The Only One
In the Undead Demi-Plane, gray mist churned.
Huo Yuhao sat facing Soul, two identical faces and four identical golden eyes.
"Begin," Huo Yuhao said.
Soul nodded.
Huo Yuhao raised a hand and pressed it against Soul's head. Dragon God Power surged forth. Golden light enveloped Soul's entire body, and his body began to dissolve, turning into golden specks that flowed through Huo Yuhao's arm and into his body.
Agonizing pain. Pain that tore at his soul. But Huo Yuhao clenched his teeth and did not make a sound.
Time passed. Perhaps a day, perhaps a year. There was no concept of time in the Undead Demi-Plane.
At last, Soul vanished completely. The final trace of golden light entered Huo Yuhao's body.
He opened his eyes.
Level 149. The peak of a First-Level God. Only half a step away from a God King.
He rose to his feet, stepped out of the Undead Demi-Plane, and landed upon the icy plains of the Far Northern Land.
The power of his Martial Soul, "Void," was driven to its limit. Invisible ripples spread outward from him. Wherever they passed, space twisted, folded, and contracted. Icy plains, mountain ranges, forests, rivers—everything was being devoured.
The Far Northern Land vanished. The Soul Beasts on the ice plains did not even have time to react before they turned into energy and merged into his body.
The Star Dou Great Forest vanished. Ten-thousand-year Soul Beasts, thousand-year Soul Beasts, towering ancient trees—all of them were swallowed.
The Heaven Soul Empire vanished. Its capital, villages, fields, people, and Title Douluo fought desperately, but they could not hold on for even a breath.
The Dou Ling Empire vanished. The Star Luo Empire vanished. The Sun Moon Empire vanished.
Jing Hongchen looked up within his residence at the enormous