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The Asura divine intent remaining within the Silver Dragon King's body should have been left behind by the God of Asura back before he split.
Su Wen did not delve deeper into this question.
It was not of much significance.
He looked at the giant dragon before him, his emotions fluctuating.
Strictly speaking, the Silver Dragon King was the first true deity he had ever laid eyes on.
Su Wen had encountered the Lord of the Underworld before, but the Lord of the Underworld had been heavily injured immediately after breaking through to the God rank and was subsequently sealed. He possessed none of the bearings a true God-rank powerhouse should have.
Furthermore, the Lord of the Underworld's homeland had been enslaved, and he had broken through to the God rank under such adverse conditions. Whether he had taken an unorthodox, extreme path remained a mystery.
The Silver Dragon King was different.
Splitting from the Dragon God, she inherited the elemental mastery and rational side of the Dragon God. Even her physical form was that of the Dragon Clan, and while it could not compare to the Golden Dragon King, it was still considered far from weak among the Dragon Clan.
After all, the bloodline power of the Silver Dragon King was inherently powerful enough, and its tempering effect on her physical body was by no means low. It was just that her blood vitality lacked the terrifying and frenzied nature of the Golden Dragon King, rendering her unable to mobilize her physical strength effectively.
Her status was also high enough; she was at the God King level.
Even though she was currently weakened and in a low state, she maintained at least the level of a First-Class God.
Of course, while she maintained the level of a First-Class God, she could not actually mobilize that power; otherwise, her injuries would worsen.
This was the Douluo Continent, after all. Setting aside the restrictions placed here by the gods, the plane itself simply could not sustain the existence of a God-rank entity, which placed severe constraints on her healing process.
In the original work, the Battle of the Twin Gods--including Qian Renxue taking the lead to become the Angel God and hunting down Tang San--did not involve true gods.
Blessed by a divine seat, their cultivation had broken past the hundredth rank, but their divine power had not yet accumulated, and their true evolution had not yet been fully realized.
Otherwise, it would be impossible for a First-Class God to display a performance so close to that of a Limit Douluo.
Thus, at that time, it was likely that neither of them had truly adapted to their level.
They had obtained the blessing of a divine seat and broken past the hundredth rank, but they had not yet reached the corresponding level.
Coupled with the restrictions the divine seats faced on the Douluo Continent, the power they could mobilize remained within the limits of what the continent could bear. Yet, they were still genuine God-rank entities, surpassing any life form below the divine level.
Had the two of them entered the Divine Realm and then returned, it would have been a completely different story.
By then, turning the world upside down and throwing the plane into turmoil would have been the mildest consequences.
And once they had cultivated in the Divine Realm for a period of time, allowing their own power to reach the level corresponding to their divine seats, returning to fight on the Douluo Continent would likely cause the plane to collapse entirely.
The Silver Dragon King belonged to the latter category.
She had fallen to the Douluo Continent from the peak of a true God King. Healing her injuries here meant drawing a terrifying amount of vital energy from the Douluo Continent.
Therefore, she could not draw upon it too wantonly; otherwise, she would not be able to hide herself at all.
Without a sufficient source of power to replenish herself, her injuries had worsened, and her realm had dropped. Over the subsequent endless ages, although her injuries had stabilized, she was still rendered unable to take action, and her strength was heavily restricted.
Furthermore, her very presence exerted immense pressure on space, making it easy to trigger anomalies that would lead to her discovery by the gods of the Divine Realm. Thus, she could only hide within this small world. However, the pressure borne by a small world would only be greater, bordering on outright destruction.
This resulted in the extremely harsh environment the Silver Dragon King found herself in.
Sleeping in this small world for so many years, she had likely grown weary of it herself.
"Human, your talent is the strongest among all generations of Soul Masters who have become gods, even leading them by an entire tier," the Silver Dragon King spoke, immediately comparing Su Wen to the past figures who had attained godhood.
Clearly, she possessed the qualifications to do so. She had witnessed many individuals on the continent attain godhood and possessed the ability to clearly discern the caliber of these Soul Masters.
Su Wen did not grow arrogant.
"It is merely good fortune."
To achieve what he had today, Su Wen had benefited from a great deal of fortune. After all, walking the path of theory inherently meant dealing with uncertainty.
Although it seemed that one only needed to acquire knowledge and study theories to find a direction and make continuous progress, the reality was entirely different.
The true path of theory required walking the right path from the start.
If one fumbled in the wrong direction, they could spend their entire life trapped within a false premise.
If the premise itself was flawed, or if the initial conception was wrong, no matter how much you searched or how many times you changed your thesis, you would never find the path to ascension. It would only waste too much time.
But Su Wen was fortunate.
He had chosen the correct path in his initial theoretical research.
Afterward, his journey had been smooth sailing. Though he had faced dilemmas and bottlenecks, he had overcome them one by one, always staying on the correct path. He had laid an invincible foundation ahead of time, which led to his current achievements.
To call all of this a matter of good fortune was not an understatement at all.
"The reason I came this time is that I noticed the conflict between human Soul Masters and soul beasts. I came to discuss with you, Silver Dragon King, a way forward for both sides," Su Wen said, looking at the Silver Dragon King with neither arrogance nor inferiority as he stated his purpose.
"A way forward for both sides?" No emotion could be heard in the Silver Dragon King's voice.
Honestly speaking, although she assumed the identity of the co-lord of soul beasts, she was well aware that the relationship between human Soul Masters and soul beasts was one where the weak fell prey to the strong. It was similar to the internal slaughter within the soul beast community itself.
Just as Su Wen had said earlier above the Lake of Life, soul beasts slaughtered one another, so the mutual hunting between human Soul Masters and soul beasts was no different.
Human Soul Masters hunted soul beasts, but there were also plenty of instances where soul beasts killed Soul Masters in return.
One could only say that a balance was maintained overall.
As the Soul Master world grew stronger, the living space of the soul beast race would conversely be compressed.
If the soul beast race ever approached extinction, then human Soul Masters would indeed be the primary culprits.
In the original work, before she was plotted against--or rather, even at the very end--the Silver Dragon King harbored resentment toward human Soul Masters.
This resentment stemmed from the soul beasts being on the brink of extinction.
On top of this, there was the critical reason behind the impending extinction of the soul beast race.
The soul beast race had clearly signed a cooperation treaty with humanity to develop the Spirit system. Yet, after humanity grew powerful and achieved technological breakthroughs, they chose to directly hunt soul beasts to replenish their gene pool just to perfect artificial Spirit technology. This continuous hunting brought the soul beasts to the verge of total annihilation.
This kind of behavior was the true cause for fury.
The Silver Dragon King of the present?
She did not harbor too much resentment toward humans.
The conflict between humans and Soul Masters was something she originally had no desire to interfere with.
"I have developed a method that allows Soul Masters to condense soul rings on their own."
As he spoke, soul rings rapidly emerged beneath Su Wen's feet, among which the seventh, platinum-colored soul ring shone with dazzling brilliance.
"This seventh soul ring is also my intrinsic soul ring. It was condensed by tapping into the potential of my own martial soul."
Su Wen glanced at Di Tian.
"Therefore, the grievances between humans and soul beasts are not entirely without a path to reconciliation."