In the deep reaches of the universe, the physical body of the Asura God King shattered. His divine soul, clutching the remnants of Tang San's body and the nearly fractured Rakshasa God Position, fled back to the God Realm like a stray dog.
His only hope, the final chip he had to turn the tables, lay exactly where Yu Yuanchen had anticipated: the Forbidden Land of God, where the Golden Dragon King was sealed.
The Forbidden Land of God was located in the most remote and chaotic corner of the God Realm. There was no brilliant divine light here, only eternal gloom and deathly silence. A massive barrier shrouded the area, isolating it from all prying eyes.
In the center of the barrier, a giant, ten-thousand-zhang-tall cocoon, dark gold in color and covered in natural dragon patterns, pulsed slowly like a heart, emitting a suffocating, vast Bloodline Power and a chaotic, violent intent.
This was the "Dragon Cocoon" formed after the Dragon God War, created by the Five Great God Kings who had joined forces to set up a powerful seal to suppress the Golden Dragon King.
Back then, the Asura God King had split the Dragon God into the Golden Dragon King and the Silver Dragon King with a single strike. The Golden Dragon King, inheriting the Dragon God's power and physical body, had burned its origin at the brink of death to transform into this indestructible dragon cocoon, which the gods could not fully eradicate and could only choose to seal.
Over the long years, the dragon cocoon had continuously absorbed the divine power leaking from the God Realm, silently accumulating strength while waiting for the day it would break the seal.
As for the Asura God King, in order to cultivate Tang San as a vessel, he had once used the excuse of "cultivating a new God King to balance Yu Yuanchen." He had united with the God of Goodness and the God of Evil, using the authority of the three great God Kings to steal a trace of the Golden Dragon King's bloodline power from the seal and inject it into Tang San.
It was during that operation that the Asura God King had secretly tampered with the seal, causing a minute loosening and leaving behind a hidden contingency, all for the sake of one day plotting to seize this peerless body that contained the majority of the Dragon God's power.
At this moment, a streak of blood-colored light, so faint it was on the verge of dissipating, stumbled through the outer warning barrier of the Forbidden Land of God, revealing the cracked, hollow-eyed body of Tang San.
The tattered divine soul projection of the Asura God King emerged with great difficulty from between his brows. Looking at the pulsing dark gold dragon cocoon before him, his eyes were filled with greed, despair, and a final touch of madness.
"Golden Dragon King... a body approaching the Supreme God King level... only by obtaining you can I survive the siege of those fellows! And perhaps... make a comeback and rule the God Realm!" The Asura God King's divine soul fluctuated violently. His divine sense swept across the God Realm, and he could clearly feel the vast divine power of the four great God Kings rapidly approaching. The pursuers from the God Realm Committee would arrive in an instant; his time was running out.
The Asura God King communicated with the hidden hand he had left on the seal years ago. Suddenly, a rune on the surface of the dragon cocoon lit up with a faint red glow. The seal laid down by the Five Great God Kings experienced a momentary disorder in its laws, and the power of the seal briefly receded.
"Now!"
The Asura God King's remnant soul let out a low shout and transformed into a streak of blood-colored light. Without hesitation, he abandoned Tang San's body, which was on the verge of total collapse, and charged toward the dark gold dragon cocoon like a moth to a flame. Wherever his divine soul passed, even the surrounding air was stained dark red.
"ROAR—!!! Asura, you despicable thief! You dare to trespass against me again!"
The moment the Asura God King's soul touched the dragon cocoon, the entire Forbidden Land of God trembled violently. The dragon cocoon erupted with an earth-shattering dragon roar that pierced through the barrier and echoed across the entire edge of the God Realm, carrying the rage and unwillingness of an ancient, savage beast.
A terrifying will that had been dormant for billions of years suddenly awakened. It was the instinctive consciousness of the Golden Dragon King. Even after being sealed for countless years, this pride belonging to the supreme dragon race would not allow outsiders to violate it easily.
Although the Golden Dragon King excelled in physical strength, the resilience of a dragon's soul was also legendary. Sensing the intrusion of an external divine soul, it let out an angry roar. A powerful dragon soul force rolled toward the Asura God King like a tsunami, intending to crush this ant-like existence into dust!
If the Asura God King had been in his prime, he might have been able to contend with it using his God King Level divine soul cultivation. But now, he was severely wounded and dying, his divine soul strength less than a tenth of what it once was. Facing the Golden Dragon King's counterattack, he was on the verge of shattering instantly.
"Now! Dragon God Malice, obey my command!" The Asura God King let out a hysterical roar, unleashing all the research results he had accumulated over countless years regarding the trace of Dragon God Malice that had entangled him! A strange, extremely subtle fluctuation carrying the mad origin of the Dragon God was cast into the deepest part of the Golden Dragon King's consciousness like a fuse!
"AWOOO—!!!"
The Golden Dragon King's massive dragon soul suddenly stalled. Immediately after, those dragon eyes, which had originally been filled only with violence, were instantly flooded with endless chaos, madness, and blood-red color! The malice left behind by the Dragon God, most of which the Golden Dragon King had inherited, was instantly detonated and amplified by the Asura God King's special methods!
At this moment, the Golden Dragon King completely lost its sanity, turning into a mad beast that knew only destruction! Its dragon soul rampaged and tore within its body, unable to form any effective defense or attack.
"Now!" The Asura God King's remnant soul seized this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Like maggots on bone, he followed the trajectory of the erupting malice, forcibly broke through the Golden Dragon King's soul defense, and surged madly into its consciousness core to seize control of this body that was nearing the Supreme God King level!
"ROAR! Asura, I will not let you succeed! Let's perish together!" The Golden Dragon King's dragon soul was unwilling. In the final moment before losing its sanity, it instinctively bit down madly at the Asura God King's divine soul.
This process was extremely dangerous. The Asura God King's divine soul was like a candle in the wind, liable to be torn apart at any moment by the violent soul power unconsciously emitted by the Golden Dragon King, and he suffered unbearable pain from the constant erosion of the Dragon God Malice. But he had no retreat path!
Rumble—!
Cracks began to appear on the surface of the massive dark gold dragon cocoon, and dazzling gold-red light burst forth from them! The terrifying Bloodline Power and violent Dragon Might spread out like substance, causing the barrier of the entire Forbidden Land of God to shake violently!
Such earth-shattering commotion finally completely alerted the gods of the God Realm!
Swish! Swish! Swish! Swish!
Four figures radiating vast Divine Might appeared almost simultaneously on the periphery of the Forbidden Land of God. They were the four great God Kings who had arrived after sensing the anomaly in the seal and the familiar, evil aura—the God of Goodness, the God of Evil, the Life Goddess, and the God of Destruction!
"That is... the aura of Asura?! And the Dragon Might of the Golden Dragon King! He actually dared to plot against the Golden Dragon King!" The God of Goodness looked at the cracked dragon cocoon, where energy was running wild, and felt the mad and familiar divine soul fluctuation within. Her beautiful face was filled with shock and disbelief, her voice carrying undisguised astonishment.
The Destruction Intent around the God of Destruction boiled madly, and the Destruction Scepter in his hand trembled slightly. He was already of a violent temperament, and seeing that the Asura God King dared to touch the greatest taboo of the God Realm, he was furious: "This scoundrel! He is simply audacious!"
Just then, another streak of light descended from the sky. Yu Yuanchen, accompanied by Qian Daoliu, Tang Chen, Ye Zhilan, and Bo Saixi—whose auras had already stabilized—also arrived at the scene.
"Yuan Chen God King, what exactly is going on here?" The Life Goddess looked at Yu Yuanchen and asked in a grave tone. They had only sensed that the Asura God King's aura was abnormally weak before he appeared in the Forbidden Land of God and triggered the anomaly in the Golden Dragon King's seal; they did not know the specific details.
Yu Yuanchen did not waste words. He pointed a finger, and a divine light transformed into a light screen in the air, manifesting the scenes from his memory: his confrontation with the Asura God King in the deep universe, the Asura God King's devouring of the Rakshasa God Position and Tang San's divine soul, his self-exposure of his schemes, and the final outcome where they had joined forces to severely wound him, shattering his body and forcing his divine soul to flee by possessing Tang San's shell—all of this was clearly displayed before the four great God Kings.
The scenes in the light screen, especially the Asura God King's unbridled confession regarding killing the Dragon God to obtain feedback, being polluted by the Dragon God Malice, splitting his god position to create the Rakshasa, treating Tang San as a container or a trash can, and his ambition to plot for the power of the Golden Dragon King and the Silver Dragon King, made the expressions of the four great God Kings look incredibly ugly.
"He... he was actually polluted by the Dragon God Malice long ago..." The God of Evil's face was livid. He had always thought that Asura was just cold-natured, but he had never expected that his origin had already been compromised.
The God of Goodness was even more pained and angry: "To cultivate a so-called 'new God King,' he actually deceived us, joined forces to loosen the Golden Dragon King's seal, and stole the bloodline... So it turns out everything was within his calculations!"
The Life Goddess and the God of Destruction looked at each other, both seeing the gravity and killing intent in each other's eyes. The Asura God King's actions had completely crossed the bottom line of the God Realm's rules and posed a huge threat to the stability of the God Realm!
"Asura! You... have disappointed us too much!" The God of Goodness was heartbroken. He let out a hoarse, mad roar, and dark gold and dark purple light flickered alternately in his dragon eyes, "Victory or defeat is decided by the outcome! Today, with this Dragon God body in hand, who in the God Realm can do anything to me?! Once I completely fuse with this power, you... will all become stepping stones for me to reach the Supreme!"
The dragon cocoon shattered completely! A giant beast with a body length exceeding ten thousand zhang, dark gold all over, scales shimmering with metallic cold light, and blood-red, chaotic eyes revealed its terrifying form! It was the Golden Dragon King! But at this moment, the distorted and painful phantom of the Asura God King's face appeared vaguely on its massive head!
The Asura Golden Dragon was born!
The aura it emitted had already surpassed that of an ordinary God King, and was even a few notches stronger than the Asura God King in his prime!
Moreover, it seemed that because the Golden Dragon King's dragon soul and the Asura God King's soul were entangled madly, and both had been eroded by the Dragon God Malice, they had actually begun to show signs of fusion. However, the divine soul was extremely chaotic, the will was unclear, and it had become a completely mad dragon!
"We must not let him succeed!" The God of Destruction roared, slamming his Destruction Scepter into the void and striking first! A terrifying Torrent of Destruction transformed into a giant axe and slashed fiercely at the cracking dragon cocoon!
The God of Goodness sighed, Holy Light shining down to purify the evil; the God of Evil invoked the extreme evil of the world to corrode all things; the Life Goddess scattered the radiance of life, yet it contained the law of stripping away life force! The four great God Kings joined forces, their Divine Might vast and mighty, transforming into a four-colored divine light canopy that suppressed the Asura Golden Dragon!
"ROAR! Asura Domain! Golden Dragon Tyrant Body!" The Asura Golden Dragon roared. Golden dragon power and dark red Asura divine power mixed and erupted, forming a chaotic domain to resist the attacks of the four great God Kings!
Rumble—!!!
A terrifying explosion erupted in the center of the Forbidden Land of God! The seal shattered completely, and the aftermath swept outward, leveling the entire Forbidden Land of God to the ground! Had the four God Kings not intentionally controlled the blast, at least half of the God Realm would have suffered!
However, the result caused the hearts of all the deities to sink. The combined strike of the four God Kings had been withstood head-on by the Asura Golden Dragon! Although its dragon scales were shattered, blood was flowing freely, and its aura was in complete disarray, it had indeed blocked the attack! A physical body approaching the Supreme level was truly too powerful!
"It's useless! You cannot kill me!" The Asura Golden Dragon sneered, waving its dragon claws to tear through space and launch a counterattack! The battle instantly reached a fever pitch!
"Attack together! Suppress it!" The God of Goodness shouted sharply. The four God Kings each unleashed their divine abilities, surrounding the Asura Golden Dragon and attacking frantically!
However, although the Asura Golden Dragon's consciousness was chaotic and it relied entirely on instinct and the residual combat memories of the Asura God, its physical body was simply too strong! With every swing of its dragon claws, sweep of its dragon tail, and blast of dragon breath, each strike contained the immense power to shatter stars! The attacks from the four God Kings, when landing on it, resulted in nothing more than torn skin and flesh, failing to inflict any fatal wounds.
The God of Evil attempted to launch a soul attack, but the moment his Divine Sense invaded the Golden Dragon King's Sea of Consciousness, it was struck by the boundless Dragon God Malice and insane will. He groaned, his complexion turning pale, and he quickly withdrew, still shaken: "It's no use! Its Sea of Consciousness is flooded with the Dragon God Malice; a soul attack would only backfire!"
The situation fell into a stalemate. Although the four God Kings could suppress the Asura Golden Dragon, they could not kill it, nor could they even inflict heavy damage. Meanwhile, the Asura Golden Dragon was attacking the barrier frantically, attempting to break out of the Forbidden Land of God!
"This cannot go on! The barrier of the Forbidden Land of God won't hold for much longer. Once it breaks, Asura will be able to tear through the void and escape through the void turbulence," the Life Goddess said anxiously.
The God of Evil looked grim: "If Asura's true self were still here, the five of us could join forces to execute the 'Three Realms Judgment Sword' and surely annihilate it! But now..."
"Three Realms Judgment Sword?" Yu Yuanchen's heart stirred as he recalled the legends surrounding this divine skill. It was a Super Divine Artifact-level technique co-created by the Five Great God Kings to deal with the remnants of the Dragon God. It required the fusion of the five God Kings' origin divine power, with the Asura God as the lead, and its power was sufficient to judge any existence below a Supreme God King. But the prerequisite was that the five God Kings must be of one mind.
Just as everyone was at a loss, the God of Destruction looked intently at Yu Yuanchen, a flash of resolution in his eyes, and suddenly spoke: "Yuanchen! Although you have never participated in the execution of the Three Realms Judgment Sword and are not one of the original Five Great God Kings of the God Realm, your strength has long reached the God King Level, in no way inferior to the Asura God in his prime!
Now that Asura has rebelled, the five are one short, and the Three Realms Judgment Sword cannot be performed. But if you were to temporarily take Asura's place, combining the power of the five of us, perhaps we could attempt to trigger a similar method of judgment! Even if the power is not equal to the original Three Realms Judgment Sword, it should be enough to execute this mad dragon!"
The Life Goddess, the God of Goodness, and the God of Evil were stunned at first, then looked at Yu Yuanchen one after another, their eyes filled with hope and expectation. The current situation was dire; the Asura Golden Dragon could break through the barrier and escape at any moment, and the God of Destruction's proposal was undoubtedly the only way.
Yu Yuanchen pondered for a moment, his gaze sweeping over the Asura Golden Dragon attacking the barrier, then back to the four God Kings, before finally nodding slowly, his voice firm: "Very well! Eliminating a scourge for the common people and removing a hidden danger for the God Realm is my duty! However, I am not familiar with the nature of your divine powers. During the fusion, I will need your full cooperation and guidance; there must be no holding back."
"That goes without saying! We will cooperate with all our might!" the four God Kings replied in unison, a sense of relief in their eyes.
The next moment, Yu Yuanchen and the four God Kings moved rapidly, occupying five positions and surrounding the Asura Golden Dragon, which was still attacking the barrier, to form a perfect Pentagonal Array. The auras of the five God Kings connected, forming an invisible barrier of divine power that completely locked down the Asura Golden Dragon's range of movement.
"Yuan Chen God King, please use your divine power as the lead, open your Divine Soul, and accept our origins!" The voice of the God of Goodness echoed through Divine Sense into Yu Yuanchen's mind.
Yu Yuanchen took a deep breath, and the Chaos divine light bloomed around him, adjusting his state to its peak. His life-bound divine artifact, the Yuanchen Dragon Spear, emerged from the void and hovered before him.
He opened his Divine Soul and divine power barriers, cautiously guiding the origin divine powers from the four God Kings—four vast and immense forces of different attributes, any one of which could easily crush an ordinary God King.
The holy light of Goodness, the deep dark light of Evil, the vibrant green light of Life, and the nirvana black light of Destruction—these four powerful divine forces poured into Yu Yuanchen's body like four rushing rivers, merging into his Yuanchen Great Dao.
The Yuanchen Great Dao inherently emphasized encompassing all things and mutual compatibility; it was the most suitable path for fusion in the world. If it were any other God King, they would have had their Divine Soul extinguished and their Dragon Body destroyed instantly under the impact of these four conflicting divine powers.
Even so, Yu Yuanchen was under immense pressure. Beads of sweat seeped from his forehead, and his complexion turned slightly pale. He exerted his internal cultivation to the limit, using his own Chaos divine power as a hub to struggle to harmonize and guide these four powerful forces, forcing them to fuse along a specific trajectory. This process was extremely dangerous; the slightest carelessness would lead to a backlash from the four divine powers, serving as the ultimate test of his control over divine power.
Feeling the condensation of five powerful God King auras, especially the familiar and detestable sense of judgment forming, the residual consciousness of the Asura God within the instinctively crazed Golden Dragon King let out an angry roar, and its attacks became even more violent!
"Hurry! The barrier is about to give way!" Qian Daoliu and the others outside watched with burning anxiety, doing their utmost to reinforce the crumbling barrier.
Finally, under Yu Yuanchen's desperate control, the origin divine powers of the four God Kings and his own Yuanchen divine power achieved a preliminary fusion! A terrifying pressure, far exceeding that of a single God King, began to condense in this space!
"Form transformation! Judgment Spear!" Yu Yuanchen had a flash of inspiration. He did not stick to the shape of a sword, but instead infused his most proficient Spear Intent into it! The fused, vast divine power condensed in his hands into a giant spear, ten thousand zhang long, appearing both real and illusory!
The spear body presented a strange color of Chaos, flowing with the law runes of Goodness, Evil, Life, and Destruction, while the spear tip condensed Yu Yuanchen's indestructible, law-breaking Yuanchen Spear Intent!
Once this spear appeared, the space of the entire Forbidden Land of God was completely locked! The massive body of the Asura Golden Dragon stiffened suddenly, and in its blood-red Dragon Eyes, a trace of fear born from the instinct of life actually emerged!
"Three Realms Judgment... Spear!" Yu Yuanchen roared, pouring all his strength, will, and killing intent toward Asura into this single strike!
The giant spear transformed into a streak of Chaos light that pierced through the past, present, and future, ignoring space and time. Carrying the supreme law of judging all and ending all, it shot violently toward the head of the Asura Golden Dragon!
The Asura Golden Dragon let out a desperate and crazed roar, condensing all its Dragon God power and Asura divine power into its dragon claws to meet the strike head-on!
However, in the face of a Super Divine Artifact-level technique that fused the power of five God Kings and was born specifically to judge the Dragon God lineage, all resistance was futile!
Sshhh—!
The Judgment Spear, like a hot knife through butter, easily pierced the dragon claws, tore through the dragon scales, and penetrated the incredibly hard skull, which was comparable to a Super Divine Artifact!
The power of judgment and destruction contained in the spear tip exploded within the Asura Golden Dragon! The power of Goodness purified the evil, the power of Evil eroded the origin, the power of Life reversed the withering, the power of Destruction ended everything, and Yu Yuanchen's Yuanchen Spear Intent was responsible for detonating all this destructive power completely!
"No—!!!" The residual Divine Soul of the Asura God let out a final shriek filled with unwillingness and malice, and then, under the scouring of the five divine powers, it disintegrated inch by inch along with the Golden Dragon King's crazed dragon soul, which was filled with evil thoughts, and was annihilated!
That ten-thousand-zhang dragon body, like ignited paper, began to turn into the finest specks of light from the inside out, dissipating between heaven and earth. Only a dark golden, large dragon core (Spirit Core) covered in cracks and the shattered fragments of the Asura God Position and Rakshasa God Position remained, floating in mid-air and emitting a faint light.
The raging energy slowly subsided, and the broken barrier gradually stabilized. The Forbidden Land of God finally returned to a deathly silence.
The five God Kings landed slowly. Looking at that dragon core, they all breathed a sigh of relief. Their faces could not hide their exhaustion, but there was more of a sense of relief at having resolved a major threat.
Yu Yuanchen reached out and beckoned, taking the Golden Dragon King's Spirit Core into his hand. Feeling the vast Qi and Blood and the residual Dragon God will contained within, his expression was complex.
"Asura... ultimately reaped what he sowed." The God of Goodness sighed, her tone carrying a trace of regret, but more of resolution. That a former companion had gone astray and met such an end was a tragedy for the God Realm, but for the sake of the God Realm's peace, it had to be done.
"Yuan Chen God King, thanks to your intervention this time, we were able to eradicate this monster," the Life Goddess thanked him sincerely.
"It was my duty," Yu Yuanchen nodded slightly. "Now that Asura has been executed, the order of the God Realm still requires the four of you to maintain it together. The Federation and the God Realm can also coexist peacefully."
"Now that this matter is settled and the scourge of Asura has been removed. The Asura God Position has shattered to this extent and is very difficult to repair. Some edge fragments of the God Position can provide some help to those First-level Gods below the God King level, and we can divide the core fragments. As for this Golden Dragon King Spirit Core..." The God of Destruction looked at Yu Yuanchen.
Yu Yuanchen gripped the Spirit Core gently and said calmly: "I will not participate in the distribution of the God Position fragments. To be honest, I carry the Dragon Bloodline, and this Golden Dragon King Spirit Core has special significance for me and will be of great help to my cultivation.
However, please rest assured, I have no interest in reviving the Dragon God; I just have some ideas regarding the vast power contained within it. I can swear by my own God Position that I will never use the Spirit Core to do anything that harms the God Realm, and you may supervise me at any time."
The four God Kings looked at each other and nodded. Although the Golden Dragon King Spirit Core was extremely precious to them, they did not have the Dragon Bloodline and it was not compatible with them; Life and Destruction naturally supported Yu Yuanchen.
As for Goodness and Evil, they were already feeling guilty for having been deceived by Asura, and facing Yu Yuanchen, who had made such a great contribution, they could not bring themselves to object. Through this battle, the strength and responsibility Yu Yuanchen displayed had also won their respect.
A great storm that swept through the God Realm and the lower realms finally came to an end with the complete annihilation of the Asura God and the collapse of the Golden Dragon King's physical body. The God Realm ushered in a new pattern, and the Douluo Continent, under the governance of the Federation, moved toward a broader future.
After this, Yu Yuanchen and the others ascended to the God Realm one after another, entrusting the future to those who came after them.
The first thing Yu Yuanchen did after ascending to the God Realm was to join forces with the God of Destruction to push for reforms within the God Realm. For millions of years, the rules of the God Realm had become rigid; the promotion of deities was strictly restricted, and ordinary deities could only follow a set routine, lacking any drive for progress. The entire God Realm was like a stagnant pool of water, devoid of vitality.
Yu Yuanchen and the God of Destruction stood in the main hall of the God Realm Committee and, facing all the deities, proposed the Reform Decree, which shook the entire God Realm.
The first step was to promote the Path of Divine Spark, encouraging cultivators in the lower realms to pursue this path.
He pushed the God Realm Committee to pass a resolution to transmit this precious knowledge through divine oracles, the manifestation of ruins, and mental imprints, targeting the consciousness of peak powerhouses with exceptional talent and resilient character in the lower planes under their jurisdiction. This was not about forcing growth, but rather pointing out the direction and igniting hope for those prodigies trapped by bottlenecks.
From then on, the number of ascenders from the lower realms increased, with new ones appearing every so often.
Furthermore, the promotion of Divine Officials was no longer based solely on background and seniority, but rather on merit, potential, and the depth of one's comprehension of the laws of the God Realm.
A specialized God Examination Hall was established, presided over in rotation by the main gods of each lineage, to hold periodic comprehensive assessments covering strength, wisdom, character, and the ability to control laws.
Those who excelled could directly obtain the qualification to inherit core God Positions or be prioritized for cultivation. This provided a clear path of advancement for countless low-level Divine Officials and ascenders who had previously seen no hope.
The God Realm was immediately in an uproar. Some old-school deities opposed this, believing that such actions would disrupt the order of the God Realm, but they were suppressed by the combined efforts of Yu Yuanchen and the God of Destruction.
In their capacity as God Kings, Yu Yuanchen and the God of Destruction demoted those old-school deities who harbored dissatisfaction and stirred up trouble in secret to the lower realms, forcing them to re-experience the lives of common mortals, thereby clearing the obstacles for reform.
Qian Daoliu, Tang Chen, Bo Saixi, and Ye Zhilan also found their own places in the God Realm.
Under the promotion of Yu Yuanchen and the God of Destruction, the changes in the God Realm progressed rapidly. The closed gates of the God Realm were opened, and countless outstanding soul masters from the lower realms ascended via the Path of Divine Spark, injecting fresh blood into the God Realm.
The territory of the God Realm continued to expand, coming into contact with more universal laws, and the horizons of the deities were broadened accordingly. The establishment of the Judgment Hall made the rules of the God Realm fairer; deities no longer engaged in internal strife but instead focused on cultivation, working together to build the God Realm. The once-stagnant God Realm had now become vibrant, like a rushing river, surging toward the vastness of the universe.
Deep beneath the Lake of Life in the heart of the Star Dou Great Forest, the long slumber of the Silver Dragon King Gu Yuena was coming to an end.
After utilizing the surging Dragon Power within the Spirit Core of the Golden Dragon King, Yu Yuanchen's physical body had improved significantly, reaching a level not much inferior to that of the Golden Dragon King himself.
Because Yu Yuanchen had once benefited from the legacy of the Dragon Race, he later gave the remaining small portion of the Golden Dragon King's bloodline essence to Gu Yuena, allowing her to make up for the shortcomings in her physical body, and her bloodline was further sublimated by half a step.
Now, she had finally cast off the shackles of the Dragon God and become a true God King. Furthermore, through her painstaking efforts and Yu Yuanchen's secret assistance, the Dragon God's ban on the beast race achieving godhood was significantly loosened. This allowed the beast race to achieve godhood once they possessed a sufficiently deep foundation (around 500,000 years of cultivation), and Di Tian finally fulfilled his long-cherished wish and became a god.
Following this, Yu Yuanchen met with the God of Destruction and other members of the God Realm Committee to discuss allowing Gu Yuena to lead the beast race back to the God Realm. The conditions he proposed were simply that the beast race must not attempt to resurrect the Dragon God and must not incite war in the God Realm.
As for those newly ascended beast gods, upon learning that the ban on the beast race achieving godhood had been set by the Dragon God himself, they already harbored resentment toward him and naturally agreed with joy.
In the end, the God Realm and the beast race reached a reconciliation. Gu Yuena led the powerhouses of the beast race to officially enter the God Realm, establishing the Beast God Temple and becoming new members of the God Realm. The legacy issues of the Dragon God War, after millions of years, were finally resolved satisfactorily.
The Douluo Federation also entered a golden age of rapid development after the war.
Limited technical support from the God Realm, the gradual establishment of exchanges with different planes, and the elimination of internal hidden dangers allowed Soul Tool Technology to change with each passing day. Civilian soul tools became popularized, and transportation and information networks covered every corner of the continent.
The boundary between soul masters and ordinary people was blurring, and a more inclusive and vibrant civilization was taking shape.
Yu Tianquan was undoubtedly the most dazzling star of this new era. After finally defeating the fallen Rakshasa God Tang San, his reputation as the God of Ten Thousand Laws resonated throughout the universe. However, unlike what people imagined—sitting high on a divine throne and receiving the worship of the masses—Yu Tianquan chose a different path.
He did not hold any specific official position in the federal government, nor did he accept the formal invitation from the God Realm Committee, choosing instead to return to Tianxing Academy.
Most of the time, Yu Tianquan lived in seclusion, practicing quietly in a simple courtyard behind Tianxing Academy.
His Way of Ten Thousand Laws was still being explored and perfected; becoming a god was not the end, but rather the moment he saw the vast ocean of laws.
Occasionally, he would hold lectures, not limited to martial souls or soul power, but speaking on his understanding of the elements of heaven and earth, the cycle of life and death, space and time, and even the Plane Law.
Those who came to listen included not only elite students of the academy and Titled Douluo from various factions, but occasionally even guests from the God Realm and curious travelers from other planes.
His lectures were often concise and pointed directly to the source, inspiring countless cultivators and injecting brand-new vitality and a grander vision into the cultivation system of the Douluo Continent.
His relationship with Qian Renxue, having weathered many storms, grew even more profound. Although the two did not hold a grand wedding, their status as a divine couple had long been recognized by all parties.
They often traveled together, sometimes visiting old friends in the Demon Plane, sometimes returning to the Saint Demon Continent to exchange insights on the mysteries of the path ahead with Electrolux, and sometimes appearing quietly in some corner of the continent to resolve potential crises or guide those with predestined affinity.
Qian Renxue inherited the duties of her grandfather, Qian Daoliu, and became one of the actual leaders of the Federation.
She vigorously promoted the transformation of the Martial Soul Hall, turning it from a soul master sanctuary with strong sectarian colors into a giant organization facing the entire continent, dedicated to soul master education, the public welfare application of soul tools, and the prevention and monitoring of Evil Soul Masters.
She personally spearheaded the formulation of stricter codes of conduct for soul masters, emphasizing that power and responsibility must coexist, and established a monitoring network covering the entire continent to ensure that the Federation's system would not be exploited by those driven by greed.
At the same time, Qian Renxue was exceptionally concerned about the cultivation of civilian soul masters. She used the deep foundation and influence of the Martial Soul Hall to set up multiple foundations to fund talented civilian children to complete their studies and pushed various academies to lower their enrollment thresholds.
Her figure often appeared in primary soul master academies across the land, encouraging those children with bewildered yet hopeful eyes. In the hearts of countless civilians, she was not only the noble and powerful Angel God, but also a compassionate messenger bringing light and opportunity.
Shrek Academy was undoubtedly one of the places most severely impacted by the Tang San incident. Dean Flender and the teachers were once plunged into deep self-reproach and confusion.
The academy underwent thorough reflection and reform, clearing away the soil that might have bred extreme individualism and utilitarianism in the past, and paying more attention to the cultivation of students' character and team spirit.
As for the former Shrek members, Dai Mubai ultimately lost in the family struggle, but the Dai Family, sensing the threat from the Zhu Family's shift from vassal to ally, did not kill Dai Mubai but imprisoned him instead.
Zhu Zhuqing, relying on her own efforts and the platform provided by Tianxing Academy, became the only Super Douluo of the Zhu Family, and it was because of her that the Zhu Family gained the confidence to stand on equal footing with the Dai Family.
Ma Hongjun, because of his issues with the evil fire, was stuck at the Soul Sage level and remained at Shrek Academy as a teacher alongside Oscar, who was already a Soul Douluo. However, Oscar did not give up on his diligent cultivation, and perhaps there would still be a day when he achieved the title of Food God.
Ning Rongrong had matured significantly, eventually mastering the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda and succeeding her father, Ning Fengzhi, as the Sect Master of the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, managing the sect so that it flourished.
The stars shifted and time flowed peacefully. The boys and girls of the past had all grown into the pillars supporting this world.
The story of the Douluo Continent never truly ended. It simply turned a new page, and on this page, what was written was no longer the grievances or the path to godhood of any one person, but a more magnificent epic of a civilization rebuilding on ruins, exploring in peace, and finding its own place among the stars and the sea.
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