showed Mu Xing and felt a tinge of inexplicable jealousy? She couldn't tell.

After all, she was the focus of the entire divine world at that time, the darling of the gods, and she had no reason to realize that other people's parents had no reason to love her more than their own children.

She also dreamed every day of taking off the God of Destruction's majestic cloak, wanting to see if there was anything interesting hidden underneath. That kind of bold exploration of the unknown was the kind of willfulness that only a spoiled child could have.

Back then, she'd occasionally heard her parents mention that Mu Xing was a dragon, like the mythical beasts left behind during the Dragon God Rebellion. This identity, in her naive mind, carried a hint of mystery, even a sense of alienation, of being "out of my kind." Of course, this concept of being "out of my kind" was instilled in her by Tang San.

Coincidentally, she saw that Ji Dong and Lie Yan also had dragons that had signed contracts with them, and an idea took root in her little heart.

She also wants a dragon of her own!
It must be so majestic to ride a dragon and fly around in the divine realm!
This idea was so strong that her later actions of pestering the Goddess of Life and the God of Destruction, asking them to order Mu Xing to transform into a dragon and carry her flying, might not have been just mischief and showing off. In her view, Mu Xing, like Ji Dong and their dragons, was a being that could be contracted and tamed.

(End of this chapter)