C2299 The Chain Reaction
"Having a devil's body does bring a certain peace of mind."
The old devil's massive Devil Soul descended like a wisp of purple smoke and vanished into the purple crystal-like devil body.
Once his Devil Soul took residence, the fissures in the Golden Dragon Armor sealed up in the blink of an eye.
Upon inspection, the Golden Dragon Armor, forged through a thousand hammers, showed not a single visible crack.
"You deities from the outer realms can even harm my Devil Soul. You certainly have your ways."
The old devil licked his lips as both the Golden Dragon Armor and his purple crystal-like devil body expanded tenfold.
In this form, he matched the scale of Galuba's statue, crafted from Destruction Charcoal.
Yet, his imposing presence was incomparable to that of Galuba's effigy.
A boundless surge of soul energy and magical power emanated from him as he narrowed his eyes at the Destruction God Galuba amidst the shattered nothingness.
His profound eye sockets, like wells that could engulf souls, met Galuba's solitary eye.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
Galuba's single eye, filled with numerous smaller eyes, met the old devil's Demonic Pupil, and more than half burst into oblivion.
Blood streamed from the eye sockets of the Destruction God, as he wailed in agony.
At that moment.
Zzzzz!
In the depths of the Secular Bird Queen's gaze, numerous symbols of death flickered erratically.
She watched, transfixed, as Galuba's statue, pieced together from Destruction Charcoal, and the colossal head's lone eye stripped away the profound secrets of death she had acquired from the Death God, Kurkova.
Yu Yuan caught sight of this development.
With a furrowed brow, he resolved to shatter Galuba's statue for Chen Qinghuang.
Since Galuba's true form had already made its descent from the Thunder Domain, there was no longer any need to preserve his communicative idol.
In Yu Yuan's grasp, the Dragon Slash Platform, as if gilded, morphed into a razor-sharp elongated blade.
The Snail God, having missed her initial strike, continued to unfurl her pestilent clouds and smog, intent on transforming a broader expanse of the starry sea into her divine territory.
She remained vigilant, refusing to venture from her toxin-infused realm into the unknown cosmos.
"There's no need."
As Yu Yuan was poised to dismantle Galuba's statue with the Dragon Slash Platform, Beilstein's demonic voice unexpectedly filled the air.
"The Secular Bird Queen is unharmed."
Beilstein, with the Devil Soul inhabiting his body and clad in the heavy Golden Dragon Armor, was simultaneously inflicting severe damage on Galuba's soul and telepathically conveying, "Galuba, as she was stripped of the essence of death within her, she was also pilfering the essence of destruction from within the Demonic Pupil of your statue."
"Heh, this Destruction God actually has a compound eye, filled with countless tiny eyes, all of which I've blinded!"
The old devil's remarks clearly had no bearing on the Secular Bird Queen.
Yu Yuan paused in surprise.
Upon closer inspection, he noticed that the seemingly expressionless Secular Bird Queen indeed harbored an unusual destructive brilliance refining within her.
A portion of the surging Destruction Fire, when it reached Chen Qinghuang's body, suddenly vanished.
She was seizing the chance to absorb some of the Destruction Fire that Galuba had unleashed.
Galuba, convinced he had her under control and pouring all his might into the Destruction Plate to deliver a fatal blow to Beilstein, was blind to his own hubris. He never considered that the beautiful woman who had erected his effigy and dared to summon him from afar was anything but benevolent.
"She's unconcerned with the essence of death she acquired from Kurkova, which Galuba has taken."
"What she desires is the essence of destruction under Galuba's control, something that will augment her power."
"Her ultimate goal, the one she yearns to surpass and eliminate, is always Zhiya."
Beilstein offered a few more reminders.
Then, his luminous purple crystal form detached from the Golden Dragon Armor and charged directly at the Destruction God, Galuba.
As he leapt into the air, the Golden Dragon Armor transformed into a bolt of golden lightning.
This dazzling golden bolt, composed of various Golden Dao Laws, radiated a piercing intensity capable of shattering all barriers in the world and penetrating the fabric of reality.
Puff!
The golden bolt, now a spear, shot through Galuba's hand as he manipulated the Destruction Plate.
Beilstein's form swiftly followed, grasping the golden spear in his hand.
No longer content with mere defense, the old devil went on the offensive, wielding the Golden Dragon Armor as a weapon. He thrust, pierced, and jabbed, unleashing a flurry of golden spear shadows across the sky.
Puff! Puff! Puff!
Galuba, spinning the bronze wheel with his eight arms, was suddenly riddled with wounds as blood gushed forth, leaving gaping holes.
Adjacent to the Perish Starfield lay the Desolate Realm Star River.
A dark green orb, vast as a star, hung motionless in the void, an anomaly amidst the cosmos.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Streams of pitch-black energy poured forth from the orb's core, engulfing the neighboring galaxies.
Within the orb, countless spirits, wraiths, and demonic shadows drifted aimlessly, forever bound to the shadows.
In secrecy, innumerable soul laws and secret arts silently intertwined and merged.
As darkness spread, the Desolate Realm Star River was shrouded in black, centered around the dark green orb.
Any Evil God who had dwelled in the Seven Abyss would recognize this darkness; the lowest level of the Seven Abyss, the Darkness World, had always been so.
The Darkness God Land, situated above the true Abyss and veiled by the Myriad Spirit Restriction, was now shifting to the fringes of the Desolate Realm through this dark green orb.
Suddenly, within the depths of the orb, a ghostly figure emerged.
This spirit took on the form of Yu Yuan.
At the edge of the Desolate Realm, he sensed an odd world filled with a bizarre and ancient energy.
"Destruction, and... strange poison," he murmured.
Whoosh!
The orb of darkness, along with the expanding domain of shadows, stirred into action.
Yu Yuan lingered at the boundary, methodically weaving his soul laws into the fabric of this world, his divine power silently consuming and altering it.
He could have waited for the extinction of all life in the Desolate Realm, for the scattering of every star's soul energy, before delving deeper.
However, with the arrival of two foreign deities, he opted to venture forth sooner to uncover the truth.
...
Elsewhere in the Desolate Realm, a massive, life-consuming flesh paused momentarily.
This five-colored flesh, devoid of sentience and driven by instinct alone, detected two potent sources of vitality.
The Destruction God Galuba and the Snail God Kuna, deities from another realm, had arrived in their true forms, both radiating intense life force.
Their vitality drew the five-colored flesh to a halt.
The flesh that had once soared over the heads of Chen Qinghuang and Beilstein paused, then circled back towards them.
The darkest recesses that concealed the most powerful Origin Spirits, along with the most terrifying flesh of the three realms, were disturbed by the arrival of two foreign deities.
It's understandable why Galuba, the Destruction God, was clamoring for a swift resolution.
He was clearly aware of the immense terror lurking within this world. Both he and the Snail God, having descended in their true forms, would inevitably draw attention and could not afford to linger for long.
...
In the Phoenix Starfield.
Yu Yuan's true form, the Undead Sovereign, straddled the ends of the Creation Pool.
Within his mind, the tenth layer of the Blood Platform was gradually overpowering the Soul Platform, as he delved into the dwindling truths of life.
The growth and breakthrough of the Chaos Djinn within the purple sea significantly bolstered the might of his Blood Platform.
This was the reason he refrained from intervening in the conflict that had erupted in the Cold Domain.
Before him, the final hidden spatial rift near Yu Zhu and the Phoenix Shrine had sealed.
Mother Earth remained uneasy.
Numerous Divine Stones in the vicinity where Yu Zhu and the others had vanished were locked onto by her divine power, ready to lever open the fabric of space at a moment's notice.
"No need."
Yu Yuan once again attempted to dissuade her.
Mother Earth huffed, "Taishi is nearly complete."
Yu Yuan expressed his surprise, "Canli, shouldn't the process be quicker?"
"The integration of the Light Origin Spirit with the essences of the Sun, Moon, and Stars has actually slowed Canli's ascension to Sovereignty," Mother Earth clarified. "Yet, once Canli ascends, her battle prowess may well surpass Taishi's by a considerable margin."
"Understood."
Yu Yuan nodded thoughtfully, then abruptly shifted the conversation, "I sense that the beings intent on obliterating the Desolate Realm are forging a new world within it."
"They have commenced their scheme."
"I hadn't anticipated that the descent of the two deities would stir up such turmoil."
The darkness representing the Origin Soul, along with the massive expanse of multicolored flesh, were converging towards his Yang God position, a development that caught him off guard.
"Aren't you concerned about the situation in the Cold Domain?" Mother Earth inquired.
"Those who needed to evacuate have done so. Only Lin Daoke and the spinosaurus remain in the depths of the purple sea."
Yu Yuan responded, "Lin Daoke will be safe. As for the spinosaurus, it has its lifeblood essence there. Once this ordeal passes, if the Origin Blood is willing to exert the effort, reviving it would serve as recompense."
As the Origin Blood withdrew from the Cold Domain, it had already communicated with Yu Yuan. During its efforts to elevate the spinosaurus to the status of a supreme being, it had preserved a drop of lifeblood essence containing all the creature's memories. Should the spinosaurus meet an untimely demise, it was prepared to resurrect it in the future.
...
Elsewhere.
The mighty ones who had departed the Cold Domain boarded the Galaxy Ancient Starship, setting sail for the Holy Devil Continent.
Numerous Outland Devaputras emerged from various stars, watching the newcomers who had traveled across the galaxy.
"Is that Lady Andrea?"
"And Lord Yuv Qian!"
The Devaputras murmured amongst themselves, fixating on the two Great Demon Gods and the silhouette of Cao Jiaze's Ghost King on the Aura Altar. They swiftly relayed messages to the High Priest, Reid.
They were at a loss for what to do next.
