Star of Eden!

Just as Xu Yue underwent his Martial Soul awakening.

The morning sun, which had only just risen, suddenly underwent a total solar eclipse without any warning.

A black glimmer gradually spread across the golden-red surface of the sun. In mere moments, only a ring of gold remained.

The instant the celestial phenomenon changed, the entire Douluo Continent fell into darkness, reducing visibility to less than ten meters.

Not only that, with Eastsea City as the center, mild earthquakes struck the surrounding coastal regions.

In some places, even the gravitational constant underwent subtle changes.

"What's going on?! Is it an earthquake?"

"No! Is that a total solar eclipse?!"

"The forecast didn't say there would be a Heavenly Change and an earthquake today!"

For a time, the entire eastern coast descended into panic.

Elsewhere, in the Douluo Planet's Plane Origin Space.

The upheaval here was even more violent than in the outside world.

Countless streams of seven-colored energy seemed to have been drawn by an immense attraction, transforming into whirlpools as they rapidly poured into an exceedingly bright point of light.

No, it was not a point of light.

It was the deepest darkness, a darkness from which even light could not escape!

The so-called ultimate brilliance was merely an accretion disk formed as the seven-colored energy compressed and was gradually devoured.

Such a violent change instantly awakened the two figures sleeping here.

One of them, a burly man, watched the scene with deeply furrowed brows and anger burning in his eyes.

He was none other than the sleeping Plane Master, Tang Hao.

"What is that? How dare it trespass into my domain?"

Without hesitation, he immediately reached toward the anomaly.

"Hao! Wait..." Ah Yin tried to stop him, but it was already too late.

The moment Tang Hao's large hand neared the accretion disk's range, his expression changed abruptly.

Whoosh!

"How is this possible?!"

His body seemed to have been seized by an invisible monster and was violently dragged forward.

Fortunately, Tang Hao reacted quickly and immediately responded.

Blazing divine power burned over his body like fire. The muscles of his divine body tightened and bulged, yet he still could not stop himself from being pulled forward, his feet carving two deep trenches into the ground.

Even though he was now a Plane Master comparable to a Second-Class God, he was still powerless against it.

This force was more ultimate than ultimate, purer than pure. It was as though it embodied the ultimate expression of every kind of power in this Universe.

Tang Hao had even begun using the Plane Master's Permission Authority, yet it still had no effect whatsoever.

At this moment,

no matter how macho Tang Hao was, he had no choice but to call out.

"Ah Yin! Help me!"

Ah Yin's expression was equally grim. She did not hesitate.

Blue-gold vines spread from around her body, transforming into dragons that seized hold of Tang Hao.

Yet in just an instant, the blue-gold vines were pulled taut, even dragging Ah Yin's body forward with them!

"Hao!" Ah Yin's expression changed as she cried out, "Think of something, quickly! This force has caught me too!"

Tang Hao's face flushed red at her words.

The closer his body drew to the point of light before him, the stronger that strange force field became, and the harder it was to break free.

A sharp glint flashed through his eyes.

The next moment.

A black flash streaked past, and a terrifying explosion erupted instantly. The enormous recoil freed Tang Hao from the force field's restraints.

Ah Yin did the same.

"Ah!"

The two cried out in pain, staring ahead with horrified expressions.

The energy produced by the explosion instantly became a raging torrent, forming a vortex that was sucked into the accretion disk.

"What exactly is this thing? How can it be so bizarre?"

Tang Hao said with a pale face as he looked at Ah Yin.

"I used a full thirty percent of my strength just to break free! What about you, Ah Yin?"

"I used twenty percent too!" Ah Yin's face was equally pale.

They had not unleashed mere divine power, but source power, the very foundation of their beings.

Having received this answer, the two stared at the bizarre vortex with lingering fear.

However, it seemed that the energy Tang Hao and Ah Yin had contributed had met its needs, and it vanished from its original position in an instant.

Seeing it disappear, the two let out a sigh of relief.

But Tang Hao's expression soon changed, and he directly fell into slumber.

Ah Yin wanted to question him, but her own injuries were not light. At the same time, she needed to watch over the Life Core to prevent any accidents.

Still, after this incident, there would likely be even more complications.

A moment later, another consciousness within this space watched their actions and let out a disdainful snort.

"What a pair of ignorant fools. You dare touch anything!"

"This is the Star of All Stars, the ultimate of all stars. It is also the manifestation of the power of all forces, the fundamental power."

"Forget two insignificant gods like you who only became gods through shortcuts. Even the entire God Realm would be nothing more than ants before it."

After looking down on the two, his tone abruptly changed, filling with delight.

"Thirty percent of the Permission Authority has returned. Not much, but useful."

Eastsea City.

Blacksmith Association Building.

Just as Xu Yue was rejoicing over awakening the Sun Martial Soul, the golden-red fireball in his hand suddenly underwent a dramatic change.

Every spark of flame rapidly contracted inward, then burst forth with the most ultimate and dazzling radiance.

It was as though the sun in his hand had reached the end of its lifespan and begun an uncontrollable stellar collapse.

"What's happening..."

He widened his eyes and watched everything unfold before him.

But Mu Chen, standing before him, seemed to think of something. He immediately cried out in shock, his expression caught between joy and worry.

"This is... a Martial Soul mutation?!"

Yet as his startled cry rang out, Xu Yue no longer had the mind to care why his Martial Soul had mutated.

His eyelids grew heavier and heavier, soon closing completely.

The next moment.

A force seemed to pour into him from nowhere, while also seeming to surge from the deepest part of his body, circulating through him in an instant.

It made him feel as though he had returned to his mother's embrace.

Warmth, happiness, safety.

His bones were reforged, and his muscles were strengthened once more.

From within to without, from soul to flesh, everything about him was renewed at this moment.

In a daze, Xu Yue felt as though a long time had passed. He vaguely heard Mu Chen and Mu Xi calling to him in alarm.

"Xiao Yue! What's wrong with you?! Wake up!"

"A-Yue..."

Hearing their calls, Xu Yue slowly awakened, like an infant opening his eyes for the first time and looking upon the outside world anew.

The golden-haired girl stood before him with a worried expression. Only after seeing him awaken did she finally let out a long sigh of relief.

"A-Yue! You scared me to death! Why did you suddenly fall asleep?" Mu Xi hurriedly added, "Quick, look at your Martial Soul!"

"I fell asleep? Martial Soul? What happened to my Martial Soul?"

A doubtful thought flashed through Xu Yue's mind, and he immediately looked at his right hand.

A dark-blue spherical crystal roughly fifteen centimeters in diameter floated above his palm.

Golden, relief-like patterns covered its surface, while specks of starlight shimmered brilliantly across it.

"This... this is..."

Xu Yue's pupils constricted violently, his heart pounding uncontrollably as he enunciated four words one by one.

"Star! Of! Eden!"