Gu Yue Went Bankrupt on the Spot and Cried Her Eyes Out: "What a Huge Loss! This King's Entire Fortune Is Gone."

"Alright!"

Gu Yue dropped her playful grin.

She took a deep breath and sank her consciousness into the world core.

In an instant, heaven and earth changed color.

A dazzling magic array unfolded from the world core, spreading in every direction with Gu Yue at its center.

The array was formed from the purest elemental power.

Seven colors intertwined, weaving a massive formation diagram across the sky that covered the entire firmament.

Then, in that instant, all elemental power between heaven and earth was drained dry.

The air grew thin.

The sky lost its azure hue, turning deathly gray.

The earth began to crack, fissures spreading outward from the center of the formation like a spiderweb.

White mist steamed from the ocean's surface, and the water level fell at a visible rate.

In just a few breaths, the spiritual energy density of the entire world plummeted from a richness far surpassing the outside world to the brink of depletion.

On the temple plaza, Qian Yuhan's eyes widened.

She watched it all in disbelief.

Her angelic perception covered the entire world, and the information it returned nearly stopped her heart.

All the elemental power in the world was being siphoned away by that World-Destroying Dragon.

That elemental power was the foundation of heaven and earth's natural cycle.

It was the soil upon which living beings depended, the lifeline for the growth of all things.

And now, it was all gone.

"What is that demonic dragon... trying to do?"

Qian Yuhan's voice trembled.

Then she saw it.

That boundless power of heaven and earth condensed into a silver-white sphere of light at the center of the formation.

The sphere continuously compressed, condensed, and spun, releasing divine fluctuations so overwhelming they suffocated the air.

Then, the sphere began to descend.

Like a meteor, trailing silver-white flames as it fell toward the figure of the Creator God.

Lin Yan gritted his teeth. Veins bulged across his forehead, and bead-sized drops of cold sweat streamed down his cheeks.

Yet he did not let out a single scream.

He could feel it.

That ten-year soul ring was condensing within his body.

A silver-white ring of light slowly formed beneath his feet.

Seven-colored halos revolved above it.

With every rotation, his meridians widened, his bones were tempered, and his flesh and blood were cleansed.

The level-ten bottleneck was shattered in one stroke.

But this was only the beginning.

Immediately afterward, the world feedback accumulated through countless previous world destructions was completely awakened at this moment.

It surged through his meridians, gathered in his dantian, and exploded within his sea of consciousness.

Then, a clear message surfaced in his mind.

[Detected sufficient reserves of world origin power. The following enhancement paths are available:]

[1. Increase soul power level and soul ring age. (Can break through to level twenty, becoming a Great Soul Master, and raise this soul ring to the hundred-year level.)]

[2. Enhance life essence. (Evolve the essential level of the body and soul toward a higher dimension. Optimize the genetic sequence, eliminate the flaws of living beings, and attain the most perfect and sacred form.)]

Lin Yan's breathing stopped for a moment.

Soul power could be raised through cultivation.

Soul ring age could also be raised through the Spirit Ascension Platform, or through another divine bestowal once that foolish dragon recovered.

After all, he knew that a god's gift could raise the level of a soul ring.

But what was life essence?

He subconsciously glanced at Gu Yue.

That foolish dragon was floating at the center of the formation, her dragon face full of pain at the loss. Clearly, she had not noticed the anomaly on his side.

He hesitated, but ultimately did not ask.

Then he made his choice.

"Two."

In an instant, an entirely different power flowed into his body.

If the divinely bestowed soul ring from before had been blazing fire forging steel, then this power was a spring breeze and gentle rain.

It was neither fierce nor frantic, yet it seeped into everything.

It permeated every bone, every muscle fiber, every cell nucleus—then began to transform them.

He felt his body becoming lighter, yet stronger.

The sensation was difficult to describe.

It was like being trapped in a sealed room for more than a decade, then suddenly having someone throw open every window.

Every breath felt smoother than ever before.

Then, the transformation was complete.

Gu Yue knew nothing of Lin Yan's situation.

She was staring painfully at the now-empty elemental power in the sky, her dragon face filled with utter despair.

What a loss.

A huge loss.

All the elemental power in the entire world.

That was the fortune she had painstakingly stolen back these past few days, day and night, one stone and one handful of dirt at a time.

And she had poured it all into that brute.

The next few days were going to be busy.

Without planar energy, no living being could possibly thrive and reproduce in such a harsh environment.

It was not just the human race. Even her soul beast race might suffer massive casualties.

What a loss, what a loss, what a loss.

The more Gu Yue thought about it, the angrier and more aggrieved she became.

She turned toward Lin Yan, tears welling in her eyes as she let out an enraged roar.

"Quickly restore the time flow! If I go out for one trip and the whole world gets ruined, what then?! What are you standing around for?! Hurry up!"

She roared with complete righteousness, tears swirling in her eyes.

But to outsiders, it was an entirely different scene.

The World-Destroying Dragon had gathered the power of the entire world and clashed head-on with the Creator God.

The dense elemental radiance obscured everyone's vision, preventing them from seeing what had truly happened.

When the light finally dispersed, the sight revealed before them was—

That dragon was roaring at the Creator God in grief and fury.

Meanwhile, the Creator God had not moved a single inch from beginning to end.

He merely floated quietly at the edge of the heavens, yet the aura around Him had become even more terrifying.

The god was enraged.

Qian Yuhan's heart rose to her throat.

She could sense that the change in that aura was real.

In that brief instant, the Creator God's level of power had risen once more.

The World-Destroying Dragon's attack, launched with the power of the entire world, had not only failed to harm Him—it had made Him stronger.

Was this the Creator God?

Was this the existence they were facing?

Even the World-Destroying Dragon that devoured worlds, even an attack that poured out the power of all heaven and earth, could not harm Him in the slightest?

Her legs went weak, and the holy light upon her six wings began to tremble.

She knew what would happen next.

A divine war.

A true divine war.

The World-Destroying Dragon had already made its move, and the Creator God's aura had turned incomparably dangerous.

The next second would bring the tolling bell of an era's end.

She was already prepared to die.

Her sword was still in her hand.

This time, at the very least, she would swing it.

Then—

The supreme, majestic body that symbolized the Creator God made no movement at all. It simply slowly dissipated.

Like wind scattering clouds and mist.

Like a drop of water merging into the sea.

Silently, without taking even a speck of dust with it.

Leaving behind an entire world of dumbfounded ants.

The World-Destroying Dragon let out a roar, tore open a spatial tunnel, and flew beyond the heavens.

Its enormous dragon wings blotted out the sky one final time.

The gleam of its silver scales flashed past the edge of the spatial tunnel.

Then it vanished completely.