The Possibility of a New God Realm

Tang Hao looked at the battle halberd floating in the light, his voice even deeper. "The Abyss Plane has been able to suppress the Douluo Continent for so many years, not because of those few dozen Emperor."

"When Emperor dies, a new one can rise to power, but if the foundation is broken, the entire throne will crumble from the bottom up."

"The Abyss has two stable points. One is the Abyssal Sage King himself. The other is the Heaven Saint Rift Abyss Halberd."

Yun Jingheng frowned.

Tang Hao continued, "The halberd is usually planted at the end of the first level; it's the lifeblood of the Abyss Plane. It's responsible for suppressing the space of the first ten levels."

"As long as it remains there, the Abyss remains connected from top to bottom. Anyone who tries to attack from the outside can only hit the surface; they can't hurt the bones."

Yun Jingheng said, "So as long as it's removed, the interior of the Abyss will go out of control."

"Right."

Tang Hao said, "If you can snatch it from the Holy Monarch's hands, the dimensional walls of the first ten levels will shatter simultaneously."

"Those demons that rely on low-level energy will die in droves, and the Holy Ruler will not fare any better."

"He will lose more than half of his control. At that point, it won't be a question of whether he wants to recruit you or not; he'll have to figure out how to fill his seat again."

Ah Yin whispered from the side, "But you must understand, once the halberd leaves the Abyss, it will follow you, and you will be remembered by the Abyss forever."

"It will always find a chance to take it back from you. Every time you use it, a thread will connect you to the Abyss, and the longer it goes on, the more inseparable you will become."

Huo Yuhao looked at Yun Jingheng, his eyes clear and his voice low but extremely clear. "You have always regarded the Abyssal Energy as a form of erosion, as something you must resist."

"But think about it carefully. From the time you refined the Saintly King's energy until now, your spiritual sea has not been in chaos, and your Moonlight has not weakened. On the contrary, every time the Abyss approaches, it's as if it's completing a part of you. You are inherently compatible with it."

He paused for a moment, then continued, "Your Yue Shen inheritance belongs to the old pantheon of the Dragon God era in the Douluo Continent."

"Within the Moonlight lies the Lunar Yin, and beneath the Lunar Yin lies the Dark Side. The essence of the Abyss's energy lies precisely in that Dark Side. They do not conflict; they share the same origin."

"You can absorb it because it is essentially a branch of your power. When others absorb Abyssal Energy, they are inviting trouble. When you absorb it, you are awakening another side that already exists within your body."

Yun Jingheng listened very attentively.

"So the Heaven Saint Rift Abyss Halberd won't dislike you," Huo Yuhao said.

He took two steps toward the halberd floating in the light, as if speaking to Yun Jingheng, or perhaps to the halberd itself. "You possess a part of the Abyss, yet you are purer than the Abyssal Sage King."

"If you were to actually stand before that halberd, it might not see you as an enemy. In fact... it might even want to come with you. It might even come to like you. Because your aura is purer than that of the Holy King."

Upon hearing the word "like," Yun Jingheng's brows furrowed slightly.

Huo Yuhao continued, "So what you need to do is not to compete with the Abyss in strength, but to let that halberd choose for itself. If it chooses you, you can take it with you; if it doesn't choose you, even if you pull it out of the plane, you won't be able to take it more than three steps."

The Sea God's voice wasn't loud, but every word seemed to fall from the farthest reaches of the heavens, landing on the Douluo Continent, a land that had long been devoid of gods.

Tang San said, "The Divine Realm is no longer on the Douluo Continent, but Douluo Continent cannot remain without the Divine Realm forever."

"A world without Divine Realm will slowly be swallowed up by other planes. The Abyss was the first, the Demon Plane was the second, and there will be many more in the future. Therefore, someone must rebuild the Divine Realm."

He took a step closer to Yun Jingheng, his eyes utterly calm. "This Abyss before you is both danger and opportunity."

"The Abyss Plane is extremely vast; if counted by the number of layers, it is even comparable to one of the Divine Realm in its heyday."

"If you can seize the Heaven Saint Rift Abyss Halberd, it will be equivalent to gaining half control of the Abyss. Once the Abyssal Sage King dies, this plane will no longer be the Abyss; it can be refined into a new realm, the foundation of a New God Realm."

Yun Jingheng's pupils contracted very slightly.

"I will use the divine power placed on Wulin to enable him to begin the Sea God's Nine Trials and inherit the Sea God."

Ah Yin gently interjected, "At that time, the Yue Shen, the Sea God, and the Silver Dragon King— these three deities—are not something First-Level God who has lost his Super Divine Artifact can withstand."

Tang San's tone changed slightly when the Silver Dragon King was mentioned.

"When the Silver Dragon King took the Golden Dragon King's Destruction Godhead from Wulin, I did not stop him."

He said, "That was Wulin's own choice. He didn't want to become a dragon that only knew Destruction, and neither did the Silver Dragon King. They both wanted to walk a path that wouldn't be dragged down by the old Godhood."

"Therefore, the removal of the Golden Dragon King's Destruction Godhead isn't necessarily a bad thing for me; at least it will lessen Wulin's suffering."

He paused for a moment, then continued, "That Divinity within the Silver Dragon King's body did not disappear."

"It is merely being suppressed, restrained by its own Genesis Power. The Golden Dragon King and the Silver Dragon King originate from the same source; one dies and the other is reborn."

"If one day these two forces can truly unite as one, it is not impossible for the Silver Dragon King to regain his position as the Dragon God."

Tang Hao sighed, "Actually, once you complete the God Trial, you can treat the Abyssal Sage King like a dog."

Tang San continued, "The reason I had Wulin initiate the Sea God's Nine Trials was because I was worried there wouldn't be enough time for you to become a god."

Ah Yin: "More secure."

Huo Yuhao: "My father-in-law is wise."

Yun Jingheng: "?"

Are these four words for real?

Ah Yin smiled and said, "At least, it would be faster for the three gods to create the Divine Realm together, wouldn't it?"

"Hmm..." Yun Jingheng asked tentatively, "So, how should we guide them?"

The four gods simultaneously looked away.

Yun Jingheng waited a moment, thinking he had asked too rashly, and was about to add another question when he heard Tang Hao give a low "humph".

There was no coldness in that "humph," but rather it sounded like someone was suppressing something extremely uncomfortable.

"I don't know," Tang Hao said.

Yun Jingheng was stunned.

"Um... we've gone through countless simulations."

Tang Hao frowned. "Those two forces have to be willing to combine on their own; neither can be missing. As for how to guide them, none of us can do it."

Ah Yin said softly, "The level of the Dragon God is much more difficult than what we faced back then."

"If the Silver Dragon King doesn't want to, no one can force her; if she does want to, it's not guaranteed. So, we don't have an answer to this question."

Yun Jingheng turned to look at Tang San.

Tang San shook his head very slightly.

Huo Yuhao shrugged, a somewhat helpless smile on his face, "Don't look at me like that, this is the first time I've ever heard them talk about this. I was just brought here along the way."

Yun Jingheng:...

Behind Tang San and Huo Yuhao, the dreamscape suddenly seemed to be bumped by someone from the outside.

The entire gray wasteland trembled violently. Just as the light from the sea faded, a new opening suddenly appeared in the void.

An extremely strong and unreasonable sense of being torn apart came over me.

Before Yun Jingheng could even react, two figures rushed out of the crack.

A woman dressed in a pink dress moved with incredible speed, making her facial features almost impossible to discern.

Another woman wore a light blue dress, her hair flowing like the wind.

As soon as they landed, the two ran towards Yun Jingheng.

The pink-clad figure had already reached out her hand, her voice urgent and loud. "Son--!"

The one in the light blue dress wasn't slow either, calling out, "Xiao Lin--!"

Yun Jingheng's scalp tingled with fear.

That voice sounded so familiar.

The tone was exactly the same as when Ya Li rushed in from outside the door when he blew himself into the infirmary as a child.

Extreme worry, extreme anxiety, and a hidden undertone of "Just wait until we meet, I'll show you what I'm made of."

He almost reflexively took a step back, even turning his body to the side, ready to run first.

This is unlike being targeted by ten Emperor on the battlefield; this is even more terrifying.

But the next second, the two women opposite them also stopped.

The pink figure's hand was still suspended in mid-air, and the woman in the light blue dress was frozen two steps away.

Three pairs of eyes looked at each other.

Yun Jingheng didn't move. He saw the two faces go through the entire process in a short moment, from ecstasy to astonishment, and then to a sense of relief followed by disappointment.

Then, Xiao Wu slowly withdrew her hand, coughed somewhat awkwardly, and turned to look at Tang San.

Tang Wutong also turned her face away, quickly wiped her eyes, and muttered softly, "It's not Xiao Lin..."

Yun Jingheng felt he should say something.

He looked at Tang San, then at Huo Yuhao.

Huo Yuhao had already stepped aside two steps, showing no loyalty whatsoever, for fear of being dragged into some kind of family drama.

Tang Hao and Ah Yin stood at a distance, one looking up at the sky, the other pretending to look at a tree.