"OJBK, done!"
Still within the Microcosm Zhong Xuan had created himself, the Extraterrestrial Daemon sat before the "computer," admiring his handiwork with considerable satisfaction.
After glancing at the system panel, Zhong Xuan's face filled with pained reluctance.
"Although I sank all the Truth Points I accumulated from stirring things up several times into this, the outcome was still satisfying!"
"The Divine Realm gained its freedom ahead of schedule."
"Asura, the Sea God, and the Rakshasa God-people who could easily expose these fabricated events-didn't even manage to leave any information behind."
"I also got my hands on old Gold, kekeke... Chaos Warmaster Golden Dragon King. Just thinking about it gets me fired up!"
Indeed, the four figures that attacked the Zhong Divine Realm had been manifested by Zhong Xuan.
"What a shame. Manifesting them directly would take far too many Truth Points, so I could only manifest one-use figures for now."
"Not to mention the Truth Points I had to spend maintaining the Four Gods' personas and temporarily gathering up the souls of those who died."
The Four Gods Zhong Xuan had designed drew on the setting of a tabletop game he had enjoyed in his previous life.
"Life, wisdom, courage, beauty... hmm, the versions in quotation marks should keep me entertained for a while."
"After being an orphan for so long, I finally get to play with a wheelchair system!"
As he took stock of the trouble he had stirred up, Zhong Xuan was very satisfied.
As for the lives lost because of it?
For now, Zhong Xuan did not consider these fictional characters the same species as himself. Besides, some of them were not even human.
"If I were confident I could completely fool the Divine Realm right now, I might have earned some more Truth Points by letting them watch the Celestial Screen."
"And that Destruction guy was way too extreme. I only wanted to earn some Truth Points, but he actually wanted to erase the entire Douluo Plane?"
Zhong Xuan, who had blown up the Divine Realm outright, felt it was more of a pity the more he thought about it.
At first, Zhong Xuan had simply spent some Truth Points to shroud the Douluo Plane in red, green, purple, and blue mist, preventing the Divine Realm from intervening too early and causing trouble.
To tie it into the worldbuilding that would follow, he had also barely managed to manifest a few auras.
The result was that the God of Destruction had immediately started hissing. Otherwise, Zhong Xuan would not have acted against the Divine Realm so soon.
"What a shame to lose a place to earn Truth Points."
"Hmm? Those two old fellows, Asura and the Sea God, actually had backup plans?"
Zhong Xuan looked at the surveillance feed he used to observe the entire Douluo setting, a flicker of surprise crossing his eyes.
On the screen, a blood-red little sword and a blue trident carried a scattering of tiny specks of light, trying to pass through the four-colored mist Zhong Xuan had manifested and enter the Douluo Continent.
"Three of the Five Great God Kings are out of commission, and the Divine Realm has been swept into Space-Time Turbulence, yet Asura is still thinking about a counterattack. Hmm... perhaps I can give him a Greater Daemon position later."
Of course, Zhong Xuan had deliberately controlled this outcome.
If all the gods of the Divine Realm went offline ahead of schedule, that would take away a lot of the fun.
"Tsk, tsk. I could make use of this." Looking at those specks of light, Zhong Xuan swept his hand, and several more chunks of Truth Points disappeared.
"Oh? There's even something belonging to the Angel God. I didn't expect Asura and the Sea God to have this stuff. Now there's something even more fun I can do!"
"A few more rounds! A few more rounds, and I can get the Douluo version of the Warp set up first!"
Having transmigrated into Douluo, of course he had to keep stirring things up!
And so, during the second millennium of recorded human history on the Douluo Continent.
Without anyone knowing, the Divine Realm temporarily disappeared.
Yet on the Douluo Continent at that moment, apart from a certain dragon vaguely sensing something, no one had noticed for the time being.
"Wonderful!"
Qian Daoliu looked with satisfaction at the child before him, the great stone weighing on his heart finally settling.
Through Spirit Hall's tireless efforts, they had finally located Dugu Feng before the other factions.
Under the protection of several Enshrined, he had been safely brought back to the Worship Hall and delivered before Qian Daoliu.
"Hahaha, child, you must know about what happened on the Celestial Screen. Would you be willing to become my disciple?"
Qian Daoliu looked at the child before him with a face full of smiles, his voice indescribably gentle.
"No problem."
Gu Dufeng remained expressionless, his tone as flat as it had been on the Celestial Screen.
"Good, good, good. Good child."
The corners of Qian Daoliu's eyes crinkled with his smile. He could already see Spirit Hall's bright future.
"Once Xiao Xue completes her Divine Trial, little Feng can take over from me in protecting Spirit Hall. It's just a pity that this child's Martial Soul has no sacred attribute. Otherwise..."
"Forget it. Nothing in this world is perfect. Spirit Hall's prosperity is already foreseeable. Even if I died, I would have no regrets."
With Spirit Hall gaining another Peerless Genius, naturally, some rejoiced while others wept.
Upon learning that Dugu Feng had been taken in by Spirit Hall just as on the Celestial Screen, the other factions, especially the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, nearly ground their back teeth to pieces.
Bibi Dong, however, as the Pope of Spirit Hall, showed no emotion.
When she received the news, she merely said, "Oh."
"Bi Shuo is overseas... I wonder if he'll choose to come back and find me immediately after seeing the Celestial Screen?"
Her purple eyes gazed at the sky outside the window as Bibi Dong could not help thinking this.
Even though several days had passed, the words "Bi Shuo" had spoken on the Celestial Screen that day still left her somewhat unsettled.
At her age, she actually still had family alive?
While this caught Bibi Dong somewhat off guard, there was actually a little anticipation deep in her heart too?
"Gui Mei and Chrysanthemum Guan have already set out to investigate places where Fallen Soul Masters massacred villages. Some Soul Masters have also been sent overseas to investigate. Next... I'll leave it to fate."
It was not as though Bibi Dong had never considered having Gui Mei and Chrysanthemum Guan act separately, but she still needed people under her command to handle things, so she could only shelve the idea for now.
After all, it was not Xiaogang.
Bibi Dong did not devote much attention to Bi Shuo's matter. Instead, Hu Liena, the Pope's disciple, took a great interest in both Dugu Feng and Bi Shuo.
On the one hand, she intended to pay a visit to this disciple of the Great Enshrined.
On the other, she personally arranged for Spirit Hall's Soul Masters to head out to sea in search of Bi Shuo, the Pope's younger brother.
The Douluo Continent remained peaceful, and no one knew what direction its future would take.
After several more dull broadcasts, the Celestial Screen finally showed scenes of the future again.
[As the scene opened.]
[A white-clad youth held a silver-white longsword, shielding behind him a girl in a pink dress with a scorpion-tail braid.]
["You Sea Soul Masters are getting more and more arrogant."]
["In broad daylight, you actually dare to bully an innocent young lady so brazenly?"]
[The white-clad youth's face was as fine as jade, his voice clear and resonant.]
[As he spoke, he lightly flourished the longsword in his hand, and a crisp phoenix cry actually rang out.]
[As his words fell, the youth glanced back at the delicate girl in pink behind him and offered reassurance:]
["Don't be afraid, miss. I am Li Shaobai of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. Today, I will certainly keep you safe."]
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