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Chapter 176: The Incomplete God
🕑 Added 2025-03-25 08:40:26 +0000 UTCThe Sea God Temple is estimated to be about two to three hundred meters high.
The door of the palace that appeared in front of Neptune at this time was a hundred meters high, and its thickness was unknown. There was a pattern carved on both doors. On the left door, there was a statue of the Sea God, a tall man holding a trident and stepping on the waves. The pattern on the right was the Sea God holding a trident and attacking forward. In front of him was a giant whale rising from the sea. It looked like the Deep Sea Demon Whale King that had been subdued before.
‘This Sea God is quite good at pretending…’ he muttered in his heart. Just standing here, he felt as if he was actually there, as if he had seen with his own eyes the Sea God galloping across the sea.
“Now that we’re here.”
“What are you doing standing outside the door?
…Come in!”
A majestic voice suddenly sounded, and it was impossible to tell where it came from. Invisible pressure came from all directions.
Neptune looked serious and said nothing.
With a series of roars, the two hundred-meter-high giant doors slowly opened and extended toward the inside of the Sea God Temple. Suddenly, a strong golden light shot out from the Sea God Temple, dazzling Neptune who was on high alert and could hardly open his eyes.
The enormous divine power comes upon you, making you feel like a grain of sand immersed in the ocean, so insignificant.
But for Neptune, this was like a breeze. It had no effect on him at all. After all, his current strength had already stepped half a foot into the hall of gods, and he only lacked this last step. Facing a strong man who was only slightly stronger than himself, it was impossible for him to feel fear and cowardice.
Neptune looked calm and walked into the door with his head held high.
Inside the hall, there were thirty-six huge pillars on each side supporting the roof of the hall, and a three-hundred-meter-wide passage in the middle leading to the innermost side.
At the end of the passage, a person sat on a huge throne. No, it should be said that it was a giant!
Neptune kept walking, and did not show any emotion at all because of the giant.
This giant looked no different from a human. He wore a white robe with gold edges and a three-pronged ring on his head. In the center of the ring was an aqua blue gem.
It was Poseidon, the god of the sea!
Step by step, Neptune walked calmly, slowly approaching the end of the passage.
The face of the sea god on the throne was simple and not handsome, but extremely majestic. He looked at Neptune who walked in from the other end of the passage with a pair of calm but slightly stern eyes, and a faint light flowed in his eyes.
The tremendous pressure that had been felt outside before became even stronger here.
Neptune’s expression did not change at all. He stopped after walking about a few dozen meters away from the throne. He raised his head and looked at the tall sea god calmly, saying neither servile nor arrogant: “Hello, respected sea god. I am here to accept your final inheritance.”
“Why don’t you bow to me when you see me?”
The sea god spoke, his majestic voice full of oppression.
Neptune said calmly, “I am only your successor, not your servant. Why should I worship you?”
Hearing his words, the Sea God smiled with satisfaction and slowly stood up from his seat. When he stood up, he immediately gave people a feeling of being overwhelmed by a mountain. His height was over 100 meters!
“Are you unhappy about Bo Saixi’s sacrifice?” Poseidon said to him with a smile.
“A little bit.”
Neptune did not deny it and said frankly: “The high priestess has helped me a lot during this period of time, and I can see that she does not want to die. In the end, she had to sacrifice her life to make me successful. This is too unfair to her.”
After listening, Poseidon said calmly: “She just returned to my arms. What does it matter if she lives? What does it matter if she dies? Sometimes, living is even more painful than dying. Even gods are no exception.”
Neptune snorted coldly and said, “So, you decided her fate, right?”
The Sea God shook his head and said, “No, you are wrong. She decided her own fate. Even God cannot decide a person’s fate. That was her choice. Everyone has their own choice, and you are no exception. You came here because of your choice.
“Bo Saixi’s ancestors were my subordinates who fought with me in the sea. Almost all the ancestors of the natives of Sea God Island were like this. They guarded the Sea God Island not only to wait for the arrival of you, the inheritor, but also to protect that memory. That was their choice, not my request.”
I left her only the way to get here, but I never stipulated that she must do this. Only when the high priest of Sea God Island thinks it is worthwhile, will she choose to do so. Do you understand?”
Neptune didn’t say anything, but cursed in his heart: “What a substitution of concepts! Yes, you didn’t stipulate that the high priest must do this! But you left the method, isn’t it for them to do this? Even if you didn’t stipulate it explicitly, as a fanatical believer of the sea god, knowing that only by sacrificing oneself can the inheritance be opened, which believer would not follow the method left by the god?”
Although he felt that what the Sea God said was somewhat flawed, as a vested interest in this incident, Neptune naturally would not be so idle as to expose him. Everything would be done after he inherited the throne, otherwise all his efforts would be wasted.
Seeing that he didn’t say anything, it seemed that he was convinced by himself. The sea god smiled and said, “Everyone’s death is actually the separation of body and soul. Neptune, tell me. For a person, is the body more important or the soul more important?”
Neptune said: “In a sense, the body should be considered as the host of the soul. However, if there is no body, can the soul still exist? I’m afraid it will dissipate.” There is no concept of reincarnation or the six realms of rebirth in Douluo Continent, so when a person dies, he is really dead.
The Sea God nodded and said, “Since you understand this principle, it will be easy for me to explain it to you. That’s right, after ordinary humans die, their souls will dissipate in a short period of time. Even soul masters are no exception. However, after Bo Saixi’s sacrifice, although her body died, her soul will not dissipate. Her soul can go to another world under the guidance of my power. That world is where the souls of all gods go after they die.”
“What world will gods go to after they die? Wouldn’t gods be immortal? Would they still grow old and die like mortals?” Neptune acted as if he was shocked.
The Sea God shook his head and said, “True gods are, of course, immortal, but the so-called 100-level gods on Douluo Continent are essentially different from true gods. Therefore, their lives are naturally limited. It’s just that compared to humans, their lives are much longer.”
“Is there a difference? What’s the difference?” Neptune asked puzzledly.
“They only possess divine souls, but lack true divine bodies, so their flesh will naturally decay, age and die! Only the divine soul is immortal.” The Sea God patiently explained to him, “And if you want to cultivate a true divine body, you have to go to the divine realm and be baptized by the divine spirit energy. Only then can you truly transform into an immortal divine body that matches your divine soul. Otherwise, no matter how powerful the body is, it will still age and die.”
Neptune understood a little after hearing this. It turns out that after becoming a god at level 100 on Douluo Continent, the body still has a lifespan limit because strictly speaking it is not a true god body. Only by going to the Divine Realm and absorbing the high-level energy of the Divine Realm can the body truly transform and gain a long lifespan. Only then can they be considered complete gods!
“Generally speaking, after becoming a god, the strong soul masters on Douluo Continent can only stay in the human world for a hundred years at most. After that, they must go to the Divine Realm according to the regulations and receive the baptism of the Divine Realm. To become a true god! Otherwise, they only have a divine soul but no divine body, and their own power can probably only be exerted one or two tenths in the human world.” Poseidon explained.
Neptune suddenly realized and thought to himself that it was no wonder that Douluo’s God performed so poorly. It turned out that he had not been baptized by the high-quality energy of the Divine Realm, resulting in a powerful soul but limited by the body. The two were not coordinated and could not exert the power that this level should have.
Only by going to the divine realm and having your body baptized by the divine energy can you truly gain the power that belongs to God!
