Chapter 199: Becoming a Half‑Step Divine King Again

"White Emperor, I am not a benevolent god; if you refuse, I will seal the cultivation of the three young girls beside you, throw them into the beggar's den, and then enjoy it with you."

The blue‑faced, fanged deity hovered in mid‑air, its overwhelming divine might silencing heaven and earth, and its terrifying power tore the ocean in two.

Above the sea, under the dual suppression of the overwhelming divine might and terrifying power, Bai Yuan felt the surrounding air as if it had solidified.

At that moment, he felt his former self like a fish swimming freely in water, but in an instant he was plunged into ice, unable to move a fraction.

"Is this the gap between a fully‑realized Nascent Soul and an early‑stage Nascent Soul?" Bai Yuan's face grew extremely solemn as he muttered to himself.

Back then in the Star Dou Great Forest, Bai Yuan relied on the Five Elements Array to raise his cultivation to the half‑step Nascent Soul stage, defeating the Rakshasa God and Bi Bi Dong a level above.

Now Bai Yuan's cultivation is only at the late stage of Core Formation.

With such strength, even without knowing how to wield the Dragon‑Scale Killing Sword or the Five Elements Array, he could not defeat Bi Bi Dong and Qian Renxue at the time, yet he could still escape from them.

But when facing the one before him, a first‑rank god equivalent to a fully‑realized Nascent Soul, Bai Yuan's current cultivation doesn't even grant him the right to move, let alone resist.

As for the decline after inheriting the Divine Seat, sorry, the gap between a fully‑realized Nascent Soul and an early‑stage Nascent Soul is far more than ten or twenty times.

The portion of power that was separated.

For a first‑rank god, it's of no great consequence.

As for the Divine Seat, it's merely a tool to aid a deity in achieving immortality; the loss of strength isn't significant.

At this moment, Bai Yu, Wang Qiuer, and Dong Qianqiu—the three women—had their faces turn a bit pale under the terrifying pressure.

However, Bai Yu and Wang Qiuer weren't really afraid.

But Dong Qianqiu was terrified to the extreme.

She never imagined that a blood‑colored deity stood before her, slaughtering all the Soul Beasts in the sea and killing her entire family.

After Dong Qianqiu finally found a master who could avenge her, now a deity with even greater cultivation comes to kill.

Bai Yuan braced against the pressure and said gravely, "Rakshasa God, the Five Great Divine Kings sent you to the Lower Realm, presumably to negotiate with the Otherworldly Divine King; why do you make things difficult for me?"

The Rakshasa God smiled and said, "White Emperor, do you think you know a lot? Was my previous statement not clear enough?"

After a brief pause, the Rakshasa God's tone turned cold as he said, "Or perhaps you're eager to see the three of them perform in the beggar's den with your own eyes?"

Bai Yuan's gaze toward the Rakshasa God instantly cooled.

To be honest, he really didn't want to use the Five Elements Array with its four formation bases again before the Five Elements Array was completed, because it could likely trigger many unforeseen events for Bai Yuan.

At the very least, the Asura God and the God of Destruction would instantly recognize that White Emperor is Bai Yuan and would learn that they were fooled by him back then.

But now…

Bai Yuan said in a deep voice, "Rakshasa God, don't overstep. Do you really think I have no way to deal with you? If you truly wish to die, I can grant it!"

A disdainful smile flickered on the terrifying face of the Rakshasa God; she said lightly, "If your master were still alive, I would have to be cautious threefold, but you are merely an ant; I could crush you with a flick of my finger. What fear have you?"

Bai Yuan stared silently at the Rakshasa God, his jet‑black eyes revealing a chilling murderous intent, as if he were gazing upon a corpse.

The Rakshasa God sneered lightly, "Alright, White Emperor, I'll give you one final chance; otherwise, even if you agree later, I'll still make you choose one of the three to perform in the beggar's den."

Dong Qianqiu couldn't help but tremble; if she were the one to choose, there'd be no doubt she'd be the one kicked out.

Even if she agreed to become Bai Yuan's wife.

But considering Bai Yu's and Wang Qiuer's relationship with Bai Yuan,

he would never abandon the two of them.

"Three." The Rakshasa God extended a hand and raised three fingers, as if a true deity, issuing the final death decree.

Bai Yuan's expression remained unchanged, with no intention to speak; his gaze calmly fixed on the Rakshasa God high above.

Dong Qianqiu's heart sank to the bottom of a valley.

She felt the world grow dim.

Bai Yuan didn't give an immediate answer.

That meant he was very likely not to agree.

Facing the terrifying deity high above, even stronger than the blood‑colored, star‑like deity, Dong Qianqiu didn't think Bai Yuan could win.

Now her heart held only bitterness.

She had just thought life held hope.

Only to have it taken away again?

"Two." The Rakshasa God's calm voice sounded again; at that moment her finger retracted, and the whole world gradually grew oppressive.

Dong Qianqiu could not move.

She couldn't help glancing at Bai Yuan with her peripheral vision.

But found he still remained motionless.

Dong Qianqiu felt a wave of sorrow in her heart.

She now wanted to question Bai Yuan, asking whether she would meet any fate, and whether he cared at all.

Ask him, knowing full well she couldn't win.

Why not just agree outright?

Finally, with Dong Qianqiu clinging to her last sliver of hope, the Rakshasa God's cold, merciless voice counted the final number across heaven and earth.

"One"

In an instant, the last spark of hope in Dong Qianqiu's heart was extinguished; she fell for a long time into a bottomless abyss, feeling her whole body turn icy.

The next moment, Dong Qianqiu sensed the pressure on her vanish in an instant, and a "Boom—" thunderous blast rang in her ears.

Accompanying the sound, Dong Qianqiu saw a massive arm, dozens of meters long, formed entirely of condensed energy, materialize out of thin air.

Then it sliced through space, a single palm slapping the towering, hundreds‑meter‑high terrifying deity's blue‑faced, fanged visage.

In an instant, space ruptured, the hundreds‑meter‑tall terrifying deity was flung backward, its blue‑faced, fanged countenance cracking open, and violet‑black divine blood rained down like droplets.

It instantly merged into the sea.

"What about zero? Why didn't you count it?"

Bai Yuan's icy voice rang out in the sea.

Dong Qianqiu stared dumbfounded; she abruptly turned her head, gazing at the half-step ahead, that extraordinarily handsome young man, only to see him slowly draw back his hand, placing it behind his back.

At the same time, Dong Qianqiu also felt that heaven and earth underwent a tremendous change at this moment; the familiar heavenly and earthly qi that she knew vanished, replaced by an energy she had never seen before.

For a moment, heaven and earth fell silent, all things stilled.

The Demon God was also dazed by this slap.

However, the Five Great Divine Kings in the god realm, as well as the thirteen powerhouses from the Fighting Qi world on the Fighting Spirit Continent, all fell into shock.

However, their shock differed in nature.

(End of chapter)