Tang San's projection was nothing more than a paper tiger.
This time, his only useful force was the sword qi left in Tang Hao's Tian Hammer. It was the power of his full-strength strike, infused into Tang Hao's Tian Hammer through the Asura God's exclusive Killing God domain.
After blocking Yun Ming's first spear, this contingency from Tang San had no follow-up.
Thus, his intimidation didn't make Yun Ming retreat.
However, Tang Hao, who had retreated into heaven and earth and no longer manifested his true form, was forced out again.
It was difficult to kill a Plane Lord because they were integrated with the plane. If the entire plane wasn't destroyed, they must be forced to manifest their true form and couldn't withdraw it when being killed.
This wasn't difficult; as long as the opponent could be lured out of the plane and controlled, it could be achieved.
But within the opponent's plane, one often had to catch them off guard, creating a fleeting opportunity.
Tang Hao was caught off guard by Yun Ming and forced out for the first time.
The second time, he miscalculated again, completely overlooking Xu Yuan's Hunyuan World. He thought Xu Yuan's Hunyuan World was merely cleaning up, allowing him to use the Explosion Ring Technique without restraint.
Having slept for too long, he hadn't fully awakened yet. His consecutive oversights cost him his life.
The second sun fell, the Tian Hammer shattered, and Tang Hao's body was pierced, blood splattering everywhere.
"No!"
A female voice rang out.
In the sky, the figure of a beautiful woman condensed. She wore a white dress, her long blue hair flowing behind her. At the moment she appeared, she seemed like the center of the world, exuding waves of life energy.
At first glance, she appeared to be the origin of life, a revered goddess of life.
A silver figure coalesced, filling the air with blue-gold energy. The Blue Silver Emperor, adorned with golden patterns, appeared between heaven and earth.
Looking at the scene in the air, Xu Yuan immediately felt the difference in this Blue Silver Emperor.
Tang Wulin's Blue Silver Emperor was a mismatch, ravaged by the Golden Dragon King's power, becoming synonymous with violence. All its life attributes were likely connected to his own blood qi, offering no nurturing to the outside.
Tang San's Blue Silver Emperor was insidious and vicious, carrying lethal toxins and multiple powers like devouring, bearing little relation to life.
On the other hand, the Blue Silver Emperor released by Ah Yin in the air instantly convinced everyone—this was the true emperor of the Blue Silver Grass race.
The vines emitted a noble golden glow, devoid of any sense of force.
The dense life energy made even Xu Yuan, her enemy, feel an innate closeness.
In the air, the Blue Silver Emperor intertwined and spiraled, enveloping Tang Hao. Dense life energy condensed, seemingly reshaping Tang Hao's essence.
Xu Yuan coldly watched this scene.
In the phantom image, Tang San's eyes revealed a trace of helplessness.
The position of Douluo Planet's Plane Lord was completely lost.
Ah Yin naturally felt it too. Within the Golden Ancient Tree, her power was thoroughly expelled.
Tree Elder now fully regained control of his main body, bursting with renewed vitality.
The Golden Ancient Tree released waves of life energy, increasing the concentration of life essence in Shrek's inner courtyard by a whole level.
Yet, she was still using her remaining strength to reshape Tang Hao's essence.
Yun Ming remained silent, not delivering the final blow at this moment.
Xu Yuan also didn't obstruct anything, quietly aiding Yun Ming's expansion of 'territory' with the Hunyuan World.
Of course, in the short term, Yun Ming couldn't fully control all of Douluo Planet, but controlling the surrounding heavens and earth was sufficient.
Tang Hao's death meant he had already exited the ranks of the Plane Lord.
At this moment, Yun Ming became the ruler of this heaven and earth.
Even if Tang Hao were revived by Ah Yin, upon returning, he would be completely excluded from the competition for the Plane Lord position by Yun Ming, who controlled this heaven and earth.
Even if he left this domain, Tang Hao no longer had the chance to reintegrate into the Plane Lord position.
He had merely usurped the position of Plane Lord through Tang San, spending an incredibly long time in the process.
Tang Hao's presence reappeared, but his power had drastically fallen. No longer a Plane Lord, he was now roughly at level 100.
Turning back to look at Ah Yin, Tang Hao could only bitterly smile.
Saving him was useless.
His connection to heaven and earth was completely severed. Without the plane's power, he had no means to fight back.
The only lifeline was hoping that Xu Yuan and Yun Ming would use them as hostages to force Tang San's hand.
But if that happened, they would suffer even more.
"Alright, you two can leave together," Xu Yuan said coldly, waving his hand to unleash a spear ray, completely swallowing them without leaving a trace.
Reviving Tang Hao consumed all of Ah Yin's reserves. Even the principle of "spring breeze revives again" was gone, making it impossible to leave any seeds within the Golden Ancient Tree.
From this point on, there was no longer any backup plan for Tang San in the position of Douluo Planet's Plane Lord.
The phantom image still hadn't completely dissipated.
Xu Yuan looked at Tang San's projection in the phantom and showed no fear.
Through the content of the projection, Xu Yuan knew that the battle inside the black hole hadn't stopped.
A battle that took place on Douluo Planet had lasted decades.
It could be clearly inferred that the two sides weren't in the same time flow.
This wasn't hard to understand, as the god realm itself had the saying, "one day in the god realm equals one year in the lower realm." And the black hole where the god realm was trapped might have distorted this flow to an even more exaggerated extent.
"The Holy Spirit Sect should also be related to you. My father and I studied the power of the evil soul masters and found that their power originated from fractured laws, growing unchecked without constraints."
"The Raksha God manages worldly slaughter and evil, born from the peak period of the Asura God. The shattering of the Raksha God's divine seat is likely one of the root causes of the proliferation of evil soul masters."
"Are you seizing this fragmented power?"
By the time Xu Yuan finished speaking, the phantom image was almost completely fading.
Still, he saw the anger in Tang San's eyes from the other side.
It was the anger of being discovered and knowing that the other side intended to interfere.
The phantom image dissipated.
Xu Yuan didn't say what he planned to do.
However, from Tang San's reaction, he confirmed his suspicions.
The Holy Spirit Sect was indeed related to Tang San.
After all, the Deep Sea Devil Whale King was killed by Tang San. Where did the Demon Emperor get her hundred-thousand-year cultivation?
The couple both nearing a hundred thousand years? Xu Yuan would believe such a possibility, like Di Tian finding a fierce beast close to his cultivation level to pair with, but coming from the same race, Xu Yuan absolutely wouldn't believe it.
The Demon Emperor's power was likely inherited unintentionally from somewhere, its root being the Deep Sea Devil Whale King.
This was most likely Tang San's doing.
In fact, Xu Yuan hadn't investigated whether Tang San really influenced the Holy Spirit Sect before, relying solely on conjecture.
He barely had time to focus on his own cultivation, let alone deal with Tang San.
Before, Xu Yuan hadn't even paid attention to Tang Wulin.
Now, he had the time to resolve numerous issues on Douluo Planet. With Tang San's projection here, he bluffed.
Confirming this as Tang San's contingency plan, Xu Yuan gained motivation to cause disruption.
The divine seat of the Raksha God shattered, and Tang San planned to use the Holy Spirit Sect to reassemble the corresponding authority, then devour it to restore the Asura God to his peak power.
"Such forces of evil are better condensed on the Abyss side."
Xu Yuan's idea was simple: repair the broken rules and condense a new Raksha God divine seat. However, the divine seat shouldn't be condensed on Douluo Planet but on the Abyss.
Thus, all negative forces on Douluo Planet would be devoured by the Abyss and digested there. This mechanism would conveniently allow Yun Ming to adjust the relationship between the two planes in the future.
Moreover, Xu Yuan had long planned to hand over the Abyss to the soul beast race for reproduction, which was very fitting.
Bestial nature would be the best way to erode evil forces.
Of course, this included the original Abyss creatures.
Quickly reviewing the plan in his mind, Xu Yuan turned his gaze to Yun Ming.
Yun Ming was currently focused on occupying the essence of Douluo Planet's heaven and earth, beads of cold sweat forming on his forehead.
Unlike the previous celestial phenomena, Douluo Planet's laws were vast, even surpassing ordinary god-level planes. Controlling the essence was extremely difficult.
Fortunately, he had the foundation of a Plane Lord and managed to withstand it.
"Teacher, just touch lightly. Tang Hao's death caused significant fluctuations at the law level. The Abyssal Sage King will discover it soon."
Xu Yuan reminded Yun Ming, then turned to look at the observing god-level venerables.
"Handle your affairs quickly and gather in the Netherworld as soon as possible to prepare for the final battle."
Xu Yuan's tone was resolute.
His decisive and forceful demeanor made many god-level soul masters tremble.
The final battle?
So, today Yun Ming's action against Tang Hao was to resolve this war completely?
No wonder he kept emphasizing that Tang Hao possessed this power but did nothing.
So that's how it was.
Therefore, if it weren't for Tang Hao's existence, they should have settled their grudge with the Abyss long ago?
Gradually, these god-level soul masters' turbulent hearts began to calm, each finding a rationale to digest the events of today.
Even Chen Xinjie, who worshipped the Sea God, didn't show much self-doubt.
One reason was the feeling at the moment the God-Slaying Missile descended, and the other was the experiences over the years, which made his faith in the Sea God increasingly indifferent.
Most importantly, the pressure Xu Yuan exerted was far stronger than that of the Sea God.
In an era where the Sea God hadn't shown his divine presence, Xu Yuan's performance had comprehensively overwhelmed Tang San.
That cold, decisive style brought pressure that directly destroyed the deterrence the Sea God had built over twenty thousand years.
There was no way around it. Since Xu Yuan became a god, every move was goal-oriented, either leading to a major battle or resolving grievances, always clean and efficient. Recently, the nearly eradicated Qiangu Family and the guiltless Qiangu Qingfeng were directly killed by Xu Yuan under the pretext of revenge.
From this, it could be felt that Xu Yuan no longer cared about his image.
He simply wanted to kill.
Precisely because of this, his image became even more intimidating.
Today, Xu Yuan finally stepped in to settle everything, as if doing something trivial, causing fear.
Yun Ming and Xu Yuan, master and disciple, formed a stark contrast in everyone's eyes.
Yun Ming was the public face, while Xu Yuan was the hidden blade.
This cooperation was even more intimidating.
The great battle had just ended.
Three days later, in the Netherworld.
All soul masters who ascended to godhood were present, even Gu Yue didn't miss it.
Glancing at those present, Xu Yuan said indifferently, "Today is the ultimate showdown."
"My teacher and I will take care of killing the Abyssal Sage King and Yan Long, and your targets are to kill all the Abyss Emperors."
Kill all emperors?
Many god-level soul masters showed bitterness.
Although becoming a god was a transformation, fighting ten-on-one was still challenging.
However, it wasn't impossible.
The side with more people definitely had a better chance of survival. The difficulty in killing all the Abyss Emperors lay in the speed of execution.
"Gu Yue, the Abyss will also be the habitat for your soul beast race. I hope they don't hide anymore."
Xu Yuan specifically mentioned Gu Yue, whose expression slightly changed.
Chen Xinjie and others secretly glanced at Gu Yue and the several fierce beasts behind her.
"You know the Abyss mechanism well. The Abyss Emperors have the ability to mobilize the entire Abyss layer's power. I allow you to seize the cores of a few Abyss layers during this operation." Xu Yuan said, "Di Tian wants to break through, doesn't he? Becoming an Abyss Emperor would boost him as much as a set of Four-Word Battle Armor."
Gu Yue's heart sank.
Had Xu Yuan heard the entire conversation from the other day?
But her mental power should have shielded everything.
Di Tian's expression visibly changed. He looked at Xu Yuan, revealing deep fear and dread.
Since Xu Yuan became a god, after two major battles, Di Tian no longer felt any superiority in being the soul beast co-master as the Silver Dragon King.
He knew Xu Yuan's talent had erased the gap due to birthright.
"And becoming an emperor, using the essence of the Abyss layer to nurture one's battle armor, is also a good choice."
Xu Yuan calmly said.
This statement wasn't directed at Di Tian alone.
Everyone present heard it.
Their eyes showed varied expressions.
So, in this final battle, they must give their all to seize as many Abyss Emperor positions as possible.
Was this a kind of enfeoffment?
Dividing the permissions of the Abyss plane?
Some secretly glanced at Yun Ming.
Wasn't this weakening his teacher's power?
Yun Ming's expression remained unchanged, showing no dissatisfaction.
Weakening his power?
Not at all.
There were so many Abyss Emperors, and the Abyssal Sage King hadn't reclaimed them all, which already explained the situation.
This was just the mechanism of the Abyss laws.
This was equivalent to the god realm being able to split out numerous authorities to condense divine seats, while the central controller of the god realm wielded the entire god realm's power without affecting the existence of many gods.
Actually, the Abyss had possessed many characteristics of the god realm from the beginning.
And the Abyssal Sage King's unrestrained development of the Abyss to its current scale was largely thanks to the support of the Crimson Mother behind him.
He truly inherited the abilities of the Crimson Mother and was a crucial step in her exploration of the path to God King.
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