Chapter 315: Grand Finale

After breaking through level 100, Gu Xuan stabilized the instability that the Binghuo Liangyi Yan had suffered due to the loss of the dual kings' essence energy, and then returned to Mingdu.

Before that, Gu Xuan had already had Ning Fengzhi begin preparing for the condensation of the divine position; now Gu Xuan, this Sun Moon Emperor, has returned, and all the people of Mingdu devoutly look toward the altar.

All becoming one, that must be Gu Xuan at this moment.

Only see Gu Xuan's figure standing still upon the altar, endless radiance emanating from his body, eight red and two gold ten soul rings shining brightly on his surface, behind him a divine ring faintly condensing.

"I, Emperor Gu Xuan of the Sun Moon Empire, promote the unification of the continental empire, change the cultivation method of Soul Masters, transmit the soul spirit secret art for Soul Masters' cultivation, regard the common people as my duty. Now I have broken through level 100, I specially pray to announce to the world, condense the myriad masses, offer faith, gather the divine position, ascend to the Divine Realm!"

Gu Xuan's voice was like an ancient great bell, echoing throughout every corner of the continent; the entire Douluo Continent, whether men, women, old, young, or soul beast clans, all unconsciously turned their gaze toward Mingdu, where a heavenly-piercing golden light column shot straight into the clouds.

All beings on the Douluo Continent who have received Gu Xuan's beneficence devoutly knelt toward Mingdu.

In the Star Dou Great Forest, Di Tian leading the ferocious beasts likewise devoutly looked toward Mingdu, and the power of faith began to gather.

The Three Heavenly Kings of the extreme north gathered their subordinates and looked upward toward Mingdu.

They are witnessing the emergence of a god; likewise, they are also part of the god.

Countless strands of faith turned into invisible golden streams flowing toward the altar in Mingdu; Gu Xuan, who was condensing the divine position, had already sat cross-legged, closed his eyes, and entered a special state.

What is visible to the naked eye is that the strange golden halo behind Gu Xuan is gradually solidifying, with divine rhythms flowing around him and radiant brilliance bursting from his body.

On Sea God Island, the High Priestess Bosixi gazed at the heavenly-piercing light column above the firmament, her eyes flickering, unknown what she was thinking.

In the Imperial Palace, Bi Bi Dong raised her head to look at Gu Xuan's figure sitting cross-legged in midair upon the altar, her feeling of helplessness grew a bit more.

Perhaps revenge no longer exists, and the future will still have to continue being controlled by Gu Xuan.

Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, Gu Rong and others all knelt devoutly before Gu Xuan; without a doubt, it is these elders who most wish for Gu Xuan to become a god.

The faith power coming from them is also immensely vast.

In the Divine Realm, all the gods sensed the anomaly of the Douluo Continent; a terrifying force is breaking through limits, and its gathered energy is so huge that even the Five God Kings are shocked to that extent.

"Perhaps he has just attained godhood and can possess power comparable to ours." The Asura God King gazed at the towering light column ascending into the Divine Realm and spoke softly.

The Destruction God King said: "I hope our decision is correct."

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Gu Xuan was condensing a divine position for the first time, yet he received guidance from the Evil God Lu Ya, handling many details minutely; one could say that although it was his first time, he was not without experience.

After all, the Evil God Lu Ya himself had cultivated to godhood, and he has absolute experience in condensing a divine position to enter the Divine Realm.

As boundless faith power gathered, Gu Xuan himself underwent a change; his entire body and soul seemed to be cleansed, and the power within him gradually transformed.

That is the process of transforming soul power into divine power.

At the same time, the power of the divine position that Gu Xuan condenses will also become prominent.

Gu Xuan has already mastered the eight elemental powers, and at the same time his own strength is equally terrifying; one could say Gu Xuan has no weaknesses.

He condenses the divine position based on his own strength, with the eight elemental powers as guidance; from laying the divine foundation onward, he has already surpassed his predecessors.

After an unknown amount of time, the sky-piercing light column above the firmament began to contract and dissipate; above the altar in the capital Mingdu of the Sun Moon Empire stood a figure clad in silver-white armor, with eight variegated divine swords on his back intertwining into four pairs of wings, extraordinarily overbearing.

His red-and-blue eyes slowly opened; the golden divine halo behind Gu Xuan shone, containing endless mighty divine resonance that spread throughout the Douluo Continent.

"I, Emperor Gu Xuan of the Sun Moon Empire, today achieve godhood with the nation's strength; my title is Eternal God King."

"From today onward, I will guard the Douluo Continent for a hundred years; wherever the sun and moon shine shall be the territory of the Great Ming. After a hundred years, I will ascend to the Divine Realm and protect the Douluo."

These two short passages spread throughout the entire Douluo Continent; even Bosixi far away on Sea God Island heard this divine edict.

Below, led by Ning Fengzhi, the officials of the Sun Moon Empire and the heads of various sects replied in unison: "We are willing to devote ourselves to the Sun Moon Great Emperor—His Majesty the Eternal God King."

In the Divine Realm, the Asura God King and others naturally heard Gu Xuan's words, because before this, Gu Xuan had already met them.

After Gu Xuan's divine position condensation was completed, his true body had already, a step ahead, arrived in the Divine Realm following the divine light column.

The Five God Kings watched as the true body gradually condensed; Gu Xuan appeared before them, and the Asura God King smiled, saying: "Congratulations, Gu Xuan; I never expected that one who just condensed a divine position would already possess strength comparable to ours."

Gu Xuan glanced at the five before him, of whom the most familiar was none other than Asura.

"Senior Asura, have I not disappointed you?" Gu Xuan slightly bowed and clasped his fists toward Asura.

Then he looked toward the other four: "Junior Gu Xuan, I have met you four seniors."

The four looked at Gu Xuan with satisfied smiles; Destruction said: "Not bad; we had previously discussed you specially, but now it seems our earlier discussion was unnecessary, since you, being born human, naturally stand with us."

Gu Xuan replied: "That is natural; I also previously shared my thoughts with Senior Asura."

Here, Gu Xuan no longer refers to himself as "I" (the imperial pronoun), but regards himself as their junior.

Evil said: "Now that you have attained godhood, have you decided on your divine title?"

Gu Xuan nodded and replied: "I have already decided; the title is Eternal."

"Eternal?" The five were slightly startled upon hearing it, then all laughed: "It seems you, like an ambitious person, are just right; since you have such grand ambition, you can also inherit the great rule and become the person we all need."

Gu Xuan was stunned by those words; he naturally did not know what kind of person the Five God Kings said they needed, but it seemed these five had already made plans for him.

Fortunately, this seems to be a good thing for him, so Gu Xuan readily chatted with them, also getting to know their ideas.

After all, Gu Xuan, having read the original work, knows that these Five God Kings basically just want to be hands-off managers; they likely also wish to quickly shed their God King identities and go out, so Gu Xuan naturally proceeded to learn about them.

The Asura God King said: "Originally, the Divine Realm became unstable due to the Dragon God's great battle; we estimate that not long from now the Divine Realm may face a catastrophe, so we need someone who can bear the banner of the Divine Realm as a guide, leading the Divine Realm to face future crises."

Life said: "Our five strengths are roughly equal, and it's already hard to make further progress, but you are different, Eternal; having just attained godhood, you already possess strength comparable to ours, and your talent is not inferior to that of the original Dragon God."

"Furthermore, with your plans, you are not just yourself; behind you stands an entire soul beast clan; if you can control the Golden Dragon King and the Silver Dragon King, then our Divine Realm will fully have the ability to cope with that future crisis."

Benevolent also said then: "The talents of those companions beside you are not bad; many gods have already taken a liking to them. Moreover, with the few excellent soul beasts you have tamed as a foundation, given time, your cohesion in the Divine Realm will be unprecedented."

Evil took up the conversation and continued: "Thus, the losses and rifts the Divine Realm suffered in the Dragon God's battle can be quickly repaired; perhaps then the Divine Realm could even restart the Gods' Formation, in which case there would be no need to worry about that future catastrophe."

"Gods' Formation? Catastrophe?" Gu Xuan caught those two keywords.

"As for the catastrophe, we will discuss it with you later; as for the Gods' Formation, it is the Divine Realm's greatest formation; when it appears, it can keep the Divine Realm safe." Asura sighed and said: "But because of the Dragon God's battle, most gods in the Divine Realm have also developed many rifts; the Gods' Formation requires 108 gods to cooperate wholeheartedly, and without any divided loyalty it can be activated; otherwise, even if any one person does not contribute, this formation cannot be started."

"Since the Divine Realm only has so many gods, if any one is distant, threats and inducements are useless; therefore we want to cultivate you to become the Lord of Gods, to rule the Divine Realm."

"You are the emperor of the Sun Moon Empire; imperial tactics come easily to you, and with your special status you can communicate with the god beast side to resolve past grudges; thus, this choice is none other than you."

Hearing Asura's words, the other four nodded in agreement; they had originally discussed it this way.

Gu Xuan was also very delighted upon hearing this, for his idea coincided with that of the Five Great God Kings.

Finally, Gu Xuan threw out all his problems, and then the Five Great God Kings said they would still help Gu Xuan maintain for a hundred years in the God Realm, and after a hundred years Gu Xuan must ascend.

And the reason Gu Xuan needs to stay on the Douluo Continent for a hundred years is naturally because his companions nearby need time in their hearts to train, then inherit the god position, and he needs to help the Douluo Continent speed up its development.

However, although Gu Xuan can stay on the Douluo Continent, when he remains there his strength will be suppressed to the level of a ninety-nine rank peerless Douluo, and only after ascending to the God Realm will his strength be restored.

Of course, during this period the strength he cultivates will also increase, but it simply cannot be manifested on the Douluo Continent.

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Gu Xuan becoming a god is naturally something worthy of praise, and just half a year after Gu Xuan became a god, the Spirit Hall's holy maiden Qian Renxue achieved the position of Angel God, the Nine Treasure Glazed Sect's Ning Rongrong achieved the position of Sea God, and Du Gu Yan achieved the position of Asura God.

When these three achieved godhood, it was likewise a heavenly auspicious sign, and everyone on the continent knows that they are all women of the Sun and Moon Great Emperor—the Eternal God King, so this also counts as a godhood from the royal family.

And they three also chose to stay on the Douluo Continent to accompany Gu Xuan, after all they hadn't seen Gu Xuan for a long time, naturally they wanted to accompany Gu Xuan more.

And after another month passed, Gu Xuan's first son was born, this being the result of the efforts of Gu Xuan and Xue Ke earlier.

Gu Xuan named this son Gu Feng, hoping he could be as free and unrestrained as the wind.

But after the child was born, Gu Xuan discovered that no matter how many times he and Ye Lingling tried, they could not succeed, because they could no longer be considered of the same level.

And Du Gu Yan, Qian Renxue, and Ning Rongrong have already achieved godhood, so even if they have children they must give birth in the God Realm.

So the awkward part is that Gu Feng may not necessarily be free and unrestrained in the future, and he must bear the heavy responsibility of the Sun and Moon Empire, after all Gu Xuan will eventually ascend.

Moreover, because Gu Xuan very likely will have no children on the Douluo Continent and can only give birth in the God Realm, Gu Feng also must undertake the great task of propagating the Gu family.

So Gu Feng was made crown prince at the age of one, with Nine Treasure King Ning Fengzhi instructing him, thus Ning Fengzhi was also appointed as the Junior Tutor to the Crown Prince, his burden becoming heavier.

After all, in these two years he also had two more sons and three daughters, already over fifty yet still an old father, but he is exhausted.

In the following five years, Chen Xin successfully completed the Sword God's trial, inheriting the Sword God's position, and Gu Rong broke through to rank ninety-nine, receiving the inheritance of the old first-rank god, the God of Space.

Ye Lingling received the inheritance of the Life God King, Zhan Yu received the inheritance of the second-rank god, the God of Defense, Ma Bao received the inheritance of the first-rank god, the God of Fire, Shui Bing'er received the inheritance of the first-rank god, the God of Ice, Yang Po Jun received the inheritance of the second-rank god, the God of War, Zuo Yan received the inheritance of the second-rank god, the God of the Phoenix, Zhu Zhuqing, as in the original, is the inheritor of the God of Speed, Li Li is the inheritor of the Evil God King, and Xue Ke also received the inheritance of the second-rank god, the God of Light.

And with Gu Xuan's help, the Golden Crocodile Douluo successfully broke through rank ninety-nine, receiving the inheritance of the second-rank god, the God of Strength, which was a pleasant surprise.

Moreover, therefore Gu Xuan also summarized a rule: those who break through to Titled Douluo before thirty will directly have a god come to them; the reason Ye Lingling didn't have this initially is because the Life God King wanted to test her again.

And for those over thirty, like Chen Xin, Gu Rong, and the Golden Crocodile, these elders only have a god choose them after they break through to rank ninety-nine.

When they all received their god position inheritances, Gu Feng also awakened his martial soul, and it is an innate full soul power super martial soul—the Light Bone Dragon King; this martial soul directly combines Xue Ke's light power and Gu Xuan's spatial power, and in the future it will surely become an unparalleled powerhouse.

Besides that, a year ago Ning Fengzhi's two young sons and young daughter also awakened their martial souls; among the five little ones, the eldest little brother Ning Bu Fan awakened the Nine Treasure Glazed Pagoda martial soul, inheriting Ning Fengzhi's talent.

Another son, although he did not awaken the Nine Treasure Glazed Pagoda martial soul, possesses the Seven Treasure Glazed Pagoda and Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon twin martial souls.

The reason for this is that this son's mother comes from the direct line of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon, and was originally allied by marriage with Yu Yuan Zhen.

The other three daughters all inherited their mothers' martial souls, and did not inherit Ning Fengzhi's martial soul.

However, even so, as long as the Nine Treasure Glazed Sect martial soul is preserved, he will have no regrets in the future.

Moreover, because of the probability Gu Xuan previously summarized, Ning Fengzhi also wants to strive to cultivate and break through to rank ninety-nine, to see if he can gain the favor of a certain god, and then ascend to the God Realm.

And what Gu Xuan originally promised to give the Silver Dragon King and company has now been fulfilled, because the companions around him have all received god inheritances, so those fierce beasts also now have a place to belong.

For example, Bi Ji became Ye Lingling's tenth soul ring, Xiong Jun became Gu Rong's tenth soul ring, Chi Wang became Ma Bao's soul ring, and Xue Di became Shui Bing'er's tenth soul ring…………

Basically all the fierce beasts now have a place to belong; after becoming soul spirits they can ascend together to the God Realm, at worst they can mix into a god official position, and those with talent can even advance further.

The Douluo Continent is also rapidly developing under Gu Xuan's leadership, and soul tools are gradually beginning to become popular and appear.

And Gu Feng, at the age of twenty, inherited Gu Xuan's position, becoming the emperor of the Sun and Moon Empire; and now at twenty he has already reached the level of Titled Douluo, he has three sons and eight daughters, far surpassing his old father Gu Xuan.

After all, he doesn't need to risk life and limb like Gu Xuan did back then, having no time to make children; at eighteen Gu Feng already had over thirty wives, all of them peerless beauties, each with extraordinary talents.

After all, all the major powers want to curry favor with him, and they keep sending daughters.

Gu Xuan has already handed over all affairs to his son, while he himself, accompanied by his wives, has become a retired emperor; he is not in a hurry to ascend, after all the stable development of the Douluo Continent still needs his guardianship.

Later, as Ye Lingling and Zhu Zhuqing successively became gods, Gu Xuan also happily continued to give Gu Feng a few younger brothers and sisters.

When the time reached a hundred years, Gu Feng already had grandsons; he also inherited the position of the Destruction God King, and together with his most talented son Gu Fan he followed Gu Xuan to ascend to the God Realm.

And although his other sons and daughters lacked the ability to inherit godhood, because first-rank gods each have several slots to bring people up for ascension, the whole family thus ascended together in full.

And after a hundred years of rapid development, the Douluo Continent has also made great progress; it no longer needs Gu Xuan to worry, he only needs to peacefully develop in the God Realm.

Finished, this book ends here; I originally wanted to continue writing about the God Realm, but this period I have been really busy, time and energy are limited, so I could only end it hastily.

(End of chapter)