Chapter 670: The Will of the Gods

As the deity descended, that terrifyingly peerless aura caused the entire Gu Lei Imperial City to become stifled.

Almost everyone in the city knelt down; if their kneeling to Nan Tianchen was out of respect, then now, it was entirely out of fear, for after all, the Godly Power of the Slaughter God was not as gentle as that of the Angel God.

Feihuang waved his hand, and a massive wave of soul power surged to cover the entire city; in an instant, the kneeling people felt their shoulders lighten, and that pressure actually vanished.

Qian Daoliu said in surprise, "This kid Nan Feihuang can actually even mask the Godly Power fluctuations of a deity. It seems that when he said he didn't even use half his strength in our fight earlier, he wasn't just boasting!"

The Slaughter God was also somewhat astonished; although he had not unleashed his Godly Power with full force, as the God of Slaughter, his aura of Godly Power was filled with aggression, yet it had been easily neutralized by a mortal.

No wonder this person was specifically discussed in a meeting by the Five Great God Kings; he is truly not simple.

Feihuang stepped forward, cupped his hands, and said, "This deity, since you have come down to the mortal realm specifically to find me, what exactly is your decree?"

The Slaughter God looked at Nan Feihuang, who remained neither humble nor pushy in his presence, showing respect outwardly while harboring no fear inwardly; his temperament could be called excellent. He felt an urge to strike and kill him right now to complete the order of the Asura God.

But there was no help for it; he was still holding the divine decree of the Goddess of Life. If he violated the decree of a God King, he would be the first to die.

"Nan Feihuang, the Goddess of Life has a divine decree: as long as you agree to the conditions on the decree, she will bestow upon you the God Position of a Level One God and give you one year to consider. One year later, I will come to fetch you!" The Slaughter God, too lazy to waste more breath on Feihuang, flicked the Goddess of Life's divine decree out and, without giving Feihuang a chance to answer, immediately vanished without a trace.

He did this because he feared that Nan Feihuang would not need this year and would agree on the spot; then he would be forced to complete the divine decree and return to the God Realm to report, and how then would he complete the secret order of the Asura God? Moreover, he believed that Nan Feihuang would likely agree, as it was, after all, an opportunity to become a Level One God out of thin air.

Even if one took a step back and said that if he refused at this moment, he still could not kill him, because the Goddess of Life had given him one year to consider.

Since he could not strike regardless of whether Nan Feihuang agreed now or not, why bother speaking more with him?

Only after the year had passed could he use the excuse that Nan Feihuang was stubborn and defied the divine decree to execute him on the spot.

"Inducting me to become a Level One God? Heh, it seems the God Realm Committee has had a row over me." Feihuang laughed. "This decree gives me one year to consider. As long as I agree to remove two-thirds of the Spirit Beast spirits within my body, I can skip the Nine Trials and become a god directly. The Goddess of Life is truly generous, and she does indeed have a bit of kindness; this is likely her means of checking the Asura God."

"Clearly so," Xun Yu said in a low voice. "There must have been a row at the God Realm Committee. You killed the Asura God's successor, Tang Chen, and snatched away most of the fortune of his other successor, Tang San; he must want to kill you quickly. If I am not mistaken, the Asura God prepared to make things difficult for you on the grounds that there are too many Spirit Beast spirits in your body, but the Goddess of Life is kind by nature and carries a companion divine beast; in truth, you do not violate the laws of the God Realm, so she did not want to strike at you. However, the God Realm's exclusion of beasts is also real, so she could only win this one year for you. This divine decree is both an admonition to you and a compensation for you. Without her maneuvering, the deity with the heavy baleful aura just now would have already struck at you."

"Your subject guesses that he must be a man of the Asura God. Otherwise, he should have stayed just now to at least hear your answer on the spot. But he was afraid of hearing an affirmative answer and failing to complete the Asura God's secret order, which is why he left immediately. One year later, regardless of whether you accept the Goddess of Life's decree or not, that deity from just now will use the excuse that you defied the divine decree to kill you!"

Feihuang nodded. "That must be it. I accept this favor from the Goddess of Life. As for wanting to kill me, let them come; even if a war started right now, I might not necessarily lose to this Second-Class God, let alone a year from now."

As the Godly Power in the sky vanished, the blue sky returned to its usual appearance.

The many commoners below did not know about the twists and turns between the God Realm and Feihuang; they only heard one thing. The deity was going to induct their Crown Prince to become a god! In other words, their Gu Lei Dynasty was going to become a nation protected by a god.

In an instant, the centripetal force of this newly established nation was greatly strengthened; it could be said that the Slaughter God had unintentionally done a good deed for the Douluo Continent.

The mere news that Nan Feihuang was about to become a god would cause those who were still dissatisfied with the Gu Lei Dynasty in the shadows and secretly wanted to stir up trouble to extinguish their thoughts.

After all, who would want to offend a legendary god who is omniscient and omnipotent?

The Unification Ceremony, with the Slaughter God's inexplicable assist, was completed in an even more perfect manner.

Various directives began to be implemented. The power of the Heaven Dou Empire was originally scattered, and although it had become quite concentrated due to the Spirit Hall's infiltration plan back then, it was basically all concentrated in the hands of Xue Ke.

This was no different from being in Feihuang's hands; at least for the next dozen years or so, there would be no problems here.

Next, Xue Ke would have to work hard; for the implementation of the Grace-Extending Edict, it is estimated that the two of them will need to have a few more children.

The Star Luo Empire had been completely wiped out, so there was no need to worry. Although Dai Mubai was sensible, he did not surrender voluntarily after all, so Feihuang could not give him too high a status. Considering his merit in persuading the surrender, not killing him was already the height of benevolence.

After crippling his soul power, he was exiled to the frontier to accompany his brother, Dai Weisi.

As for Zhu Zhuqing, because Oscar and Ning Rongrong used their merits to offset her crimes, Feihuang spared her life, though she no longer held any noble titles.

Zhu Zhuqing actually did not care about such things; after returning to Star Luo to pay respects to her sister, she went to travel the continent. In the past, she was either running for her life or hiding at home as a shut-in; at this moment, she had instead truly gained freedom.

She promised Ning Rongrong that once she resolved her inner knots, she would return and join Ning Rongrong's new Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to repay the life-saving grace of her and Oscar.

The only trouble was the Spirit Hall, as this force was still very massive.

Feihuang could only first strip them of all their military power, and then impose restrictions on them in terms of laws and authority.

Starting tomorrow, free martial soul awakening for all children on the continent, as well as the distribution of Spirit Master subsidies, would be directly handled by the Empire. From now on, the Spirit Hall would have only one duty: supervision.

To supervise the Spirit Masters of the world; anyone who commits crimes, if verified by evidence, shall be punished according to the laws of the Dynasty, and they may not execute first and report later at will. The command of the Spirit Master legions and the army would no longer belong to them, but would be directly under the state.

(End of chapter)