Ning Rongrong had no idea what Lan Fozi and the others were thinking, nor was she interested in knowing. Right now, what interested her was testing the power of the supreme four realms.
Although she hadn't truly reached it in essence, borrowing it once through a loophole wouldn't be bad!
The domain could basically no longer bear any more absorption. It was impossible to absorb this terrifying thundercloud in front of her.
"Run?"
Neither Ning Rongrong nor Lan Fozi had escaped being locked onto.
As expected of the Dragon God's rules—it really left no path for soul beasts to survive. Even when taking a shortcut, one still had to find a way to erase this thunder tribulation in front of them, or even remove the mark entirely.
"Hmph, I am Ning Rongrong, the real one."
The Glazed Holy Sword turned into a streak of bright light, drawing an arc as it returned to Ning Rongrong's hand.
A super divine tool was different from an ordinary divine tool.
Thanks to the Dark Devilgod Pearl and various unexpected circumstances, the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda had reached the level of a super divine tool.
But in the end, it wasn't an offensive-type super divine tool. It was better suited for suppression or defense.
When it came to unleashing certain skills, it felt a bit lacking in power.
But now…
Ning Rongrong examined the Glazed Holy Sword.
"Carrying the heaven-and-earth aura of the entire formation and stacking it with my zhenqi should be doable."
"In that case, let's just erase the heavenly punishment."
As if sensing the provocation, pitch-black lightning struck down. A single bolt was enough to cover the entire Demonic Whale Sea Domain.
In an instant, it even made the distant Lan Fozi feel momentarily dazed.
Just as the attack was about to arrive.
A sudden voice rang out.
" Sword Technique—Void Collapse Dragon: Myriad Transformations."
The air seemed to freeze. Heaven and earth lost color. All light and sound came to a standstill.
This move was something Ning Rongrong had referenced from a certain anime character's technique, using the power of nothingness to devour everything.
Unfortunately, Ning Rongrong didn't yet possess such an ability, but by borrowing the rupture of space and time, she could simulate a similar scene.
Under the enhancement of the domain, sword qi rose lightly. The space ahead shattered layer by layer.
The thunder tribulation, which could originally annihilate everything, seemed to encounter a great enemy. The sky-covering, sun-blocking radiance was directly suppressed and pushed back. From the moment it was about to engulf the Demonic Whale Sea Domain, it was forced upward toward the sky.
"Sizzle—"
The entangling force produced by the intersection of time and space directly tore the thunder apart.
The terrifying heavenly punishment, like a thunderstorm, was ripped into countless fragments. The shattered space began absorbing the surrounding lightning energy.
In the blink of an eye, it suppressed that strike comparable to a first-level god's attack.
"Boom!"
A terrifying explosion rang out.
In the boundless area, at the core of the thundercloud layer, a horrifying blast suddenly transmitted down.
Time and space twisted and intertwined. The pouring power of spacetime carved out a massive fissure stretching thousands of meters.
The endless thundercloud layer continuously receded, visibly devoured by the fissure at a speed the eye could follow.
In just a few minutes, the darkness in the sky was gone.
Under the azure blue sky, only an immeasurably vast spacetime rift remained.
This rift was slowly shrinking.
Ning Rongrong put away the Glazed Holy Sword. That one move had nearly exhausted all the energy reserves within the domain.
"It's finally over." Ning Rongrong loosened the grip of her left hand on her right shoulder, which had been holding the sword.
Helping soul beasts create a divine seat—this was simply not something a person should do.
Not only did she have to pay attention to the process of condensing the divine seat itself, but she also had to contend with the Dragon God's rules.
She swore never to do this again in the future.
While Ning Rongrong was still muttering to herself.
Three figures flew to a spot not far from Ning Rongrong. Before she could speak,
The three of them bowed deeply toward Ning Rongrong.
"We are deeply grateful. If there is any place where we are needed in the future, Lan Fozi will surely do her utmost."
Although the three of them were no longer part of the Deep Sea Demonic Whale clan,
Their parents surviving in another form still made Lan Fozi quite happy.
Lan Fozi vaguely sensed that if she could reach the peak of her god position, truly reviving the Demon Empress and the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King wouldn't be impossible.
"Mm!"
Ning Rongrong nodded. She had paid such a huge price—receiving a bow was nothing.
"Rank 101 new god, not bad."
Lan Fozi's aura fluctuated unsteadily—this was the sign of just having broken through.
This wasn't inheriting a divine seat but condensing one. The difference was fundamental.
"What aspect does your god position belong to now?"
"Water God. Thanks to my father and mother, as well as the domain you set up, I was barely able to succeed."
The Taiji formation wasn't just used to erase the thunder in the sky earlier. When Lan Fozi was condensing her god position, it had provided tremendous assistance and played a major role.
It wasn't just the formation itself. When Ning Rongrong extended the Taiji domain to cover the entire ocean, she had also spread the news that Lan Fozi was about to become a god.
Since no soul beast dared to enter the Demonic Whale Sea Domain anyway, spreading the word was even more effective.
It was all for "fear."
Since faith could serve as the foundation for becoming a god, fear could do the same.
The Deep Sea Demonic Whale clan had long been infamous and feared throughout the entire ocean.
Lan Fozi becoming a god caused all creatures in the vast sea between the Douluo Continent and the Sun Moon Continent to feel an unmatched sense of dread.
Faith required devotion; fear did not.
"If I'm not mistaken, your god position should be that of a first-level god."
"Yes, first-level god, Water God." Lan Fozi's voice carried some excitement. Honestly, she hadn't expected to be able to condense a first-level god position like the Sea God back then. The Sea God Bo Saixi had spent a thousand years doing it.
Uh, but thinking about it carefully, it didn't seem entirely impossible.
The fear toward the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King had persisted for hundreds of thousands of years. Lan Fozi becoming a god only intensified that fear among sea soul beasts.
"What do you plan to do from now on? I hope you'll try to minimize unnecessary killing as much as possible."
"Especially toward sea soul beasts. After all, in a sense, they're now your subjects too."
"Understood." Lan Fozi nodded. They were no longer the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King clan, and now that they had become gods, there was no need for unnecessary actions.
"Ning Rongrong, where are you heading next?"
"Heaven Dou Empire. I'll also check on Qian Renxue's situation along the way." Ning Rongrong didn't hide her destination.
"Uh, should I come along too?" Lan Fozi asked.
"No. Focus on reaching the full strength of a first-level god as soon as possible, like Xue Di. There's no need to get involved in unnecessary conflicts. The Divine Realm might end up being your enemy—or even mine."
"Alright." Lan Fozi nodded in agreement.
With everything settled, Ning Rongrong felt it was time for her to leave.
The reason this rescue happened in the first place was partly because she arrived a bit late, though Lan Fozi calling for help so belatedly was also one of the reasons.
Moreover, from start to finish, she hadn't seen any sign of the Asura God Sword.
Ning Rongrong was quite concerned about that.
Before the Divine Realm could interfere with the lower world, raising her own strength as quickly as possible was the top priority.
Ning Rongrong casually opened a spacetime portal.
"Wait."
Lan Fozi called out to Ning Rongrong. Gentle waves rippled across the water surface.
Then, a pile of soul bones appeared before Ning Rongrong's eyes.
"These are the soul bones my father and mother collected over hundreds of thousands of years."
"Many of them are hundred-thousand-year ones. They should be useful to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School. Take them all. Keeping them is of no use to our family."
Ning Rongrong examined the pile of soul bones in front of her and murmured:
"Nine soul bones over a hundred thousand years, two hundred and twenty ten-thousand-year soul bones, plus various thousand-year ones, including two external soul bones that are ten-thousand-year level."
With a wave of her hand, Ning Rongrong stored the soul bones away.
"You're thoughtful."
Soul bones really weren't of much use to Ning Rongrong herself, but they were extremely useful to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School!
While the Spirit Hall had the Star Dou Forest to supply soul bones, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School wasn't lacking either. The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's accumulation over hundreds of thousands of years, combined with the abundant resources of the ocean, made their reserves exceptionally rich.
After storing the soul bones, Ning Rongrong left the Demonic Whale Sea Domain.
Next up was heading to the Heaven Dou Empire to truly meet the Heaven Dou Empress, Qian Renxue.
(End of chapter)