All Weapons Resonated, Sin Struck!

"Divine sense, Lake of Life, Tears of the Dragon God, Dragon God Egg... there should be a certain chance of success."

As he took stock of the available items, Di Tian sat cross-legged beside the Lake of Life.

He had not brought this divine artifact formed from the fusion of battle armor and mecha when he returned to the Douluo Home Planet, precisely to ensure that the Lake of Life's nurturing of the artifact armor would not be interrupted and end in failure midway.

This evolution, too,

would naturally take place within the Lake of Life.

Closing his pair of golden dragon eyes, Di Tian projected his divine sense and attached it to the artifact armor. His powerful divine sense continuously tempered the armor.

Looking inward, one would find dazzling dragon blood in the form of blood-red crystals. They were all True Dragon Essence Blood that Di Tian had condensed over the years.

Essence blood was not so easily condensed. Every single drop severely depleted the body.

The True Dragon Essence Blood within the artifact armor was likewise Di Tian's accumulation over thousands of years.

Tempering the battle armor and mecha to the peak of the Six-Word and True God levels with True Dragon Essence Blood was already the limit. The artifact armor's need for True Dragon Essence Blood had also reached saturation.

Yet Di Tian continued condensing it for thousands of years.

Because burning True Dragon Essence Blood could reproduce a portion of his power.

Back then, Di Tian had been able to reproduce some of his strength by hanging a True Dragon Reverse Scale on Huo Yuhao.

True Dragon Essence Blood could do the same.

With this True Dragon Essence Blood and the artifact armor, even if Di Tian fell beneath the Godhood Tribulation, he could continue guarding the Soul Beast Clan and wait for his lord or the Dragon God to return.

Of course, that had been Di Tian's former plan.

But now,

Di Tian's thoughts had changed.

Once the artifact armor advanced to the Seven-Word and Super God levels, combined with the battle power reproduced by burning True Dragon Essence Blood, as well as the top-tier divine artifact, the Burning Heaven Divine Pestle, and the super divine artifact, the Heavenly Saint Splitting Abyss Halberd—

whether he faced outside interference during his transformation and recultivation, or enemies after completing it, he would no longer be powerless.

Even if his true body's cultivation had to be rebuilt, he would still possess a set of artifact armor capable of unleashing God Level battle power at any moment.

With this new thought and purpose in mind,

Di Tian's divine will stirred.

With a splash, the Dragon God Egg, still sealed in ten-thousand-year ice, was thrown into the Lake of Life.

Through the Dragon God Claw, he used the Dragon God's Tear to stimulate the Dragon God Egg's bloodline power. In an instant, the entire Lake of Life rippled with nine-colored radiance so dense it was nearly liquid.

In the state of a Dragon God Egg, the Dragon God bloodline's power was not strong, but its origin was exceedingly high.

As the catalyst for the artifact armor's leap to the extreme, nothing could have been more suitable.

After all, Di Tian had already nurtured this artifact armor to the peak of the Six-Word and True God levels. All it lacked was the push for that final leap.

"Rumble..."

Across the land surrounding the Lake of Life, ninety-nine Earth Veins surged at once, like Mountain-Carrying Giant Dragons awakening.

The ninety-nine Earth Veins all flowed toward the Lake of Life, jointly guarding and nurturing the artifact armor at its center.

The vast life essence accumulated in the Lake of Life over countless years was triggered in resonance and rushed toward the artifact armor as well.

Among the hundred-thousand-year Demon Stones used for the battle armor and mecha was a portion of Gold of Life, allowing them to absorb life essence with ease.

Many forces joined as one, and all sides resonated.

"Boom—"

An incomparably imposing gale spread outward from the artifact armor as its center.

Seven-Word battle armor, Super God mecha.

The artifact advanced, and all weapons resonated.

With ringing metallic chimes, every weapon fell silent.

Throughout the territory inhabited by the Soul Beast Clan, every metallic object trembled at the same moment.

This was already the result of Di Tian's deliberate restraint.

Otherwise, the momentum of a top-tier divine artifact coming into being would have affected every metallic object across the entire Elf Planet.

Di Tian lightly tapped the armor, which glowed with divine artifact radiance, and listened to the crisp, resonant thuds.

"It should be about as durable as Ling Zichen and Yi Zichen's mechanical bodies..."

The reason those two could live for ten thousand years was the Individual Positive Cycle Source Cores nurtured inside their bodies, something only God Level powerhouses with unwavering will could endure.

After being nurtured for over a thousand years, an Individual Positive Cycle Source Core would develop a form of vitality and begin feeding back into its nurturer.

The oldest Individual Positive Cycle Source Cores had been nurtured within Ling Zichen and Yi Zichen for a full eight thousand years. Over those eight thousand years, they had nurtured so many Individual Positive Cycle Source Cores together that they themselves could hardly count them anymore.

In the original timeline,

they had ultimately erupted together.

Burning everything possessed by two True Gods, they used the Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King Warship forged from his dragon corpse as a cannon barrel and unleashed power at the God King level, severely wounding the Mother of Deep Crimson, who had already broken through to become a God King.

Without mechanical bodies with the durability of top-tier divine artifacts, the two of them would not have been able to withstand such violent energy.

With the feedback from so many Individual Positive Cycle Source Cores, their mechanical bodies had likely long since reached the durability of top-tier divine artifacts.

Di Tian gently shook his head.

His path differed from theirs.

Ling Zichen and Yi Zichen were one-use shells, while his was a divine artifact that could still be used after his death.

He waved his hand.

The armor, which had already advanced to the top-tier divine artifact level, sank back into the Lake of Life. True Dragon Essence Blood was limited, so naturally it had to be saved for a critical moment.

Just then,

Zi Ji arrived.

"It worked?!" Clearly, she knew about the artifact armor.

When she saw Di Tian nod in confirmation, joy immediately filled her face.

"That's wonderful!"

"The possibility of an accident occurring midway will definitely be greatly reduced!"

"I hope so." Di Tian spoke optimistically, then asked, "How are the preparations coming along?"

"If enemies invade, the Elf Queen will be the first to act."

"Over on King of Ten Thousand Monsters' side, he will gather the power of all plant-type lifeforms on the entire Elf Planet."

"The moment you enter the state of transformation and recultivation, King of Ten Thousand Monsters will immediately activate the defensive barrier covering the entire forest. Combined with the defensive soul-tool array that has already been arranged, they will form a joint defense."

"Bi Ji will begin her transformation and recultivation half a step after you. With her healing abilities, unmatched among the Soul Beast Clan, she will support us as we lead the soul beasts into battle."

"..."

Zi Ji recounted the arrangements in exhaustive detail.

Yet doubts still lingered in her heart.

However, Di Tian answered what she had been thinking before she could speak. "If someone truly intends to interfere, they will have methods of discovering whether I have already begun transformation and recultivation."

"Ten thousand years ago, Quasi-Gods could already predict their own futures and the celestial phenomena of a plane. The divination divine artifacts that emerged could foretell a whole clan's fortune and misfortune."

"Now, it is the interstellar age."

"There will only be more methods like that."

"The greater world holds all manner of strange things."

As he spoke, Di Tian turned and entered the cave dwelling, the place where the elements of light, darkness, and life converged.

Zi Ji watched him enter the cave dwelling. Her lips parted several times, but in the end, she said nothing.

She wanted to say something private to Di Tian, especially while Bi Ji was absent.

But she also knew that now was not the time to disturb him.

"Whew..."

"There is still time."

Looking at the now-closed cave dwelling, Zi Ji's lips slowly curled upward.

"Back then, you brought my True Dragon Egg out of the Divine Realm and protected me as I grew."

"Now,"

"you are rebuilding your life once more, baby dragon Di Tian..."

"Hehe..."

Zi Ji was not the only one who laughed aloud without meaning to.

At the same time, in a different place.

In the starfield near Elf Planet.

A warship hid in the void.

Within it sat two God Level powerhouses.

One of them watched Elf Planet, shining like a brilliant pearl in the cosmos, through the warship's control screen.

"Hahaha..." He laughed involuntarily. "Di Tian, Di Tian."

"Do you know just how valuable you are?"