Rong Nianbing, forced to work overtime (4,000 words)

Unnamed star system.

Rong Nianbing looked at the scene before her and felt a headache coming on.

After inheriting the Divine Position, he naturally did not stay in the Divine Realm for long. He left the area under the Douluo God Realm and came to a star field he had never seen before to see the scenery of various planets and to look for traces of the Other Divine Realm.

This was an idea Rong Nianbing had for a long time. (It was mentioned in Dou Er.)

While staying in the Divine Realm meant having whatever he wanted and there were many benefits, it was also quite boring and had many rules. That kind of mundane life wasn't what he liked; the life he was living now was what he truly desired.

Therefore, after relinquishing his responsibility God of Emotion, he began to travel through this vast universe.

As for his sons, after he left the Divine Realm, they each went to train in subordinate planes of the Divine Realm, while his wives stayed by his side.

With his strength, even without his Divine Position, he would naturally be hard to beat in the lower realms, living a carefree and comfortable Xiao Yao.

However, as he traveled, even venturing to other universes, he found no trace of the Other Divine Realm, which gave him a sense of foreboding. So he began to return to his homeland and headed towards the star field where the Douluo God Realm was located.

Until today----

Looking at the distant plane that was devouring planets, Xi Yun, one of Rong Nianbing's wives, also frowned.

"Nianbing, that dimension is extremely dangerous."

"Yes."

Rong Nianbing sighed, "The energy level of that plane is already at the Demigod Realm level, and it probably contains quite a few God Rank beings."

Although the current plane did not send many powerful beings to invade that planet, with only one Super God Rank (another name for First Rank God in the lower realm) powerhouse leading the Team Leader, Rong Nianbing's knowledge naturally allowed him to see that the true strength of that plane was far more than that.

After all, even he felt threatened by that dimension; Super God Rank powerhouse couldn't do that.

"It's probably the Crimson Domain that's rumored to devour planes in the nearby star system," Feng Nu said solemnly. "Nianbing, what do you plan to do?"

"Now that we've encountered them, we can't just pretend we didn't notice," Rong Nianbing said to his wives. "You wait here, be careful, I'll go and deal with them."

Xi Yun frowned: "Nianbing ----"

"Don't worry," Rong Nianbing smiled, "Although I've lost my Divine Position, Super God Rank being can't harm me."

As soon as he finished speaking, he vanished from the spot in a flash.

The next moment, Rong Nianbing appeared in the sky above the invaded planet.

Below, countless creatures wailed, fled, and died in despair.

This plane is just an ordinary plane. Apart from the Plane Master being God Rank being, the beings within the plane can at most unleash a single God Rank attack.

If they were facing the Abyss Plane, they might have a chance to resist, but against the Crimson Domain, which is many times stronger than the Abyss Plane, they obviously cannot.

With several God Rank powerhouses leading the team, all resistance can be crushed.

As for the Plane Master —he has already been suppressed by the Super God Rank powerhouse sent by the Crimson Domain.

The Super God Rank powerhouse stood in mid-air, his body Entanglement in a deep red light, constantly devouring the planet's essence.

Rong Nianbing's appearance immediately caught his attention.

"Um?"

The Super God Rank expert turned his head, revealing a pale face. A hint of surprise flashed in his eyes as he spoke the common language of this star field, "Traversing the Starry Sky? God Rank expert? Who are you?"

Rong Nianbing didn't answer, but simply said, "Stop what you're doing, then go back and tell whoever's backing you—I'm protecting the people of this planet!"

The Super God Rank expert was stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter.

"Hahaha! You think you can stop us all by yourself?"

His laughter stopped, and his gaze turned cold.

"Wishful thinking!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the Super God Rank expert who called himself the Demon King suddenly burst forth with a deep red light, and an Heaven Destroying Earth Annihilating aura erupted.

The space within a radius of ten thousand miles began to tremble violently, and countless cracks spread through the void, as if the entire world was about to collapse before him.

"Since you enjoy meddling in other people's business, then die here. Remember this: the one who will kill you is the sixty-first under my mother's command, the Demon King!"

His voice was like thunder, rolling and echoing in the void.

However, Rong Nianbing remained unmoved.

He simply raised the Morning Dew Knife in his hand and casually swung it at the countless blood-red tentacles and the Heaven Destroying Earth Annihilating power.

A flash of light appeared.

The countless crimson tentacles snapped off in mid-air, the spatial rifts instantly healed, and the planet's tremors ceased abruptly. The Demon King himself stood there, stunned, looking down at his chest.

There, a thin, long knife wound pierced through his body.

"You----"

He opened his mouth, as if to say something, but his body had already completely dissipated into energy. Until the moment of his death, he couldn't understand why the power he unleashed with all his might was as fragile as paper in the face of that single strike from his opponent.

Just as Rong Nianbing was about to turn her gaze away and deal with the intruders below, she suddenly noticed that the energy left behind after the Demon King's death had not disappeared, but had instead reformed into the Demon King's appearance under the power of the Crimson Domain.

"Undying? Can it be continuously revived using the Crimson Domain?"

The Demon King, who was recovering, noticed Rong Nianbing's gaze, and a hint of fear and a touch of mockery appeared in his eyes.

Just as Rong Nianbing thought, as the source of the Abyss Plane, the powerful beings of the Crimson Domain also possess the ability to resurrect.

Of course, as Super God Rank powerhouse, his resurrection did not come without a price. His strength had decreased by one level, and it was impossible for him to recover to Super God Rank in a short time.

Even so, Rong Nianbing couldn't help but frown.

During the previous battle, when this Super God Rank powerhouse revealed that he was only ranked sixty-first in the Crimson Domain, he was actually somewhat alarmed.

After all, the sixty-first was Super God Rank powerhouse. In other words, the Crimson Domain has at least sixty-one Super God Rank beings. Even if they went to the Divine Realm, Super God Rank beings could serve as Second Rank God. The fact that the Crimson Domain has so many shows its immense resources.

(Note: At its peak, the Crimson Domain of Douluo 4 had over a hundred Super God Rank beings, three Half-step God King level powerhouses (this is a lower-realm term), and countless other God Rank beings. However, there are still Ten Thousand Years years until Douluo 4, and without devouring the Tianhe Star, the accumulation is not yet that great. But there is also a theory that the Crimson Mother was mostly in a dormant state during the Ten Thousand Years from Douluo 3 to Douluo 4, so even if there are fewer Super God Rank, they wouldn't be that few.)

In Rong Nianbing's view, with so many God Rank powerhouses, coupled with this Undying, they would be invincible, if not unstoppable, in the Starry Sky without Divine Realm.

If we allow them to run rampant, many star systems will only become dead zones.

Thinking of this, Rong Nianbing stopped her thoughts, ignored the enemy's provocative smile, and looked down at the planet below that had already had most of its origin devoured.

Let's address this issue first.

The moment the thought crossed his mind, Rong Nianbing's aura was no longer concealed.

Boom!

The terrifying aura, along with Divine Consciousness, swept across the entire battlefield like an Formless tsunami.

Under this oppressive force, the mockery in the Demon King's eyes vanished instantly, replaced only by horror and fear.

This is on the same level as the mother— Half-step God King?! (The setting of the Tang Sect Heroes is a bit messy, and Rong Nianbing came down before the Space-Time Turbulence, so according to the Divine Realm Legend setting, he still has the strength of First Rank God even without Divine Position.)

No one on the planet could remain calm; the chaos on the planet instantly ceased, and the natives instinctively lowered their heads.

Meanwhile, the powerful beings of the Crimson Domain who were wreaking havoc across the planet—the Demon King and his dozens of God Rank followers—

Hundreds of Half-God Rank beings, along with a dense swarm of low-level invaders, froze at the same moment.

The expressions on their faces remained frozen in the ferocity and greed of the previous moment, but their bodies had already begun to disintegrate.

The creatures on the planet below stared in disbelief at this scene, then erupted in thunderous cheers.

Some people wept with joy, while others knelt down and worshipped Rong Nianbing.

"Thank you, Your Majesty! Thank you, Your Majesty, for saving us!"

Watching this scene from afar, the Demon King's expression was not good, but he dared not say a word.

That was a powerful figure on par with his mother, someone he couldn't possibly afford to provoke.

Even if he possesses Undying, a Half-step God King would surely have a way to completely kill him; it would just take some effort. By then, Mother might be able to create an existence exactly like him, but it certainly wouldn't be him.

Rong Nianbing ignored the Demon King who was frozen in place and instead turned her gaze to the Crimson Domain.

He sensed a gaze.

Those were gazes from the distant, Crimson Domain.

Cold, eerie, and carrying a hint of scrutiny and—interest.

Across the endless void, two gazes seemed to meet at this moment.

"Hehe, interesting."

A soft laugh from a woman broke the deathly silence.

A figure quietly appeared in the void.

It was a woman with long, Red Hair cascaded down like a waterfall, moving in the air without wind. She wore a dark red dress, the hem of which seemed to be woven from flowing blood light, exuding a bewitching beauty.

Most striking are the deep red demonic markings on each side of her cheeks, adding a touch of mystery and danger to her stunning beauty.

It was none other than the ruler of the Crimson Domain — the Crimson Mother!

The Demon King was overjoyed to see her appear and was about to speak when he was stopped by a cold look from the Crimson Mother.

"Let's go back."

"Yes!"

The Demon King dared not disobey and left the place.

The Crimson Mother then looked at Rong Nianbing with interest, "I didn't expect to encounter such a person in this remote and impoverished place. What is your name?"

"---- Rong Nianbing."

Rong Nianbing's voice was calm, but her attitude was noticeably more cautious.

The opponent's strength is by no means weaker than First Rank God in the Divine Realm; in the terms of the lower realm, he is Half-step God King.

Moreover, with his keen insight, he had already discerned the relationship between the Crimson Mother and the Crimson Domain. Strictly speaking, the entire Crimson Domain, along with the God Rank powerhouses within it, is part of the Crimson Mother.

If she could harness those powers for her own use, to what extent could she achieve true strength?

Rong Nianbing frowned slightly.

If a real fight breaks out, he might not win.

The Crimson Mother seemed to see through Rong Nianbing's thoughts and smiled, "You probably understand that you can't stop us. You are all alone; how can you withstand our onslaught? As long as I stop you, this planet will still be mine. However, I am willing to give up attacking this planet and befriend you. Would you be willing?"

Rong Nianbing did not answer, but coldly said, "Your kind of plane is the best nourishment for the Divine Realm. Aren't you afraid of being targeted by the Divine Realm by devouring planes so recklessly?"

"The Divine Realm?"

The Crimson Mother was taken aback, then burst into uncontrollable laughter, "Who doesn't know that the Divine Realm closest to this star field has vanished? Otherwise, how could I dare to devour planes so recklessly? Rong Nianbing, are you perhaps unaware of this?"

Upon hearing this, even though she had expected it, Rong Nianbing sank.

The closest Divine Realm to this star field is the Douluo God Realm, so it seems something has indeed happened there as well.

What is your decision, sir?

The Crimson Mother glanced at the distant Starry Sky and chuckled, "I sensed several people watching this place earlier; it must be you and your companions. They must be getting impatient."

"You're courting death!" Rong Nianbing upon hearing this veiled threat.

Seven divine Divine Tool appeared beside him, and his aura reached its peak.

When he passed on his Divine Position, just like the First Generation Sea God, he generously handed over the Super Divine Tool Ghost Carving Divine Knife, to the second God of Emotion.

Now only seven top-tier Divine Tool representing the seven Elemental Attribute remain, but the combined power of these Divine Tool surpasses that of a single Super Divine Tool.

Seeing this, the smile on the Crimson Mother's face gradually disappeared, and twelve Divine Tool appeared around her, combining six of them into two objects.

One is Crimson Scepter, and the other is Crimson Moon Blade.

The Crimson Mother's accumulated power over countless years has yielded two Super Divine Tool!

"I'm just stating the facts. Since you're unwilling to discuss cooperation, let's see what you've got."

If you don't see eye to eye, even half a sentence is too much.

Rong Nianbing said no more. With a thought, he used his Divine Power to create Small World, taking in all the surviving creatures on the planet and carrying it with him.

Then, the seven Divine Tool spun around him, transforming into a Seven Colors stream of light that shot straight toward the Crimson Mother.

With a gentle tap of her Crimson Scepter, the Crimson Mother unfurled a blood-red curtain of light before her.

"Boom--!"

The two terrifying forces collided, and the void within a radius of tens of thousands of miles instantly collapsed, with countless spatial fragments flying in all directions. The planet, whose origin had already been largely devoured, trembled violently under this impact. If Rong Nianbing had not deliberately protected it, it would probably have already been reduced to dust.

In this remote star field, two Half-step God King battled to the very edge of the universe.

The seven-colored divine light and the deep red blood light intertwined and collided, sweeping away uninhabited asteroids one after another, turning them into cosmic dust.

After a long while, when everything calmed down, the once dazzling starry river was now nothing but a deathly silence.

Countless asteroids turned to dust, and several larger planets were also ravaged, their surfaces covered with bottomless cracks. The lingering echoes of seven-colored divine light and deep red blood light remained in the void, like lingering ghosts, silently recounting the earth-shattering battle that had just taken place.

Rong Nianbing stood with his sword sheathed, his robes torn in several places, but his breathing remained relatively steady.

He watched the Crimson Domain gradually disappear into the distance, his expression somber, lost in thought.

At this moment, Feng Nu and the others approached.

Nianbing, did you win?

Upon hearing this, Rong Nianbing snapped out of her daze, her expression complex.

"We won, and we lost."

His body and Divine Tool had been baptized by the Xianling Qi, making him stronger than the Crimson Mother in every aspect.

However, the Crimson Mother also has her own advantages. With the Crimson Domain behind her, she can recover quickly even if she is injured, and she can also use the Crimson Domain to quickly restore her Divine Power, while he can only painfully absorb external energy to recover.

Overall, however, he is still stronger, and unless a fight to the death ensues, he will be the victor.

But----

"The enemy has dozens of Super God Rank subordinates. Taking advantage of the lull in my battle with the Crimson Mother, some of them once again invaded that planet and devoured the remaining essence."

Rong Nianbing frowned and said, "We won the battle, but we didn't save the planet; only the survivors were saved."

As the Crimson Mother said, he was all alone and couldn't be in two places at once.

If he hadn't protected the life on the planet first, even the survivors probably wouldn't have survived.

With a casual wave of his hand, Rong Nianbing unfurled a Small World before him. Through the world's barrier, he could see countless creatures within—the survivors he had taken with his Divine Power before the battle, the last Core Flame of that planet.

"Them----"

Xi Yun asked softly.

"Let's settle them here for now." Rong Nianbing put away the Small World, her gaze complex. "Once we find a suitable planet, we'll let them start over."

Feng Nu nodded, then pondered, "The Crimson Domain's resources are so terrifying, Nianbing, you probably can't handle it alone. What do you plan to do?"

Rong Nianbing recalled the time when Super God Rank powerhouse bypassed him to attack the planet, and the Crimson Mother's subtle threats against him using Feng Nu and others. After a moment of silence, he asked, "What are your thoughts?"

"----This place isn't far from our home star system, but we can't ignore the threat from the Crimson Domain."

"But we don't need to go it alone. How about we form an alliance in the nearby star systems and gather God Rank powerhouses to fight against the Crimson Domain?"

Rong Nianbing's expression shifted, as if deep in thought.

"Perhaps it's feasible."

With the disappearance of the Divine Realm, some powerful planes are no longer suppressed and will eventually break through level restrictions, giving birth to God Rank powerhouses. Perhaps there aren't many now, but they will definitely accumulate to a considerable number in the future.

Moreover, some star regions in the vicinity are not under the jurisdiction of the Houluo Realm, and there are already powerful beings at the Realm level in them.

He alone could hardly handle the Crimson Domain. If a few more half-step Kings were to arrive, Ji would be in trouble.

only----

Mingdu's retired from Lijie, why is he still worrying about things that Lijie should be concerned with?

Forced to work overtime Rong Nianbing was filled with resentment.