"Fatty, I've dragged you into this."
Dai Mubai was genuinely moved by Ma Hongjun's help.
Back at the academy, he had often bullied Ma Hongjun, yet Ma Hongjun had gone this far for the sake of brotherhood.
"What's with all the formalities between us?"
Life wasn't too bad now. The royal family was even planning to arrange a few wives for him.
He knew the royal family's intentions but didn't refuse. It was all for the sake of his top-tier martial soul, the Dark Phoenix!
Such a martial soul, if controlled by the royal family, would be a formidable weapon. To the royal family, Ma Hongjun was a rare talent.
Moreover, if his martial soul could be passed down through generations under royal control, it would be a great boon.
As Dai Mubai often said, women were merely resources. Assigning more to such a genius and producing more offspring was the real goal.
Just as Dai Mubai was about to say something to Ma Hongjun, his vision darkened, and he found himself in a white space. A towering figure appeared before him.
"???"
Dai Mubai was utterly confused, not understanding what was happening.
"You are a coward, yet you value loyalty and righteousness."
"Huh?"
The figure immediately called Dai Mubai a coward, which left him speechless.
"To be honest, a coward like you is unworthy of inheriting my divine seat. But another deity has directly chosen you to inherit it. I am no match for that deity, so I have no choice but to follow their arrangement and give you a chance."
Dai Mubai was stunned. What was this deity talking about? Divine seats? Giving him a chance?
"Who are you? What do you want?"
Dai Mubai asked warily, glancing around but finding nothing unusual.
"I am the God of War, a level two god in the divine realm! The God of War's divine seat is a level two position, but that is my limit, not the limit of the divine seat itself."
"As for you..."
To reach the level of a second-tier deity, the God of War's talent and potential were among the best, a once-in-a-millennium genius.
However, among so many geniuses, he was relatively insignificant.
As he said, the God of War's seat was a second-tier position, his limit, but not the limit of the divine seat itself.
After all, this was the God of War, the deity who presided over battle!
But what was Dai Mubai? An innate level eight talent? Ha!
Among his peers, he wasn't even considered top-tier, let alone the most talented.
Moreover, his personality was cowardly. Such a person becoming the God of War would never allow the divine seat to advance further.
If given a choice, the God of War would have preferred to pick anyone from the Body Sect.
Truly, any of the three thousand disciples would have been better than Dai Mubai.
Unfortunately, higher authority prevailed, especially when it was two levels higher!
"This deity is incompetent, unable to decide the ownership of the divine seat. Sigh~"
The God of War sighed in front of Dai Mubai, leaving him feeling utterly humiliated.
To say such things to his face was truly disrespectful! But which deity had insisted on passing the divine seat to him?
Only the God of War, being so "bold," would say such things to Dai Mubai.
The God of Food and the Nine-Colored Goddess, though they also lamented, never spoke so bluntly.
They were auxiliary deities, the weakest among their tier. But the God of War was different.
Even among second-tier deities, he was one of the most powerful. Given more time, he might have elevated the divine seat to a first-tier position, that of a main god.
But with a new inheritor, that chance was gone. At least in his lifetime, he would never see the God of War's seat reach the level of a main god.
"Kid, I don't want to waste words with you. Take your divine inheritance and get out of here!"
The God of War waved his hand, and a golden light entered Dai Mubai's forehead before disappearing.
"Take the divine inheritance and leave? Hmm~"
Dai Mubai was still in a daze, feeling somewhat bewildered. Was there really such a good thing in the world?
"Fine, I'll leave. Thirty years to the east of the river, thirty years to the west. Don't look down on the youth of today! Today you ignore me, tomorrow you won't be able to reach me!"
Just as Dai Mubai was about to leave, the God of War reappeared before him and, without a word, slapped him across the face.
Slap! Dai Mubai was sent tumbling.
"If I didn't slap you, my divine heart would be unsettled!"
Dai Mubai: "..."
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Meanwhile, things were a bit different for Ma Hongjun.
In the Body Sect, Du Siji woke up to find a man with a flame mark on his forehead smiling at him. Instinctively, Du Siji threw a punch at the man.
Although Du Siji was among the top talents of the younger generation and had the Millieth Set to protect him, he was no match for this man.
"This divine armor is quite interesting, very powerful! It seems the Geo Archon is even more formidable than I imagined. No wonder that guy is so angry but still dares not descend to the mortal realm himself."
The man smiled as he observed Du Siji, commenting casually.
Missing his strike, Du Siji looked at the man with a serious expression. "Who are you? How dare you intrude into the Body Sect!"
"This is not the Body Sect. This is my divine hall!"
The man continued to smile, even spreading his arms to indicate their surroundings.
Du Siji glanced around and was stunned. The environment was indeed not the Body Sect, nor was it related to it in any way. For this man to have brought him here from the Body Sect without a sound indicated terrifying strength.
After a moment, Du Siji calmed down and looked at the still-smiling man.
The man had mentioned the Sovereign and something about divine armor.
Though still confused, Du Siji seemed to understand what the man was getting at.
"No need to be so wary. If I wanted to kill you, your Sovereign would have already slapped me twice by now. The fact that he allowed me to bring you here means he has agreed."
The man shrugged, speaking bluntly.
Du Siji: "..."
Was the Sect Leader really that powerful? And what had he agreed to?
"My name is too ancient, and even if I told you, you wouldn't know it. So, let's skip that. I am the God of Fire, yes, the God of Fire you're imagining, the one who embodies the essence of fire! I am a level one God, one of the most powerful among the level one gods.
You might not understand what a level one God is, so let me put it this way: in the entire divine realm, there are no more than ten gods stronger than me!"
The God of Fire spoke with pride. Among the level one gods, only the five supreme deities were stronger than him.
As for gods like Poseidon and Rakshasa, they were only on par with him. He was among the most powerful level one gods, with the potential to break through to the supreme level, that of a God King.