The vast starry sky contained countless forms of life, as well as countless planes.
Some, like the Douluo Continent, were planet-centered planes.
Some, like the Abyssal Plane, were intangible planes made entirely of energy.
And there were also special planes opened by powerful beings planes built around a central core, continuously strengthened by other strong individuals who joined them, connected to the Dao of Heaven and the laws of the universe, and possessing higher-dimensional power.
These special planes were usually called Divine Realms.
They were the highest-level forces in the universe, responsible for overseeing many subordinate planes and maintaining their balance.
Even Divine Realms were not eternally peaceful. They clashed, formed alliances, merged, and even annihilated one another.
Mortals fought over resources; gods fought over their paths of cultivation far more intensely, with far more devastating results.
The Douluo Divine Realm was one of the stronger Divine Realms and governed 108 subordinate planes with living beings.
The God of Jealousy had chosen one such subordinate plane to cast down his divine inheritance.
Although different planes might exist in the same region of the starry sky, they were completely independent, each with its own isolated space. Without special methods or specific plane channels, one could not travel freely between them.
Correspondingly, as long as the method of traversal was found, one could move freely between planes without spending vast amounts of time on cosmic navigation.
The most common method was wormhole jumping.
Huo Yuhao's main body avatar, upper corpse avatar, and middle corpse avatar traveled through the universe using wormhole-linked plane channels. This allowed them to travel rapidly between planes, maintaining easy contact with Huo Yuhao's true body.
Moreover, Huo Yuhao's Divine Kingdom had already become a small plane of the domain level.
As long as the avatars confirmed a plane's coordinates, they could use the Divine Kingdom as a transit plane, allowing even faster plane travel.
Thus, the main body avatar could transfer divine positions salvaged in the universe directly to Huo Yuhao via the Divine Kingdom.
Now, Huo Yuhao could also use the Divine Kingdom to teleport Bibi Dong and the others directly to the avatars' current plane.
At the New Plane
When Bibi Dong, Qian Renxue, Tang Ya, Feng Ling, and Xu Tianzhen arrived at the target plane, they immediately sensed the density of heaven-and-earth energy here and could judge the plane's level.
"This plane's natural energy is even denser than on the Douluo Continent," Bibi Dong said.
"A plane capable of carrying a divine inheritance must be at least on par with a high-energy plane like Douluo," Qian Renxue concluded.
Before their departure, Huo Yuhao had lectured them about the cosmic structure of planes.
Planes were also divided into tiers, determining the power limit achievable within them.
Ordinary planes had a ceiling of Rank 99.
Planes like Douluo which possessed a pathway to godhood and could nurture divine beings were called high-energy planes.
High-energy planes had a wide range of potential upper limits, from hundred-rank divine officials up to first-rank gods with seven god rings.
The Douluo Continent's true upper limit was First-Rank God.
The Sea God and Angel God were both native gods of Douluo.
But now, Douluo could no longer spawn new gods because Tang San had severed the path to godhood.
And not just Douluo, other high-energy planes under the Douluo Divine Realm with similar structures had also lost the ability to break through to the divine level.
Unless their plane's upper limit expanded to accommodate divine beings, they would remain capped.
Even when divine beings were born within subordinate planes, they lacked sufficient divine energy to display their true power.
Only Divine Realms connected to the Dao of Heaven and possessing higher-dimensional power could allow cultivators to advance further.
Only within Divine Realms was advancing to the God King realm possible.
God Kings were divided into Ordinary God Kings and Supreme God Kings.
But even the Supreme God King was not the end.
If a Supreme God King could survive the Cosmic Heavenly Tribulation, they could strive toward a higher level, the realm of the Creation God, the apex of existence.
The Creation God was the ultimate end of the cosmic Dao.
Yet no one had ever seen a Creation God. The realm was like a legend visible, but unattainable, like a flower in the mirror or the moon reflected in water.
In ancient times, the Dragon God had attempted to charge into the Creation God realm.
But he failed at the very last step and perished.
The Dragon God Realm had once been the most powerful force in the universe.
After the Dragon God fell, it transformed into the Douluo Divine Realm still powerful, but no longer the strongest.
After receiving orders from the God of Destruction, the Seven Deadly Sin Gods began to prepare.
Whether they wanted to or not, they could not refuse the God of Destruction's command.
They knew his personality well.
The God of Destruction was absolute unyielding and stubborn.
Fortunately, he did not force them too harshly.
He made it clear: if they found excellent candidates who refused the inheritance of their sin-type divine positions, they could recommend them to him.
Several divine positions under the God of Destruction were vacant, lacking suitable inheritors.
The Seven Deadly Sin Gods finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Originally, the Five Great God Kings all had subordinate gods similar to the Asura God's "Executioner Squad."
Most of those gods had been humans.
Beast-type gods usually followed the Dragon God or the Nine Dragon Kings.
But when the Dragon God rampaged ages ago, the God Kings' subordinate gods were decimated.
The Dragon God's first targets were the human divine beings.
The subordinate gods of the Five God Kings were nearly wiped out.
Asura God's Executioner Squad was rebuilt later, and most members were only Third-Rank Gods.
And due to the change of Asura God's master, the Executioner Squad did not truly respect Tang San after all, Tang San's original role was the Sea God.
Now, the Executioner Squad was essentially a neutral department.
To the Seven Deadly Sin Gods, the God of Destruction's true goal was not to pass down their divine positions.
He wanted to use these divine positions as bait to select top talents.
This made things much easier.
Thus, the Seven Deadly Sin Gods openly cast down their divine inheritances to the lower realms, attracting countless geniuses for selection.
If they encountered truly suitable inheritors, they didn't mind giving away their divine positions.
They already sensed something was wrong in the Divine Realm. If they wanted to avoid being dragged in, it was best to free themselves early.
The Seven Elemental Gods had already left as a group.
As their rivals, the Seven Deadly Sin Gods could do the same.
The God of Jealousy chose to cast his divine inheritance into a world called the Phoenix Cry Continent.
The Phoenix Cry Continent had an illustrious origin.
Before the Dragon God reached the Supreme God King level, he had competed with the Phoenix God for supremacy.
Phoenix Cry Continent was the Phoenix God's homeland.
After the Phoenix God fell, the Dragon God absorbed the Phoenix God's divine position and territory.
A plane capable of nurturing the Phoenix God was naturally extraordinary a high-energy plane no weaker than the Douluo Continent.
It had produced many First-Rank Gods in the past.
However, now that the path forward was severed, the Phoenix Continent's peak combat power was capped at Rank 99 at most reaching the Quasi-God realm, unable to truly touch divinity.
Thus, even if Bibi Dong and the other four women had their levels forcibly reduced, they were still among the top powerhouses of the Phoenix Cry Continent.
After arriving on the Phoenix Continent, the main body's avatar first brought the girls around for a tour, letting them familiarize themselves with local customs and with the region's unique power system.
After all, they would soon be competing for divine positions against the continent's native powerhouses. To win, they needed to understand their opponents.
And the Phoenix Continent truly had many powerful natives.
In this era, there were nine Limit Douluo-level experts here!
Through his avatar, Huo Yuhao had already learned about the Phoenix Continent's situation. His evaluation was
"Isn't this just a phoenix version of the Longma Twin Stars?"
In the original history, the Longma Twin Stars Tianlong Star and Tianma Star were affected by the power of the Dragon Tomb. After the Dragon Transformation Event, many species mutated into "dragon-type beings", though not true dragons.
Later, the power system of the twin stars became closely tied to dragon lineage, giving rise to unique Dragon Knights.
Phoenix Continent was similar, except the inhabitants were influenced by phoenix power instead.
Humans here possessed phoenix bloodlines. Their souls carried traces of phoenix aura, and the continent was filled with phoenix-type creatures.
Although the locals called these creatures the "Phoenix Race", they were actually "pseudo-phoenixes", just like pseudo-dragons.
Even true-blooded phoenixes were rare in the universe.
Perhaps a true phoenix existed somewhere on this continent, but they certainly were not common.
Still, faced with such abundant phoenix power, Feng Ling felt like she had entered paradise.
Although her martial soul had already evolved into the Three-Headed Chaotic Phoenix, losing the instinctive hunger to devour phoenix bloodlines, absorbing such bloodlines would still allow her to rapidly strengthen and deepen her foundation.
More importantly Feng Ling discovered that the Phoenix Continent's power system suited her perfectly.
Under the avatar's guidance, the five women each tried awakening power through this world's system.
The power system here was called the Fate Master system. Through resonating one's soul with the world's origin phoenix power, one could summon a Life-Bound Phoenix Soul.
No need for awakening stones like Douluo's martial spirit awakening.
However those without innate talent could not resonate with phoenix power at all. They could not form a Life-Bound Phoenix Soul, and thus had no qualifications to cultivate.
Conversely, anyone who could awaken one could step onto the path of cultivation.
Awakening typically occurred before age fifteen. The earlier the awakening, the greater the talent. After fifteen, the chances were almost zero.
In comparison, Douluo Continent allowed all humans to awaken martial spirits at age six though not everyone possessed innate soul power, martial spirits were still useful in everyday life.
After some trials
Bibi Dong, Qian Renxue, Tang Ya, and Xu Tianzhen all failed to resonate with phoenix power.
But Feng Ling succeeded.
As a phoenix cry echoed from within her
Her phoenix bloodline fused with the phoenix aura within her soul, drawing in immense world energy to form a Three-Headed Chaotic Phoenix as her Life-Bound Phoenix Soul.
Seeing the entire process, Bibi Dong and the others quickly understood the key point.
"It requires phoenix-aligned power in the soul and bloodline. Unfortunately, none of us have any phoenix-related forces," Bibi Dong concluded.
But they weren't disappointed.
Phoenix Continent's system wasn't naturally compatible with them anyway.
"Still, summoning a giant phoenix looks SO cool!" Xu Tianzhen said regretfully.
Qian Renxue laughed and rubbed her head.
Feng Ling, however, gained a significant increase in strength. And her phoenix soul was clearly unusual.
Life-Bound Phoenix Souls possessed intelligence, able to grow in wisdom and personality.
But Feng Ling's phoenix soul was not a newly-born consciousness.
"Human, what did you do?" the Three-Headed Chaotic Phoenix Soul demanded, speaking with a mesmerizing triple-layered voice.
Feng Ling stared and exclaimed, "You're the soul of the Dark Phoenix?!"
"Correct" the phoenix soul replied.
After Feng Ling devoured the Dark Phoenix, they became a special dual-soul coexistence.
She did not expect the Dark Phoenix's soul to manifest independently here and even evolve into a Three-Headed Chaotic Phoenix Soul.
Originally, the Dark Phoenix Soul could already be summoned to fight independently. Now, after its evolution, its essence had transformed, greatly increasing its strength.
Meanwhile, Feng Ling still retained her martial soul possession.
Previously, Feng Ling + Dark Phoenix Soul = 1 + 0.5 strength.
Now it was 1 + 1.
Both of them were delighted, and a bold idea formed in their minds
"If we devoured this world's origin power… could we evolve even further?"
Fortunately, that plan was quickly crushed.
Qian Renxue explained:
"If you had no chance of becoming gods, devouring this world's origin would let you become something like a world-lord comparable to a god.
But you DO have a path to godhood. Even surpassing god level won't be difficult. In that case, this world's origin won't help you much."
"Besides, the Three-Headed Chaotic Phoenix is already divine-grade. Devouring the origin of a single world won't significantly advance it."
She also didn't want them to destroy this world. If the world origin was harmed, the entire world would fall into chaos.
Feng Ling and the phoenix soul nodded, accepting her judgment.
"Seems I was thinking too simply." Feng Ling gave up the idea.
"Since big sis has awakened her Life-Bound Phoenix Soul, we should go complete the rest of the phoenix souls, then challenge the divine inheritance," Tang Ya said with a smile.
The Fate Master system was somewhat similar to the Soul Master system. After breaking through a level, they could absorb external power.
When a Fate Master broke through, they could contract a phoenix creature, turning it into one of their phoenix souls.
There were nine levels of Fate Masters.
Counting the Life-Bound Phoenix Soul, a Fate Master could have up to nine phoenix souls.
Aside from the Life-Bound Phoenix Soul, the others could not possess the user, but could be summoned for battle similar to a summoner class.
But because the Life-Bound Phoenix Soul was born from the user's body, it could fuse and boost the user's own power similar to a martial soul possession.
Luckily, contracting phoenix souls did not require the phoenix to be strong what mattered was bloodline quality.
Phoenix souls would grow alongside their master. A high-bloodline phoenix would always have greater potential.
Feng Ling naturally felt that contracting more phoenix souls would benefit her.
She turned toward the silent main body avatar.
The avatar said nothing, simply turned and walked into the mountains.
He activated auto-pathing, leading Feng Ling straight toward phoenixes with strong potential.
Phoenix Continent, Central Continent.
One year ago.
A hundred-floor divine tower descended from the heavens, crashing into the heart of the Central Continent. At the same time, a divine voice echoed across the entire land:
[Whoever clears the tower shall obtain a god's inheritance! Break through to the god level and achieve immortality!]
God level.
Immortality.
These two words shook every living being to the core.
The moment the divine tower appeared, it immediately drew the attention of all major factions in the Central Continent. Powerhouses from the other continents also rushed toward the Central Continent, eager to glimpse the mysteries of the gods.
The strongest Central Continent forces moved first.
Several nine-life experts, those who possessed nine Phoenix Souls entered the divine tower.
They soon returned with intelligence.
The divine tower had one hundred floors in total, each floor a separate secret realm filled with all kinds of trials, hostile environments, dangerous beasts, illusions that attacked the mind…
Each floor was harder than the previous one.
Every ten floors represented a major cultivation realm. And every ten floors, one would receive a reward corresponding to that realm once only.
But beyond the material rewards, what mattered most to the nine-life experts were the insights gained through the trials.
Those who struggled in their cultivation could repeatedly challenge the higher floors and obtain enlightenment to push their strength forward.
This discovery shook every faction.
Soon after, the top forces of the Central Continent jointly sealed off the divine tower, forbidding outsiders from approaching.
This enraged the other factions, both inside the Central Continent and beyond.
A massive war erupted.
In the face of a path to godhood, people cast aside all fear even their own lives.
If the Central Continent's great powers wanted to monopolize godhood, then the world would fight them to the death.
Even if the great powers were too strong, their young generation was not unbeatable.
Even at the cost of dignity or life, the world would make them pay.
If you're willing to risk your own fat, you can pull a tiger off its throne.
In just a short time, the young elites of the forces controlling the divine tower suffered heavy casualties.
Hatred spiraled out of control.
War spread between the major factions. In only a few months, the flames of conflict had engulfed multiple continents, blood flowing like rivers.
Seeing that things were getting out of hand
Finally, the nine peak nine-life experts, the strongest beings on the continent intervened.
Together, they took control of the Hundred-Floor Divine Tower and established new rules that balanced the interests of every faction, finally quelling the war.
Fortunately, the chaos lasted only a few months. Though casualties were heavy, the foundations of Phoenix Continent remained intact.
But it made every faction clearly understand just how overwhelming the temptation of becoming a god truly was.
The nine peak powerhouses vaguely sensed something was wrong.
Such tremendous carnage erupting in only a few months was highly abnormal.
Yet this was the harsh reality of Phoenix Continent.
To prevent further disaster, the nine supreme experts decided to guard the tower personally. They, too, longed for god-level power.
Most of the time, the nine remained inside the divine tower, training and attempting breakthroughs.
All of them were stuck on the ninety-ninth floor only one step away from the final hundredth floor.
But that step was one they still could not cross.
Their factions and disciples formed an alliance outside the tower, guarding it and maintaining the balance of interests.
The New Rules
The divine tower was no longer open to everyone.
Nine-life experts could enter freely.
Eight-life experts could challenge the tower once per month.
Seven-life experts could challenge once per year.
Below seven-life:
Members of major forces needed to win quotas through internal competition.
Wanderers and independents had to earn their slots through public contests.
Special cases existed, but were rare.
Even the disciples of the nine supreme experts had to follow the rules.
The main body's clone brought the five women to the Central Continent's divine tower.
All five had reached god level within the God Kingdom, so when they saw the tower, their expressions changed slightly.
They sensed it, the divine tower was enveloped in divine power.
More importantly, this power was spreading outward, influencing all of Phoenix Continent.
Anyone capable of sensing divine force would instantly know what it represented:
The power of "Original Sin" specifically, the sin of Jealousy.
The Jealousy God had not only descended with the tower but had also released the sin of Jealousy upon the world.
Jealousy would breed malice.
Malice would bring chaos.
And from that chaos, the original sin would feed, growing stronger through the dark thoughts in people's hearts.
The previous continent-wide turmoil was all caused by this.
"This divine tower isn't a good thing. In just one year, it's already plunged Phoenix Continent into chaos. If this goes on, the continent will eventually become a breeding ground for sin."
Qian Renxue frowned.
"Pointless pity," Tang Ya replied coldly. "Whatever becomes of Phoenix Continent has nothing to do with us. We have only one goal to obtain the Jealousy God's divine seat."
She stepped toward the divine tower without hesitation, ignoring the guards outside.
"Who goes there?! Halt! Identify yourselves!"
The guards, responsible for maintaining order, shouted in warning.
The main body's clone and the five women were cloaked in black robes, suspicious, mysterious, clearly not good people.
The guards instantly became alert.
Tang Ya sneered. She didn't bother answering. Instead, she raised her hand.
Dark Blue Silver Grass unfurled like a nightmare.
"I haven't had a good meal in a long time."
The grass exploded outward like a black tide, sweeping across the guards.
The guards shouted in alarm, unleashing their Phoenix Souls.
Each guard was at least a four-life expert.
In this single direction alone, over a thousand guards stood in formation.
But before Tang Ya, they were ants.
When reinforcements arrived, all they saw was a field of black, eerie grass leaves.
Beneath the leaves came the sickening crunch of bones and the sound of flesh being devoured.
The mass of dark grass rose and fell like a living beast feasting on souls and bodies.
Seeing more people arrive, Tang Ya smiled bloodthirstily.
"Enough."
Qian Renxue called out, stopping her.
"Don't forget our goal. Don't waste time."
Bibi Dong, Feng Ling, and Xu Tianzhen were already stepping over the dark grass and entering the divine tower.
They didn't care about the carnage behind them.
Tang Ya chuckled. "Thank you for the reminder, Sister Xue. Let's go."
She withdrew the Dark Blue Silver Grass, leaving behind only heaps of bones, then walked toward the tower, stepping over them.
The reinforcements trembled in horror.
Even the nine-life experts among them felt anger but did not dare stop such a monster.
They could only make a decision in their hearts:
"Hmph! I'll report this to the Nine Lords. They'll decide how to deal with this!"
Qian Renxue shook her head and followed Tang Ya inside.
But she couldn't help feeling
Perhaps the divine seat of Jealousy was not suitable for her.
The ninety-ninth floor!
As expected, the five women swiftly fought their way up to the 99th floor of the God Tower.
Huo Yuhao's true-body clone did not follow them because the clone did not need any divine position.
Through the clone Huo Yuhao simply observed the Phoenix Continent.
If this had been before he reached the God King realm, encountering the Phoenix Continent would have meant he absolutely wouldn't let it go.
But now aside from some furnace cauldrons with rare special attributes, the phoenix blood and phoenix power of this continent were useless to him.
The phoenix power contained within the phoenix blood nurtured inside Huo Yuhao's own body had already surpassed the phoenix power contained in the origin of Phoenix Continent.
Inside the God Tower
After entering the 99th floor, the five women appeared upon a massive floating golden platform.
Unlike the previous ninety-eight floors, no tests or trials appeared here.
What met their eyes was a gigantic cocoon of golden light floating at the center of the platform.
Around the cocoon, nine figures were seated in a circle, facing it, as if in comprehension or cultivation.
These nine were none other than the nine peak experts of Phoenix Continent, all at the 99th level.
Upon arriving on the 99th floor, the rules naturally appeared in the five women's minds:
[Break the light cocoon and you may ascend to the 100th floor, receiving the divine inheritance of the God of Jealousy!]
The five did not immediately take action.
Instead, they carefully sensed their surroundings.
The heaven and earth energy here was extremely dense, so dense it had fully vaporized into mist, scattering golden radiance under the glow of the cocoon, like an immortal paradise.
But what mattered most
Within the world energy, there was a trace of the power of the Heavenly Dao!
The five women all sharply caught the breath of the Heavenly Dao.
For anyone below the divine realm, this kind of opportunity was unimaginably precious.
If one could comprehend even a tiny fraction of that power, they could glimpse the might of the divine realm perhaps even gain insight into the power of laws before reaching godhood.
Even though no one in the lower world could break through to godhood anymore, comprehending a law would still fundamentally transform a cultivator's strength.
In truth, this trace of Heavenly Dao power was also a hidden trial.
If someone with exceptional comprehension managed to sense a law from this trace, they would attract the attention of the God of Jealousy, who would then recommend them to the God of Destruction.
But this hidden trial was never written clearly.
To the gathered experts, they merely felt that cultivating here improved their state.
After all, even a 99th-level expert cannot understand things they have never encountered before
unless they actually comprehend the power of a law.
The nine experts mistakenly assumed that they simply needed deeper cultivation to break the cocoon and thus gain the divine inheritance.
When the five women appeared, the nine peak experts all opened their eyes, gazing at them in astonishment.
"I never knew our Phoenix Continent actually had five more peak nine-life cultivators."
The one who spoke first was a handsome man dressed in a five-colored brocade robe.
Though his clothing was flamboyant, it didn't make him effeminate just extremely flashy.
The other eight looked at the five women with curiosity, interest, or faint hostility.
Because anyone who made it here…was automatically their competition.
Bibi Dong ignored their reactions.
Toward these natives who had never even seen the divine realm, she naturally held a sense of superiority the arrogance of an outsider looking down on the locals.
"Breaking that cocoon is all it takes, right? Let me try first."
Bibi Dong flashed forward and launched an attack at the cocoon.
If there was a chance to obtain one of the Seven Deadly Sin God positions, she absolutely would not miss it.
In many ways, any of the Seven Deadly Sin gods was superior to her former Rakshasa God position.
However
Just as her attack was about to land, a multicolored barrier suddenly emerged, blocking her strike.
The barrier trembled violently, but did not break.
Clearly, this was a combined barrier set up by the nine great experts to protect the cocoon.
The nine did not stop her directly they merely watched amusingly.
Not only because they found her attempt to challenge their combined barrier laughable, but also because they wanted to observe her strength.
The flamboyantly dressed man chuckled:
"Newcomers, don't think you can cut ahead. Aren't you going to introduce yourselves first?"
But Bibi Dong only snorted coldly.
Her aura instantly sharpened, and palpable evil surged out from her body.
In the next moment
Death Spider Emperor Martial Soul Possession!
Dense killing intent erupted from her as she transformed into a demon-like figure.
After reaching the God-level, even without a divine position, Bibi Dong had embarked on a path of comprehending pure evil power.
The aura she released now made all nine peak experts turn serious.
"What an evil aura… She doesn't seem like a good person."
A woman in a platinum-white long dress, veiled and radiating holy light and justice, spoke coldly.
Her nature was naturally hostile toward evil and darkness.
The very next moment
Bibi Dong struck.
"Demonic Jade Hand Infernal Ghost Hand!"
A purple ghostly hand filled with evil energy smashed into the nine-layered barrier and crushed all nine layers as if popping a balloon.
All nine peak experts widened their eyes in disbelief.
Bibi Dong smirked lightly, full of disdain.
The Demonic Jade Hand was a technique from the Heavenly Demon Codex.
The Heavenly Demon Codex was a scripture created by Huo Yuhao, based on the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record combined with cultivator techniques.
It contained the essence of most of Huo Yuhao's moves and battle skills everything except his core cultivation techniques.
Just cultivating the Heavenly Demon Codex could allow one to reach the level of a First-Rank God.
The Demonic Jade Hand corresponded to the Jade Hand turning the user's hands into divine weapons with immense power.
Using it boosted the strength of all martial skills.
And what Bibi Dong used Infernal Ghost Hand was not a normal martial technique, but a Rakshasa God divine skill.
Even without true divine power, a divine skill was still a divine skill. Its might surpassed almost all mortal techniques.
Bibi Dong raised her hand.
A phantom scythe resembling the Rakshasa Demon Scythe slowly formed in her grasp.
She swung it down at the cocoon
"Rakshasa Divine Skill Nether Rakshasa!"
"Stop her, quickly!"
Among the nine top experts, an elderly man with white hair and beard shouted urgently.
The moment he spoke, the others had already acted. The nine experts, who had cooperated for many years, simultaneously unleashed their powers to block Bibi Dong.
But their united nine-layer barrier was instantly shattered by just one strike from Bibi Dong.
This made the nine experts feel a sense of crisis they absolutely could not let Bibi Dong attack the light cocoon so easily.
What if Bibi Dong really shattered the light cocoon?
Locals were always wary of outsiders.
The nine top experts were unfamiliar with the five newly arrived women.
Naturally, none of them would take the side of the five.
After all, watching someone succeed while they themselves failed it was upsetting.
Besides, although Bibi Dong could break their barrier, the outcome of a true fight was still unknown.
And they had nine people while the newcomers had only five.
Their advantage was obvious.
Yet the next moment
The combined obstruction of the nine experts was obliterated by Bibi Dong with a single blow.
Her attack continued without the slightest weakening and struck the light cocoon.
The nine great experts held their breaths nervously as the cocoon shook violently… but in the end, it did not break.
Only then did they sigh in relief.
But Bibi Dong frowned.
She could see the truth clearly:
It wasn't that her attack failed to break the cocoon. The God of Jealousy simply… did not choose her.
This made her extremely displeased.
"Tch."
Bibi Dong's expression darkened as she glared at the nine experts.
"I'm in a very bad mood right now."
The next second, she flashed forward charging straight toward a woman with light-element attributes.
This type of religious-looking woman with a light attribute… Bibi Dong naturally found extremely irritating.
With a single strike the woman collapsed instantly unable to resist at all lying on the ground like Yamcha.
The remaining eight experts were horrified.
The fallen woman was ranked fifth among the nine top experts titled Holy Phoenix.
In the Phoenix Cry Continent, the Nine-Life powerhouses all possessed their own titles distinguished by "Feng" for men and "Huang" for women.
The continent's strong were somewhat female-dominant only three of the nine top experts were men.
Holy Phoenix's natal phoenix spirit was the Light Phoenix, possessing the speed and attack of pure light as well as immense self-healing ability.
Though ranked fifth, even the number one expert could not defeat her quickly.
Yet Bibi Dong had killed her instantly?
And before the others recovered
The flamboyantly dressed man saw a flash of purple light out of the corner of his eye
And immediately followed the Holy Phoenix's fate.
He was titled Bright Phoenix, ranked third among the nine. His natal phoenix spirit was the Five-Colored Phoenix, able to control the powers of the five elements combining the five elements to restrain all things in the world.
To defeat him, one needed attributes beyond the five elements… or overwhelming superiority.
Only the top two Emperor Phoenix and Azure Phoenix had attributes immune to elemental restraint and could suppress him.
Yet Bright Phoenix was defeated instantly?!
Clearly, the evil attribute did not surpass the five elements.
Thus the only explanation was
Bibi Dong's strength overwhelmingly surpassed Bright Phoenix!
The remaining seven stared at her in shock.
They could not understand how could someone at the same Nine-Life limit be so much stronger?
She must be cheating!
Bibi Dong revealed a wicked smile, eyes glowing red with bloodlust, staring at the remaining seven.
But at that moment Tang Ya stepped forward and blocked her.
"You want to stop me?" Bibi Dong narrowed her eyes.
Tang Ya shook her head gently, then smiled:
"There are quite a few beauties here let's bring them back."
Bibi Dong instantly understood.
This was someone who had suffered hardship before now trying to "break others' umbrellas" too.
Bibi Dong snorted coldly, unhappy with Tang Ya's flattering behavior toward Huo Yuhao.
What difference was this from a brothel madam?
Still she didn't refuse.
Because she suspected that if she refused, Tang Ya would complain to Huo Yuhao and make her life miserable.
And Bibi Dong refused to become just a plaything she could not afford to displease Huo Yuhao.
Thus, she began grabbing people.
The nine top experts of Phoenix Cry Continent never imagined that one day, they would be like chickens in a cage captured and picked over.
Aside from shouting a few threats, they had no strength to resist.
Even the first and second place Emperor Phoenix and Azure Phoenix only endured one extra blow before collapsing.
Meanwhile, the others began attempting to break the light cocoon.
The second attempt was Feng Ling.
She unleashed her full strength, causing the cocoon to shake violently but no cracks appeared.
Feng Ling: OUT.
Next, Xu Tianzhen.
She was the weakest of the five women. Her strike caused only a small tremor no breakthrough.
Xu Tianzhen: OUT.
Qian Renxue did not try at all.
She felt the power of the God of Jealousy was incompatible with her and chose to withdraw voluntarily.
Qian Renxue: OUT.
Last was Tang Ya.
Tang Ya smiled faintly. Her Dark Blue Silver Grass transformed into a massive dark blue dragon and smashed into the cocoon.
Among the five women, Tang Ya ranked fourth in power her strike was slightly stronger than Xu Tianzhen's.
The cocoon shook but not violently.
Yet
A crisp crack echoed through the air.
All the women froze and looked toward Tang Ya.
Even Tang Ya herself appeared stunned.
The God of Jealousy had chosen her?!
A crack appeared on the cocoon then spread rapidly
Until the entire cocoon shattered.
Blinding golden light erupted, pulling Tang Ya inside sending her to the 100th floor to receive the inheritance of the God of Jealousy.
Bibi Dong, Qian Renxue, Feng Ling, and Xu Tianzhen were left on the 99th floor.
After exchanging looks, they decided to stay and wait for Tang Ya.
They also began sensing the trace of Heaven's Dao hidden within the surrounding world energy.
Having already grasped laws, absorbing this wisp of the Dao would strengthen their rule power.
And the moment their bodies emitted rule power
The God of Jealousy's attention was drawn again.
Soon, divine light descended once more, pulling the four away.
When they regained awareness, they had been separated into different spaces.
Simultaneously, different information appeared in their minds
Bibi Dong:
[Complete the trial. Upon success, obtain the inheritance of the God of Wrath!]
Qian Renxue:
[Complete the trial. Upon success, obtain the inheritance of the God of Pride!]
Feng Ling:
[Complete the trial. Upon success, obtain the inheritance of the God of Gluttony!]
Xu Tianzhen:
[Complete the trial. Upon success, obtain the inheritance of the Sun God!]