In a rage, the Blazing Emperor was about to strike.
Just then, a sudden change occurred.
The mirror behind Zhang Huanyun trembled violently, and a dazzling sphere of light shot out, accompanied by an arrogant laugh—
"Hahaha! Foolish humans, did you really think you could kill the great Six-Claw Demon Emperor? No matter how strong a single individual may be, how can they possibly stand up to an entire plane? That is power that approaches the divine infinitely—the very essence of the Abyss Plane's existence! The Plane Seed will return me to the Abyss, and before long... I shall return!"
Indeed, the one fleeing from Zhang Huanyun's mirror was none other than the Abyss Emperor—the Six-Claw Demon Emperor.
Even the Six-Claw Demon Emperor himself hadn't expected to survive encountering the "Abyss Executioner" Tang Wulin.
When he'd been trapped in the mirror space and saw Tang Wulin enter with the Golden Dragon Spear, he'd despaired, believing he'd share the fate of the other Abyss creatures.
But the Plane Seed had saved his life.
The Plane Seed was something every Abyss Emperor possessed. Or rather, only those recognized by a Plane Seed could become an Abyss Emperor of a given layer, gaining strength and dominion over that layer's creatures.
The reason many Abyss Emperors feared death was their worry that during their resurrection period, another Abyss creature would seize their Plane Seed and usurp their position.
The Plane Seed possessed such power because it was condensed from the Abyss Plane's origin energy—essentially a miniature plane core for each layer.
Such an existence was beyond what Tang Wulin's Golden Dragon Spear could currently devour. The Six-Claw Demon Emperor had used his Plane Seed to contain his consciousness, escaping the mirror space and his fate of being devoured.
Since Zhang Huanyun was now in the air not far from Huo Yuhao, even amidst the chaotic battlefield below, everyone noticed the conspicuous figure.
The Blazing Emperor's murderous advance halted. He frowned at the Plane Seed.
Huo Yuhao, being closest, flickered and appeared beside the Plane Seed.
And so, just as the surviving Six-Claw Demon Emperor was about to flee toward the Abyss Passage, he suddenly found his Plane Seed in the palm of a hand.
His laughter died in his throat, replaced by shocked terror.
Who was this? How could he seize the Plane Seed?!
Abyss energy possessed extremely strong penetrating power, ignoring various obstacles—much like proton beams. That was one reason it could return to the Abyss Plane.
As origin-level Abyss energy, the Plane Seed's penetrating power was even stronger; otherwise, it would not have been able to escape Zhang Huanyun's mirror space.
Yet this person had caught it bare-handed—clearly beyond the Six-Claw Demon Emperor's expectations.
Escaping the Abyss Executioner only to run into another being seemingly capable of countering Abyss creatures—what kind of luck was this?
Just out of the tiger's mouth, only to fall into the wolf's den?
The Six-Claw Demon Emperor felt utterly cursed, with none of the good fortune that supposedly followed a narrow escape—only the despair of joy turning to sorrow, his heart filled with unease.
Huo Yuhao looked at the purple crystal in his hand, his eyes flickering.
"I overlooked this. Without the Life Seed, Wu Lin can't handle you yet."
In the original story, Tang Wulin at the Spirit Emperor level couldn't handle these Plane Seeds with the Golden Dragon Spear; he'd relied on the Life Seed left by Ah Yin.
These were, after all, the cores of the Abyss Plane's layers—they had their tricks.
But in his hands now... that was all they were.
A devouring force surged from Huo Yuhao's palm!
"What? Who are you? How can you devour the Plane Seed's power? No, impossible! AHH—!"
The agonizing scream was deafening. The Six-Claw Demon Emperor's unease had become reality.
Huo Yuhao could actually devour the Plane Seed's power—this was beyond his comprehension. It meant he would perish along with the Plane Seed—not death in the usual sense, but the complete devouring of the Abyss energy that formed his soul's origin.
He didn't fear ordinary death, since as long as his Abyss energy returned, he'd eventually revive. But if the energy comprising his soul was also devoured, that was true death.
As for the Abyss Saint Lord reviving him from the imprint left in the Abyss Plane—first, would the Saint Lord waste Abyss energy on a "weakling" like him? Even if he did, would the existence recondensed from that imprint truly be him?
In the Six-Claw Demon Emperor's view, that would be a fake.
With this thought, his consciousness began struggling wildly, fear overwhelming him. In his panic, he glimpsed the Blazing Emperor appearing nearby through spatial power, like a lifeline, and he screamed desperately: "Lord Blazing Emperor, save me!"
Crack—the crystal began to fracture.
In that instant, the Blazing Emperor shot forward like lightning, his right fist carrying mountain-shattering divine power aimed at Huo Yuhao's face, his voice thundering: "How dare you! Hand over the Plane Seed!"
The moment he'd seen Huo Yuhao seize the Plane Seed, he'd sensed trouble and rushed with full spatial power—but it seemed he was too late.
Huo Yuhao's expression was indifferent, ignoring the fist that could shatter mountains. He raised his right hand, fingers spread, precisely blocking the Blazing Emperor's full-force strike—their fist and palm colliding, exploding with a visible shockwave.
At the same time, his left hand clenched, crushing the already-cracked crystal.
The devouring force surged from his palm without pause, like a whale drinking water, swallowing the Six-Claw Demon Emperor's remaining consciousness along with the Plane Seed's origin energy.
The screams ceased. The Six-Claw Demon Emperor, along with his Plane Seed, was utterly destroyed!
In that moment, the four-clawed and six-clawed bats on the battlefield all froze, then dissolved into Abyss energy rushing toward the main passage's seal.
Seeing this, the Blazing Emperor's expression shifted dramatically. The distant Abyss Emperors' minds went blank.
The Plane Seed—the foundation of the 97th layer's existence—had been destroyed?
Didn't that mean... the Abyss Plane's 97th layer would cease to exist?!
"BOOM—BOOM—!"
The earth collapsed; magma flowed. The Abyss Plane's 97th layer completely caved in, countless Abyss creatures reduced to dust in the layer's dissolution, and even the entire Abyss Plane trembled.
The Plane Seed's disappearance meant that layer had lost all existence. Abyss energy began to disperse wildly, rushing toward other layers. The four-clawed bats, six-clawed bats, and other creatures that had relied on the 97th layer rapidly dissolved in the collapsing flood, reverting to raw Abyss energy.
"What happened? Why did the 97th layer suddenly collapse? Who destroyed the Plane Seed?!"
Angry roars echoed through the Abyss, resounding across every layer.
Colossal, terrifying figures appeared near the 96th layer, their eyes burning with shock and fury.
The neighboring Abyss Emperors felt the 97th layer's collapse most keenly—their own creatures also suffered mass deaths.
But these creatures could revive, so they didn't care. What worried them more was something else:
Who could destroy an entire layer's Plane Seed, completely erasing the 97th layer from the Abyss's sequence?
This was unprecedented in the 108-layer Abyss's existence!
"Three-Headed Demon Serpent, Bone Mountain Demon Lord, stop pretending to be dead. Answer! What happened on the Douluo Plane? Why did you return, but Six-Claw and the 97th layer's Plane Seed didn't?"
A formidable figure descended near the 96th layer from the Abyss's second layer, staring at the collapsed 97th layer with cold eyes.
It was the Abyss's second layer ruler—second only to the Saint Lord himself—the Spirit Emperor!
The other Abyss Emperors fell silent at his appearance.
The Three-Headed Demon Serpent and Bone Mountain Demon Lord, who had returned by containing their consciousness in their Plane Seeds after the sacrifice, had been watching. Receiving the Spirit Emperor's summons, they dared not hide in their layers and quickly appeared before him to report.
"Lord Spirit Emperor, a Emperor-level existence intervened on the human side. We were no match and had no choice but to sacrifice ourselves to let Lord Blazing Emperor pass through the Abyss Passage. As for the Six-Claw Demon Emperor, he was captured before that. His Plane Seed was likely destroyed by that youth with the divine artifact!"
Tang Wulin: Me? That's not right! I won't take the blame!
"You mean that divine artifact can destroy Plane Seeds?" The Spirit Emperor's gaze sharpened; something felt off.
No matter how powerful the artifact, its wielder was weak—it shouldn't be able to directly destroy a Plane Seed.
But the Spirit Emperor soon put aside that line of thought.
"Never mind. Speculating now is pointless. We'll wait for the Blazing Emperor's report."
The Spirit Emperor shook his head. "For now, what matters is that humanity now has the means to destroy us. Our plans must change. We'll use this opportunity to attack—I'll join the Blazing Emperor."
Before he finished, a deep, cold voice suddenly interrupted, making every Abyss Emperor's soul tremble.
"No need."
From the Abyss's depths, a massive vertical eye snapped open.
It was blood-red, composed of countless smaller eyes—a single glance was unsettling. As the eye opened, the entire Abyss Plane calmed. The 97th layer's collapse was now inevitable, but the tremors didn't spread further.
"Saint Lord!" The Spirit Emperor bowed first, kneeling on one knee.
The other Abyss Emperors followed, kneeling in silence.
"According to the creatures that returned after death, it wasn't that human youth who destroyed the Plane Seed, but someone else. Leave the battlefield to the Blazing Emperor for now—let him test that deity's strength. The rest of you, do not enter the Douluo Plane."
The Spirit Emperor and the others were startled.
A reincarnated deity? A deity had appeared on the Douluo Plane?
And according to the Saint Lord, the one who killed the Six-Claw Demon Emperor was that deity, and he was currently fighting the Blazing Emperor?
"Saint Lord, if it's truly a deity, then what about the Blazing Emperor and his Plane Seed?" The Spirit Emperor looked worried.
"No need to worry. He's merely a reincarnated deity—his power hasn't recovered. And if necessary, I will intervene."
Deep within the Abyss, the Abyss Saint Lord's eyes were profound.
He'd long known that deities had appeared on the Douluo side.
Though it was difficult for the Holy Spirit Cult to contact them, the Possession Demons had still been present during Shrek's destruction. The Demon Emperor would have reported such vital information.
So he'd known about Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena for some time.
If those first-class deities were at full power, the Abyss Saint Lord would have fled with the Abyss Plane. But reincarnated deities were another matter.
As long as their power hadn't recovered to second-class deity level, even so-called Divine Realm deities weren't enough to make him retreat.
This attack, breaking the main passage seal with the Blazing Emperor leading the charge, was his test.
"If it were Emperor Tian and Snow Empress, that would be one thing. Since it's you, let me see how much power you deities have left."
The Abyss Saint Lord's gaze seemed to pierce through the layers of planes, seeing the battlefield on another continent: "Let me see whose world the Douluo Continent will be!"
Above the battlefield, after devouring the Six-Claw Demon Emperor and the Abyss 97th layer's Plane Seed, Huo Yuhao felt a sense of completeness, his cultivation even improving slightly.
The Plane Seed was essentially a weakened plane core, its origin infinitely close to the divine level—beneficial to him.
In the original story, the Plane Seed was devoured by the Life Seed, giving Wu Lin little benefit. Otherwise, his progress would have been much faster—perhaps skipping a dozen levels at once.
That thought passed briefly. Huo Yuhao didn't dwell on it. His gaze turned to the Blazing Emperor, whom he'd been holding down, and he said flatly, "Next, it's your turn!"
As his voice fell, the enraged Blazing Emperor felt an invisible spiritual pressure descend like a collapsing sky.
This was—
"Divine consciousness? You've reached the divine level like the Spirit Emperor?!"
The Blazing Emperor's pupils contracted as he desperately mobilized his divine power to resist.
Divine power and divine consciousness clashed violently in the void, the resulting invisible waves distorting the surrounding air. Within a thousand meters of them, neither Limit Douluo nor Abyss Emperor dared step.
This level of conflict was not something ordinary beings could intervene in. Rushing in would only mean certain death.
The Blazing Emperor retreated step by step, each footfall leaving spiderweb cracks in the void. Huo Yuhao advanced with the ease of a leisurely stroll.
Such disparity made the Blazing Emperor realize Huo Yuhao was definitely above the Spirit Emperor—perhaps even a true deity. Combined with his means of destroying Plane Seeds, the Blazing Emperor felt the first stirrings of retreat.
But Huo Yuhao wouldn't let him leave.
"Eternal Space-Time Light!"
As he spoke, Huo Yuhao's eyes turned into golden whirlpools. The Eternal Eye on his forehead emerged, like a third divine eye.
Using the Eternal Eye to greatly amplify his spiritual power, he shot out a beam of intertwined white and blue light—the fusion of Eternal Light and Space-Time Light!
Eternal Light's power to assimilate all things could be applied to all of Huo Yuhao's abilities!
Seeing this attack, the Blazing Emperor's expression changed drastically. Abyss energy erupted from him like a volcano, and a terrifying purple blade formed above his head, radiating a heaven-devouring aura, cleaving toward the Space-Time Light.
Abyss·Heaven-Splitting Slash!
But the moment his attack touched the Space-Time Light, it seemed drained of divine power, freezing midair before shattering inch by inch into nothingness.
The Blazing Emperor tried to muster more divine power, but it was too late.
In an instant, space and time within a thousand meters seemed seized by an invisible hand. The wind stopped, light froze—even the Blazing Emperor's movements nearly ceased.
Worse, he horrifiedly realized his life force was rapidly draining—his soul and spiritual origin weakening, even his divine power being assimilated by that light, becoming the other's nourishment.
"Break—!"
The Blazing Emperor's pupils trembled violently as he desperately tried to tear free. But his once-unstoppable divine power couldn't even manifest, as if shackled at the rule level.
Despair overwhelmed him like a tide.
Huo Yuhao stepped forward through the void, his right hand holding a blue-gold fire lotus that slowly bloomed in his palm. It seemed serene, yet radiated the power to incinerate all things.
"It's over." Huo Yuhao said softly, flicking his finger.
The fire lotus drifted silently, landing on the Blazing Emperor's chest.
BOOM—
Blue-gold flames exploded, engulfing him entirely.
In moments, the Blazing Emperor's body was destroyed, leaving only a pitch-black Plane Seed floating midair, containing his remaining consciousness.
"I never expected to lead two attacks on the Douluo Plane and return empty-handed both times. I never expected that before facing Emperor Tian again, I'd fall to another, and so helplessly."
The Plane Seed transmitted the Blazing Emperor's hoarse, low voice, tinged with self-mockery and unwillingness.
I preferred your earlier defiant attitude.
Huo Yuhao seized the Plane Seed, ignoring the Blazing Emperor's last words, and erased his consciousness directly.
Abyss Emperor, the Blazing Emperor—fallen!
On the battlefield, the Abyss Emperors watching the battle were dazed. Disbelief, horror, fear—emotions interwoven on their faces, lingering for a long time.
In just three moves, Lord Blazing Emperor had been killed?
How could humans have such a powerful being?!
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