God King.
The Silver Dragon King Gu Yuena was undoubtedly an existence at the God King level.
Yet, in Ning Rongrong's hands, she actually had no power to resist at all?
The Life God King and Kindness God King were greatly shocked.
Imprisoning a God King and taking her away was no simple matter—let alone the fact that Gu Yuena, as half of the Dragon God, had extremely deep foundations and strength that went without saying.
Even now, after losing the enhancement of their God King divine seats, neither Life nor Kindness dared claim they had any certainty of defeating Gu Yuena.
"Um, Young Sect Master Ning." The Kindness God King swallowed hard. "There won't be any problem on the Silver Dragon King's side, right?"
"What problem could there be? Let her cool off a bit, make her realize her own weight, and stop always acting like the whole world owes her something." Ning Rongrong rolled her eyes.
This thing had completely disrupted her plans.
During her tribulation, she had almost lost her life.
Scolding her was already going easy.
If it weren't for Di Tian's personality and his considerable loyalty toward Gu Yuena,
she wouldn't even mind swapping to a different dragon to serve as God King.
Di Tian would be very suitable—one of the nine great Dragon Kings.
Compared to Gu Yuena, he might not be more legitimate, but he was at least no worse, and he worked diligently and earnestly. Most importantly, he was obedient—yes, obedient to her, Ning Rongrong.
Plus, he was the artifact spirit of the Glazed Holy Sword—what an excellent workhorse!
Born with the constitution of a perfect workhorse.
"Forget about her. She won't come looking for trouble with you again." Ning Rongrong's eyes flickered as she sized up Kindness and Life sitting opposite her. "You both saw everything the Evil God King said just now."
"You should have a better understanding of the Asura God King than I do. What are your thoughts?"
"Feel free to speak. Right now, it looks like all of us here are in the same boat anyway."
After a period of silence.
The Life God King gathered his thoughts and spoke first: "Since Evil trusted you, then we will trust you as well."
With that, the two of them stood up one after another and walked over to stand in front of Ning Rongrong.
They exchanged a glance.
The Kindness God King spoke first:
"Just look directly into our memories. With your ability, you should be able to do it. And if you want to comprehend the laws we possess, this way is probably simpler too."
"Are you sure?" Ning Rongrong was somewhat surprised. "Keep in mind that directly observing memories won't cause any harm to yourselves, but for example, Life—you might have some secrets destroyed, like things in bed… ahem."
"I don't mean… certain private matters might accidentally be seen. Of course, on my side, I definitely won't deliberately look at those things, but if I'm not careful…"
A faint blush appeared on the Life God King's face as he bit his lip.
The Kindness God King said: "Evil and I have nothing we can't share. Moreover, if you observe our memories, you might find an even better way to deal with Asura."
"After all, all five of us great God Kings received the Dragon God's gift."
"Alright, I understand."
Ning Rongrong nodded. Since neither of them objected or resisted,
there was no need to hesitate.
A faint white light enveloped the entire bodies of the Life God King and Kindness God King.
Ning Rongrong slowly closed her eyes as well.
One minute, two minutes…
Roughly several hours later.
The energy surrounding the two gradually dissipated.
At just the right moment, Ning Rongrong opened her eyes.
"So that's how it is. I now roughly understand what the laws of the five great God Kings are about."
"Level 150, huh. Quite interesting."
Ning Rongrong did not get up from her seat. She gazed out the window toward the sky.
"Dad, I'll leave things here to you for now. I'm going to the Star Dou Great Forest."
With a casual wave of her hand, Ning Rongrong tore open a spatial rift and stepped inside.
…
Star Dou Great Forest.
A drenched Gu Yuena walked out from the Lake of Life. Her white dress, soaked through by the lake water, faintly revealed the graceful contours of her figure.
"Sigh…"
Gu Yuena walked toward Di Tian and arrived beside him in moments.
"Sorry for making you go through that. Ning Rongrong has probably already told you, right?"
"Mm. What are your thoughts?" Di Tian was silent for a long while.
Gu Yuena reached up to brush aside the bangs covering her eyes and looked up toward the high sky:
"Heh, so it wasn't the soul beasts that betrayed me—it was me who betrayed the soul beasts?"
"Truly unbelievable. Or rather, arrogant."
"Did Ning Rongrong tell you how she knows about future events?" Gu Yuena's words carried a trace of bitterness. "Since Tang San went back to the past, that ten-thousand-year plan of his probably wasn't completed. Yet in the memories, there's a scene of me becoming the Life God King."
"No, I didn't ask. It's not important anyway." Di Tian said after a brief silence. "That was ultimately a parallel world—not the Douluo Star that you and I are in right now."
"Yes, a parallel world." Gu Yuena's expression turned melancholic. "The personality, the way of doing things—everything matches up. If it weren't for her, perhaps things really would have developed in that direction. Maybe even worse."
"However, in those memories, she only reached the level of a second-rank god."
"And no matter her way of acting or anything else, it seems…"
"It seems she's not the same person, right?"
Gu Yuena suddenly raised her head and looked over.
There, standing not far away beside a tree trunk, was the pink-haired young girl.
"Ning Rongrong…"
Gu Yuena's expression was complicated.
After a moment, she spoke with a slight sigh: "Thank you."
"No need to thank me. The course of events has already diverged from what you encountered."
"Gu Yuena—or rather, Silver Dragon King—what do you plan to do now?"
"Achieve Dragon God, or…"
"I'm not the Dragon God. I never was. And just as you mocked me at the end, the Dragon God really did have a serious problem with his head."
"So you admit you're a lovesick fool, just like Qian Renxue?" Ning Rongrong tilted her head.
Gu Yuena: "…"
This conversation was impossible to continue.
"You didn't come here just to watch me make a fool of myself or mock me, right?" Gu Yuena said helplessly.
"I did have that idea, but the timing isn't right. If we defeat the Asura God, I'd actually quite like to see you embarrassed."
Not just me—Di Tian and Qian Renxue feel the same way!"
"Tch, as expected, Di Tian's no longer obedient!" Gu Yuena glanced at Di Tian, who was trying to lower his presence, then withdrew her gaze. "I can take you to the core area of the Dragon God laws, but…"
"You understand too, right? Since the Dragon God fell, that place…"
"We have no choice, do we?"
"Do as you like. Just don't die."
Di Tian transformed back into the Glazed Holy Sword and returned to Ning Rongrong's hand.
Guided by Gu Yuena, Ning Rongrong continuously tore through the void until they arrived at a bizarre place beyond the universe.
"This is the end of the void—the terminus of time and space."
"Only those of us who are half of the Dragon God, along with the Golden Dragon King, can faintly sense and enter this place. Even the Asura God, after absorbing the Golden Dragon King, wouldn't be able to discover it in a short time."
"I cannot interfere with this place in any way."
"This should be the region where the Dragon God placed the law preventing soul beasts from becoming gods."
"And… this place might even be higher than the Dragon God himself."
"Nothingness."
Gu Yuena calmly spoke the two words.
"Alright, you can go back first." Ning Rongrong nodded.
"Are you really going to be okay?" Gu Yuena asked worriedly.
"No problem." Ning Rongrong tore open the space Gu Yuena had set up, then stepped out. The rampant void energy struck her body; her form merely trembled slightly, but there was not the slightest trace of being erased.
"I'm neither a soul master nor a soul beast. I'm not as weak as you all."
"This place is just right for my cultivation."
"Gu Yuena, I'll leave Douluo Star to you and Qian Renxue."
"Understood." Gu Yuena's figure began to fade. "Ning Rongrong, don't die here. Didn't you want to see me make a fool of myself? If you accidentally die, you won't get the chance."
(End of chapter)