Heavenly Phenomenon Descends

Heavenly Phenomenon Descends

On the Douluo Continent, the torrential rain had continued for more than ten days.

Dark clouds had covered the entire continent with unprecedented density. It was as if the world was ending; not a single ray of sunlight had been seen for half a month.

In such a panic-stricken atmosphere, on nights like this, everyone returned home early and went to bed filled with worry.

Yet one group was an exception: the most revered profession on the continent—Soul Masters.

On the Limali Plain in the southeastern region of the Heaven Dou Empire stood a prosperous city.

In the eastern part of the city, facing the Star Dou Forest, stood an enormous academy.

This was Shrek Academy, the academy with the strongest publicly known strength on the continent, and also reputed to be the continent's number one academy.

The city built around the academy was known as Shrek City.

At the very center of Shrek Academy lay a lake called Sea God Lake, with a small island in its midst known as Sea God Island.

At the center of Sea God Island stood a golden pavilion entirely carved from the Golden Sacred Tree, constantly radiating an aura of light and holiness.

This was the legendary Sea God Pavilion, capable of influencing the entire continent's course—the dwelling place of Shrek Academy's elder masters.

At that moment, a crucial Sea God Pavilion Meeting was underway.

The grand conference hall was completely silent.

A faint golden glow shone from the walls of the Golden Sacred Tree, illuminating the entire hall in sharp contrast to the darkness outside.

Ten people sat around an oval table, while at the head of the table stood a reclining chair.

The area around the reclining chair was especially dim, and one could only vaguely make out what seemed to be a person lying upon it.

"Tell me, what are your thoughts on the darkness that has persisted across the continent for half a month?" A gentle voice rang out. Tracing it to its source, it had actually come from the figure in the reclining chair at the head of the table.

Anyone who knew him would have been astonished at that moment, marveling that he was still alive.

This man was Shrek Academy's true pillar, the current Master of the Sea God Pavilion, the Level 99 Soul Power Limit Douluo, Dragon God Douluo Mu En!

"Yes, Teacher." A man seated at the far end on the left side of the table rose to his feet and bowed toward the head of the table.

His name was Yan Shaozhe. He was the Dean of the Martial Soul Department at Shrek Academy. Though already past ninety, he looked like a middle-aged man in his forties.

"Teacher, could it be that the one in the Star Dou Forest has broken through the shackles of a Million Year?" Yan Shaozhe asked respectfully, though a storm churned in his heart.

If his guess was correct, it would undoubtedly be a tremendous disaster for humanity on the continent.

"No. Di Tian has only undergone Eight Heavenly Tribulations. He is still far from a true Million Year." An old man seated first on the left side of the head of the table spoke absentmindedly as he gnawed on a chicken leg.

He was Shrek Academy's second-in-command, the Level 98 Soul Power Super Douluo, Xuanzi.

"I considered that possibility as well. Even if Di Tian had passed the Ninth Heavenly Tribulation, such a phenomenon would not have appeared." Another elder master spoke, and the others nodded in agreement.

As the leader of the Ten Great Fierce Beasts and the 890,000 Year Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King, Di Tian was naturally the first suspect when such dense darkness appeared across the continent.

However, all signs indicated that this phenomenon had clearly not been caused by Di Tian.

"Then could it be that a Darkness Attribute Limit Douluo obtained a divine position and became a True God, like Ancestor Tang San did ten thousand years ago?" The slightly plump man seated at the far end on the right stood and spoke respectfully, his gaze directed toward the old man in the reclining chair at the head of the table.

At his words, everyone immediately thought of someone, and their hearts filled with alarm.

This seemed to be the only explanation.

No one believed this was the work of Evil Soul Masters, because the darkness currently permeating the continent was exceptionally pure and contained no trace of evil.

"No. I know that old friend of mine. Our circumstances are similar, and even if it truly were him, I would sense it. And besides him..." Elder Mu paused abruptly, unable to utter the rest of his sentence.

The shock in his eyes left everyone stunned.

In their memories, no matter how great the crisis, this old man had never shown such an expression. Yet now...

What Elder Mu had originally wanted to say was that it was impossible for there to be a Darkness Attribute Soul Master stronger than that person in this world. But he clearly had no time to say it now.

With a flash, Elder Mu vanished from the hall and appeared on the plaza outside Sea God Pavilion.

The others exchanged looks, then followed him out at once.

Inside the hall, the glow emitted by the Golden Sacred Tree had prevented them from noticing anything unusual. But once outside, they discovered that even with their strength, it was difficult to see beyond five meters.

The heavens and earth seemed to be entirely swallowed by darkness. Even the Golden Sacred Tree's radiance had dimmed considerably.

More astonishingly, as the endless darkness descended, an eerie moon hung in the sky.

It was eerie because it was faintly blood-red from top to bottom, its color resembling the fiery clouds beneath a setting sun. Yet it failed to disperse even the slightest bit of darkness between heaven and earth.

"This..."

Everyone was too shocked for words. They stared blankly at the half-moon in the sky, fear of the unknown rising within their hearts.

Even Elder Mu was no exception.

With his strength, he should not have been capable of feeling fear over anything.

Yet the present situation truly defied all common sense.

As the possessor of the Light Holy Dragon martial soul, Elder Mu's perception of light far surpassed that of anyone else. Even during the continuous half-month of darkness, he had still been able to sense the last remnants of light within this space.

But now, he could not sense the slightest affinity from the Light Element. Wherever his perception reached, there was only boundless darkness.

"Could it be that the end of the Douluo Continent has truly arrived?"

The others remained blank-eyed in the darkness for half an hour, their hearts ice-cold.

Yet Elder Mu's clouded eyes gradually became a little clearer.

He suddenly thought of a place he had once visited. Though more than a hundred years had passed, what had happened there surfaced in his mind with incomparable clarity.

At that moment, amid that despairing darkness, he seemed to sense a trace of light.

At first, that sliver of light was not even one ten-thousandth the width of a hair, but he felt it unmistakably.

Elder Mu tightly shut his eyes and used his Spiritual Power to perceive that thread of light. He watched it split at astonishing speed, then split again. In the span of mere moments, it had reached a staggering scale and slowly dispersed the darkness over the continent.

The elder masters outside Sea God Pavilion had yet to recover from the previous darkness when they felt an aura of ultimate light and blazing heat rush toward them.

There seemed to be no transition at all between Light and Darkness. The sudden change left everyone dazed, their pupils contracting sharply as pain stabbed through their eyes.

After that, they could see nothing but a vast expanse of white.

Only Elder Mu, who had prepared in advance, slowly opened his tightly shut eyes. After briefly adapting, he raised his head and looked toward the sky.

Exactly Ten Giant Suns hung directly overhead.

Even he, the possessor of the Light Holy Dragon martial soul, felt utterly devout before that ultimate light, overcome by the urge to kneel and worship.

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