Chapter 2316 - 2319: Even the Goddess Must Die Because All I Want Is Qingxuan

Boom!

Uncle Gui, who was blown away by the Sea Emperor, crashed into a giant pillar outside the Temple, causing an underwater landslide and raising terrifying clouds of dust. At this moment, the many followers who had temporarily routed the Sea Demons of Atlantic City stood by Shen Qiang, looking at him with awe, not daring to utter a word.

After all, this was a conversation between the Dragon Emperor and the Wisdom Goddess.

They, standing aside, didn't even dare to breathe loudly!

"Are you sure?" The beautiful War Goddess Athena raised an eyebrow.

Shen Qiang smiled, "Don't use such psychological tricks of rhetorical questions on me. Because you should know, even though Immortals and Demons are far removed from the ordinary world, your legends are still recorded by humans."

"Athena, also known as Pallas Athena, is the Wisdom Goddess in ancient Greek mythology, one of the Twelve Olympian Gods. She is also the Goddess of Arts, Goddess of Spinning Technology, who taught humans weaving, gardening, pottery, animal husbandry, and arts like painting, sculpture, and music."

"At the same time, you are recorded in human lore as the Goddess of Military Strategy, the Guardian of Navigation, Agriculture, Medicine, and the Goddess of the Courts and Order. You established the first court for humans."

Looking at the silent Athena, Shen Qiang smiled slightly, "In legend, you are regarded as one of the three Virgin Goddesses on Mount Olympus, worshiped by those who celebrate clarity after storms, representing virginal and pure brightness."

Athena looked coldly at Shen Qiang, "Saying things everyone knows does not prove you truly understand me."

"I don't need to understand you." Shen Qiang interrupted the Wisdom Goddess Athena with a smile, calmly saying, "Because I want Qingxuan, not you."

Athena smiled, "I am more powerful than you imagine."

"Is your Dao Fruit—no, in your terms, your Divine Arts—about controlling fate?" Shen Qiang smiled, his eyes narrowing.

Boom!

The dazzling Sword Light, fine and fragmented, spread out like a dragon, blooming like an osmanthus, small and yet filled with murderous intent.

"That is the ability of the Goddess of Destiny," Athena said.

Shen Qiang chuckled, "The Goddess of Destiny's ability is to control others' destinies, but you can affect your own fate. That is your true ability."

For a moment, Athena was silent, then said, "Join forces with me, kill all the Divine Race descendants, and the world will be peaceful."

Shen Qiang chuckled, "You've read too little and know too little about human nature. Where there are people, there are interests, and where there are interests, there will be disputes. And where there is dispute, there is Jianghu. Even without gods, the world will not be eternally at peace, as even family members argue at times."

"Within ten meters ahead, you are the Heavenly Dao, but beyond ten meters? Do you think you can stop me?" Athena's charming eyes looked coldly at Shen Qiang.

Shen Qiang chuckled, "If you were sure you could leave, why bother saying these meaningless words with me? I said it before; I am not your accident but your fate. You're doomed. Your body is destined to be taken by a woman named Qingxuan."

Athena seemed very angry, her voice cold, "Do you think you can do that?"

Shen Qiang smiled calmly.

The short hair and lapels in front of his forehead gently fluttered in the water.

"I cannot deny, Athena, that you are indeed an outstanding genius, but you bear the title of the Wisdom Goddess without true great wisdom." Shen Qiang teased calmly, "Because you never understood that the Supreme Law of the Heavenly Dao is that death cannot be reversed."

"Yet I am alive again." Athena's beautiful eyes looked at Shen Qiang mockingly, "How do you explain that?"

Shen Qiang laughed and calmly said, "The one resurrected is not Athena but merely brain cells recorded with Athena's past experiences and thoughts. I have said it before, I am not your accident but your fate, because I truly saw through your trick."

"Impossible, you are bluffing," Athena said.

Shen Qiang laughed, glanced at the time, and said, "I am someone who never believes in coincidences, because I think, behind every seemingly accidental event, there is an inevitability. I remember when I first mentioned Athena's Divine Corpse to Youying, Youying referred to you as Tritoglaya, which translated into Chinese means 'the maiden by Triton Lake.'"

Athena frowned, "So what?"

"That was where Youying met you." Shen Qiang smiled, "Your ability is to influence your own future, so you met Youying there. I don't know what happened afterward, but from Youying saying your Flower Crown belongs to her and that you owe her many beautiful outfits, I can deduce that she had a good relationship with you and treated you like a sister. Otherwise, she wouldn't have given you those beautiful clothes of hers."

Seated on the round stage, Athena smiled, her gaze somewhat reminiscent as she looked at Youying in battle.

"Even if you thought of these things, it proves nothing. The powerful me found another one of me from another matter, who resurrected me," Athena said proudly.

Shen Qiang laughed and said, "You lost here because the other you you mentioned was brought back by me from that world."

Instantly, Athena was stunned.

"Who exactly are you? You're not the Dragon Emperor, nor the Dragon Emperor's heir."

Athena's words made the many Huaxia Sea Demons present have strange expressions in their eyes.

Because this was the third time within a few minutes that someone denied Shen Qiang's identity, and she was the Wisdom Goddess Athena.

"I am someone who never believes in coincidences, so your design to influence and resurrect your own fate was destined to fail from the beginning," Shen Qiang smiled, "Take a guess, your fate design should be that years later, the soul of a woman from another world enters your body, her memories erased by yours, and she continues to live as you, fulfilling your unfinished wishes."

Upon hearing this, the Wisdom Goddess Athena smiled, her eyes incredibly serious as she looked at Shen Qiang, "How do you know the impact I had on my fate is a woman from another world, and not another world's myself?"

Shen Qiang laughed, "Because I have been there, and I know that in this world, there are many people who look alike, but no two people are the same."

"Do you have to kill me?" the Wisdom Goddess Athena asked, "How about we make a deal? I know many secrets and can help you get everything you want: power, wealth, status, anything you desire."

Shen Qiang laughed, "Oh, then you must die, because all I want is Qingxuan."