"So that's how it is…" Looking at the projection screen and the real-time footage coming through the shared connection, Tokisaki Kurumi murmured softly, "Does that mean the true final battle is about to begin?"
Final battle?
Qian Renxue noticed Tokisaki Kurumi's voice. Surprise flickered in her eyes.
"Kurumi, what exactly is the situation with the Asura God right now? What do you mean by final battle?"
Qian Renxue's voice also drew the attention of the others. Gu Yuena, the Kindness God King, the Life God King, and the rest turned their gazes toward Tokisaki Kurumi.
"To put it simply, the cosmic laws are blessing the Asura God's divine body, allowing him to surpass the supreme God King level."
"Surpass supreme!?" Gu Yuena was stunned.
"That's right." Tokisaki Kurumi nodded. "This is information I only just received from Master's side."
"Those who possess god positions and received the Dragon God's gift—the five great God Kings: Kindness, Evil, Life, Destruction, and Asura—all have strength at level 150 God King."
"But in reality, level 150 is already half-step supreme."
"Then levels 151 to 159 are called supreme God Kings." Tokisaki Kurumi looked at everyone. "The previous Asura God, and my current self, are roughly at this level."
"As for Master's side, I'm not entirely sure." Tokisaki Kurumi paused for a moment before continuing,
"The Dragon God back then actually only had strength at level 159, but by relying on the Dragon Realm, he could barely exert power at level 160."
"The so-called level 160 is the realm above supreme God King. This level is called cosmic level, or… half-step Creation God. It's also the current level of the cosmic laws."
"Half-step Creation God!"
Tokisaki Kurumi's words left everyone in shock.
Without giving them much time to process, Tokisaki Kurumi continued:
"You're probably very curious about the Dragon Realm, right, Gu Yuena and Di Tian?"
Gu Yuena and Di Tian exchanged a glance, waiting for Tokisaki Kurumi to go on.
"In the distant era of the Dragon Realm, the Dragon God ruled over eighteen God Kings, including the nine great Dragon Kings."
"The Dragon God hoped to break through the supreme bottleneck and reach a higher dimension, so he implemented the God Star Plan."
"But he was stopped by the Time Dragon King, and his child perished because of it, causing the Dragon God to go berserk." Tokisaki Kurumi's gaze slightly condensed as she looked toward the Kindness and Life God Kings. "You two, the Kindness God King and Life God King, should know this matter very well."
The two God Kings remained silent and did not speak.
"In the end, the Dragon Realm fell into chaos, which then implicated the Divine Realm."
"Finally, the Dragon God recovered from his rage. Looking at the only five remaining God Kings, he chose to let himself fall. He was killed by the Asura God's Asura Demon Sword and split into the Golden Dragon King and Silver Dragon King."
"The Silver Dragon King is the current Gu Yuena. Before the Dragon God fell, he established a law: soul beasts cannot become gods unless the Dragon God reappears."
Everyone present—whether they knew some of this or knew nothing at all—remained silent, simply listening quietly.
"Later, the rule that soul beasts cannot become gods was jointly upheld and maintained by the five great God Kings: Kindness, Life, Destruction, Asura, and Evil."
"In truth… all of this was guided by the cosmic laws through the weakest among the nine great Dragon Kings in strength, yet the one with the most ideas—the Time Dragon King and Space Dragon King."
"What!?" Gu Yuena's delicate brows furrowed slightly. "Are you saying the cosmic laws caused the Dragon God to lose control?"
"Yes. This is information Master obtained after clashing with the cosmic laws in the Void Land."
"Whether it's true or not, judge for yourselves. I'm only passing on the information she sent over."
"As a supreme God King, the Dragon God also possessed the laws of time and space. His strength far surpassed the Time-Space Dragon King. Even he didn't realize that the Dragon Realm's promotion would bring destruction to the Dragon Realm."
"How could a mere God King realm Time-Space Dragon King possibly know?"
"What they saw was only what the cosmic laws wanted them to see."
Just one outcome: promoting to God Star, and the Dragon Realm's destruction.
So, by trying to stop the Dragon Realm's promotion, they caused its destruction.
After all, how could those two possibly stop the Dragon God?
"The Dragon Prince fell while trying to make up for the Dragon God's promotion to God Star, and the Dragon God completely erupted in fury, leading to the great calamity that followed."
"But in the end, when the Dragon God regained his senses, he discovered that the reason he had been influenced came from a higher level."
"That is the cosmic laws?"
Gu Yuena picked up Tokisaki Kurumi's words, her brows tightly knitted.
"That's right." Tokisaki Kurumi nodded. "The cosmic laws are formless and without thought."
"A Dragon God with a tangible body could never find the cosmic laws, let alone erase them."
"Moreover, he probably felt he didn't have that ability."
"So, the rule was established that soul beasts cannot become gods. This counts as a law following the cosmic order."
"In this way, the cosmic laws could no longer act against soul beasts in any form."
"Things like cause and effect—if repaid, then repaid. You can slowly cut flesh, but while someone is in the process of repayment, you cannot double the original contract. Even the cosmic laws must follow certain rules."
Tokisaki Kurumi sighed. "Thus came the rule: soul beasts cannot become gods unless the Dragon God reappears."
"So that's how it was!" Di Tian couldn't help but let out a long sigh. Although Di Tian could be considered the reincarnation of the Black Dragon King, his memories were not complete.
"But since the cosmic laws are formless, what's happening now? And what role did the Asura God play back then?" Di Tian's words once again drew the attention of everyone present.
The cosmic laws interfered with the Dragon God, but the Asura God truly split the Dragon God in two. Given the current situation, saying the two had no connection would probably convince no one.
"The cosmic laws are not truly formless. They simply possess fluidity."
Tokisaki Kurumi glanced at the Asura God, who had almost finished accepting the power, then turned back and said,
"The fluidity of the cosmic laws allows it to appear in various parallel worlds."
"There is only one cosmic laws, but it can interfere in all worlds."
"To break through from level 160 to level 161 Creation God, it needs a body as a medium."
"That is the Asura God—most likely the Asura God who possesses the Dragon God's power."
"The Asura God has the Dragon God's power?" Gu Yuena's voice carried uncertainty.
Tokisaki Kurumi nodded. "The Asura God's Asura Demon Sword killed the Dragon God, and he also absorbed the god positions of the Golden Dragon King and the five great God Kings."
"Although the cosmic laws have no physical body and usually cannot interfere too much with the operation of worlds, the Asura God is now the catalyst. It's just that this catalyst is too slow."
"To break through, the cosmic laws must have a body. Otherwise, it's almost impossible."
The Dragon God couldn't defeat the cosmic laws precisely because of its uncertainty.
The Dragon God vaguely deduced that the cosmic laws had imprinted some purpose onto him, which is why he chose to split himself in two.
"Only with a physical form can it be killed—is that what you mean?" The Kindness God King seemed thoughtful, though even she found her own words unbelievable.
According to Tokisaki Kurumi, the cosmic laws were half-step Creation God.
It might even reach Creation God.
In such a situation, how could it possibly be killed?
(End of chapter)