Chapter 109: Lei Chen's Anticipation
Slowly withdrawing his gaze that had been fixed thousands of miles away, Lei Chen's thoughts stirred slightly. The Nine Heavens Thunderstrike Sword, which had been suspended above the area where Du Busi was undergoing his tribulation, channeling the majestic heavenly might, emitted a clear and melodious sword cry. With a flash of lightning across its blade, it traversed space and quietly returned to within him.
As the divine sword returned to its place, thoughts flowed through Lei Chen's mind.
Du Busi had successfully broken through to level 100 this time, having been tempered by the heavenly tribulation. He had even refined his set of Spirit Bones into a divine artifact armor, a truly immense gain.
Thus, within the Douluo Plane under his command, the number of divine-level powerhouses on the surface, including himself, had reached four. Their high-level combat power was growing ever more formidable.
However, for divine-level powerhouses like Du Busi, who rely on profound accumulation and fortuitous encounters to successfully charge into level 100 but do not condense a God Position, their path is a double-edged sword.
Beings who possess a God Position are like having obtained a 'license' to higher realms and a stable'source of power'. The God Position itself contains the authority and profound mysteries of corresponding laws, greatly accelerating the practitioner's comprehension and mastery of those laws.
Moreover, God Positions are linked to the Power Of Faith. As long as faith does not wane, deities can use the Power Of Faith to quickly recover their divine power. In actual combat, at the same cultivation level, those with a God Position can often unleash stronger combat power, roughly considered to be one tier higher than those without.
Take Bi Ji, for example. If she forges a Third-Rank Deity position, although it limits her cultivation ceiling to the Peak of Third-rank Godhood, with the authority of the God of the Forest's God Position and the potential boost from acquired faith, her actual combat power could rival or even suppress some peak second-rank gods without God Positions.
However, a God Position is also a double-edged sword—a shortcut, yet also a shackle. Its greatest limitation lies in the 'ceiling.' The rank of the God Position determines the highest realm a deity can achieve.
Bi Ji's Third-Rank Deity position, barring any special opportunities that cause it to ascend, means her cultivation will halt at the Peak of Third-rank Godhood for her entire life, with little hope of further progress.
To break through this shackle, one must find ways to expand the breadth and depth of their faith source, promoting the evolution of the God Position itself. But how easy is that? It requires great opportunity, immense perseverance, and significant merit.
In contrast, those without God Positions like Du Busi walk a more 'free' path. Their cultivation ceiling is not restricted by a fixed God Position rank; it depends solely on their own talent, effort, and the limit their plane can bear.
Considering the immense enhancement the Douluo Plane is about to undergo from devouring the Abyss, it's almost a certainty that the plane's limit will be raised to level 130 in the future. This means that, theoretically, Du Busi and others possess the vast potential to impact the realm of First-level Gods.
In terms of 'potential,' those without God Positions undoubtedly hold a greater advantage.
Of course, the path without a God Position also has its significant drawbacks, the most crucial being 'lifespan'!
Deities who possess a God Position can achieve near-immortality as long as their God Position remains unbroken and faith continues. In contrast, divine-level powerhouses without God Positions, though their lifespans are far longer than mortals', spanning thousands or even tens of thousands of years, ultimately have an end. They cannot live as long as true deities, who share the lifespan of heaven and earth.
Furthermore, those without God Positions are often less convenient and efficient than those with God Positions in areas like power recovery and law application, relying more on their own arduous cultivation and accumulation.
Overall, there are still considerable differences between having a God Position and not having one. In Lei Chen's view, having one is naturally better.
But there's no helping it; God Positions are difficult to attain. In the future, his plane is destined to have more without God Positions and fewer with them. Such matters ultimately cannot be forced. So he stopped dwelling on this and turned his attention to several other beings within this plane who are still at the demigod level but also possess immense potential.
Since Du Busi, whose aptitude and accumulation met the standard, has successfully broken through, the others should naturally follow soon. However, their situations differ.
Ditian, Kong Deming... these two have relatively special circumstances.
Ditian, the Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King, is the collective master of Soul Beasts on the Douluo Douluo, with extremely high cultivation that has long reached the mortal limit. But he has not yet reached the demigod realm; he can merely unleash combat power at that level.
The main reason he possesses demigod-level combat power is his ability to wield the Dragon God's Claw, personally bestowed by the Dragon God. His combat power meets the standard, but his true cultivation still falls somewhat short.
Even though Lei Chen previously bestowed him with a portion of energy, he will still need some time to properly digest it before he can break through the divine-level barrier.
As for Kong Deming, the father of Spirit Tools in the Sun Moon Empire, his situation is even more unique.
His true Soul Power cultivation hasn't even reached Limit Douluo; he's merely at the Super Douluo level of level 97.
The reason he is considered to have demigod-level combat power relies entirely on his Martial Soul, the silver moon divine light shield, which has transformed into a divine artifact ahead of time. His own cultivation is still somewhat distant from the demigod level. The time he'll need to digest the energy bestowed by Lei Chen and break through to level 100 certainly won't be short.
Fortunately, apart from these two, the last demigod—Xue Di—is indeed close.
The moment he thought of Xue Di, Lei Chen's gaze fell upon her, who had already returned to the Far North Land. Sensing the increasingly condensed, nearing perfection of the ultimate cold at her core, he understood.
Xue Di's foundation can be said to be exceptionally solid. As a heaven-and-earth-born Ice Snow Maiden, with Lei Chen's previous help, her cultivation had reached 900,000 years, making her a genuine demigod-level existence. Moreover, she had ten pieces of Ten Thousand Years of Mysterious Ice Marrow, enough for her to use all the way until she breaks through one million years.
In addition, she possesses part of the energy given by Lei Chen after his initial victory in the plane war, as well as the heart of the ice god, which contains a portion of the ancient Ice God's source power. Her accumulation is astonishing.
As long as she methodically digests her own accumulation, following this progress, perhaps before long, the Far North Land will welcome a deity presiding over ice and snow.
When that time comes, the Douluo Plane's roster of divine-level existences will gain another heavyweight member.
After all, Xue Di, who possesses the heart of the ice god, is equivalent to carrying the shattered First-level God position of the ancient Ice God. The moment she becomes a deity, it will be far more than simply breaking through one million years.
While breaking through to the divine level, as long as she uses the heart of the ice god as the core to resonate with the ancient, surviving laws, she can re-condense and inherit that shattered First-level God position—the Ice God's Position of the Ice God.
Once successful, she won't merely be a newly ascended deity, but the revival of an ancient god directly wielding the complete authority of a First-level God. The height of her starting point would instantly surpass Electrolux, elevating her to the undisputed second strongest in the entire Douluo Plane, second only to Lei Chen, the Plane Master.
Thinking of this, a flicker of anticipation passed through Lei Chen's eyes.
Xue Di's breakthrough will mark another reshaping of the Douluo Plane's high-level combat power structure. A true supreme divine authority of ice and snow is about to be crowned amidst the biting northern winds.
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