Three Realms Cycle Closed Loop: Heavenly Principles Turned the World into an Ecological Farm—Were All Beings of Douluo Prisoners?

Heaven Dou Imperial Palace. Emperor Xueye sprawled on his throne, gasping for breath. He could no longer think. "Heavenly Principles," "Forbidden Knowledge," "Eggshell"... these words had utterly shattered the understanding he possessed as a mortal emperor.

Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. Ning Rongrong held her daughter, Ning Tian, in her arms. Mother and daughter looked at each other in silence, left with nothing but bitterness.

Duke Dai Hao stood inside the military tent, staring at the Light Screen without speaking for a long while. As a renowned general, it was the first time he had felt just how laughable the wars he had fought in were. Before a war against something on the level of "Heavenly Principles," conflicts between nations were no more than children squabbling.

Long Gongwei, once the God King of Light and now humanity's leader, wore an expression of utmost gravity.

More than anyone, he understood what it meant for a world to have a "shell."

It was not protection. It was captivity!

God Realm Committee.

Tang San forcibly suppressed the Stormy Waves in his heart, his gaze sweeping over every God King present.

He saw the fervor in Zhou Weiqing's eyes, the compassion in A'Dai's, the sorrow on Ye Yinzhu's face, as well as the fear and bewilderment mingled on the faces of many more deities.

He knew that cracks had appeared in the order.

Once "Heavenly Principles" had been proven capable of being defied, its majesty had already been greatly diminished.

And the "Forbidden Knowledge" that existed beyond "Heavenly Principles" posed an even more fundamental challenge to all deities. Their Divine Power, their godhood, their laws—all of it came from this system. But what if the system itself was flawed? What if it had been "castrated"?

"This 'Eggshell'..."

Tang San's hoarse voice rang out, drawing everyone's attention.

His gaze seemed to pierce through the barriers of the God Realm and into the boundless Void.

"If it exists to isolate 'Forbidden Knowledge'..."

"Then are all of us living inside a massive lie, a massive prison?"

On the golden Light Screen, the lonely yet majestic figure of the Dragon King Apep slowly faded away. Yet the tragedy and defiance that had spanned Eons remained like a brand, deeply etched into the souls of every living being.

However, before everyone could even catch their breath from that overwhelming shock and grief, the images on the Light Screen shifted once more.

This time, there was no earth-shaking battle, no roaring dragons.

There were only lines of even more ancient, even more profound words, slowly emerging with a cold indifference that looked down upon all things.

[The Human Realm Earth Vein bears All Beings.]

The image moved with the words. The outline of a boundless continent was drawn forth—it was Douluo Star, so familiar to them all. Mountains and Rivers, oceans, and the flourishing of all living beings were all founded upon these heavy earth veins.

[The Light Realm Elemental Flow supplies energy.]

The image rose. Above the continent, a layer that seemed to overlap with reality yet remained distinctly separate revealed itself. Endless elements of every color surged and roared there like violent rivers, seeping down strand by strand to become the Soul Power of the mortal world, magical elements, and the power of laws upon which deities depended for survival.

[The Void Realm Dark Current receives filth.]

The image shifted again, sinking beneath the continent into a bottomless expanse of dark nothingness. Resentment, death, remnant souls, and all discarded Negative energy mixed together, forming turbid dark currents that slowly revolved like an endless garbage dump, taking in all the "waste" from the Human Realm and the Light Realm.

Three layers, three worlds, formed a seemingly perfect and stable cycle structure.

This earth-shattering truth was more concrete and even crueler than the "Eggshell" theory.

It was like an invisible hand that completely tore apart everyone's understanding from head to toe!

God Realm Committee.

"Three Realms Cycle... So that's how it is, so that's how it is..." Rong Nianbing muttered. As the former God of Emotion, he felt for the first time that his emotions were so pale and powerless. The seven emotions and six desires he had once controlled were insignificantly small before this immense structure of the world.

"Human, Light, Void..." Ji Dong pulled Lie Yan closer. He thought of the love he had gained only after crossing two worlds, yet all he felt now was a chill. Their so-called crossing of life and death, their so-called boundaries, might have been nothing more than a tiny ripple within this massive cycle.

"Filth... receiving filth..." A'Dai, the Lord of the Mysteries, trembled slightly. He thought of those departed souls, of the dead he had wished to guide across. Could their final destination truly be those cold, dark Void Realm Dark Currents filled with despair?

Yet Zhou Weiqing's eyes blazed with raging fire. It was not anger, but excitement bordering on madness. "Interesting! This is too interesting! So the God Realm beneath our feet is just a relatively high-level territory within the 'Light Realm'? Then what does the 'Void Realm' contain? Is that Heavenly Principles fellow the director in charge of these three toilets?"

His words were unbearably crude, yet they made every deity present's heart jolt.

That was right. Where was Heavenly Principles?

Tang San clenched his fists tightly, his knuckles turning white from the force. He was thinking further ahead.

This structure explained the source of Divine Power—the Light Realm's elements. It also explained the birth, aging, sickness, and death of mortals—the Human Realm Earth Vein. And it explained where departed souls went—the Void Realm Dark Current.

It was a perfect closed-loop ecosystem.

But if Apep was "forbidden," which realm did he belong to? Was what he rebelled against the cycle itself?

Tang San's gaze swept over his son and grandson.

Douluo Continent.

Shrek Academy.

For the first time, bewilderment appeared in Huo Yuhao's Spiritual Eye. As the God of Emotion, he could sense the immense flood of emotions throughout the entire continent, mixed with fear, confusion, and despair from all living beings. That flood battered his Divine Sense, leaving him nearly unable to remain standing.

"So that's how it is..." He thought of his teacher, Electrolux, and of necromancy. Could those powers regarded as forbidden, those undead, be "filth" leaking out from the Void Realm?

Beside him, the Golden Dragon King Bloodline within Tang Wulin's body surged violently. He could clearly feel that his power was closely connected to the life aura of the "Human Realm Earth Vein," while also sensing the vast Elemental Energy within the "Light Realm."

It was confirmation at the level of bloodline.

Confirmation that they truly lived within this vast machine, divided into separate functions, each assigned its role.

"Father..." He looked toward the God Realm on the Light Screen. He could sense the equally heavy emotions of his father, Tang San.