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Rex let out a helpless sigh.
"Before, your strength wasn't enough, so I didn't tell you."
Xu Yuan still eyed Rex with caution.
From the very beginning, Xu Yuan had been wary of Rex. However, as their cooperation deepened, Xu Yuan temporarily set aside his suspicions, thinking that Rex was mostly just a businessman.
But now, Rex was telling him that there was a route to the Holy Heart Plane through the Hell Plane.
This revelation directly overturned much of what Rex had said before.
It even nullified their initial collaboration.
If there was already a way to the Holy Heart Plane through the Hell Plane, then what was the point of their supposed partnership?
Had this guy really decided from the start to collaborate with Xu Yuan and the Federation, using the path of exploring the universe to return to the Holy Heart Plane?
Rex gave a bitter smile.
He understood why Xu Yuan was so cautious now.
"There were problems in the Holy Heart Plane, and I didn't dare to casually reveal the situation—it was for your own good."
Xu Yuan remained unmoved, waiting for Rex to provide a full explanation.
"I didn't end up in the Hell Plane because I was parasitizing on a fragment of the Sacred Tree and got swept into a space turbulence. Instead, our Holy Heart Plane discovered a spatial wormhole, and I led an army of magicians into the Hell Plane. At that time, the Hell Plane belonged to the Blood Demon God Realm, and gods descended to attack us, leaving us stranded."
"Though I retained my divine consciousness, I couldn't perceive much and couldn't confirm whether the Blood Demon God Realm still existed."
Xu Yuan raised a question.
"When you were killed by the gods of the Blood Demon God Realm, how long ago was that?"
"Ten thousand years."
Ten thousand years?
Was this a coincidence?
Roughly less than ten thousand years ago, the Douluo God Realm encountered a temporal-spatial turbulence, and according to what Xu Yuan knew, many other god realms also faced such turbulence.
But "many other" could mean all god realms.
Now, Xu Yuan felt the latter possibility was quite high.
This might truly be the result of some speculation—a great cleansing of the universe.
Faced with the crisis of the god realms, Tang San chose to drag the Abyss down, dragging Douluo Planet into it, betting that he could survive the crisis, betting on his so-called millennium plan.
The Blood Demon God Realm, despite its seemingly evil name, immediately dealt with the unstable factor of supergod-level magicians from other planes.
Their approach to solving problems was completely different.
"After my death, I myself wasn't sure if I survived. My divine consciousness was hidden deep within the fragment of the Sacred Tree, and at that time, the Sacred Tree fragment began to undergo changes. Amidst endless slaughter, it absorbed too much death energy, transitioning from life to death, becoming like deadwood—an artifact concealing itself."
"About three thousand years later, I truly awakened. By then, the Hell Plane had regressed significantly. As time passed, another five thousand years went by—about two thousand years ago—the Demon Plane connected with the Hell Plane, and the war between them lasted over a thousand years until the Lord of Hell emerged."
Xu Yuan caught a loophole in Rex's words.
"No, according to the intelligence I know, the reason the Demon Plane could open the Demon Gate is because the Lord of Hell was that anchor point. The Lord of Hell indeed possesses demonic bloodline and achieved his current status by relying on it."
Rex didn't panic at being caught in a lie; instead, he remained calm.
"I know, the Lord of Hell is indeed an anchor point, but he isn't the only one for the Demon Plane. Just like how in your Douluo Planet, there are multiple soul masters with the Fallen Angel martial soul."
Xu Yuan furrowed his brows.
This statement was indeed correct.
The Fallen Angel martial soul was originally possessed by Yuanen Yehui's mother, and it did cause a disaster back then. When Yuanen Yehui inherited her bloodline, the identity of this anchor point was passed down.
"The Lord of Hell is a descendant of that original anchor point. However, the fate of this demon race has been rather tumultuous, lasting for two thousand years." Even as Rex spoke, he found it amusing.
A family that summoned the Demon Plane managed to pass down the bloodline and survive until the generation of the Lord of Hell.
"If what you say is true, then this really is a miracle," Xu Yuan said.
Because of the presence of the demonic bloodline, Yuanen Yehui was directly targeted by her grandfather, Yuanen Zhentian, who wanted to disable her martial soul. If she hadn't found a solution before reaching the ninth ring, Xu Yuan had no doubt that he would have actually disabled the bloodline.
No matter how much he loved and cherished her, Yuanen Zhentian still had the resolve.
Even family members would take action against their own.
However, the Lord of Hell's lineage managed to pass down the demonic bloodline.
"No matter where you are, strength is the greatest guarantee." Rex looked at Xu Yuan earnestly. "Don't forget, the condition to open the Demon Gate is ninth rank."
Xu Yuan remembered this point after Rex's reminder.
Yes, to open the Demon Gate, the anchor point first needed to grow to ninth rank.
And the blood mage system of the Hell Plane was still in the development stage. Even the ninth-rank blood mages were few and far between now, and two thousand years ago, they must have been even more backward.
The survival of the demon race might be due to their immense strength.
Even when hunted across the entire continent, they could preserve the fire of their legacy.
Similarly, it took two thousand years of heritage for a family to produce the Lord of Hell, allowing him to seize the benefits of the demonic bloodline, integrate the four divine beast bloodlines, become the Lord of Hell, and invade the Demon Plane in reverse.
"Let's get back to the topic. When that girl found me and my divine consciousness awakened, I checked it out. The traces of gods in the entire Hell Plane were faint, almost nonexistent."
"And in your plane, the influence of divine power runs deep."
Xu Yuan narrowed his eyes.
What did he mean?
"In your Douluo Planet, or more accurately, your Shrek Academy, there is a tremendous amount of faith gathered. In my perception, this faith is named after the Sea God, which is related to the term used in your Sea God Pavilion and Sea God Island, right?"
Xu Yuan nodded.
"The faith in the Sea God is too heavy, and it spontaneously gathers, coalescing into faith power that can be converted into divine power. The reason I say your plane has been deeply influenced is because of this. There are traces of faith power being extracted from your Shrek side."
Xu Yuan slightly squinted his eyes.
Faith had been extracted?
That was quite clear.
Seeing Xu Yuan's lack of surprise, Rex didn't continue to dwell on this topic.
"If you trust me, you can follow me to the Hell Plane and go to the Holy Heart Plane through the wormhole there."
After pondering for a moment, Xu Yuan decided to take a look.
Although Rex had concealed some things, so far, Xu Yuan hadn't suffered any losses.
At least, he had benefited.
Moreover, Xu Yuan had already demonstrated his own strength, possessing the power to confront Rex in his current divine consciousness state.
Rex should be well aware of this.
"Alright!" Xu Yuan said.
Rex smiled, greatly pleased by Xu Yuan's trust.
"That wormhole is outside the Hell Plane, a distance away. Don't you have spaceship technology in your Douluo Planet? Even if it's inferior, at least we need to build a spaceship first. I'll help you perfect the technology required for traversing the wormhole."
"I have a spaceship."
Xu Yuan had concerns.
"If I leave, Divine Forging City will need someone else to guard it. That feels a bit irresponsible." Xu Yuan felt helpless inside.
He had founded Divine Forging City himself, yet after showcasing his forging once here, he had been in seclusion ever since. The responsibility of guarding it had been left to Mu Ye and Tong Yu. Now that he had emerged from seclusion, he was about to leave again, and the task of guarding Divine Forging City would once again fall to others.
What was the difference between this and being a hands-off manager?
"Are you worried about this?" Rex waved his hand. "You have the most room for progress and the potential to grow rapidly. Staying here would be a waste. It's better to seek opportunities to quickly strengthen yourself so you can better fight the Abyss."
"You're currently keeping the Abyss at bay, but you must understand that the Abyss's power is beyond what you can restrain. Their law intensity is stronger than that of your Douluo Planet, and they have the master of the plane controlling everything. The Abyss Saint King's strength is absolutely top-tier among main gods. He won't be content to be kept outside this celestial phenomenon, watching you take the ultimate opportunity."
What Xu Yuan lacked was some reassurance.
Now that Rex had explained these things to him, it dispelled Xu Yuan's concerns.
The Abyss Saint King must be preparing something bigger. Now, Xu Yuan needed to cultivate with all his might, ascend to godhood as quickly as possible, and continue to grow stronger to better face the Abyss Saint King in the future.
"Rex, let's go. First, come with me to prepare the spaceship."
Xu Yuan informed Mu Ye that he would be leaving for some time, and Mu Ye approved of his decision.
"I also have a vague premonition that the Abyss might be setting up a big move for us. Xiaoyuan, all I can say is to become a god as soon as possible."
Mu Ye's tone was heavy.
He was also putting forth his best efforts to cultivate.
The Body Sect was a beneficiary on the path to godhood. The body itself was the martial soul, and the martial soul was the body. Especially for Mu Ye, whose entire body was the martial soul, nourishing the martial soul was simple.
In fact, walking the previous path to the limit was essentially nourishing himself.
Thus, he was the closest to becoming a god.
Xu Yuan departed.
Tian Ding City.
Tian Ding Starry Soul Master Academy.
"Eh!" Rex exclaimed in surprise. "This observatory is quite remarkable."
He had discovered the peculiarity of the observatory.
"My initial starry meditation technique was also perfected because of the observatory." Xu Yuan wore a nostalgic expression.
At that time, his meditation technique had reached a bottleneck and needed further refinement. The observatory provided him with an extremely high upper limit direction.
Looking back now, the source of the galaxy in his spiritual sea originated from this observatory.
All the cooperation of the Stellar Sea Alliance took place at Tian Ding Starry Soul Master Academy. With the collaboration of various major powers, the observatory was almost always operational, gathering starlight to support the cultivation of the younger generations from different factions within the alliance.
Xu Yuan found Professor Zhang.
"So you finally remembered that you have a spaceship."
Professor Zhang was a little speechless.
This Xu Yuan, who was so interested in spaceships initially, had waited so long after the spaceship was built to come and see it?
Xu Yuan gave an awkward smile.
"Professor Zhang, the spaceship may need some improvements. I have a technical document detailing the requirements for traversing the wormhole."
Upon hearing this, Professor Zhang immediately became serious.
He watched in amazement as a phantom spirit appeared beside Xu Yuan, and with a flick of its finger, a flood of information entered his mind.
After a long while, having digested this knowledge, Professor Zhang's face was filled with complex emotions.
Such comprehensive technology.
With this technology, he was confident that even without fully soul-forged materials, he could construct a spaceship capable of withstanding spatial pressure in space. Moreover, it could travel through wormholes and perform advanced operations like spatial jumps.
In other words, digesting this knowledge would advance the entire Federation's technology by a significant margin.
Of course, the Federation currently hadn't acquired any star charts, so exploration of the universe would have to start from scratch.
But having complete spaceship technology for starting from scratch was practically a perfect beginning.
"I've roughly grasped the key points of this technology. Your spaceship materials have long met the requirements. A fully soul-forged spaceship is already sufficient to withstand spatial forces. The key now is to make some repairs to the core formation inside."
As he spoke, Professor Zhang had already taken Xu Yuan to the location of the spaceship.
"Even though we built it, everything was made possible because of your push and funding. We were able to gather together and cooperate to build this spaceship, so we never named it, waiting for you to give it a name."
Professor Zhang brought Xu Yuan to the mountaintop behind the academy. On this flat peak, a magnificent spaceship was parked.
No, it was more like a large mech.
The mech's appearance leaned more toward flight.
The design of a flying mech allowed this spaceship to incorporate more mech technology, thus solving the incomplete spaceship technology with mech technology.
"So, many of the technologies in the data you gave me don't significantly affect your mech. But we didn't understand wormholes and hadn't engraved relevant formations on this mech. Now that we have a complete set of technology, we can proceed directly."
Xu Yuan asked, "How long will it take?"
"Three months."
Three months?
Quite efficient.
"Then I'll wait three months."
Xu Yuan stayed at Tian Ding Starry Soul Master Academy.
In three months, he would gain considerable benefits.
Time flowed.
After successively developing the Life-and-Death Divine Lightning and Five Elements Divine Lightning forbidden spells, Xu Yuan became increasingly interested in forbidden spells.
Even though the essence of these two forbidden spells was merely converting his abilities into forbidden spells, he was still very invested.
Because forbidden spells infinitely amplified the upper limit of his capabilities.
Soul skills were ultimately limited by the soul master's strength, but forbidden spells harnessed external laws.
If Xu Yuan truly went all out, the forbidden spells he could unleash would be unimaginable.
At the same time, Xu Yuan speculated that Rex's survival wasn't just because the fragment of the Sacred Tree turned into deadwood and concealed itself, but also because the god from the Blood Demon God Realm who resolved him was also dealt with by him.
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