In Rosin Town.
Yan Qiushi, who was sleeping on the recliner, was suddenly awakened by the unusual vibrations spreading through the air.
She sprang up from the bed, landed lightly, and looked around. There was no one in the office.
The clerk I've been waiting for hasn't returned yet.
Faint sounds of talking and discussion could be heard outside.
She took a bottle of water from her spatial ring, took a sip to moisten her throat, and dragged her suitcase out the door.
Suddenly, almost all the town's residents came out, stood outside, and looked up at the sky.
Some people surrounded the stationed Divine Army soldiers, asking them questions noisily, while others clasped their hands together in front of their chests, closed their eyes, and prayed silently.
Some people were gathered together, seemingly registering something, and there was a sense of unease.
The atmosphere was somewhat oppressive.
"Sister Liu, what happened? Why is everyone standing outside?" Yan Qiushi's heart skipped a beat. He took a few steps and grabbed a plump woman who was hurrying past, asking her.
"Something big has happened outside the town..." Sister Liu was about to get angry, but when she saw that it was Yan Qiushi, her tone immediately softened.
"What important matter is it??"
"Several towns in the surrounding area have been occupied by monsters from outside. I heard that the people in several towns have all died. Our Rosin Town has not been affected yet, but everyone is very panicked. We have learned about the general situation from some survivors who have escaped. Everyone is discussing whether to move to the city to take refuge first!" Sister Liu said quickly.
"A monster? No... This is the realm of gods, what kind of monster would dare to come here to die!?" Yan Qiushi's face showed disbelief.
If it were anywhere else, it wouldn't matter, but this is the Divine Realm, the stronghold of the God Clan occupied by high-level experts. What kind of monster would dare to run wild here!?
"I'm not sure about that... Anyway, it's true. There are quite a few survivors. You can go to the homeless shelter if you have time. They're all temporarily housed there. General Li Hongye is there to comfort them," Sister Liu provided specific information.
Yan Qiushi nodded, released her, and watched her hurry away into the distance.
Monsters, invasion, destruction—she could understand these words if they happened in the human world, but here...
"Should I run away too?" Yan Qiushi felt that staying here might also lead to being affected, and his thoughts began to waver.
"Don't be afraid. The God Clan has many powerful warriors; this is likely a small-scale border incursion that is only temporary and will be resolved soon."
A bearded man nearby offered words of comfort.
But before he could finish speaking, another exclamation came from afar.
" Green Mountain Town is gone too!! The only way out is through there, we're doomed!!"
"Can't we fly over from the side mountains?"
"No, there are large barriers separating different districts, and there are only a few entrances and exits. Green Mountain Town is the closest exit to Red Luan City, right next to our side!"
Upon hearing this, Yan Qiushi's heart skipped a beat. He immediately sensed something was wrong.
The spatial structure of the Endless Divine Realm resembles a huge bunch of grapes. Each grape is actually a separate Star City jurisdiction, governing a small system of life-bearing planets like the Red Luan Star System.
There are complete blockades between different Star City.
This unique defensive structure allows the Endless Divine Realm to add to or cut off any Star City's jurisdiction at any time.
In prolonged battles against external enemies, such a structure is highly advantageous against powerful adversaries that can rapidly and extensively pollute the environment, much like a calamity.
"Wait, even the barrier is blocked, the portal back to the human world..." Yan Qiushi suddenly thought of a terrifying conjecture.
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Standing before the Divine Food Statue, Lin Hui scanned his surroundings but did not find a single God Clan.
All the God Clan retreated into the town, using the massive, colossal buildings as a temporary refuge.
With no one to bother him, he turned his attention back to the evolving branch that was unfolding.
The dense, constantly emerging new information below their field of vision indicated three other possible directions for the Myriad Longevity Spirit-Seizing Art.
1- Creation Spirit-Seizing Art: A powerful technique evolved from the Myriad Longevity Spirit-Seizing Art. While maintaining the same function, it significantly reduces the lifespan required to refine a unit of Disaster Energy.
2-- Yin-Time Self-Origin Art: Evolved from the Ten Thousand Longevity Spirit-Seizing Art, it uses Yin and Yang as a millstone to shatter everything. External objects are Yin, and oneself is Yang. It relies on igniting the primordial fire within oneself to drive the evolution of all things, thereby refining Disaster Energy and turning it into one's own use. It makes up for the defect of reduced Disaster Energy intensity after refining.
Note: This method is purely deduced; there are no predecessors who practiced it. Practice with caution.
3- Bright Heaven Spirit-Eating Art: Perfected by fusing hundreds of incomplete versions of the Ten Thousand Longevity Spirit-Seizing Art Technique. The power of calamity is the natural process by which all things spontaneously shatter all stubbornness and reshape everything. This technique imitates the ultimate principles of nature, collecting numerous calamities to construct a miniature natural evolutionary environment within the body. It can refine all Disaster Energy for one's own use.
Note: The practice itself may involve restructuring one's own thoughts and will, leading to memory and cognitive deficiencies, and turning one into a purely mechanical entity.
Three options, three evolutionary branches.
Lin Hui looked at it carefully again and again.
He knew very well that at this point, it was very likely that the next evolutionary stage would not have any further branching.
He couldn't gamble on the Blood Seal's ability to evolve indefinitely. He had realized this long ago; the Blood Seal's evolution was based on the fact that things themselves possessed the space and possibility for evolution.
At the same time, it must have the resources to sustain its evolution before it will appear in the field of vision.
It's impossible for something to evolve infinitely, because Lin Hui himself eventually ran out of energy to cover the costs, so it naturally stopped showing up.
And now...
These three directions are very likely the foundation upon which he will rely for thousands of years to come, or even longer.
"The first one definitely has to be omitted. The most fundamental problem with this technique is that the power of the refined Disaster Energy is not as strong as the original, so it is impossible to resist the erosion of the original Disaster Energy." Lin Hui omitted the first one.
The biggest problem facing the Fusion Faction now is the extremely strong corrosive power of the original Disaster Energy, which is a problem that must be solved.
Otherwise, why didn't he just use stellar energy? Stellar energy is no worse than ordinary Disaster Energy.
Secondly, Lin Hui pondered for a moment, unable to make up his mind. The Yin-Time Self-Origin Art followed the Yin-Yang path and seemed to have no flaws. It perfectly evolved and strengthened the Myriad Longevity Spirit-Seizing Art, but how to operate it in detail still needed to be seen later.
Thirdly, Bright Heaven Spirit-Eating Art, Lin Hui shook his head and rejected it, realizing it might become a ruthless mechanism that caused him to lose his sense of self.
The current options are to evolve the first one and then see if the Blood Seal can be further strengthened in the next step.
The other option is to choose the second option.
He paused for a few seconds, then stopped hesitating and chose the Yin-Time Self-Origin Art.
Immediately, new information emerged.
Yin-Time Self-Origin Art: All external things are Yin, and oneself is Yang. By uniting the body, mind, and spirit into one, one becomes completely Yang, igniting all calamities that have entered the body. This practice is extremely dangerous and requires one to first transform oneself into the most extreme form of Yang.
Note: This cultivation method is unique and cannot be taught or recorded. Once practiced, it is irreversible and cannot be undone. From the moment the Yang Fire is ignited at the beginning, everything becomes fuel. It is necessary to constantly add fuel to burn; once stopped, the cultivation method will backfire and the practitioner will inevitably perish.
Required resources: 100,000 years of accumulated energy, 100,000 years of accumulated mental energy.
Evolvable branch: 0.
Seeing this, Lin Hui knew that either his strength was insufficient to provide more energy, or this technique had truly reached its limit.
Without looking any further, he directly confirmed that he had mastered the Yin-Time Self-Origin Art.
With such a massive blood bank of the Endless Divine Clan right here, why not use it up quickly and save it for the God Clan ' own New Year?
He immediately reached out again, placed his hand on the surface of the Divine Food Statue, and continued to absorb the remaining Existence Force that he had not absorbed before.
Within minutes, the remaining Existence Force was swept away, and Lin Hui continued to fly towards the third Divine Food Statue in Rosin Town.
Divine Food Statue in total, and this is only the reserve in Rosin Town; there are many more in other places.
When he arrived earlier, he had already made arrangements with the other major powers to avoid destroying the Divine Food Statue and to keep them for themselves.
As the representative of the strongest calamity, and with a powerful figure like the True Lord of Seven Destructions backing him, he certainly has some say.
Meanwhile, in Rosin Town, Ding Luo was still in the interim period of being under house arrest while awaiting sentencing.
While eating breakfast, he suddenly realized that the bailiffs guarding him outside were gone.
I went out to ask, and found out they had run away.
Not only the bailiffs, but also the residents of the surrounding towns all came out of their homes and looked up at the bright sun that had never appeared before, which was slowly being obscured by the fog.
The fog has always been there, but it has never blocked the sun before.
Because the fog here is actually endless Divine Power, and the sun is the condensation of endless Divine Power itself, the two complement each other, so the light is naturally not blocked.
The only explanation for the fog blocking the sun is that a large amount of non- Divine Power substances have appeared within it.
"Sister Luo!"
" Ding Luo!"
At this moment, Chen Xihe and Tang Qian hurried over from not far away. They had been staying at a place nearby, but when they realized something was wrong, they went out as well, only to see that the bailiffs guarding Ding Luo had also run away.
I immediately sensed something was wrong.
"Didn't you go back earlier? Why are you still here?" Ding Luo asked his two friends, somewhat surprised.
"This isn't the time to talk about this. Let's run now," Chen Xihe said seriously. "Some unknown force has invaded the Divine Realm. Several towns around here have been destroyed, the teleportation arrays are completely malfunctioning, and the entrances and exits to Red Luan City have been blocked. The only way to escape is through illegal channels to the Human Realm or other realms."
"Invasion? The Divine Realm??" Ding Luo felt like she was being joked about. The Endless Divine Realm was incredibly powerful; even the Dragon Court and Swallow Fort had to join forces to contend with it. And now someone was telling her that the Divine Realm had been invaded?
"Believe it or not, this is the truth. It's estimated that the death toll is at least over ten thousand," Tang Qian said gravely. "Based on the survivors' descriptions, the other side is likely facing a secondary calamity. You know, even a secondary calamity is extremely troublesome."
"Even if we escape, where can we escape to?" Ding Luo was also tempted. No one wants to die if they can avoid it. But the key question was, where could they escape to?
"Go and become a member of the mixed race. Or go to the human realm and find a place to hide. The Black Domain is so vast, why worry about not having a place to stay?" Chen Xihe advised.
"But I'm bound by special shackles placed on me by the Ministry of Justice..." Ding Luo said with a wry smile. "If I really escape, those of you who provided the channels will also be investigated and implicated."
Upon hearing this, Chen Xihe and Tang Qian fell silent. Indeed, if the other passages were functioning normally, they wouldn't be so conspicuous. With such a large flow of people, it would be difficult to find them if they blended in.
But now everyone else is stuck, only you guys can get out... This is too glaring in the eyes of those above.
"You should leave..." Ding Luo said with a bitter smile, "I..."
"Big sister!!" A sudden shout interrupted her.
Ding Luo was stunned upon hearing this, then his eyes widened in disbelief as he turned to look in the direction from which the voice came.
There, Ding Yiran, Mo Sha Qin Qin, and Qinqin were rushing towards this place at top speed.
And just as everyone was still waiting to reunite.
A sharp crack suddenly rang out from the sky.
Click!!
A massive, fiery red crack shot upwards from the distant horizon, piercing the entire sky in the blink of an eye.
Boom!!
A terrifying roar echoed from the crack.
Immediately following, countless Hell fire meteors fell densely from the cracks to the earth.
Within each of those meteors lay a huddled, corrupted monster from Hell.