God Realm, God Realm Committee.
At this supreme location, the two God Kings of the God Realm and the gods who had inheritors in the Douluo Plane were all gathered together.
As for why the Goddess of Life wasn't here... that was naturally because the God of Destruction deliberately sent her away.
Besides that, regarding the matter of the Demonic Plane, all the gods present had evidently already discussed it. And on the surface, to give Tang San face, they agreed to it.
However, when they sensed the Demon Empress becoming a god...
"Truly courting death!"
Seeing an Evil God being born, and one achieved by a soul beast at that, even though the God of Destruction had anticipated it, he was still furious!
Perhaps a part of it was faked for the Sea God's benefit, but the vast majority of the anger was an expression of his true feelings!
In an instant, a thunderbolt brazenly flashed in his hand! It looked as if he was about to strike her down across the two realms!
"Destruction! Calm down."
At this moment, Tang San suddenly reached out and stopped him.
However, the God of Destruction had no intention of listening to him. He let the thunderbolt in his hand, intermingled with heavenly tribulation, strike down! With a "Boom!", even with the Holy Emperor's protection, the Demon Empress within the light screen let out a scream, her origin heavily damaged!
Only after this result came out did the God of Destruction act as if he had just reacted. Looking at Tang San gloomily, he said in a cold voice:
"Does the Sea God have any brilliant insights for stopping me?"
"Brilliant insights, I wouldn't say."
Facing the God of Destruction's face-slapping actions, and the sarcastic mockery laced with ammo now, Tang San's expression still remained mild, turning a deaf ear to the God of Destruction's tone.
"Although that Deep Sea Demonic Whale is about to achieve the Evil Godhood, what she ultimately achieves is only at the God Official rank. Compared to having to face a 1st-Class God before I even became a god, and facing the encirclement of two 1st-Class Gods after becoming one, their situation now is much better. There is no lack of candidates about to inherit god positions, and those at the 1st-Class God level exceed the number of fingers on one hand. Are we still afraid of not being able to deal with an Evil God Official?"
Hearing this, all the gods remained silent; only the God of Destruction let out a cold sneer.
"Do you want them to die prematurely?"
"It's just a trial."
"Even if that Demonic Whale, which has already become a force to be reckoned with, wants to attack your believers and the land of your inheritance, you still decide to remain indifferent?"
"Hmm?"
It turned out that in the few minutes they had been talking, a considerable amount of time had already passed in the Douluo Plane. The Demon Empress had successfully broken through to Level 100 through the Blood River God-Slaying Grand Array, achieving the Evil Godhood.
But her first act after becoming a god wasn't to guide the Demonic Plane; instead, she went to the sea, and her target was exactly where the Sea God Clan was located. Clearly, she wanted to begin her revenge first.
But even so, it didn't seem to move Tang San; instead, it was as if this was exactly what he wanted. "This Deep Sea Demonic Whale has quite a history with my Sea God lineage; it can be considered a remnant from back then. In that case, let my Sea God lineage deal with it first."
"I am willing to let Xiao Qi, who will inherit the Sea God's throne, give it a try. As for danger, there is always danger in inheriting a God King-level divine throne."
Then, without waiting for others to speak, Tang San sent down a divine sense containing the content of the Ninth Trial, heading straight for the Douluo Plane. His appearance seemed incredibly selfless.
If one didn't know the inside story, they would truly be fooled by him.
Just like the Fire God, Space God, and Light God, the slight displeasure that had just risen in them vanished without a trace under Tang San's actions. After all, in their eyes, for such a dangerous matter, Tang San was letting his own daughter go directly!
Of course, it was impossible for them to follow along. They were all old monsters who had lived for many years; in the matter of finally finding a suitable inheritor, how could they be so impulsive.
In contrast, the God of Destruction, who watched all this indifferently, sneered repeatedly at the Sea God's actions in his heart: [Then as you wish.]
Right at this moment, the God of Destruction suddenly received a message from Chen Junting, asking the God of Destruction to keep an eye on Tang San.
As for the reason...
Just a moment ago, at the Sea God Pavilion of Shrek Academy.
Chen Junting had quietly arrived here without attracting anyone's attention. Immediately after, his divine sense probed into the interior of the Golden Ancient Tree and found the Blue Silver Emperor seed.
However, compared to back then, the relationship between this Blue Silver Emperor seed and the Golden Ancient Tree had become even more inseparable. In addition, Chen Junting keenly noticed that a soul—no! It should be said that a True Spirit—had already appeared inside the Blue Silver Emperor seed. But it was hidden very deeply and was in slumber.
"It seems that in these past few years, Tang San has already sent his mother, Ah Yin, into this seed, preparing to align her aura with the Golden Ancient Tree to better seize the future Life Core."
Seeing this, Chen Junting seemed frozen in place.
Because he came here precisely to take away the Blue Silver Emperor seed. Then he would move it into the Undead Demiplane, allowing the Undead Demiplane to successfully advance into a minor plane. This way, wielding the power of a minor plane would be his guarantee when fighting the Demon Empress.
Who would have thought that Ah Yin's True Spirit would beat him to it.
If so, it would easily alert Tang San. After all, Tang San's own mother's True Spirit was here, so he had to maintain 300% caution regarding its sensitivity.
But this made things a bit difficult.
Therefore, Chen Junting sought the God of Destruction's help to keep an eye on Tang San.
As long as Tang San couldn't be distracted, that would be enough.
Thus, after receiving the God of Destruction's reply,
[Permitted.]
Chen Junting took action immediately!
First, after using a grand array to conceal the heavenly secrets, his divine sense directly penetrated deep into the Golden Ancient Tree, awakening the Golden Ancient Tree's consciousness. Just as it was confused and groggy, Chen Junting didn't make too much contact with it, only using his divine sense to guide and expose Ah Yin's True Spirit hidden inside the Blue Silver Emperor seed!
In an instant, the Golden Ancient Tree's consciousness completely woke up!
Immediately following was its riot!
Think about it, what kind of reaction would a living being have when it learned that another True Spirit that didn't belong to it existed inside its body? Of course, first fear, and then frantic rejection!
And at this moment, the Golden Ancient Tree's riot also caused the entire Sea God Pavilion to suddenly shake, alarming the many experts of Shrek. But no matter how they investigated, they couldn't find any clues. Even Elder Xuan, a Limit Douluo, couldn't sense Chen Junting's aura or find his location.
Under Chen Junting's actions, coupled with the Golden Ancient Tree's active rejection, separating the Blue Silver Emperor seed was naturally incredibly easy.
Even if the Sea God's Light was activated, it was useless.
Such violent abnormal movements naturally couldn't be hidden from Tang San, who was watching the Demon Empress's whereabouts in the God Realm. The moment he sensed a problem with the Blue Silver Emperor seed in the Golden Ancient Tree, his expression almost broke, and he hurriedly wanted to take action.
This reaction naturally attracted the God of Destruction's attention.
"Sea God, what are you trying to do?"
One sentence directly interrupted Tang San's actions.
Seeing the God of Destruction's inquiring gaze, Tang San had no choice but to suppress the unease in his heart. He had no choice; this matter absolutely could not be exposed. Because once the God of Destruction knew, he would definitely be able to see the clues, and things would be a bit bad for him.
"No, nothing."
Saying so, he prepared to find an excuse to leave. "I suddenly remembered I have something to deal with, I might need to leave for a moment."
At this, the gods present all felt something was wrong.
It was too stiff, like a forced excuse.
Of course, they wouldn't pursue it. Except for the God of Destruction, only he pretended not to understand Tang San's words.
"No rush. After all, this Evil God is in the Douluo Plane, and your daughter's trial is closely related to her. Could there be anything else more important than your daughter's safety?"
[Damn Destruction, he just knows how to cause trouble for me.]
Tang San didn't believe that the God of Destruction couldn't understand the meaning in his words? This was clearly not giving him a way out!
But right now, with the God of Destruction delaying him like this, the Golden Ancient Tree had already calmed down. And what made Tang San even more apprehensive was that the Blue Silver Emperor seed he left behind, as well as his mother's True Spirit, had actually lost contact with him at this moment!
In other words, he lost his mom!
And it was the kind where the clues were basically cut off!
Just then, "Sea God, aren't you going to keep watching?"
"...Fine, that matter isn't urgent."
After a moment of silence, Tang San responded with a breezy expression.
Since things had come to this, let's deal with the current matter first.
...
At the same time, Douluo Plane.
The moment he stripped the Blue Silver Emperor seed containing Ah Yin's True Spirit from the Golden Ancient Tree, Chen Junting didn't hesitate at all. He sealed it with an array, and then, relying on Elder Yi's attainment in the path of souls, isolated the aura on Ah Yin's True Spirit.
After doing all this, Chen Junting brought this Blue Silver Emperor seed to the Undead Demiplane. And in the first instance, he completely separated Ah Yin's True Spirit from the Blue Silver Emperor seed.
At this moment, in a transparent orb in Chen Junting's hand, Ah Yin's True Spirit was slumbering within.
"How do you plan to deal with it?"
Chen Junting didn't hesitate at Elder Yi's question.
"Naturally, to use as a bargaining chip."
Originally, after becoming a god, when his side was opposing Tang San, Tang San would still have the soul of Huo Yuhao's mother, "Huo Yun'er", in his hands. Although he was very confident that Huo Yuhao wouldn't do anything stupid because of this, there was ultimately a weakness in Tang San's hands.
Now that he had Ah Yin's True Spirit, he wouldn't have to worry about how much pain Huo Yuhao would suffer later. After all, as long as he was a smart person, Tang San would agree to the exchange. Otherwise, when a leader could give up his own mother for profit, could this leader still be trusted by the gods following him?
So there was no doubt that Tang San would agree when the time came.
However, Ah Yin's True Spirit was ultimately an unexpected harvest for Chen Junting. The most important thing was still the Blue Silver Emperor seed, this divine object that already possessed the characteristics of a Life Core.
Although stripping the Blue Silver Emperor seed at this moment would have a certain impact on the life energy of the Douluo Plane. But after this matter, he planned to completely merge the complete Undead Plane with the Douluo Plane, turning them into a type of twin-integrated plane.
This way, it would be even more beneficial.
"Let's begin."
"Alright."
After Chen Junting put away Ah Yin's True Spirit, he took out the Blue Silver Emperor seed. Immediately after, he directly drove the Blue Silver Emperor seed into the underground core of the Undead Demiplane.
In an instant, "Hum—"
An extreme life fluctuation immediately spread out in all directions!
At this moment, all undead creatures were attracted.
Just as the undead tide was about to surge, "Bang—"
A sound like the creation of heaven and earth echoed in the Undead Demiplane. Electrix transformed from a soul state into a human form, holding his staff high above the nine heavens of the Undead Demiplane. The brilliant golden light was like a great sun, radiating over the entire Undead Demiplane, causing all undead creatures to instantly calm down and restore peace.
At the same time, when the life energy radiated out, the barren land was actually dyed green at this moment. Strands of blue grass emerged from the soil, growing rapidly.
Seeing this, Chen Junting took out many plant seeds from his storage soul tool and scattered them directly. For a moment, the entire Undead Demiplane instantly bloomed with flowers everywhere, looking full of vitality.
Waves of plane fetal movements also came from the void at this time, as if something was about to be born. But after waiting for a while, it ultimately calmed down again, as if nothing had happened.
Clearly, this plane was still metamorphosing. It would still take a long time for it to truly complete its growth.
"It succeeded."
Looking at this scene, Chen Junting was quite satisfied.
The Undead Demiplane was now complete, becoming a true plane. Although very weak, it had ultimately become a world, similar to the Dragon Valley in the original timeline.
Most importantly, after wielding this minor plane, with its power, he could also wrestle with the Demon Empress.
Become a god? He'd beat up the very guy who became a god!
After doing all this, Chen Junting left the minor plane.
However, not long after he returned to the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er had already hurriedly come looking for him.
Because the Sea God's Ninth Trial actually skipped the Eighth Trial and was issued in advance. The content was: Prevent the Sea God Clan from being annihilated by the remnants of the Deep Sea Demonic Whale. This made Huo Yuhao and the others immediately realize something was wrong. After all, the patriarch of the Sea God Clan, the Sea God Douluo Chen Juntao's strength, was still deeply imprinted in their minds. With such a powerhouse stationed there, plus the Sea God Clan's foundation, a single soul beast could annihilate it?
Wasn't that a joke?!
Even Di Tian couldn't do this.
Thus, realizing the abnormality of this matter, Huo Yuhao and the others came to his door, asking Chen Junting how to make up their minds.
"Brother Junting, what should we do about this?"
However, Huo Yuhao's words made Chen Junting fall silent.
"Brother Junting?"
It wasn't until they asked again that Chen Junting spoke.
"The final battle has arrived."
Hearing this, Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er's hearts shook!
"What?!"
Although they asked this, they both knew what it meant. Thus, their eyes turned sharp at this moment!
"Yuhao!"
Chen Junting stood up abruptly, a sharp light revealing in his eyes!
"Notify everyone, the Demon Empress has become a god. And soon after, we will have to prepare for the plane's counteroffensive battle!"
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