Chapter 250: Golden Dragon King: My Entire Life Has Been Like Walking on Thin Ice
Yun Yuan accepted the God of Evil's proposal.
"Very well. From this day onward, I shall be the Supreme Ruler of the Douluo God Realm!"
Yun Yuan's agreement brought excited smiles to the faces of the four God Kings: Evil, Kindness, Destruction, and Life.
There was an immeasurable difference between a God Realm that possessed a Supreme God King and one that did not.
For the four God Kings, their lifelong wish had always been to see the God Realm ascend in dimension and become a Divine Star.
However, after countless years of effort, they had come to realize that they simply could not accomplish it on their own.
The passage of time had gradually worn away their ambitions.
Only the God of Destruction had continued to persist in his desire to elevate the God Realm, hoping to raise it to an even higher dimension.
The God Realm War, ten thousand years later in the original story, stemmed from a disagreement between the God of Destruction and the Sea God Tang San.
The God of Destruction had always been eager to strengthen the God Realm. If he ever saw even the slightest hope of elevating it into a Divine Star, he would spare no effort to achieve it.
Yet relying solely on the strength of a God King to transform the God Realm into a Divine Star was nothing more than wishful thinking.
Only by reaching the Supreme God King realm could one hope to elevate the God Realm into a Divine Star.
Even then, it was merely a possibility.
The Dragon God of the past had also been a Supreme God King.
Yet he still fell while attempting to elevate the Divine Star, causing the entire Soul Beast race to decline as a consequence.
One could say that elevating a Divine Star was a path where danger and opportunity coexisted.
"Supreme God, why don't we return to the Douluo God Realm first and convene a meeting of the entire God Realm to formally announce your position as its ruler?"
The God of Evil continued.
Now that Yun Yuan had accepted the position of ruler of the God Realm, they could no longer address him as Atlas.
The title of Supreme God was a sign of their respect.
"You may return first. I have one matter to attend to before I return to the Douluo God Realm."
Yun Yuan replied.
The four God Kings did not inquire further.
Transforming into four streams of light, they departed and headed toward the Douluo God Realm.
After they had left,
Yun Yuan released the divine sense of a Supreme God King, while the Law of Destiny manifested around him.
He was searching for the Golden Dragon King's whereabouts.
Although even a fully grown Golden Dragon King would be little more than a toy in his eyes, his wife was the Silver Dragon King, sharing the same origin as the Golden Dragon King.
Yun Yuan intended to take the Golden Dragon King's Destruction Divine Core and gift it to his wife, Gu Yuena.
He would then help Gu Yuena fuse the Creation Divine Core with the Destruction Divine Core, allowing her to inherit the Dragon God's divine position and break through into the Supreme God King realm.
Among all of Yun Yuan's wives, Gu Yuena unquestionably possessed the highest potential.
At the same time, she was also the one most likely to reach the Supreme God King realm.
"Found you."
Yun Yuan's gaze locked onto a distant direction.
Across the endless void, spanning an unknown number of stars, he saw the Golden Dragon King fleeing through space.
Far away, the fleeing Golden Dragon King suddenly felt a chill run down his back.
"Have I been targeted?"
His enormous dragon eyes scanned his surroundings as his God King-level spiritual power spread across tens of millions of li.
Yet he found no trace of any god.
"It must be my imagination. The five God Kings of the God Realm probably haven't found me yet."
After reassuring himself, the Golden Dragon King's colossal dragon body continued traversing the starry universe, attempting to move as far away from the Douluo God Realm as possible.
Although he had already broken through to the God King realm, his actual combat strength was only comparable to that of the God of Destruction and the Asura God.
Even in a one-on-one battle against the God of Evil or the Goddess of Kindness, his chances of victory were not particularly high.
As for taking revenge on the entire God Realm, there was no hope whatsoever.
Only by advancing further within the God King realm and reaching its peak would he have any chance of avenging himself against the Douluo God Realm.
But just then, a gigantic hand radiating supreme divine power suddenly emerged from the cosmic void and reached toward the Golden Dragon King.
Compared to that heaven-covering hand, the Golden Dragon King's enormous dragon body appeared utterly insignificant.
"What the hell is this?!"
The Golden Dragon King's mentality completely collapsed.
He had barely escaped the tiger's den, only to fall into the wolf's lair.
As a God King, he clearly understood the terror of that gigantic hand.
Even the Dragon God, at the peak of his power as a Supreme God King, had only displayed such a terrifying divine technique.
"My life is so miserable."
The Golden Dragon King completely gave up struggling.
He knew it was utterly pointless.
Moments later, the Golden Dragon King was caught within the giant palm.
Only then did he finally see the appearance of its owner.
He was a tall and majestic man with a handsome, resolute face, while his eyes shone as brilliantly as the stars.
Merely looking at him inspired an irresistible urge to submit.
"Supreme God, may I ask what brings you to little me?"
Faced with Yun Yuan, who had already reached the very end of the Supreme God King realm, the Golden Dragon King's naturally violent temperament became completely docile.
He might be reckless, but he was not foolish enough to challenge an unrivaled supreme expert.
That would simply be courting death.
"Hand over your Destruction Divine Core or die!"
Yun Yuan's voice descended like heavenly judgment, leaving no room for refusal.
From beginning to end, the only thing he cared about was the Golden Dragon King's Destruction Divine Core.
It was the Golden Dragon King's very foundation, as well as the vessel carrying the Dragon God's destructive power.
Hearing Yun Yuan's demand, the Golden Dragon King fell into deep hesitation.
The Destruction Divine Core...
Once he surrendered it, not only would his strength plummet dramatically, but all hope of revenge would disappear as well.
Yun Yuan simply watched the Golden Dragon King resting in his palm.
He believed the Golden Dragon King would make the correct decision.
Compared with his wife, Gu Yuena,
Yun Yuan felt that this other half of the Dragon God seemed considerably wiser.
After all, he had not inherited the Dragon God's astonishing wisdom.
Just as Yun Yuan had expected, after thinking for a moment, the Golden Dragon King made the correct choice.
"Supreme God, I am willing to hand over my Destruction Divine Core."
As soon as he finished speaking, the Golden Dragon King began separating the Destruction Divine Core from his body.
A golden divine core radiating an aura of boundless destruction floated before him.
After removing the Destruction Divine Core, his strength suffered a catastrophic decline, dropping directly from the God King realm to the First-Class God realm.
Moreover, without some extraordinary opportunity, the Golden Dragon King would likely never return to the God King realm.
After obtaining the Destruction Divine Core, a faint smile appeared on Yun Yuan's lips.
"Golden Dragon King, you've made the correct decision."
"Oh, and since I'm in a good mood, let me share a piece of good news with you."
"The Silver Dragon King is one of my wives."
"In the future, she will become the new Dragon God, and the Dragon Clan will rise once again."
"If you ever miss your clansmen, you're welcome to return to the Douluo God Realm."
After saying that, the gigantic hand imprisoning the Golden Dragon King vanished, and Yun Yuan's enormous, star-like figure disappeared as well.
Only the bewildered Golden Dragon King remained, still standing motionless in the endless void, unable to recover from the shock.
After a long while, the Golden Dragon King finally regained his senses.
Looking in the direction where Yun Yuan had disappeared, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly, as though there were words he had been unable to say.
Supreme God...
Couldn't you have waited just a little longer?
I actually wanted to return to the Douluo God Realm with you.
If the Golden Dragon King had not lost the Destruction Divine Core, he and the Silver Dragon King would still have been rivals.
Both would have sought to devour the other.
But after losing the Destruction Divine Core, the Golden Dragon King, as the other half of the Dragon God, could only regard the Silver Dragon King as his younger sister.
After all, their blood relationship was even closer than that of biological siblings.
The only reason they had ever wanted to devour one another was because the divine cores within their bodies had instinctively attracted each other.
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