"Xiao Zi, those Asura God and Sea God must have wanted to descend, to stop the unification of Douluo Continent, right?"
After the Asura God and Poseidon returned to the mortal plane through the space channel, inside the Asura God Palace, the Goddess of Life spoke softly.
The God of Destruction nodded lightly and said:
"That should be the case."
"This Ye Yu is truly defying the heavens. Even without becoming a god, a single clone of his already possesses such terrifying strength—greater than that of many true gods."
"It's hard to even imagine how powerful he will be once he ascends."
As he spoke, the God of Destruction glanced at the Goddess of Life, a trace of emotion in his eyes.
"Xiao Lü, looking at it now, Ye Yu might actually be the most suitable candidate to inherit your god position."
"It's just a pity—he insists on gathering faith and condensing a throne of his own."
"Still, Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling's talents are not bad. As long as they can successfully inherit our god positions, we can lay down our duties and reincarnate into the mortal world… to bear children of our own."
At the mention of bearing offspring, anticipation filled the eyes of both the Goddess of Life and the God of Destruction.
"By the way, Xiao Zi—should we tell Ye Yu about what happened today?"
As if suddenly recalling something, the Goddess of Life asked.
"Tell him," the God of Destruction replied after a pause, his tone solemn.
"With his heaven-defying talent, there's little doubt he will eventually succeed in gathering enough faith to condense a god position and ascend."
"Since the Asura God and Poseidon harbor malice toward him, we should inform him."
"After all, he is the husband of both of our inheritors. With him there, our successors will be able to live far better in the Divine Realm."
Having reached this agreement, the two gods conveyed the truth—that the Asura God and Poseidon had planned to descend personally to prevent Douluo's unification—to their chosen successors, Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling.
At the moment, however, the two women were still at the Dugu Clan residence.
As for Ye Yu, he was already back on the battlefield, unable to hear this immediately.
At that time, in Star Luo Empire's Antonio Province—
On the vast plains, after Tang Chen and Tang San were both slain by Ye Yu, only Ye Yu and his mirror clone, Ye Xiuquan, returned to the battlefield.
With all hope of reversal gone, Dai Tianfeng fell into despair and chose to surrender.
Following him, the armies of the Star Luo Empire, the Running Wolf Kingdom, and the Starlight Principality, along with many sea spirit masters whose faith in Poseidon was shallow, all surrendered as well.
Only Bo Saixi, the surviving Seven Sacred Pillar Douluo of Sea God Island, and a handful of stubborn sea spirit masters still resisted.
But once nearly everyone else gave up, those few Sacred Pillar Douluo were soon slaughtered.
The remaining stubborn sea spirit masters also fell one by one.
In the end, only Bo Saixi remained.
"Bo Saixi, surrender!"
"If you do, for the sake of our long years of friendship, I will plead on your behalf."
Qian Daoliu still tried tirelessly to persuade her.
But without an order from Poseidon, and with Tang Chen—whom she loved—never returning to rescue her, Bo Saixi's heart sank into despair.
She realized that Tang Chen must already be dead.
Otherwise, he would never have left her to fight alone.
"Spirit Hall, even if I die, I will never surrender!"
"Evil will never triumph over justice!"
In despair, Bo Saixi shouted angrily in her duel with Qian Daoliu, preparing to self-detonate and drag her enemies into death with her.
But unfortunately for her, Ye Yu had been watching closely all along.
Seeing her ignore Qian Daoliu's pleas and attempt self-destruction, Ye Yu could only laugh in cold amusement.
On one hand, Qian Daoliu looked like a clown; on the other, Ye Yu summoned his Blue Silver Spirit Jade Tree Martial Soul.
Several crystalline blue roots coiled around Bo Saixi, instantly devouring every shred of spirit power within her.
Without spirit power, how could she explode her body? That was nothing but wishful thinking.
Thus, with Bo Saixi's death, the war was completely over.
As the instigator of this war, Dai Tianfeng sealed his fate.
Had he surrendered earlier and shown wisdom, Ye Yu might only have forced the Star Luo royal family to abdicate peacefully, sparing their lives.
But since he had chosen to start this war, death was inevitable.
Not only Dai Tianfeng, but Dai Mubai and Dai Weisi as well—the entire royal family of Star Luo was executed.
Only those of the Evil-Eyed White Tiger Clan with distant ties to the royal family, and with cultivation below Spirit Sage, survived thanks to Zhu Xuanfeng's pleas.
But the cost was heavy.
From now on, the balance between the Evil-Eyed White Tiger Clan and the Hell Spirit Cat Clan would be overturned.
Where once the White Tiger Clan led and the Hell Spirit Cat Clan followed, now the Hell Spirit Cat would lead, and the White Tigers would serve in support.
At the moment of execution, Dai Tianfeng glimpsed Zhu Xuanfeng among the crowd.
Strangely, he felt no hatred.
Because Zhu Xuanfeng's betrayal, in the end, allowed the Evil-Eyed White Tiger Clan to avoid annihilation.
Had Zhu Xuanfeng chosen to walk the path of defiance alongside them, both clans might have been exterminated.
Sometimes, one must choose the lesser evil.
This war, aside from the countless common soldiers who fell, saw the complete destruction of the remaining opposition.
Whether the Four Great Clans, or people like Liu Erlong, Yu Tianheng, and Flender—all either perished on the battlefield or were executed in the aftermath.
Thus, the core strength of the Anti–Heaven Dou–Spirit Hall Alliance was completely wiped out.
The unification of the continent had entered its final countdown.
After the war, only Ye Yu and his mirror clone Ye Xiuquan returned to camp.
Yet earlier, Bibi Dong—having revealed her god-level strength—had declared she was going to assist Ye Yu against Tang Chen and Tang San.
Now, however, she had not returned.
Inside the command tent, with only Ye Yu and Qian Daoliu present, Qian Renxue could no longer hold back her question:
"Ye Yu, didn't Bibi Dong go to help you? Why is it only you who came back?"
At her words, Qian Daoliu also turned to Ye Yu.
Ye Yu sighed, shook his head helplessly, and said:
"When I was fighting Tang Chen and Tang San, Bibi Dong tried to ambush me from behind.
As for her motive—Elder Yue Guan told Nana, and Nana told me.
She believed it was I who destroyed the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. She also suspected that Yu Xiaogang's disappearance was because I had secretly killed him.
She wanted to avenge Yu Xiaogang."
Ye Yu spoke calmly.
"Because she stabbed me in the back, I reacted too strongly… and accidentally killed her."
"Xue'er, I'm sorry."
Hearing this, Qian Renxue froze.
Her expression turned distant, her heart caught between countless emotions.
There was sorrow, there was relief, and there was even a trace of joy.
For in all her life, she had never received a shred of motherly love from Bibi Dong—only endless pain and grief.
Now, with Bibi Dong dead, she could not help but feel a hollow sense of loss.
But beneath it, the hatred she bore for her mother's cruelty brought her a twisted sense of satisfaction.