Inside the Death God Temple, the current God of Death and the previous God of Death sat facing each other.
"Congratulations, from now on, you are the new Death God of the Douluo starry sky." Little White said to Zhu Ziyang with a smiling face.
"Thank you!" Zhu Ziyang looked at Little White in front of him with complex emotions and expressed his thanks.
"Na, this Death God inheritance land is yours from now on. I can finally be freed." Little White's tone carried a hint of relieved pleasure. He said, "If you don't plan to pass down the divine position in the short term, you can store it in your demiplane. After all, it is a branch of the ancient death tree."
"I will." Zhu Ziyang's heart moved upon hearing this, and he nodded in agreement.
"This Rakshasa God's divine position, for you." Little White returned the Rakshasa God divine position he had previously taken from Zhu Ziyang and warned, "If you have ideas about the Rakshasa God divine position, I advise you not to act within the Douluo starry sky. With the current dimension of the Douluo starry sky, it fundamentally does not allow the birth of a god bearing two origin laws here.
If you have no ideas about the Rakshasa God's divine position, that is naturally the best—no need for me to say more."
"I understand." Zhu Ziyang nodded and put away the Rakshasa divine position.
"Alright, time is almost up," Little White sighed, then smiled and said, "When you ascend to the God Realm, say sorry to the God of Life and the God of Destruction for me. Tell them Little White went to find Little Gold, and let Little Purple take good care of Little Green."
"I will." Zhu Ziyang inexplicably felt sad and solemnly nodded in promise.
"Thank you!" Little White smiled in relief, then his body quickly emitted white light. His entire person rapidly floated toward the top of the Death God Temple, floating out of the Death God Temple, out of the inheritance land, into the void, into the land of finality that the current Zhu Ziyang could not see.
There, the soul of the first-generation God of Death would return to the starry sky laws, entering the cycle of myriad laws. Perhaps one day, Zhu Ziyang would see a similar flower on some planet under the Douluo starry sky—though this possibility was no different from finding a needle in a haystack.
The Douluo starry sky has reincarnation, but it is attached to the great cosmic reincarnation. For a god like the God of Death, who did not fall naturally, their soul entering reincarnation is merely a lone boat entering the sea, difficult to hold itself, only able to drift with the wind toward an unknown future. The only thing worth celebrating is that, as an innate god, their reincarnated body will inevitably possess the topmost talent. Perhaps in a future distant beyond knowing, he will return to the Douluo starry sky in the posture of a god.
Zhu Ziyang watched Little White completely disappear, his heart filled with faint sadness, but he could only silently wish this predecessor well—nothing else could be done. His sadness soon dissipated. Standing in the Death God Temple, he began to feel the changes and improvements after becoming a god.
A gray-white robe appeared on his body, completely enveloping him. With the hood pulled up, even his face was strictly concealed. The robe had no decorations, only gray, elusive air currents flowing upon it. This was the God King ritual robe—accurately, the Death God ritual robe—symbolizing the identity of the Death God King, and it could block the prying of any divine sense below the same level. It was a divine artifact.
The God King ritual robe disappeared with a thought, revealing Zhu Ziyang beneath. At this time, Zhu Ziyang's entire body was covered in white armor—this was naturally the god armor set formed from the six soul bones after ascending to godhood. The pair of platinum wings behind the chest armor came from the Ice Dragon King's wings. This god armor could be called the Death God set. Although it still possessed the power of light and ice, it ultimately came from the Death God position.
The Death God set also disappeared with Zhu Ziyang's thought. He returned to his usual appearance, but the feedback from his body informed him that from now on, he and humans were already two different species. Although there was no reproductive isolation, there was now a hierarchy in life levels. This was not simply the gap between human and god—there were even more complex differences within.
With a casual lift of his hand, light elements rapidly condensed in his palm, compressed, and finally turned into a crystal. This was the purest light element crystal, achievable only with profound control over light laws. With a thought, that light element crystal rapidly annihilated, volatilizing into this space.
Zhu Ziyang extended his right hand. With a flash of light, a pure white long-handled scythe appeared in his hand. This was his martial soul, the Purifying World Resting Life Scythe, and also his divine artifact, the Purifying World Resting Life Scythe. The previous God of Death's divine artifact, the Scythe of the Deceased, was completely absorbed by the Purifying World Resting Life Scythe after Zhu Ziyang completed the divine position inheritance. This caused Zhu Ziyang's Purifying World Resting Life Scythe to evolve into a god-level martial soul and truly detach from the category of martial souls, becoming a true divine artifact.
Similarly, Zhu Ziyang extended his left hand. A platinum armor rapidly attached to his body. The armor's style was peculiar, completely in the shape of a giant dragon: the helmet was the dragon's head, a pair of dragon horns like white jade daggers pointing straight at the firmament; hands and feet were dragon claws; the body armor was the dragon's torso; and behind were a pair of dragon wings. Platinum dragon scales covered every part of the armor, yet it did not appear bulky—instead, it had a perfectly balanced beauty.
This dragon armor was filled with dominance and handsomeness. Compared to the ancient-style Death God set, it was like elegant snow versus common folk—completely incomparable. However, in true practicality, the gap reversed: the Death God set, though more ancient, was an unquestionable God King set; while this dragon armor, though handsome, was merely an ordinary god-level set.
After all, this dragon armor was transformed from Zhu Ziyang's second martial soul, the Heavenly Frost White Dragon King martial soul. Although the Heavenly Frost White Dragon King's martial soul had also advanced to god-level martial soul, it was only an ordinary god-level. Its origin was the dragon clan bloodline Zhu Ziyang possessed, and this dragon clan bloodline, after Zhu Ziyang became a god, had been completely assimilated into his own bloodline. In a certain sense, Zhu Ziyang alone was a new race.
Currently, Zhu Ziyang's cultivation and life level were both god-level—subdivided, that is, lower god. Of course, if he used the Death God position, he would be God King level. Lower god, middle god, upper god, true god, God King—these differed by three levels, with obvious gaps.
If, according to the Douluo God Realm's terms, that would be the gap between divine officials, third-class gods, second-class gods, first-class gods, and God Kings. As everyone knows, the number of divine officials in the God Realm is as numerous as soul masters in the soul master world, yet God Kings in the God Realm are only a handful, comparable to Ultimate Douluo.
Of course, for Zhu Ziyang, this was actually not a problem. No matter what, before he gave up the Death God position, his identity was God King. Even when he decided to abandon the Death God divine position, his identity would still be God King.
After inspecting everything about himself, with a thought, five beauties of different postures appeared before him. Their faces were filled with excitement, surprise, joy, and various other positive emotions. Upon appearing before Zhu Ziyang, they all pounced toward him together, calling out delicately to express their feelings.
Zhu Ziyang spent a great deal of effort to calm them down. And they were naturally Zhu Ziyang's five soul spirits: Snow, Ice, Frost, Dew, Spring.
As Zhu Ziyang achieved godhood, the five soul spirits all received feedback. Among them, the two most closely related to Zhu Ziyang—Snow Empress, Second Frost, and Spring'er—had all reached god level, while Ice Empress and Dew'er were just one step away.
The reason for this situation was simple. Snow Empress, as Zhu Ziyang's first soul spirit, naturally had the closest relationship with him and received the most god-level substances—it was normal. Second Frost, as the isomorphic variant of Zhu Ziyang's second martial soul, inevitably reached god level as his second martial soul did. As for Spring'er, the reason was even simpler: as the only soul spirit on the Purifying World Resting Life Scythe martial soul, directly associated with the Death God position, reaching god level was the most normal thing. Thus, Spring'er's strength was the strongest among the three god-level soul spirits.
The remaining two received the same feedback, but due to differences in cultivation, they were both just one step away—Ice Empress, closest to god level, followed by Dew'er.
Additionally, worth mentioning, the three god-level soul spirits had, at this moment, detached from their spiritual bodies and possessed complete physical bodies. This meant they had once again become true living beings. Although the soul spirit contract still bound them, having bodies meant more possibilities—first and foremost, they could cultivate autonomously.
This was something worth celebrating for Zhu Ziyang and for the five soul spirits.
"Spring'er, when did you return to my side?" Zhu Ziyang was somewhat surprised by Spring'er's appearance and asked.
"I'm not sure either. I was originally accompanying Le Xuan, but suddenly felt energy surging within my body, so I asked for leave from Le Xuan to go into seclusion and adjust my breath. Then I remembered nothing. When I opened my eyes, I was already here." Spring'er said somewhat bewilderedly. "But I have a feeling that when I leave here, I will return to the Sun Moon Empire."
"I see. That's good then. You can tell Sister Le Xuan and Nan Nan about my ascension to godhood to avoid them worrying." Zhu Ziyang said with a smile.
"Mm-hmm!" Spring'er nodded obediently in agreement.
"Alright, familiarize yourselves with your current strength. I'm going to find Teacher." Zhu Ziyang said. Then, with a thought, the entire space where the inheritance land was located disappeared.
Within the Holy Law demiplane, a foreign space descended, and a palace landed on the vast earth.
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At the same time, in the God Realm, an inexplicable fluctuation of laws stirred the thoughts of all gods.
"A new God of Death... has been born!" In the God Realm center, one male god and one female god sensed the Dao sound transmitted from the God Realm center. They were somewhat bewildered yet somewhat joyful. They did not know the origins of this God of Death, but the God Realm gaining another god meant gaining another portion of strength—this was absolutely a good thing.
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