Chapter 114: The Phoenix Sovereign's Shadow – The Death of Destiny
The Phoenix God Star continued to exist in its own higher fold of reality. Spanning a billion kilometers in its internal fifth-dimensional geometry, it had transformed from a single valley into a vast celestial empire. Its scale and density made the entire three-dimensional universe feel small and insignificant by comparison. Inside this Sovereign Shell, the old laws of the Divine Realm were nothing more than faint static—barely noticeable and completely powerless.
Far below, on the battlefield surrounding Sea God Island, the air itself began to change.
Four brilliant pillars of light suddenly erupted, not from the sky, but directly from the souls of the four women who stood firmly by Lakan's side. The shallow energy of the mortal plane could no longer suppress them. The rich Immortal Qi they had received from the Phoenix God Star finally allowed them to break through completely.
Bibi Dong became the God-King of the Abyss.
The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, now fully manifested as her Divine Spirit in his majestic humanoid form, let out a deep roar that shook the ocean floor. His three-meter-tall basalt-skinned body radiated power as Bibi Dong fused the resentful Law of Rakshasa with the crushing weight of the deep sea. She did not simply control darkness anymore—she became the concept of the End itself. The Abyss was no longer just a dark place. It was the final destination for everything that opposed her.
Zhu Zhuqing stepped forward as the God-King of the Night.
Fusing her Darkness Agos Core with the God Seed of Shadow that Lakan had given her, she vanished from the visual spectrum entirely. She was no longer just fast. She had become the very distance between two points—the gap that no one could cross unless she allowed it. Shadows bent to her will, and the night itself answered her commands.
Shui Bing'er ascended as the God-King of Glacial Origin.
With the Ice God Core and the God Seed of Snow supporting her, she reached the absolute zero point of entropy. Inside her spiritual sea, the Demon Empress watched with surprise and quiet satisfaction as new power surged through her. Tianmeng was screaming with pure joy, his form transforming into a higher Divine Spirit while basking in the infinite cold that now felt as smooth and comfortable as silk.
Qian Renxue rose as the Seraphic God-King of the Star.
Lakan's Chaos Qi had completed her transformation. She no longer represented simple holy light. She commanded the full spectrum of light itself. By fusing pure light with the Law of Gravity, she had become a living star core. Her mere presence bent the light around the Sea God's Trident, forcing its divine energy to curve harmlessly away from her.
On the opposing side, the Shrek Seven Devils stood bathed in the crimson and blue glow of the Divine Realm's forced intervention. Tang San had achieved Dual God Coexistence. Using Xiao Wu as a living scabbard, he switched between Sea God and Asura God powers with frightening smoothness. The others had also been elevated—not through their own effort, but through the Asura God's brute-force favoritism.
"We are Gods now!" Dai Mubai roared, his War God aura flickering unsteadily. "The destiny of the world is in our hands!"
Oscar and Ning Rongrong stood with proud expressions, their Food God and Nine-Colored Goddess positions shining brightly. Even Tai Long, the newly appointed God of Strength, flexed his massive muscles with a smug grin. They all truly believed their hard work had earned them these positions, conveniently ignoring that the Asura God had simply shoved divine seats onto them to strengthen Tang San's forces.
The most pathetic sight was Ma Hongjun. Denied the true Phoenix God position by Lakan and rejected by the Fire God in favor of Yan, he had been forced into the lowly Third-Class Evil Fire God seat. His flames looked greasy and dark, a sad mockery of the majestic fire he once dreamed of wielding. Yet he still sneered at Yan, who stood across the battlefield as a true First-Class Fire God.
"You stole my Fire God seat, Yan!" Hongjun hissed. "But in the end, I'm still a God. That's all that matters!"
Yan didn't even bother looking at him. To a real Fire God, Ma Hongjun's third-class evil flames were nothing more than smoke waiting to be blown away.
The clash between the two opposing sides was about to explode when the entire world suddenly… stopped.
There was no dramatic portal. No lightning strike. No grand announcement.
Lakan Diwa simply appeared.
He stood calmly between the two armies, hands resting casually in the pockets of his flowing Silakbo ng Langit armor. The moment he arrived, a perfect 100-meter radius around him turned into a Sanctuary of Primordial Stillness. Inside this zone, all foreign divine laws were treated as noise and quietly erased.
The Asura Sword's bloodthirsty roar went completely silent. Its crimson light was snuffed out as if it had never existed. The Sea God's Trident, which had been pulsing with the weight of the entire ocean, became nothing more than a dull piece of gold. The elemental laws of the old Gods simply stopped working the moment they entered Lakan's presence.
Tang San gasped and stumbled backward. The Dual God energy flowing through his body suddenly sputtered and weakened. He looked at Lakan and felt a wave of vertigo so strong it felt like his soul was falling off a cliff.
"You…" Tang San gritted his teeth. The Asura mask on his face flickered unstably. "How can you be here? The Divine Realm… the barriers…"
"The barriers were built to stop fourth-dimensional shadows, Tang San," Lakan replied calmly, that familiar confident smirk appearing for a brief moment. His eyes, however, remained cold and distant like a dead sun. "They have no meaning to someone like me. The Origin."
"ENOUGH!" Tang San screamed, his pride finally cracking. He unleashed his strongest divine skill without hesitation. "Golden Thirteen Halberds: Unfixed Storm!"
A massive fourth-dimensional tidal wave of divine energy erupted, carrying the full Law of the Sea. It was a technique designed to trap and crush anything in its path—one that had never failed before.
Lakan did not move. He did not draw his blades. He simply looked at the oncoming wave with his Origin God Eyes.
In that instant, he activated the evolved Void-Motion Pulse. His body entered the autonomous state he had perfected long ago. The technique no longer relied on conscious thought. His muscles, meridians, and instincts moved on their own with perfect god-king precision, guided by the fully awakened Eyes of the Origin God.
He did not counter the water. He reached directly into the source code of the attack and redefined what the energy was.
The moment the massive tidal wave crossed the 100-meter boundary of Lakan's sanctuary, the blue divine energy turned brown and brittle. The infinite sea was instantly rewritten into infinite dry sand. The crushing tide collapsed into nothing more than a harmless cloud of dust that lightly brushed against Tang San's face.
The silence that followed was absolute.
The entire Shrek side stared in horror. Their strongest attack had been turned into a child's sandbox toy with nothing more than a glance.
Tang San's face twisted with rage and disbelief. He tried to gather power for another strike, but Lakan finally moved.
He drew Araw ng Kahapon, the golden kampilan, in one smooth motion.
"You like your destiny, don't you, Tang San?" Lakan asked softly. "You think every lucky break you received was because you were special."
Lakan swung the blade—not at Tang San's body, but at the air itself, cutting through the threads of the past.
"Causal Inversion."
The golden blade severed the exact moment when Poseidon had first handed Tang San the Sea God's Heart. For a fraction of a second, the past was rewritten. Tang San's divine body flickered and reverted to his mortal Rank 99 Douluo form.
The backlash was immediate and brutal. His own divine energy, suddenly finding no proper godly vessel to contain it, erupted violently inside his chest.
"AGGGHHH!" Tang San collapsed to his knees, coughing up blood that sparkled with divine gold. The connection to his godhood re-established itself a moment later, but the damage had been done. The message was crystal clear: Lakan held the scissors to Tang San's entire existence.
Lakan slowly sheathed his blade. The silence on the island felt like a physical weight pressing down on everyone present.
"I could end this right here," Lakan said, his voice carrying the deep resonance of the Phoenix Heart God Core. "But I want the entire world to see the difference between a true Sovereign and a mere puppet."
He turned his gaze toward the distant horizon, in the direction of Jialing Pass.
"Go, Tang San. Heal your wounds. Gather whatever gods and armies you still have. We will meet again at Jialing Pass for the final battle. I will be waiting there to erase the very memory of your Divine Realm."
Lakan's expression softened for just a fraction of a second as he looked at his four wives. "Let's go home. The air here is too salty for my taste."
With a simple flick of his fingers, a portal of swirling Seven-Tone Light opened in front of them. Lakan and his four God-King wives stepped through it and disappeared, leaving Tang San still kneeling in the dust, his pride and confidence shattered.
Behind him, the Shrek Gods stood frozen, their faces pale. The reality of what they had just witnessed began to sink in. The man they had once considered just another rival had become something far beyond their understanding.
In the distance, the ocean waves continued to crash against Sea God Island, but they no longer carried the same divine authority they once did. The balance of power had shifted completely.
Lakan and his wives returned to the Phoenix God Star. The moment they stepped back into the fifth-dimensional realm, the rich Immortal Qi welcomed them like a warm embrace. Bibi Dong, Zhu Zhuqing, Shui Bing'er, and Qian Renxue could feel their new God-King powers stabilizing and growing even stronger within this perfect environment.
Inside the realm, the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King stood tall in his new divine humanoid form, his single violet eye glowing with satisfaction. The Demon Empress and Lan Fozi stayed close to him, clearly relieved and excited by the safety and power this new home provided.
Lakan stood at the center of the Phoenix God Star once more, looking out across the vast expanse he had created. His mind was already turning toward the upcoming battle at Jialing Pass.
He could feel the full power of his evolved abilities flowing through him. The Void-Motion Pulse now operated at divine level—his body moved with perfect autonomous instinct, reacting to threats before they even fully formed. The Eight-Gate Overdrive could now run at 56x multiplier indefinitely without any strain on his body. The 26-Point Genesis Dome waited as his ultimate technique, ready to manifest twenty-six real copies of himself, each carrying different Divine Songs capable of erasing first-class gods.
His wives gathered around him, their new God-King auras radiating confidently.
"This is only the beginning," Lakan said quietly. "The old Divine Realm has grown too comfortable controlling everything from the shadows. At Jialing Pass, we will show them what a true Sovereign looks like."
Bibi Dong's lips curved into a cold smile, her Abyss authority pulsing darkly. "They will learn what it means to face the End."
Zhu Zhuqing's figure flickered in and out of the shadows. "They won't even see us coming."
Shui Bing'er released a wave of glacial energy that made the air around them sparkle. "Their so-called gods will freeze before they can even react."
Qian Renxue's prismatic light glowed brightly, bending the very space around her. "And I will make sure their light fades completely."
Lakan nodded, his Phoenix Heart God Core pulsing steadily. The upcoming battle at Jialing Pass would not be a simple clash between armies. It would be the moment when the old order of the Divine Realm finally met its end.
The Sovereign had cast his shadow across the world.
And destiny, as Tang San knew it, was already dying.