Tang San's head had its eyes wide open, blood flowing from all seven orifices. His already dimmed pupils were filled with despair and venomous hatred.
His body, separated from the head, was riddled with thousands of holes—not a single patch of flesh remained intact.
Seeing Tang San die in such a miserable state, the young Kindness God King and Evil God King couple's expressions changed drastically.
'Tang San was so powerful—how could he be killed so easily just like that!!'
The Kindness God King Lie Yan and the Evil God King Ji Dong, just like Tang San, had inherited the divine positions of their predecessors to ascend to the God Realm.
Thus, the two of them usually had a good relationship with Tang San and understood him deeply. They knew that not only was Tang San extremely powerful, but his wisdom and schemes were also second to none in the God Realm. The couple had always admired Tang San greatly.
Yet, such a powerful and wise Tang San had actually died—and died so miserably, so effortlessly. This truly left them horrified.
It wasn't just the Kindness God King and Evil God King who reacted this way.
Even the Destruction God King couldn't help but shudder upon seeing Tang San's corpse.
Although he and Tang San were at odds, and he felt quite pleased that Tang San was dead—meaning no one would compete with him for power in the God Realm anymore—he still acknowledged Tang San's strength. With the dual divine positions of Sea God and Asura God, even he couldn't defeat Tang San.
But now, in just a few seconds, Tang San had been decapitated and beaten into a dead dog.
That wasn't the most important part. The person who killed Tang San was.
The Destruction God King stared fixedly at Wang Chen. The more he looked, the more familiar he seemed, yet he didn't dare connect this person with the lower realm genius Wang Chen from his memories.
If they were the same person, wouldn't that mean Wang Chen had grown from a mortal into a supreme expert capable of killing God Kings in just a mere twenty years?
Such a thing was simply too absurd, so the Destruction God King immediately dismissed the idea, treating the resemblance between Wang Chen and this killer as a mere coincidence.
While the various God Kings were shocked that Tang San had been killed,
Wang Chen stood in the void, his gaze profound. After killing Tang San, he held the Asura God position in his left hand and the Sea God position in his right.
He then directly extracted the energy from both the Asura God and Sea God positions and injected it into his own divine position.
As the vast energy contained within the Sea God and Asura God positions merged into him, Wang Chen's originally illusory divine position instantly solidified by a tenth.
Wang Chen's strength soared. His divine power rose directly from the First Class God level to the God King level.
If before, God King-level experts could still exchange a few moves with him, relying on their powerful divine energy,
Now, killing a God King-level expert was as easy for Wang Chen as crushing an ant. Even if several God Kings attacked together, Wang Chen could slap them all to death with one palm.
After absorbing the energy from the Asura God and Sea God positions, Wang Chen casually scattered Tang San's ashes, then turned his gaze toward the Destruction God King and the others.
Having been the unrivaled ruler of the Douluo Continent, Wang Chen was naturally unwilling to bow his head and rank below others after entering the God Realm.
Originally, he had planned to ascend to the God Realm, kill Tang San, beat all the other gods into submission, and become the boss of the God Realm.
But since Tang San, the Destruction God King, and the others had come looking for him on their own, it actually saved him some trouble.
Just as Wang Chen was about to "persuade" the Destruction God King and the others to acknowledge him as the Master of the God Realm,
The Goddess of Life, witnessing Tang San's tragic state, felt her saintly heart ache and showed a look of intolerance: "Who exactly are you, sir? Why did you cruelly kill the Sea God Tang San…"
Six-colored divine light flowed around Wang Chen's body. Upon hearing the Goddess of Life's words, he couldn't be bothered to respond and didn't even glance at her.
He had no interest in reasoning with a saint like the Goddess of Life. If reasoning worked, what was the point of fists?
Wang Chen merely said to the Destruction God King, "Destruction God King, you really are forgetful. It's only been twenty years, and you already don't recognize me."
The Destruction God King's pupils contracted sharply as that familiar face completely overlapped with the genius spirit master from the lower realm twenty years ago.
His voice trembled slightly: "Wang Chen?! How is this possible? You, who were just a mortal twenty years ago—how could you possess the power to kill a God King in only twenty years?"
The corners of Wang Chen's mouth curved into a smirk. Seeing the Destruction God King's shocked expression filled him with pleasure. The feeling of showing off was still as satisfying as ever.
Back then, the Destruction God King had wanted to use him to inherit Tang San's Sea God position and thereby weaken Tang San. But if he had really inherited the Sea God position at that time, he would probably have been secretly killed by Tang San long ago.
Wang Chen said loudly, "How is it impossible? My very existence is the greatest possibility. Tang San wanted to kill me, but I eliminated him with just a couple of moves.
God Kings are only this much. If none of you have any objections, from now on, I will rule the God Realm."
Hearing Wang Chen's words, the Kindness God King and Evil God King's expressions immediately turned ugly.
The two were extremely displeased in their hearts, thinking this person was too arrogant. After killing a God King of the God Realm, he even wanted to become its ruler—was he treating the gods of the God Realm as toys to be played with at his whim?
The Goddess of Life frowned beautifully. "This goes against the rules of the God Realm. The Master of the God Realm must be elected by the God Realm Committee. It's not something you can just decide to be."
"Rules?" Wang Chen sneered, his gaze sweeping over the four God Kings. "Today I have come to tell you all—from now on, the rules of the God Realm will be set by me!"
The Destruction God King was completely enraged by Wang Chen's words. His desire for power was extremely strong, and he had always wanted to become the Master of the God Realm and lead its development.
Originally, he was quite happy when Wang Chen killed Tang San, but now that Wang Chen also wanted to become the Master of the God Realm, he could no longer accept it.
The Destruction God King said coldly, "Wang Chen, don't think that just because you killed Tang San, you can look down on God Kings.
Today, we, God Kings, will test your skills. If you win, we will offer you the position of Master of the God Realm with both hands!"
"No need for you to offer it—I will take it myself." Wang Chen beckoned with his hand. "All of you, come at me together."
"Arrogant!" The Destruction God King roared in anger and immediately took out his super divine artifact, the Scepter of Destruction.
The Scepter of Destruction was like a bolt of lightning, pitch-black throughout its body yet emitting intense purple light. The terrifying intent of destruction caused the starry sky itself to tremble.
The Destruction God King erupted with divine power and swung the Scepter of Destruction with all his might.
A massive black thunder sphere containing the power of destruction appeared. At the edges of the thunder sphere was a layer of blue-purple lightning. The violent power of destructive thunder was enough to destroy the entire Douluo Planet.
The Goddess of Life arrived at the Destruction God King's side. An ancient tree brimming with dense life suddenly rose into the air.
As the oldest deity in the God Realm, the Goddess of Life and the Destruction God King were undoubtedly the two strongest in the God Realm.
When the two of them joined forces and erupted, powerful destruction rules echoed through the starry sky, while abundant life rules continued at the end of destruction.
Two opposite rules complemented and generated each other at this moment.
At the center where life and destruction rule fused, a pink halo surged forth.
"Power of Creation!!"
The Power of Creation was the product of the fusion of life rules and destruction rules. Its power was so great that even Tang San in his prime could not withstand this move.
This was precisely why Tang San had always maintained his perfect persona and dared not give the Destruction God King any leverage. Once the Destruction God King had a reasonable excuse to act and joined forces with the Goddess of Life, Tang San would undoubtedly die.
While the Destruction God King and Goddess of Life attacked, the Kindness God King and Evil God King couple on the other side did not remain idle.
Although they lacked super divine artifacts and were among the weakest of the God Kings in terms of strength, their divine positions were genuine.
"Kindness! Like! Water!"
"Evil! Energy! Majestic!"
The two transformed into a black sword and a white sword, sharp and keen. Kindness rules and evil rules fused.
Instantly, the surrounding starry sky was dyed black and white, eventually turning into a hazy gray.
This move of theirs was similar in wonder to the simultaneous attack of the Goddess of Life and Destruction God King—both used the mutual complementation of rules to erupt with power far exceeding their individual levels.
The combined attack of the four God Kings—Destruction, Life, Kindness, and Evil.
The pink represents the power of creation, and the gray represents the power of good and evil turned into condensed pillars of light shooting toward Wang Chen.
The power of creation and the power of good and evil were so great that the entire starry sky fell silent and perished.
Facing such a terrifying attack, Wang Chen's expression remained calm. "No matter how well you coordinate, in the end, you are not one person. Moreover, fusing only two rules is too weak!"
Wang Chen brought his palms together. Time, space, elements, life, destruction, and spirit—six rules, six-colored divine lights converged in his palms and condensed into a chaos-colored sphere.
Wang Chen struck out with one palm. The chaos-colored sphere exploded, as if opening heaven and earth, evolving into myriad worlds.
With this terrifying palm strike, the entire starry sky began to twist, collapse, and turn into nothingness.
Seeing such a terrifying palm, the four God Kings—Destruction, Life, Kindness, and Evil—all turned pale with fear.
The Kindness God King Lie Yan cried out in shock, "How many rules are this? How can someone comprehend so many rules?"
The Evil God King Ji Dong was also dumbfounded. "Time, space, destruction, life, elements, and the last one seems to be soul, but somehow different… this… this is six powerful rules!"
The Goddess of Life covered her mouth in disbelief. "How is it possible—six powerful rules—this is impossible."
The Destruction God King stood stunned and speechless.
The four God Kings finally realized that the power Wang Chen wielded was simply beyond their imagination.
Crack!
The pink-and-gray pillar of light collided with Wang Chen's palm that evolved myriad worlds.
A sound like glass shattering spread through the starry sky. Wang Chen's palm that evolved myriad worlds effortlessly crushed the light pillar of the Destruction God King and the others with overwhelming force.
Then, without losing momentum, it continued sweeping toward the Destruction God King and the others.
When this palm that evolved myriad worlds landed, there was no earth-shattering explosion—only silently spreading tides of rules.
Wherever the tides passed, everything dissipated.
When the ripples subsided, the Destruction God King, Goddess of Life, Kindness God King, and Evil God King were all gravely injured and on the verge of death.
None of them even had the strength to fly anymore. They lay powerlessly in the starry sky, looking at Wang Chen only with eyes filled with fear.
"Now," Wang Chen's voice echoed through the starry sky, "does anyone still want to discuss rules with me?"
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Seven days later, Wang Chen stood at the peak of the God Realm, overlooking the myriad gods.
Six beams of divine light that pierced the heavens revolved around him, each beam reflecting the sights of countless worlds. The entire God Realm trembled beneath his feet.
Amid the reverent and fearful gazes of the thousands of gods, Wang Chen's voice rang like thunder at the beginning of chaos.
"From this day forward—I am the Master of the God Realm!"
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Time flew by, and a thousand years passed in the blink of an eye.
During these thousand years, Wang Chen first brought the people he valued to the God Realm, then fulfilled his promises by resurrecting the Snow Empress, Ice Empress, and other spirit beasts.
Afterward, under Wang Chen's leadership, the God Realm continuously expanded. After annexing dozens of other God Realms, it evolved into a God Star, and Wang Chen was revered by all gods as the God Emperor.
At the core of the God Star, inside the grand hall where God Emperor Wang Chen resided.
Wang Chen's gaze penetrated distant space, looking at the thousands upon thousands of small realms within the domain ruled by the God Star—realms similar to the Douluo Continent.
By Wang Chen's side were his beloved confidantes such as Meng Hongchen, Ju Zi (Orange), and others.
"Husband, what are your plans next?" Meng Hongchen asked softly, looking at Wang Chen with tender affection.
She asked this because Wang Chen had already conquered all known God Realms and had no more opponents. Meng Hongchen thus felt somewhat lost regarding the future direction.
Hearing Meng Hongchen's words, Wang Chen turned his head, the corners of his mouth rising.
At this moment, deep within Wang Chen's soul, the flawless black book was covered in rich radiance.
The black book had long been completely restored. After a thousand years, he had even accumulated enough energy to traverse the myriad heavens and worlds twice over.
A trace of anticipation appeared in Wang Chen's deep eyes.
'What kind of scenery will the other worlds among the myriad heavens hold?'
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