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A dead end.
Su Wen had fallen into a dead end.
The Time God's trial required a decisive battle against the opponent to gain an opportunity to comprehend a higher-dimensional perspective. With that, Su Wen would be able to open up a minor world, which might then be used to lure the Abyss closer, thereby allowing him to complete the Sea God's trial along the way.
But the logic was completely convoluted.
If the Abyss didn't come closer, how could they have a decisive battle?
If it were just a matter of saying "I am going to have a decisive battle with him" in his mind, it would be far too much of a joke.
Furthermore, Su Wen truly wanted to kill the Absolute Monarch of the Abyss, devour him, and integrate all that devoured energy into his three minor worlds.
Unfortunately, no matter how much hatred he harbored, it couldn't be counted as a decisive battle on its own.
The trial required a true battle to the death with the opponent.
"Could you two please notify each other when you're setting up these tasks?"
Su Wen was utterly speechless.
With the way they were handling things, he really couldn't move forward.
At this rate, neither of the two tasks could be completed.
The Divine Realm is really getting in the way.
Su Wen sighed.
But from another perspective, the Divine Realm was also his current reliance. Otherwise, if the Abyss invaded the Douluo Star at this moment, the Douluo Star would absolutely be unable to resist.
Su Wen scolded them inside his head, only to realize upon turning back that he could actually rationalize everything for them.
And it was he himself who had rationalized it.
At this point, he became even more speechless.
Seeing things from too many angles really wasn't a good thing sometimes. Because of the existence of a god's-eye view, his considerations were incredibly comprehensive. Sometimes, even when just venting his emotions, he would feel that he was the one with the problem, that he was speaking too harshly.
After a brief internal complain, Su Wen could only ponder a solution.
"What if I go outside the territory of the Douluo Divine Realm and fight the Abyss with everything I've got?"
Outside the domain of the Douluo Divine Realm, the Abyss should dare to strike, right?
If I fight the opponent desperately like that, it should count as a decisive battle, right?
It truly would be a battle where he might just end up dead.
If that wasn't a decisive battle, what was?
By seizing this precise timing, he could accept the reward from the Time God, break through his limits under the pressure of battle, and open up a minor world.
And then, flee.
Flee back to the Douluo Star. With the temptation of a minor world, he should be able to attract the Abyss to continue its advance.
Hmm, while opening up the minor world, and after it was formed, he would need to showcase its power and potential to make the Absolute Monarch of the Abyss green with envy.
It had to be said, Su Wen was truly a genius.
To even think of a process of seeking death in this manner.
"With my strength, even if I could rush outside the Douluo territory to intercept the Abyss, it would absolutely be an instant death upon contact."
Su Wen knew his strength was decent below the god-level, but before a true god-level entity, he was still very green.
Of than course, entities like the Ruler of the Netherworld didn't count.
Nor did ordinary god-levels.
A true god-level referred to the True God level, which could correspond to a Third-Class God within the Divine Realm. Although it was only comparable to a Third-Class God without the blessing of a divine position, it was still equivalent at a certain level, and only that could be considered a true god-level.
Otherwise, when a god-level expert corresponded to the Divine Realm, they would only be at the level of a divine officer who didn't even have an official post or divine position. What kind of true god would that be?
Those who had just broken through the hundredth level on the Douluo Continent did not count as True God level; they were merely ordinary god-levels.
They could initially break free from a planet's gravity to enter the starry sky and maintain their life there, but they could not truly explore the universe.
That was an ordinary god-level.
The True God level could travel through the universe and possessed the preliminary ability to explore stellar systems.
Faced with a True God level, Su Wen would have to kneel, let alone against the Absolute Monarch of the Abyss, who possessed half-step God King strength.
Therefore, the moment this idea arose, Su Wen immediately discarded it.
"Faced with the Abyss, my strength is still too fragile."
Was he doomed to miss this opportunity?
If he let the Abyss slip away, there would be no way to complete either of the two tasks.
Su Wen did not want his two First-Class God trials to grind to a halt here.
Up until now, the tasks set by both the Sea God and the Time God aligned with his path of growth. Even the rewards met his needs, serving an unimaginable role in helping him grope his way toward the god-level and comprehend heaven and earth.
This time, there must be a chance.
Of course, Su Wen also had to admit that he coveted that high-dimensional perception opportunity, and equally desired the opportunity to comprehend the Thirteen Golden Halberd Strikes in the trial given by the Sea God.
It wasn't that the Thirteen Golden Halberd Strikes themselves attracted him so much; what attracted him was the concept and technique behind them.
It was a blending of the power of time and the power of space.
Su Wen even suspected that this was an extension of profound truths, a true distortion of certain normal laws.
Up until now, Su Wen had only been guiding laws and conforming to them to achieve his goals.
Even when he relied on the power of time to accelerate the flow of time within a certain range, he was merely driving the power of time to make the speed of material change faster or slower.
This was merely conforming to the rules.
Using the power of time to conform to the rules to achieve these effects.
Whereas with the Sea God's Thirteen Golden Halberd Strikes, Su Wen felt that when practiced to a profound level, it was absolutely altering the rules.
Perhaps it was conforming to the rules when just starting out, but later on, it would gradually reverse the rules.
"Really, the tasks are getting harder and harder." Su Wen took a deep breath.
He continued to ponder a solution.
"It seems my previous thought is the most ideal solution."
Going up himself, undergoing an ultimate sublimation, opening up a minor world, and swiftly leaving after breaking through under the pressure.
"The enhancement needs to be as great as possible, and perhaps I even need to tear off a piece of their flesh, making the Abyss deeply realize the terrifying potential of my minor world--that it is not only stable, but theoretically has no upper limit, and is not inferior to the Abyss at all in terms of devouring ability."
Just as Su Wen entered a moment of clarity and was about to discard this thought again, a sudden flash of inspiration struck him.
"My strength might be weak against the Abyss, but what about the Douluo Star?"
What about the entire Douluo Plane?
The strongest Soul Masters within the Douluo Plane were only Limit Douluos, but the power of the entire Douluo Plane was immensely vast. If there were a Master of the Plane to mobilize its power, they could even rival a First-Class God within the plane.
This was also the reason why the Abyss would covet the Douluo Plane in the future.
The power system within a plane might be constrained, but the power of the plane itself was not limited.
A fully developed plane like Douluo was also a massive tonic for the Abyss.
"If I borrow the power of the Douluo Plane..." Su Wen pondered the possibility.
It was very slim. Tang Hao had spent ten thousand years to seize the plane.
No matter how outstanding Su Wen was, it was impossible for him to seize the Douluo Plane in just half a month.
Furthermore, Su Wen truly did not dare to seize the Douluo Plane.
One must know that this was a complete plane; its Master of the Plane could unleash the power of a First-Class God.
If he became the Master of the Douluo Plane, Su Wen's three minor worlds would be directly rejected and blown to pieces.
"Or, can I use my three minor worlds as the three cores of Heaven, Earth, and Man to mobilize the power of the Douluo Plane?"
The overlapping radiation ranges of the three minor worlds might allow him to replace a portion of the Douluo Plane's power, stealing the power of the plane.
Su Wen pondered the feasibility.
If so, could he unleash Super God-level power?
Su Wen shook his head. Super God-level was likely very difficult; True God level would be the peak.
"What if it's the power of the entire universe..." Su Wen had a crazy thought.
He wondered if, by replacing a portion of the universe's power and perfectly mobilizing it, it would mean he could...
It was feasible.
However, being assimilated by the universe was a foreseeable crisis.
"Perhaps I can try Long Shiya's Six Ultimate Heavenly Dao Array."
Only this time, what Su Wen would borrow was no longer the Heavenly Dao of the Boundless Continent, but the Great Dao of the entire universe.
Tsk.
Just thinking about it was thrilling.
"Let's deduce it first. In addition, before truly deducing it, I should also ask for the Time God's view."
His spiritual power communicated with the imprint belonging to the Time God's trial between his brows.
Su Wen received no response, so he continued to transmit his thoughts directly through the imprint.
He felt that the Time God would hear him.
In fact, Su Wen received a response very quickly.
"Granted."
The question Su Wen had asked was: 'Can you help with a teleportation, sending me to a location outside the Douluo territory along the path the Abyss is taking toward the Douluo Star?'
Clearly, the Time God approved of Su Wen's plan.
"Denied."
The Time God answered another question.
Su Wen had just stealthily asked another question: 'Can you help me escape?'
The corner of Su Wen's mouth twitched.
This Time God sure rejected him decisively.
However, being able to teleport there was already enough.
Su Wen was very satisfied now.
"Last time, my realm wasn't high enough, and my comprehension of teleportation methods wasn't deep. This time, by seizing the opportunity of this teleportation, perhaps I can take my comprehension of time and space a step further."
Su Wen had already obtained the Profound Truth of Time in his previous trial. He had successively opened up three minor worlds, and his understanding of space had also reached the level of profound truth. Combined with his past comprehension of the Profound Truth of Destruction and Creation, and having even fused these profound truths to create the power of creation, the two forces of time and space were already naturally compatible. He had also fused these profound truths, even integrating them into creation.
This kind of experience and realization made Su Wen's own realm incredibly high.
Given enough time--ten thousand years, no, he didn't need ten thousand years, a thousand years, or perhaps just a hundred years--without needing to comprehend anything new, he could already upgrade to a First-Class God without any obstacles, which was a half-step God King in the universe.
With the level of a First-Class God, combined with Su Wen's own talent, he could comprehend the Time God's method of teleportation.
Then, striking while the iron was hot and utilizing the pressure, he should surely be able to gain some comprehension of a higher-dimensional perspective, right?
The feasibility of opening a minor world became even greater.
In the end, Su Wen chose to take the risk and try.
Since the Time God did not reject Su Wen's idea, it at least showed that there was a chance for everything.
The power of the universe.
Su Wen indeed needed such pressure to give it a try.
Without the courage of having to face the Abyss, Su Wen likely wouldn't risk trying something that could lead to assimilation. Even a secret technique like the Six Ultimate Heavenly Dao Array, which had been proven within a plane to control the Heavenly Dao, might not necessarily work against the grand universe.
"Minor world..."
At this moment, Su Wen was doing his utmost to deduce, evolving the Six Ultimate Heavenly Dao Array into the Three Talents Great Dao Array, deducing the details of opening a minor world and the problems he might encounter.
At the same time, he also had to think about his ultimate life-saving measures.
Time passed.
Ten days later.
Su Wen took a deep breath, preparing to set out.
The speed of the Abyss's advance had already slowed down. Clearly, they had confirmed that their target lay within the territory of the Douluo Divine Realm and were already starting to beat a retreat.
"To think it's a plane within the range of the Douluo Divine Realm. Which plane is it? It's actually about to break through." The Absolute Monarch of the Abyss had an ugly expression.
Was such a prime piece of meat about to fly away?
"I knew it. Although it has been constantly increasing its rate of devouring cosmic energy, and very stably at that, it's been doing so in a petty manner. It's likely that a fellow from the Divine Realm stepped in to suppress it."
The Absolute Monarch of the Abyss merely reduced his speed, putting even more effort into concealing the aura of the Abyss, preparing to observe the situation at the border of the Douluo Divine Realm's territory.
Heaven rewards the diligent; if one doesn't strive and try, there will never be an opportunity.
The Absolute Monarch of the Abyss knew this very well.
It was because of this that he had achieved what he had today.
He was the child of the Crimson Mother, yet at the same time, he was a life born from the Abyss. This was a contradiction.
It was precisely because he had taken a gamble back then, losing everything and even risking the possibility of his soul being scattered, to forcefully reincarnate into the Abyss Plane. He had even become the Son of the Plane, eventually gaining control over it.
The Abyss back then was still a small plane.
A pure energy plane. During its weak period, it might not even have matched a meteor in the universe.
The Abyss was originally like that.
This was one of the vital factors that allowed the Absolute Monarch of the Abyss to become the Master of the Plane without any obstacles.
Subsequently, under the leadership of this Master of the Abyss, the Abyss gradually grew.
Of course, the Crimson Mother had also been driving it behind the scenes.
That the Abyss could devour other planes to strengthen itself was an opportunity for her child, the Absolute Monarch of the Abyss, to improve, and it was a force under her command, so she naturally supported it.
Moreover, the Crimson Mother was also the Master of a Plane spanning a certain territory. The entire Crimson Domain encompassed endless star fields, but these were all physical and immoveable.
Or rather, they were moving every single moment, but even as the Master of the Plane, the Crimson Mother found it very taxing to forcefully move it by her own will. To move it without affecting its internal operations and its relationship with external celestial bodies was difficult upon difficult. She would have to plan for decades or even centuries just to alter the movement trajectory of the entire Crimson Domain.
This made the expansion of the Crimson Domain run into difficulties.
Now, the Crimson Domain had already expanded to a limit. There were no weak forces left in the vicinity; its footsteps had already been blocked by other powerful entities.
The Abyss, however, was an energy plane.
It could travel through energy dimensions and devour living planets in the universe.
Then, it could return to the Crimson Domain to feed back into the Crimson Mother.
The forces of time and space intertwined. Entangled by these two forces, Su Wen crossed an infinitely distant distance.
This time, he felt it.
Last time, it was a matter of an instant; he hadn't had time to react, nor could he comprehend anything.
This time, it was still a matter of an instant, but Su Wen had the ability to replay what happened in that instant in slow motion.
He saw clearly the operation of the power of time and the power of space.
"Tsk, as expected of the Time God."
His play with spatial power was truly skillful.
Su Wen discovered a problem, which was that this method of combining the power of time and space could not be maintained under normal circumstances.
It required the constant distortion of relevant rules.
"The fundamental laws of the universe are being constantly distorted. Is this a manifestation of cultivating profound truths to a high level? Or is it the effect of a divine position?"
A divine position...
In Su Wen's impression, a so-called divine position was the mastery of authority.
With authority, one mastered the power of heaven and earth.
Starting from the distortion of the fundamental laws of the universe, he thought of the authority of a divine position.
Su Wen thought in reverse, then connected it to the effect of distorting the fundamental laws of the universe...
"Could this be the secret of the Divine Realm?"
(End of chapter)