"We won! We won!"
"The Sanctum Sanctorum has protected the mortal realm once again today!"
"We actually managed to drive back Dormammu, the Lord of Darkness? That's incredible!"
"It's completely thanks to Xi Zhao!"
The mages of the Sanctum Sanctorum hugged and wept, celebrating surviving this dimensional war.
"Not bad."
Lu Chen nodded, giving Xi Zhao his appraisal.
He knew that this was the outside world, not inside his Ming Realm Dimension.
Cultivating inside the Ming Realm Dimension versus cultivating in the Marvel Universe yielded vastly different results.
Put simply, cultivating within the Ming Realm Dimension came with a massive speed bonus, whereas in the Marvel Universe, due to the differences in world laws, cultivation was exceptionally difficult.
And yet, in the short span of two hundred years, Xi Zhao had earned the recognition of the Snow Mastiff armor, with a compatibility reaching a staggering one hundred percent. This was enough to show that his talent was indeed remarkably good.
"There is one more thing."
Lu Chen's figure faded, and the next moment he appeared in the deepest depths of Midgard.
Mother Earth Gaia sensed an unfamiliar presence intruding and frowned. "Who?"
Lu Chen's figure materialized out of the void, looking at Gaia before him.
Gaia possessed a voluptuous figure, resembling a fully ripened peach, and radiated a mature charm from head to toe.
Yet having suffered severe injuries, her pretty face was a sickly pale, and her aura was extremely unstable.
"As expected of Mother Earth Gaia. Even after suffering heavy injuries and a drop in strength, your vigilance is still this high," Lu Chen said with a smile.
The moment Lu Chen appeared, Gaia felt the intense dimensional aura radiating from him, and a pair of lovely eyes flashed with sharp killing intent. "A Dimension Demon! How dare you trespass into Midgard? Die!"
"Boom!"
Gaia struck directly!
Terrifying earth power surged into a violent uproar, sweeping horizontally toward Lu Chen!
Lu Chen casually waved his hand, shattering the sweeping earth power instantly.
"Didn't they say Mother Earth Gaia always presented a benevolent face? Why so fierce?" Lu Chen remarked.
"You are the Lord of the Ming Realm."
Gaia withdrew her hand, her expression turning utterly grave.
Having once been a Hyper-Multiverse-level Great Deity, she had naturally heard the great name of the Lord of the Ming Realm who had fought the Celestials head-on.
Against such a terrifying existence, even she at her peak would not have been confident of winning, let alone now when she was merely a puny Multiverse God.
Although five hundred years ago when Lu Chen battled Arishem the Judge, he had only displayed Multiverse-level strength, his true strength definitely exceeded that; he was at least Hyper-Multiverse-level!
"Lord of the Ming Realm, what brings you to my Midgard? I don't have any Primordial Infinity Stones on me."
Gaia knew that five years ago, the leader of the Multi-Universe Celestials had paid the price of a Primordial Space Stone precisely to bail out Arishem the Judge.
Yet she possessed no such extremely precious items as the Primordial Infinity Stones. Such objects were monitored by the Hyper-Multiverse Celestials, and other deities or factions simply could not obtain them.
A warm smile hung on Lu Chen's face. "I know you don't have Primordial Infinity Stones. What I want is... your Divine Core!"
Although Gaia's strength had dropped to the Multi-Universe level, her Divine Core remained at the Hyper-Multiverse-level. If he could obtain the Divine Core of a powerhouse of that tier, it would still provide a slight boost to his own strength, and it would undoubtedly benefit the heaven and earth of the Ming Realm as well.
Gaia's face turned icy cold, her eyes filled with terrifying killing intent.
"If you won't hand it over, I'll take it myself."
Amidst the cold, detached words, Lu Chen's figure instantly appeared behind Gaia and struck with a single palm!
"Bang!"
Gaia's delicate body flew out, and before she could even crawl up, a wisp of golden thread pierced through the air!
"Puff!"
The golden thread formed from the Heavenly Dao Power instantly pierced the center of Gaia's brows.
"Urgh... Ah!"
Gaia let out a shrill, miserable scream, her forehead covered in blood.
Soon, the golden thread pulled back, dragging a red crystal before Lu Chen.
Lu Chen spent three seconds completely analyzing it, immediately feeling his strength increase by a sliver. Though faint, the improvement was real.
Having finished analyzing Gaia's Divine Core, Lu Chen tossed it to the two young women inside the Ming Realm.
Tushan Susu hugged the red crystal, her eyes glowing brightly. "Wow, what a pretty crystal, and it's red too! Did Heavenly Dao big brother send this for Susu?"
Su Yuexi slapped a hand to her forehead, feeling speechless. You can't even sense such a powerful heaven-and-earth treasure?
As the Heavenly Dao of a world, Su Yuexi immediately saw that this object was extraordinarily extraordinary!
It definitely surpassed the limits of the Shrouding the Heavens World-it was a power above the Red Dust Immortal!
Su Yuexi's pretty brows furrowed. What realm lies above the Red Dust Immortal?
Outside the dimensions.
Having lost her Divine Core, Gaia's cultivation was completely dissipated, reducing her to an ordinary woman on the verge of death.
Lu Chen raised a hand, the Wood Law manifesting as boundless life energy radiated outward, enveloping Gaia.
Gaia felt only a warm sensation, and her previous injuries healed instantly.
"Miraculous power!"
Gaia felt a pleasant surprise. She looked at Lu Chen and asked, "Lord of the Ming Realm, why help me after taking my Divine Core?"
Lu Chen stepped forward, pinching Gaia's fair chin.
Gaia's delicate body trembled.
"I'm not helping you for free."
With that, Lu Chen grabbed Gaia and entered a deserted bedchamber somewhere in Midgard.
Without a second word, he threw her straight onto the bed.
Gaia knew full well what the other party intended to do.
"Lord of the Ming Realm, I would rather die than... Mmph... Stop!"
"Rip!"
The sound of tearing fabric rang out.
"Lord of the Ming Realm, I never thought that you, a deity, would be so superficial!"
Naked, Gaia struggled continuously.
Lu Chen smiled. "Madam, you wouldn't want your present appearance to be seen by your sons, would you?"
Gaia was stunned. "What do you mean?"
The next moment, outside the bedchamber, a voice rang out that made her mind go completely blank.
"Mother Goddess, how are your injuries?"
Uranus spoke with a very urgent tone. Knowing that his Mother Goddess had been besieged by Dimension Demons like Dormammu and suffered heavy injuries, he had brought his two younger brothers to check on and comfort her.
"My injuries have healed. Don't come in, go back."
Gaia was overwhelmingly panicked.
Right at that moment, Lu Chen's finger plunged into a certain indescribable place.
"Ah!"
Gaia let out a cry.
Uranus, Pontus, and Ourea exchanged glances, all of them wearing flustered expressions.
"Mother Goddess! Mother Goddess! What is wrong?!"
Gaia's mature, pretty face turned beet red. Biting her silver teeth, she desperately suppressed that strange feeling of pleasure. "N-nothing, Mother Goddess is fine, hurry back, Moth... mm-mm... Mother Goddess just needs to take a nap... Ah..."
Even though Gaia was trying her absolute best to suppress it, the sensation was simply too intoxicating, and she could not help letting out syllables brimming with ultimate temptation. Coupled with the fact that she was now nothing more than an ordinary woman, how could she withstand Lu Chen's torment?
"Mother Goddess, are you really alright?"
"Should we go in and check?"
Suddenly, Gaia roared, "No! Don't you dare come in! Leave, get out of here!!!"
The three had never seen their Mother Goddess fly into such a rage, and they turned tail and bolted in a flash.
Lu Chen withdrew his finger and said playfully, "Respected Mother Earth Gaia, we can begin the official procedure now."
Mother Earth Gaia propped herself up on the bed with both hands, bit her lips, and finally gave up, resigning herself to lie flat on the bed.
Lu Chen smiled playfully and resumed his old trade.
Su Yuexi and Tushan Susu inside the Ming Realm took in this entire scene, their bodies growing warm in spite of themselves.
Su Yuexi hastily turned her head away.
Tushan Susu stared intently at the two busy with proper business, her eyes glowing.