"Hm, abandoned its body?" Tokisaki Kurumi's voice drew the attention of the others. Seeing the two looking toward her, Tokisaki Kurumi explained,
"Although I don't know what happened, the ancient black phoenix's divine soul is not here."
"Perhaps it severed a portion to deceive the seal. It's truly interesting."
After Ning Rongrong fully refined the Evil God Pearl, she also obtained part of the memories related to the Evil God Pearl.
Combined with the analysis of Hypnos's divine soul that was devoured, she had a general understanding of the current state of the ancient black phoenix.
"What did you discover?" Xue Di asked.
"There was an external force that allowed this ancient black phoenix to escape in a manner similar to severing its tail to survive, and at an extremely fast speed, not even giving that palace a chance to block its escape."
"How so?" Xue Di and Bing Di exchanged glances, completely unable to understand Tokisaki Kurumi's soliloquy.
"Let's go out. There's no time to explain."
The instant Tokisaki Kurumi's voice fell, the ancient black phoenix noticed the three of them and opened its blood basin of a mouth, releasing a beam of light that blotted out the sky and sun.
Even if it was just an instinctive attack, it was still god-level power, far beyond what Tokisaki Kurumi and the other two—mere clones—could compare to in combat strength.
"It's really irritable! But if I were sealed for so long, I'd be like this too..."
Before her voice finished, the figures of the three disappeared into the light beam.
The clones vanished, and the main body far outside the seal came back to her senses.
"Hiss—so terrifying. Is that the existence of a god-level?" Bing Di shuddered several times.
Limit Douluo and god-level were completely different levels.
"That ice phoenix, even if it's just the remaining will and body, isn't something that can be matched by those who have just broken through to god-level on the continent."
"What do you mean?" Bing Di was puzzled. Regarding god-level, to be honest, she didn't know much. In fact, if it weren't for Xue Di having a bit of inheritance, the so-called god-level information they encountered or came into contact with would all be related to the Sea God from two hundred thousand years ago, who engaged in deception, swindling, and coercion.
As for the time they spent in the Star Dou Great Forest.
The Silver Dragon King also hadn't explained the divisions of god-level in detail to them.
"Above level 110, third-level gods have the body of a first-level god. Although it's just a damaged body, combined with the strange power within, it can still erupt with the strength of a normal third-level god in the God Realm."
"Level 110?" Xue Di and Bing Di were stunned for a moment.
"Strange, didn't Gu Yuena tell you?" Tokisaki Kurumi looked puzzled.
"No, the Silver Dragon King spends most of her time recuperating." Xue Di sighed. "Di Tian occasionally mentions some things about the God Realm, but his memories aren't very complete."
Di Tian was the patriarch of the black dragon clan in the God Realm—that was his previous life.
The current him was just the soul beast Di Tian, with god memories, but only partial ones at that.
Simply put, it was similar to how Qian Renxue now possessed some fragmented memories of the Angel God.
No, perhaps a bit more, but that was about it.
"As expected, that Silver Dragon King—if it weren't for Di Tian working diligently, the Star Dou Great Forest's foundation would have fallen apart."
Tokisaki Kurumi muttered to herself, then briefly explained the divisions of strength in the God Realm to the two.
After listening, Xue Di and Bing Di both fell silent.
It had to be known that a difference of one level sometimes meant the difference between heaven and earth.
"It seems there's no need to hold hope for the Star Dou Great Forest resisting the God Realm."
God King, level 150.
Not to mention other god-level beings, how could you nurture existences capable of contending with five at level 150 in a barren place like Douluo Planet? Not five, at least two or three would be needed!
Were Douluo Planet's resources really sufficient?
"Don't think too much about it. Anyway, I'm not a soul beast anymore." Tokisaki Kurumi spread her hands. "Whether you can become gods or not has nothing to do with me."
Xue Di, Bing Di: "..."
This person is so punchable!
A long time later, the pondering Xue Di spoke up and asked: "Kurumi, do you know where the ancient black phoenix went?"
"And that palace there emitting black aura—what exactly is it?"
It had to be said that Xue Di could still grasp the key points.
The ancient black phoenix had been sealed in the Extreme North for so long; if it escaped, it would definitely seek revenge, and no matter how one thought, the Extreme North couldn't escape.
Next was that grand hall that sealed the ancient black phoenix but emitted black qi—she always felt a somewhat familiar sensation about it.
"The time and space near the palace showed signs of cracking not long ago. The ancient black phoenix should have escaped at that time, but..." Tokisaki Kurumi fell silent here.
"But what?" Bing Di really disliked it when people spoke halfway.
"There are many dragon clan auras there. Logically speaking, they shouldn't exist." Tokisaki Kurumi said after thinking. "Perhaps the place where the ancient black phoenix escaped to is some world related to dragons."
As the Dark Devilgod Tiger, Tokisaki Kurumi had ways to traverse to other worlds.
For example, in the original work, right before being beaten to near death by Tang San, she used her spacetime ability to open a teleportation gate and enter the world of Heavenly Jewel Change.
Perhaps because the injuries were too severe, her consciousness was completely eroded in the spatial rift, leaving only a pearl that became Zhou Weiqing's intrinsic pearl. It could only be said that it was a matter of timing and fate.
"Don't worry too much. If it's not on Douluo Planet, then if something happens, it would be the people from the God Realm who take action, and it has little to do with you all."
"That black phoenix doesn't understand spacetime abilities. To evade the God Realm and still want to return wouldn't be so easy."
"Is that so..." Although she didn't fully understand Tokisaki Kurumi's words, knowing that her current situation was still safe was good enough.
As for other worlds, that was none of her business.
"What about the palace?" This time, it was Bing Di who spoke. "That palace can seal the ancient black phoenix, so it shouldn't be anything ordinary, right?"
"What it is, haven't you guessed it already?" Tokisaki Kurumi didn't hide much.
"There's a god's aura inside, but I don't recommend you go in now."
"The palace's main purpose seems to be sealing some passage. As for the black ice phoenix, if it's not involved in some array pattern reinforcement, then it's just incidentally sealed."
"Se... Sequentially sealing a first-level god?"
Who knows!
The Ice God from a distant era!
"As expected, it's the Ice God's palace." Xue Di murmured. "I remember in my inherited memories, the Ice God seemed to be a first-level god as well."
"Mm, a first-level god from a distant era." Tokisaki Kurumi smiled. "There might even be an inheritance for becoming a god inside."
"Be... Become a god!"
Xue Di and Bing Di drew in sharp breaths.
After a long while, the two finally calmed their emotions.
Bing Di's tone carried incredulity as she spoke: "Dark Devilgod Tiger, you just casually reveal the god's inheritance like that. Aren't you afraid that Xue Di and I will take you down?"
"Take me down?" Tokisaki Kurumi chuckled. "If you can do it, then by all means try. That way, I wouldn't be violating my master's orders by acting against you all."
"One 390,000-year soul ring and one 690,000-year soul ring, plus two relatively good soul bones."
"Even if the master doesn't need them, the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect is short on them!"
"You damnable thing, you've been raised into a human's house cat, yet you're still thinking of helping the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect acquire soul rings. Are you worthy of your soul beast identity?" Bing Di gnashed her teeth.
"Ha? As the Dark Devilgod Tiger, haven't I always been unloved by grandma and ignored by uncle?" Tokisaki Kurumi said, shaking her head. "Rest assured, neither I nor the master are interested in the Ice God inheritance below."
"The master sometimes lacks integrity—this is acknowledged in the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect—but she still has her bottom lines. You and Xue Di have helped us before; we wouldn't repay kindness with enmity."
Although their relations with the forces of the Extreme North weren't great, from Shui Bingyue's soul ring back then to helping Dugu Yan fully awaken her physique and so on, they had received help from Bing Di and Xue Di.
An inheritance that was very likely left by the Ice God for the Extreme North—there was no need to snatch it away; that would seem very immoral.
"That's right, repaying kindness with enmity is unnecessary."
"But Kurumi! Casually badmouthing me and saying I lack integrity—I'm keeping note of that, you know."
The abrupt voice came from who-knows-where.
Tokisaki Kurumi felt as if a basin of water had been poured from head to toe, chilling her entire body.
"M... Master."