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The many god-level masters present, seeing Yun Ming's unchanged expression, also became excited.
Although no soul master had yet become an Abyss Emperor, and the potential benefits were unknown, it didn't stop them from being thrilled.
The 108 layers of the Abyss, even if not evenly distributed, even the weakest layer possessed energy far surpassing the combined total of a hundred Limit Douluo.
After all, this represented a part of a real world, and in the Abyssâan energy planeâevery internal region was formed from energy.
Thus, the energy represented by the position of an Abyss Emperor could significantly empower anyone present.
Even those Emperors who were currently Limit Douluo, taking their positions would noticeably enhance god-level soul masters, with True God-levels also seeing significant improvements.
As for the top ten Emperor positions, they could even boost Super God-levels. Given sufficient energy, the power of any soul skill would increase significantly, reducing combat concerns and naturally boosting overall strength.
The most critical point was the vast amount of energy that could be mobilized, which was crucial for advancing one's techniques.
For soul masters now on the path of nurturing their martial souls, this was very important.
Not to mention god-level soul masters or any other forms of nourishment, simply from the perspective of improving one's own skills, holding an Abyss Emperor position could at least double the probability of a Limit Douluo breaking through to godhood.
After giving instructions to several god-level soul masters, Xu Yuan assigned each of them to pick a few Limit Douluo to join the assault into the Abyss plane together.
This final battle shouldn't escalate to the scale of previous wars.
The actual war damage was too severe; the ultimate victory depended on the top few strong individuals, yet hundreds of soul masters still had to sacrifice unnecessarily.
As for daily conflicts, those were unavoidable, like the past conflicts between the soul master world and soul beasts. Competition always drives progress.
Douluo Planet had been too peaceful for too long. To truly enter the cosmic vision, there was still a long way to go, and the sweat and blood required wouldn't be small.
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The Abyss
The Abyssal Sage King opened his eyes.
His injuries healed, and the initial repairs within the plane were completed.
However, he felt uneasy.
Only a year had passed, so why did he have this feeling?
Could it be that after reaching the 1st Class God level, Xu Yuan could still make progress in just a year?
It should be known that during the Soul Emperor stage, Xu Yuan wasn't so aggressively advancing.
Before becoming a god, Xu Yuan had a clear ten-level difference at each stage. Although the time span for each opportunity was shorter, accumulating ten levels would result in a rank leap.
But now, after becoming a god, his leaps were unreasonable. Though the number of upgrades seemed fewer, they were far more exaggerated than before.
"Absolutely impossible. Even taking a small step at the 1st Class God level within a year is a luxury, let alone truly defeating me. At least a half-step God King would be needed."
A half-step God King?
How long did his mother take to reach half-step God King from 1st Class God level?
Several thousand years?
The Abyssal Sage King closed his eyes, suppressing his inner turmoil.
"My dear older brother, you've finally awakened."
The Abyssal Sage King merely opened his eyes, causing a slight energy fluctuation, which caught Yan Long's attention.
"I know you're unwilling, but you should understand Mother's inheritanceâit's all about fate."
"Brother, I'm not talking about your identity as the Abyss Master, but"
Yan Long's gaze turned towards a certain direction, where a large purple-black halberd floated, emanating terrifying fluctuations.
"The Heavenly Sacred Splitting Abyss Halberd, a super divine artifact. Mother only has ten divine artifacts."
Yan Long's tone was sour. He wished to complete his task quickly and bring his mother's command to take away this good older brother's super divine artifact back to Crimson.
A super divine artifact in Mother's hands was better than in this brother's.
I don't care if I don't have it, but I'll be unhappy if you do.
"Teacher, how is it?"
Xu Yuan looked at Yun Ming with an inquiring gaze.
Yun Ming pondered briefly and said, "The time is too short. I tried my best to channel Douluo Planet's heaven and earth power into the Atlas Divine Spear, but it's still far from a super divine artifact."
Too short.
Tang Hao took so long to grasp the Plane Master's positionânot only because he was weak, but also due to Douluo Planet's size.
The Abyssal Sage King controlled the Abyss from its initial conception, growing synchronously, so mastery was smooth. Yun Ming theoretically was similar.
Now, suddenly controlling such a vast Douluo Planet, not only Yun Ming, but even the Abyssal Sage King would need time to adjust.
However, to quickly boost combat power, Yun Ming had done his best to compress heaven and earth power into his martial soul.
Unfortunately, it was still far from a super divine artifact.
Xu Yuan wasn't disappointed.
Everything was as expected.
He waited for Yun Ming's next words.
"Fortunately, Tree Elder can assist me."
Hearing this, Xu Yuan breathed a sigh of relief.
From Yun Ming's tone, he roughly knew the answer he wanted.
Yun Ming couldn't digest the entire Douluo Planet in just two days, but he could adapt to Douluo Planet's power and incorporate the heaven and earth forces into his martial soul.
Then, Tree Elder himself was a life core. Even though A Yin occupied a lot of permissions over the past ten thousand years, after her death, he regained all his power and advanced further.
"With Tree Elder's cooperation, the Atlas Divine Spear can be considered a super divine artifact level."
The only difference was that it lacked unique features.
The Heavenly Sacred Splitting Abyss Halberd could ignore defenses, dealing high amounts of true damage with every strike.
Xu Yuan's Hunyuan Spear accommodated all forces, devouring various energies for its use, growing stronger with each battle.
His Atlas Divine Spear, while reaching the level, lacked distinct characteristics.
Moreover, much of the power belonged to life attributes.
"Little Phoenix."
Xu Yuan nodded, indicating these weren't problems.
He released Little Phoenix.
At this moment, Little Phoenix had already fused with the Destruction-Life Essence and was rapidly recovering her strength. Unfortunately, her energy level barely reached god-level. Even with the knowledge and means of the Supreme God King, her actual combat strength was hard to participate in the top-tier battles.
But her abilities were key.
"Destruction and Life can balance the different forces in your Atlas Spear, temporarily piecing together a complete super divine artifact."
The more pieces, the more one could enjoy super divine artifact-level treatment.
"Teacher, your main task in this battle is still to devour the Abyss."
Xu Yuan held the Hunyuan Spear, full of spirit.
"Yan Long and the Abyssal Sage King are both mine."
Boosting Yun Ming's realm and strengthening the Atlas Divine Spear were all to allow Yun Ming to spread his control over the entire Abyss in the shortest time.
Yun Ming gave a helpless smile.
But he didn't feel dissatisfied.
Though he wanted to fight a grand battle, he knew his strength had to be preserved to reap the maximum harvest at the end.
Without warning, the Abyss trembled.
The original 108 layers of the Abyss now only had 93, but the name hadn't changed due to the short time.
In the 93 layers, each experienced tremendous vibrations.
The sky collapsed, the ground split.
The energy forming heaven and earth seemed to lose its solidification ability, the original land transformed into surging energy.
The entire Abyss was filled with energy, black energy erupting like volcanoes, endless energy sweeping, mountain-moving and sea-overturning like a tsunami.
The Abyssal Sage King's eyes, which had just closed, suddenly opened, as if the entire Abyss opened its eyes, staring at the figure causing destruction to the Abyss.
"Xu Yuan, you dare!"
The Abyssal Sage King was furious, summoning the Heavenly Sacred Splitting Abyss Halberd with his right hand and slashing down.
Despite the great distance, the tip of the Heavenly Sacred Splitting Abyss Halberd still tore through space, appearing in front of Xu Yuan, the sharp halberd edge piercing his heart.
Xu Yuan blocked with his spear.
On the Hunyuan Spear, vortexes appeared, absorbing the power of the Heavenly Sacred Splitting Abyss Halberd.
There was no defense, only solid resistance.
The Yuan Vortex Spiritual Furnace granted Jue the ability to fuse and devour, developing an extraordinary swallowing capability.
Yan Long instantly woke up and immediately wanted to leave the Abyss plane to cause destruction outside Douluo Planet.
This was his task.
Different abilities and levels meant different responsibilities.
In direct combat, he definitely couldn't beat Xu Yuan.
So his task was to restrain others.
However, before leaving the Abyss plane, he was stopped by a vortex, the Hunyuan Spear rushing out from the vortex.
Soul rings emerged from the Hunyuan Spear, circling around the spear body.
Twenty-seven soul rings, the interwoven red and gold colors nearly blinded the allied soul masters.
Is this human?
Around the Hunyuan Spear, four other soul spirit shadows appeared, together with Jue forming the Five Elements Grand Array, condensing into a phantom figure.
The phantom figure wielded the spear, fiercely stabbing down.
The Hunyuan Spear, combined with Xu Yuan's soul spirits, intercepted Yan Long and completely suppressed him.
Seeing this, the Abyssal Sage King didn't hesitate, quickly tearing open space and teleporting in front of Xu Yuan, wielding the Heavenly Sacred Splitting Abyss Halberd, launching a frenzied attack.
"Xu Yuan, you utterly disregard my brother and me!"
Brothers?
Xu Yuan's eyes flickered, no time to dwell on relationships, releasing spiritual power with countless runes swirling around him.
Wherever the runes went, heaven and earth were under his control.
Chains condensed, with vortexes on each chain.
A year ago, Xu Yuan relied on Jue, close to a super divine artifact, to withstand the Abyssal Sage King's strongest burst.
Now, Jue had become a super divine artifact, and before the Abyssal Sage King began to dread, Xu Yuan discarded this super divine artifact, splitting his weapons to deal with the two brothers separately.
But Xu Yuan was no longer the Xu Yuan from a year ago.
The pressure of a half-step God King permeated the field, the terrifying oppression even counteracting the entire Abyss plane.
The power of a plane lay in its volume.
But what if an entire plane couldn't suppress the opponent?
"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"
The Abyssal Sage King's eyes bulged, watching numerous chains intertwine after withstanding the Heavenly Sacred Splitting Abyss Halberd's strikes, forming a spear charging forward, immediately unleashing all his power.
The Abyss erupted, revealing its essence, all empowering him.
Boom!
At the collision point, space shattered.
In just one exchange, Xu Yuan established a dominant position.
Since his debut, Xu Yuan had indeed been the peak among peers.
But compared to other peaks, he mostly relied on realm suppression.
Among peers, his soul power level was always at the forefront.
Now, even without peers, his realm always led.
Give me time, and I will comprehensively surpass you, including realm! â Xu Yuan
Yes, he no longer had the Hunyuan Spear as a super divine artifact, but if he could exert most of the Hunyuan Spear's capabilities himself?
Jue was cultivated by Xu Yuan, all powers were nurtured by him. It didn't make sense that losing Jue would mean Xu Yuan lost these abilities.
"Impossible!"
Though the Abyssal Sage King kept shouting "impossible," he still unleashed his full power.
He knew under the pressure of a half-step God King, he could only unleash everything.
On the other side, Yun Ming confirmed that Xu Yuan suppressed both sides and began the invasion.
Spirit, energy, and mind integrated into the law level, spreading via the Netherworld's heaven and earth power.
The Atlas Divine Spear merged into his heaven and earth power, following his Seven Forbidden Techniques like conquering territories, swiftly occupying the entire Abyss.
"Indeed, the Heavenly Sacred Splitting Abyss Halberd connects to the entire Abyss's essence."
Without an equivalent Atlas Divine Spear countering it, rapidly invading the entire Abyss's heaven and earth in a short time would be impossible.
The Atlas Spear was now a hub.
The destructive and life forces contained in the spear corresponded to Douluo and the Abyss.
"Shameless!"
The Abyssal Sage King turned back, cursing loudly.
"Where do you think you're going?"
Between the Abyssal Sage King and Yun Ming, a vortex appeared, and Xu Yuan stepped out, chains extending from the vortex.
Each chain, like a spear, attacked the Abyssal Sage King.
Caught off guard, the Abyssal Sage King seemed to lose his sanity, wildly swinging his halberd, venting his inner rage.
Xu Yuan avoided the sharpness, not forcibly resisting these strikes.
His mission was clear: intercept the Abyssal Sage King and Yan Long.
If there was extra strength, he'd spread the Hunyuan World and spiritual power into the Abyss.
Time passed, feeling himself gradually weakening, the sharpness of the Atlas Divine Spear seemed to inch deeper into his body, occupying his domain. The Abyssal Sage King knew he couldn't delay.
His eyes turned crimson, facing Xu Yuan, fully crazed.
Xu Yuan frowned, sensing something amiss.
"You want my Abyss? Hahaha, let's die together!"
Yan Long's heart quivered, looking toward the Abyssal Sage King, cursing, "Tian Shen, you bastard, I don't want to die!"
His gaze filled with fear, he immediately retreated, tearing space and transforming into a red light, swiftly fleeing into a spatial rift.
The Hunyuan Spear didn't hesitate, stabbing over.
The spatial rift turned into a vortex, forcefully pulling back the red light that was Yan Long.
The entire Abyss seemed to activate self-destruct mode.
Every bit of energy emitted a heart-stopping fluctuation, like a powder keg ready to explode.
It seemed only a tiny fluctuation was missing to trigger a chain reaction, releasing incomparable power.
Just having charged out, not even the first Emperor killed, the god-level soul masters all felt a wave of fear.
Too fast.
Venerable Yuan's oppressive power was too great.
There was no time to kill the Emperor; everything was ending?
No wonder they were given this opportunity.
Because there was never a chance left for them.
Chen Xinjie's face changed over ten times, finally gritting his teeth and retreating, using the ocean domain to quickly form layered ripple-like defenses.
Cao Dezhi, full of vigor, disregarded everything, wielding his sword to stab at the opposing Flame Emperor.
Mu Ye roared, also going berserk, merging mech armor and battle armor, blood essence surging, indistinguishable whether it was mech or blood essence. Ah Ruheng emitted golden light all over, like a living Buddha, blood essence condensing into substance, radiating golden light. Master and apprentice swung their fists and fought!
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