Douluo Continent: Starting with a Heavenly Fire Judgment

Chapter 473 The Path to Godhood

Shattered Star Douluo was a level 95 Super Douluo, but the newcomer had completely suppressed him before even showing himself. Even Xuanzi, who was level 98, could not have done this.

What does this mean? It means that the opponent is at least a Super Douluo, and his cultivation level should be far above that of a Shattered Star Douluo. Even his attributes are not affected by the Shattered Star Light. How could this not shock everyone?

"So that's who could have come here! It turns out you're a group of Title Douluos! My Death God Tower is just short of some powerful souls to guard it, so I'll take you guys in."

A figure slowly emerged from the blood-red light. Yes, she appeared out of thin air. When she appeared, the surrounding air clearly distorted, and all the blood-red light seemed to worship her, welcoming her into this world.

It was a woman, at least judging from her figure. Her voice was magnetic, slightly hoarse, but it had a special magic that made people feel close to her, or even admire her.

Ji Lin frowned and released his mental energy to help his group block out the influence of the other party's voice.

"The little guy is quite cautious, but do I need to use mind control to kill you? What a joke."

She walked forward step by step, and rings of spirit rings began to rise from her feet. When everyone saw the spirit rings on her body, they couldn't help but gasp.

The first spirit ring was jet black, its deep color indicating that it was a ten-thousand-year-old existence. Then, one spirit ring after another rose up.

Black, black, black, black, black, black, red, red, red—six ten-thousand-year spirit rings and three hundred-thousand-year spirit rings. After all nine spirit rings appeared, even the Shattered Star Douluo was somewhat overwhelmed by her aura and found it difficult to breathe.

Apart from Ji Lin, this was the first time anyone present had ever seen a powerhouse of this caliber. With such a soul ring configuration, neither Dragon God Douluo Mu En nor Dragon Emperor Douluo Long Xiaoyao could compare to this woman.

Of all the people Ji Lin had met, only the Silver Dragon King Gu Yuena, the Beast God Di Tian, ​​and Chi Yuan could outshine the woman opposite him. Although Ji Lin didn't know much about this woman, he knew who she was.

Ye Xishui, the Supreme Leader of the Holy Spirit Cult and Death God Douluo, possesses twin martial souls, is a level 99 Limit Douluo, a level 9 Soul Master, and one of the most powerful beings in the world today. Even if the dozen or so Title Douluos that Ji Lin brought this time all went together, they might not be able to defeat him.

No wonder the Sun Moon Empire was so confident in the defenses of the Mingdou Mountains. After entering the Sun Moon Empire's headquarters, Ji Lin discovered that the Sun Moon Empire only had two Soul Master Corps and less than 20,000 ordinary soldiers serving the Soul Masters in the Mingdou Mountains.

I originally thought the Sun Moon Empire's confidence came from the Death God Tower here, but I didn't expect that the Sun Moon Empire would actually send a Limit Douluo to oversee it. No wonder they dared to abandon the Ming Dou Mountain range defense line and travel thousands of miles to attack the Heavenly Soul Empire.

These mere 20,000-plus people managed to hold back hundreds of thousands of troops and eight Soul Master Legions of the Star Luo Empire!

If Ji Lin and Chi Yuan don't take action, it will be almost impossible for the Star Luo Empire to break through the Ming Dou Mountain range's defenses. The Death God Tower alone can firmly suppress the Star Luo Empire's army outside the Ming Dou Mountain range, and Death God Douluo Ye Xishui doesn't even need to take action personally.

Ye Xishui was completely shrouded in a dark red cloak, with a layer of mist obscuring her face. Ji Lin's spiritual detection could not even get within thirty meters of her. This was the Limit Douluo, a being from a completely different dimension from the Mad Bull Douluo Wang Yiheng that Ji Lin had previously faced.

"Who are you?" Shattered Star Douluo asked in a deep voice.

The appearance of a Limit Douluo was even more shocking to him, who was a Title Douluo. Only after truly entering the Title Douluo level could he understand how difficult it was to advance to the next level. More than 95% of Title Douluos could not advance to the Super Douluo level in their lifetime, and among Super Douluos, 99% could not break through to become Limit Douluos.

Breaking through to the Limit Douluo level requires condensing two soul cores. Condensing two soul cores using the ordinary same-position resonance method results in a Limit Douluo. Dragon God Douluo, Dragon Emperor Douluo, and Ye Xishui in front of us all broke through using this method. Condensing two soul cores using the more difficult Yin-Yang complementarity method results in a demigod. Currently, in the Douluo Continent, only the Beast God Di Tian and the Evil Emperor are known as such. When their spiritual power reaches its limit and they can touch the realm of gods, that is Chi Yuan's current realm, a quasi-god. In fact, quasi-gods, demigods, and Limit Douluos are all in the same realm, but even within the same realm, there are different levels.

When the spiritual power of a quasi-god condenses into divine consciousness, even if they do not inherit a godhood, they can still condense a godhood through their own power, condensing their own godhood. Of course, the premise is that the Douluo God Realm is willing to accept their godhood and let their godhood be entrusted to the Douluo God Realm. Otherwise, they will be like rootless duckweed. This requires the consent of the God King of the God Realm. If not, they can only find a way to open up a higher-dimensional world to accommodate godhood, just like the Douluo God Realm.

However, it is extremely difficult to open up the God Realm on one's own. It is better to pray to the goddess of fortune to be able to inherit a god position that has no master, or to be allowed to ascend by the God King of the Douluo God Realm, so that the god position can be attached to the God Realm.

To possess divine consciousness without a divine position is already at the level of the Necromancer Saint God, Ilex. Ten thousand years ago, the Shrek Seven Devils, led by Tang San, did not break through to godhood through their own power, nor did they condense their divine consciousness through their own power. Instead, they relied on the divine positions they inherited and, with the help of those divine positions, condensed their divine consciousness and broke through to godhood.

The importance of a godhood is self-evident; it's practically a shortcut to godhood. With a godhood to inherit, the current Dragon God Douluo, Dragon Emperor Douluo, and Death God Douluo are all qualified to become gods. They all broke through to the Limit Douluo level through their own power. However, ten thousand years ago, only Tang Chen of the Clear Sky Sect could break through to the Limit Douluo level through his own power. Whether it was Qian Daoliu of the Spirit Hall or Poseidon of Seagod Island, they all broke through to the Limit Douluo level through the power of gods. Whether it was Qian Renxue or Bibi Dong, they all cheated by obtaining a godhood. The true hero of ten thousand years ago was Tang Chen, but unfortunately, he was unlucky.

In this era, almost no one can reach the godlike yet divine state that Electrolux possessed. Only ten thousand years from now, when the cultivation environment is further improved and the strength of the Douluo Continent's plane is increased once again, might someone be able to condense divine consciousness with a non-divine body and eventually create their own godhood.

A divine position is like a cheat code. For gods who have already become gods, a divine position is a cultivation accelerator and a combat power amplifier. However, it is not something that cannot be discarded. Without a divine position, one can still become stronger, it is just more difficult. For mortals who have not yet become gods, a divine position is a shortcut to heaven. Regardless of whether they have the talent, a divine position can help them condense their divine consciousness and help them become gods.

Ten thousand years ago, most of the Shrek Seven Devils were like this. In terms of talent, were Dragon God Douluo and Dragon Emperor Douluo inferior? In Ji Lin's opinion, they were more talented than most of the Shrek Seven Devils. They just lacked luck and did not have the opportunity to obtain godhood.

Ten thousand years ago, almost all the god positions in Douluo Continent were taken away by the Shrek Seven Devils. Now, Tang God King opposes the expansion of the God Realm and has zero tolerance for new gods who have nothing to do with him. If you want a god position, you can, but you have to be surnamed Tang.

In fact, Ji Lin could understand Tang Shenwang's thoughts. People are selfish, and it's normal to have selfish desires. If it were him, he would also prioritize allocating the divine positions to his close relatives and friends, and would do anything to make his close relatives become gods. The life and death of others would be none of his concern.

But if he were in his current position, and he didn't have the surname Tang, and was ineligible for a divine position, then he would have a different idea.

Ultimately, your perspective is determined by your position; your stance is the deciding factor in everything.

As for Chi Yuan, she is now only one step away from condensing her divine consciousness. At that time, she will be able to create her own godhood. However, since her godhood is to be entrusted to the Douluo God Realm, it is almost impossible for her to surpass Tang Shenwang. Unless Ji Lin can find a way to replace the God Realm and entrust her godhood to it, even if she does not ascend to the Douluo God Realm, she can become stronger and become a god king, or even above, by facing the old god kings as a new god.

In the game "Limit Douluo," as long as one inherits a godhood, one can directly skip the transitional realms of demigod and quasi-god. These two realms are reserved for those without a godhood, allowing them to forge a godhood through their own power.

Unfortunately, this path is limited by the strength of the Douluo Continent's own plane. Very few people can break through this limitation. As far as Ji Lin knows, only Chi Yuan has done it. Neither the Beast God Di Tian nor the Evil Emperor could do it. Of course, the Demon Emperor, whom he had never met but who destroyed the Demon Soul Great White Shark clan, may have also done it.

Ten thousand years from now, this path to godhood will mature, and more people will break through to become quasi-gods, or even condense their divine consciousness and create their own godhood.

Of course, there is another path to godhood, which is to gather the faith of all living beings and rely on that faith to establish a divine position. It seems that the original sea god and angel god established their divine positions by relying on the faith of all living beings.

However, this path is even more difficult in this era because faith has been divided. The faith of the sea spirit beasts and a portion of humanity is in the hands of the Sea God, while the faith of the spirit beasts is in the hands of the Silver Dragon King, the master of spirit beasts. Of course, the faith of the far north is in the hands of the Snow Empress, but with the small number of spirit beasts in the far north, their faith is almost impossible to condense into a divine position. Nowadays, human faith has been almost completely divided up, with only the Sun Moon Empire lacking a god. This is one of the reasons why the Holy Spirit Cult cooperated with the Sun Moon Empire. One of the conditions offered by the Sun Moon Empire was to allow the people of the Sun Moon Empire to believe in the Holy Spirit Cult and help the Holy Spirit Cult to condense a divine position.

(End of this chapter)