Xiao Xuan Enters Samsara, the Plane Ascends

After hearing everything Xiao Xuan had said, Xiao Yan felt profound respect for this ancestor.

"Ancestor, that wasn't your fault. The Xiao Clan faced such a predicament back then. Even if it had been me, I would have made the same choice as you."

Xiao Xuan froze for a moment, then let out a hearty laugh. "Hahaha! Good lad, you're a true son of the Xiao Clan!"

Xiao Yan looked somewhat pleased at those words, but inwardly, he felt a trace of sadness.

Now that he was a Dou Di, he could naturally see Xiao Xuan's current state clearly. Xiao Xuan did not even count as a remnant soul, much less could he be brought back to life.

Seeing Xiao Yan lost in thought, Xiao Xuan roughly guessed what he was thinking.

"Little fellow, there's no need to grieve."

"I'm already content to see that the Xiao Clan has a descendant like you."

A flicker of disappointment passed through Xiao Yan's eyes. He immediately wanted to ask his master to intervene and see if there was a way to bring Ancestor Xiao Xuan back to life.

But then he heard Xiao Xuan say, "Don't worry. Your master, Hun Tiandi, has already created samsara."

"I'll be among the first to enter samsara."

"Given time, I'll return to the Dou Qi Continent in a new life."

"Samsara has actually been completed!"

Xiao Yan was taken aback. He and Junior Sister Qian had been wondering where their master had gone during this time.

He had not expected his master to have come here to create samsara.

But didn't that require the Samsara Scripture to be brought to great completion?

Just as Xiao Yan was puzzling over it, Hun Tiandi appeared at an opportune moment.

"It seems you two have just about finished talking. Next, it's time to test the stability of this lesser Netherworld samsara."

Xiao Yan asked in confusion, "Lesser Netherworld samsara?"

"Yes. This samsara I created by transforming the Heavenly Tomb only possesses the function of samsara. There is still a certain gap between it and a true Netherworld samsara."

"Once I complete the second part of the Samsara Scripture, I may be able to perfect this lesser Netherworld samsara completely."

"Before then, I must test its current structure before I can work out what to do next."

Xiao Yan pressed, "Doesn't that mean that if someone enters samsara just like this, there's a good chance their reincarnation will fail?"

Hun Tiandi nodded slightly. "That's possible."

Hearing this, Xiao Yan wanted to persuade his master to postpone the samsara experiment.

But Xiao Xuan spoke up. "Little fellow, there's no need to worry. I've lingered on in this state for long enough."

"This samsara is the best choice for me."

"What your master is doing is of great significance to the entire Dou Qi Continent. Daring to be the first is the mettle we experts should possess."

Since his ancestor had said as much, Xiao Yan could hardly insist.

Xiao Xuan said to Hun Tiandi, "Hun Tiandi, begin."

Hun Tiandi said no more and activated the Samsara Tomb Spirit.

The next second, the three gates of Netherworld samsara opened one after another.

Xiao Xuan took a deep breath, then stepped forward into the Soul-Guiding Domain.

This was the domain that guided departed souls. To him, it did not feel much different from the original Heavenly Tomb.

But as Xiao Xuan went farther in, he gradually sensed a supreme power, a power he had never experienced before.

He stepped into the second layer, the Soul-Cleansing Domain.

Here, the power of the Law of Samsara would truly reveal its might.

Xiao Xuan seemed to see everything from his past flash rapidly before his eyes, like a revolving lantern.

Then he suddenly realized he had forgotten something.

As the scenes rolled past faster and faster, Xiao Xuan eventually forgot everything.

His tall figure slowly dissolved during the soul-cleansing process, finally turning into a streak of golden light.

That was Xiao Xuan's True Spirit.

Drawn by the third layer of samsara, the True Spirit was like a lone boat at sea finding a lighthouse. It followed the path of samsara and sank into it.

At that moment, as Xiao Xuan's True Spirit entered samsara, the laws of the Great Dao rumbled across the entire Dou Qi Continent, and the power of heaven and earth changed abruptly.

Sensing this, Hun Tiandi took Xiao Yan out of the Heavenly Tomb.

As the power of heaven and earth changed, the Conversion Spirit Array beyond the heavens actually merged directly into the world.

The place where the great array had stood became a wellspring of Spiritual Energy, which began to fill the world in an endless stream.

Seeing this, Hun Tiandi was delighted.

This was exactly what he had set out to achieve.

By continuously evolving the world's rules, he would eventually trigger the awakening of the Dou Qi Continent's plane, giving birth to a Plane Embryo and bringing about a plane ascension in the truest sense.

By the looks of it, his plan had achieved its initial success!

Qian Renxue, who was in the Endless Soul Domain, also sensed the upheaval in heaven and earth.

She also felt that the Samsara Scripture circulating within her seemed to have undergone a slight change amid the transformation of heaven and earth.

Meanwhile, on the Douluo Continent, the various factions that had yet to begin fighting all looked at the changes taking place on the Dou Qi Continent in the sky.

[Xue Ye: What is happening? Why has the Conversion Spirit Array disappeared?]

[Ning Fengzhi: Your Majesty, in my view, the Dou Qi Continent must have undergone an earth-shaking transformation.]

[Xue Ye: ...]

Above the Worship Hall, Qian Daoliu had converted all the Soul Power in his body into Spiritual Energy.

He had also successfully taken the final step and reached the realm of a level-hundred true god.

When he returned to the hall, Golden Crocodile and the others congratulated him one after another.

"Congratulations on reaching God Level, big brother!"

"Big brother, you're now unquestionably the number one person on the Douluo Continent!"

Qian Daoliu nodded slightly in acknowledgment, then looked at the sky, his expression turning serious.

He too cultivated Spiritual Energy now, and he could sense the changes on the Dou Qi Continent.

After the Conversion Spirit Array disappeared, the Spiritual Energy between heaven and earth on the Dou Qi Continent seemed to be increasing even faster.

What was the principle behind this?

In the Star Dou Great Forest.

After absorbing a large amount of Spiritual Energy, Gu Yuena had also recovered considerably from her injuries.

When she saw the changes on the Dou Qi Continent, her expression changed drastically.

"Is this... plane ascension?"

Outside, Di Tian had also noticed the changes on the Dou Qi Continent.

Hearing their lord's words, the Ferocious Beasts could not help asking Di Tian about it.

"Di Tian, what is plane ascension?"

Di Tian suppressed the shock in his heart and explained, "A long time ago, when Lord Dragon God was still here, what is now the Douluo God Realm was only part of Lord Dragon God's Divine Dragon Realm."

"At the time, to make the Divine Dragon Realm more powerful, Lord Dragon God undertook an unprecedented endeavor: elevating the Divine Dragon Realm into a God Star."

"The process of a Divine Realm evolving into a God Star is called plane ascension."

"Unfortunately, Lord Dragon God ultimately failed, which led to the Dragon God War."

None of the Ferocious Beasts had been to the Divine Realm, so they only half understood what Di Tian had said.

Di Tian then asked Gu Yuena, "My lord, do you mean that the Dou Qi Continent has already completed its plane ascension?"

Gu Yuena shook her head. "I'm not entirely sure either."

"The Dou Qi Continent's plane is at an even higher level than the Divine Dragon Realm, so I can't easily judge whether it has succeeded."

"But the one thing I can be sure of is that the Dou Qi Continent is currently undergoing plane ascension."

Di Tian recalled the Great Thousand World mentioned in the sky earlier, and a guess began to form in his mind.

Could that human expert be trying to elevate the Dou Qi Continent into a world like the Great Thousand World?