Yuan Kong and the other two were somewhat numb.
In just a few short days, Xu Yuan had given them too many shocks.
At this moment, before the three of them, Xu Yuan disassembled the super divine artifact, the Crimson Halberd, and then one by one integrated the separated divine artifacts into the Heavenly Sacred Splitting Abyss Halberd in his hand.
Xu Yuan didn't know if the Crimson Mother was aware of all the characteristics of the Heavenly Sacred Splitting Abyss Halberd, so she deliberately left room when nurturing the divine artifacts. The divine artifacts that made up the Crimson Halberd naturally fit with the Heavenly Sacred Splitting Abyss Halberd, making the fusion process go very smoothly.
By the end of the fusion, the aura of the Heavenly Sacred Splitting Abyss Halberd was at least twice as strong as it was initially—no, at least three times stronger.
Indeed, it was at least three times its original strength.
You must know that during the battle with the Crimson Mother, the Heavenly Sacred Splitting Abyss Halberd had been partially devoured by her abyssal power, and its strength before the fusion was far less than it was initially.
Now, reaching three times its initial strength was due to Xu Yuan incorporating runes based on his understanding of destructive and abyssal powers during the fusion process.
These runes acted like glue, making the fusion between each divine artifact and the Heavenly Sacred Splitting Abyss Halberd closer and more perfect.
"Alright, now the Heavenly Sacred Splitting Abyss Halberd and the Crimson Halberd are about the same; both are combined super divine artifacts. Hand it over to my teacher, and he will help you study the method of nurturing the Crimson Mother's super divine artifact."
Yuan Kong and the others remained silent, tacitly agreeing to this point.
What Xu Yuan said now was slightly different from before, but in this battle, the three of them indeed played no role.
Moreover, although Xu Yuan didn't mention letting them study with Yun Ming again, he still mentioned researching the method of nurturing.
As for whether they could obtain the nurturing method?
Yuan Kong and the others thought of the promises they had made earlier—to help Douluo Planet occupy the territory Xu Yuan had taken within a year.
This was likely the exchange.
It was also to prevent them from breaking their verbal promises.
Xu Yuan didn't need to say much; the three of them had already filled in the logic themselves.
"The Hunyuan Spear and my four spirit souls will also return with you. With them and my teacher, the Douluo Plane does indeed have the qualifications to take over such a large territory."
Xu Yuan's words caused Yuan Kong and the others to exchange glances, deeply agreeing.
In the universe, without strength, every step is difficult.
If a plane's strength is insufficient, even with vast territories, it cannot rest easy. Instead, the vast territory might attract trouble.
Douluo Planet swallowing most of the Crimson Realm's territory, other planes wouldn't dare say anything in the short term, but as time passed, other planes coveting this vast territory would surely take action after learning Douluo Planet's true strength.
Xu Yuan sending back the five spirit souls was no less effective than his physical return.
If his teacher was indeed a half-step God King and also a Plane Lord, plus the spirit soul body's half-step God King level strength, that would be the power of two half-step God Kings.
At the same time, the Hunyuan Spear and the Heavenly Sacred Splitting Abyss Halberd were both top-tier super divine artifacts.
Two half-step God Kings paired with two top-tier super divine artifacts were almost equivalent to having a God King guarding.
In such a situation, who would dare provoke the Douluo Plane?
Of course, Yuan Kong and the others didn't know that Yun Ming's own Atlas Divine Spear was almost a super divine artifact.
After briefly arranging his affairs, Xu Yuan could leave in peace.
His will couldn't hold on any longer.
His path was the Path of Will, pursuing indestructible will, but he hadn't reached that point yet.
Competing for control of the Crimson Realm and a series of actions had already consumed Xu Yuan's will greatly, and now he needed to rest.
"Jue, release him."
The Hunyuan Spear emitted a chaotic spear beam, and a huge blood-red giant egg appeared before the four of them.
Yuan Kong's pupils contracted sharply, staring at this giant egg, feeling a familiar yet terrifying aura.
"This is..."
"This is the Blood God Egg left by the Blood Demon God King, which contains his consciousness," Xu Yuan briefly explained.
Previously, he was considering how to explain to the Sacred Heart Plane, but now there was no need to worry.
In this battle, Xu Yuan displayed his own courage.
Even if Yuan Kong knew now that Xu Yuan had connections with the Blood Demon God King, he would consciously cover for Xu Yuan.
Such was reality.
"Blood Demon, according to our agreement, you should send me there."
The Blood God Egg surged, and a mental fluctuation gradually spread.
The voice of the Blood Demon God King was tinged with emotion.
"I never expected you to find the problem yourself, and you really dared to directly abandon this body."
Even the Blood Demon God King didn't expect Xu Yuan to be so ruthless.
"In fact, the reason I suggested you go to the Divine Ripple Realm was because a life attribute treasure once condensed there can fix your problem."
"Now, you can actually form another body yourself. Without the constraints of the original body, I think reshaping your body will be easier. Even without that treasure, it won't be much worse."
After hearing the Blood Demon God King's words, Xu Yuan pursed his lips.
"If you can use the best, then use the best. The life attribute treasure you mentioned can even change the foundation of my half-step God King body. It sounds like a great thing, and it should be the best choice for reshaping the body."
Moreover, life treasures usually contain vast life energy, which might directly satisfy all of Xu Yuan's energy accumulation below God King level.
The Blood Demon God King chuckled softly and didn't say anything more.
The huge blood-red egg pulsated, sensing through the void.
Three full hours passed before the Blood God Egg finally began to pulsate.
Strangely, the pulsation of the Blood God Egg didn't produce a single "thump" sound, but rather two!
It was as if two heartbeats were simultaneously beating, adjusting their frequency and resonating with each other.
At this moment, Xu Yuan understood and realized the method the Blood Demon God King used to open the passage between two universes.
Little Phoenix could only send Xu Yuan's consciousness to the Holy Demon Continent because it was more closed off. Moreover, Little Phoenix hadn't anticipated falling to such a state, so the coordinates left behind didn't contain many contingencies.
On the other hand, after the Blood Demon God King's death, nine Blood God Eggs were nurtured.
Xu Yuan had only seen two of them and was puzzled about the whereabouts of the remaining Blood God Eggs, initially thinking that Dragon God had reclaimed them all.
But subsequent actions by Dragon God made Xu Yuan realize that the appearance of the Blood Demon World wasn't Dragon God's doing.
Now, seeing the Blood Demon God King's operations, Xu Yuan roughly understood where the remaining seven Blood God Eggs went.
Also, the Blood God Egg bestowed upon the Blood God Master was probably the key to Xu Yuan's return.
Time passed, the two Blood God Eggs resonated, and space began to fluctuate.
Seeing this, Xu Yuan gathered spiritual power to help the Blood Demon God King create a passage.
He opened a vortex.
The vortex directly opened the space of the universe.
The surprised voice of the Blood Demon God King came from within the Blood God Egg.
"I never expected you to have mastered space to this extent."
"It was also a harvest from that previous great battle." Xu Yuan didn't dwell on this point.
The appearance of the vortex undoubtedly reduced the time the Blood Demon God King needed to open the passage.
In fact, he had already opened the portal of the current universe, and only needed to locate the Falan Plane.
The Falan Plane was an open plane with coordinates. Once a channel was established, teleportation was possible.
As for precise delivery, of course, that was impossible.
Not even the Blood Demon God King could do that, let alone a true supreme God King.
Across two universes, and you want precise delivery?
Even within the same universe, Xu Yuan, who could now break through the barriers of the universe, couldn't guarantee creating a direct space channel to the Douluo Plane here.
Forget about the Douluo Plane; even locating the star system where the Douluo Plane was located was difficult.
Of course, if Jue went to Douluo Planet and cooperated, the precision could still be improved, locking the other end of the channel near the Douluo Plane.
"Let's go."
The Blood God Egg pulsed, signaling Xu Yuan to proceed.
Without hesitation, Xu Yuan detached his will from the surrounding cosmic space, condensing it into a cluster of runes, attaching it to the Blood God Egg, and entered the vortex together with the Blood God Egg.
After the densely rune-covered Blood God Egg flew into the vortex, the vortex gradually shrank and eventually dissipated, with spatial forces gradually stabilizing.
"Let's go."
Yao Yao reminded Yuan Kong and the other three humans and spirit souls.
Although being separated by Xu Yuan made them a bit unhappy, they understood that Xu Yuan did this for a more thorough transformation, and also to let them return to protect Douluo Planet.
Having absorbed too much energy this time, Yao Yao still felt overwhelmed. It estimated that digestion would take a few years.
Following Xu Yuan for so long, it and the other spirit souls seemed to have shed many of the drawbacks of soul beasts, instead maturing significantly in thinking patterns and intelligence under Xu Yuan's influence, even surpassing most humans.
The Falan Plane.
This was a powerful plane, with an energy level not inferior to the God Realm.
On the Falan Plane, there was originally a continent called the Spirit Continent, inhabited by demon clans and spirit races. Beyond the Spirit Continent lay the Endless Blue Sea.
Later, the Blue Star collided with another powerful plane—the Beast Star. The Spirit Continent disintegrated, and its fragments combined with those of the Beast Star to form six continents, known as the Six Domains. Meanwhile, the collision of laws also led to various strange phenomena, and the original Endless Blue Sea split into seven parts, called the Seven-Colored Sea.
The Seven-Colored Sea and the Six Domains together formed the Divine Ripple Realm.
The original demon clans and spirit races were impacted by the collision with the Beast Star, and the rulers of the continent were no longer entirely them.
Taking advantage of the situation, humanity rose, seizing three continents from the demon clans, spirit races, and various demon races.
The Six Domains were divided into the Law Domain, the Blue Domain, the Holy Domain, the Demon Domain, the Devil Domain, and the Beast Domain.
Among them, humanity occupied the Law Domain, the Blue Domain, and the Holy Domain. These three continents revered different cultivation systems.
The Law Domain revered order, the Blue Domain revered freedom, and the Holy Domain was related to demons. The Law Domain was the birthplace of humanity, established on the fundamentals of The Beginning of All Laws, The Book of Prophecy, and The Book of Divine Words. Practitioners of the Law Domain cultivated divine law codes, condensing holy power. Practitioners of the Blue Domain cultivated elemental mastery, condensing elemental power, which was also primal force. Practitioners of the Holy Domain cultivated demon power, based on the bloodlines of the original demon clans and spirit races of the Blue Star, practicing Demon God Transformation and Heavenly Essence Transformation.
In the Divine Ripple Realm's Six Domains and Seven-Colored Sea, all regions could see a dazzling light streak across the sky, resembling a meteor, emitting a blood-red glow.
Strangely, intertwined within the blood-red glow were thin threads of golden runes. Upon closer inspection, these runes appeared to be densely packed, shocking all cultivators.
Practitioners of order in the Law Domain gazed at the sky, attempting to gain insights and further understand heaven and earth.
Practitioners of elemental power in the Blue Domain also looked skyward, sensing the runes that triggered changes in the elements of heaven and earth.
Practitioners of demon power in the Holy Domain stared intently at the blood-red light in the sky, feeling their blood boil, ready to burst forth at any moment.
Cultivators from the three human domains went mad, chasing this meteorite from beyond the heavens.
Naturally, the other three domains and the Seven-Colored Sea's experts also noticed this meteorite and discovered its peculiarities, stirring up a storm.
At this moment, the entire Falan Plane mobilized.
The meteor lingered above the Blue Star for three days. No one could grasp its trajectory, nor could anyone fully glimpse its true form.
An eleven-stage peak Moon God of humanity in the Law Domain issued a prophecy.
It was the path to the twelfth stage!
With that, the Falan Plane became even more frenzied.
Subsequently, this eleven-stage peak Moon God prophesied again, saying he saw the vague appearance of this meteor—it resembled a massive heart.
After these two prophecies, this eleven-stage peak Moon God disappeared, either paying too high a price and perishing or gaining some insight and going into seclusion.
Amidst the frenzy of all Moon Gods, the meteor did not continue to hover.
After three days, the meteor fell.
Ultimately, it landed in the Holy Domain.
Xu Yuan was still lucid at this moment. His will had been heavily depleted, and even obtaining a rough understanding of the Falan Plane required the Blood Demon God King to maneuver the Blood God Egg in flight for a full three days.
In his prime, he would certainly unleash his spiritual power directly, spreading his will throughout the plane to search for answers.
Similarly, at this moment, his depletion was too great, and he didn't want to appear directly in front of important figures.
Thus, the Blood God Egg fell, landing on a remote cliff on the eastern coast of the Holy Domain.
'Coincidentally,' on the edge of this cliff, a young man with a face of despair shed tears of pain and regret, resolutely jumping off the cliff.
In the youth's final moments, in his blurred vision, a blood-red light intertwined with golden runes shot down from the sky.
His pupils unconsciously widened, as if questioning heaven.
I'm about to die, and you still punish me like this?
Struck by the blood-red light, the youth lost consciousness, his body plummeting into the bottomless cliff.
BANG!
The youth's body hit the ground, not splattering into a mess on the surface but instead smashing a huge crater into the ground while remaining intact.
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