"He doesn't seem surprised by my appearance? Does he know about me? Does he know I'm still alive?"
The Dragon God condensed his form. Although the thought in his mind was a question, his tone held no doubt.
Because since they had both transcended, asking these questions was meaningless.
Although Su Ming seemingly had no access to the secrets of the Dragon God's great war, the fact that he had encountered the concept of transcendence meant he certainly had information channels that the Dragon God didn't know about.
Sure enough, this Su Ming did know of him.
And precisely because he had made this guess, he had directly told Su Ming he was the Dragon God.
Looking at Su Ming's sixth Spirit Ring, sensing the dragon-type bloodline that had been completely stripped from it, the Dragon God's heart was filled with helplessness.
This Su Ming was so guarded.
"The projection I've condensed has no power at all. Nor can it affect a Spirit Master of your level through dragon-type bloodline."
Su Ming was unconvinced.
Was the Dragon God trying to fool a child?
Did he not know how unbridgeable the gap between higher and lower levels of dragon-type bloodline was, or how strict the hierarchy was?
The Dragon God looked at Su Ming and sighed helplessly.
How could this be?
Clearly, the version for dragon-type bloodline hadn't even been released in this era.
The dragon's majesty exhibited on Douluo Continent so far wasn't enough to warrant such guardedness, was it?
"Dragon God, what brings you to me?"
Su Ming didn't waste words and got straight to the point.
The Dragon God's gaze turned serious.
"Do you know much about me?"
"Just a thing or two."
"How much?"
Su Ming frowned, not expecting the Dragon God to start with an interrogation.
"You were slain by the Asura God, split in two. Your body became the Golden Dragon King, your wisdom the Silver Dragon King."
"But you know I'm still alive."
The Dragon God looked at Su Ming, his gaze burning.
Su Ming nodded calmly.
Electrolux, listening to the conversation between Su Ming and the Dragon God, analyzed the information.
The Dragon God had been slain.
And yet, he was still alive.
Electrolux felt he had gained an entirely new understanding of this world today.
"Just now, was that you tampered with history?" the Dragon God asked.
Su Ming frowned.
"Before I formally negotiate with you, I need to confirm that your level is sufficient to negotiate with me," the Dragon God said.
Seeing Su Ming still pondering, he smiled.
"Seems you still don't know much. But your reaction also shows that you indeed tampered with history once and completed transcendence without realizing it."
"Transcendence?" Su Ming seized the opportunity to ask, "Does tampering with history allow one to transcend? And what is transcendence?"
The Dragon God Thought seriously for a moment, seeming to organize his words, unsure how to explain transcendence to Su Ming.
"It's a feeling of breaking free from bondage. Your realm is still low now, so you probably can't feel it."
The Dragon God's description was vague.
"After the peak of God King, you will gradually feel the suppression of the universe. Transcendence is breaking free from that suppression, making it impossible for the universe to lock onto you, allowing you to continue ascending yourself."
"This realm is called the Supreme God King."
"To transcend, of course, it's not simply about tampering with history. You need to confuse the Universe's Will so it can't lock onto you. Then, you've succeeded."
"Achieving this generally requires involving the domain of time."
According to the Dragon God's description, it seemed that if one's realm was insufficient, one couldn't empathize.
Transcendence was related to time.
If your realm was insufficient, you couldn't feel that profound mystery.
Su Ming pouted.
Time?
No one in this world understands time better than me.
He didn't argue with the Dragon God, simply continuing to ask, "Why time?"
"Because time is a domain where the universe's development is incomplete," the Dragon God said. "In domains like space, elements, bloodlines, the universe's laws are very complete. But it lacks time."
"Actually, time is more of an acquired concept. The universe itself doesn't have a time mechanism."
"And this acquired concept also depends on us billions of living beings. So, time has also become our opportunity to transcend the universe."
Time was born from intelligent life, and also became life's opportunity to break free from the universe's constraints.
Listening, Su Ming frowned slightly.
Time doesn't exist?
Then what about the River of Time he saw?
And the Trinity.
Su Ming knew clearly: time truly existed.
But he didn't directly contradict the Dragon God.
"Because the universe lacks the laws of time, to obscure its perception, you need to use the power of time. Tampering with history is one way."
The Dragon God continued explaining the principle of transcendence to Su Ming – also the secret of how God Kings breakthrough to Supreme God Kings.
Having come to negotiate and seek cooperation, the Dragon God naturally had to first explain the concepts of transcendence and Supreme God Kings to Su Ming; otherwise, subsequent negotiations couldn't proceed.
Su Ming's gaze flickered repeatedly.
"Using time to break free from the Universe's Will's lock – that's transcendence?"
"Yes."
"Are there many ways to transcend?"
The Dragon God nodded.
But he didn't continue explaining.
Further methods of transcendence couldn't be disclosed even for payment.
After all, each path to transcendence was a closely guarded secret of the Supreme.
Even if not one's own foundation, they were still important supplements on one's path to supremacy.
Take the Dragon God, for example. He was now cultivating two paths: his own foundational path, and the path of the first Phoenix God. He had also discovered the Asura God's path to transcendence, but hadn't yet had time to find a proxy and complete Asura's method.
If Su Ming hadn't also successfully tampered with history, he certainly wouldn't have told him that tampering with history was one method of transcendence.
"These are the concepts of transcendence and the cultivation direction of the Supreme God King. Consider them my sincerity."
The Dragon God looked at Su Ming with a candid smile.
"What does Senior Dragon God wish to know? Or does Senior need this junior's help with something?"
The Dragon God nodded with satisfaction.
"This tampering of history was your doing. I want to know what you changed."
Su Ming's eyes narrowed slightly.
Though somewhat guarded, after weighing the options, he chose not to conceal it.
With his Trinity, the specifics of this tampering weren't particularly important.
Of course, he polished the account, removing any information related to the Trinity from the process of tampering with history.
"So that's it. The Auspicious Beast..." The Dragon God understood. "The Auspicious Beast was originally the Sea God's doing. Now it has become yours, nurtured by you."
The Dragon God's smile was very bright.
Stealing something from Tang San.
He was very pleased.
The Asura God was now eyeing him covetously. Su Ming was already at odds with Tang San, and now he had also stolen Tang San's achievement. In the Dragon God's eyes, Su Ming naturally fell into his own camp.
Especially since Su Ming had revealed the content of his tampering of history.
This was the foundation of transcendence.
If the tampered history was changed again, transcendence would be ruined. The Universe's Will would lock on, and the heavenly tribulation would descend, unavoidable.
Having obtained such a handle on him – the Dragon God looked at Su Ming with increasing satisfaction.
"Your strength is insufficient. You should have used this fellow Daoist's power to accomplish it, right?"
The Dragon God looked at Electrolux, his gaze friendly.
This God of Reincarnation had also participated. Although he hadn't completed transcendence, he had also gained a keen perception of history – a demi-transcendence, so to speak. Coupled with his God King-level realm, with a suitable opportunity, another tampering of history would allow him to transcend.
As he thought this, the Dragon God suddenly realized a problem.
No.
He thought of the issue he had discovered before coming.
"You only nurtured the Auspicious Beast?"
Su Ming nodded.
"You didn't nurture a new Fierce Beast and then hunt it?"
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