"You two, don't you have anything better to do?"
Over the icy and fiery ocean, Xiao Lin frowned slightly, looking displeased at the two dragons—one of ice, one of fire—battling below.
Can't even argue properly!
Xiao Lin curled his lip in contempt. What a waste of all those years you've lived!
Upon hearing Xiao Lin's complaint, the Ice and Fire Dragons paused and temporarily called a truce.
"What kind of god do you want to become?"The Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King asked in unison, each eyeing the other with a touch of disdain.
"At first, I wanted to become the God of Thunder," Xiao Lin replied.
As he mentioned becoming a god, Xiao Lin recalled the first time he and Tang San performed their spirit ring fusion technique.
At that time, Xiao Lin's second spirit ring was of the thunder attribute. When combined with Tang San's life-force-based spirit power, it triggered the fusion technique.
Originally, Xiao Lin planned to become the God of Thunder. But after he later developed the Soul Incantation technique, he realized it wasn't the lightning attribute reacting with Tang San's power, but rather the destructive power of lightning clashing with life energy.
Later, Xiao Lin deliberately hunted a fire-attribute soul beast, the Blazing Vajra, to test his theory.
As expected, it wasn't the element itself, but the extreme destructive power that triggered the resonance with Tang San's life-force power.
Destructive power could also be seen as the power of destruction.
"I want to become the God of Destruction—or the God of Annihilation. Can you help me with that?"Xiao Lin asked directly.
"Impossible."
"Not gonna happen!"
With both dragons shooting him down flatly, a hint of disappointment flickered in Xiao Lin's eyes.
Although he didn't know which god position was strongest in the Divine Realm, he vaguely remembered something about a Life God and a Destruction God.
Because of this, Xiao Lin hoped that Tang San could inherit a primary god seat, and that he himself could also claim one.
Then the two brothers would become double primary gods—who in the Divine Realm could stand against them?
"Why not? Isn't the fusion of extreme ice and fire already a form of extreme destruction?"
Xiao Lin was confused. If that weren't enough, then unless he inherited the power of the Destruction God directly, there was practically no chance of becoming one.
"Our ice and fire are indeed powerful. The Ice Dragon King's frost can instantly snuff out all life. My flames can do the same.But destruction... real destruction... is on another level entirely," said the Fire Dragon King with brutal honesty.
"The Fire Dragon King is right. Even if you added lightning to the mix, making it three forces combined, it would still only be barely possible," the Ice Dragon King added.
"I don't get it. Wouldn't combining three powerful forces—ice, fire, and lightning—greatly amplify destructive power? Multiple times over, even exponentially?"
Xiao Lin was baffled.
He knew that in the original timeline, Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing, both secondary gods, could use their Martial Spirit Fusion Technique to fight on par with a primary god.
Aren't Ice and Fire Twin Dragons at the primary god level?
Wouldn't their fusion match the power of the God of Destruction?
If two aren't enough, surely three could do it?
Fire God, Ice God, Thunder God...
But Xiao Lin didn't know that there is no Thunder God in the Divine Realm—which made his idea nearly impossible.
"Our powers fused together? We've barely even tried that ourselves.Besides, the Thunder God died long ago in the war against Lord Dragon God. Whether a new Thunder God has appeared in the Divine Realm is unknown," said the Fire Dragon King.
"What!? The Thunder God is dead?"
Xiao Lin was shocked. Just because one Thunder God died, does that mean no others can rise?Is the god position gone?Did the god core shatter?
His face contorted with emotions:"Then at least tell me the Ice and Fire Gods are still alive?"
He remembered that in the original timeline, Ma Hongjun inherited the Fire God's position—but only became the Phoenix God, a second-level god, because of his own lack of effort.
And the Titan Snow Demon King's clan had Ice God bloodlines!
Please, Ice God, you better still be alive!
"We're not sure about the Fire God, but as for the Ice God... it's complicated," said the Ice Dragon King.
"The Ice God's position is in an awkward state. We can't confirm if the Ice God still exists or if the god seat is even intact.But we do know there's a Water God in the Divine Realm," he continued.
"And I, the Ice Dragon King, can also be called the Water Dragon King.If you were to inherit both the Water and Fire god positions, then your destructive potential might not be as strong."
"Water and fire don't mix, after all. If you force them together, it's unlikely to become 'extreme destruction'."
The Ice Dragon King's words left Xiao Lin a little disappointed.
Just a little, though.
What's wrong with being the Water God? Ice is just a variant of water!
If the Sea God could gather faith to become a god, couldn't he do the same with faith from the Extreme North to become the Ice God?
As long as there's hope, he had to try.
And the Thunder God position? He'd try for that too.
Anyway, it wasn't like he was some elemental specialist.
He specialized in hitting things with a stick.
The Qiu Long Rod already carried immense destructive power.
Xiao Lin believed in the potential of his Martial Spirit.
"No matter what, Dragon Kings, please help me achieve the Ice and Fire god positions. If not, I'll settle for Water and Fire."
Hearing Xiao Lin's firm request, the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings nodded in recognition.
"Alright then, let's lay out our God-Making Plan."
"First, for extreme ice and fire attributes, adding lightning is fine.With our help, just a few spirit rings should be enough to give you those powers."
"Second, you'll need a body capable of housing dual god positions. Your body's still too weak.You'll need to be physically stronger than we were in our prime—and be able to condense two divine cores."
"As for the divine cores, that's actually not a big issue. Your second dantian is already transforming into a fusion of ice and fire, which qualifies you.Of course, if you inherit god positions directly, you'll automatically receive the dual divine cores and won't need to form them yourself."
"Third, you need two Martial Spirits. So, you'll need a second spirit, preferably a strong beast-type, like one with true dragon blood, to greatly enhance your body."
"Also, your second Martial Spirit shouldn't be of ice, fire, or lightning attributes.Otherwise, the energy balance will collapse and put enormous strain on your body.You might even explode."
"Fourth, you need spiritual power beyond the god level.That part's easy—we'll be here to tor— ahem, train you every day."
"Lastly, collect faith. Never underestimate the power of belief."
One dragon after another spoke, breaking the God-Making Plan into five clear steps, from relatively easy to incredibly hard.
When it came to collecting faith, both dragons simply glossed over it, offering no method or solution.
Fortunately, none of this posed a major obstacle for Xiao Lin.
Not because he had all the answers, but because...
He had the right people to solve them.
(End of Chapter)