"At that time, let alone seeing Xuan Ming, the entire Douluo Star will be bursting apart because of us."
Upon hearing this, the women immediately calmed down.
Although they were in a hurry, they were not unaware of the seriousness of the situation.
"What are we going to do? Just wait here?" Xiao Wu pouted, somewhat unwilling.
"Just wait."
Bibi Dong sheathed her demonic sword and said calmly, "Anyway, the time flow in the Divine Realm and Douluo Star is different. We'll wait a while in the Divine Realm, and several days will pass down there. Xuan Ming is just going down to check the situation; he shouldn't stay too long. We can interrogate him properly after he returns."
Hearing Bibi Dong say this, everyone was still feeling uneasy, but they could only nod helplessly.
"Okay, then I'll listen to my sister."
"That's true, we've waited for over twenty years, what's a little longer?"
The women dispersed their Divine Power, preparing to return to their respective temples to rest and perhaps do their makeup, so they could be in their best condition to welcome Xuan Ming's return.
However.
Just as everyone relaxed their guard and turned to leave,
"Whoosh--!!!"
A dark red streak of light tore through space without warning, rushing directly into the spacetime passage leading to Douluo Star with lightning speed!
The women turned around abruptly, only to catch a glimpse of Bibi Dong's remaining red skirt.
Everyone:???
"Mom! You're cheating!"
Qian Renxue was the first to react.
She simply couldn't believe her eyes! The iron-blooded empress who had just been so righteous and eloquently advising everyone "not to be reckless" and "the plane couldn't withstand it" had actually managed to fool everyone and then run away on her own?!
This is what they mean by "We're waiting for you in the Divine Realm "?!
"Too cunning!"
Qian Renxue no longer cared about the plane's tolerance; her six wings suddenly unfurled, transforming into a golden streak of light as she rushed into the passage, shouting, "I'm going too!"
"That's outrageous! Absolutely outrageous!"
Xiao Wu was so angry her ears perked up, "I want to go too!"
With a flash of purple light, Xiao Wu also activated her Teleportation, forcefully squeezing into the closing gap in the passage.
Seeing that the three of them had all run away, how could Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, Dugu Yan, and the others possibly hold back any longer?
"That's outrageous! First come, first served!"
"Charge!"
However, just as they were preparing to follow suit...
"Buzz--"
A soft yet incredibly strong green light curtain suddenly rose in front of the spacetime tunnel, blocking everyone from entering.
The Goddess of Life walked over with a helpless expression and stood in front of the crowd.
"Everyone, stop."
"Sister Life! Why are you stopping us?" Ning Rongrong stamped her feet anxiously, " Xiao Wu and the others have already gone down!"
"It's precisely because they've gone down that you absolutely mustn't go."
The Goddess of Life sighed and patiently explained, "What Bibi Dong said just now wasn't entirely an excuse. Douluo Star's carrying capacity has indeed reached its limit."
"Think about it, the two Supreme God, Xuan Ming and Gu Yuena, are already down there. Bo Saixi just returned directly to Sea God Island. There are still a large number of Divine Officer and Divine Beast like the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm on Douluo Star."
"Now, Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue, these two God King, have charged down again."
"The reason they were able to descend is because they have a deep-rooted faith on Douluo Star — the Angel God Church and the lingering influence of the Spirit Hall Empire. This Power of Faith can serve as an anchor, helping them share some of the pressure from the plane, preventing their existence from overwhelming the rules."
"And Xiao Wu..." the Goddess of Life said with a bitter smile, "She has just reached the God King Realm, and her cultivation is unstable. That charge just now was the last straw that broke the camel's back. Although she doesn't have a faith anchor, she is Soul Beast who has been reborn, and her affinity with the origin of Douluo Star is high, so she can barely squeeze in."
"But if you continue to follow this..."
The Goddess of Life pointed to the spatial passage that had begun to tremble slightly and was emitting a creaking sound as if it were struggling under the weight of the pressure.
"This passage will collapse, and the rules of Douluo Star will crumble. Then it will truly be a disaster."
After hearing the explanation from the Goddess of Life, Ning Rongrong and the others, who were blocked outside the light curtain, looked at each other, each one like a deflated balloon.
They all understand the truth.
but...
This is so frustrating!
"Ugh! I'm so angry!" Ning Rongrong rubbed her hair in frustration. "I should have known better than to listen to Bibi Dong's nonsense!"
"Exactly!" Dugu Yan also said indignantly, "They said the plane couldn't withstand it, so it can't withstand us, but it can withstand itself, right?"
Chapter 506 The Depressed Three-Eyed Golden Lion
Douluo Star, Heaven Dou Province, the former imperial capital.
Ten thousand years is enough time for the ocean to turn into mulberry fields, and enough time for this once glorious classical imperial city to become a modern metropolis full of Soul Guidance Technology.
Towering soul-guided skyscrapers have replaced the former palaces and pavilions, and dazzling soul-guided flying cars shuttle along predetermined tracks in the sky.
The streets were wide and clean, lined with a dazzling array of soul tool shops, and huge holographic projection advertisements played in the air, displaying the latest Soul Tool products and the latest news about the Soul Master Tournament.
Only the ancient palace ruins in the city center, which are protected, and the Moonlight Pavilion Tower, which can still be faintly seen in the distance, silently tell the story of that history from ten thousand years ago.
Xuan Ming and Gu Yuena walked side by side down the bustling street. Although both were exceptionally beautiful, Xuan Ming casually used a simple cognitive confusion skill, causing passersby to subconsciously avoid them, but they couldn't really see their faces clearly, nor did they feel anything abrupt.
As for Yan Ling'er, this "second-generation god" who came to the mortal realm for the first time, she was like a little bird just released from its cage, already excitedly running off to explore the new world.
"This change... is quite significant."
Xuan Ming looked around at everything, "If it weren't for the fact that the imperial palace is still there, I almost wouldn't have recognized this as the Heaven Dou City of yesteryear."
"Yes," Gu Yuena said, linking her arm with his. "Ten thousand years is enough for mortals to go through countless generations. It's already quite remarkable that this little bit of trace has been preserved."
The two of them, like an ordinary young couple, strolled through the bustling crowd, enjoying this rare moment of leisure.
"By the way, tell me about the Divine Realm."
Xuan Ming casually asked, "I've been asleep for over twenty years. Besides you old guys, what new changes have occurred in the Divine Realm? How's the Great God Realm doing?"
Everything went smoothly.
Gu Yuena recounted with great familiarity, " Destruction and Life are truly locked in a fierce struggle. After the Great God Realm Plan was launched, they used the power of the central hub to successively connect and merge with the seven surrounding Divine Realm. Now, the Divine Realm have expanded more than tenfold, and the energy concentration has increased several levels."
"Currently, the Divine Realm has a total of twenty God King."
Gu Yuena held up two fingers and gestured, "Besides the original few of us, there are also people like Hu Liena, the God of Emotion, and Xiao Wu, the God of Destruction. These two are now truly God King level fighters."
"And those you promoted back then, Snow Empress and Ice Empress, they'll be close to becoming God-Kings too. In a few more years, with the fusion of more planes, the number of God King should increase further."
Xuan Ming nodded, not surprised at all.
"What about the Dragon Clan?" Xuan Ming asked again. "I heard Bo Saixi say on Sea God Island that you went to the Dragon Tomb to create a new Dragon Clan. Why didn't I sense any Dragon Clan aura on Douluo Star?"
"I didn't do it on Douluo Star."
Gu Yuena shook her head. " Douluo Star is, after all, a world dominated by humans. Although the territory is large, placing newly born pure-blooded Dragon Clan here will inevitably lead to conflicts with humans. I don't want my newborn children to be involved in unnecessary disputes."
So I put them on the Elf Star next door.
"The environment there is beautiful, the spiritual energy is abundant, and most of the native creatures are gentle. I used the Dragon God's Power to create a Dragon Domain there, and had Di Tian, Fire Dragon King, and Zi JI take turns looking after it. Now it's taking shape, and the new generation of little dragons are growing very strong."
"That guy Di Tian, thanks to his merit in teaching the younger generation and the backflow of the Dragon Clan's fortune, finally broke through the bottleneck and reached the God King Realm. Now, he talks about you all the time, saying that without you, the Dragon Clan wouldn't be where it is today."
The two continued walking forward, and when they passed a shop selling soul-guided desserts, Xuan Ming suddenly stopped, as if he had remembered something.
"By the way, where's the Three-Eyed Golden Lion? And Tang Yuehua?"
Upon hearing this question, Gu Yuena's expression suddenly became somewhat subtle.
She glanced at Xuan Ming, her eyes filled with a mixture of reproach and helplessness.
" Tang Yuehua was invited by Kindness to visit her Divine Realm; she'll probably be gone for a while before returning. As for the Three-Eyed Golden Lion..."
Gu Yuena sighed, "That child, ever since you went to the outside of the Divine Realm to condense Godhood more than twenty years ago, you've been depressed."
"Depression?" Xuan Ming was taken aback. "Why?"
"Isn't it your fault?"
Gu Yuena poked his waist in annoyance, "Back when I was preparing to go to the Dragon Tomb to create a new Dragon Clan, I originally planned to take her with me, using that opportunity to help her baptize her bloodline and help her ascend to the Divine Realm as soon as possible."
"When that girl heard she could go to the Divine Realm to find you, she was overjoyed and counted down the days until the very end."
"And what happened? On the very day I was about to take her away, news came that you had silently gone to the void to condense Godhood. And it was a dangerous act with a near-death experience."
"The child broke down at that moment."
Gu Yuena recalled the scene from back then with some heartache, "She felt that you deliberately kept it from her so as not to worry her. She also felt that it was because she was too weak to help you and could only watch you take risks."
"Later, she absolutely refused to return to the Divine Realm with me. She said that she wouldn't leave her seclusion until you woke up."
"So she went to the depths of the Dragon Domain on the Elf Star to cultivate in seclusion. She vowed to train until she could help you, otherwise she would never come out to see anyone."
"This..."
Xuan Ming was somewhat amused and exasperated. "This girl is still so stubborn. Seclusion? She's Auspicious Beast; she can grow stronger naturally. Why would she need to go into seclusion and cultivate so arduously?"
You don't understand.
Gu Yuena looked at him Youyou, "That child's feelings for you are quite special."
"You were the first human she encountered, the one who led her out of the Star Dou Great Forest to see the world, and the one she witnessed firsthand—a legend who rose from mortal to the highest realm."
"In her world, you are the only light, an omnipotent god, and... the softest corner of her heart."
Gu Yuena stopped and looked intently at Xuan Ming.
Well... how should I put it...?
"For the Auspicious Beast, feelings are pure and unwavering. She has identified everything from the initial vague attraction to the later dependence, admiration, and the longing and worry that have accumulated over the years... as—love."
"It's not the kind of respect and love you have for an elder, but... the kind of love I have for Bibi Dong, wanting to be with you forever."
Xuan Ming was completely stunned.
Three-Eyed Golden Lion? Love?
He always treated her like a younger sister, or perhaps... a pet?
Unexpectedly, that girl actually...
"This..." Xuan Ming rubbed his temples, feeling a bit of a headache. "This is too chaotic!"
"Chaos?"
Gu Yuena looked at him with a half-smile, "What? You think there are too many? Or do you feel that the Auspicious Beast are not worthy of you, the God of Primordial Beginning?"
"That's not what I meant..." Xuan Ming said helplessly, "I just felt... she's still too young."
"Small?"
Gu Yuena rolled her eyes at him. "How many years has she lived? She's older than all your human girlfriends combined! In the Soul Beast Realm, she'd be an adult long ago. It's only in front of you that she's willing to act like a child."
"Alright, stop acting innocent after getting the benefit."
Gu Yuena pulled him along, saying, "Anyway, with Di Tian watching over Elf Star, nothing will happen to her in seclusion. Once you've cleaned up the mess on Douluo Star, you can go and coax that stubborn little lion out."
"Now... um?"
Gu Yuena suddenly raised her head, her expression somewhat unnatural. "You arrived so quickly?"
"They even rushed down together?"
Chapter 507 Xiao Wu's Teachings by Example