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"Wait." Di Tian's deep voice rang out, carrying an unprecedented solemnity. He stepped forward, his Dragon eyes looking directly at Xuan Ming: "Xuan Ming, I understand your concern for the plight of the Spirit Beasts. If it is to curb the excessive growth of human Spirit Masters, I, Di Tian, would have no objection. But to exterminate billions of lives through slaughter... this act violates the Laws of nature. Even if the original intention is for the survival of the Spirit Beast Clan, I absolutely cannot agree!"
Xuan Ming looked at Di Tian, an imperceptible ripple flashing in his ice-blue eyes. He shook his head lightly: "This is the difference between you and humans, Di Tian. Or rather, the fundamental difference between all highly intelligent Spirit Beasts and humans."
His gaze swept over Di Tian and the Demon Emperor, finally resting on the Evil Emperor: "You possess power, wisdom, and even long Life, but fundamentally, you still retain a certain... bottom line. Humans, when pushed to the brink, often choose the most extreme and thorough way to solve problems. Cutting the grass by the roots, eliminating future trouble forever."
"Even if a transformed Spirit Beast integrates into the human World for tens of thousands of years," Xuan Ming said calmly, "it is forever impossible to become a true human. Because you lack that ruthlessness to survive, even if it means destroying everything else."
The three Vicious Beasts were deeply shaken by these words. They had never considered the problem from this perspective.
But what shocked them even more was the implication in Xuan Ming's words — was his previous suggestion not merely an impulsive threat?
Xuan Ming looked at their solemn expressions, and his tone softened slightly: "However, I only mentioned this suggestion casually. At least for now, there is no need to go that far."
"You... seriously plan to do that?" The Demon Emperor couldn't help but press, his voice carrying a hint of disbelief.
"Just preparing for a rainy day," Xuan Ming's tone returned to its usual calm. "Any factor that might threaten the ultimate plan requires contingency measures to be considered in advance. Exterminating humanity is the simplest, crudest, and final resort."
He looked out the window at the bustling city, his gaze profound: "Don't worry about this issue for now. Let's first see what kind of changes spirit tool technology can bring to the Douluo Continent, and see if my plan can proceed smoothly."
"If everything is under control, naturally there will be peace." His voice gradually grew cold, "But if my plan runs into trouble..."
He didn't finish, but the icy killing intent made all three Vicious Beasts shudder.
"Of course," Xuan Ming withdrew his gaze, "that is the last resort."
The Evil Emperor's massive single eye gazed deeply at Xuan Ming. At this moment, it finally understood that this human was unlike any being it had ever known.
He was neither a simple guardian nor a pure destroyer, but a chess player who could calmly weigh everything, including the survival of billions of lives, for the sake of a grand goal.
"I understand." The Evil Emperor's mental fluctuation carried a sense of complete submission, "Please follow me, Master."
It no longer hesitated, turning its enormous body toward a barren mountain range outside the city.
There, it would complete its final sacrifice, entrusting its nearly eight hundred thousand years of cultivation, along with its hopes for the future of its clan, to this being that both terrified and compelled its belief.
One month later, in a barren mountain range somewhere on the Sun Moon Continent.
The Evil Emperor's sacrifice process lasted nearly a day. The vast and boundless mental force Origin rushed entirely into Xuan Ming's body like a bursting flood.
However, when the last wisp of Soul light flame extinguished, Xuan Ming did not wake up immediately as he usually did after absorbing a spirit ring. Instead, the mental force around him uncontrollably surged out, quickly wrapping his entire body like a silkworm spinning a cocoon, forming this bizarre mental cocoon.
Di Tian and the Demon Emperor had never seen this situation before. They could feel that Xuan Ming's Life aura inside the cocoon was stable and vast, and his mental force was transforming and sublimating at an astonishing speed, but they could not ascertain exactly what was happening.
This mental cocoon seemed to isolate all perception both inside and out; even Di Tian's mental force, which was half a step into Divine Sense, could not penetrate it in the slightest.
Left with no choice, the two could only guard the spot closely, waiting for Xuan Ming to break out of the cocoon on his own.
This month was both long and short for Di Tian and the Demon Emperor. Long because of the unknown waiting, and short because they could clearly feel that the power inside the cocoon was undergoing a qualitative change, one that made them both feel apprehensive.
Finally, at dusk on the thirtieth day.
"Crack..."
An extremely faint cracking sound, yet one that seemed to resonate deep within their Souls, emanated from the surface of the enormous mental cocoon!
Di Tian and the Demon Emperor opened their eyes almost simultaneously, their gazes sharp as lightning, staring intently at the source of the sound!
They saw a tiny crack silently appear on the smooth wall of the cocoon, like the first fissure on a sheet of ice.
Immediately following, the second, the third... cracks rapidly spread out like a spider web!
An indescribable aura slowly seeped out from the cracks.
That aura... was vast, ancient, seemingly containing the Profound Truth of the Law from the beginning of the World! It was no longer a simple mental force fluctuation, but a higher-level power, closer to the Origin!
The instant Di Tian sensed this aura, his massive Dragon body violently shook! In his profound Dragon eyes, for the first time, there was an expression of unbelievable shock and... a trace of excitement that even he hadn't noticed!
"This... this is..." Di Tian's voice carried an imperceptible tremor, "Divine Sense?!"
Spiritual consciousness transforming into divinity, the Primordial Spirit initially formed!
This was the hallmark transformation of mental force stepping from the mortal Realm into the God Realm! It meant that spiritual consciousness had transformed into the Primordial Spirit, and mental force had become the higher-level power of the Primordial Spirit! From this point on, wherever the will reached, one could glimpse the World of Gods and mobilize partial Laws of Heaven and Earth!
Upon reaching this Realm, mental force could be called the 'Divine Primordial Realm,' and its possessor could already be called—a Demigod!
Di Tian's own mental force, accumulated over hundreds of thousands of years and boosted by the Dragon God Bloodline, had long reached the limit of the mortal Realm, infinitely close to Divine Sense, yet it was always firmly blocked by an invisible barrier of rules belonging to this World, preventing him from truly taking that final step! He had tried for tens of thousands of years, using every method, but failed to succeed!
But now... Xuan Ming, a human Spirit Master, after absorbing the Evil Emperor's spirit ring, had actually... actually crossed over?!
How was this possible?!
The rule barrier of the Douluo Continent should be equally strict for Spirit Beasts and humans! How did he manage it?!
Although the Demon Emperor's understanding of Divine Sense was not as profound as Di Tian's, she could clearly feel that the aura seeping from the cracks was completely different from Xuan Ming's previous aura! It was a leap in the level of Life, a pressure that made her Soul feel awe.
"He... succeeded?" The Demon Emperor's voice carried a hint of uncertain shock.
Di Tian did not answer; his entire consciousness was immersed in the Divine Sense aura, which was becoming clearer and more immense.
"Crack! Cr-crack-crack—!"
The cracking sounds became denser and louder!
Finally, with a roar that sounded like the creation of the universe, the entire mental cocoon shattered violently! It turned into shimmering specks of light that dissipated into the air!
As the light faded, the slender figure within was revealed.
Xuan Ming was still suspended in mid-air with his eyes closed. His appearance seemed unchanged, but the aura radiating from him was completely different!
An indescribable majesty and profundity, as if he had merged with the entire World. Simply standing there gave the feeling that he was the 'Law' itself. His mental force was no longer outwardly released, yet it seemed omnipresent, discerning every subtle change around him.
Di Tian and the Demon Emperor did not even dare to easily use their mental force to probe, because they had a feeling that any thought of prying might be instantly detected and even countered by the other party!
This was Divine Sense! The perspective of a God!
His gaze calmly swept over Di Tian and the Demon Emperor.
Merely being scanned by this gaze, Di Tian and the Demon Emperor felt as if their Souls had been completely seen through, with no secrets left hidden! A sense of awe, stemming from the instinct of Life, involuntarily rose from the depths of their hearts.