Dan Heng, after arranging everything for his family, pushed the door open and stepped out.
As he walked down the corridor and was about to head downstairs, he suddenly heard a scream of pain from nearby.
He paused and listened carefully.
The voice was familiar. After thinking for a moment, he realized—it was Ma Hongjun.
But there was no deep friendship between them.
So he didn't pay much attention.
"Bang...!"
The sound of a door slamming open followed.
Then came a burst of hurried footsteps.
"Is that Mr. Dan Heng?!"
It was Flender's voice.
Dan Heng turned his head.
Flender, his hair mostly white now, rushed toward him in a fluster, his face full of pleasant surprise.
He stopped in front of Dan Heng and let out a breath of relief."Thank goodness... Mr. Dan Heng, it's such a relief to see you…"
He stood in front of the staircase, bent forward with a very respectful demeanor.
Dan Heng looked at him with some confusion."What's wrong?"
Flender's face showed a trace of awkwardness. He hesitated for a moment, then said,"Mr. Dan Heng, do you have some time right now?"
"No."
Dan Heng shook his head. He still had to head to the Divine Realm.
It wasn't an urgent matter, but there was no reason to waste time on trivial things.
Flender's expression dimmed, and his heart sank.
He thought to himself that Dan Heng must have heard about the dumb things Ma Hongjun had done...
And now, Dan Heng probably held a grudge against the Shrek group.
Thinking this, Flender's back bent further. With an awkward smile, he said:"Mr. Dan Heng, it's like this—Fatty… because of certain reasons, he ended up… um… removing that thing. Do you think… is there any other solution? Besides the, uh, 'chop-it-off' method?"
Right now, Flender wished he could go back in time and slap both Ma Hongjun and himself across the face.
Why hadn't they apologized to Dan Heng immediately back then?
Now, whatever he said sounded guilty.
Dan Heng raised an eyebrow slightly—surprised Ma Hongjun had actually gone through with it.
Wasn't he just saying he'd rather die than cut it off?
And now he actually did it. That took guts.
Still, trying to think of an alternative method would be time-consuming...
Not worth it.
Dan Heng shook his head."For now, that's the only method."
With that, he walked away.
Flender could only step aside and watch Dan Heng's back disappear, sighing deeply.
So he's still angry after all…
Fatty, you really brought this on yourself.
Flender returned to the room.
Ma Hongjun was lying on the bed, spread out in the shape of a "大" (big character), no longer able to even form the shape of a "太" (grand).
The rest of the Shrek group were standing nearby, accompanying him.
Ma Hongjun's eyes were lifeless, as if he had lost all purpose in life.
Seeing Flender enter, he suddenly sat up and looked at him with pleading eyes."Teacher…"
Flender glared at him and snapped:"How many times have I told you—leave room when doing things! Now look what you've done! Mr. Dan Heng said there's no other solution! You didn't want your evil fire to explode, so you had no choice but to… chop it off…"
"!!!"
Ma Hongjun's eyes widened, and his face turned ashen.
It's over. He really has to get chopped?
The other Shrek members looked deeply conflicted, twitching at the corners of their mouths.
To think that the flamboyant Fatty, who used to mock others, would one day meet such an end…
Ma Hongjun was silent for a long moment, then suddenly raised his head and roared:"Tang San!!!"
"I swear one day, I'm gonna castrate you!!!"
Boom rumble rumble…!!!
At that moment, dark clouds covered the entire Douluo Star, and heavy rain poured down. In some places, snow began to fall soon after.
The seasons were completely out of sync.
Seagod Tower.
At the top of the tower, Seagod Poseidon, who was doing a "livestream" and observing Fontaine City, suddenly shuddered. His eyes widened as he looked to the sky and muttered:
"What's happening to the Douluo Plane?"
"Something's wrong… It's like… time has been disturbed…"
Poseidon sensed something.
As the top god beneath the Five Divine Kings, he could vaguely perceive that some kind of change was occurring.
He immediately soared into the sky, trying to break through the Douluo Plane!
Boom…!
In a dark, boundless space—
A blue light exploded as Poseidon emerged from the Douluo Plane.
He immediately saw an enormous Dark Mass—a spacetime black hole.
The Douluo Plane was a physical world and thus had strong resistance to the spacetime black hole, normally unaffected.
"The Divine Realm… it seems to be influencing the black hole, creating gravitational pull, and altering the time flow of the Douluo Plane!"
Poseidon stared at the black hole and quickly realized something was wrong.
Though the black hole devoured all light, making it impossible to see inside—it could still be sensed.
"Gods! Asura God! What are you doing?!"
Poseidon sent out divine thoughts.
But they were pulled directly into the black hole.
The black hole, which existed to prevent Divine Realm interference, now cut off communication almost completely.
Poseidon couldn't even contact anyone on the other side.
"If they're messing with the Douluo Plane's time, I can't stay here… I have to leave. And I need to let Dan Heng know—"
But then he paused.
Wait—if even he could sense something was wrong, how could Dan Heng not notice?
Just as that thought crossed his mind, a green streak of light shot out from the Douluo Plane.
Dan Heng appeared beside him.
Poseidon blinked, shocked."You finally came out! Do you know what—"
Dan Heng nodded."I know."
"You… know??"
Poseidon looked stunned.
Then—panic.
"Dan Heng, you're not planning to destroy the Divine Realm, are you? I mean, yeah, they're reckless, but still…"
He looked pained, worried on behalf of the gods.
If Dan Heng got serious… the Divine Realm would be toast.
"No. I won't destroy the Divine Realm."
Dan Heng shook his head, eyes fixed on the black hole he had created.
"Then what are you—"
Poseidon tried to ask more.
Dan Heng interrupted him:"Just watch."
At that moment—
Brilliant lights of every divine attribute began to spread around the black hole.
Divine powers were now activating the black hole. A few streams bypassed it and reached toward the Douluo Plane.
They wrapped around the Douluo Plane like it was a star system.
Then—time began to accelerate.
Poseidon looked back and noticed that rain and snow inside the Douluo Star were changing faster and faster.
Time was clearly evolving at high speed.The beams of divine light continued to increase, exerting pressure on the Douluo Plane.
"Dan Heng…"
Poseidon turned to speak—
But Dan Heng was gone.
"!!!"
Poseidon's pupils contracted. He panicked.
In just a blink… where the hell did that guy go?!
The Divine Realm.
Atop the Super Artifact War Tower, which stood like a mountain and blocked the Divine Realm behind it—its entire surface as smooth as jade—various gods stood at different positions, releasing colored divine power to drive the tower.
BOOM…!!!
A deafening roar echoed across the boundless realm.
A brilliant beam of light shot from the War Tower, slanting toward the spacetime black hole, just barely skimming its edge and curling around it.
The gods all stared nervously.
"It's done…" the Asura God said solemnly.
The War Tower had launched a divine power beam that connected to the black hole, letting them now influence the Douluo Plane again.
Through this divine light beam, they could observe the situation inside the Douluo Plane—
And naturally, launch attacks powerful enough to destroy any god-level being that emerged.
Once you reached god-level, you were no longer allowed to remain in the Douluo Plane.
"Let's see what's hiding in there," muttered the God of Destruction, gripping his destruction staff as black divine power surged toward the War Tower…
Above the War Tower, a massive light screen unfolded.
It revealed the current state of the Douluo Plane.
It was a silver-white spiral galaxy.
And in front of the Douluo Plane, floating in the boundless universe, was a figure—Sea God Poseidon.
Sea God Poseidon also noticed they were watching him.
He immediately waved his arms, his expression anxious.
"Stop! Don't continue this madness…"
The Asura God transmitted divine thought and said, "Poseidon, this is inevitable. Leave that place! Tell the inheritors of divine positions on the Douluo Plane that if they don't want to experience accelerated time, then enter your Sea God Pagoda!"
Sea God Poseidon grew even more anxious. He didn't leave and kept waving frantically, signaling for them to stop.
"Stubborn fool! I suspect that Sea God might be connected to the Beast God!"The God of Destruction snorted coldly, full of dissatisfaction.
The Asura God, however, frowned tightly and remained silent. He felt like something was being overlooked.
Meanwhile, the Tower continued to emit dazzling light.
At that moment, the vast divine power that had originally been prepared to strike the Beast God emerging from the Douluo Plane began to descend instead.
That brilliant divine power quickly spread out, covering thousands, even tens of thousands of miles, enveloping the God Realm and stabilizing it.
The God Realm had originally been illusory, not a true entity.
But now, with this divine power, it became stabilized.
The entire God Realm became resplendent.
"!!!"
All the gods were stunned.
Only the Five Divine Kings could command such divine power.
And the one who had done this was clearly…
Everyone turned to look at the highest position on the right—the seat of the Goddess of Life.
"Xiao Lu?! What are you doing?!"
The God of Destruction asked in shock.
The Asura God frowned. "Although this can reinforce the God Realm, the divine power only causes cohesion—it doesn't transform it into a real entity. It still can't withstand a space-time black hole…"
Both the Kind God and the Evil God were also looking at the Goddess of Life, waiting for an explanation.
The Goddess of Life sighed softly. Staring at the pitch-black space-time black hole, she said slowly:
"I'm saving the entire God Realm…"
The gods were dumbfounded by this answer.
The God Realm governed the myriad worlds—how could it possibly need saving?
The Asura God suddenly asked, "Is it… Dan Feng? So it's him. That explains everything…"
He was the first to react. His expression darkened, but he said nothing further.
The God of Destruction roared unwillingly, "So what if it's him?! Let's just suppress and kill him! Would we ever fear him?!"
Just as those words left his mouth—
The entire Tower suddenly trembled.
Next, all the gods felt themselves rising—not just the Battle Tower, but the entire God Realm was shaking!
The God Realm had just been stabilized with a massive infusion of divine power. How could it now be shaking?
The gods looked at one another, feeling utterly incredulous.
But soon, they realized this wasn't an illusion.
The entire God Realm seemed to be detaching from this dimension, rising layer by layer—and heading straight toward the space-time black hole.
"!!!"
The gods began to panic.
If the God Realm entered a space-time black hole, it would be completely lost.
Even a God King couldn't return from such a place!
"DAN FENG!!!"
The God of Destruction roared in fury.
He suddenly leapt down from the Tower, diving downward.
Just then, a green energy field rose up from the base of the God Realm, quickly forming a massive green barrier above.
The Asura God made no move, calmly watching everything unfold.
Once he realized it was Dan Feng and that he had the cooperation of the Goddess of Life, there was no point in resisting further.
"Goddess of Life, what is he trying to do?"the Asura God asked.
The Goddess of Life sighed and softly replied,"Exile the God Realm… send it to a faraway dimension…"
"…"
The gods fell into silence.
They watched as the God of Destruction reached the edge of the barrier and unleashed his divine power.
Billions of purple lightning bolts struck the barrier, but only caused ripples. He couldn't break through.
And just moments ago, most of the gods' divine power had been used up in their earlier attack—now diverted by the Goddess of Life.
They no longer had the strength to oppose Dan Heng.
They could only watch helplessly as the God Realm rapidly approached the space-time black hole.
In the next instant, an unbelievably radiant green light erupted from below.
Several gigantic green dragons—each tens of thousands of meters long—emerged. They seemed to be composed of both water and wind, entwining and roaring as if shredding space itself. Together, they crashed into the black hole.
"BOOM…!"
Black light collided with green light.
All the gods felt their minds go blank.
And on the front edge of the Douluo Plane, Sea God Poseidon could see the space-time black hole rapidly collapsing. In the green light, he witnessed a scene he would never forget for the rest of his life.
Beneath the God Realm, a "tiny" figure raised one arm.
He was actually holding up the entire God Realm!
Dan Heng!!!
He was supporting the God Realm with one arm, and with one punch, shattered the space-time black hole?!
Sea God Poseidon stood there dumbfounded, overcome with a deep sense of helplessness.
How could the God Realm possibly resist something like that?
Two beams of light rapidly extinguished—and at the moment of their extinction, they merged into a single white light point.
Dan Heng, along with the God Realm, instantly vanished into it.
Gone without a trace.
Douluo Continent.
At this moment, it was as if someone had pressed a fast-forward button.
The world was spinning rapidly.
Sea God Poseidon transmitted a divine message to all those chosen by the gods, informing them that the God Realm was leaving and the gods would no longer bestow divine inheritances. If they didn't want to live in accelerated time, they could enter the Sea God Pagoda.
As a result, many people made their way to the Sea God Pagoda.
Although ordinary people perceived no change in the world around them…
Losing connection with the God Realm meant that no matter how talented a soul master was, they could no longer reach level 100 and become a god.
Thus, they preferred to stay inside the Sea God Pagoda.
(End of Chapter)