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At the same time, an extremely loud cry resounded through the sky, and the Ice Ancestor Phoenix awoke!

A sudden blizzard burst forth, covering everything in sight, and the temperature dropped again!

This caused Gu Shenge's expression to change slightly. He wanted to increase the output of his soul power, but the cold air of the cold wave caused his soul power to freeze. Seeing this, the Ice and Snow Emperors took action to help him resist the cold wave.

Amidst the blizzard, the Ice Ancestor Phoenix finally revealed its form.

Its body is enormous and long, estimated to be over a thousand meters long. Its phoenix eyes are cold and indifferent, revealing a terrifying sense of oppression. The ice crystal feathers covering its head and body are a dreamlike azure blue. Its wingspan is hundreds of meters wide, and it is magnificent under the sun. Its long phoenix feathers float in the air like blue light ribbons, extremely beautiful.

Every time the Ice Crystal Phoenix flaps its wings, a blast of extreme cold wind sweeps in, accompanied by white snow. The world is frozen in this cold wind, the chill penetrating to the bone and freezing to the soul!

He looked at Gu Shenge, who had transformed into Haori, and his sapphire-like phoenix eyes revealed a trace of memory, recognizing his identity.

"Di Zhao, you've become weaker."

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Chapter 117: The Former God-King, Ice Ancestor Phoenix

"Di Zhao, you've become weaker."

Amidst the swirling snow and ice, a colossal ice crystal phoenix, over a thousand meters tall, swept across the heavens and earth, accompanied by a blizzard. A cold wave surged, creating an icy world. Its immense power, far surpassing that of a peerless Douluo, put Gu Shenge under tremendous pressure.

But what truly surprised him was what the Ice Ancestor Phoenix said: that he had become weaker.

So, the Ice Ancestor Phoenix also knows him? No, more accurately, she knows him after he traveled to the past and took the alias "Di Zhao".

The Ice and Snow Emperors gazed at the Ice Ancestor Phoenix, both revealing expressions of awe and reverence. As the oldest being since the birth of the far north ice plains, the Ice Ancestor Phoenix surpassed them in both cultivation and age, and was worthy of their respect.

Ice Phoenix's eyes, purer and brighter than sapphires, stared at Gu Shenge, as if she were sizing him up.

After a long pause, the Ice Ancestor Phoenix shook its head. It withdrew its biting cold and terrifying blizzard that exceeded absolute zero. As the cold wave receded, it spoke again, its voice both majestic and gentle, like an empress dowager in a high position.

"So that's how it is. I was mistaken. You are him, but you are not him."

Upon hearing this, Gu Shenge understood what Bingzuhuang meant and realized that she was not the Di Zhao from His memory.

Facing the powerful Ice Ancestor Phoenix, Gu Shenge showed sufficient respect, bowed slightly, and spoke loudly.

"Greetings, Senior Ice Ancestor Phoenix. I have come here for a 100,000-year-old ice-attribute bird-like soul beast. I heard from the Snow Empress that the bird-like soul beasts in the far north are all your subjects and descendants, so I have come here to request an audience with you."

Bingzuhuang looked at Gu Shenge and nodded. He knew what Gu Shenge wanted to do without Bingzuhuang having to say anything.

"I understand what you mean, but what benefit do I get?"

"Uh~"

When Gu Shenge heard that Bingzuhuang wanted benefits, she was stunned. Why wasn't she playing by the rules?

He originally thought that the Ice Ancestor Phoenix would have made a pact with him like the Emerald Swan, but now it seems that his future self has not made any pact with it. What is the reason for this?

"Please tell me."

But now that things have come to this point, it won't be easy to get things done without offering some benefits.

Upon hearing this, the Ice Ancestor Phoenix revealed a human-like smile in its eyes. It flapped its phoenix wings slightly, but did not speak. Instead, it turned and flew away, leaving Gu Shenge and the others to follow behind it.

Gu Shenge and the two Ice and Snow Emperors followed behind the Ice Ancestor Phoenix, entering the deepest part of the far north.

The far north, at its deepest point, is a world of ice crystals, colder than the outside world, exceeding absolute zero, with extremely thin, even nonexistent, air.

As soon as she entered the deepest part, Gu Shenge felt her body and soul freeze briefly. It was beyond the description of being bone-chillingly cold. All her senses went numb in an instant. She felt nothing at all and her whole body went numb.

Even the blazing sun behind them dimmed.

If it weren't for the protection of the Sun Martial Soul, Gu Shenge would probably have been frozen solid.

As for the Ice and Snow Emperors, as ice-attribute spirits, they were not only unaffected after entering the deepest part of the world, but thrived there.

Upon seeing this, Gu Shenge transformed her Yin and Yang, and the Taiyin Martial Soul possessed her, making her feel instantly different.

Deep within, besides the Ice Ancestor Phoenix, hundreds of other ice-attribute bird-like soul beasts also live.

Each one had a cultivation level of at least 50,000 years, and there were no fewer than twenty 100,000-year-old soul beasts. Gu Shenge even began to doubt that she had sensed something wrong. Those were 100,000-year-old soul beasts! Not just ordinary cabbages!

"No need to be surprised, they're just kids."

Ice Phoenix noticed Gu Shenge's surprise and explained.

This made Gu Shenge inwardly grumble, "Kid, you call those 100,000-year-old soul beasts 'kids'? Fine, I know you're getting old."

"What kind of benefits does the senior wish to receive?"

Putting aside her inner grumbling, Gu Shenge saw that the Ice Ancestor Phoenix had stopped flying forward, so she asked it what benefits it wanted.

The Ice Ancestral Phoenix gradually shrank, but instead of transforming into a human form, it shrunk to a size of two meters, making it easier to communicate.

Her phoenix eyes gazed at Gu Shenge, and she slowly spoke:

"In 573 years, my final Nirvana will begin. I hope you can protect me and help me regain my throne as God-King."

Upon hearing Bing Zuhuang's conditions, Gu Shenge's eyes widened instantly, staring at Bing Zuhuang in utter astonishment. What had he just heard? Reclaim the throne of the God King!

So, does that mean Ice Ancestor Phoenix was once a God-King?!

"Don't be surprised. I am a contemporary of the Dragon God. If it weren't for the great war in ancient times that caused my death, I wouldn't need to be reborn."

Ice Phoenix noticed Gu Shenge's surprise and patiently explained to him, which shocked Gu Shenge and the two Ice and Snow Emperors.

Previously, Xue Di said that the Ice Ancestor Phoenix existed even longer than the Douluo Continent, and that it existed before the Dragon God Era. This was just part of her conjecture, but she never expected it to be true!

But how could a powerful God-King have fallen to such a state? Could it be that the Ice Ancestor Phoenix was implicated by the Dragon God, leading to her being besieged and killed by the gods of the God Realm?

Gu Shenge's eyes lit up, and she immediately asked, "Senior, could you explain in detail?"

Women enjoy listening to gossip, and men do too. In fact, it would be a good thing to know some of the inside stories of ancient wars between gods.

Seeing Gu Shenge turn into a curious child, Bing Zuhuang remained silent for a long time before nodding in agreement.

"My demise was entirely due to that arrogant Dragon God..."

Listening to the Ice Ancestor Phoenix's account, Gu Shenge and the Ice and Snow Emperors also learned the reason for that ancient war.

It was nothing like what he knew, that the Dragon God wanted to elevate the Dragon Realm to a divine star, which led to the death of the Dragon Prince in order to save the Dragon God, causing the Dragon God to go mad and indirectly triggering a war in the divine realm. After regaining his senses, he asked the Asura God to cut open his body to separate his good and evil thoughts.

It's all lies, all embellished.

The real reason was that in ancient times, the Dragon God was too confident and arrogant in his own strength, which led to a great war between the gods, ultimately resulting in his demise.

Because there is only one Dragon God in the entire universe, making him unique.

As the sole God-King of the universe, he must control an entire God Realm and become its master. Otherwise, his unique characteristics will have a very powerful impact on other God Realms that he joins, and may even cause their God Realms to collapse or be transformed into his own.

In order to make his dragon realm more powerful and to bring the entire universe under the control of the dragon race, the Dragon God led his ten dragon kings to conquer the universe, invading one star system after another and seizing one divine realm after another.

Ultimately, because the Dragon God wreaked havoc on the order of the universe, the universe punished Him.

The resentment of the star system and the divine realm that He conquered and destroyed was all directed at Him, which eventually drove the Dragon God mad. He then slaughtered the dragon race and ultimately perished at the hands of the Douluo God Realm.

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(The original story's depiction of the Dragon God's fall is too far-fetched; I should use my original work.)

Chapter 118: The Truth Behind the Dragon God's Fall

The truth about the ancient war of gods told by Bingzuhuang is completely different from that told by Gu Shenge; they are two extremes.

This is what Gu Shenge learned about the Dragon God's life from the original novel.

Ever since the Dragon God gained consciousness, He has been the hope of the entire race, leading the entire race to become stronger.

As the Dragon God grew up, He began to display the talents of His bloodline, surpassing the strongest members of His race step by step, defeating one opponent after another, and securing a place for Him in the universe with His immense power. After millions of years of effort, the Dragon God became the first being in the Dragon Clan to break through to the God-King level.

At the moment when the Dragon God achieved the divine realm, He was finally recognized by all the dragons and became a true god-king.

The Dragon God created the Dragon Realm, giving the dragon race a true home and the power to control star systems, drawing strength from the star systems' faith to become even more powerful.

The Dragon God bestowed upon the most outstanding dragon geniuses the various attributes evolved from his bloodline, granting them the nine attributes of water, fire, earth, wind, light, darkness, space, time, and stability. The nine Dragon Kings also recognized the Dragon God as their father, calling him their lord.

The Dragon God opened up the divine realm, allowing outstanding individuals from various star systems to become deities within the Dragon God Realm, working together to develop the Dragon God Realm and grow towards greater power.

Through the Dragon God's diligent efforts, the dragon race became the king of all races. The Dragon God himself became an incomparably powerful supreme god-king. Even when other divine realms invaded, they were easily defeated.

The Dragon God's lack of offspring caused concern among the dragons, and this also led to discord among the nine Dragon Kings. To resolve the instability within the dragon clan, the Dragon Queen secretly and forcibly became pregnant without the Dragon God's knowledge.

By the time the Dragon God discovered this, it was too late. When the Dragon Queen gave birth to the prince for the Dragon God, the prince's powerful Dragon God bloodline drained all her life force in her final moments, and no matter what the Dragon God did, he could not prolong her life.

Normally, the Dragon God is the strictest with his son, constantly urging him to grow. With the appearance of the Dragon Prince, the infighting among the nine Dragon Kings disappeared, for they all understood that only the Dragon Prince could inherit the Dragon God's mantle.

The Dragon God planned to upgrade the Dragon God Realm to a God Star, leaving his son with a sufficiently solid foundation before going to search for his wife's reincarnation.

As a result, the moment when the Time Dragon King and the Space Dragon King dreamed of becoming a God Star under the influence of the laws of the universe was the moment when the entire Dragon God Realm collapsed.

They chose to take a risk, even betraying the Dragon God, which led to the Dragon Prince sacrificing his life to help the Dragon God achieve the status of a divine star.

The Dragon Prince died, driving the Dragon God to madness. He wanted to destroy everything, which indirectly triggered a war in the divine realm.

Finally, with the help of the gods in the divine realm, the Dragon God regained consciousness and devoured all the resentment of the Dragon God Realm into himself. In addition, the Dragon God sealed all the resentment and negative emotions generated by himself into his body.

He then had the Asura God sever his own body, allowing the part belonging to good to leave, thus preserving a glimmer of hope for the dragon race, while suppressing the part belonging to evil in the divine realm, to be worn away by time.

Finally, it was decreed that unless the dragon race revived and the dragon god reappeared, the beast race was not allowed to become gods in the divine realm.

Very good, the whole thing is a hymn to the dragon god.

Gu Shenge didn't believe it anyway, since the Dragon God's setting changed in each of the five Douluo series, with the fourth series being the most outrageous.

Following that, Bingzuhuang continued to tell Gu Shenge about the origins of Douluo Continent.

"This continent was transformed from a mountain dragon king of the dragon race, or more accurately, it was a quarter of the original complete continent."

The continent of Douluo Star was originally a single entity, transformed from the Mountain Dragon King, one of the Ten Dragon Kings of the Dragon Clan. Later, because the ancient war of gods began on this continent, it was eventually broken into four pieces, which became the scattered Douluo Star.

Upon hearing "Ten Dragon Kings," Gu Shenge was taken aback. Weren't there supposed to be nine Dragon Kings? Where did this tenth one come from?

"Senior, aren't there only nine Dragon Kings in the Dragon Clan?"

After recalling for a moment, Bingzuhuang explained, "On the surface, there are only nine, because the tenth one died under the claws of the Dragon God not long after becoming a God King and was devoured by Him. I don't know the specific reason, but it seems that the Dragon King made the Dragon God feel threatened."