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Chapter 862 - 847: Path of the Divine Marquis, Difficult to Seal the God King! (Extra 11, Please Subscribe!)

Chapter 862: Chapter 847: Path of the Divine Marquis, Difficult to Seal the God King! (Extra 11, Please Subscribe!)

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The atmosphere in the Great Hall was somewhat stagnant. Hearing the words of the Ziyang Divine Marquis, Xiao Chen felt a very big interest in the Divine Marquis Palace. It was unheard of, a place not ruled by an emperor yet said to rival the East Emperor Palace. However, he did not speak out immediately, waiting instead for the Ziyang Divine Marquis to continue his tale.

"Xiao Clan Leader, when you were consolidating your conquest name, destiny descended upon you, and you must have sensed the path of a Divine Marquis," the Ziyang Divine Marquis spoke once more.

"Indeed, with supreme destiny upon me, I had some enlightenment. After being granted the title of Divine Marquis, if destiny descends again, it is possible to be granted the title of God King," Xiao Chen nodded and replied, though he was not entirely clear on it.

"You and I are both granted the title of Divine Marquis, the destiny supporting our Human Clan is enough to rival the combat names in bronze. I can tell you, when a warrior consolidates a combat name to the peak of bronze, their path forward becomes obstructed, all warriors with consolidated combat names find no advancement beyond the bronze peak!"

Combat names reaching the bronze level are thus obstructed.

"At a dead end."

Xiao Chen considered this in his heart. No wonder, when he was consolidating his title, he was unable to discern the levels beyond the bronze combat names, but easily understood the path beyond a Divine Marquis title. It turned out the path of destiny support for warriors beyond bronze combat names had been severed.

"But a Divine Marquis reaching the end can be promoted to the realm of a God King, bestowed with double the fortune of destiny. This is also why the title of Divine Marquis is even more uncommon compared to combat name warriors!"

The words of the Ziyang Divine Marquis rose again, such secrets were beyond the understanding of ordinary warriors of the Desolate Land, for even consolidating a mere bronze combat name requires an immense amount of destiny, beyond the reach of ordinary warriors.

"And a warrior with the title of Divine Marquis, ascending to Supreme King, upon reaching the peak of Supreme King, if they can gather endless destiny, can be granted the title of God King. Under the destiny of the God King title, one has the chance to oppose and conquer the emperors as a king!"

What!

For the second time in just minutes, Xiao Chen was shocked, more so than before, and his entire body trembled violently, his eyes filled with disbelief!

Opposing the emperors!

Forbidden emperors, the most powerful existence amongst the Hundred Clans of the Human World, these are beings capable of sustaining a race for endless ages.

To put it bluntly, whenever a forbidden emperor emerges within any of the Hundred Clans, that clan is bound to experience rapid development in the years to come, and other clans will have to give way.

Now the Ziyang Divine Marquis was telling him that one could oppose emperors as a king, and even if it was just at the peak of Supreme King, a fulfilled king remained a king, for even if the distance from an emperor was but a fine line, the difference was still as vast as heaven and earth.

This was not like him battling beyond his level in the Towering Realm’s seventh heaven to fight the Stage Eight Realm, nor was it like a fulfilled Stage Eight Realm warrior opposing the legendary supremes of the ninth heaven.

Without exaggeration, the emperor is the supreme of this heaven and earth, opposing emperors—if not for the Ziyang Divine Marquis telling him right now, he would have thought it mere fantasy!

"Do you not believe it? When I was granted the title of Divine Marquis, I did not believe it either, just like you do now."

Although the Ziyang Divine Marquis was recounting this to Xiao Chen, his heart was also surging with emotion. Fortunately, there were only the two of them in the Great Hall right now. If outsiders were to see the two leading Divine Marquises of the Border Wasteland Region behaving in such an uncontrolled manner, it would certainly cause a great commotion.

"Our enemies, the Human Clan, are the Hundred Clans of Heaven. And although our clan strength is robust and fears no single clan, when the Hundred Clans combine forces, the slightest carelessness could lead to the annihilation of our Human Clan. Currently, we have only five emperors coexisting, and even at our strongest, there were only eight."

"However, among the Hundred Clans of Heaven, even if not every clan breeds an emperor in every era, the combined number of emperors amongst these clans far exceeds our Human Clan. How could we have maintained our dominion over the Human Realm through these ancient years without some underlying strength?"

Hearing this, Xiao Chen nodded thoughtfully. Although not every clan produces an emperor in every era, with the vast number of clans in the Hundred Clans as a foundation, if even one-tenth of the clans were to birth an emperor in an era, the total number of emperors would still surpass that of the Human Clan.

Thinking this way, without a supremely strong one to protect their world, how could the Human Clan have prospered through the ages?

"With the title of God King, one needs to reach the fulfillment of the Supreme King realm, but fulfilling these two conditions does not mean one has the strength to oppose an emperor. Many secrets are hidden within, and I too am unaware of them; these are the secrets I learned after reading the records of the Divine Marquis Palace."

"Besides, emperors are the universally acknowledged supremes of heaven and earth, possessing boundless great power. Even if one can oppose an emperor, it’s merely an indication of having the battle power of an emperor, without the many heaven-defying abilities they possess. But at that level, such matters are beyond our capacity to surmise."

Xiao Chen nodded, his heart steadily calming the turmoil within. Even the ability to withstand the conquest of emperors was enough to boast proudly amongst the Hundred Clans of Heaven!

"That’s why the conferment of every Divine Marquis is a hope for our human race, a hope that one may ascend to the rank of God King. That is why it requires the personal conferment by the Human Emperor and the branding of the God Marquis Seal by the Divine Marquis Palace."

Xiao Chen digested the shock brought by the Ziyang God Marquis. For a king to rebel against an emperor was truly an act against heaven, and indeed it involved numerous taboos. After a long time, he spoke up with a question.

"I wonder how many warriors in our human race have been granted the title of God King?"

"I do not know!" The Ziyang God Marquis waved his hand, his answer very straightforward. "This is a secret of our human race, and is the foundation of our resistance against the conquest of the Hundred Clans of Heaven – it is not to be casually revealed to anyone."

"However, the current master of the Divine Marquis Palace is a Supreme ruler with the title of God King."

"Divine Marquis, after going to the Divine Marquis Palace and having the God Marquis Seal branded, what else is required?" Immediately, Xiao Chen did not dwell on it further. Such secrets absolutely belonged to the highest echelons of the human race, and his strength was not yet sufficient to be privy to them.

"Branding the God Marquis Seal is quite simple. When the time comes, state your identity and naturally, there will be warriors to guide you. Likewise, upon becoming a Divine Marquis, you will hold the status of an elder of the East Emperor Palace."

"However, it will only be a nominal eldership. Because I am not from a tribal background, my ancestors are from the Ancestral Court, and I have worked my way up to be among the ninety-nine decision-making elders of the Ancestral Court. Moreover, with the support of the Divine Marquis title, I was able to break through from among the ninety-nine to be ranked in the top ten!"

The Ziyang God Marquis explained the difference between the elders of the East Emperor Palace and the Ancestral Court to Xiao Chen.

"The Divine Marquis Palace is a loosely aligned force that does not restrict one’s background upon joining, so it does not conflict with becoming an elder of the Ancestral Court."

"May I ask how many Divine Marquises our human race has in total?" Xiao Chen inquired once again.

"There are a total of one hundred eighty-nine Divine Marquises in the Eastern Desolate Land, even rarer than Supreme Kings!"

One hundred eighty-nine!

Xiao Chen was sure he had not heard wrongly. The entire Eastern Desolate Land was vast and boundless, with a population in the trillions, yet there were only a mere one hundred eighty-nine warriors who had been granted the title of Divine Marquis, including himself, and it was not even over two hundred!

The number of Divine Marquises was even rarer than that of Supreme Kings!

Although he did not know exactly how many Supreme Kings there were in the entire Eastern Desolate Land, the endless years of human proliferation certainly resulted in a profound heritage. There must be at least several hundred Supreme Kings; otherwise, they could not possibly withstand the conquest of the Hundred Clans of Heaven.

"Across the five regions of our human realm, adding all Divine Marquises together, the number does not exceed a thousand. Among them, the North Sea Region has the fewest, less than a hundred Divine Marquises. The Human World Central Land has the most, but even so, it has less than three hundred Divine Marquises. As for Supreme King title bearers, perhaps they are ten times fewer. However, this is a secret of our human race, not to be casually disclosed!"

A touch of melancholy appeared in the Ziyang God Marquis’s eyes, but he was also very pleased for Xiao Chen’s achievement as a Divine Marquis.

Aside from Xiao Chen, who was an exception, there were hardly any in the Human World who had become Divine Marquises by achieving legend. Merely becoming a legendary warrior was a barrier that stopped countless warriors in their tracks, for the Martial Arts Tower’s innate formation was set in stone – without achieving Stage Eight Realm, the realm of legend was out of reach, a limitation set by nature.

And how many warriors in the entire Desolate Land were capable of forging a Stage Eight Martial Arts Tower? Most of these warriors were concentrated within powerful Marquis-level Tribes, or even Supreme King Tribes. Those who started from insignificance and achieved Stage Eight Martial Arts were few and far between.

Even if one forged a Stage Eight Martial Arts Tower and overcame endless tribulations to become a legendary warrior, the road to being conferred as a Divine Marquis was still fraught with countless difficulties. One needed to perform great meritorious service that benefited hundreds of millions of clan members to attract the favor of the human race’s fortunes and have the chance to become a titled God Marquis.

However, even with such an opportunity, one still had to have the strength to bear the title. Do not take Xiao Chen’s easy consolidation of the title for granted; it was only because he had a close connection with the fortunes of the Border Wasteland Region, and it was for the Border Wasteland’s name that he was titled.

With such multiple layers of restrictions in place, having one hundred eighty-nine Divine Marquises in the entire Eastern Desolate Land was already an immense stroke of luck, and this was the accumulation over thousands of years. Each Divine Marquis of the human race was a target for alien races’ hunts.

The path of a Divine Marquis and the subsequent ascension to the rank of a titled God King was going to be many times more difficult than before. Even among all the Divine Marquises of the Eastern Desolate Land, if there was even one with the opportunity to ascend to the titled God King, it would be a blessing for the human race!

Even for the Ziyang God Marquis, though he had become a titled Divine Marquis, he held no hopes for reaching the next rank of a titled God King when the fortunes descended upon him.

But no matter what, with one more Divine Marquis in the human race, it represented one more hope.