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Rumble!
Above Su Wen's right hand, the Seal of Heaven and Earth manifested three mini-worlds, colliding violently with the Abyss Sovereign's giant hand of black energy.
In the vast expanse of the cosmos, energy surged wildly. The shockwaves from the clash swept out in all directions, sending ripples of raw energy cascading through space.
At this exact moment, Su Wen knew for certain.
His strength had truly reached the level of a First-Class God.
A First-Class God without a divine throne.
The Abyss Sovereign's recent attack probably hadn't been at full strength, and since they weren't inside the Abyss, it was impossible for him to reach the peak state of a First-Class God with a divine throne.
"So I'm actually this powerful."
Su Wen was quite surprised himself.
He had originally figured that even by burning this embryonic form of the Creation God throne and borrowing the power of the Great Dao, he would at most reach the peak of a Second-Class God--which was equivalent to the peak of the Super God level.
He hadn't expected the reality to be even stronger than he had imagined.
Burning the embryonic Creation God throne didn't actually bring a very obvious boost; the greatest improvement came from the power of the Great Dao itself.
Su Wen now commanded the power of the Great Dao, taking control of the surrounding cosmic space. Endless energy was channeled through his three mini-worlds, causing his strength to undergo an earth-shattering transformation.
"The cosmos is indeed far more advanced than a planet with life!"
Su Wen had previously tried this on the Douluo Plane using his three mini-worlds, but the power he could draw upon back then was limited, and the natural energy of the world was very weak.
Compared to the power of the cosmos, the power of the Douluo Continent was simply too feeble.
"Between the two, there must be at least two more tiers: God-class planets and Divine Realms."
The amount of power one could borrow naturally depended on its source.
The Douluo Continent itself was merely a plane below the God level. The energy of such a plane was naturally limited, so it was only normal that it couldn't provide much of a boost to Su Wen, whose power now frequently touched the True God and Super God levels.
Above that were God-class planets, which could probably offer a much more noticeable boost, though they would likely be harder to draw power from, as most God-class planets possessed a planar will.
Above God-class planets lay the Divine Realms.
The Divine Realms also relied on the cosmos to exist, they just occupied a special dimension.
Therefore, the power of a Divine Realm was still weaker than that of the cosmos itself.
Above the Divine Realms was the cosmos, which could also be called a Divine Star; perhaps the two were on the same level.
"My three mini-worlds form a formation, suppressed by the twenty-four Celestial Beads, yet even borrowing from such a small pocket of the cosmos, they actually feel like they're slightly pushing their limits."
Su Wen's eyes gleamed as he looked at the Abyss Sovereign across from him, continuously condensing and blasting out the Seal of Heaven and Earth.
The power of the cosmos was too overwhelming; he needed to squander it as quickly as possible.
Even if it poured in endlessly, he still had to vent it.
He needed to minimize the immense pressure this cosmic power was exerting on his own mini-worlds.
Of course, while continuously expending the cosmic power, Su Wen was also using it to expand his three mini-worlds.
Rumble! The three mini-worlds continued to spread and expand. Cosmic energy was frantically devoured by them, causing the three mini-worlds to grow increasingly massive.
"It's a pity the Silver Dragon King has already transformed and can't help me," Su Wen thought helplessly.
If the Silver Dragon King hadn't completely reincarnated, then no matter how poor her condition was, she could have at least helped him stabilize his mini-worlds.
"I need to expand the mini-worlds as quickly as possible to accommodate even greater cosmic power."
While unleashing a continuous barrage of the Seal of Heaven and Earth, Su Wen was also doing everything in his power to expand his three mini-worlds.
The stronger the three mini-worlds became, the stronger the cosmic power he could control would be, which was the only way he could contend with the Abyss Sovereign.
Right now, because Su Wen was continuously spamming his signature bombardment tactics, the Abyss Sovereign was being relentlessly blasted and hadn't launched a targeted counterattack. This was why Su Wen appeared completely unscathed.
In reality, the gap between him and the Abyss Sovereign was still immense.
"Madman!"
In truth, the Abyss Sovereign could have easily swept away Su Wen's Seal of Heaven and Earth and launched a counterattack, but at this moment, he was wary.
To fight him, Su Wen had actually gone ahead and directly burned that already-formed embryonic divine throne.
That thing was probably only one final step away from completion, right?
Even the Abyss Sovereign felt a pang of distress watching this.
If you don't want a divine throne embryo like that, I do! Why didn't you just give it to me?!
Even if there's no Divine Realm to host it, I could have refined it into the core of the Abyss to help me bear the weight of the Abyss's power!
The Abyss Sovereign was certain that with an embryonic divine throne as a vessel, he would be able to unleash his full power in the future even when he wasn't inside the Abyss. The importance of this to him went without saying.
Yet, Su Wen had directly burned this embryonic throne, leaving him without a single sliver of opportunity.
The Abyss Sovereign's current mindset was to wait until Su Wen squandered all his power, and then see if Su Wen's three mini-worlds could even be preserved.
"Hmph, using the power of the cosmos to expand mini-worlds--how utterly insane."
At this moment, the Abyss Sovereign was also pondering Su Wen's true intentions.
A mortal enemy?
The Abyss Sovereign had no idea when he had ever provoked such a mortal enemy.
Even though he felt there was a decent chance the opponent was a survivor of some plane he had devoured in the past, he was more inclined to believe that Su Wen had other motives.
Purely for revenge?
If so, it could only be said that this guy was currently throwing his life away.
Sure enough, as Su Wen continuously squandered the cosmic power, those three mini-worlds were rapidly expanding.
Noticing this, the Abyss Sovereign confidently assumed he had deduced Su Wen's goal.
"Using the power of the cosmos to evolve and expand mini-worlds might allow you to upgrade them faster, but you will absolutely suffer a backlash!"
The Abyss Sovereign sneered.
As the master of a plane, he understood the power of the cosmos all too well.
So what if you have an embryonic divine throne to bear it?
The power of the cosmos isn't something you can just borrow whenever you want.
It might feel great using it right now, but in a moment, when your three mini-worlds reach their limits and can no longer upgrade rapidly in a short amount of time, that will be the exact moment the cosmic power continues to swell and blows you to pieces.
"My job is simply to take over your three mini-worlds once you, a madman, are blown apart."
A trinity, opposing yet tightly interconnected--such a trio of mini-worlds was truly peculiar.
He couldn't begin to fathom how this madman had found three such mini-worlds, let alone how he had become the world master of all three simultaneously.
Countless thoughts flashed through the Abyss Sovereign's mind.
"This Abyss Sovereign is probably waiting to reap the spoils after I exhaust myself, isn't he?" Su Wen sneered inwardly.
Naturally, he had guessed the thoughts of the Master of the Abyss.
In fact, this was precisely the direction he wanted to guide him in.
Otherwise, if this guy were to unleash his full power right away, things would get incredibly ugly.
The Heavenly Sacred Abyss Halberd was a Super Divine Weapon that ignored all defenses.
With the Heavenly Sacred Abyss Halberd in hand, a single strike could shatter your defenses. Any technique or defense was entirely useless before it.
It was pure, absolute true damage.
Even three mini-worlds wouldn't be able to block an attack from the Heavenly Sacred Abyss Halberd.
That was the terrifying nature of a Super Divine Weapon.
A Super Divine Weapon that corresponded to the God King level!
Ordinary Gods only began to touch upon the power of profound insights, and the authority of a divine throne merely solidified those insights, allowing them to expand, intercept cosmic power, and distort cosmic laws. The power of a God King-level deity would only be vastly more terrifying.
A God King was universally recognized throughout the cosmos as a dividing line for the truly powerful; it was naturally fundamentally different from the preceding First-Class and Second-Class Gods.
"Just wait. Wait until my three mini-worlds grow to their expected sizes, wait until I finish receiving my rewards, and wait until I am ready to open up my mini-cosmos..." Su Wen continuously repeated his overwhelming bombardment tactics, giving his all to expand the mini-worlds.
In his mind, notifications regarding his God Trials quickly flashed by.
"Yellow Class First Trial cleared. Reward: Comprehension of Divine Cultivation."
The Yellow Class First Trial was a trial originating from the God of War.
It didn't finish early, and it didn't finish late; it concluded directly at this exact moment, judging Su Wen to have completed the trial.
Streams of information poured into Su Wen's mind, granting him a far more thorough understanding of divine cultivation.
"The cultivation of a God is, in essence, an advancement of dimensions!"
The so-called cultivation was simply the evolution of a living organism.
Below the God level, it was the strengthening of the lifeform itself on a three-dimensional plane, while simultaneously laying the foundation for the subsequent God-level cultivation. It meant cultivating a core across three different domains: essence, energy, and spirit--three distinct dimensions.
Breaking through to the God level meant achieving a sublimation of dimensions.
Above the third dimension lay the fourth dimension.
A four-dimensional lifeform represented a unification within four-dimensional space, ensuring the organism was no longer merely an existence confined strictly within three-dimensional space. Grounded in any one type of energy among essence, energy, or spirit, it constructed the lifeform's life source in the other dimensions outside the material dimension of the cosmos.
When a God inherited a divine throne, they were directly refining a divine throne located in another dimension and fusing it into themselves. This was considered expanding the four-dimensional attributes of the lifeform.
Intelligent life was already semi-four-dimensional by nature; the domain where the soul resided was located within the ethereal dimension of the soul.
Therefore, pursuing the fourth dimension was a latent potential inherent to every living organism.
It was just that the degree of difficulty varied.
Going further up was the process of perfecting one's own four-dimensional life essence.
Gods had their divine thrones to serve as coordinates, allowing them to quickly complete this process of perfection.
However, God-level experts born naturally within the cosmos could only grope their way forward bit by bit, attempting to merge into space and blend into heaven and earth to continuously perfect themselves.
Su Wen digested the insights into divine cultivation while simultaneously applying these realizations to the theories of the cultivators within the universe.
All of this happened incredibly fast.
It was like a sudden flash of divine inspiration.
With the assistance of his three mini-worlds, his four-dimensional processing speed was beyond fast.
"Dimensions--this is the absolute key to opening up a mini-cosmos!" Su Wen was entirely certain of this now.
The transformation of a planet with life into a higher-tier God-class planet was bound to involve a shift in dimensions as well.
Of course, he wasn't particularly interested in the evolutionary path of a living planet right now.
His primary focus remained on his mini-worlds.
Without a doubt, his three mini-worlds were merely spaces in a three-dimensional sense.
Even the rules constraining these mini-worlds were just Su Wen using his own power to interfere on a realistic, material dimension.
If these three mini-worlds wanted to upgrade now and become true planes, they likely couldn't do so without an evolution of dimensions--meaning they had to become four-dimensional planets.
The fourth dimension; perhaps this was the true essence of principal planes like the Douluo Plane.
Because it was four-dimensional, once someone refined a plane like this--even if it wasn't considered a God-class planet--and became its planar master, they could naturally and effortlessly become a God.
"There's no rush to upgrade the mini-worlds."
Mini-worlds, and a mini-cosmos.
These were the two tiers of worlds Su Wen intended to open up.
Among them, the mini-cosmos was an existence that encompassed all mini-worlds, similar to how the universe encompassed the various planes within it.
For a two-tiered world system like this, the mini-cosmos itself had to be higher in rank than the mini-worlds to begin with, so that it could contain them.
If the mini-worlds were only three-dimensional, then they could just remain three-dimensional for the time being.
When opening up the mini-cosmos, he would simply forge it directly into the fourth dimension.
Su Wen didn't yet understand which direction a world or plane needed to develop toward if it wanted to break through to the fourth dimension, so the safest approach right now was to maintain the three-dimensional attributes of the mini-worlds while simultaneously opening up a four-dimensional mini-cosmos.
"Red Class Seven Trials, Sixth Trial: The Decisive Battle of the Abyss. Reward: An opportunity to perceive the dimensional perspective!"
The trial of the God of Time also provided a prompt indicating the task was complete.
The trials were originally handed down by the Gods themselves; whenever a God felt it was appropriate and could accept the answer provided by the trial-taker, the trial would pass.
Clearly, in Su Wen's current state, the God of Time believed he was fully capable of breaking through.
Perhaps it didn't completely satisfy the original parameters of his trial, but the progress and growth Su Wen displayed after accepting the reward at this exact moment was the absolute most perfect outcome.
That was more than enough.
Trials were originally meant to nurture people, not to make things deliberately difficult for them.
Su Wen took a deep breath.
The cosmic power was completely under his control.
"This cosmic power is truly peculiar."
Compared to the fourth dimension in Su Wen's understanding, it was higher by more than just a single dimension.
Su Wen couldn't even fully sense its true nature.
Under the dimensional perspective, Su Wen was only barely able to tap into the four-dimensional attributes of this cosmic power.
But this was already enough.
The reward from the God of War's trial earlier had come at the perfect time. It gave him a deeper understanding of divine cultivation, which in turn gave him a profound realization regarding dimensions, subsequently making the process he had previously deduced for opening up a mini-cosmos even more flawless.
If he didn't open it up now, when would he?
Leveraging this opportunity to comprehend a higher dimensional perspective, Su Wen officially began his path to godhood.
Becoming a God!
Opening up a mini-cosmos and becoming a four-dimensional lifeform--this was what it meant to achieve godhood.
As for whether his physical body had reached Level 100, that was no longer the criteria for judging the God level.
The essence of a God was the fourth dimension.
By opening up a four-dimensional mini-cosmos, there was no way Su Wen could suppress his own life essence; he would inevitably transform into a four-dimensional being, making him a God.
It was just that his body in the realistic dimension still needed to be cultivated to lay the foundation for his God-level cultivation.
The heavens and earth initially split.
Chaos reigned supreme.
The world powers of the three mini-worlds clashed.
The cosmic power was channeled by the mini-worlds, and amidst the rumbling, it felt as though a new world was being forged from scratch.
Within a patch of nothingness, three mini-worlds appeared out of thin air, each situated in three entirely different dimensions.
The three mini-worlds were located in the three dimensions of essence, energy, and spirit, stabilizing this once-vacant zone.
The cosmic power came rushing inside.
"We can't have that."
Su Wen smiled, refusing to allow the cosmic power to enter this mini-cosmos of his at this stage.
The Celestial Beads suppressed the area.
The embryonic divine throne, which was now mostly burned away, completely bore the weight of the Great Dao at this moment, directing the cosmic power to retreat from the boundaries of the mini-cosmos.
And this action completely squandered the final remaining strength of the embryo.
Dissipated faith, dissipated profound insights of creation.
The Great Destruction!
Su Wen defined it as the Great Destruction.
The embryonic Creation God throne vanished entirely, and immediately following that, a brand-new embryonic Creation God throne representing the Great Destruction was born.
The previous Creation God throne leaned heavily toward creation; rather than calling it a Creation God throne, it was more accurate to call it a God of Creation throne.
The current Creation God throne leaned heavily toward the Great Destruction; it could also be called a God of Destruction throne.
It was just that because it simultaneously fused creation, destruction, time, and space, its status had already reached the level of creation--yet it only represented one facet of creation.
And at this moment, Su Wen had completed the inversion of the two sides of creation.