Douluo's self has a soul beast clone

Therefore, the worst-case scenario that Li Chang'an initially envisioned—five God-Kings attacking him—was impossible. After all, everyone held the highest authority within the God Realm's central hub, even if it was only one-sixth. If Li Chang'an was determined to resist, even if the five God-Kings eventually managed to kill him, the God Realm would suffer heavy losses!

Hence, under normal circumstances, even if God-Kings had disagreements, they wouldn't turn against each other to the point of death, unless it was an extreme situation like the Dragon God!

Back then, the Dragon God, a being who was both a god and a dragon, ascended from the lower realm. He rapidly grew stronger by relying on the God Realm's immortal spiritual energy but was unwilling to integrate his godhood into the God Realm's central hub and become one of them.

How could the five God-Kings trust him?

After all, integrating one's godhood into the God Realm's central hub and transforming it into a divine position meant that the god would be bound to the God Realm from then on, sharing both its prosperity and its losses. Therefore, situations where someone would betray the God Realm's interests usually wouldn't occur.

However, the Dragon God, in order to avoid his own strength being restricted by the God Realm's central hub, refused to integrate and yet occupied the God Realm's resources. It would have been strange if the gods hadn't suppressed him.

The Dragon God, unwilling to accept this, even incited the God Realm's existing divine beasts to launch a rebellion!

That's the whole story of the Dragon God War back then.

It's hard to say who was right and who was wrong; it was simply a matter of different standpoints. However, due to the Dragon God's precedent, the vast majority of the gods who survived that war believed that non-human creatures who became gods were mostly untamed and unwilling to obey the God Realm's rules.

Therefore, they simply decreed that from then on, all non-human creatures from the lower realms would be prohibited from becoming gods!

Among them, Douluo Star, the place where the Dragon God ascended, was the most strictly monitored!

Not only was a heavenly tribulation specifically created for soul beasts as a suppression mechanism, but a profession targeting soul beasts was also created: Soul Masters. They used the life force of the soul beast race to cultivate talents for the God Realm.

Li Chang'an's situation was different from the Dragon God's. His Great Elemental God-King godhood was formed by merging and sublimating the divine positions of nine first-level gods. It was already within the God Realm's central hub system and didn't need to be integrated.

Therefore, in the eyes of the five God-Kings, he was one of their own, just a bit stronger. Since he was strong, he had to be given the respect he deserved. That's why the five God-Kings came to welcome him, giving him ample face.

Having arrived in an unfamiliar place and being shown goodwill by its masters, Li Chang'an naturally wouldn't refuse to be reasonable. He answered the five God-Kings' inquiries to the best of his ability.

For example, when the five God-Kings asked him where the ten first-level god positions of Dugu Yan and the others came from, Li Chang'an directly stated that these god positions were subordinate god positions split from his own Great Elemental God-King god position.

The five God-Kings were very shocked to hear this. It was the first time they had learned that a god position could be split into other god positions. They quickly asked Li Chang'an how he did it.

Clearly, they also wanted to know the method to see if they could also separate some subordinate god positions to contribute to the God Realm.

Li Chang'an replied that this seemed to be a unique talent of his. In short, he felt that he could split them, so he did. Moreover, these split god positions were actually different from self-created god positions. In essence, these god positions were all split from his Great Elemental God-King god position, equivalent to giving a portion of his authority to others.

Therefore, this was fundamentally different from their imagined creation of subordinate god positions.

After hearing his explanation, and recalling that they could only find the Great Elemental God-King in the God Realm's central hub and not the ten first-level god positions, the five God-Kings believed his explanation. After all, the God Realm's central hub's data wouldn't lie.

They initially thought that Li Chang'an's ability to split and create subordinate god positions was equivalent to creating god positions out of thin air… But they didn't expect that it was just a means similar to a god position clone, handing over a portion of the god position's authority to others.

While this could create more subordinates, for God-Kings, even strong first-level gods had limited strength. Crossing a major rank wasn't that easy.

Therefore, after realizing that it wasn't what they initially thought, they naturally wouldn't pursue it further.

However, Li Chang'an didn't tell them that the inheritors of these split subordinate god positions could help him cultivate, and the results of their cultivation would be offered to him. He wasn't just giving without receiving anything in return.

If the five God-Kings knew the truth, they would probably force him to reveal the method of splitting god positions, even if it meant turning against him.

After all, this method was equivalent to creating an alternative use for god positions, and it also gave the gods a real possibility of breaking through limitations. After all, theoretically speaking, even the lowest-level third-level god position could be divided into many god position authorities if one insisted.

By making subordinate god positions with these god position authorities and giving them to others to inherit, and then obtaining enlightenment, that god would have a good chance of breaking through the third-level god's boundary and advancing to a second-level god.

This method undoubtedly opened up another path for the God Realm's gods to advance! They no longer needed to rely on the God Realm for advancement but could instead drive the God Realm's advancement by having a large number of gods break through the original god position boundaries!

It was a promotion method that benefited all the gods in the God Realm!

But unfortunately, Li Chang'an didn't have the idea of contributing this method. After all, if all the gods knew how to split authority and create subordinate god positions, then his advantage would be gone. What was there to talk about dominating the God Realm? He might as well wash up and go to sleep.

So Li Chang'an buried this secret deep in his heart and told no one.

...

After some conversation.

Li Chang'an had a pleasant conversation with the five God-Kings. Through the exchange, he learned some of the God Realm's secrets and rules. He was also allocated a territory to serve as the God-King's palace.

Moreover, each month, he would be allocated some fixed cultivation resources. His ten subordinate first-level gods could also be allocated their own share.

Although the existence of these ten first-level gods was somewhat different from normal first-level gods, their strength and potential were real. If you have strength, you will naturally be respected.

Of course, the five God-Kings were so generous mainly because they considered the benefits that Li Chang'an, the Great Elemental God-King, brought to the God Realm.

They treated it as a reward for bringing a long-awaited improvement to the God Realm's territory.

As for the share of territory that Li Chang'an should have been allocated, the five God-Kings tacitly didn't mention it. After all, he was new here and his foundation in the God Realm was unstable. Even if they gave him that part of the territory now, he probably wouldn't be able to manage it well.

Let's just leave it like this for now, and talk about it later...