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Douluo trembled.
Not with earthquakes, nor with roaring skiesâbut with something far subtler.
The laws of the world tightened, converging toward a single point as if fate itself had drawn a breath and forgotten how to exhale.
High above the mortal realm, clouds churned into spiraling layers. Lightning did not strike downward; it folded inward, coiling around an unseen center. Spirit energy surged in violent waves, yet did not scatterâit condensed.
At the heart of it all stood a lone figure.
Blood stained his clothes. Cracks marred the ground beneath his feet. His aura was sharp, oppressive, and unbearably pure, like a blade honed through endless suffering.
Asura.
He did not look toward the heavens.
He simply stood there, eyes closed, spine straight, will burning.
The world had already accepted him.
What remained⊠was permission.
Just as the final boundary began to loosenâ
Time froze.
Wind stilled. Thunder fell silent. Even the restless spirit energy halted mid-flow, suspended as if reality itself had been seized by an invisible hand.
Asura's eyes snapped open.
Before him, space parted without distortion.
A figure stepped forwardânot descending from the sky, not emerging from light, but appearing, as though he had always been there and the world had only now noticed.
Calm.
Dignified.
Unfathomably vast.
Asura's instincts screamed.
Not dangerâ
Authority.
Asura's breathing slowed.
"âŠWho are you?"
Ye Caiqian did not hide it.
"I am the God of Humanity."
The title alone caused Douluo's laws to ripple.
Asura's pupils constricted.
A god.
Not a projection.
Not a test.
A true god standing before him while he was still mortal.
"You're here to stop me?" Asura asked.
Ye Caiqian shook his head.
"No. I'm here to tell you the rules."
Ye Caiqian lifted a hand.
The frozen world peeled away, revealing layers beneathâfate threads, karmic currents, divine pathways forming beyond the sky.
"This world will soon be unable to contain you," Ye Caiqian said. "Your ascension is inevitable. But ascension is not a single stepâit is a contract."
Asura listened without interrupting.
"In the Divine Realm," Ye Caiqian continued, "gods are not free simply because they are powerful. They are boundâby authority, by law, by consequence."
A faint, distant pressure brushed Asura's soul.
Not threatening.
Instructive.
"You will ascend as Asura," Ye Caiqian said. "But you will not be required to leave immediately."
Asura frowned.
Ye Caiqian's gaze sharpened slightly.
"You will be granted one hundred mortal years."
The heavens stirred.
"One hundred years," Ye Caiqian repeated, "to remain on Douluo as a god-in-waiting. Your divinity will be sealed but acknowledged. You may settle grudges. Protect what you value. Walk the world one last timeâwithout interference."
Asura's grip loosened.
"âŠAnd after that?"
"After that," Ye Caiqian said calmly, "you will ascend to the Divine Realm. No exceptions."
Silence stretched.
"And if I refuse?" Asura asked.
Ye Caiqian did not hesitate.
"Then Douluo will break under you."
That was all.
No threat.
No warning.
Just fact.
Asura exhaled slowly.
He had fought fate his entire life.
But this was not fate.
This was structure.
"âŠFine," he said at last. "A hundred years is more than enough."
Ye Caiqian nodded.
"One more thing."
Asura met his gaze.
"When you ascend," Ye Caiqian said, "you will not be alone."
For the first time, Asura's expression shifted.
"Human gods already stand in the Divine Realm," Ye Caiqian said. "Two of them. They will be waiting."
Asura said nothingâbut something in his eyes steadied.
Ye Caiqian stepped back.
"The ascension will resume when I leave," he said. "Use the time wisely."
And thenâ
He was gone.
The world unfroze.
Lightning roared back into motion. Spirit energy surged again, howling skyward.
Asura stood unmoving as divine light brushed his soulâthen halted, restrained by a law newly imposed.
The heavens acknowledged him.
But did not claim him.
Asura looked up once, expression unreadable.
"One hundred yearsâŠ" he murmured.
For the first time since picking up a bladeâ
He lowered it.
In the Divine Realm, Ye Caiqian returned to his domain.
The moment he arrived, the atmosphere shifted. Faith currents adjusted. His divine core pulsed onceâheavy, compressed, perfectly stable.
He summoned Shan Liang and Xie E.
They arrived almost instantly.
"He's begun," Xie E said, already sensing it.
"Yes," Ye Caiqian replied. "He'll ascend soonâbut not today."
He explained everything.
The hundred years.
The sealed divinity.
The future inevitability.
Shan Liang listened quietly, hands clasped.
"That must have been lonely," she said softly.
Xie E nodded. "But necessary."
Ye Caiqian looked at them both.
"When he arrives," he said, "the balance will change. And when that balance changesâŠ"
"âŠyou'll move," Xie E finished.
Ye Caiqian inclined his head.
"I will begin preparations for God King ascension."
Neither questioned it.
They had walked this path long enough to understandâ
this step could not be delayed any longer.
"We'll stand ready," Shan Liang said.
Ye Caiqian smiled faintly.
"I know."
Alone once more, Ye Caiqian returned to the heart of his domain.
He sat.
Divine formations activated silently around him. Faith streams aligned. Authority folded inward.
The God of Humanity closed his eyes.
Meditation beganânot to gain power, but to refine meaning.
Above him, the Divine Realm watched.
Below him, a mortal god walked the world for the last time.
And somewhere beyond sightâ
Ancient beings stirred, sensing that the era of human gods was no longer a possibility.
It was a certainty.
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