Gu Yuena's figure flashed, and she silently arrived beside Huo Yuhao, lowering her gaze to look at the Abyss Plane below that was "frozen" in a semi-collapsed state.
The dark purple demonic mist solidified like sculpture, and the cracked abyss earth stagnated at the critical point of impending disintegration.
She spoke, "The Abyss has collapsed, and the crisis of the Douluo Continent has finally ended."
Regarding this result, she did not feel surprised in the least.
She had long been clear in her heart about the matter of Huo Yuhao bearing the positions of dual God Kings.
The move of a God King wielding the two supreme Laws of destruction and life meant the ending was destined from the start.
Yet, witnessing with her own eyes this abyss that had run amok for thousands of years completely crumble before her still caused a wave of indescribably complex emotions to surge in her heart.
Huo Yuhao nodded, casting his gaze toward that abyss "quietly perishing," and said, "The residual energy of the Abyss Plane is not a little; if it directly collapses and dissipates, it would rather be a waste."
As he spoke, he flipped his left hand, and a pitch-black sphere the size of a fist materialized out of thin air within his palm.
Immediately after, the Tree of Life behind him burst with green light once again, its branches and leaves unfolding, and the emerald-green light surged like a tide, converging into a condensed and mighty torrent of life that accurately injected into that pitch-black sphere.
The pure life force poured in endlessly, intermingling and neutralizing with the deathly silent energy within the sphere. The originally dark surface gradually produced a trace of warm luster, and a wisp of faint vitality began to breed amidst the lifelessness.
Gu Yuena saw it clearly: Huo Yuhao was forcibly extracting the remaining Origin life force of the Abyss Plane, pouring it all into that sphere.
That was the essence of life precipitated by the Abyss over countless years. Now, it was reversed and stripped away by Huo Yuhao with the power of a God King, transforming the power originally used for destruction into nutrients capable of nurturing new life.
The Abyss Plane below began to disintegrate layer by layer. There was no violent roar, no overflowing violent energy, only a quiet collapse and dissipation, like an old painting quietly erased by time itself.
Those rampaging abyss emperors vanished together with their respective layer domains, none escaping, turning into flying ash and completely dissipating at the end of Huo Yuhao's sight.
Gu Yuena's gaze fell upon the slowly revolving sphere before Huo Yuhao, feeling the aura within it, and softly asked, "This is… your Undead Plane?"
Huo Yuhao nodded: "That's right. The Undead Plane was originally just a small plane; strictly speaking, it could even only be called a semi-plane."
"But now, having absorbed the accumulated energy of the Abyss, this plane has undergone earth-shaking changes and is growing into a truly independent plane."
He cast a sidelong glance at Tang Hao, who was still bound behind him, and said in a calm tone: "If I guessed correctly, Tang San's plan should be to let Tang Hao, in the identity of the plane master, devour the entire Abyss Plane, thereby allowing the Douluo Plane to complete a leap-style elevation."
Hearing this, Gu Yuena looked at Tang Hao along Huo Yuhao's gaze.
She saw that resolute face was now full of shock, and his pupils trembled slightly.
Gu Yuena had an idea in her heart; Huo Yuhao's deduction was probably close to the mark.
Huo Yuhao withdrew his gaze and continued: "If Tang San's plan can really be completed, the Douluo Continent will indeed benefit, and it might even give birth to third-tier or even second-tier Divinities through this."
He paused, his gaze falling back onto the small plane undergoing transformation before him, and his voice deepened a bit: "What I said before about creating my own Divine Realm was preparing to use this Undead Plane as the foundation."
"Now that I have mastered the two Laws of destruction and life, as long as I completely fuse them, the power of creation can be born."
"The power of creation is the most primordial force, sufficient to give birth to the immortal spiritual Qi that constructs the foundation of the Divine Realm."
"I believe that before long, the powerhouses on the continent will have a true place for Ascension."
Hearing this, Gu Yuena truly understood Huo Yuhao's complete plan.
Looking at his focused profile, she secretly sighed in her heart that he indeed never did things without assurance.
She smiled slightly, her tone carrying trust as she said: "I believe you will definitely succeed."
Tang Hao at the side listened to this conversation between the two, his expression gloomy like water. He knew the overall situation was set, and his son's arrangements would probably find it hard to turn things around again.
Yet deep in his heart, a trace of unwilling hope still remained. He felt that if the Divine Realm could return, and if Tang San could come back, perhaps there would still be a turning point.
Great God Circle, God Realm Committee.
Layer upon layer of sea of clouds churned beneath his feet, and nine-colored rosy light hung down from the dome, sprinkling onto the vast platform paved with white jade.
Tang San stood alone at the very front, his eyes slightly closed, the Divine Power around his body slowly revolving like a vast galaxy, completely fusing with the Divine Realm Central Hub suspended in mid-air before him.
Ever since the Divine Realm was swept away by the spatial-temporal turbulence back then, he and the gods had been trying their best to maintain the stability of the Divine Realm.
That period was the most difficult time for the Divine Realm—the Laws were turbulent, the planes jolted, and the slightest carelessness could plunge them into eternal damnation.
Later, near a black hole on the verge of collapse somewhere, they encountered divinities from other Divine Realms.
Those unfamiliar gods were also drifting in the spatial-temporal turbulence, and their situations were in extreme peril.
In order to break free from the irresistible gravitational pull of the black hole, they went all out and struck together.
However, who should command this life-and-death operation became a thorny problem.
The gods of each Divine Realm were supreme existences in their respective Worlds, and none of them were willing to easily bow their heads.
In the end, after an open and aboveboard duel, Tang San conquered the gods of other Worlds with absolute strength and obtained the final command.
Under his overall coordination and dispatch, the gods joined forces and finally broke free of the black hole's gravity, successfully resolving this crisis sufficient to annihilate all Divine Realms.
Afterwards, Tang San withstood all opposing views, persuading the gods of other Divine Realms to fuse their respective Divine Realm Central Hubs into one, which led to the current Great God Circle that integrated the powers of multiple Divine Realms.
Whether in the former Divine Realm or the current Great God Circle, Tang San was always the controller of the Divine Realm Central Hub.
His will was the Law, and his decision was the direction.
Yet now, Tang San, who had already ascended to become the supreme God King of the Great God Circle, had no expression of excitement or satisfaction on his face. Instead, his brows were slightly locked, and a trace of unspeakable solemnity was suppressed deep within his eyes.
Because he discovered that he could no longer contact his son who was still on the Douluo Continent, and the Divine Power transmitted over was like a stone sinking into the sea, with no further response.
The contingency plans Tang San left on the Douluo Continent could not be said to be few: his parents sat in the plane core, his son inherited his Bloodline and will, and numerous hidden chess pieces were spread across the planes.
Logically speaking, even if the Divine Realm temporarily lost contact, the Douluo Continent should still operate on its own within his layout, without the slightest disorder.
Yet now, no matter what, he could not contact his parents, and that wisp of Divided Soul left within his son's body was also like a stone sinking into the sea, without any response, as if it had been completely isolated by an even more powerful force.
He knew deeply that some unexpected change must have happened on the Douluo Continent.
According to Tianhen's statement, back then in order to break free from the black hole, the time they spent was far longer than planned.
Calculated by the time flow rate of the Douluo Continent, thousands of years had probably passed by now.
Thousands of years of time were enough to change too many things.
He did not know what had happened on the Douluo Continent, nor was he certain whether his son was still safe and sound.
He only knew that the only thing he could do now was to perform Transmigration through the endless starry sky at the fastest speed and rush back to the Star Domain where the Douluo Continent was located.
Just like that, the Great God Circle sailed through the vast and silent starry sky for countless days and nights.
Tang San always maintained the connection with the Divine Realm Central Hub, perceiving the direction of the Douluo Continent without a moment's stop.
Until at a certain moment, he suddenly opened both eyes, his eyes filled with irrepressible excitement.
Just in that very instant, he clearly sensed a familiar aura!
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