Black and red filled the entire world.
Foul air surged and lingered in the sky. Occasionally, the temperature would spike wildly—that was magma overturning the earth and flowing freely.
This was an undead plane, a destroyed world. It was utterly devoid of life, with the aura of destruction and death everywhere.
Suddenly, a purple light lit up without any warning. Miraculously, the purple light actually stagnated in mid-air, then slowly opened to both sides, presenting the shape of a gateway.
Two figures just appeared in this dead world.
Lustrous white armor covered a young man, and a crown embedded with nine gemstones on his head looked incredibly dazzling. The moment he appeared, the lustrous white radiance easily isolated all the filthy aura in this black and red world.
The young woman seemed to stand alone above the world, possessing her own formidable strength beneath her peerless beauty. Just by quietly floating beside the man, the purity and freshness she radiated purified all filth within a one-foot radius around her body.
He was Long Haochen;
She was Sheng Cai'er.
Just like Hao Yue, Long Haochen had also made his choice under Chen Junting's persuasion—to let the Throne of Seal world wander!
However, this decision didn't mean that Long Haochen chose to disregard the lives of the living beings across the many planes. Rather, it was because Chen Junting had provided solid theoretical support that he finally made up his mind.
But to achieve the theoretical effect, the most important thing was for Long Haochen and Hao Yue to become gods, and they must be God Kings!
To accomplish this, the first thing to do was to make the Throne of Seal world no longer follow its previous rules of godhood, thereby making the world itself a subordinate world governed by the Douluo God Realm.
Completing this step was actually not difficult.
As the God King in charge of the God Realm's core, Chen Junting had the key to the God Realm's core in his hands. As long as he used this key to establish a connection with the core of the Throne of Seal world, that would be enough.
However, Chen Junting didn't rush to complete this step. Instead, he had Long Haochen gather the power of faith. Because Long Haochen wasn't like Hao Yue; he wasn't a born god. He had ultimately inherited the power of the Creator God, so he could only be considered to possess a Creation divine status.
Therefore, if he wanted to become a God King-level powerhouse after the connection between the Douluo God Realm and the Throne of Seal world was established, he would need to rely on the power of faith to strengthen the foundation of his divine status, becoming a king in one step.
So after accepting Chen Junting's suggestion, Hao Yue fell into a deep slumber, while Long Haochen took Sheng Cai'er to various planes of the Throne of Seal world, surveying the damage to each plane. And before that, he first judged the crimes of the Demon God Emperor, the Demon Gods, and the demon race. However, considering their contributions, he didn't execute them. He sentenced the major ringleaders to a thousand years of imprisonment, the Demon God Emperor to ten thousand years of imprisonment, with their cultivation to be stripped and re-cultivated after their imprisonment. The other demons also received their respective sentences, and were made to return the land they had taken.
In addition, he married Sheng Cai'er. Then, with the help of the upper echelons of the Six Great Temples, he devoted himself to governance, continuously receiving the land returned by the demons while managing the internal affairs of the Temple Federation in an orderly manner. He also proposed a five-year rotating presidency system for the Federation, earning tremendous prestige across the entire continent.
Finally, after many years, until now...
The undead plane before them was the last one.
Sweeping his gaze over this most severely destroyed land, Long Haochen slightly lowered his eyes, as if repenting for what "Hao Yue" had done.
"Let's begin."
Cai'er parted her hands in front of her chest, and blossoms of pure white lotuses flew into the air. Gradually, circles of white halos dispersed in the air, purifying all the filthy air.
It didn't take long before this three-thousand-square-meter space, a thousand meters high, was completely purified by the aura of the Domain of Purification, and the air became much fresher.
Immediately after, Long Haochen's figure moved with the shadows.
In the next second, the earth began to emit a rumbling roar. The hard black earth was gradually pulverized, and the cracks containing magma were forcibly sealed and sunken by Long Haochen.
A moment later, large patches of soil began to scatter from the air—this came from the Holy Demon Continent. The rich soil emitted a fresh fragrance, beginning to spread within this three-thousand-square-meter range.
Accompanied by a hazy green radiance emitting from Ye Xiaolei, a thick life aura merged into the soil as it fell from the sky. The black earth was gradually replaced by a yellow-brown color, and the rich life aura took root in the earth.
At this moment, Long Haochen threw his head back and let out a long howl!
A ball of golden light released from his body, slowly rising into the air. Like a golden sun, it hung in mid-air. After the condensed solid spiritual power was fixed in the air, it emitted a thick aura of light, enough to last a month without extinguishing.
Seeds that had been prepared long ago were scattered down, drilling into the earth's soil. Gentle ripples of water in the air were like a timely rain...
After completing these steps, the forbidden spell of Holy Rain was released, causing the golden drizzle to descend once more. At the same time, Easton's King was also summoned by Long Haochen, cooperating with Ye Xiaolei to spread the life aura throughout this entire area.
Gradually, tender green sprouts drilled out of the soil at an astonishing speed. Infused with such a massive life aura, and nourished by sunlight and water, they grew rapidly!
Soon, this region regained its former vitality.
No one knew when, but outside this three-thousand-square-meter green world, a large number of undead began to gather. Indescribable emotions danced within the flames of their souls.
Facing the thousands upon thousands of undead outside the Domain of Purification, Long Haochen made a promise—"Let the undead plane regain its vitality!"
At this moment, what welcomed him was not only the gratitude of thousands upon thousands of undead, but also a massive amount of faith power. Countless white specks of light converged like a hundred rivers flowing into the sea, making Long Haochen's Creation divine status incomparably solid while also causing it to shine brilliantly!
At the same time, the core space of the Throne of Seal world.
Nine colors and gray-purple, seemingly the eternal, unchanging theme.
This was both the birthplace of the Throne of Seal world's Creator God and the God of Heavenly Protection, as well as the location of the world's core.
At this moment, a throne—its form illusory yet massive in size, its main body as lustrous white as carved jade—stood here.
It released magnificent nine-colored radiance. The nine colors shone without the slightest sense of disorder, forming circles of halos behind it that shone in concert; the backrest had subtle reliefs—the top featured the sun, moon, and stars; the middle section had birds, beasts, and living creatures; the scenes of nature connecting to the seat gave an indescribable sense of beauty; sculptures of sacred giant dragons and twelve-winged angels were carved on both ends of the armrests.
It was the Divine Throne of Eternity and Creation, but it also wasn't the Divine Throne of Eternity and Creation.
Here, it was merely the conceptual manifestation of the Throne of Seal world's core. As long as it was converted, it could transform into its other side.
Gray-purple light, the image of the nine-headed chimera...
And right now, besides this "Divine Throne of Eternity and Creation," there was also a figure sitting on the illusory throne.
This figure was none other than Chen Junting.
After Long Haochen made his decision, unlike Electrolux—who was to return after touring his homeland—Chen Junting took a different approach. To prevent the God Realm from worrying, Chen Junting divided half of his strength to form a consciousness linked to his own thoughts, letting it return with Electrolux.
As for himself, he sought an opportunity for further advancement. In his view, the core of the Throne of Seal world was very suitable.
A world that had nurtured the Creator God and the God of Heavenly Protection—two existences that could be called Kings of God Kings—its core was undoubtedly an excellent resource for comprehension for Chen Junting.
Let alone the fact that the gods of the Throne of Seal who had transformed into rules still had their laws remaining between heaven and earth, within the core. So naturally, he wouldn't let this great opportunity pass.
For many years, he had been in seclusion here.
But today, he finally opened his eyes.
It wasn't that he didn't want to continue comprehending, but Long Haochen had sent a message, forcing Chen Junting to snap back to attention.
Exhaling a mouthful of turbid air, "It's time to go out."
As he stood up, the "Divine Throne of Eternity and Creation" beneath him trembled. Chen Junting was undoubtedly attracted by it, staring intently, finally turning his gaze to the depths of the space.
He asked in a deep voice, "Have you agreed?"
After a long time, an inexplicable fluctuation came.
"So you agreed."
As if sighing with emotion, Chen Junting said this. Then, the key to the God Realm's core appeared in his palm.
In the next second, a golden thread shot out, sinking into the depths of the space, and finally establishing a connection with the core of the Throne of Seal world. And this, was his second purpose for coming here.
Because from the very beginning, this world core had been resistant.
After all, to be honest, who would be living perfectly fine and then deliberately find a boss to govern them from above? But who could say no to Chen Junting sitting in this space for so many years, "nagging" the world core for so many years... Regardless, in the end, he succeeded.
"It's done!"
The moment the connection was completed, Chen Junting immediately connected to the Douluo God Realm through the world core. However, the distance was too great, and a world was too massive, causing it to lag.
Until the God Realm's core's brilliance shone...
At this moment,
far away in the Douluo God Realm, separated by who knows how many light-years.
"Hm?"
Inside the God Realm Committee, the nine great God Kings were continuing their daily routine assembly. And today's topic was that the Douluo Plane had welcomed another ten-thousand-year era, with accumulated fortune and geniuses bursting forth!
Genius after genius, far surpassing those ancient gods.
As for what this meant...
"Some old fogeys should step aside!"
A deep voice came from within the God of Destruction's large purple cloak. Those beating blood-colored lights targeted the old gods in the God Realm who had stayed for who knows how many years and still refused to pass down their thrones.
And those old gods were mostly born as gods.
One could say they had walked over from the era of the Dragon God.
In terms of the overall number of gods in the God Realm, there weren't many of them.
But at the same time, there were also no small number.
"Some geniuses in the lower realm aren't all satisfied with self-created divine thrones, and with their talent, becoming divine officials would be too wasteful. In my opinion, we should have those old-timers pass down their divine thrones."
"This..."
The God of Destruction's radical succession rhetoric left the Goddess of Life speechless, while the other six gods didn't know what to say.
Only Chen Junting's divine sense spoke up at this moment:
"Destruction, how do you plan to make them step down? Those who refuse to pass down their divine thrones are all old-timers of the God Realm, and most of them have chosen a life of comfort and the rare privileges and power."
The implication was that these were all seasoned slickers. If you wanted them to voluntarily pass down their divine thrones, even if you humbled yourself, it wouldn't work.
"Hmph, I'm not afraid of them not volunteering!"
As soon as these words came out, the other God Kings were greatly alarmed!
"No!"
"We can't set this precedent!"
"That's right! The matter of succession must never use forceful means!"
"..."
One after another, all were in disagreement.
"Where did your minds go?"
The God of Destruction frowned slightly. Upon hearing the word "forceful," he knew they had misunderstood. "What I mean is, Life and I will bestow our own divine trials for succession, thereby forcing them to have no choice but to bestow theirs."
"What!?" ×7
The seven God Kings were startled upon hearing this!
Looking at the silent Goddess of Life and the God of Destruction.
The only thought in their minds right now was:
'You two actually want to run!'
But before they could voice it, "Hum—"
Suddenly, a fluctuation came from the God Realm's core.
Chen Junting's divine sense, upon sensing this, was immediately overjoyed! With a wave of his hand, the God Realm's core was presented before the God Kings.
And the others seated naturally could sense it as well.
Such an obvious and intense fluctuation now meant only one thing: the God Realm had gained another powerful subordinate plane!
"It's the Throne of Seal world you spoke of! Right!"
Ning Tian was the first to speak, unable to contain her excitement!
One must know, their son had already returned from his training in the Douluo Plane, even successfully condensing the divine throne of the First-Class God, the God of Judgment. But her husband was far away in another star system, relying only on divine sense transmissions for communication and companionship. Yet a divine sense was, after all, not the real person.
So after the Throne of Seal world connected to the Douluo God Realm, how could Ning Tian not be excited? And besides Ning Tian, the other God Kings were naturally equally thrilled.
"Everyone, long time no see." Just then, a call that was both distant and not-so-distant sounded in the ears of everyone present.
...
"Are you ready?"
In the Throne of Seal world, Chen Junting looked at Hao Yue—who had restored his nine heads but hadn't yet completely dissolved the evil thought—and Long Haochen, who wielded the Divine Throne of Eternity and Creation, and said.
"Ready, let's begin."
Long Haochen took a deep breath, suppressing the anxiety in his heart. Hao Yue was much better off, because he had already returned to being the God of Heavenly Protection. All that remained was to ascend to the God Realm and receive its baptism.
Seeing this, Chen Junting nodded. "Then let's begin!"
As soon as his voice fell, the key to the God Realm's core in Chen Junting's hand shone brightly! Immediately after, nine-colored radiance enveloped the sky of the Throne of Seal world, and the God Realm's call came forth from there.
At this very moment, a divine status lit up on Long Haochen's glabella, forming the mark of the "Divine Throne of Eternity and Creation." Immediately after, a massive surge of faith power rushed in. The moment it poured into Long Haochen's body, his aura rapidly soared! In an instant—, heaven and earth changed color, becoming a god in a single moment!
"I am Long Haochen, and I shall be the God of Creation!"
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