Arc 35Chapters 857–870

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Ch. 857The Phoenix Falls, the Gods Descend

Long Zhanye helped the Holy Spirit Empire devour Ma Hongjun, then Ma Xiaotao inherited the God of Wrath’s God Position and escaped with Tang Wutong. The God of Destruction confronted the Mad God Divine Realm and the Sky-Speed Star Mark Divine Realm, then drew their leaders into a sealed space to discuss a deal.

  • Long Zhanye used the Yin-Yang Death Curse to weaken Ma Hongjun, and Zhongli Wu led the Fallen Ones in tearing him apart before Long Zhanye cut off his head.
  • The God of Wrath chose Ma Xiaotao as his successor, and she broke free of her restraints, freed Tang Wutong, and fled the Body Sect with her.
  • The God of Pride revived Xiao Hongchen and named him his successor before the four Original Sin Gods vanished.
  • The God of Destruction confronted Mad God Lei Xiang and Heavenly Emperor Tian Hen, accusing them of breaking the rules by descending upon the plane and passing on God Positions.
  • Tian Hen and Lei Xiang offered compensation, and the God of Destruction asked them to help him kill two gods before sealing off the area for a private discussion.

Ch. 858The Entire Sect Ascended, Gods Subdued with a Thought

After the Divine Realm’s invasion, Long Zhanye persuaded Zhongli Wu and his companions to remain in the Destruction Undead Domain and united their factions. He strengthened the Body Sect through divine absorption and resurrection, then uprooted the entire sect into his domain to protect it from another invasion.

  • The sixteen gods emerged from their sealed discussion, and peace returned to the Douluo Continent after the thousand invading gods were slain.
  • Long Zhanye learned that the Body Sect had suffered devastating casualties and warned Zhongli Wu that ascending to the Divine Realm would expose them to Sea God Tang San’s faction.
  • Zhongli Wu, Feng Ling, and Tang Ya agreed to remain in the Destruction Undead Domain, and Zhongli Wu reaffirmed his intent to join the Body Sect.
  • Long Zhanye absorbed Ning Rongrong’s divine soul and origin power, rose to Level 124, and used the slain hunters’ bodies to resurrect fallen Body Sect members.
  • Kong Deming fused his martial souls with his life-bound soul tool, while Body Possession brought the Body Sect’s total to 172 Level 100 experts without god positions.
  • Long Zhanye lifted the entire Body Sect into the Destruction Undead Domain, concealing it from the Divine Realm’s gods.

Ch. 859The Original Sin Gods Unleashed the Divine Punishment Formation

After the Douluo God Realm declared war on the Mad God Divine Realm, the God of Destruction led Goodness, Evil, and eight First-Level Gods to supposedly negotiate peace. The God of Destruction instead betrayed them, and the Seven Original Sin Gods began unleashing a dangerous formation against the two God Kings.

  • Tang San convened the Divine Realm Committee after Ma Hongjun and more than a thousand Heavenly God Hunters died in the lower realm.
  • The God of Destruction blamed Lei Xiang of the Mad God Divine Realm for the deaths, and the Main Gods unanimously voted to declare war.
  • Tang San chose peace talks first, and the God of Destruction offered to travel with Goodness and Evil to the Mad God Divine Realm.
  • The God of Destruction led Goodness, Evil, and eight First-Level Gods into an ambush, where Lei Xiang and the Six Archangels appeared and pillars of light trapped the two God Kings.
  • The Seven Original Sin Gods and the God of Devastation formed the Original Sin Descent Formation, whose force pressed Goodness and Evil toward the ground.
  • Lie Yan recognized the formation as the Divine Punishment and Discipline Formation and warned the God of Destruction that the Original Sin Gods could lose control.

Ch. 860Angel Judgment God-Slaying Array

The God of Destruction allied with Lei Xiang and Tian Hen to trap and attack Lie Yan and Ji Dong, hoping to eliminate them and reclaim their God King seats. With the two God Kings trapped by divine arrays and outnumbered, the attackers killed them.

  • The God of Destruction revealed that he had joined forces with Lei Xiang to kill Lie Yan and Ji Dong and make their God King seats vacant.
  • Lei Xiang explained that the Angel Judgment God-Slaying Array and the Original Sin Descent Divine Punishment Array kept Lie Yan and Ji Dong trapped and suppressed.
  • Tian Hen arrived, and he, the God of Destruction, and Lei Xiang revealed their Super Divine Tools and prepared to attack the trapped God Kings.
  • The six archangels activated their array and grievously wounded Lie Yan and Ji Dong.
  • The God of Destruction ordered seventeen deities to attack, and Lie Yan and Ji Dong died as their divine souls shattered.

Ch. 861Destruction's Plot, a Test in the Divine Realm

The God of Destruction returned to the Divine Realm claiming Ji Dong and Lie Yan had died in battle, then urged Tang San to summon the first-generation gods to prepare for a foretold upheaval. Suspecting the God of Destruction had engineered recent deaths to force the Divine Realm to expand, Tang San’s companions proposed a test, and Tang San resurrected Ning Rongrong and Ma Hongjun to see how he would react.

  • The God of Destruction returned gravely wounded and told Tang San that Ji Dong and Lie Yan had died fighting Lei Xiang and Tian Hen.
  • Tang San agreed to let gods pass on their divine positions but required them to remain in the Divine Realm for thirty years after doing so.
  • The God of Destruction proposed summoning the first-generation gods, saying Tang San could burn his Asura origin to call back the First-Generation Asura God.
  • Tang San ordered stronger patrols, while Xiao Wu, Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing, and Oscar debated whether to expand the Divine Realm and suspected the God of Destruction was plotting.
  • Oscar proposed resurrecting the recently dead gods to test the God of Destruction, and Tang San used the Divine Realm core to revive Ning Rongrong and Ma Hongjun.

Ch. 862Suspicions in the Divine Realm, Hatred Hidden in Xiaotao's Heart

The God of Destruction’s followers concluded that Tang San’s attempt to resurrect two deities was a probe aimed at their lord, while Huo Yuhao captured Tang Wutong and Ma Xiaotao for the Body Sect. Long Zhanye imprisoned Tang Wutong and forced Ma Xiaotao to submit or die; she chose submission while secretly planning revenge, and Long Zhanye ignored calls to execute her.

  • The God of Pride, the God of Sloth, Zhou Weiqing, and the God of Greed discussed Tang San’s use of the Divine Realm Center’s source power and suspected his resurrection attempt was meant to test the God of Destruction.
  • The God of Destruction said Tang San had begun to suspect him and warned that defeating Tang San would be easier than winning the Divine Realm’s people over.
  • Huo Yuhao reflected on how a God King had manipulated his life, then tracked down Tang Wutong and Ma Xiaotao and returned them to the Body Sect.
  • Long Zhanye returned the Seed of Emotions to Huo Yuhao but kept the Ghost-Carved Divine Blade, then ordered Tang Wutong imprisoned under strict guard.
  • Long Zhanye gave Ma Xiaotao the choice of submitting to the Body Sect and inheriting the God of Wrath’s God Position or being executed; she submitted while secretly vowing revenge.
  • The elders, Xiahou Ling, Ye Guyi, and Shangguan Wei'er urged Long Zhanye to execute Ma Xiaotao, but he rejected their counsel and allowed her to live and cultivate.

Ch. 863Ten Years in the Divine Realm, a Thousand Years Below

After 3,650 years on the Douluo Continent, Soul Tool technology had evolved into Battle Armor and mecha while the Body Sect grew into a vast force in the Destruction Undead Domain. Long Zhanye remained wary of the Divine Realm’s silence as the sect’s leaders reached formidable levels of power.

  • Long Zhanye stayed on guard because the Divine Realm had remained silent since the Body Sect killed Ma Hongjun, Ning Rongrong, and over a thousand deities.
  • Kong Deming advanced Soul Guidance Technology to Level 12, then redirected research toward humanoid Soul Tools, ushering in the era of Battle Armor and mecha.
  • The Body Sect’s population reached 150,000, including over 100,000 Titled Douluo, 200 experts above Level 100, and 42 Third-Class or Second-Level Deities.
  • Long Zhanye reached Level 129 and condensed five Divine Rings for his second Self-Created God Position after seventy years of cultivation.
  • All twelve members with divine inheritances became Second-Level Deities, while Zhongli Wu barely reached Level 120 and Huo Yuhao reached Level 121.
  • Long Aotian and Vina, inheritors of God King God Positions, reached Levels 125 and 123 respectively, and could threaten Long Zhanye if they fought together.

Ch. 864An alliance with the Silver Dragon, a way forward for Soul Beasts

After discovering that a near-divine bloodline was necessary for his soul-core method to create a god position, Long Zhanye offered the Soul Beasts paths into the Body Sect. The Silver Dragon King agreed to ally with the sect on the condition that Long Zhanye help her find the Golden Dragon King and restore the Dragon God.

  • Long Zhanye determined that the bloodline soul core needed a powerful, near-divine bloodline to connect the other soul cores and form a god position.
  • Green Emperor took human form, cultivated anew, and inherited the God of Gluttony's god position when he reached Level 100.
  • Several Body Sect prodigies and Yan Feng received god inheritances, while Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao chose to travel the continent together after their resurrection.
  • The Star Dou Great Forest raised three luck-blessed descendants of Huo Yuhao who became Limit Douluo, but the Silver Dragon King feared Soul Beasts would still face extinction without a path to godhood.
  • After Di Tian brought Long Zhanye's three options to the Silver Dragon King, she rejected them and agreed that the Star Dou Great Forest would join the Body Sect without taking human form.
  • Long Zhanye accepted the Silver Dragon King's request to help her find the Golden Dragon King, renewing his plan to reunite the two Dragon Kings and restore the Dragon God.

Ch. 865Planar invasion, the Abyss Passage

Long Zhanye discovered that the Abyss Plane had opened a passage to the Douluo Plane and sent the Fire Phoenix Legion to conquer it. After the legion crushed ninety-eight layers and captured their Plane Seeds, Long Zhanye absorbed three to raise his cultivation to level 134 and planned how to use the rest.

  • Long Zhanye detected a planar passage in the Endless Mountains and recognized it as a connection to the Abyss Plane, which sought to devour the Douluo Plane.
  • Long Zhanye ordered the Fire Phoenix Legion into the passage, and the legion entered the Abyss Plane the next day.
  • The Fire Phoenix Legion defeated ninety-eight Abyssal Emperors, crushed their layers, and collected the resulting Plane Seeds.
  • Long Zhanye gave Kong Deming sixty Plane Seeds for research and refined three others, advancing to level 134.
  • Long Zhanye decided not to refine all the seeds and concluded that the ten strongest could help raise four Second-Level Gods from the Body Sect to First-Level Gods.

Ch. 866The Abyssal Ruler, the Abyssal Sage King

The Abyssal Sage King emerged in the Abyss Passage and overwhelmed the Fire Phoenix Legion, forcing Long Zhanye to order a retreat. Ye Guyi and Long Zhanxuan then confronted him, fused their angelic powers, and summoned an Angel God Statue whose power astonished the Sage King.

  • The Abyssal Sage King’s pallid aura shattered the Fire Phoenix Legion’s defenses, and abyssal creatures hailed him as their ruler.
  • Long Zhanye sensed the Sage King’s strength and ordered the Fire Phoenix Legion to withdraw.
  • Ye Guyi and Long Zhanxuan advanced to challenge the Sage King, who warped the sky and threatened to erase them.
  • The Sage King’s seven-fingered white hand seized the attacks of Ye Guyi’s Death-Announcing Sword and Long Zhanxuan’s Flame Holy Sword.
  • Ye Guyi and Long Zhanxuan used the Holy Fusion Technique, summoning an Angel God Statue that drew halos from across the Abyss Plane.
  • The Sage King was shocked as the Angel God Statue’s aura approached the power of a First-Level God.

Ch. 867The Sage King's Body Possession, a Backstab Against Her Closest Kin

Ye Guyi and Long Zhanxuan led the assault into the Abyss Plane, defeating its top emperors and wounding the Abyssal Sage King. The Sage King possessed Long Zhefeng and used her to injure Ye Guyi and attack Long Zhanxuan, leaving Ye Guyi facing her possessed daughter.

  • Ye Guyi and Long Zhanxuan used Angel Judgment to sever part of the Abyssal Sage King's manifested hand.
  • Long Zhanye ordered the legions to advance, and Ye Guyi and Long Zhanxuan slew the Abyss Plane's top emperors.
  • The Abyssal Sage King tempted Long Zhefeng with the promise of power and drew her to the Heavenly Saint Abyss-Rending Halberd.
  • The Sage King's divine sense entered Long Zhefeng and took control of her body.
  • Long Zhefeng struck Ye Guyi through the shoulder and sent Long Zhanxuan flying when he tried to stop her.
  • Ye Guyi confronted the Abyssal Sage King, who claimed Long Zhefeng had chosen a better path.

Ch. 868Super Divine Tool, the Heavenly Saint Abyss-Rending Halberd

The Abyssal Sage King seized control of Long Zhefeng and escaped into the Abyss Passage after wounding Ye Guyi and Long Zhanxuan. Long Zhanye arrived to rescue his family and fought the Abyssal Sage King, but the battle continued with both sides wielding powerful divine tools.

  • The Abyssal Sage King used Long Zhefeng to attack Long Zhanxuan and Ye Guyi, then fled with her into the depths of the Abyss Passage.
  • Ye Guyi stopped Long Zhanxuan from pursuing, warning that the Abyssal Sage King would use Long Zhefeng as a shield.
  • Long Zhanye arrived, identified himself as the God of Destruction, and demanded that the Abyssal Sage King return his daughter.
  • Long Zhanye attacked with his Giant Spirit Yang Palm, but the Abyssal Sage King's Heavenly Saint Abyss-Rending Halberd and enormous hand resisted him.
  • Long Zhanye used the Soul-Absorbing Tablet to petrify and wound the Abyssal Sage King, then cut apart his enormous hand with the Asura Demon Sword.
  • The Abyssal Sage King struck the Asura Demon Sword with his halberd, spreading cracks across its blade.

Ch. 869Exploding the Sword, A Thousand and One Nights

Long Zhanye fought the Abyssal Sage King, destroying the Asura Demon Sword to wound him before battling him with several divine weapons. The Abyssal Sage King vanished and began reshaping the Abyss Passage around Long Zhanye, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

  • Long Zhanye shattered the Asura Demon Sword into one thousand and one fragments and struck the Abyssal Sage King with them, forcing him to his knee.
  • Long Zhanye broke both of the Abyssal Sage King's arms with the Twin God of Strength Hammers, then attacked with the Seagod Trident and Ghost-Carved Divine Blade, severing the king's left-hand fingers.
  • The Abyssal Sage King counterattacked with the Heavenly Saint Abyss-Rending Halberd, cutting Long Zhanye's rib armor and drawing divine blood.
  • The Abyssal Sage King declared himself sovereign within the abyss and vanished, then caused the passage beneath Long Zhanye to turn dark gray and shift around him.

Ch. 870Planar devouring, the Sage King's fall

The Abyssal Sage King tried to devour the Douluo Plane, so Long Zhanye opposed him by making the Destruction Undead Domain devour it as well. After Long Zhanye poisoned and restrained him, Ye Guyi and Long Zhanxuan killed the Abyssal Sage King, and the Destruction Undead Domain began absorbing both planes.

  • The Abyssal Sage King used the gray-white energy core to make the Abyss Plane overlap with and devour the Douluo Plane.
  • Long Zhanye struck the Abyssal Sage King with the Overlord Bow, then led the Body Sect’s two hundred God Rank experts in setting the Destruction Undead Domain against the Douluo Plane from another direction.
  • The Abyssal Sage King began coughing black blood after poison from the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger spread through his body.
  • Long Zhanye trapped the Abyssal Sage King with the Six-Extremity Divine Radiance Formation, and Ye Guyi and Long Zhanxuan pierced and split his body with their Holy Swords.
  • Ye Guyi and Long Zhanxuan rose to rank 130, while Long Zhanye and his allies stabilized the Abyss Plane after the Abyssal Sage King’s death.
  • One hundred days later, the Destruction Undead Domain had devoured more than half of the Douluo Plane and was slowly beginning to devour the Abyss Plane.
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