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Xu Yuan sensed it—the cosmic will had descended, and trouble was likely brewing.
But he paid it no mind.
At this moment, he no longer belonged to the universe; he had transcended it.
In truth, he didn't even know how the cosmic will could target him. Rather than worry, he simply continued with his own tasks.
"Teacher, order is something created by beings. You can consider deviating from universal laws."
Xu Yuan looked at Yun Ming, who was still condensing the Order Divine Position, and offered him a reminder.
A flicker of light flashed in Yun Ming's eyes.
So that's how it is?
At this moment, above his head, a divine position resembling a jade seal, radiating endless golden light, floated up and down. Each ray of light seemed to connect to a part of the Heavenly Origin God Realm, weaving countless threads that bound the entire God Realm together, governing its operations.
Following Xu Yuan's reminder, Yun Ming gained insight, and the golden jade seal underwent a transformation.
If the previous Order Divine Position had unified the entire God Realm and facilitated its flow, the current divine position was no longer limited to organizing the realm's power—it began to manipulate the God Realm in reverse.
Yun Ming's will influenced every aspect of the Heavenly Origin God Realm.
This was the void dimension, close to chaos, where the power of will approached infinity.
Seeing Yun Ming's enlightenment, Xu Yuan quickly transmitted some of his experiences with the Will Realm to him.
Yun Ming absorbed Xu Yuan's insights, and his condensation process became much smoother.
Both of them cultivated willpower. Xu Yuan's initial cultivation of willpower had been inspired by Yun Ming's Seven Forbidden Techniques, through which he discovered the fundamental force within spirit, energy, and essence.
Under the influence of will, the Order Divine Position's control over the God Realm delved into the realm of laws, even beginning to rewrite them, allowing the entire God Realm to resist the intrusion of universal laws.
Within the universe, a God Realm radiating golden brilliance emerged.
When the God Realm collided with universal laws, it produced an extraordinary phenomenon, vividly reflected across the universe.
If the God Realm could endure indefinitely, perhaps such a phenomenon would persist forever!
Seeing this, Xu Yuan began assisting others in condensing their divine positions.
The Blood Demon required no attention, nor did Little Phoenix. Then came Long Haochen.
Long Haochen's so-called creation involved creating sentient beings in another world and bestowing life upon it. Now, as he condensed the Creation Divine Position, he aimed to achieve this once again within the God Realm.
The plane where Long Haochen had previously created was merely lifeless, not devoid of life, so his act of creation had been relatively easy.
However, creating from nothing within the God Realm proved challenging.
"The foundation of life is wisdom. This place is close to chaos, making it one of the easiest places for wisdom to emerge," Xu Yuan said.
Xu Yuan glanced at Yun Ming.
Understanding, Yun Ming immediately began influencing the God Realm with his will.
Wisdom, after all, was thought, and thought was soul.
And where did the soul originate?
From Chaos!
From nothingness, it emerged.
When a living being was born, its soul existed, and when it gained thought, its soul stabilized.
Only with thought could one possess the prerequisite for wisdom.
With Yun Ming's cooperation, Long Haochen gradually grasped the essence of creating life.
Through a chain reaction, the progress of Sacred Heart and Bai Ling's Life Divine Positions also accelerated significantly.
Xu Yuan turned his attention to the others.
Yuan Kong's understanding of space was profound. After the Heavenly Origin God Realm enveloped the Holy Heart Plane, he could sense the power of the Space-Time Gate within the God Realm, progressing rapidly in condensing his divine position, though he kept refining it.
His current Space Divine Position wasn't sufficient—he needed a stronger one!
Tian Xing faced greater difficulty. Even at his limit, he still couldn't see the threshold of God King status.
"Try resonating with the elemental gods," Xu Yuan advised.
Tian Xing leaned toward offense, and the divine position he was condensing was that of a War God. However, at its core, his techniques were elemental curses, closely tied to elements.
In addition to resonating with the elemental gods, he needed to exchange insights with the Stone King.
Xu Yuan turned his gaze to the Stone King.
Here too, difficulties persisted.
The divine position the Stone King was condensing was the Starry Sky God, fundamentally based on elements, as his life essence was the perfect fusion of nine elements.
By exchanging insights, the two finally made progress in condensing their divine positions.
Xu Yuan continued to resolve doubts for the others.
One person providing assistance to everyone in condensing their divine positions was truly astonishing.
While everyone worked on their divine positions, over a decade had passed on Douluo Planet below.
Many of the new generation had already ascended to godhood.
Notably, Xu Tian had long since become a god, following the standard path, and reached Super God level.
Qian Nian had fully experienced Douluo Planet's Soul Master system. After Xu Yuan brought him back to Douluo Planet, he awakened his Spirit.
He had two Spirit Beasts: the Celestial Eye and the Sun-Devouring Divine Hound.
By the year before the Heavenly Origin God Realm's creation, he had already reached Level 70. Over the past decade, his cultivation matched Xu Tian's, both reaching Super God level.
Super God level corresponded to the Moon God level of eleven tiers on Falan Star.
However, Qian Nian hadn't returned to cultivating holy power. Instead, he continued with soul power.
"It's here!"
Xu Yuan felt it.
The cosmic will's retaliation had finally arrived.
Yet, the form of its descent caught Xu Yuan off guard.
It wasn't any natural disaster or human calamity.
Nor was it any direct targeting.
Rather, it was a distortion.
A distortion at the level of consciousness and perception.
At this moment, Xu Yuan felt as if he had been abandoned by the entire universe. The lines of laws that had once been clear to him now blurred.
No, not just blurred.
Xu Yuan found that when he strained to observe the lines of law, they had changed from what he had seen before, even contradicting his prior understanding.
"So this is the universe's targeting?"
Xu Yuan thought of the Dragon God.
Why had he gone mad?
Perhaps it was because his perceptions were wrong.
That was the most terrifying part.
If the entire universe targeted an individual, it could alter their perception at the cognitive level. What you saw, what you believed to be true, could all be twisted.
Taking a deep breath, Xu Yuan remained calm.
"I've already built a strong enough foundation. Whether the universe's laws are distorted is irrelevant to me."
Having already created numerous realms, Xu Yuan had developed his own understanding of laws and no longer relied on the universe's laws.
Protected by his Will Realm, Xu Yuan replaced all the universal laws he perceived with his own Will Realm.
"Not very fatal."
Effortlessly, Xu Yuan resolved the cosmic will's targeting.
A surge of energy rippled outward, blood essence surged to the sky, and a dragon's roar echoed throughout the Heavenly Origin God Realm, radiating across the universe.
A divine dragon soared through the cosmos, proclaiming its orthodox status!
Simultaneously, a nine-colored colossal dragon emerged, roaring at the divine dragon.
"The Dragon God?"
Xu Yuan observed the nine-colored giant dragon confronting the divine dragon. Leaving the Heavenly Origin God Realm, he appeared in the outside world.
His gaze swept around, confirming that the nine-colored giant dragon was indeed the Dragon God's divine position. At this moment, the Dragon God's consciousness manifested from within the divine position, roaring furiously at Xu Yuan and the Blood Demon, brimming with hostility.
When a new dragon capable of affecting the Dragon God's status emerged, it could directly trigger the Dragon God's divine position.
Of course, the Dragon God could suppress it.
But now, his physical body was dead, leaving only his consciousness residing in the divine position, without the means to suppress its reactions.
"Blood Demon, why must you fight me for the Dragon God position? You could have chosen to condense a supreme bloodline divine position!" the Dragon God angrily questioned.
The Blood Demon remained silent.
He, too, wanted to avoid occupying a divine position already taken.
But his chosen bloodline wouldn't allow it.
This true divine dragon bloodline far surpassed his understanding of the dragon race, instinctively telling him it was the orthodox lineage.
Moreover, because the nine bloodlines he chose formed the divine dragon bloodline, he discovered his path was entirely overlapped by the Dragon God's path, leaving no room for deviation.
At least for now, the only divine position he could condense was the Dragon God position.
If it were Xu Yuan, perhaps he could dispel the divine dragon's interference and condense another divine position, but the Blood Demon couldn't.
"Dragon God, let's compete fairly," Xu Yuan said calmly.
Strictly speaking, his stance toward the Dragon God wasn't entirely antagonistic. The nine Dragon Kings of Dragon Valley had good relations with Xu Yuan, and he had helped the dragon race reborn. It was only because the Golden Dragon King's bloodline resided in Tang Wulin that he disrupted the Dragon God's reincarnation plan. Still, the conflict wasn't irreconcilable.
But the Blood Demon had helped him greatly, so naturally, he sided with the Blood Demon.
The Dragon God glared furiously at Xu Yuan.
The Dragon God position was originally his!
Now, a newcomer was seizing the Dragon God position, and you talk about fair competition?
This was inherently unfair!
Moreover, what did the Dragon God position have to do with you, Xu Yuan?
Enraged, the Dragon God roared and unleashed a dragon's breath fused with nine elements.
Seeing this, Xu Yuan frowned slightly.
"Your opponent today is me!" the Blood Demon laughed, transforming into a divine dragon and charging toward the dragon's breath.
Xu Yuan enveloped himself in his Will Realm and vanished.
In the universe, two divine dragons clashed fiercely.
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Inside the Black Hole
The Great God Circle.
Tang San infused the chaotic energy born from the fusion of the seven divine realms into the Eight Spider Legs on his back, repairing the damaged legs and upgrading them into super divine artifacts.
Holding the divine core of the Great God Circle, his power had reached its peak.
"But it's still lacking. My fortune has been lost—I need to quickly replenish it to ascend to supremacy," Tang San thought anxiously.
During the previous battle, he had briefly lost focus, resonating with the consciousness of his past self and gaining some intelligence.
"Damn it, Xu Yuan's progress is too fast. Even my past self's strength couldn't touch him. If I can't ascend to supremacy, I might end up being suppressed by that brat."
Thinking of this, Tang San grew even more urgent.
He couldn't wait to control the Great God Circle and leave the black hole, returning to the universe to gather fortune.
But fortune wasn't so easily collected.
His previous arrangements on Douluo Planet had subtly amassed vast amounts of fortune, though he hadn't realized its importance at the time. Only after resonating with his past self did he understand the truth.
Glancing secretly at Huo Yuhao, Tang San felt no guilt.
Without his help, no matter how great Huo Yuhao's fortune was, he couldn't have gathered so many opportunities.
Though Huo Yuhao's growth benefited from fortune, bringing him numerous chances, he couldn't possibly have monopolized all the top opportunities on the continent.
If not for his guidance, Huo Yuhao would still be just a First-Level God.
"Wait!"
Tang San suddenly felt a strange unease.
Immediately, he used the divine core to sense the source of his discomfort.
Before Tang San could locate the root cause, Rong Nianbing spoke.
"The power of the Douluo God Realm is weakening."
"What?!" Tang San was shocked.
After being alerted, he quickly sensed the power of the divine core and discovered that the power from the Douluo God Realm was indeed waning.
But how could this—
Probing deeper into the core, Tang San clenched his teeth tightly, his eyes filled with hatred.
"Xu Yuan!"
The other six God Realm Kings also sensed this and turned questioning gazes toward Tang San, who controlled the Great God Circle's divine core.
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