Chapter 211: Realizing One's Insignificance
Just as Tang San, after hiding for centuries, finally emerged and launched the Undead Scourge upon the entire Douluo Continent in an attempt to conquer the world in one fell swoop, there was one person conspicuously absent the strongest being of this era, the spiritual leader of humanity, the Lord of White Cloud City, Ye Cheng.
At such a critical moment, when he should have been leading the war against Tang San, he was nowhere to be found on Douluo Continent.
So where had he gone?
The audience was filled with curiosity.
The scene in the video abruptly shifted. The livestream viewers were immediately met with the sight of a massive, burning sphere of fire.
[Wait… is that… the sun?!]
[So this is what the sun looks like up close? Just a giant fireball?!]
[It looks completely different from how we see it in the sky.]
A flood of bullet comments filled the screen. Some viewers were unimpressed, even disappointed.
But soon, as the camera pulled back, revealing a vast cosmic perspective with the sun at its center and the surrounding planets in full view, the entire audience fell silent in pure astonishment.
[T this… why is the sun so enormous?!]
[It's like the true center of the universe…]
[Wait! That tiny, barely visible blue planet in the corner… isn't that Douluo Continent?! It's so small!]
[And the sun is so far away from us… No wonder it looks so tiny from our world.]
[I always thought the sun and moon were about the same size… But this thing is gigantic!]
The livestream chat exploded.
For many, this was the first time seeing their solar system in its entirety.
The immense scale and breathtaking beauty of the scene left them speechless.
Douluo Star, the world they had always thought of as vast, was nothing more than a speck of dust in comparison to the majestic and overwhelming size of the sun.
For years, they had foolishly compared the sun and the moon, thinking they were similar in size but now, with this video exposing the true vastness of the cosmos, they realized just how ignorant they had been.
After a brief showcase of the solar system's grandeur, the video zoomed in on the sun.
A familiar figure soon appeared before the audience.
It was Ye Cheng.
Seated cross legged in the void of space, he stared at the colossal, burning celestial body before him. The searing sunlight bathed his entire being in a crimson glow.
He let out a deep sigh.
"To step into the cosmos… is to realize one's own insignificance.
We, so called 'God Kings,' who govern the fate of countless beings…
In the face of this sun, we are but mere ants."
The magnitude of the sun's existence was beyond comprehension.
Its volume was equivalent to approximately 1.3 million Douluo Stars combined.
This blazing titan ceaselessly emitted unimaginable energy, nurturing the planets around it, making life possible.
Without the sun, there would be no life.
This celestial entity was the true source of all existence.
Wherever a sun existed, life would surely follow.
If Ye Cheng wished to surpass the God King level and break past the limits of the Ninth Ring, then simply comprehending the laws of the universe would not be enough.
He needed something else energy.
A massive, pure, and powerful energy source.
And Douluo Star simply could not provide the level of energy he required.
Thus, he looked beyond his world.
Thus, he set his sights on the closest, most abundant energy source the sun itself.
Only this celestial colossus could supply the endless, pure power necessary for his next breakthrough.
But absorbing true solar energy was no simple task.
The sun's energy might have been pure, but it was also wildly unstable, blisteringly violent, and utterly untamable.
Even ordinary gods let alone mortals could not survive its sheer intensity.
Simply approaching the sun was enough to reduce weaker beings to ashes.
Even Qian Renxue, who wielded Solar Power due to her divine authority, could not withstand the sun's actual heat.
And even the so called Fire God of the God Realm the supposed master of all flames could never dream of controlling the true fire of the sun.
For the inhabitants of Douluo Star, Extreme Fire was considered the ultimate form of flame.
But in the vast universe…
That was nothing but a shallow, ignorant perspective.
Before the sun's might, even gods were powerless.
The God Realm
The five God Kings watching the video scoffed in disdain the moment they saw Ye Cheng's goal.
"Arrogant fool."
The God of Destruction sneered as he watched Ye Cheng attempt to approach the sun.
"Does he truly believe himself capable of absorbing solar energy? How utterly laughable."
"Indeed," said the God of Asura, shaking his head in disappointment.
"He thinks he's the first to have such an idea? Does he really believe we never considered this before?"
His expression turned condescending.
"The sun's energy is abundant and pure, yes…
But it is also far too violent, too extreme, and utterly uncontainable!
We, the rulers of the God Realm, could never harness it…
What makes him think he can?"
The God of Evil scoffed, watching Ye Cheng attempt to descend toward the sun's surface.
"If it were truly possible to absorb solar energy, why would we have bothered collecting faith energy from countless worlds?
If we could harness the sun, we would have simply used its power instead of relying on faith energy from mortals."
And that was the truth.
This was why the God Realm never utilized the sun's energy.
It was not that they didn't want to it was that they couldn't.
Solar power was simply too much for them to handle.
Even if a god somehow withstood the intense solar radiation, the violent, chaotic nature of the energy made it impossible to absorb and refine.
Even the strongest gods, using their most advanced divine abilities, failed time and time again.
In fact, all "solar based abilities" such as Solar Flames, Morning Sun Qi, and other divine arts were not real solar power.
They were merely diluted fragments of energy, scattered from the sun and degraded over millions of years.
The sun's true power…
Could not be tamed.
Not by gods.
And certainly not by Ye Cheng.
( End of Chapter )
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