Chapter 366: Cooperation

"Not bad!" Shi Quan smiled and nodded.

"Your Excellency certainly has great spirit!" the Goddess of Life exclaimed, "To be able to overcome the danger of multiple Divine Power conflicts, I admire you! On this point alone, you have already walked ahead of us."

The gods were all startled upon hearing this.

Condensing a plane, and moreover, combining that plane with Douluo Star, clearly already reached the level of Shiji.

The plane the Dragon God used to achieve Shiji relied on the nine attributes of water, fire, earth, wind, light, darkness, space, and time, as well as stability.

Shi Quan's condensed Shiji plane possesses at least nine or more attributes.

From the battle just now.

Shi Quan's battle with the God of Destruction revealed space, the stability of the earth attribute, gravity, and the even higher-level gravitational force.

In the battle with the God of Life, he revealed the three attributes of life, Devour, and sacred!

Although he only displayed pure Mental Power in the battle with the God of Evil, during the process of the fight, Shi Quan relied on Mental Power to evolve a massive amount of Elemental Power, which at the very least proves that Shi Quan's level of comprehension regarding Elemental Power has already reached an extremely high degree.

The current Shi Quan is already similar to the original Dragon God.

And judging from the condensed plane, Shi Quan is certainly not content to be confined to Douluo Star.

But they do not know that what Shi Quan projected is not merely a single plane, but a complete world, and this world was not evolved by Shi Quan himself, but is a World Seed, nourished by Shi Quan's own power.

These two are not the same concept.

Shi Quan naturally would not explain this to them.

The Sea of Consciousness World is his bargaining chip for negotiating with the gods of the God Realm.

"Just a stroke of luck." Shi Quan raised his hand, and a touch of World Power emerged, "This is thanks to the help of the Silver Dragon King."

"This is!" The Goddess of Life's expression was shocked, and the God of Destruction's pupils could not help but shrink, "You have already reached this step?"

"If not for this, how could I have pushed and elevated Douluo Star to this point in such a short time?" Shi Quan said.

The God of Destruction's expression was complex; he looked at Shi Quan and said, "Speak of your cooperation."

"Good!" Shi Quan nodded and said frankly, "I intend to push Douluo Star to ascend into a God Star, which requires extremely vast resources. Relying solely on one Douluo Star and my own power, wanting to achieve this is far too difficult."

Hearing this, the Goddess of Life's brows immediately furrowed, "Your Excellency hopes that I will voluntarily submit and let the God Realm merge into Douluo Star?"

The God of Destruction on the side even shouted angrily, "Daydreaming!"

Shi Quan was not angered, but calmly analyzed them one by one, "The current God Realm is nothing more than what was once the God Dragon Domain. After the great war back then, the God Dragon Domain was shattered. Although you have tried your best to repair it, you must admit that the current God Realm is just a special spatial plane; it doesn't even count as a planet."

"It is almost impossible for the current God Realm to become a God Star; even if the Dragon God were to revive, it would be the same. Expanding is merely treating the symptoms, not the root cause."

"The only possibility is that one of you Five Great God Kings could break through to a higher level, but the God Realm itself restricts you, preventing you from breaking through to a higher level. The two are a dead end."

"The current God Realm, when it comes down to it, is a mess. If it weren't for the power of so many worlds constantly supporting it, it would have already collapsed. Instead of patching it up here and marking time, why not find another way? It wouldn't be a waste of the power of these worlds, would it?"

"Your Excellency wants to make us merge the God Realm into Douluo Star with just a few words?" The Goddess of Life, knowing her husband's temper, spoke first.

Hearing this, Shi Quan could not help but smile and nod toward the Goddess of Life; among the God Realm, the Goddess of Life is undoubtedly the easiest to talk to, "You already know my strength. My power alone is enough to rival you three God Kings. Although Douluo Star lacks divine residences, we occupy the geographical advantage, have the support of the world, and have Shura and the Silver Dragon King. You cannot take us down. If a war truly breaks out, the one to suffer heavy casualties will definitely be you."

"I am willing to negotiate with you also to prevent Douluo Star from being plunged into misery."

"Of course, you can also choose not to fight and leave directly. However, if you drag it out, then it will be me bringing people to find you."

"To tell you the truth, the plane I evolved is not just a plane, but a complete world. Up to now, the three Source Powers within me have broken through to the God King level, and most of my Elemental Powers have reached the level of a First-Level God. As long as my Elemental Power completely breaks through, the Douluo Wei Mian will ascend once more. Although there is still a gap compared to the God Realm, the only gap will be accumulation."

"By then, with our strength, it will be enough to rescue the Golden Dragon King sealed within the God Realm. Once the Dragon God revives, you will completely be no match for us."

Shi Quan also projected the complete world; the aura of the world was placed before them and could not be faked.

The expressions of the gods all changed to a certain degree.

First revealing his strength to show sincerity, while also stating his own bargaining chips.

"Are you forcing us to go to war with you?" The God of Destruction roared angrily, the veins on his forehead bulging, "Do you think we will be afraid of your threats?"

"This is not a threat, but a fact." Shi Quan shook his head, "In the current situation, both our worlds have their own advantages. In terms of foundation, your God Realm is much stronger; after all, you already control multiple planets and have accumulated for many years. But in terms of basic development prospects, my Douluo Star is slightly better. After all, this is a physical planet, and it has my world as support. This is the absolute gap between Douluo Star and the God Realm."

"By the way, let me tell you one more thing. Because of the special nature of Heavenly Luck Power, I can perceive a portion of fate. When observing the future, I once saw some fragments: the God Realm will experience a Space-Time Storm in the future, and the God Realm will be lost in this Space-Time Storm, losing control over all worlds!"

"Space-Time Storm?" The gods of the God Realm immediately changed color.

"Is this true!?" the Goddess of Life asked urgently.

"Naturally true," Shi Quan said, "In the current situation, my Douluo Star is already capable of self-preservation and does not need to face the Space-Time Storm, so why would I need to lie to you?"

"To be honest, I could completely develop myself slowly, sit and watch the God Realm suffer heavy losses while resisting the Space-Time Storm, rescue the Golden Dragon King, and after the God Realm is lost, take over all the worlds. This would have no loss for us at all; this was also one of my initial plans."

"You are alarmist!" The God of Destruction's gaze was cold.

Shi Quan said indifferently, "I am not. After I perceived this scene, I secretly went to sense it once, and I indeed sensed the aura of the Space-Time Storm. This also means that Heavenly Luck is with me!"

"..." The God of Destruction fell silent, feeling that everything in the God Realm had been going poorly lately.

"However, fortune and misfortune are interdependent. Destruction, Life, Evil, why is the arrival of this Space-Time Storm not an opportunity for us?" Shi Quan continued, "The core singularity of the Space-Time Storm breeds Chaos Qi; I think you should know."

"This is also one of the reasons why I have always been unwilling to be enemies with the God Realm and fight to the death," Shi Quan said, "Chaos Qi can not only help us improve our strength and impact higher realms, but it is also a major opportunity for my Douluo Star to ascend into a God Star."

"As long as we can absorb Chaos Power, the probability of success will inevitably increase greatly."

"If we can cooperate and help each other, the probability of successfully obtaining Chaos Qi will naturally increase by a few points. But if things go against our wishes, I can only sit and watch the God Realm resist the Space-Time Storm, then wait for an opportunity to annex the world to strengthen myself, and afterwards take the risk to enter the Space-Time Storm to obtain the Chaos Qi."

"Of course, compared to a peaceful merger, this can only be considered a secondary strategy to be used as a last resort. After all, if we have the help of you all, the probability of plotting for the Chaos Qi within the Space-Time Storm will naturally be much higher."

Cooperation benefits both, while separation spells disaster for the God Realm—the gods of the God Realm all understood the situation. Expanding the God Realm would inevitably make the outer barriers of the God Realm thin and even harder to resist the Space-Time Storm. Not expanding, and the amount of Faith Power and the number of gods that can be accommodated cannot increase, making it impossible to improve overall strength. Even if they luckily blocked the Space-Time Storm, how would they face an attack from Douluo Star? How could they block it?

And a peaceful merger would not only safely block the Space-Time Storm but also provide a chance to obtain Chaos Qi.

Chaos Qi is indeed a good thing; back then, the Dragon God relied on Chaos Energy to cultivate to that level. Such a good thing, who wouldn't want it?

"Does Your Excellency have a prediction of how long it will take for that Space-Time Storm to reach the God Realm?" the Goddess of Life asked.

"According to the current time flow of Douluo Star, it should be about ten thousand years," Shi Quan said, "This is also my final deadline."

Destruction was also slightly silent upon hearing this, and only after a moment did he say, "This matter still needs to be discussed. However, even if we decide to merge the God Realm into Douluo Star, who will lead the core still remains to be seen. In this ten-thousand-year period, until we successfully extract the Chaos Qi from the Space-Time Storm, whoever breaks through first will lead."

"After all, only a planet core with stronger talent has a greater chance of leading the new God Realm to ascend into a God Star. Chaos Power is extremely scarce; if we merge, it must be used where it counts. If your potential is even a fraction lower, the resources wasted on impacting that realm will be massive."

"Agreed!" Shi Quan nodded. In his view, the core of Douluo Star is definitely stronger. Making this promise can be considered a step back on his part; being too rigid would only be counterproductive, and it would be a loss if the talks collapsed.

"I look forward to the fusion of the two worlds."

The God of Destruction nodded and said to the God of Space at his side, "Space, establish a Space Teleportation Array."

"Understood!" The God of Space also became busy, quickly using the power of space to establish a connection with the God Realm, and then directly constructed a Space Teleportation Array to the God Realm in the void.

With the Space Teleportation Array, they would no longer need to go through the trouble of space travel.

Following the deployment of the Space Teleportation Array, all the gods of the God Realm departed.

"Let's go back." After the gods had left, Shi Quan finally spoke.

"It ended so simply?" Everyone could not help but heave a sigh of relief.

Dugu Yan said with a laugh, "I thought we would still have to have a big battle."

Zhu Zhuqing said, "The main thing is that Xiao Quan is too strong; without strength, all words would just be empty talk."

"My power alone would not have been enough." Shi Quan smiled and shook his head, looking at Gu Yuena and Qian Renxue, saying, "Gu Yuena, Sister Xue'er, thank you."

"In the end, I should be the one thanking you." Gu Yuena shook her head.

Qian Renxue at the side bit her lip and said softly, "It's fine, then I will head back first."

"Let's go." Everyone also returned to Douluo Star respectively.

At the same time, on the other side, within the God Realm, the gods gathered at the committee.

"How is the situation?" Goodness asked, looking at the returning gods.

Evil shook his head and looked at Destruction.

The gods also looked at Destruction; without a doubt, Destruction was now the greatest backbone of the God Realm.

After thinking for a moment, the God of Destruction scanned the gods below the platform and said, "Everyone, go to the Life Ancient Tree!"

After speaking, the God of Destruction looked at the Goddess of Life, who immediately understood, rose, and flew toward the direction of the Life Ancient Tree.

The gods looked at each other and followed one after another.

Before long, beneath the Life Ancient Tree, the gods stood in a circle, and the God of Destruction and the Goddess of Life stepped forward with large strides.

The two faced each other, joined their hands, and slowly closed their eyes. Soon, wisps of Creation Power rose from their palms and drifted into the Life Ancient Tree.

The Goddess of Life began to murmur, and a streak of scarlet appeared on the trunk of the Life Ancient Tree, then spread rapidly.

In just a few blinks of an eye, the entire world was dyed blood-red, even turning black, as terrifying and fierce power scattered.

"This is?" Some of the gods who did not yet know what was happening all revealed expressions of shock.

"The Space-Time Storm is real!"

Once the God of Evil said this, the expressions of the gods immediately became exceptionally complex; the Goddess of Life and the God of Destruction had joined forces to activate their divination ability, so the result absolutely could not be wrong, and the thing they divined could only be the Space-Time Storm, after all, there was no need to divine other matters as the answers were already known.

The Life Ancient Tree's reaction was enough to prove that the Space-Time Storm was truly moving toward the direction of the God Realm.

"I intend to merge the God Realm into Douluo Star to help it achieve a God Star."

The voice of the God of Destruction sounded again, filled with helplessness and unwillingness, but he still said these words.

"How can this be!?" The gods who had not participated in the battle could not help but ask urgently.

The God of Goodness was also full of surprise, as she still did not know exactly what had happened.

"The Child of Heaven's Luck of Douluo Star has already become a God King and possesses the strength to fight three God Kings simultaneously!" The God of Destruction frankly told the gods everything about the situation on Douluo Star's side and repeated his thoughts to the gods once more.

After hearing the God of Destruction's account, everyone fell silent.

Combining would benefit both, while separating would mean the God Realm would surely perish; it was simply a dead end.

"Given the current situation, we have no better choice; I personally agree with this proposal." The God of Jealousy spoke first.

The purpose of Destruction calling the gods was to have them decide on this matter together.

"Seconded!" The Seven Original Sins and the Seven Elements First-Level Gods all spoke one after another.

"I also agree." Following Life's stance.

As the new generation God of Goodness and God of Evil, Lie Yan and Ji Dong also expressed their agreement one after another.

Seeing this, the remaining gods had no further objections and all expressed their agreement.

The four great God Kings had all agreed, so it was useless for them to disagree.

(End of this chapter)