Shen Lian's heart sank—something was wrong.
Before he absorbed the Godhead, they had already been Soul Douluos, but advancing from Soul Douluo to Title Douluo required long, painstaking effort. Yet during the time he had spent absorbing it, they had all broken through together and reached the ninetieth rank or above.
This could only mean that he had spent far longer absorbing the Godhead than he had thought.
"Yu Xi,"
Shen Lian looked at Liu Yuxi, an almost imperceptible urgency in his voice as he asked her:
"You've all become Title Douluos, and it looks like you're not far from rank one hundred... How long did I spend absorbing the Godhead this time?"
Seeing that he had finally awakened, Liu Yuxi's constantly suspended heart finally settled. Her eyes reddened slightly as she hurried to his side and reached out to grasp his wrist. Only after feeling the warm, steady divine power at her fingertips did she speak softly:
"Brother Shen Lian, you spent a full year and three months absorbing the Godhead this time."
"A year and three months?!"
Shen Lian's eyes widened abruptly, and he was completely stunned.
He clearly remembered that whether it was Tang San inheriting the Sea God Divinity in the original story or other divine inheritances, absorbing a Godhead took no more than several months. There had never been a case that lasted over a year.
He had clearly felt that the process was painful but smooth. How could it have taken so long?
He subconsciously turned toward the direction where the God King of Destruction had vanished. A trace of God King aura still lingered there, and a vague phantom slowly condensed—it was the God King of Destruction.
"I knew you would ask."
The God King of Destruction's voice carried a hint of helplessness.