After the opinions of the seven members of the God Realm Committee reached a complete consensus, they notified every god of the resolutions made and the news of the impending spatial turbulence.
Instantly, these two pieces of news caused an uproar.
At first, basically the entire God Realm fell into panic because of the impending arrival of the spatial turbulence. But under the God Realm Committee's assurances and pacification, coupled with the passage of time, the panic was mostly quelled, and they even had the leisure to discuss the agenda.
As a result, another uproar was stirred up.
Because whether it was the benefits or the drawbacks, both were clear at a glance.
Although the collision-style fusion could give the God Realm greater potential, the risks were truly high, even carrying the risk of annihilation.
This caused the conservative gods to voice their dissatisfaction, and even the radical gods felt this action was too extreme.
After all, the spatial turbulence was about to arrive! Playing so big, were they really not afraid of accidents!?
Faced with this situation, it had actually been within the considerations of the God Kings early on. To avoid the occurrence of buck-passing and stalling, the God Realm Committee directly acted dictatorially and forcefully pushed it forward after reaching a consensus.
Now, even if they had more opinions, they had to hold them in!
To minimize the risks of the collision, the seven God Kings of the God Realm Committee began to strengthen the Douluo God Realm's foundation. As for the four small God Realms, there was no need to pay them any mind; since the living beings inside had already perished, it didn't matter if they were lost in the process.
Under the promotion of the God Realm Committee, it wasn't long before the gods and living beings of the God Realm suddenly felt the concentration of the God Realm's immortal spirit energy gradually climbing. In addition, as long as one looked up at the dome, they could see the God Realm's barrier constantly thickening.
Instantly, the gods cast their complaints to the back of their minds. Since they couldn't change it anyway, they might as well seize the moment to "enjoy" it! With the immortal spirit energy so rich, it was a great opportunity for cultivation and breakthroughs. Furthermore, the speed and intensity of the God Realm's growth were visible to the naked eye, and the actual changes undoubtedly gave them enough confidence to face the disaster.
At the current four extremes of the God Realm, a portion of the immortal spirit energy continuously converted by the four swaying small Life Trees was allocated to supply the gods and living beings of the God Realm for cultivation, allowing many divine officials and gods with lower cultivation to achieve breakthroughs.
In a way they could hardly perceive, Chen Junting was sitting steadily in the God Realm Committee, manipulating the light sphere in front of him, occasionally integrating specks of light—some complete, some shattered—or rather, small light spheres into it. This caused the large light sphere—no, it should be said the core of the Douluo God Realm—to continuously grow stronger. Even if the extent of this strengthening was very limited.
As for outside the Douluo God Realm, the gathered God Realm fragments, under the divine power of the other God Kings, began to successively approach the Douluo God Realm's barrier.
Because they were no longer sheltered by the power of their original God Realm cores, Chen Junting multitasked, opening a breach in the God Realm's barrier to accommodate these fragments, making them a part of the Douluo God Realm's territory. At the same time, their energy and rules were instantly assimilated by the Douluo God Realm.
For a time, the entire Douluo God Realm was developing for the better.
Until a hundred days later...
"Old Chen, what do you need us here for?"
Summoned by Chen Junting, Gu Tianchen stopped his cultivation and rushed outside the realm. But the moment he stepped into the universe, he found that he wasn't the only one called; Huo Yuhao was there too.
"Naturally, it's to let you consolidate."
With a flip of his palm, a ball of light appeared in Chen Junting's palm, which immediately made Gu Tianchen and the other widen their eyes.
"The God Realm's core!"
Huo Yuhao let out an exclamation, which suppressed the sound Gu Tianchen was about to make. Gu Tianchen then withdrew his gaze from the God Realm's core and placed it on Chen Junting. Pointing at the ball of light, his meaning was clear: This is what you mean by consolidation!?
"You both know of that resolution, right."
Chen Junting didn't answer immediately, instead shifting the topic to the resolution made a hundred days ago.
"How could we not know."
"But isn't it too risky?"
Regarding what exactly would happen when God Realms collided, Huo Yuhao and Gu Tianchen had long received news from their respective predecessors, so the views they held naturally leaned conservative.
"Rest assured, it's not risky."
Tapping the Heavenly Eye on his forehead, Chen Junting's tone was extremely certain. "I have carefully calculated it using the power of destiny. As long as the Douluo God Realm can fully digest its current resources, then the explosion generated by the collision of the four small God Realms won't make any waves."
With things said to this extent, Huo Yuhao and Gu Tianchen naturally chose to believe him. After all, this was no joking matter; Brother Junting (Old Chen) and the others couldn't possibly be careless about this. So since it was safe, they no longer dwelled on it.
But did this topic have any concrete connection to consolidation?
"Of course."
The Immortal-Slaying Array Diagram unfurled, revealing the remaining fragments with relatively connected auras inside the Mustard Seed world to the two of them.
"Old Gu, although the God Realm's core in my hand is complete, its God Realm's territory and most of its immortal spirit energy have already shattered. Some are missing, some have merged into our God Realm, and some have even directly dissipated."
"So what you need to do is use your laws of space to 'glue' the remaining God Realm fragments together, control them with this God Realm's core, and then you yourself will also act as the manager of this God Realm's core and its newborn God Realm, until the collision of the God Realms is complete."
Was this difficult?
Very!
If it was simply opening up a vast territory, it wouldn't be difficult for a First-Tier God. But to complete the "technical work" mentioned above, the difficulty skyrocketed.
However, Gu Tianchen's interest was immediately piqued!
Difficult?
Of course it was difficult!
He was happy to challenge high difficulty!
Moreover, he was the God of Space. Once he could complete it, the benefits to him would be self-evident. Add to that managing the God Realm's core on his behalf; he could completely use the God Realm's core to cultivate.
It could be described as highly beneficial; accelerating his breakthrough to God King would not be a dream!
"Of course, because this task has difficulty, leaving it all to you alone won't do. So Yuhao, you'll also go up when the time comes. Once you're done, I'll give you a God Realm to manage as well."
Hearing this, Huo Yuhao was first stunned, then said subconsciously:
"There's more!?"
"Look at what you're saying."
Chen Junting waved his hand generously, and three more clusters of light presented themselves before the two. "Yuhao, when the time comes, take a look at which of these three suits you better, just pick one. But I have one requirement: break through to God King earlier. How about it, do you have confidence?"
To ensure that the four small God Realms had God Kings to control them, the number of God Kings here in the God Realm Committee still had to maintain an absolute advantage, so the nine God King seats had to be filled completely.
Looking across the entire God Realm, the only ones with the ability and talent to quickly break through to God King were Gu Tianchen and Huo Yuhao.
Of course, Rong Nianbing had already seized the opportunity to break through to God King. It was just that he had already stepped down from his divine throne, and in a certain sense, his connection to the Douluo God Realm's core was slightly smaller. As long as Gu Tianchen and Huo Yuhao truly weren't too late to break through to God King, then Rong Nianbing could only serve as an alternate, not a mandatory choice.
"Confidence?"
Gu Tianchen reached out his hand, and the ball of light and the Immortal-Slaying Array Diagram floated into his hands under Chen Junting's transmission. The moment the corners of his mouth completely curled up, "I don't lack that in the slightest!"
"Old Chen, just watch me!"
His tone was so heroic, one could hear he was fully confident.
Naturally, the same went for Huo Yuhao.
However, compared to Gu Tianchen, his tone was slightly more modest, but he was equally full of confidence, displaying a "if not me, then who" attitude.
"Then alright."
Chen Junting smiled slightly, "I'll leave this to you."
Facts proved that Chen Junting's approach was right.
With the efforts of the two of them, a small God Realm finally took shape. Although it could be considered a "cobbled-together version," it was enough.
While this God Realm was being nourished by the Douluo God Realm's power, Gu Tianchen and Huo Yuhao also respectively took charge of a small God Realm's core. Then, using the power of the God Realm's core, they consolidated their gains during this period, and under the scouring of rich immortal spirit energy, their comprehension of the power of laws, and the sublimation brought by the power of faith, five hundred days before the arrival of the spatial turbulence, the two completed their final breakthroughs!
Hum—
On a day that should have been peaceful, the dome of the God Realm suddenly experienced violent changes. The sudden change instantly plunged most of the gods into bewilderment. It wasn't until the dome was split into one silver and one seven-colored half, and two vast divine senses swept in!
On the silver side, the void trembled.
Spatial rifts were easily torn open, but they didn't endanger the God Realm in the slightest. The next second, these spatial rifts suddenly gathered in one place, transforming into a vast silver ocean.
Immediately after, "Roar—"
Accompanied by a dragon roar, a massive bone dragon broke through the silver ocean composed of spatial power, charging straight towards the high altitude. At the moment it was about to hit the dome, the bone dragon dissipated from top to bottom, leaving only Gu Tianchen's figure standing.
At the same time, a majestic divine sense declared to the entire God Realm.
"I am the God of Space, from today I shall be a God King!"
At the same moment the voice fell, the originally peaceful seven-colored sky also underwent a mutation. Seven phantoms with different forms occupied that half of the sky, pulling at the thoughts of the gods.
A beautiful mermaid swayed onto the stage, opening her voice and drawing emerald waves to play a joyful movement; cold air rose, and a woman in a green dress, carrying wrath, broke through the clouds, standing proudly on an iceberg, like a giant scorpion looking down at the frost and snow beneath her tiger crouch and dragon coil;
And on the iceberg where the green-dressed woman stood, a seed quietly fell, breaking through the ice amidst the frost and snow cover, growing an ice-blue grass with eight-angled leaves, emitting a sadness that seemed like pity for the lifeless under the ice and snow; but when a three-eyed fox quietly leaped out, her nine tails brushed past, and the ice and snow instantly melted. The life that should have been dormant was awakened again; streams murmured, fish leaped joyfully, and birds returned to the jungle, chirping a joyful yet unorganized and natural melody;
Until the clouds surged, a single eye looked down from high above, the bizarre radiance emitted from its pupil carrying an unprecedentedly intense hatred, causing leaden clouds to press down; and a sea lion covered in frost cleaved through the waves to arrive, the black tide dyeing the surging ocean black like ink. The massive malice brought the feeling of "dark clouds pressing down on the city, threatening to crush it," pushing the ominous feeling to its peak;
But the next second, when a snow-white large bug covered in ten golden stripes swam into view, all the dark clouds and ink tides dissipated. Under the shroud of the light of love, everything was swept clean, truly embodying "armor gleaming towards the sun, golden scales opening."
Now, these seven phantoms were like seven dragons guarding a pearl. In their center, Huo Yuhao's figure had quietly emerged.
"I am the God of Emotions, from today I shall be a God King!"
At this moment, Chen Junting and the other seven God Kings had already gathered at the God Realm Committee. Two streams of light fell from the dome, landing on the last two vacant seats, bringing it to complete fulfillment.
"Congratulations, God King of Space, God King of Emotions!"
Chen Junting took the lead to congratulate, and the other six God Kings closely followed. For a time, congratulations were endless.
After the two newly promoted God Kings completed the corresponding procedures, they moved on to the matter of the impending collision of the five God Realms, in order to obtain the power of Chaos to enhance the Douluo God Realm's development potential, and to deal with the massive spatial turbulence five hundred days from now. However, before the start of all actions...
"You two still don't have super divine weapons, right."
Suddenly, Chen Junting brought up this topic.
"Super divine weapons..."
In response, the two naturally gave an "indeed" answer.
As the two who inherited divine thrones, their divine weapons were inherited from their predecessors. But the previous God of Space didn't have one. Although Rong Nianbing had one, what he passed down to Huo Yuhao was another divine weapon. After all, existences like super divine weapons couldn't be obtained just casually; it was naturally understandable that they weren't passed down.
"Not having a super divine weapon won't do."
As if prepared early on, accompanied by two flashes of light, the Mother of Crimson's Crimson Moon Blade appeared in Chen Junting's hands. He then shattered it into six divine weapons, and then added four more, making a total of ten.
"The collision of God Realms is not a simple matter, and the pressure on God Kings is great. Plus, you are both newly promoted God Kings; without the protection of super divine weapons, it will be extremely disadvantageous for you. So while there is still time now, you must quickly forge your own super divine weapons. And I happen to have the materials right here."
Without giving them a chance to refuse at all, Chen Junting split these ten divine weapons into two and stuffed them into the hands of the two.
Seeing this, the God of Destruction, Electrolux, and Ji Dong each took out a divine weapon and distributed them to Gu Tianchen and Huo Yuhao.
To be honest, after a bout of plundering, the four of them—Chen Junting and the others—had no small number of divine weapons in their hands. This was even after a round of distribution; apart from the two newly promoted God Kings, Gu Tianchen and Huo Yuhao, almost every one of them had no less than two.
As the God of Order, Chen Junting possessed the Sword of Order, the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation, and the Divine Armor of Order; as the Goddess of Love, Ning Tian possessed the Red Embroidered Ball, as well as the Crimson Scepter Chen Junting gave her; as the Holy Necromancer God, Electrolux possessed the Holy Necromancer Scepter and the Tower of Eternity; the God of Destruction, apart from the Scepter of Destruction, had also gained a pair of Demon Hooks; the God of Evil had gained a Soul-Stripping Bell, while he himself had also inherited the Scales of Judgment. As for the Goddess of Life and the God of Kindness... their husbands naturally wouldn't leave them out, which gave these two God Kings, apart from the Ancient Tree of Life and the Heart of Kindness they already possessed, a Dew Vial and a Sun God Sword each.
Therefore, after seeing what the seven God Kings presented, Gu Tianchen and Huo Yuhao didn't decline anymore, receiving a division of six for the former and seven for the latter, using them to be remade and forged.
Thus, for the next hundred days, with Huo Yuhao and Gu Tianchen as the main forces, and Electrolux and the God of Forging, as well as a group of gods proficient in forging divine weapons, as auxiliaries, two super divine weapons were cast.
Among them, Gu Tianchen's super divine weapon was the Wings of Space, and when necessary, it could also transform into three forms: a moon blade, dual scythes, and a shield, achieving the effect of having attack, defense, and support all in one.
In contrast, Huo Yuhao integrated the craftsmanship of soul tools, array weapons, and traditional divine weapons, forging a super divine weapon set in a seven-in-one, one-into-seven form, to be used in conjunction with the seven divine spirits. This included the Tenfold Golden Ring of Love, the Ice Extreme Divine Armor of Wrath, the Heart-Protecting Illusion Mirror of Joy, the Swarm Floating Cannons of Sorrow, the Soul-Calming Helmet of Happiness, the Demon Eye of Hate, and the Heaven-Severing Cold Blade of Evil.
At this point, everything was ready.
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