Huo Yuhao's astonishing feat of freezing space and time just now did not come from the Legacy of the God of Destruction, but rather relied on the Super Divine Artifact, the Kunlun Mirror.
After becoming a deity, he was already able to master a portion of this Super Divine Artifact's might; actively shuttling through space and time previously was one of them, and freezing space and time now was another application.
The Law Of Time and space was profound and unpredictable; even beings at the God King level might not be able to easily dabble in it, yet the Kunlun Mirror had bestowed upon him this extraordinary control.
He withdrew his gaze, just in time to meet the sights that Chen Xinjie, Amorous Douluo Zang Xin, and Ya Li cast toward him. Those pairs of eyes were filled with shock and dismay, as if they were getting to know him for the first time.
Huo Yuhao couldn't help but chuckle and said, "Why are you looking at me like that? Is there a flower on my Face?"
Chen Xinjie had little interaction with Huo Yuhao, only knowing that Tower Master Huo was the head of the Spirit Pagoda and promisingly young, but he had never imagined that the other party had grown strong to such a degree.
As for Amorous Douluo Zang Xin and Ya Li, it was different; the two of them had known Huo Yuhao for many years, and could even be said to have watched him grow step by step.
Yet now, after just a few years of not seeing him, this young man who had always been a junior in their eyes had actually stood at a height where even looking up at him took effort.
The two exchanged a glance, their hearts filled with a myriad of emotions—both shocked and somewhat dazed.
After a moment of silence, Chen Xinjie was the first to recover his senses.
He took a deep breath, suppressed the turbulence in his heart, and solemnly asked, "Tower Master Huo, have you also become a deity?"
Huo Yuhao did not explain much, simply nodding faintly.
Seeing this, the three of Chen Xinjie all involuntarily drew a sharp breath of cold air, secretly thinking to themselves as expected.
Both were of Divine Rank, but the posture with which Huo Yuhao crushed the Demon Empress just now was something they had witnessed with their own eyes. That was fundamentally not a battle of the same tier, but rather a dimensionality reduction strike without a shred of suspense.
Naturally, they did not know that the path to becoming a deity that Huo Yuhao embarked upon had a fundamental difference from the Demon Empress's kind of forced Breakthrough.
At best, the Demon Empress merely relied on negative emotions to forcibly condense power, stepping into the threshold of a divine officer.
Whereas Huo Yuhao was an orthodox Divinity possessing a true Divine Position, and even wielded the position of a God King. The gap between the two was like fireflies compared to the bright moon; before him, the Demon Empress fundamentally had no room for resistance.
Looking at the shock still hard to calm on the Faces of the three, Huo Yuhao smiled and waved his hand, breaking the silence in a relaxed tone, "Alright, the mission is complete, we can head back."
...
Huo Yuhao's sight focused once more; sunlight streamed in through the floor-to-ceiling windows, spreading a warm halo across the floor.
He blinked his eyes, his gaze falling upon Jin Li who was resting her chin in her hands and looking at him from the side. That pretty Face was full of undisguised curiosity.
Jin Li keenly captured the momentary change in Huo Yuhao's gaze just then; that brief loss of focus and return to reality was something she had also experienced.
She immediately spoke up and asked, "Just now... did you transmigrate to Ten Thousand Years later again?"
Huo Yuhao was slightly stunned, not expecting Jin Li to be able to detect it so precisely. Then he calmly nodded and smiled, "After becoming a deity, I am already able to actively shuttle through these Ten Thousand Years of space and time."
"I did indeed make a trip to Ten Thousand Years later just now to handle some matters."
Hearing this, Jin Li's mind instantly spun with many thoughts. Her eyes lit up, and she couldn't help saying, "Doesn't that mean you can freely take people back and forth across time in the future?"
Huo Yuhao did not deny it: "Mm, theoretically, yes."
He paused, then added, "However, you have also been to Ten Thousand Years later; you should be able to sense that World's rejection of you."
"Transmigrating to other Worlds, your Cultivation speed and Spirit Power recovery speed will both be suppressed quite a bit."
After all, Jin Li had experienced it personally and had a deep understanding of that sense of restraint.
However, the excitement on her Face did not decrease by half because of this; instead, she smiled with her eyebrows curved: "That is still much more convenient anyway, since we can come back anytime, and it's not like once we go we can't return."
As she spoke, the smile at the corners of her mouth gradually restrained a bit. Looking earnestly at Huo Yuhao, she softly asked, "Now that you've finished trying out space-time Transmigration, are you... preparing to go to the Divine Realm?"
Huo Yuhao did not hesitate, nodded, and then turned his head to look out the window.
After a moment, he withdrew his gaze and said, "Before going to the Divine Realm, let me do one last thing for the Spirit Pagoda."
He turned his head, took Jin Li's hand, and a warm, soft touch came from his fingertips.
He smiled, his tone light yet solemn: "My little secretary, go and give notice that three days from now I will officially have an Ascension to the Divine Realm, inviting the major factions and powerhouses on the mainland to come and observe the ceremony."
Jin Li was exceptionally intelligent and understood Huo Yuhao's intention the instant she heard these words.
She nodded heavily: "Alright, I will prepare the guest list, and not a single one of those who ought to come will be missing."
Compared to the flightiness and greenness when she first came to the Spirit Pagoda, Jin Li—having experienced the sacrificial change and walked along the edge of life and death—had now become much more steady.
Along with the rapid conclusion of the mainland war, the matter of Huo Yuhao becoming a deity was long no longer a secret.
When they received the observation invitation issued by the Spirit Pagoda, powerhouses from the major factions set out one after another, gathering in Star Luo City from all directions.
After all, this was an invitation from a deity; who dared not give this Face?
What's more, an event like Ascension to the Divine Realm had not been seen by anyone for Ten Thousand Years; everyone couldn't help but want to see with their own eyes what a Divinity's Ascension actually looked like.
Thus, three days later, on the square of the Spirit Pagoda, it was a sea of people, tightly surrounded layer upon layer.
On distant roofs, the attic windows of street corners, and even among the branches of trees at the edge of the square, figures straining their necks in anticipation were crammed everywhere.
Although many factions came from all directions, the Spirit Pagoda did not need to expend too much manpower to maintain order.
For no other reason, in front of a Divinity, no one dared to act presumptuously.
Whether they were Titled Douluo or ordinary Spirit Masters, they all consciously reined in their auras, standing quietly in their respective positions. Even whispering was deliberately kept to low voices, and the entire square was permeated with a solemn and expectant atmosphere.
Inside the first-floor hall of the Spirit Pagoda, Huo Yuhao stood before everyone, having already instructed them one by one regarding the matters of aftermath to be handled and the future development route of the Spirit Pagoda.
His gaze swept across these familiar Faces, and finally his sight fell upon Jin Li.
A moment later, a voice transmission that only she could hear quietly entered her ears: "I will find a Divine Position for you as soon as possible, and won't let you wait too long."
Jin Li was slightly startled, then lowered her eyelids, gently nodded, and didn't say much else.
Having finished giving instructions, Huo Yuhao withdrew his gaze and turned to Face the tightly closed doors of the hall.
He raised his hand and gently pushed, and the two heavy pagoda doors roared open. Sunlight poured in like a tide, plating his figure with a layer of dazzling golden edges.
He lifted his foot and stepped forward, walking out unhurriedly.
Outside the doors, the entire square suddenly fell silent.
Almost at the very same instant, everyone's gazes gathered on him. In those gazes were awe, curiosity, inquiry, and even more of an indescribable shock.
There were hundreds and thousands of people on the square, yet it was pin-drop silent, and even breathing seemed to have simultaneously slowed down.
Huo Yuhao stood firmly and surveyed the dense crowd below the stage.
His expression was calm, and the corners of his mouth held a gentle, approachable smile. He cupped his hands in a salute toward the crowd and said in a ringing voice: "From now on, I must trouble everyone to take good care of the Spirit Pagoda."
----------------------------------------------
A/N:
I hope all of you are enjoying this story so far. I would appreciate some Power Stones if you can spare any. Leave a review if you like the story. Thank you.