The Stage for the Strong, The Age of Gods

Chapter 40 The Stage for the Strong, The Age of Gods

With the completion of the TOP4: Little Girl's review, the entire Douluo Star reacted violently.

Tian Dou City, Imperial Palace.

Emperor Xueye's expression shifted constantly, his fingers gripping the armrest tightly, his voice trembling with suppressed emotion.

Speaking of—

"Dozens of divine positions—"

"It seems that the empire must adjust its national policy immediately."

"We must channel all resources toward the strong, and the empire must strive for a divine position no matter what. We must stand firm in this upheaval."

"And then there's the Sun and Moon Continent. A new continent means new resources, but it also means new conflicts."

"Let Goron lead troops to garrison the border and closely monitor the movements at the junction of the two continents. At the same time, send envoys to contact the major powers of the Sun and Moon Continent, establish trade routes first, and make plans after understanding the other party's strength."

The ministers nodded in agreement.

"Yes, Your Majesty, we obey your decree!"

The divine position signifies eternity, a lifespan and power beyond that of mortals—an irresistible temptation for them.

The Star Luo Empire, Imperial Palace.

The emperor's eyes were sharp as knives.

He said in a deep voice—

"The Minor Divine Realm — A Vacant Divine Position —"

"This isn't a gift, it's a reshuffling."

"Whoever ascends to godhood in this evolution will determine the future of the continent."

Davis gritted his teeth and said—

"Father, you are the empire's strongest Soul Master. Your son suggests—that we use the entire empire's resources to help you break through to godhood in the shortest possible time!"

Davis also longed to become a god.

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But his status and abilities do not allow it.

In terms of status, he was merely a prince of the Star Luo Empire, with an emperor father named Dai Tian above him, and he had no right to control the empire's resources.

In terms of strength, he is merely a genius soul master of the younger generation, with an insurmountable gap between him and a titled Douluo, let alone reaching the threshold of godhood.

Even more cruelly, in this battle for the Godhood of Douluo Star, time is the cruelest enemy.

The final review by Tianmu served as a wake-up call, shattering everyone's hopes.

A divine position will not "slowly wait for you to grow".

The strong will not follow seniority.

The empire is even less likely to gamble its future on a prince who is not yet a titled Douluo.

The current Douluo Star is a stage for the strong, an era of gods.

Even if he was unwilling, he could only suppress his ambition.

"Issue the order to immediately activate the 'Godhood Project'."

"Using the royal treasury as the core, we will allocate 70% of the empire's financial resources to acquire or exchange all relevant cultivation resources."

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"The faith and divine lineage within it are listed as the primary objective."

"The Sun Moon Continent has merged with the Douluo Continent. Dispatch Duke Youming immediately with troops to establish a defense line on the border and prioritize seizing the cities and cultivation resources of the Sun Moon Continent."

Dai Tian clenched his fist, his voice low and deep.

To become a god, one must reach the pinnacle of strength.

To become stronger, one needs a large amount of cultivation resources.

To maintain the empire's operation, the only way to obtain more cultivation resources is through external expansion.

They annexed cities on the Sun and Moon Continent, seized mineral veins and cultivation resource producing areas, exchanged resources through war and plunder, and used population and faith to build up divine positions.

The Spirit Hall, the Papal Palace.

"Dozens of divine positions—"

"This is even more outrageous than I imagined."

Bibi Dong's pupils suddenly contracted, then returned to their icy state.

Her voice was low, yet carried a suppressed excitement.

"If the Papal Palace can occupy a small portion of the divine positions, then we can truly rise above the two great empires."

"Even surpassing the Rakshasa God—"

Through the exposure of the sky, she also realized the gap between gods.

The Rakshasa God is only a first-level god; above the first-level god is the God King realm.

Douluo Star, a newly evolved small god realm, may have dozens of god positions, some of which may be stronger than the Rakshasa God.

If one can become a god-king, what is a mere first-level god like Rakshasa?

"Your Holiness, that is true."

"But this little girl is the consciousness of the Douluo Star plane, and her strength has even reached the God-King realm. Without her permission, can we really become gods?"

Yue Guan's voice trembled.

Even he couldn't resist the temptation to become a god.

To say that among all the humans on Douluo Star...

Who has the best chance of becoming a god?

Those are naturally the titled Douluo who stand at the pinnacle of the human soul master world.

Although his chances of becoming a god through the Moon Gate are slim, what if—

What if he's the lucky one?

After all, who can say for sure what might happen in such a situation?

"Your Holiness, what Yue Guan said makes a lot of sense."

"This little girl is the consciousness of the Douluo Star plane. If she stands on the side of our Papal Palace, then our Spirit Hall will be invincible in the world."

"If she were on the opposite side of us—"

The ghost seemed about to speak but then stopped.

None of those who can cultivate to the level of a Title Douluo are fools.

If that little girl were to stand against their Spirit Hall, what would be the consequences? Is there even a need to ask such a brainless question?

At that point, forget about becoming a god.

Whether they can survive is a big question mark.

"Yeah yeah----"

The issue of ghosts and spirits was also the biggest concern for many of the titled elders present.

As everyone knows, "Little Girl" has a grudge against the Douluo God Realm, and their Spirit Hall's Angel God ascended to the God Realm.

This is quite awkward.

"Rest assured, elders."

"The little girl is not an enemy of our Spirit Hall."

"She is the ruler of Douluo Star, and she will only fight for the survival of Douluo Star."

"And our Spirit Hall is the strongest force among humans on Douluo Star."

Bibi Dong interrupted everyone's worries.

If this little girl wants to cause trouble for the Douluo God Realm, then she naturally needs a large number of powerful individuals to become gods.

Otherwise, does this little girl really expect to take on the entire divine realm by herself?

Just then, Yue Guan seemed to think of something, raised his eyebrows slightly, and took a step forward.

Low channel —

"Your Holiness, what should our Spirit Hall do about the matter concerning the Sun Moon Continent?"

"Should we send people to the Sun and Moon Continent to spread our faith?"

The Papal Palace fell silent for a moment after Yue Guan uttered these words.

The merger of the two continents is no secret.

In the past, the Spirit Hall would never have let go of such a golden opportunity for expansion.

But things are different now.

Since the Sky Curtain revealed that "faith can help people become gods," Tian Dou and Xing Luo have joined forces in an unprecedented way.

Under the guise of "purging the Fallen Ones and the Soul Beast Clan," the two great empires have been openly and covertly squeezing the Spirit Hall's living space.

In the past, their Spirit Hall would have already dispatched Title Douluos and a legion of Soul Masters to have a heart-to-heart talk with the two emperors.

However, this method cannot be used now.

The immense threat posed by the Beast God Di Tian is like a Damocles' sword hanging over the heads of all humanity.

In order to unite the power of all mankind to fight against the Soul Beast race, the Spirit Hall had to restrain its sharp edge and make huge concessions.