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Su Wen released his Holy Dao Power to sense the Dragon Emperor's life state, and he fell silent.
A candle flickering in the wind.
This was the true portrayal of the Dragon Emperor.
Despite possessing such a powerful aura, his source of life was on the verge of being completely eroded away.
As a peak existence of the continent, the Dragon Emperor had sealed the Lord of the Netherworld at the cost of his own well-being, granting an immense favor to the entire continent.
Su Wen admired the Dragon Emperor.
"I have gained some insights into Creation. I wonder if it can help you, Dragon Emperor." Su Wen released his Holy Dao Power, stimulating the profound meaning of Creation within it, which immediately caught the Dragon Emperor's attention.
The Dragon Emperor's voice trembled with excitement.
"What is this? Creation? To think that Holy Dao Power could be developed to such a level?!"
Listening to the Dragon Emperor's voice, Su Wen could roughly judge that his current Holy Dao Power, combined with the profound meaning of Creation, could indeed alleviate the dragon's condition.
"There is a hint of the world-creating aura within the Holy Power, which is the profound meaning of Creation. Creation and Destruction oppose each other, yet they are two sides of the same coin. While they are antithetical, they can also fuse together. As long as these two profound meanings are merged, there might be a chance to evolve the Holy Power into a higher level: Creation Holy Power. When that time comes, there will be hope to resolve your problem completely."
After destruction comes creation.
The fusion of the two is the act of creation itself.
Destroying the previous world to create the next one--this was creation, and it was also the ultimate destruction.
It was the first time the Dragon Emperor had ever heard of a pathway to evolve Holy Power into Creation Holy Power, and he fell somewhat silent.
He didn't know if Su Wen was right, but he could be certain that if Su Wen was right, he could still be saved.
Right now, just the Holy Dao Power stimulated by Su Wen's profound meaning of Creation gave him the illusion that his origin was being repaired.
The reason it felt like an illusion was because the Dragon Emperor snapped awake, knowing that his origin could not be so easily replenished.
However, this Holy Dao Power could at least help him stabilize his origin, preventing it from draining further.
Only the further step of Creation Holy Power might truly rescue him as he was now.
The Dragon Emperor was suddenly filled with hope for the future.
The lifespan of the Dragon Clan was exceptionally long.
As the strongest of the Dragon Clan and the existence closest to the Heaven-Altering rank, the Dragon Emperor's lifespan was exaggeratedly long. The reason his life origin was exhausted was entirely due to the seal, not natural aging.
If he could restore his origin, he would have at least several thousand more years to live.
And once his origin was restored, the Dragon Emperor felt he would gain more than just a few thousand years of life.
After all, he had sealed the Lord of the Netherworld for such a long time, exhausting his own life origin because of it. During this process of depletion, he had also experienced the god-level essence of the Lord of the Netherworld in his most fundamental state.
If he could recover, be liberated, and have his origin replenished, it would be no less than a massive fortuitous opportunity for the Dragon Emperor.
He would have hope of reaching the Heaven-Altering rank!
"If I use the Holy Dao Power to stabilize your origin, can you channel the seal with all your might?" Su Wen asked.
The Dragon Emperor pondered for a moment but did not give a definitive answer.
"I need to try it first."
Su Wen didn't mind either. He directly circulated his Holy Dao Power, injecting it into the massive sphere of light where the Dragon Emperor resided.
The profound meaning of Creation was stimulated in the form of Holy Power, swirling around the Dragon Emperor's origin and stabilizing his precarious foundation.
"It works," the Dragon Emperor gave his answer.
Under the profound meaning of Creation, his origin couldn't be restored directly, but the origin that was still being depleted could now be recovered at every moment.
Moreover, the Holy Dao Power protected his origin, making it more stable so that the depletion itself was no longer significant.
Su Wen nodded and entered the Netherworld Space.
"Human, it's you again!" The Lord of the Netherworld sensed the seal cracking, and in just an instant, he seized the opportunity to let his power escape.
Ever since the seal had been reinforced, he had been verging on despair inside it.
He could be said to hate Su Wen to the bone.
To think this human mastered Holy Power, and could even integrate the conversion pathway of Holy Power into the seal, making the seal operate and replenish Holy Power at every moment.
Utterly detestable!
In his despair, he sensed the seal cracking and was ecstatic.
He thought something had happened to the Dragon Emperor, but he hadn't expected this.
In just an instant, sensing Su Wen's aura, the Lord of the Netherworld felt immense hatred and directly spewed harsh words.
A moment later, he realized the beginning and end of it all.
"Dragon Emperor, you are too arrogant, too conceited!"
The Lord of the Netherworld was furious.
He felt slighted.
The Dragon Emperor had voluntarily released a portion of the seal to let his power out!
This Dragon Emperor was being far too arrogant now.
To actually dare to do this.
This is completely looking down on me, the Lord of the Netherworld!
Su Wen vanished in an instant.
The Dragon Emperor was greatly shocked.
Su Wen had entered the seal.
The Netherworld World.
This was the true Netherworld Space.
The world belonging to the Lord of the Netherworld.
It was gloomy and devoid of light. Only a massive crab radiating the aura of destruction looked coldly at Su Wen.
"Human, you are very bold."
Su Wen showed no fear. Holy Dao Power was released all around his body, illuminating this gloomy world.
"Is this your world?" Su Wen observed everything around him, discovering that this place had almost been managed into a small world.
Even the laws had become quite refined.
If it were directly connected to the main plane, it would instantly become a complete small world.
Not bad at all.
Su Wen inspected this world.
The Lord of the Netherworld remained silent, watching Su Wen, who wore the expression of a researcher.
"..."
Is this guy a lunatic?
"I advise you not to harbor any bad intentions. Since I could walk in here just now as I pleased, I can walk right back out," Su Wen sneered, warning the Lord of the Netherworld.
The Lord of the Netherworld blanked for a moment, realizing that when Su Wen entered just now, it indeed didn't seem to trigger any backlash from his Netherworld World at all.
"Even if you really could imprison me, it wouldn't mean much. Look at what this is."
Su Wen knew the Lord of the Netherworld couldn't be easily intimidated, so he simply released his examination imprints.
At the center of his brow, the imprint of the Heavenly Book emerged.
This was his own imprint.
However, within the Heavenly Book imprint, a large number of other imprints quickly split off.
There was the Stone God's, the War God's, the Sea God's, the imprints of the two great deities of the Sun and Moon, and the Time God's...
The Lord of the Netherworld froze on the spot.
He knew what these were.
These were the imprints of deities.
This human had been favored by so many deities?
Although there weren't the true inheritance imprints that the crab knew of, so many examination imprints were enough to draw the attention of the gods, right?
The large crab took a slight half-step back.
"The Heavenly Jewel Plane was originally one of the subordinate planes of the Douluo Divine Realm. You should know that it is very easy for deities to pay attention to the lower realms." Su Wen looked at the Lord of the Netherworld and said, "Actually, I'm also very curious. Why did you choose to make a move on the Heavenly Jewel Plane? Has your brain gone bad?"
To make a move on a plane subordinate to the Divine Realm.
Even the Abyss didn't dare to do so. Even when they were guided to the outside of the Douluo Plane, they only dared to make a move after the Douluo Divine Realm had vanished.
This big crab looked like it had only just broken through to the god level, yet it dared to make a move on a plane subordinate to the Douluo Divine Realm?
What was it thinking?