As for those wandering otherworldly souls, they had seen high-dimensional remnant souls like these drift into the Douluo universe more than once. Most were erased by the laws of the universe before they could find suitable bodies to reincarnate into; the occasional few who successfully reincarnated would also vanish mysteriously shortly after growing up.
They had once wanted to capture one or two to study their mysteries and strengthen the God Realm, but they had never found an opportunity.
After all, such a thing was simply too difficult—almost impossible.
That was only when they could still see them.
But now, Qian Chongguang was actually going to cast 180 such "favored children of heaven" into Douluo Continent? And completely seal off Douluo Continent so they could not interfere?!
Never mind whether it could succeed—if it truly did, and those reincarnated souls really were remnants of high-dimensional powerhouses, then once they grew, they would absolutely bring calamity upon their God Realm!
Back then, the Dragon God had merely been the most powerful being born within the Douluo universe. Yet when he sought to lead the God Realm in breaking through its shackles and upgrading into a divine star, he had already created uncontrollable variables throughout the entire Douluo universe. In the end, they could only join forces to kill him, forcibly snuffing out the possibility of the universe evolving.
At the end of the day, these five God Kings, along with the entire Douluo universe, had always been spineless cowards content with the status quo. They would rather guard this God Realm and slowly wait until the universe perished than dare take even a single step toward a higher dimension.
Because they were afraid—afraid of those ruthless figures in higher-dimensional universes who could dominate entire ages and sweep across countless heavens at will, afraid they would not even know how they died.
Much less could they make up their minds to abandon their inherited Divine Positions and leave the Douluo God Realm to see the landscapes of other worlds.
But now, Qian Chongguang had personally thrown this "terrifying" possibility right onto their doorstep!
"Qian Chongguang! Have you gone mad?!"
Asura God's eyes split with rage. Unable to endure any longer, he was the first to transform into a streak of bloody light and pounce toward Qian Chongguang. "Do you know what you're doing?! You're going to destroy the entire Douluo universe!"
He was afraid. Truly afraid.
"So what? Whether anyone dies isn't important. What matters is that I'm happy."
Qian Chongguang simply did not care.
The other four God Kings reacted at the same time. No longer caring about the God Realm Covenant or appearances, all five attacked together. Five waves of God King-level divine power swept toward Qian Chongguang, determined to stop him at any cost!
But just as their divine power was about to touch Qian Chongguang, the figure before them suddenly became illusory!
They lunged at nothing. All they caught was a phantom still bearing the aura of light and darkness!
"What?!"
Destruction God King's expression changed drastically. His divine sense instantly spread outward, only to discover that Qian Chongguang's aura had already appeared at the entrance to the planar passage tens of thousands of miles away!
His speed had already surpassed the limits of divine sense locking onto him!
That was extreme speed bought by burning away every last bit of his divine soul origin. Unless all five God Kings burned their God King origins together, it was simply impossible to catch him!
"Damn it! Damn it!!"
Asura God trembled with fury and spat out a mouthful of origin blood, but he could only watch helplessly. He could not catch up at all.
The gods could only freeze where they stood, watching the figure wreathed in interwoven light and darkness stand at the entrance to the planar passage and pour all of his remaining power into the spatial barrier between Douluo Continent and the God Realm!
A golden-black film of light covering the entire planar passage instantly formed, firmly sealing every path from the God Realm to Douluo Continent!
The film was engraved with the Angel God's origin laws, as well as the forbidden marks left behind by Qian Chongguang burning his divine soul. It was indestructible!
Immediately afterward, hundreds of life sparks carrying different auras, yet each possessing exceptional talent, passed through gaps in the light film like a meteor shower and precisely fell into every corner of Douluo Continent, vanishing in an instant.
After doing all this, Qian Chongguang's figure had become nearly transparent, and his divine body began collapsing inch by inch!
He turned around one last time, looking at the five furious God Kings in the distance, and revealed a final mocking smile.
At the same time, atop the God Realm Hub, the thread of faith that had once firmly connected to Douluo Continent snapped with a sharp crack, completely severing!
From this moment onward, the God Realm and Douluo Continent were completely cut off from each other.
They could no longer spy on the lower realm in the slightest, no longer interfere with any development on Douluo Continent, and no longer place their own inheritors in Douluo Continent to manipulate the fates of mortals.
"Bye-bye, dear everyone. I hope my gift will make you happy someday."
As his final words faded, Qian Chongguang's figure completely transformed into countless specks of light and darkness, dispersing between heaven and earth without leaving behind even a trace of divine soul.
All that remained was the wrecked God Realm and a group of gods with livid faces, furious beyond measure.
"Damn it! Damn Qian Chongguang!!"
Asura God viciously slashed his sword against a nearby white jade pillar, splitting the entire pillar and the surrounding space apart inch by inch. "I will find his divine soul and grind his bones to ash!!"
"Stop shouting! He burned away even the last trace of his divine soul. Where are you going to find him?"
Destruction God King, his face dark, sternly stopped him. He strode to the planar passage and reached out to touch the interwoven light-and-dark sealing film. The instant his fingertips made contact, a violent force flung him back, let alone allowing him to reach the outskirts of that planet directly.
His expression darkened further as he turned to Life Goddess. "Can you break his seal?"
Life Goddess stepped forward, green light spilling from her fingertips as she carefully sensed the law patterns on the light film. After a long while, she could only shake her head helplessly, her tone grave. "It will be difficult. This is a forbidden seal he left behind using the Angel God's origin and burning all of his divine soul. It is bound to the planar laws of all Douluo Continent. To forcefully break it, we would either need to sacrifice more than half the origin cultivation of us five God Kings, or expend seventy percent of the energy reserves the God Realm has accumulated over a million years. It is not worth the cost."
"Besides," Goodness Goddess added, her voice full of worry, "we already spent considerable divine power in that battle, and the God Realm's energy reserves have suffered substantial losses. If we further deplete our origins and reserves, and the Golden Dragon King sealed deep within the God Realm takes the chance to break free, we will have no strength left to deal with him."
The moment she said that, the entire place fell silent.
The gods' expressions all turned grim. The disturbance from that earth-shaking battle had been so great that it was impossible for the Golden Dragon King, sealed within the core of the God Realm, not to have noticed.
Although the Golden Dragon King had not inherited the Dragon God's wisdom, after being sealed for a million years, there was no telling what growth he might have undergone—just as Qian Chongguang had not directly withstand the Three Realms Judgment Sword, instead turning away to maneuver around it. No one knew whether the Golden Dragon King had also learned patience and calculation.
"Are we really just going to let this go?" a first-class deity asked in a trembling voice. "If those 180 prodigies truly grow up, how will our God Realm deal with them?"
"What are you panicking for?" Evil God King frowned and suddenly spoke. "Have you forgotten? The laws of heaven and earth on Douluo Continent have a limit. To break through Level 100 Godhood, one must have a corresponding Divine Position to support it. Even if he sealed off the planar passage, people in the lower realm may reach the threshold of Level 100, but without Divine Positions from the God Realm, their cultivation can only remain stuck at the critical point. They cannot advance any further. How many Level 100 powerhouses can that tiny plane of Douluo Continent support? At most, three to five. Out of 180 prodigies, it would already be a lot if even a few survived and broke through Level 100."
At those words, quite a few deities sighed in relief. That was right—the shackles of the laws of heaven and earth were there. Without Divine Positions, no matter how great their talent, they could not grow without limit.
If that was the case, had Qian Chongguang made the wrong move?
"No." Destruction God King shook his head, his expression still grave. "Have you forgotten what kind of person Qian Chongguang is? Since his appearance until now, when has a single one of his moves not been meticulously calculated? Would he make such a low-level mistake? Since he dared cast down 180 prodigies, he must have a way to deal with the shackles of the laws."
The entire place fell into dead silence once more.
After a long while, Life Goddess slowly spoke, a trace of fear in her voice that even she herself was unwilling to acknowledge. "Have you considered... that he is raising them like gu?"
"Put 180 favored children of heaven on the same continent. Resources are limited, and the limits of the laws are limited. If they want to survive, if they want to break through those limits, they can only kill and devour one another."
"If, in the end, only one person survives this slaughter and devours the talent, origin, and fortune of everyone else, how terrifying would that final survivor become?"
Those words were like an icy current that instantly coursed through every deity present.
The gods shuddered and unconsciously broke into chills. A bone-deep cold instantly enveloped the entire God Realm.
A single favored child of heaven was not terrifying. Even a powerhouse reincarnated from a higher dimension still needed time to grow and had limits.
But 180 favored children of heaven placed together, with an entire continent as their gu-raising ground—then the sole victor who emerged from that final slaughter would be the truly terrifying existence capable of overturning everything.
They had "won" the battle before them and "forced" Qian Chongguang to die.
But all of them knew that from the moment Qian Chongguang cast down those 180 life sparks and sealed off Douluo Continent, this war had only just begun.
They dared not even consider whether Qian Chongguang had truly died just like that.
He had even created a clone they could not distinguish, with contingency after contingency. Did he truly have no backup plan for resurrection...
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