"Yes." A resounding voice carried a trace of emotion. Within the solemn phantom, two profound eyes gazed at the Asura God who had been pierced through by Ning Rongrong's Glazed Holy Sword.
"Asura, you went back on your word."
"Cough cough—" Blood spurted from the Asura God's mouth. He glanced carelessly toward the illusory image of the Dragon God, a mocking curve appearing at the corner of his lips. "I knew you wouldn't die so easily."
"But what can you do now?"
"Back then, when you regained your senses, you also noticed the interference from the cosmic laws, yet you gave up. What right do you have to rule over all the Divine Realms?"
"For the sake of your foolish, laughable love?"
"Eighteen God Kings, and in the end only the five of us remained. The entire Dragon Realm completely collapsed."
"Asura, are you saying that what you're doing now is right?" The Dragon God's tone was indifferent.
"Right or wrong—victor takes all, loser perishes." The Asura God sneered. "It's because you and Ning Rongrong joined forces. Otherwise, with my power fused with the cosmic laws, it would have been impossible for me not to notice the establishment of this arena."
"You interfered with the operation of the cosmic laws. I didn't say anything about that, did I?"
"Moreover, do you really think Ning Rongrong is so different from me?" The Asura God let out a scornful laugh. "You chose her and refused me. Even you, Dragon God, are nothing but a selfish and self-serving guy."
"You devoured the gods of the entire Divine Realm and its core. Asura, you have fallen."
The Dragon God shook his head, clearly unwilling to discuss anything related to Ning Rongrong.
"Pfft." The Asura God mocked. "I devoured the Divine Realm—does the person you chose not know about it?"
"Ning Rongrong, do you dare say you're not happy that I devoured the god-level beings of the Divine Realm?"
"What's the deal with that Tokisaki Kurumi? You know better than I do."
"Asura God, devouring the gods of the Divine Realm was your doing. Kurumi did not interfere. If anything, she only stopped you from devouring more."
"Of course, if you want to see me as an accomplice, that's not unreasonable."
Ning Rongrong said calmly, "I never claimed to be a good person."
"Just as you said, a Divine Realm without the gods is the good Divine Realm."
"Because every time after a success, the division of benefits is always a reshuffling of the old powers."
"Or are you saying that after the fall of the Dragon Realm, you didn't purge the other god races that were close to the Dragon Realm?"
"Don't be too naive, Asura."
"You for your justice, me for my justice—we're just ordinary people fighting for our respective versions of justice. Gods are merely beings with immense power who still possess the seven emotions and six desires."
"You're not wrong either. The reason the arena went unnoticed was because the Dragon God and I planned it together."
"I promised the Dragon God that I would allow soul beasts to return to the Divine Realm and assist Gu Yuena in achieving the supreme god position."
"Hahahahaha~" The Asura God sneered, his body turning into specks of light that scattered away.
A voice without any ripples echoed through the arena.
"Ning Rongrong, Dragon God, let's see if you can actually do it. Since this world will no longer have me, the Asura God, then the world itself will cease to exist."
"I will watch quietly, Ning Rongrong. You and your handful of relatives and friends can drift forever in the void!"
"We will meet again—soon."
The Asura God died. His divine power scattered throughout the arena.
"Phew—" Ning Rongrong let out a breath.
During the conversation with the Asura God, Ning Rongrong had deliberately cut off the shared vision. Some things could be done but were better left unsaid—after all, Kindness and Life were present.
No matter how one tried to explain it, Tokisaki Kurumi had indeed not stopped the Asura God from devouring the gods of the Divine Realm.
While the Asura God was devouring the gods, Tokisaki Kurumi was also devouring them to perfect her own laws. Otherwise, it wouldn't have been so easy for her to achieve the supreme god position.
But that wasn't something to say out loud!
Specks of white light floated into Ning Rongrong's palm.
"The true spirits of Evil and Destruction. That guy Asura—even in death, he had to disgust me one last time." Ning Rongrong's eyelid twitched.
"It's Evil and Destruction, right?" The Dragon God's voice came.
"Yes, he definitely did it on purpose."
It was like holding a hot potato.
Ning Rongrong could have been more ruthless and completely annihilated these two true spirits.
But in the end, she still owed a debt to Evil. As for Destruction…
"I'll take them back and have a look." Ning Rongrong used the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda to collect the true spirits of Destruction and Evil, preventing them from fully dispersing.
"Dragon God, don't forget what you promised me."
She casually tossed the Asura Demon Sword to the Dragon God. The Asura Demon Sword was a half-step Creation divine weapon refined through the sacrifice of the entire Dragon Realm.
Later, with the addition of the Golden Dragon King and the power of the Divine Realm's core, it barely reached the level of a true Creation divine weapon. The Asura God couldn't fully control it, so he had sealed away most of its power.
But the Dragon God was, after all, the Dragon God.
"You're not worried I'll turn on you?"
A trace of surprise appeared on the Dragon God's face as he took the Creation divine weapon.
This was a Creation divine weapon!
Something the Asura God had obtained at the cost of everything, containing the cause and effect of the entire Dragon Realm.
"No need. If you go back on your word, I can just kill you."
The Dragon God: "…"
If I'm not mistaken, you're only at half-step Creation God level, right?
Although it felt somewhat different from his own cultivation path, once one reached the unity of all laws, things were actually quite similar at a certain point.
Also, the way you talk makes me feel completely without face—like I'm just a mob character.
Space shattered. The Life-and-Death Arena was lifted.
Yet the sky of the universe was shrouded in eerie auroras, as though it could collapse at any moment.
"With the Creation divine weapon plus the heavenly laws you established across various worlds, it should be enough to stabilize the dimensional universe." Ning Rongrong spoke.
"Back then, you didn't act against the cosmic laws not only because you might not have been its match, but also because the universe would likely have been completely destroyed in your battle. That's why you let Asura kill you."
"You're right." The Dragon God sighed. "The cosmic laws are the order by which the universe operates, but they must follow certain trajectories."
"The reason I placed shackles on soul beasts was precisely so that the cosmic laws could not act against the soul beast race."
"My slaughter back then caused the destruction of countless Divine Realms. The resulting cause and effect was too immense—immense enough for the cosmic laws to intervene directly."
"In that case, any surviving races related to the dragon clan, or even some god-level soul beasts that barely survived, would have been directly destroyed by the cosmic laws."
"That's why I became the shackle, ensuring soul beasts could not become gods. This guaranteed that higher-level forces would not be targeted by the cosmic laws."
"Otherwise, with Gu Yuena's existence, the cosmic laws could have acted directly to eliminate her."
To oppose the cosmic laws, one needed at least the rank of supreme God King. The dragon clan no longer possessed that capability.
"Dragon God, is this the reason you didn't allow soul beasts to become gods? Don't you think you went too far?"
Figures emerged within the barrier—it was Gu Yuena and the others who had been watching from Douluo Star earlier.
"That's right."
The Dragon God looked toward Gu Yuena and nodded. There was no surprise on his expression; he had clearly sensed people nearby long ago.
"I had no other choice. To preserve living strength, I could only sacrifice a portion…"
"I also glimpsed a corner of the future—a slim chance of survival."
(End of chapter)