The Sea God's Fall, the Path to Godhood Begins

With that single step, the Sea God felt the entire domain press down on him, making even his breathing heavier.

"I told you, there are many things you've underestimated."

Feng Xiu raised his sword, aiming its tip at the Sea God's chest.

"Impossible..." The Sea God tightened his grip on the trident.

"How could an outsider from the lower realm possess such power?!"

"One of Annihilation."

Feng Xiu gave him no chance to finish, thrusting his sword forward.

Black light shot from the blade and swelled in the blink of an eye, swallowing the Sea God whole.

The Sea God didn't even have time to scream. The blue light on his trident flickered twice within the black radiance before going out, and his divine body shattered inch by inch, turning into a cloud of blue luminous mist. The black light swept over it, leaving nothing behind.

The black light faded, leaving only a dark blue pearl and the Golden Trident.

A cluster of shattered Godhood light patterns floated in midair.

The Sea God Godhood had been completely shattered.

Feng Xiu reached out and seized the divine spark, then turned his hand and stored it in his dimensional space.

He turned and crossed the distance to Agares and Vassago in a single step.

One had been pinned to a stone pillar, and the other had a hole through his leg. Both were covered in blood, leaning against a broken wall and gasping for breath.

Feng Xiu crouched down and looked at them. Some of the coldness left his face, and his brows drew together slightly.

"Big brother..." Agares opened his mouth.

"Don't speak." Feng Xiu placed his hands on their shoulders, sending dark purple Spiritual Power from his palms into them and closing their wounds bit by bit.

His complexion had already been poor, and after he transferred the Spiritual Power, it grew noticeably paler. A thin sheen of sweat appeared on his forehead.

Half an hour later, the bloody hole in Agares's arm had closed, and the wound through Vassago's leg had nearly healed. Both could sit upright on their own.

Vassago moved his leg and looked up at Feng Xiu. "Big brother, forcibly bringing down the Demon God Pillar... the backlash you suffer will be even worse."

"I know."

Feng Xiu stood up and caught his breath.

"I sensed something amiss while I was in Heart City. I made it here just in time. A moment later, and both of you would have died at the Sea God's hands."

Agares was silent for a moment. "We were careless. We didn't expect the Sea God to descend personally."

"I don't blame you." Feng Xiu waved a hand.

"Let's leave first."

He raised a hand and tore open a rift in the void, and the three of them stepped inside.

Before the rift closed, Feng Xiu looked back at Sea God Island.

The Sea Soul Beasts around the island had gathered again. The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King and the Evil Orca King poked their heads above the water, staring at the figures still on the island, their eyes full of savage light.

Without the Sea God holding the fort, this place wouldn't last long.

The rift closed, and the three vanished.

They returned to the Demon Clan's Heart City.

Feng Xiu went straight into a secret chamber to enter seclusion.

Everything concerning the Demon Clan was left to Agares and Vassago.

Inside the secret chamber.

Feng Xiu's hand slipped from the wall, and he sank down, spraying a mouthful of blood onto the floor.

Tiny specks of light were mixed into the dark red blood.

He took a few breaths, steadied himself against the wall, and wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth.

The price of forcibly bringing down the Demon God Pillar was greater than he had expected.

The Douluo Plane had recognized him as an outsider. The power of its laws pressed in from every direction, squeezing him as if trying to expel a foreign object.

An ordinary Demon God would have been wiped out by the plane on the spot.

Only he could withstand it, but it was far from easy.

By now, the Demon God Pillar had returned to Heart City.

He sat down cross-legged, took the Golden Trident and the Heart of the Ocean out of his dimensional space, and placed them before his knees.

Both items still carried remnants of the Sea God's divinity. There wasn't much, but it was just enough to replenish the Spiritual Power he had used.

He placed his hands on them, and dark purple Spiritual Power enveloped both items.

He absorbed the divine power within them bit by bit.

Half an hour later, some color returned to Feng Xiu's face.

Feng Xiu slowly opened his eyes, his gaze falling on the dark blue Sea God divine spark in his palm.

The divine spark was no bigger than a pearl, but the power of the entire Sea God Godhood was sealed within it.

He turned it over and examined it, the corner of his mouth twitching.

The path to godhood would begin with this divine spark.

Meanwhile, in the Douluo God Realm.

In the God Realm Committee's great hall, the Asura God was saying something to the Goddess of Life when both suddenly froze, their expressions changing at the same time.

The Asura God shot to his feet and slammed a palm on the table. "The Sea God Godhood has shattered!"

The God of Destruction rushed in from a side hall, his face ashen. "I just sensed it. The Sea God has fallen."

The five God Kings gathered, and the hall fell silent for several breaths.

The God of Evil spoke first, his tone far more serious than usual.

"The Sea God possessed the Golden Trident, a Super Divine Artifact. His combat power was comparable to an ordinary God King's. Those outsiders were able to kill him?"

"They did more than kill him."

The Asura God's face darkened.

"His Godhood was shattered outright, and his divine spark was taken. The Sea God was killed in a head-on fight. It wasn't mutual destruction."

The Godess of Kindness frowned.

"Where did the Douluo Plane get that kind of power? We investigated before, and apart from that mist concealing the workings of heaven, we found nothing unusual."

"The one concealing the workings of heaven, plus a force capable of killing the Sea God head-on." The God of Destruction's tone was grave.

"It seems this is more serious than we imagined."

The Goddess of Life raised a hand, and five strands of divine consciousness reached toward the Douluo Plane once more.

This time, they still couldn't see anything clearly. Even the waters around Sea God Island were completely covered, leaving nothing visible.

"We still can't see through it."

She withdrew her divine consciousness and shook her head.

The Asura God was silent for several breaths before speaking slowly.

"A First-Level God descended to the lower realm and was killed head-on. The next step is either for a God King to descend personally, or..."

He left the sentence unfinished.

None of the five God Kings responded, but each of them knew that the matter of the Douluo Plane could no longer be settled by casually sending someone down.

"Perhaps we Five Great God Kings should go ourselves..."

In the lower realm, on the Douluo Continent.

Three months later.

Heart City of the Demon Clan, in the direction of the Star Dou Great Forest.

A pillar of purple light shot into the sky.

The presence it gave off was comparable to a god's.

Feng Xiu slowly emerged from the secret chamber.

Agares, Vassago, and the other Demon Gods had long been waiting in the great hall.

"Congratulations, Your Majesty!"

"Congratulations, Your Majesty!"

"Congratulations, Your Majesty!"

The Demon Gods bowed.

They sensed that His Majesty's presence seemed stronger than before.

Could it be that His Majesty had become a god?

Feng Xiu looked calmly at the Demon Gods.

"Agares, make preparations. It's time we picked up the pace."

Agares understood what Feng Xiu meant.

He then began selecting several Demon Gods by name to launch an attack on the humans.

This time, it was an all-out assault, and a holy war.

The Demon Clan was out of time.

They had to complete the Ten Earths Nine Heavens God-Slaying Great Array before the gods of the Divine Realm fully descended.

They would annihilate the gods, then channel their power back to every Demon God through the Demon God Pillars.

They would invade the Divine Realm and lead the Demon Clan back to their homeland!