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A sudden surge of vitality flowed into every living being on Douluo Planet.
The ordinary people of Douluo Planet felt this energy merge into their bodies, instantly generating a faint but gentle power within them.
This isā¦
"Soul Power!?"
Ordinary people who had been unable to cultivate due to the lack of innate soul power were now shedding tears.
Even though they had missed the optimal age for cultivation, having soul power at this moment was like fulfilling a lifelong regret for them.
Moreover, even if they couldn't reach the peak, merely possessing soul power was a significant achievement.
With soul power, they could cultivate and might even become true soul masters.
At the very least, even if their aptitude was too poor or they were too busy with livelihoods to practice, having some soul power would still provide many opportunities.
Especially with the existence of the Star Dou Battle Network, which, until now, had only circulated among soul masters. Ordinary people without soul power couldn't withstand its scanning technology and couldn't form a body within the Star Dou Battle Network because they lacked the corresponding power to represent them.
Thus, many ordinary people could only watch everything within the Star Dou Battle Network through live broadcasts.
Now that they had soul power, they gained the qualification to enter the Star Dou Battle Network.
Imagine this: a fully immersive virtual world is right in front of you, but you've been unable to experience it due to your lack of aptitude, watching others enjoy it for years. Suddenly, you have the chance to step into this virtual realmāhow would you feel?
Life forms nurtured by god-level planets naturally possess far superior aptitudes compared to those from ordinary planets.
Even life forms conceived before the plane's advancement benefited simultaneously as the plane evolved.
Ordinary people gained soul power, while those who were already soul masters now felt their soul power flow more smoothly, along with an inexplicable increase of one to three levels.
Furthermore, if they carefully sensed it, they would realize that their cultivation speed had also improved.
This was a celebration for everyone.
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### The Abyss
Two months had passed.
Xu Yuan held the Celestial Saint Abyss Halberd, confirming no residual power remained inside, and absorbed it into the Hunyuan World.
He found Yun Ming.
At this moment, Yun Ming hadn't fully digested this harvest yet.
The continuous ascensions overwhelmed him, as he didn't have Xu Yuan's digestion capability.
"To completely digest these two planes with my current state, it will take at least two and a half years," Yun Ming sighed.
"Two and a half years?" Xu Yuan nodded slowly, showing no sign of disappointment.
"This aligns with the normal pace. Teacher, focus on digestion and pay attention to managing the operational order of the two planes."
Yun Ming said, "If necessary, you can fully absorb the power to create the God Realm. This way, you can maximize your strength, and I won't seize your power opportunistically."
Xu Yuan replied helplessly, "Teacher, creating the God Realm must be based on the current Douluo Plane. As the plane master, do you think it's possible not to absorb any feedback?"
If he absorbed nothing, the plane would likely rebel.
After all, the person controlling the plane hadn't accepted the power after the plane's advancement, resulting in losing control over it.
"Moreover, the energy tides caused by your efforts are worthy of a divine position, just without providing additional assistance to me, and won't detract from my gains."
Yun Ming sighed and didn't persist further.
Although the logic made sense, Yun Ming clearly understood that he couldn't contribute to creating the God Realm.
Though both were half-step God Kings, the master and disciple's realms were no longer on the same level.
"Order, huh? I'll contact the Federation side to correct the divine names soon. Additionally, the classification of levels above Super God should be further disseminated."
As he spoke, Yun Ming looked towards the depths of the Abyss.
In the past three months, over ten Limit Douluo who became Abyss Emperors had already seen three break through to godhood.
Adding the original five outside of Xu Yuan and Yun Ming, there were now eight.
Among the previous five gods, Mu Ye and Ah Ruheng had reached True God level, earning the titles of Mu Zun and Yang Zun respectively.
Their breakthroughs were due to their cultivation systems.
After breaking through to godhood, their bloodline power also reached god-level, and with bloodline power as their primary cultivation, they integrated soul power into their bloodlines. Cultivating bloodline power was equivalent to enhancing soul power.
Bloodline cultivation itself relied on energy.
The Abyss Emperor essences obtained by the two were mostly fused by themselves. Each person held multiple Abyss Emperor positions, and during these three months, they completed the fusion of corresponding layers, gaining new domains of their ownāMu Zun Domain and Yang Zun Domaināmore attuned to their essence powers, thereby receiving a boost and breaking through.
Although it would take quite some time for new Super Gods to emerge, it was only a matter of time.
Those with Super God potential like Mu Ye and Ah Ruheng had already successively obtained opportunities.
Once the God Realm was created, they could hitch a ride and perhaps directly reach Super God level, even having the chance to hold a secondary divine position equal to Super God level.
By then, their strength would surpass ordinary Super Gods in the universe, approaching 1st Class God level.
Regarding the correction of divine names, it was also crucial for Yun Ming.
He had been in contact with faith power for a long time and was quite adept at using it, especially in guiding parts of faith's will to assist in condensing corresponding divine positions.
A divine position like Order was inherently abstract. Besides needing to possess the corresponding abilities, he had to utilize faith power as much as possible.
"Teacher, continue digesting. I'll figure out how to handle the trouble in the Abyss first."
The Abyssal Sage King came from the Crimson Realm, and Yan Long was also a general under the Crimson Mother. Now, both died here mysteriously, and the Abyss was reverse-absorbed by Douluo Planet, becoming part of the current material and energy dual-form Douluo Plane.
It could be said that Xu Yuan had thoroughly opposed the Crimson Mother.
Since this enmity had formed, it needed to be resolved quickly, especially since he had the ability; he should take the initiative.
"The construction of the Myriad (Ten Thousand) Beast Platform should begin as soon as possible. Using the virtual world as the background, I want you to transform most of the Abyss into a semi-virtual plane. Consider collaborating with the Star Dou Battle Network to complete the virtualization of the Abyss."
The dual nature was ultimately dispersing the plane's power.
It was better to concentrate the power on Douluo Planet and transform the Abyss into a virtual world, constructed with energy, able to flow back to Douluo Planet anytime.
Upon hearing Xu Yuan's urgency, Gu Yue finally remembered this task.
She had been helping the five fierce beasts fuse their corresponding essences and enhance their strength, even forgetting Xu Yuan's earlier instruction to expand the Myriad Beast Platform to the Abyss.
She hadn't even sought the power of the three Dragon King-level deities indicated by the Dragon God.
"Believe me, constructing the Myriad Beast Platform will greatly benefit you." Xu Yuan glanced at the direction of the five fierce beasts, disappointed by their limited progress.
Minimal improvement.
This was the difference between human soul masters and soul beasts.
Despite similarly monumental opportunities, soul beasts found it much harder to digest them.
Perhaps their upper limit was locked, making advancement difficult.
Gu Yue frowned, unable to think of any benefits.
"Hmph, to be honest, the upper limit of soul beasts is still locked. Don't you know that?" Xu Yuan said, "The spirit form can break certain constraints. My several soul spirits, bound by contracts with me, even if their cultivation is capped, their strength still improves."
"I want you to transform the Abyss into the Myriad Beast Platform, turning the soul beast race into spirit forms. Existing as energy can free them from many restrictions, but they will also face persecution from soul masters."
In Xu Yuan's vision, the future Myriad Beast Platform would be the path for soul masters to obtain soul rings.
Under the Federation era, the ferocity of soul masters was insufficient. Without the rampant presence of evil soul masters, the Federation's soul masters might all be caged birds, students beneath ivory towers.
Simulating the relationship between the two races ten thousand years ago was an effective solution to this problem.
It was also a way to resolve the conflicts between the two races.
Killing soul beasts in the Myriad Beast Platform, transforming them into soul spirits for fusion.
When a soul master dies, the soul spirit returns to the Myriad Beast Platform.
Along with their return comes the growth accumulated during that time.
For soul beasts, following soul masters always entails growth.
Through generations of mutual promotion, the overall strength of the Douluo Plane would gradually improve.
Of course, all that was for later.
Xu Yuan's sole purpose was to solidify the fusion of the two planes, further binding them through the coexistence of reality and virtuality.
Gu Yue fell silent for a while.
Exasperated, Xu Yuan explained to her.
Upon hearing Xu Yuan's explanation, Gu Yue nodded, a rare occurrence.
Natural selection was the same everywhere.
Xu Yuan's proposal was undoubtedly the best outcome for the disadvantaged soul beast race.
Moreover, the more the Myriad Beast Platform approached the virtual, the fewer real characteristics it had, the safer the soul beast race would be, as a non-physical Myriad Beast Platform couldn't be physically invaded.
Even if ambitious individuals appeared in the soul master world in the future, it would be hard to claim the Myriad Beast Platform for themselves.
Thus, she had to invest effort in expanding the Myriad Beast Platform.
"You have two years to gather the three forces of the Dragon King-level deities. If you fail, I can't guarantee the Gold Dragon King essence I hold will remain."
Xu Yuan reminded Gu Yue once again before leaving.
Until now, he hadn't distributed the Gold Dragon King essence.
Jiang Wuyue was currently in a phase heavily reliant on his own accumulation, so Xu Yuan didn't want to give it to him now.
Once he broke through to godhood someday, Xu Yuan would directly hand over a tenth of the essence.
"The Crimson Mother..."
Xu Yuan continuously moved through the universe, quickly nearing the wormhole leading to the Sacred Heart Plane.
After resolving the Crimson Mother, the creation of the God Realm would commence.
However, the accumulation for creating the God Realm was still insufficient, and his own accumulation was somewhat lacking. Moreover, Xu Yuan was still pondering the flaw mentioned by the Blood Demon God King.
"What's missing from my cultivation?"
Xu Yuan pondered for a long time, finding no answer.
He summoned Little Phoenix again.
"Tell me, what's wrong with my cultivation?"
Little Phoenix shook her head in confusion.
"I don't know, but I can indeed sense that something is missing."
Xu Yuan furrowed his brows.
Feeling?
If the Blood Demon God King had said this, Xu Yuan would have slapped him.
Already suspecting that the Blood Demon God King was bluffing, Xu Yuan wouldn't believe such words from him.
But if Little Phoenix said this, Xu Yuan had to seriously consider it.
More than once, Little Phoenix had said something felt off about his cultivation.
"Overall, there's definitely an issue with your spiritual power, but I can't pinpoint the root cause for now," Little Phoenix said.
"That Blood Demon God King probably wasn't lying. You might really need to address a critical aspect of your cultivation in that so-called Divine Ripple Oddity Realm."
While contemplating, Xu Yuan had moved to the wormhole.
He stepped directly into the wormhole.
The terrifying pressure didn't destroy him.
On the contrary, personally traversing the wormhole gave Xu Yuan deeper insights into its mechanism.
"When I return to Douluo Planet, I can try setting up a teleportation array."
As he spoke, Xu Yuan had left the vicinity of the wormhole and headed towards the Blood God Star. (There are two Blood God Stars, one being the plane birthed under Lex and Xu Yuan's influence, the other being the original Hell.)
"I already know your purpose." Lex looked astonished, examining Xu Yuan closely, shocked by his transformation.
In less than ten years, Xu Yuan had grown from someone below god-level to a half-step God King!
This was the level of the strongest in the Sacred Heart Plane.
And the Sacred Heart Plane only had three such strong individuals.
Most importantly, Xu Yuan achieved this through his own cultivation, advancing from non-godhood to half-step God King in less than ten years.
Such an achievement could be called unprecedented.
Apart from deities directly inheriting God King divine positions, who else could have such a cultivation speed?
Absolutely no one in this universe!
"The Crimson Mother is a major enemy of many surrounding planes, but those truly capable of punishing her cannot resolve her within the Crimson Realm."
Lex frowned, looking worriedly at Xu Yuan.
Reaching half-step God King level doesn't mean you can hunt her down.
Nor does having more people guarantee suppression.
"The Crimson Mother is cold-blooded and ruthless. If she wishes, she can appear anywhere within the vast territory of the Crimson Realm. She is unrestricted, and even if her domain suffers massive destruction, she will retreat as long as she feels threatened."
This huge tumor had incited joint extermination attempts more than once. One such attempt involved an elder ancestor of the Sacred Heart Plane and two other planes with half-step God King level beings collaborating to invade the Crimson Realm.
The result was heavy losses for the Crimson Realm, but the Crimson Mother survived.
Afterwards, the three planes suffered fierce retaliation from the Crimson Mother, paying a heavy price.
Since then, the Crimson Realm had become increasingly troublesome.
Having tried, they knew how shameless the Crimson Mother could be.
Hearing this, Xu Yuan frowned deeply.
He hadn't known this information before.
"The Crimson Realm is neither Douluo Planet nor the Abyss."
On Douluo Planet, Yun Ming and Xu Yuan merely sealed off a nearby region of heaven and earth, briefly forcing Tang Hao out.
In the Abyss, they took advantage by pressuring the Abyssal Sage King through seizing control of the plane master position, seizing the opportunity.
But the Crimson Realm...
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