Chapter 636: The Protection of the Goddess of Life

"I understand, rest assured, Destruction!" the Asura God replied.

He would send someone to take the Destruction Gauntlet to the human realm, but whether the purpose was to bestow it upon Nan Feihuang or to strike at Nan Feihuang, he would not guarantee.

Seeing this, the Goddess of Life frowned once more, "Wait, Asura, since he is someone my husband has taken a fancy to, let my divine decree be used to convey the order this time!"

The Goddess of Life traced her finger through the void, and a green-gold object, resembling an Imperial Edict, condensed and slowly flew toward the Asura God.

This was a Life Divine Decree, an ability possessed by all Five Great God Kings, which could be used to convey orders to other deities.

The Asura God caught the Life Divine Decree, inwardly sighing that she was indeed the Goddess of Life; she had already perceived the killing intent in his heart, and thus, she would not let him issue this order, but rather issue it through her Life Divine Decree.

After the God Realm meeting concluded, the Asura God immediately summoned one of his most capable subordinates, the Second-Class God, the Slaughter God.

This person was extremely handsome, wearing a suit of golden armor, with a tall stature; on his ancient, simple face were a pair of water-blue eyes, and within his eyes, there was not even a trace of life force fluctuation, only grimness and coldness.

A standout among Second-Class Gods, his strength was comparable to the War God and the Phoenix God, both being the closest existences to a Level One God; he possessed an innate slaughter attribute that could restrain other deities.

In the original work, he was sent by the Asura God to deal with Lie Yan, and in the end, he perished together with her as she burned her divine consciousness; his divine consciousness was then integrated into the Fire God's twin swords by Ji Dong to suffer punishment for a thousand days.

This time, he should be able to avoid that ending because he had a new mission.

"Slaughter God, make a trip to the Douluo Continent, find this person, and complete the instructions of the God Realm Committee." The Asura God handed the Life Divine Decree to the Slaughter God.

There was no help for it; he had to do this, otherwise, once the Goddess of Life sensed that her decree had not been conveyed, she would certainly rally the God Realm Committee to cause him trouble.

Although the Asura God was strong, not beneath anyone on the God Realm Committee, in truth, his voice within the God Realm Committee was not high.

After all, no matter how strong he was, he was only one person, while the other four were paired up; he could not manage to fight two against one.

Therefore, even if he wanted to deal with Nan Feihuang, he had to go through formal channels, hold a meeting first, and have it confirmed by the committee before he could send someone down.

Nan Feihuang and Lie Yan were fundamentally different; Nan Feihuang was a human, his soul, with the help of the Dunjia Heavenly Book, had completely merged with the Douluo Continent and was no different from a native soul, and his body was born locally in the Douluo Continent. Even a God King could not tell he was a transmigrator, only regarding him as a peerless genius born once in a thousand years in the Douluo Continent. But no matter how much of a genius he was, if he had not broken the law, he had not broken the law; the God Realm could not act against him at will. Lie Yan, however, was the Earth Core Empress, a god-level powerhouse, and by interfering in the affairs of the human realm with god-level strength, she was not tolerated by the God Realm and violated the laws of the God Realm, which was why she was killed by the Slaughter God, Hypnos.

The Slaughter God opened the Life Divine Decree of the Goddess of Life, his brows slightly furrowed, "My Lord, the decree from the Goddess of Life conveys that we are to recruit that human realm genius, purify the soul within his body for him, bestow upon him a sub-divine artifact, and even give him one year to consider. What is the meaning of this?"

He was somewhat displeased; he was the Slaughter God, specialized in killing people—did this kind of thing need him to do it?

"Heh, what a Goddess of Life, actually using such a method to restrict me." The Asura God clenched his fists.

His original plan was to send the Slaughter God down, find Nan Feihuang, and after handing the Life Divine Decree to Nan Feihuang, kill him without another word.

The excuse was simple: Nan Feihuang did not respect the divine decree and refused to erase the soul within his body, so he was executed on the spot.

At that time, neither Destruction nor the Goddess of Life would be able to say anything.

But now that the Goddess of Life had actually given Nan Feihuang a one-year consideration period, things were troublesome. Once the Slaughter God went to the human realm, he had to hand the divine decree to Nan Feihuang first. Even if Nan Feihuang refused to erase the soul within his body, the Slaughter God could not immediately take action against him; after all, it was written clearly on the Goddess of Life's decree to give him one year to consider.

If the Slaughter God took action, then the first one to die would inevitably be the Slaughter God.

A mere Second-Class God defying a God King's decree—if you don't die, who will? He could only wait to kill him after a year. In one year, the Asura God feared that the opportunity would be lost; once Tang San was found by Nan Feihuang, he would be lucky to survive a single day in Feihuang's hands.

The most annoying thing was the other possibility: what if Nan Feihuang directly agreed to erase the soul, or even if he refused at first, he thought it through and agreed during this year? Once he indicated compliance with the contents of the decree, the Goddess of Life would sense it instantly. At that time, what the Slaughter God would have to do was return to the God Realm immediately after completing the decree, otherwise, he would be erased by the Goddess of Life. Even if the Goddess of Life was kind and spared his life, the God of Destruction would not let him go once he found out.

After all, as someone her husband valued, the Goddess of Life had used her own way to protect Nan Feihuang.

This cut off the Asura God's original plan to kill Nan Feihuang without asking a single question.

"Slaughter God, don't worry about anything else, just complete the mission. First, convey the decree. According to my estimation, this youth will likely not agree immediately. Stay in the human realm for a year; after one year, kill him directly," the Asura God ordered.

"Then what if he chooses to agree directly, or chooses to agree within or after the year?" the Slaughter God asked.

The Asura God looked helpless, "If he agrees directly, or agrees midway within the year, then just complete the mission and return; it means this youth is not destined to die, and I have no other way. But after the year has passed, you don't need to ask a second time, just start killing!"

If it were after a year, the Asura God would not need to worry so much; the time that should have been given had been given, and if he still said that, Nan Feihuang would be violating the God King's decree, and thus would be erased on the spot.

During this year, he could only transmit sound to Tang San, telling him to hide as much as possible and never wander around the continent again, lest he be hunted down by Nan Feihuang.

"As you command!" Hypnos replied.

On the Douluo Continent, Nan Feihuang did not yet know of the Asura God's schemes, and the great army was already cleaning up the battlefield.

Of the six hundred thousand Star Luo troops, over three hundred thousand had died under the battle formation commanded by Xun Yu.

About two hundred thousand laid down their weapons and surrendered, and less than one hundred thousand scattered and fled; the Gulei Empire army killed several tens of thousands more during the pursuit.

As for the remaining few, Feihuang did not intend to pursue them; they could not stir up any waves.

The true combat power of the Star Luo Empire—the seven Title Douluo of the Clear Sky Sect, plus the Bloodthirsty Douluo and the Black Crow Douluo—were all wiped out.

The Tang Sect's Hidden Weapon troops were all wiped out.

Of the three great clans of the Tang Sect—the Power Clan, the Imperial Clan, and the Speed Clan—the patriarch of the Imperial Clan bore the brunt of the attacks from the Death Gate of Xun Yu's Eight Gates Golden Lock Formation. No matter how strong his defense was, there was a limit, and he ultimately died under the Death Gate.

Titan and Bai He were captured alive by Xun Yu.

Dian Wei returned around dusk and pleaded guilty to Nan Feihuang; Tang San had escaped from him. Tang San held the Asura Sword sheath, which was also a divine artifact and was biased toward control and defense; after restraining Dian Wei for a period of time, he quickly fled.

However, he would likely not return to Xingluo City; after all, everyone knew that was Feihuang's next target—wouldn't going there be waiting for death?

(End of chapter)