Douluo Continent: Reversing Yin and Yang, the Haotian Palace and the Angel Sect

Destruction looked at Asura: "The source of destruction is nearly half depleted."

Both good and evil concealed their true colors.

Five god-kings attacked together, even using the Sword of Judgment of the Three Realms, yet in the end, the godhood they obtained was nearly half of its original essence. After such a battle, who could accept defeat?

Shura turned to look at Qian Xunji, his hand still gripping the sword.

"Angel, how much of its essence did you extract from that divine artifact?"

Qian Xunji stood still, raising her right hand to meet his gaze.

"The various god-kings can see for themselves."

Golden light gathered in his palm, and an angelic divine spark emerged from his body. The sacred golden light was mixed with a small amount of blood-gold, and its violent aura of destruction was unmistakable to anyone.

Instead of concealing it, he pushed his divine status forward.

"Tianheng stole the divine rank. I used it to raise my own divine rank ceiling, which allowed me to go from a first-level god to a half-step god-king. I am already satisfied with taking this step."

The fluctuations of divine power from his recent breakthrough had not yet subsided, which made sense in his words.

"As for the source of destruction, I only extracted a small amount to trigger the replacement. Any more than that would be too much for my strength to handle."

Qian Xunji looked at Shura and continued, "Moreover, when Tianheng locked onto it, I sensed that its divine essence was somewhat weakened. The deficiency didn't seem to have been caused recently; it seemed to have been lost over many years during the seal."

Shura did not respond.

"Of course, this is my judgment." Qian Xunji spread out his other hand.

"The divine essence is right here. If you are not at ease, please investigate. Such a large force cannot simply be hidden away."

As soon as he finished speaking, Shura's divine sense probed in without even a greeting.

Qian Xunji allowed him to investigate.

After a moment, Shura withdrew his divine sense, his gaze still fixed on the angelic divine spark.

It does contain the power of destruction, but the amount is small, and it doesn't even quite match Qian Xunji's state of just entering the half-step God King realm.

The missing 5% of the Golden Dragon King's essence was far more than that. If it were all stuffed into Qian Xunji's body, his angelic divine spark would probably have been ruptured long ago.

Chihiro absorbed the divine essence back into her body and made no further attempt to defend herself.

"It may not even be related to him."

The God-King of Life, who had remained silent until now, stepped closer and looked at the dim, shattered divine spark.

"The Golden Dragon King was originally severed from the Dragon God, and then sealed away for so many years. Could it have suffered damage at that time, with its essence constantly being lost?"

Shura frowned: "Nearly half has been lost?"

"I'm just speculating," the God King of Life shook his head.

"None of us have ever seen what it was like inside the seal. Now that it's dead, it's hard to say anything based solely on this divine essence."

Good and evil exchanged a glance, but neither responded immediately.

This explanation is somewhat far-fetched. The Golden Dragon King possesses god-king level power, yet after being sealed for so many years, how could he have silently lost nearly half of his essence?

But with the divine essence right before their eyes, Qian Xunji couldn't find anything out.

Moreover, these words were spoken by the God-King of Life.

She was always fair to everyone in the divine realm, rarely got involved in disputes, and had no reputation for fighting for interests. If the same words had come from Destruction, Asura would probably have asked a few more questions; but with her, he couldn't find any words to refute her for a moment.

Chihiro stood quietly to the side.

He knew perfectly well where that portion of the origin had gone. Tianheng had already divided it up, taking only a small portion for himself, while Huangtian took the lion's share in the inner realm, and the remaining portion was related to the two god-kings of destruction and life before him.

What can Shura find out if he only focuses on investigating him?

"That's enough."

Shura sheathed his blood sword and looked again at the Destruction Godhead in mid-air.

He didn't completely believe in the speculation about life, but he knew that pressing for answers now wouldn't yield any results.

Even though half of it is gone, what remains is still a god-king level source, so we can't let it stay suspended here forever.

"According to the previous rules, the five people will split it equally."

Five streams of divine power descended simultaneously, dividing the divine spark into five parts.

Qianxun quickly stepped aside without saying a word.

It was already quite an achievement to obtain the spirit rings before the battle. As for the divine spark, the five god-kings had no intention of giving him, a mere half-step god-king, a share.

Each of the five divine identities belongs to its own master.

As the source of destruction merged into his body, the divine powers of good, evil, and Asura rose one after another.

Even with only 50% of the divine essence remaining, dividing it into five parts still brought them considerable benefits.

The changes were most noticeable on Destruction.

The power of destruction overlapped with his power of annihilation, and this source merged with exceptional ease. Purple-black lightning surged from beneath the cloak, exploding around him one after another, even pushing back the blood-red light that permeated the area around Shura.

After the group withdrew their divine power, the evil one lowered his head and examined the dragon corpse beneath his feet.

"The divine essence has been distributed, but what about this dragon body?"

His gaze swept across the dragon scales and down to the dragon's tail in the distance.

"Flesh and blood can be used to refine medicine, and scales and dragon bones can be used to forge divine artifacts. We should get a point."

"Your soul and bones belong to me."

Destruction was stated bluntly, but Shura frowned upon hearing it.

"You've already taken that god-level spirit ring, and now you want the spirit bone too? Destruction, aren't you taking too much?"

"What's your hurry?"

Destruction turned his head and glanced at him.

"Spirit rings and spirit bones are both products of the cultivation system on Douluo Star. In my hands, a spirit ring is nothing more than a ball of energy. A spirit bone is just a material for refining weapons."

He pointed to the dragon corpse.

"What, you're planning to absorb it and keep it within yourself?"

Shura did not respond to this sarcastic remark.

These first-generation God-Kings were born from the universe, and their cultivation methods differed from those of Soul Masters in the lower realms. While Soul Bones were indeed precious, they were not worth the effort they had to go to great lengths to collect as many as Soul Masters did.

Destruction didn't argue with him any further and directly stated his terms:

"Alright, give me the soul bone. I don't want the flesh and scales that rightfully belong to me on this dragon corpse. Little Green will take her share as usual, no more. What do you all think?"

Shura glanced at the soul bone, then swept his gaze over the layers of scales on the dragon corpse.

Obtaining the Golden Dragon King's soul bone would require additional effort. Dragon scales, however, are different; there are plenty of them, and each one is a rare and valuable material.

Exchanging it for the destruction of that flesh and dragon scales wouldn't be a bad deal.

"Can."

The others did not raise any objections, and the allocation was settled.

The gods each took action, dismantling the enormous dragon corpse piece by piece. Scales were stripped away, and dragon bones were pulled from the flesh, each returning to its rightful owner.

When it came to the chest cavity, Destruction raised his hand and made a move.

A purplish-black divine power, wrapped in blood-red light, was drawn out from the depths of the dragon corpse and gathered in his palm.

Shura looked over.

"When I suppressed it just now, I injected the source of destruction."

Destruction withdrew the power back into his body and glanced at the group.

"Is there anything wrong with taking back what's mine?"