Douluo Continent II: The Peerless Tang Sect: I, Huo Yuhao, join the Sun Moon Sect.

Chapter 229 Bai Xiuxiu's Gratitude
Nowadays, the path to godhood is monopolized by human soul masters, and no matter how excellent a soul beast is, it has no chance of becoming a god.

Even the Beast God Di Tian in the Star Dou Great Forest still cannot see the dawn of becoming a god.

Bai Xiuxiu felt that becoming a god was too far away. After all, even someone as powerful as Di Tian could not become a god and could only hold the so-called title of "Beast God".

Her biggest goal right now is to become a 100,000-year-old soul beast, so that she can transform into human form and go play in the human world. After all, she has been living in the sea for a long time and is already a bit tired of it.

Bai Xiuxiu asked curiously, "Then why did you suddenly appear here, senior? I heard my mother say that there is a rule in the God Realm that gods cannot interfere in the mortal world. As a divine beast, you should live in the God Realm, right?"

"The God Realm." Huo Yuhao's expression suddenly became solemn. "Bai Xiuxiu, strictly speaking, the God Realm is no longer the abode of divine beasts. Soul beasts cannot become gods, and the God Realm cannot accommodate true divine beasts. This is an ironclad rule."

There are divine beasts in the God Realm, but some of them are soul beasts with some divine beast bloodline, while others are divine beasts that existed when the God Realm was first created. They do not have divine positions and are not considered true divine beasts.

Therefore, the so-called "mythical beast" title today is just something that sounds nice.

Bai Xiuxiu was shocked: "Senior, I thought it was just that we soul beasts who stayed on Douluo Star couldn't become gods. So it turns out that there are no true divine beasts in the God Realm anymore? Is this ironclad rule really unchangeable?"

As a soul beast, she would naturally think from the perspective of a soul beast, and even though she longed for the human world, she could not change her identity as a soul beast.

Huo Yuhao sighed: "It can be changed! But it requires great power. You should be very familiar with Tang San, right? He changed this ironclad rule."

Bai Xiuxiu panicked: "Senior! You can't call the Sea God by his name directly. I heard my mother say that when the Sea God was not yet a god, she could call people by their names directly. But after the Sea God ascended to godhood, she can no longer call people by their names directly. Calling a god by his name is a great disrespect and may invite divine punishment!"

Divine punishment?

Huo Yuhao was stunned and somewhat puzzled. In fact, he could understand why Tang San had two faces before and after becoming a god. After all, Tang San was just that kind of person. He had two faces before and after joining the Haotian Sect, so it was not surprising that he did such a thing.

But can divine punishment be so easily imposed?
According to the Douluo Continent setting, true divine punishment is the punishment imposed on a certain god by activating the central authority of the divine realm.

This type of divine punishment can only be effective against first-level gods at most, and has little effect on god kings. Therefore, in the original work, Tang San gave up using divine punishment on Destruction.

Although Tang San wasn't exactly a magnanimous person, he wouldn't go so far as to use the divine realm's central hub to punish a lower-level being simply for calling it by name. After all, that would be like using a cannon to kill a mosquito.

Thinking of this, Huo Yuhao asked, "Bai Xiuxiu, have you ever witnessed divine punishment? Do you have any friends who have been punished by the gods?"

Bai Xiuxiu paused for a moment, then began to think seriously: "No, these are all things I heard from my mother. Hmm, my mother wouldn't lie to me."

Huo Yuhao wondered if Xiaobai had made up the story of divine punishment to scare Bai Xiuxiu in order to prevent her from talking nonsense. Xiaobai wasn't stupid; she naturally knew that circumstances could change.

Back then, Xiao Bai could call Tang San "Tang San," but now he would respectfully call him "Sea God." After all, with Tang San's leap in strength, a thick barrier has formed between Xiao Bai and Tang San.

He decided to steer the conversation back on track: "Bai Xiuxiu, if simply calling someone by their name would result in divine punishment, then countless people on Douluo Continent would have died because of it long ago. If the divine punishment is too weak, it won't demonstrate the power of the Sea God." Bai Xiuxiu thought for a moment and felt that Huo Yuhao's words made sense, so she said, "Then, senior, let's continue our previous topic. You said that Tang San broke this ironclad rule, so what exactly did he do?"

Huo Yuhao began to patiently explain the matter of Da Ming and Er Ming to the other party. As for Xiao Wu, he skipped over it because Xiao Wu had a special nature and became the Shura Sword Sheath. Tang San couldn't just step into the God Realm without the sword sheath.

After listening to Huo Yuhao's words, Bai Xiuxiu's clear eyes revealed indignation. She shook her fins and said, "So, the so-called ironclad rules are actually only for different soul beasts? This thing is just for show."
That's just too unfair. Even if you cultivate to the peak of the beast realm in the lower realm, you won't have the chance to become a god. You can only die of old age or die under the heavenly tribulation.

My mother helped two Sea Gods, working tirelessly and making great contributions, but she still couldn't become a god. Meanwhile, Da Ming and Er Ming became gods through connections. Tang San is truly…

The words of her curse stuck in her throat, and she dared not utter them. After all, Tang San was the Sea God, and he still wielded considerable power over a naive little princess of the Great White Shark Demon Soul Clan like herself.

Huo Yuhao thought to himself that there were many unfair things, such as a certain god king training dogs and stealing the Golden Dragon Spear, the Valley of Love and Deception to torture people, and the mechanical deity causing the Sun Moon Empire to withdraw its troops. Anyway, Tang San would trample on the "fair" rules of the divine realm for the sake of his own interests. For some rules that could not be trampled on, Tang San would choose to find loopholes.

Fortunately, these things haven't happened yet, and there's still time.

"Bai Xiuxiu, I have a way to make soul beasts become gods, and I also have a way to help soul beasts get out of their current predicament and make them great again!" Huo Yuhao's voice was deep.

Of course, the soul beast race he mentioned could not possibly include all soul beasts. In Huo Yuhao's view, those soul beasts who were willing to do things for him were still worth helping.

"Really?" Bai Xiuxiu's eyes widened. She thought to herself that if she could become a god, wouldn't she be able to stay in the human world for a longer period of time? According to Huo Yuhao's explanation to her, she knew clearly that according to the rules of the divine realm, gods could live in the lower realm, provided that they did not interfere with the human world.

"Of course, but only if you help me with some things." Huo Yuhao revealed his true intentions.

Bai Xiuxiu said without hesitation, "Okay, senior, you saved my life, so it's only right that I help you. In human terms, this should be called repaying a debt of gratitude!"

Huo Yuhao smiled and said, "First, I need you to help me count how many of the sea spirit beasts you can contact have a relatively firm faith in the Sea God Tang San, and then give me a list."

Yes, this will make it easier to check the water meter when we come to your home in the future.

If Huo Yuhao wants Tang San's source of faith, he needs to proceed step by step.

Poseidon Island is quite special; it's estimated that divine consciousness exists there. He plans to make a move later.

As for the sea spirit beasts, they are definitely the main source of Tang San's faith.

Although most sea spirit beasts are not as devout as those on Seagod Island, and the amount of faith power they provide individually is probably not much, the sheer quantity is still considerable. Little by little, it adds up to a terrifying amount.

Moreover, although Bai Xiuxiu is an easy-to-deceive soul beast, Huo Yuhao can't just come up and say, "Overthrow Tang San's tyranny, the ocean belongs to sea soul beasts," otherwise Bai Xiuxiu would definitely run away quickly.

(End of this chapter)