Chapter 255: The Model Couple of the God Realm, the God of Destruction and the Goddess of Life
At the edge of the God Realm.
Yet the laws here were not thin.
The gilded divine palace complex at the core of the God Realm had long vanished from sight.
Only this region presented a completely different landscape.
The Forest of Life.
It formed the ultimate contrast to the deathly oppression of Destruction Castle.
This place was publicly acknowledged throughout the God Realm as the holy land of life.
It was a supreme pure land that even ordinary gods did not dare to step into casually.
A layer of pale green barrier enveloped the entire forest.
This was a barrier personally established by the Goddess of Life.
Not to keep visitors out, but to prevent the overly concentrated origin vitality from disrupting the ecology of the God Realm.
Within the barrier, a scene overflowed with life.
Countless emerald-life fireflies danced through the air.
Like shattered stars filling the sky, they slowly drifted through the forest.
They circled injured little creatures within the woods, using their own vitality to soothe wounds.
Ancient Trees of Life, flawless as jade, quietly stood at the very center of the forest.
They blotted out the sky and covered the earth, their enormous trunks piercing straight into the clouds, with no visible summit.
Ancient divine patterns covered the bark, the veins of the Law of Life engraved on the tree itself.
They were marks left behind through countless ages since the birth of the universe.
Innumerable branches and leaves stretched outward in all directions.
Layer upon layer of emerald green upheld the sky of the entire Forest of Life.
Every aerial root hanging from the branches contained the vitality of a small world within it.
The soft grass resembled the finest emerald carpet, utterly silent beneath one's feet.
Upon it bloomed miraculous flowers that never withered, even after ten thousand years.
Red, pink, yellow, purple—countless colors spread across the land.
Whenever the wind blew, waves of flowers rippled layer after layer, releasing a faint, bitter fragrance of grass and trees.
Every breeze sweeping through the forest carried vitality capable of soothing the wounds of all living things.
Even severely injured gods.
As long as they could enter the barrier of this forest, their injuries would recover at a speed visible to the naked eye.
This was the residence of one of the Five Great Supreme Law Enforcement Gods of the God Realm, the Goddess of Life.
The absolute core of life and creative power within the entire God Realm.
The life laws of the entire God Realm extended outward from here.
Like the roots of an ancient tree, spreading into every corner of the God Realm.
Maintaining the circulation of vitality and the balance of laws throughout the entire God Realm.
At the very center of the Forest of Life.
Beneath the Ancient Tree of Life that supported the life laws of the entire God Realm.
The Goddess of Life, dressed in a flowing emerald-green gown, quietly stood there.
Barefoot, she stepped upon the soft grass.
Wherever her toes touched, tiny white flowers automatically bloomed before instantly dissolving back into the earth.
Her brows were tightly furrowed; the eyebrows that were usually relaxed were now deeply knitted together.
The emerald fireflies swirling around her fingertips flickered brightly and dimly.
Several strands of fireflies could not withstand the fluctuations of her source energy. The moment they floated upward, they abruptly dispersed into the air.
Even the eternally warm and peaceful life aura surrounding her body trembled slightly.
As if it had been shaken by something immense.
Even the branches and leaves of the entire Ancient Tree of Life gently swayed, producing rustling sounds.
As though silently comforting its master.
The Goddess of Life possessed unparalleled beauty, gentle and peerlessly exquisite.
Her beauty was not the aggressively stunning type.
Instead, it carried the gentleness and healing nature of life itself.
Soft and graceful, untouched by worldly dust, as though she embodied all the beautiful things in existence.
Normally, a faint smile always rested upon her face.
Her eyes and brows were filled with compassion and kindness.
Even merely standing quietly would make others instinctively feel close to her and at ease.
All anxiety, unease, and resentment would vanish beneath her gaze.
But at this moment, that gentle smile had disappeared.
Her lips were tightly pressed together while her eyes overflowed with disbelief and shock.
As well as a trace of soft maternal-like stirring that even she herself had not noticed.
Her figure was graceful and slender, dressed in a flowing aqua-green gown.
The gown was not sewn from cloth but condensed from the youngest branches and leaves of the Ancient Tree of Life.
Natural leaf-vein patterns adorned the skirt, and as she moved, tiny flower petals slowly drifted downward.
The moment they touched the ground, they transformed into pure vitality and merged into the earth beneath her feet.
Several fresh green floral ornaments decorated her hair.
They were Flowers of Life that bloomed only once every ten thousand years upon the Ancient Tree of Life, eternally unwilting.
Echoing the greenery of her gown, they made her appear even more like a deity born from nature itself.
The most vivid embodiment of life itself.
Her eyes were a clear and translucent emerald green.
Gentle and warm, as though containing the purest vitality in existence.
Looking carefully, one could even see the changing of the four seasons and the flourishing and withering of vegetation within her pupils.
Those were the trajectories of all life within the God Realm.
Her true body was this Ancient Tree of Life of the God Realm.
Even after taking human form, she and the ancient tree remained one entity, sharing the same existence.
Her heartbeat was the heartbeat of the ancient tree.
Her emotional fluctuations could affect the life laws of the entire God Realm.
She was the oldest and most approachable supreme deity in the God Realm.
At that moment.
"CRACK!!!"
A dazzling streak of purple lightning exploded before her.
A violent, destructive aura swept forth like a tsunami.
But the instant it touched the life aura surrounding her body, it immediately restrained itself completely.
Not a single flower or blade of grass nearby was harmed, nor did a single leaf fall.
The figure of the God of Destruction appeared.
He had crossed over half the God Realm, rushing here from Destruction Castle at the fastest possible speed.
Simply because one billionth of a moment earlier, he had sensed the intense trembling of his wife's origin energy.
He casually removed the hood over his head.
Revealing a face handsome to the extreme, now filled with tension and worry.
Beneath the hood was a man who appeared to be around thirty years old.
His facial features were deep and sharp, as though carved from ten-thousand-year ice.
There was not the slightest trace of unnecessary softness. His brows were sharp as blades and his eye sockets deep.
He possessed short, dark-red hair standing upright like steel needles.
Like solidified blood, yet also like red-hot black iron, carrying an unapproachable sharpness.
His eyes were a pure blood-red color.
Normally, a single flicker of his gaze seemed capable of crushing all things in the world.
There were no worldly emotions within his eyes, only the indifference and authority of one who governed the Law of Destruction.
But now, that bone-deep indifference and authority had all been replaced by tension and worry.
The Destruction Divine Mark upon his forehead, normally hidden from view, faintly surfaced due to the fluctuations of his emotions.
It radiated a faint purple-black destructive glow.
Only the life aura of the Goddess of Life could harmonize and coexist with it.
Without suffering the slightest injury.
And only before her would this beast, capable of destroying heaven and earth, restrain all of its fangs and claws.
The two of them were originally among the Five Great Source Divine Godheads, split apart when the Creator God fell.
The two most core foundational laws of the universe.
Destruction and life, ending and creation, mutually opposing and mutually dependent.
From the moment they were born, they had seen one another.
From the beginning of chaos to the formation of the universe and finally to the establishment of the God Realm.
They had accompanied one another for billions upon billions of years, engraving an inseparable bond of destiny.
They were publicly acknowledged throughout the God Realm as the orthodox husband and wife who had accompanied each other for countless ages.
Possessing personalities and emotional dynamics of ultimate contrast yet perfect compatibility.
They even had intimate names belonging solely to one another, names that had never changed.
The Goddess of Life called him "Xiao Zi," while the God of Destruction called her "Xiao Liu."
This form of address already existed back when they were still merely two ignorant clusters of origin laws.
Even later, after becoming supreme Law Enforcement Gods governing the God Realm and receiving the reverence of countless gods.
This exclusive form of address between them had never once changed.
Aside from each other, no third person dared address them this way.
The God of Destruction possessed an aloof, cold, stubborn, and iron-willed personality.
His body radiated suffocating annihilation pressure.
Toward all things in existence, he carried the indifference of one who controlled life and death.
In his eyes, even God Kings were merely dust destined to eventually be destroyed.
Only toward the Goddess of Life did he possess gentleness and indulgence carved deep into his bones.
All of his obsession and ambition fundamentally concealed an inferiority complex toward his own authority.
As well as an obsession with proving himself and protecting this God Realm for his wife.
He could become the enemy of the entire God Realm, yet he would never harm the Goddess of Life in the slightest.
Only before her would he cast aside his icy shell and reveal the vulnerability and softness hidden in the deepest part of himself.
End of Chapter
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