"In these six million years, it seems the number of Supreme God Kings who could become Law Enforcers is not many..."
Huo Yuhao looked up at the starry sky, couldn't help but sneer, and his figure slowly rose.
The several Star-Devouring Monsters that descended behind him seemed to be controlled by a certain consciousness, immediately flying towards him. Clearly, at this moment, Huo Yuhao had become the primary target of the mastermind behind the scenes.
Huo Yuhao looked toward the hideous spatial rift at the top of the firmament, which emitted a heart-palpitating aura; all the answers lay there.
He had only one conviction in his heart—to find the black hand hiding behind the scenes!
"Yuena, Bing'er, Little Red, Demon Tree King, I leave the Douluo Continent to you!" Leaving this sentence behind, Huo Yuhao's figure turned into a black meteor, tearing through the sky of the Douluo Continent and speeding towards that cosmic rift.
Buzz—
These Star-Devouring Monsters seemingly did not intend to let him have his way, instantly intercepting in front of him. Terrifying energy burst from their bodies, then converged into one point, transforming into a laser capable of destroying stars.
"Yuhao, be careful!" Seeing this scene, Gu Yuena's beautiful eyes instantly revealed a look of worry.
"Sorry, I have no interest in wasting time and energy on you running dogs." Light flashed in Huo Yuhao's hand, revealing impressively the ten hearts of the Star-Devouring Monsters.
When Supreme God Kings like Tang Xuanyu chose to become Universal Law Enforcers for the sake of survival, a mark of the universal laws would be left from their flesh to their souls, allowing their bodies and souls to be eroded at any time, ultimately making them tools of the Great Will of the universe.
And their hearts were the massive energy containers accumulated from a lifetime of cultivation by these Supreme God Kings. This energy could not only provide power and geothermal heat for planets, but could also be used as weapons.
The lifelong energy of a Supreme God King was simply too massive. To provide the energy needed for the Douluo Continent's earth core, a single one was enough. As for the remaining few, he had his own wondrous uses for them—
Almost without any hesitation, Huo Yuhao hurled those ten hearts towards the world-destroying laser.
Boom boom boom boom!
Those several Star-Devouring Monsters were instantly blown onto their backs by the terrifying shockwaves, and even their massive bodies shattered.
Huo Yuhao's body trembled slightly under the impact of the cosmic energy, but relying on a physique that surpassed the Golden Dragon King, he quickly stabilized his figure.
"Die for me—" Right now, Huo Yuhao's favorite thing to do was dealing the finishing blow. The Demon King Halberd thrust out, piercing through the hard outer shells of the Star-Devouring Monsters, picking out their hearts one by one.
Clang, clang, clang—
Huo Yuhao's movements were very fast. In the blink of an eye, he wiped out these Star-Devouring Monsters, and carrying their corpses, resolutely rushed into the rift.
As soon as he stepped into the rift, Huo Yuhao felt as if he had fallen into a maddening vortex. The space-time turbulence was like ferocious giant beasts, pouncing towards him with bared fangs and brandished claws. That turbulence presented a bizarre purplish-black color, carrying a chilling tearing force. Wherever it passed, space collapsed continuously like a broken mirror.
Inside the rift, space and time were distorted. Huo Yuhao felt his body seemingly being pulled by countless forces, every inch of his skin bearing immense pressure. He gritted his teeth, channeling his divine power with all his might to form a solid golden shield to resist the impact from the space-time turbulence.
The surrounding scenery was like a fragmented painting scroll, constantly changing and twisting. Various strange lights flickered uncertainly, seemingly originating from different dimensions. After an unknown amount of time, Huo Yuhao finally passed through the rift, and the scene before him left him stunned.
In a chaotic space, dense golden mist permeated the air. Mysterious runes flashed within the mist, as if recounting the origins and mysteries of the universe. In the center of this space, a massive golden sphere of light hung suspended. The sphere emitted intense light, and within that light lay endless majesty and power, making one involuntarily want to bow and worship.
As soon as Huo Yuhao approached, a majestic pressure hit him in the face, like an invisible giant mountain pressing down on him, making his footsteps somewhat unsteady.
His heartbeat suddenly accelerated, and his breathing became rapid. Every breath seemed to drain the surrounding air dry. His gaze locked tightly onto that golden light sphere. Within that light, it seemed countless stars were being born and destroyed, and countless lives were undergoing reincarnation and rebirth.
He took a deep breath and slowly flew toward the light sphere.
"Inheritor of the Eden King, you have come." A thought suddenly transmitted from the light sphere.
"Are you... the Will of the Douluo Universe?" Huo Yuhao arrived before the light sphere, his eyes sharpening as he asked.
"Correct." The brilliance on the surface of the light sphere flowed, continuously releasing energy easily capable of annihilating stars.
"Those aberrations named Universal Law Enforcers, are they your masterpieces?" Huo Yuhao tensed his entire body, divine power coiling around him, ready to engage in battle at any moment.
"Correct." The light sphere once again transmitted the same thought, but its words did not stop abruptly: "This is not a place you should come to, wandering soul from a foreign land."
Huo Yuhao's expression changed slightly, but he wasn't too surprised. Since the other party was the will of the universe, it naturally knew everything happening within the entire universe.
"The Dragon God failing to achieve the Divine Star, and the Time and Space Dragon Kings killing the Dragon Clan Crown Prince, that was your doing, wasn't it?" Huo Yuhao directly asked this most crucial question regarding the entire Dragon Clan.
"Correct."
For the third time, the light sphere used the same answer, directly responding to Huo Yuhao's question.
"Once a Divine Star appears, the universal laws will no longer be able to affect its operation. Just like the special god position you inherited, in my universe, all existences must comply with the universal laws."
It really was the doing of this Universal Will! Huo Yuhao's heart sank. The Universal Will brewed the tragedy of the former Dragon God Realm, and also caused the destruction of the Eden Kingdom.
As long as it was something born in this universe, no matter what realm it reached, it could not possibly be a match for the Universal Will.
"Perhaps, we can talk?" Huo Yuhao took a deep breath. He didn't know how Lucifer dealt with the Universal Will back then, but he figured it was impossible to defeat a conceptual existence like this head-on.
"Very well..."
The light emanating from the light sphere gradually dimmed, its surface rippling like water waves, and a figure with an unclear face separated from within the light sphere.
Huo Yuhao couldn't help but take a half-step back. Facing the Universal Will, he had to be extremely careful.
The hazy brilliance on the figure dissipated, revealing his true appearance.
That was a tall and thin man. The vast galaxy reflected in his indifferent eyes. A set of noble robes accentuated his incomparable majesty. Behind him, it seemed as if galaxies were shining in mutual reflection.
The first moment Huo Yuhao saw this person, he was so shocked he almost couldn't speak.
Why is it him?
He had seen this person in Lucifer's materialized thoughts, and more than once.
"Could you be..."
"I think you, who inherited Lucifer's mantle, should have seen me." The man smiled with an arrogant expression: "I am Tang Miao, a former subject of the Eden Kingdom. If Lucifer's consciousness is also within your divine sense, you can also call me by my nickname, A'wei."
"You, you... how did you become the will of the universe?" Huo Yuhao couldn't help but open his mouth wide. The logic establishing this fact simply didn't make sense!
One must know, when Lucifer was fighting the cosmic aberration controlled by the Universal Will, this Tang Miao was just an ordinary Eden subject, who later went to the Douluo Divine Realm following the Goddess of Love, Aphrodite.
"Very surprising, isn't it?" Tang Miao seemed very satisfied with Huo Yuhao's shock. "Actually, what I can tell you is that Lucifer actually won back then. Following the universal laws in the starry sky, he eventually found the initial Universal Will and successfully defeated it."
"What did you say?" Huo Yuhao was instantly incredibly shocked. Demon God Lucifer actually defeated the Universal Will back then?
"The initial Universal Will did not possess high intelligence. It only knew how to seek fortune and avoid calamity, destroying existences in this universe that posed a threat." Tang Miao seemed very patient, explaining the secrets of the past to Huo Yuhao.
"Lucifer seemed to have found a way to defeat it, but the Universal Will is indestructible. For a long time after that, the Universal Will did not dare to provoke Lucifer again."
"Unfortunately, Lucifer fell into madness due to the sacrifice of his beloved citizens, and ultimately chose to end his own life."
"My wife, Zi Mu, also died in that war of civilization destruction." Speaking of this, a touch of sadness inevitably appeared on Tang Miao's face.
"At that time, I risked my life in the Divine Realm searching for a way to resurrect her. It's just a pity that the embryonic Divine Realm at that time was simply too weak. It was fundamentally impossible for deities like the Nine-Color Goddess or Food God, capable of resurrecting the dead, to appear in a short time."
"Then what did you do later?" Huo Yuhao did not feel sympathy for this. Lucifer was not an omniscient and omnipotent god. He neither brought salvation to the subjects of the Eden Kingdom, nor could he revive the innocent people who died in that great war.
"Later... I resolutely decided to create a world that had Zi Mu." Tang Miao suddenly smiled mysteriously; the smile looked creepy no matter how you looked at it.
"Using Apollo's power, and through the intent emitted by the corpses of the Universal Law Enforcers that constructed the embryonic Divine Realm, I found this place and seized the fruits of Lucifer's victory."
"You mean..." Huo Yuhao seemed to grasp something from his words, his expression somewhat incredulous.
"Of course, this was also the intention of the Universal Will. We fused into one..." Tang Miao opened his arms, his face full of an expression of enjoyment: "That feeling of controlling everything is simply too wonderful, it makes me feel incredibly exhilarated!"
Huo Yuhao just looked at him coldly, as if looking at a clown.
"Originally, after Lucifer's death, I was unwilling to make a move against the Douluo Continent. After all, that was the homeland of Zi Mu and me..."
Tang Miao returned to his initial aloof and superior demeanor. A strange light refracted from his eyes that were as brilliant as the sea of stars: "But with your arrival, Lucifer's inheritance appeared. That Demon God who once threatened the Universal Will was inherited by you."
"Do you know? We are the masters of the Douluo Universe!"
"We?" Huo Yuhao's eyes moved slightly. This guy had probably completely merged with the Universal Will...
"Our will determines all the order and rules of this Douluo Universe!" Tang Miao patted his chest with his hand. "The space-time you reside in is also a part of the Douluo Universe, and ought to receive our judgment!"
"The Douluo Universe was opened up by us. No matter how many wandering souls like you come to our universe, you all must act according to our rules!"
"Your rules?" Huo Yuhao sneered. "Like Lan Xuanyu, being reduced to a so-called Universal Law Enforcer?"
"Xuanyu is doing very well." A doting smile actually appeared on Tang Miao's face: "Do you know why I favor Tang San and his family?"
"Because their family is willing to become the maintainers of the universe's established order. While you, on the other hand, want to carry out a revolution!"
"This is a universe of cultivators, where gods possess supreme power and status. Yet you handed these over to the lowly untouchables."
"In other words, you are still a defender of divine right." Huo Yuhao gave a playful smile, his tone carrying deep disdain.
"You seized the fruits of the Eden people's victory, yet are unwilling to share the benefits with the people of later generations. This act of burning bridges after crossing the river truly makes me feel disgusted."
"For us, as the first person to eat crab, would we care what the people who come to the table later get to eat?" Tang Miao sneered almost nakedly: "Therefore, I will sanction the Eden People's Governing Alliance you established. Such a laughable and absurd ideology and regime system should never have existed in this world in the first place!"
"The so-called untouchables at the very bottom should inherently be a dish on the dining table! While gods should be the diners sitting at the table holding knives and forks!"
"That just shows your ideology is too feudal and backward. I've already recommended using chopsticks to the entire Eden Alliance." Huo Yuhao mocked.
"Sharp-tongued..." Hearing this, Tang Miao's eyes turned slightly cold.
"Demon King Huo Yuhao, you cannot overthrow the established universal system and rules. Take your laughable, bleeding-heart ideology and go to hell!"
Saying that, the massive light sphere behind Tang Miao radiated an even more dazzling light. Subsequently, an even more massive Star-Devouring creature flew out from it.
Only, it did not charge towards Huo Yuhao, but sped rapidly towards a certain place in the starry sky.
That direction was impressively where the Douluo Continent was located.
"You..." Huo Yuhao hurriedly turned around, attempting to intercept that monster, but was pinned dead to the ground by a sudden, terrifying pressure.
"There are still quite a few of your women on the Douluo Continent, aren't there? This time, don't even think any of them will live. In the system and rules we established, love should follow monogamy!"
Huo Yuhao was pinned to the ground by the terrifying pressure, unable to move. The divine power on his body was rapidly draining. That was inherently the energy of this universe; in front of the Universal Will, it was simply something that could be turned against him at any time.
"Hehe... monogamy?" Huo Yuhao's face was full of amusement. "Don't forget how those deities like Chang Gongwei, Rong Nianbing, and Zhou Weiqing rose to prominence. Did they have few women?"
"In my rule system, the vested interests who have already become gods are naturally permitted. Now, I feel that all love should be like that between Zi Mu and me, having only one true love in our hearts," Tang Miao said with complete unconcern.
"You actually even know about the God King of Light from the main space-time? It seems your ability should be akin to foresight..."
"Then, what about your most beloved Zi Mu?" Huo Yuhao did not answer his question, but directly hit the nail on the head with one sentence.
"By the time you had the ability to resurrect her, she must have been dead for a very long time, right? Do you know where she reincarnated? Why don't you learn from Tang San, being reborn to seek his wife?"
"You're courting death!" Tang Miao seemed to have his reverse scale touched, the momentum on his body growing increasingly terrifying...