As the thunder diagram pressed down slowly, the world seemed to fall silent. There was no earth-shaking explosion or violent energy diffusion as expected.
What the gods could see was only the space sealed by the thunder diagram. It was as if gently enveloped by a gigantic hand, then transforming into a thunder sphere wrapped in flowing thunder patterns. Inside, faint phantoms of the Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams rotated slowly, floating quietly in the void.
Chen Yi gazed at the sphere of light from afar. He formed hand seals with both hands and declared, "Yin-Yang Reversal."
This was not the legendary great supernatural ability Yin-Yang Reversal of the Thirty-Six Heavenly Generals, but his own unique application of thunder magic, combining his bloodline with the yin-yang power inherited from it.
The moment he completed the seals, a mysterious and strange fluctuation instantly emanated from within the light sphere. An invisible mighty force instantly filled the entire sphere.
To be fair, our ancestors possessed extremely broad knowledge. Even a tiny portion of knowledge inherited from their bloodline could bring immeasurable benefits to later generations.
Unfortunately, Chen Yi, who came from a family of musicians, knew nothing about his ancestors' famous talents.
In the next instant, Chen Yi extended his right hand in a grasping motion toward the thunder sphere.
Buzz—!
Lightning flashed across the sphere's surface. Two strands of light were drawn by an invisible force, piercing through the sphere's wall and shooting into Chen Yi's palm.
A constantly writhing deep-crimson sphere of light and a ferocious blood sword.
At the same time, the thunder sphere slowly began to dissipate. When the final flash of lightning vanished into the void, the space—where all things had returned to nothingness—fully revealed itself.
There was nothing there. Not even the most basic spatial dust or energy particles remained.
The Asura God's figure had also vanished between heaven and earth. Not a single trace of his existence remained.
The Asura God, who had held the power of slaughter and judgment in the Divine Realm for thousands of years, had his body and soul completely destroyed in this manner.
The moment the Asura God fully disappeared, the vast sea of thunder behind Chen Yi also slowly began to dissipate. The majestic and ancient thunder god phantom turned transparent as well.
However, in the very last instant before the phantom completely vanished, from the depths of its originally indifferent eyes, a complex and profound Eight Trigrams phantom flashed like lightning and then disappeared.
The Eight Trigrams seemed to contain profound truths of the universe's birth and death, and the rotation of time and space.
That gaze pierced endless time and space as it stared fixedly at Chen Yi.
"I see."
Chen Yi held the blood-like red divine essence and the newly born demon sword in his hands. Feeling the chaos hidden within them, he murmured to himself.
The moment Chen Yi actually touched the Asura God position and the new demon sword, he finally understood why the Asura God had been willing to break the rules to protect Tang San and had chosen to fuse Tang San's soul with the demon sword.
"Using external luck to neutralize the constant killing intent inherent in the divine position? That is truly an excellent idea."
Chen Yi's eyes remained calm as he instantly saw through the truth. Tang San was a transmigrator who had inherited a soul from another universe, so he naturally carried a destiny that did not belong to this universe.
When the Asura God discovered Tang San—a special existence bearing the destiny of another world—he came up with a bold plan.
By using Tang San's luck, which was unbound by the laws of this world, to balance the killing intent within the divine position, he might fundamentally resolve the dangers hidden in the Asura God inheritance.
This was why the Asura God had repeatedly made exceptions for Tang San and secretly helped him.
To the Asura God, Tang San was not merely a successor candidate but also a valuable tool that could be used to purify the divine position and resolve long-standing problems.
Perhaps Chen Yi's sudden appearance made the Asura God realize that the success rate of gradually passing on divinity to Tang San was too low.
Rather than waiting for Tang San to grow slowly and inherit the divinity, it would be better to forcibly fuse Tang San's soul with the Asura God.
Therefore, in the final moment, he directly fused Tang San's soul into the Asura Demon Sword, attempting to balance the killing intent by forcibly binding Tang San's soul to the divine position.
Unfortunately, this method was far less effective than fully inheriting the divine position. The Asura God's unstable state during the battle with Chen Yi was precisely the flaw of this makeshift approach.
"However, that no longer concerns me."
Chen Yi chuckled and shook his head. The Asura God's schemes and Tang San's fate were nothing more than fleeting clouds to him.
His gaze fell on the newly born Asura Demon Sword in his hand. He looked straight through the sword at the dazed soul at its core.
That consciousness had been thoroughly tormented for a long time. Like a pitiful insect eternally trapped in a purgatory of slaughter, only the most basic pain and confusion remained.
With a calm expression, Chen Yi raised his left hand and gently rubbed his index and thumb together. Two faint strands of yin and yang lightning appeared at his fingertips.
"Go."
With a light flick of his fingers, the two yin-yang thunder threads silently entered the Asura Demon Sword and precisely wrapped around Tang San's soul.
"Ahhhhh!!!"
Inside the sword, Tang San's phantom soul convulsed violently. The yin-yang thunder arcs were not meant to destroy him but to forcibly guide Tang San's soul and more efficiently and thoroughly transform the intense killing intent lurking within the Asura God's formation.
For Tang San's remaining soul, this process would be endless torment.
"Since you were used to balance the killing intent… then enjoy this process.
"If you can balance the killing intent within this demon sword, perhaps you will find liberation."
Of course, that was impossible. The Asura God was a god of law enforcement. As long as the successor continued to perform the duties of judgment, the killing intent within would never be exhausted.
After dealing with Tang San, Chen Yi turned his gaze to the blood-like red Asura God throne held in his left palm.
His gaze sharpened. The purple-gold lightning deep in his pupils suddenly intensified. Two bolts of lightning fiercely stabbed into the blood-red sphere of light.
Buzz—!
The Asura God throne began to shake violently. In the next moment, countless rays of light in various colors burst out from the blood-red mass.
These lights varied in strength and aura, but they all carried a similar essence. The instant they were freed from the Asura God's restraints, they flew off in every direction across the Divine Realm.
"That… those are the judgment authorities of the law-enforcement gods!" The gods who had initially been shocked by Chen Yi's calm execution of the Asura God instantly erupted into commotion upon seeing this scene.
"How is this possible! There are so many judicial authorities!"
"Law-enforcement gods… there are so many law-enforcement gods! Just how much judgment power did Asura secretly seize?!"
"He harmed his colleagues to solidify his own divine position… he was a cancer of the God Realm!"
Even the merciful life gods who had worked alongside the Asura God for many years and held complex feelings about his fall turned deathly pale and fell completely silent upon seeing the power erupting from the Asura God position.
Law-enforcement gods were the pillars maintaining order in the God Realm. Each one was an indispensable and vital column for the God Realm.
"They deserved to die!" the Goddess of Life gritted her teeth and spat out those four words with rage-filled gentle eyes. The Goddess of Good paled and nodded slowly.
Most of the scattered rays of judgment authority quickly vanished into the sky, returning to their original sacred positions.
Chen Yi glanced at the scattered rays and suddenly reached out to grab one of the platinum-colored rays that was about to fly away.
The light seemed to sense something. After pausing briefly, it recognized the familiar aura residing in Chen Yi's body. It stopped resisting and obediently settled into Chen Yi's palm. It was the judgment authority belonging to the first-generation Angel God!
After finishing all this, Chen Yi instantly appeared before the Goddess of Life and the Goddess of Good.
He handed the Asura God throne and the two Asura Demon Swords to the Goddess of Life.
"Senior," Chen Yi said in a calm tone. "These items are of no use to me. Please return them to the God Realm Committee for disposal.
"Furthermore, I have resolved the flaw in the Asura God position. This position only needs to be nurtured for ten thousand years until its internal balance is restored, at which point it will return to its original state."
The Goddess of Life took the crimson light sphere and the demon swords. Feeling the intense killing intent still lingering within them, she could not help but sigh.
"Xiao Yi, you truly… continue to exceed our expectations time and time again!"
By single-handedly executing the Asura God and forcing him to unleash his killing intent with full power, Chen Yi had now undoubtedly become the number one in the God Realm—the true king among kings.
"Hehe." Chen Yi smiled lightly, neither confirming nor denying it.
To him, power and position were tools, responsibilities, things to protect… and goals in themselves.
He then looked up toward the direction of the gods' Forbidden Grounds and said, "Senior, the situation over there does not seem settled yet. I will go take a look first."
Before he finished speaking, his figure instantly crossed the endless void, heading toward the Forbidden Grounds of the Gods.
Seeing Chen Yi depart, the gods who had been watching the surrounding battles realized what was happening.
"Let's go! To the Forbidden Grounds!"
The gods turned into streaks of light, following closely behind Chen Yi and swarming toward the Forbidden Grounds of the Gods. Although the Asura God had fallen, the greatest threat now was the escaped Golden Dragon King.
The Goddess of Life and the Goddess of Good exchanged glances. Without hesitation, they temporarily sheathed the Asura divinity and demon swords and crossed the void toward the Forbidden Grounds of the Gods.
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