"The so-called God King-level authority is not a God King divine seat. Meeting the authority standard doesn't necessarily mean a corresponding God King needs to exist."
Seeing Su Ming looking thoughtful, the Dragon God still explained.
"You should have felt it yourself: authority is the core of a divine seat. But to truly condense a divine seat, faith is indispensable, along with vast energy. These three conditions are all essential. Although there is a surface and depth, there is no order of importance. Lacking any one of them, you cannot condense the corresponding divine seat."
"Among them, the authority must be taken control of first, followed by collecting faith. Both of these can be done without a God Realm. At this stage, you can gather a demi-divine seat."
"After the demi-divine seat is achieved, the next steps are to further perfect the authority, collect faith, and fill it with energy. Guided by faith, the energy is thoroughly integrated into the divine seat."
"With the support of energy, the authority will also display its true power."
"Before the divine seat is truly completed, even if the authority is already sufficient, its manifestation will not reach the level corresponding to its realm. This is due to the suppression of the Universe's Will."
"..."
The Dragon God explained the process of condensing a divine seat to Su Ming, thereby helping him understand the meaning of a God King authority.
Su Ming nodded slowly.
"So, for example, the Elemental God Descent Divine Punishment Array and the Deadly Sin God Descent Divine Punishment Array of the Seven Elemental Gods and the Seven Deadly Sin Gods in the God Realm – both of these arrays have God King-level power. So, the sevenfold-united authorities of the Elemental Gods and the Deadly Sin Gods are God King-level?"
Although Su Ming had his own conjectures, he still asked.
Receiving the Dragon God's confirmation would put his mind at ease.
The Dragon God glanced at Su Ming in surprise.
"You actually know about these two great arrays. They're considered secrets even within the God Realm."
The Dragon God's gaze was peculiar.
Su Ming clearly understood very little about much information.
Yet, he seemed to possess a lot of intelligence.
This contradictory feeling made the Dragon God suspect that Su Ming might be pretending.
"The faith of the Elemental Gods and the Deadly Sin Gods – both indeed count as God King authorities. This is also an application of God King authority. Besides condensing a God King divine seat and actually nurturing the corresponding God King, you can also have secondary authority deities form an array to unleash its true power."
Su Ming breathed a sigh of relief.
If the Elemental Gods' authority counted, then he currently had three God King-level authorities. Hmm... authorities recognized by the Dragon God as God King-level.
In reality, Su Ming also controlled many other authorities, but it wasn't convenient to reveal them in front of the Dragon God.
For example, he had dabbled in both destruction and life, but he hadn't revealed it much, worried about the God of Destruction and the God of Life's suspicion. He hadn't even seriously collected faith for them.
If he could improve his understanding of these two authorities, they should also meet the standards.
Besides that, there was the Sea God authority. In Douluo 1 and Douluo 2, this authority was firmly quasi-God King level, not yet reaching God King level. Even driven by Tang San's God King-level divine power, it didn't reach true God King level.
However, in the Douluo 3 era, the Sea God authority had definitely been schemed to the God King level by Tang San.
Thus, this authority could also barely count as a God King-level authority.
Calculating it this way...
Su Ming's gaze became strange.
Just earlier, he had thought the Dragon God's tone was too relaxed – how could God King authorities be that easy to gather? But upon summarizing, he found that he himself had a full six God King-level authorities.
This didn't include the reincarnation authority.
Because according to the Dragon God's requirements, a Supreme God King-level authority was also necessary, and it was not counted among the God King authorities.
The reincarnation authority was one that could potentially be raised to that level in a short time.
The main reason was that Electrolux had condensed a demi-divine seat and then directly merged it into the Reincarnation Realm, creating the God Core method.
This God Core would perfect itself as the plane developed. During the construction of the great reincarnation of Douluo and the Abyss, the reincarnation authority would naturally be perfected. After the great reincarnation, when the two planes truly became one, then as they advanced to the divine-level plane, the plane's core laws would be engraved deep into the universe, expanding with it.
It could be said that the prospects for the reincarnation authority were very bright.
Apart from reincarnation, Su Ming's pioneering and forging authorities also had this opportunity. However, the difficulty of perfecting them would be much higher.
Six God King authorities, plus the two God King authorities the Dragon God promised – that left only one more to reach the threshold of the nine God King authorities the Dragon God had mentioned!
Su Ming sighed inwardly.
So, although one should focus during cultivation, one must not completely fail to expand.
"These authorities... I gathered them all step by step, steadily."
Although he felt much more relaxed, Su Ming also knew that this was only superficial ease.
The authorities he had were all potentials, not yet God King authorities.
Even the destruction and life authorities were only portions he had mastered, not yet reaching the level of the God of Destruction and the God of Life.
Therefore, he still needed to work hard to nurture them to the God King level.
Besides these, these authorities already exhausted his entire life's learning. Finding a completely new authority with God King-level potential on top of these was no simple task.
Moreover, Su Ming didn't want to be led around by the nose by the Dragon God.
Not fully disclosing all his authorities to the Dragon God was also for this reason – to buy himself more preparation time.
"Nine God King-level authorities. The Dragon God provides two. Would the new God Realm I create also have its shares taken over by the Dragon God?"
Although it was two-ninths, and counting the Supreme authority, the Dragon God's share was even smaller, it couldn't be calculated that way.
The Dragon God was a Supreme God King with vast accumulation. Who knew what the two authorities he provided actually counted as?
What if they were like destruction and life – able to merge into the creation authority? Then, after merging, two peak God King-level authorities could possibly metamorphose into a Supreme God King authority.
To prevent the Dragon God from using such means, Su Ming could only prepare more authorities for himself as much as possible.
"Sigh, from this perspective, I also need to find ways to develop the Rakshasa and Asura authorities. Besides that, time also has extraordinary potential, and I have enough talent. And fate – the fate I just captured – can be the final piece. Time and fate, combined, might very well become a third possible Supreme God King authority..."
As he pondered, Su Ming continued discussing details with the Dragon God, after which the Dragon God's projection dissipated.
This time, the Dragon God had descended using a trace of dragon-type bloodline from Di Rui. Su Ming directly stripped this wisp of bloodline.
At the same time, he asked the Dragon God about future contact methods.
The coordinates of Dragon Valley, he had obtained legally and legitimately in this era.
Seeing Su Ming still contemplating, Electrolux asked, "Can you gather them? If not, I could try to condense a light-side authority?"
Electrolux also felt that gathering nine God King authorities was too difficult.
Su Ming shook his head.
"The God Realm has a God of Light, a First-Class God. That would probably limit your authority to a certain extent, Elder. You should focus on elevating the reincarnation authority."
"Nine God King-level authorities... I should be able to manage. I have a glimmer of an idea."
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