As the Eternal Angel had predicted, King Easton ultimately couldn't hold out.
After taking a beating for several minutes, his body covered in wounds, King Easton decided he couldn't continue like this.
What kind of trial was this? This was a one-sided beating.
And the examiner was the one getting beaten by the examinee!
Huo Yuhao's attacks came in wave after wave, all his various techniques reaching the divine level. He didn't seem like someone who'd been elevated by external means at all—more like a true reincarnated deity.
If not for his divine artifact armor and the Eternal Light (Chaos Power) granted by the Eternal Lord—which had the ability to suppress and assimilate—he would have collapsed long ago.
But while Eternal Light could quickly disintegrate ordinary power, it wasn't so easy against extreme attributes and powerful laws. Long Haochen's light power could resist Eternal Light.
And Huo Yuhao's various techniques were no weaker than Long Haochen's light power.
Though in Huo Yuhao's view, Eternal Light was a super-mechanic ability similar to Crimson Gold Mysterious Flame—capable of countering anything—the disparity in strength ultimately left King Easton helpless.
Facing such an opponent, he had no choice but to gamble with his last trump card.
Gritting his teeth, King Easton mustered all his remaining power and hurled his ax and hammer simultaneously.
The two divine artifacts arced through the air, striking at Huo Yuhao from both sides. But just before impact, they veered and collided with each other.
BOOM!!!
A layer of intense emerald lightning exploded, covering the area for miles. Wherever it passed, the ground cracked and space warped.
This was King Easton's final gamble—and his strongest control technique: World-Shaking Thunder!
This was his ultimate move. Any target caught in this thunder domain would be penetrated, paralyzed, and frozen by natural forces, trapped in a state of stasis for several breaths—at least, none of his previous opponents, not even the Eternal Angel or Holy Sacred Dragon, could fully resist it.
"Caught by this, even you can't avoid being frozen!"
King Easton roared, his form turning into a green streak that pierced through the still-raging thunder curtain, caught his returning weapons, and swung them at Huo Yuhao's face.
Then he saw the starry curtain before Huo Yuhao and abruptly halted.
King Easton: "..."
He'd nearly forgotten—though Huo Yuhao hadn't used them much, he had indeed mastered the powers of two of his fellow spirits.
With his ultimate move useless, his heart sank.
But Huo Yuhao gave him no chance to catch his breath.
The moment the Star Curtain blocked the World-Shaking Thunder, Huo Yuhao put away the Tian Fen Shen Chu. He raised both hands, and Ice-Devouring Extreme Flame and Crimson Gold Mysterious Flame appeared in his palms.
Two flames—one left, one right—slowly rotating in his hands.
King Easton's pupils contracted sharply. "Two divine flames?"
Yes—not just Crimson Gold Mysterious Flame. Ice-Devouring Extreme Flame had also temporarily ascended to the level of divine flame once Huo Yuhao reached the divine level.
But what shocked him even more was that Huo Yuhao was fusing the two divine flames together into a heart-stopping fire lotus.
The Douluo Version of Buddha's Wrath Fire Lotus!
Watching this, the Holy Sacred Dragon couldn't help twitching his mouth.
He still remembered Huo Yuhao's previous trial clearly—he'd been bluffed by this move and never actually had to take it. Now King Easton would have the pleasure of experiencing it firsthand.
But King Easton didn't feel lucky—he only felt it was absurd.
He felt Huo Yuhao was like a black hole, utterly unfathomable.
Even now, Huo Yuhao still had other divine-level techniques. Even an average deity probably didn't have such depth!
Facing a successor like this, King Easton didn't know whether to call himself lucky or unlucky.
Unfortunately, he'd chosen this trial format himself, and he'd have to see it through even if it hurt.
When Huo Yuhao sent the fire lotus toward him through spatial power, King Easton knew he couldn't dodge. Nine Spirit Soul figures manifested around him, jointly setting up a spatial lock—disrupting the surrounding space and trapping him firmly in that area.
In a direct fight, these Spirit Souls were no match for him now. But they'd grown alongside Huo Yuhao, their levels far beyond ordinary Spirit Souls. And with Huo Yuhao's power at the divine level, they had no trouble creating obstacles for him.
No escape—only a head-on clash.
King Easton gritted his teeth. His ax and hammer burst with brilliant radiance. Eternal Light surged from deep within his spirit body, Chaos Power infusing the two divine artifacts. The emerald light instantly deepened—no longer mere life energy, but carrying a trace of Chaos Power.
BOOM!
Heaven and earth roared. The moment the fire lotus collided with the two weapons, a pillar of light tore through the void, punching a hole in the earth, and the entire Eternal Domain lost its color.
The violent energy fluctuations obscured everything.
When it all settled, the Eternal Angel and Holy Sacred Dragon looked over to see the Tian Fen Shen Chu already at King Easton's throat.
And King Easton himself could only be described as "pitiful."
He knelt half-bent in the center of the ruins, his knees deep in cracked earth. His ax and hammer had flown from his hands, landing several zhang away. The divine artifacts hadn't shattered, but the emerald light on their blades had dimmed to its limit.
Even with his divine armor protecting him, his body was covered in wounds—the skin of his right hand split open, bone visible, fingers twitching spasmodically. Blood seeped from the dent in his chest armor, dripping down the armor plates. A deep gash ran across his face, and blood foam constantly spilled from his mouth.
Seeing King Easton in such a state, the Eternal Angel patted her chest with relief. "Good thing he was in charge of the third trial, otherwise..."
Otherwise, she'd be the one in this miserable state.
The Eternal Angel didn't think Huo Yuhao was the type to be gentle with women.
On the other side, Huo Yuhao stood before King Easton, the Tian Fen Shen Chu steady at his neck, its dark gold tip less than an inch from his throat.
His robes were torn in several places by the energy backlash, his hair disheveled, his face pale. Fighting King Easton and the strain of the Spirit Transmission Tower's extreme sublimation had left him with some wounds—but that was all.
As his blood energy and Creation power surged, these wounds rapidly healed, restoring him completely in just a few breaths.
After the Spirit Transmission Tower's extreme sublimation, he had the ability to defeat a Level 100 deity head-on!
Huo Yuhao looked at King Easton, his tone low. "The time limit hasn't expired. I win."
King Easton was silent for a moment, then said, "Yes. You have passed the final trial, Master."
Hearing this, Huo Yuhao knew King Easton had acknowledged him. He smiled and began channeling Creation power to heal King Easton.
King Easton was first startled, then laughed. "Master, there's no need for that. The Eternal Lord has been watching this place all along."
As his voice faded, a beam of white light descended, rapidly healing King Easton's wounds.
At the same time, the entire Easton World suddenly turned nine-colored. The nine-colored divine light slowly revolved around Huo Yuhao.
A cool voice echoed through the air: "Huo Yuhao, you have passed the trials of the three artifact spirits. From this moment on, you are the new master of the Throne of Eternity and Creation God-Imprint! The artifact spirits will explain the Throne's specific details to you."
Hearing these inevitable words, Huo Yuhao paused. Though not overly excited, he still felt joy and emotion.
After all, this would be his first super-divine artifact—even if only temporarily.
Reflecting on the God-Imprint Throne's trials—were they easy?
Not at all. In the past, few divine seat inheritors could pass the final trial.
Still, compared to the Asura Divine Seat's "buy one get one free" deal, and certainly compared to certain abstract divine seat trials, the God-Imprint Throne's trials were quite reasonable.
Ahem, calling out the Dragon God's divine trials here—those who know, know.
(Dragon God: Another day of being insulted.)
The thought passed in a flash. Huo Yuhao opened his eyes. The nine-colored light revolved around him, with some merging into his body, establishing a deeper connection with the God-Imprint Throne.
Nearby, the Eternal Angel and Holy Sacred Dragon quickly approached, kneeling alongside King Easton.
"Guardians of the Eternal Domain greet our Master."
The three artifact spirits' voices were synchronized and solemn, echoing through the Eternal Domain.
"You are all my predecessors," Huo Yuhao raised his hand in a gesture. "There's no need for such formality."
The Eternal Angel shook her head. "Propriety cannot be abandoned. Since you have passed the trial and earned the Throne's recognition, you are our Master."
Huo Yuhao didn't insist. He simply nodded slightly, accepting the gesture. Once the three had risen, he spoke: "I've already sensed to the Throne's power—it's indeed vast. But for now, I have more important matters to attend to. And I'm already familiar with the God-Imprint Throne, so we can discuss the details later."
"Master, you're about to break through, aren't you? Let me assist you." King Easton said, immediately mobilizing natural forces to aid Huo Yuhao's breakthrough to Title Douluo.
"Then I thank you."
Huo Yuhao nodded, sat cross-legged, and closed his eyes to cultivate.
The vast life energy he'd absorbed earlier, now that he'd released his restrictions, began driving him through his bottleneck.
King Easton's natural forces also began integrating into Huo Yuhao's body, with some being guided into the Eye of Life.
In an instant, the Eye of Life—now gapering stellar power, life power, and natural power—began to undergo a qualitative transformation.
A wisp of Chaos Energy appeared within the Eye of Life.
That faint, grayish wisp seemed weak yet contained an indescribable mystery—neither life nor death, neither light nor dark. It swirled deep within the Eye of Life, driving its evolution.
Huo Yuhao understood. A white radiance appeared around him—it was the Eternal Light King Easton had used against him!
This was a innate divine ability from the Eye of Life's evolution. From now on, he could wield this power freely.
The Eye of Life would become a thing of the past. From now on, it would be the Eternal Eye!
Elevated by Chaos Power, it would grow alongside Huo Yuhao. When the time was right, it might become another super-divine artifact, just as in the original story.
And after the Eye of Life transformed into the Eternal Eye, the nine-colored radiance from the God-Imprint Throne began to tremble, growing denser before surging into Huo Yuhao's body.
That was limitless Chaos Power. Though it couldn't compare to the fusion of stellar, life, and natural powers in producing that single most pure wisp of Chaos Origin Energy, such an influx of Chaos Power still brought tremendous benefits.
His earlier comprehension and absorption of Yin-Yang Chaos Dual Qi in the Undead Plane allowed Huo Yuhao to quickly master this Chaos Power.
These Chaos Powers merged into his body, transforming according to his power.
They shifted between ice and fire, and other elemental attributes.
Clearly, any attribute belonging to Huo Yuhao's Ice Empress martial soul could be converted from Chaos Power.
Even if Huo Yuhao mobilized the laws of Destruction, Reincarnation, or Creation, the Chaos Power could accordingly transform into spirit power of those attributes, perfectly aligning with various laws.
Chaos giving birth to all things was no empty phrase.
Huo Yuhao had previously struggled with what type of third soul core to condense, but now he had the perfect choice.
His first soul core represented blood energy. His second represented spirit.
The third should naturally represent the "qi" of essence-qi-spirit—that is, spirit power.
But the soul core's attribute was a problem. He could no longer simply condense a space-attribute soul core. Yet merging all his attributes into one soul core while maintaining a new yin-yang complementary balance with the other two wasn't easy. Such a soul core would be far stronger than the other two, overshadowing them.
But with the Yin-Yang Chaos Dual Qi he'd previously absorbed and comprehended, and the Chaos Power from the God-Imprint Throne, he could condense the most suitable soul core—a Chaos Soul Core!
As time passed, the new soul core condensed. Huo Yuhao integrated his understanding of Chaos into it, forming the Chaos Soul Core, which he then absorbed into his body, beginning to balance the three soul cores.
With past experience and powerful spiritual control, this step was no longer as difficult as the first time.
After a long while, the three soul cores each settled into place, the three cores of spirit, energy, and spirit mutually pulled together, forming an endless, perfect cycle within his body.
The shadow of a ninth spirit ring also began to appear, with residual Chaos Energy from the Eternal Domain flowing in.
Combined with Huo Yuhao's nine Spirit Souls and his own comprehension of various powers, the brilliant gold ninth spirit ring manifested.
And there was one for each of the Ice Empress and Spirit Eyes martial souls.
Title Douluo—achieved!
Huo Yuhao's aura suddenly surged, shaking the surrounding space.
He slowly opened his eyes, feeling his current cultivation, and smiled.
Breaking through to Title Douluo with yin-yang complementary three soul cores—his cultivation clearly couldn't be measured by ordinary Title standards.
He had now reached the Limit Douluo level.
Peak Spirit Domain realm, Limit Douluo cultivation.
After so many years, reaching this level again felt entirely different.
Just as Huo Yuhao was about to see what spirit abilities the four Spirit Eyes Spirit Souls and five Ice Empress Spirit Souls had provided, a strange sensation made him turn his gaze to the God-Imprint Throne imprint in his Sea of Spirit.
Previously, this had been the Eternal Lord's channel of communication. But now, he could feel that ownership of this imprint had passed to him.
He could use it to contact the God-Imprint Throne. Moreover, the imprint conveyed another message: when he became a deity, this imprint would transform into a special divine persona, freeing him from planar rule restrictions—equivalent to the Creator God bestowing a divine seat upon him!
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