The sky over the Douluo Continent was dyed a thick, blood-like crimson, as if burning with endless fury. Heavy dark clouds rolled like collapsing black mountains, pressing down so hard it was almost impossible to breathe.
Fierce winds howled and swept across, carrying the power to tear everything apart. Wherever they passed, houses were uprooted, trees were snapped in half, and broken branches and withered leaves danced wildly in the gale, like a doomsday carnival.
The earth trembled violently, and countless huge fissures spread rapidly like hideous wounds. Blazing magma spewed from underground, instantly turning everything around into a sea of fire. Billowing thick smoke blotted out the sun and sky, plunging the entire world into darkness.
In the Star Dou Great Forest, the usually leisurely soul beasts were now plunged into extreme panic. Countless soul beasts howled at the sky, their voices filled with despair and grief. The weaker soul beasts fled in all directions, but there was nowhere to hide. Trees in the forest fell in swaths, igniting raging fires that seemed intent on completely swallowing this ancient forest.
In the major cities, terrified screams echoed continuously. The streets were chaotic; people pushed and shoved, trying to find a safe corner. But where was there a truly safe place?
At the edges of the continent, surging ocean waves charged toward the land like ten thousand galloping horses, with an unprecedentedly violent momentum. The originally calm and azure ocean now resembled an enraged behemoth, opening its bottomless maw.
The waves rolled, one higher than the other, forming walls of water dozens of meters high. These water walls carried world-destroying power as they crushed toward the continent. Wherever they reached, whether prosperous towns or quiet villages, they were instantly submerged by the seawater.
The seawater roared, surging into valleys and canyons, turning mountain ranges into isolated islands. The originally towering mountain peaks could now only reveal their sharp tips above the water.
The coastal cities were the first to suffer. Tall buildings collapsed one after another like fragile houses of cards under the impact of the seawater. People cried out in terror, fleeing desperately inland, but the merciless seawater quickly caught up with their footsteps.
Countless sea soul beasts from the ocean were also washed ashore by the waves, struggling desperately in the waterlogged ruins.
The seawater continued to spread, swallowing fertile farmlands and submerging countless orchards and pastures. The once vibrant land had now turned into a vast ocean.
Yet the ocean's fury seemed unquenched. It continued to spread deeper, seemingly wanting to embrace the entire Douluo Continent and make it disappear forever beneath the endless waves.
The magnificent architecture of the major empires tottered in the tremors. Huge stone pillars began to collapse, and exquisite reliefs shattered into pieces.
In the sky, lightning flashed and thunder roared. Purple lightning bolts tore through the darkness like wildly dancing giant pythons. Every lightning strike brought a massive explosion, leaving the already shattered earth even more riddled with holes.
The entire Douluo Continent looked like a doomsday painting, filled with the aura of despair and destruction.
Suddenly, a dazzling blue light shone in the sky. Sea God Xu Sanshi stepped onto the void, the Sea God Trident in his hand emitting a holy and majestic aura. He gazed at the raging waves and waved the trident in his hand.
A powerful divine force erupted from his body, transforming into streaks of blue light that shot toward the turbulent sea. Under the suppression of this divine power, the seawater actually began to slowly calm down.
The Sea God's power spread out like ripples. The waves seemed to be invisibly bound; no longer as violent, they gradually became docile.
He danced his hands, and his divine power guided the seawater like silk threads, slowly pushing it back into the ocean. Those who had been swept away by the waves floated slowly back to land under the protection of Xu Sanshi's divine power.
However, Xu Sanshi's expression remained solemn. This was only a temporary relief. To completely resolve the ocean's threat, the Douluo plane needed to be thoroughly consolidated.
At the same time, the first-generation God Kings of Kindness and Evil acted together, injecting mental power into every part of the continent, soothing the panic of all living beings caused by the impending apocalypse.
"It won't work. The laws of the plane have been damaged to a certain extent because of your battle. Without the Divine Realm's mental power to stabilize it, the Douluo plane won't even last until next month." The God of Destruction looked solemn. He and the Goddess of Life had already joined hands to use the power of creation to maintain it, but it was just a drop in the bucket.
More importantly, the four of them as God Kings absolutely could not descend upon the current Douluo plane in person; doing so would inevitably accelerate the plane's destruction.
Hearing this, the expressions of Huo Yuhao and his partners changed drastically. Huo Yuhao especially; despite his countless calculations, he had ultimately missed this point.
During the Dragon King legend era, it was said that even ten thousand years ago, the Douluo Continent, rich in life energy, could barely withstand a battle between four First-Class Deities. Over these ten thousand years, the ecological environment had been damaged to a certain extent, making it far inferior to how it was back then.
Not to mention, there had just been a death match between two God Kings.
"This is troublesome." Huo Yuhao gritted his teeth. It was impossible for him to take a large group of people to the Divine Realm for refuge now. If the Douluo Continent perished, the Dragon Realm attached to it would also suffer a catastrophic disaster.
"Take care of yourself first." The Goddess of Life stopped healing Huo Yuhao. "Your internal organs, including your meridians, have been destroyed by the Golden Dragon King's bloodline. I can only restore you to the state you were in before swallowing the Golden Dragon King's bloodline. As long as the Golden Dragon King's bloodline is in your body for a single day, you will remain infinitely close to death."
"Thank you, Goddess, truly thank you..." To everyone's surprise, the first to speak up and offer thanks was actually Zhongli Yu, sobbing and bowing continuously to the Goddess of Life.
She had come so close, just a little bit closer, to truly losing Huo Yuhao...
The other partners also expressed their gratitude one after another. None of them could accept a future where Huo Yuhao died.
Boom boom boom! Crackle crackle...
On the side, the God of Destruction picked up Tang San's corpse and continuously bombarded it with destructive intent, grinding the bones to dust and scattering the ashes, as if venting the resentment he had harbored all these years. Even if Tang San were alive, he absolutely could not withstand such torment.
Not long after, the two God Kings of Kindness and Evil, who had been soothing the emotions of the living beings, and the newly promoted Sea God Xu Sanshi returned.
"How is the situation?" The Goddess of Life frowned and asked.
"I'm afraid we can only use the Divine Realm's mental power to maintain it temporarily. The battle between the two God Kings shattered the laws of the Douluo plane; it won't be that easy to repair," the God King of Evil sighed and said.
The God King of Kindness looked at Silver Dragon King Gu Yuena and said respectfully, "Silver Dragon King, allowing Tang San to descend was our misjudgment. Since you, who represent the Lord's kind thoughts, have returned, we will no longer stubbornly favor Tang San's side. The current catastrophe on Douluo started because of Evil and me. We have decided to sacrifice a portion of our own divine power to construct a Divine Realm mental power channel, maintaining the temporary stability of the Douluo plane."
Gu Yuena just nodded calmly. "I hope you keep your word."
Beside them, Huo Yuhao seemed to think of something and suddenly asked, "God King of Destruction, allow this junior to ask a bold question. Have you received any news regarding the Abyssal Plane that I asked for your help in investigating?"
"You plan to use the energy of the Abyssal Plane to replenish the Douluo Continent?" The God King of Evil immediately realized Huo Yuhao's intention and couldn't help but rub his chin. "This is indeed an optimal solution. This Douluo Continent has also reached the stage of destruction before establishment."
To Huo Yuhao's question, the God of Destruction shook his head. "The Abyssal Plane hides from us as fast as it can; how could it be so easily found? It's not that I didn't help, but the sea of stars is boundless. How difficult is it to find an ostracized Abyssal Plane within a galaxy?"
"I think the Crimson Plane should be somewhere around the Longma twin stars in the Longma Galaxy. I ask the God Kings to lend a hand." Huo Yuhao bowed slightly toward the four God Kings and added, "The space-time turbulence is not Tang San's illusion, but something that will inevitably arrive soon. The Divine Realm will definitely consume massive amounts of mental power to maintain the Douluo plane. If it can be replenished by the massive energy of the Abyssal Plane, then even when the space-time turbulence arrives in the future, the Divine Realm will not fear it at all."
"You human, you certainly know a lot." A trace of surprise flashed through the beautiful eyes of the God King of Kindness, her tone full of approval.
The God King of Evil also nodded slightly. "In that case, we will definitely do our best to help you search for the Abyssal Plane. However, how will you transfer the massive energy of the Abyssal Plane to the Douluo plane?"
Before the God King of Evil could finish speaking, he saw a strange sapling rise from Huo Yuhao's hand, half vigorous and lush, half withered and dying.
"It's actually the World Tree." The Goddess of Life naturally recognized it. The World Tree was similar to the Ancient Tree of Life of the Douluo plane, uniquely belonging to the Dragon Clan, both serving as the life core of a world. Since Huo Yuhao had this item as a medium, swallowing and transferring the massive energy of the Abyssal Plane would not be a problem.
"Then, without further delay, I will take the Divine Realm Center back to the Divine Realm to make preparations." The Goddess of Life took the arm of the God of Destruction and soared into the sky.
"Silver Dragon King, Huo Yuhao, as an apology from the Divine Realm, aside from the Seed of Asura, the god positions of the Sea God and his partners will all be left to you. We will wait for you in the Divine Realm."
After saying this, the first-generation God Kings of Kindness and Evil also soared into the sky, gradually disappearing above the firmament.
With the departure of the four great God Kings, the decisive battle with Tang San finally came to an end. Huo Yuhao and his partners looked at the four glowing lights suspended in front of them, glancing at each other in dismay.
The God of War position, the God of Speed position, the Food God position, and the Nine-Color Goddess position.
Now that Ma Xiaotao had inherited the Phoenix God position and Bibi Dong was still undergoing the God of Love's inheritance trials, these two did not need to be considered. However, the remaining partners who had reached the Ultimate Douluo Quasi-God realm numbered far more than four...
"Yuhao, you distribute them." Bibi Dong displayed the decisiveness of a former empress. Rather than letting everyone present look at them with envy, it was better to let Huo Yuhao arrange it. Only Huo Yuhao knew the partners' abilities best and could make the proper arrangements for the god positions.
The first-generation Shrek Seven Devils brought down seven god positions. The Seed of Asura was taken away by the God of Destruction, the new Phoenix God was already decided, and one Sea God position had fallen into the hands of Tang San's golden son-in-law, Xu Sanshi.
Speaking of Xu Sanshi, this guy was hovering not far from Huo Yuhao's group, his expression complex.
Logically, he should seek revenge for Shrek Academy and his generation's Seven Devils, but carrying out this glorious and great revenge now meant standing completely against the entire continent.
To intimidate the people of Douluo, Tang San had killed an unknown number of people, truly causing a tragic scene where rivers of blood flowed, surpassing even the evil soul masters hated by the populace.
Meanwhile, the Demon King Huo Yuhao had transformed from a fiend despised by the entire continent into the benefactor of countless humans.
If not for the fact that Huo Yuhao lacked a god position, the power of faith he was receiving now would absolutely crush him, the newly promoted Sea God.
Huo Yuhao's partners had also recovered a lot of soul power by now. They stared intently at Xu Sanshi's every move, just in case this guy from Shrek and the Tang Sect suddenly attacked.
Huo Yuhao just looked at him calmly, not saying a word.
Xu Sanshi took a deep breath, then looked up at Huo Yuhao, who was surrounded by everyone. His resonant voice sounded: "Huo Yuhao, regarding your defeat of Tang San, I thank you on behalf of Nannan. But I am a member of Shrek and the Tang Sect, so I must—"
"Fight you here!" A surge of vigorous divine power violently rushed out from Xu Sanshi's body. His previous action of subduing the raging ocean had also consumed a huge amount of energy, and since he was forcibly elevated by Tang San in the first place, his overall strength was not even equal to Jialin's.
"Oh? Representing Shrek and the Tang Sect?" Huo Yuhao tilted his head and smiled.
A stubborn look surfaced on Xu Sanshi's face. "All my skills were imparted by the teachers of Shrek and the Tang Sect. At a time like this, I must put an end to this!"
"Yuhao, you shouldn't fight. We are still here." Xie Huanyue caught a glimpse of Huo Yuhao's eagerness and hurriedly pressed his shoulder to advise him. He knew clearly that under the erosion of the Golden Dragon King's vitality, Huo Yuhao's consciousness was already somewhat hazy.
Huo Yuhao acted as if he didn't hear him. His gaze was fixed tightly on the stubborn Xu Sanshi above. On the soles of his feet, the cyan energy currents of the Wind Dragon King emerged. An instant later, his glazed dual wings flapped, and his figure transformed into a stream of light, abruptly shooting forward.
The terrifying speed Huo Yuhao suddenly displayed caused Xu Sanshi's expression to change slightly. With a wave of his large hand, a set of sharp halberd techniques began to dance.
"Sizzle!"
Above the horizon, a nine-colored light pillar flashed, breaking apart that halberd technique. The color of the glazed dual wings on his back suddenly deepened, sonic booms echoed through the sky, and then, Huo Yuhao's figure abruptly vanished!
Seeing Huo Yuhao's suddenly vanishing figure caused Xu Sanshi to freeze. Immediately, a look of shock surged in his eyes. How could a Quasi-God powerhouse possess such speed?
Just in that instant when Xu Sanshi was momentarily distracted, a bizarre spatial fluctuation appeared in front of him, and a ghost-like figure suddenly emerged—
His pupils shrank slightly, and with a movement of Xu Sanshi's palm, the Golden Xuanwu Shield array was about to deploy.
Bang!
The Xuanwu Shield was knocked away by the Golden Dragon Spear!
Just as Xu Sanshi attempted to retreat, a Light Dragon Claw instantly pierced through the spatial barrier, finally grabbing firmly onto his neck, causing his body to stiffen.
"Although we both possess the combat power of a Second-Class Deity, to kill you, a few exchanges are more than enough!"
An indifferent voice slowly sounded. Huo Yuhao's figure then emerged like a ghost in front of Xu Sanshi. At this moment, his palm was firmly gripping the latter's neck. With just a slight burst of internal energy, he could snap his throat!
Everyone present fell silent. Since swallowing the Golden Dragon King's bloodline, the Dragon King soul bones on Huo Yuhao had truly unleashed their rightful power. This unstably grounded Sea God Xu Sanshi couldn't even last a few exchanges against him!
"You win. My god position is yours and your partners' to take. I only beg you to save Nannan..."
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Outside the massive palace, radiant lights flowed, and immortal aura shimmering with faint colorful halos lingered.
A man and a woman stood there early on.
The man wore a pale golden robe, with a purple halo behind his head exuding a powerful aura.
The woman wore a silver dress, with a green halo shining brilliantly behind her head.
The auras emanating from them were completely opposite, yet standing together holding hands, they appeared exceptionally harmonious.
The body of the man in the golden robe was constantly trembling violently. One could see his body continuously dying away, while the woman in the silver dress kept using her divine power to maintain his existence.
Just then, a golden light suddenly flashed, and two figures appeared beside them.
Seeing the two of them, the golden-robed man hurriedly went up to greet them, his voice trembling slightly.
"Sister, Brother-in-law."
The woman with pink-blue hair among them had red eyes. She hugged him tightly. "Something has happened, something has happened. Our world is dying... Where is Xuanyu?"
The woman in the silver dress said softly, "We have already notified him. He and Xiuxiu should be arriving soon."
Two more figures appeared.
"Dad, Mom, calling us here in such a hurry, what happened?" A young couple appeared in front of the golden-robed man and the silver-dressed woman.
The woman with pink-blue hair took a deep breath and said, "Xuanyu, something has happened. Our space-time is gradually dying out..."
The young man addressed as Xuanyu had nine-colored halos flowing over him, looking very mysterious.
"It should be a problem with the parallel space-time timeline. As the Universe Law Enforcer, I will definitely resolve this trouble." The young man looked very confident. "The mother planet's time machine is about to finish its final procedures. I am preparing to set off and return to the past now!"
"We will go back together." At this moment, a gentle voice sounded in everyone's ears.
Everyone turned their heads to look. The newcomer was dressed entirely in luxurious blue-gold robes, giving off an oppressive aura of authority without being angry.
The person arriving was none other than the Sea God, Tang San!