Chapter 552: Void God Realm (6k)

"Blade Demon, you may withdraw first," said God King Dongmang.

"Yes." The Heavenly God Blade Demon bowed respectfully and exited this world.

In the entire world, only the two God Kings and Li Yuan remained.

"Huohuan, bring out the gift you prepared," God King Dongmang said with a smile.

"Mm." God King Huohuan remained shrouded in flames. A streak of silver light flew out from the flames, then rapidly expanded until it reached about a hundred miles in size—it was, shockingly, a city.

This was a city made entirely of silver, shrouded in countless clouds and mist. It appeared both real and illusory, making it difficult to glimpse the scenery inside; one could only see the shadows of numerous exotic beasts flitting past.

"This is?" Li Yuan felt curious.

With his strength, he could clearly sense that this silver city felt like a single entity, and its aura was powerful.

"Li Yuan, I heard from God King Dongmang that you are returning to your hometown, the Mohe Star Domain, and have chosen to become a god there?" God King Huohuan's voice was cold and clear.

"Yes." Li Yuan nodded. Choosing the location to become a god was a major event for any deity, so he naturally had to report it to his senior.

After all, once one became a god, it could not be changed.

"My hometown's mortal domain is located in the Mohe Star Domain," Li Yuan said. "My wish is for my hometown's civilization to flourish forever, at least for as long as I live, so that it may never suffer disaster again."

God Kings were nearly invincible in their home star domains; even powerful God Emperors would find them a headache.

For Li Yuan, after cultivating for many years, besides pursuing the peak of cultivation,

it was also to protect his family and his hometown.

"Mm." God King Huohuan said, "This treasure is called the 'Cloud Light World City.' It is not a single magic treasure, but rather thirty-six Heavenly Divine Artifacts refined together by a special Dao treasure. Any single Heavenly Divine Artifact dismantled from it would be quite ordinary, but combined, they are nearly perfect."

"The Cloud Light World City contains thirty-six cave-heaven worlds and thirty-six layers of protective arrays."

Li Yuan was astonished. A Dao treasure and thirty-six Heavenly Divine Artifacts refined together? What a formidable treasure this was.

"It has two uses."

"First, when used for travel, it allows a large number of True Gods to gather within and manipulate the arrays, which can unleash terrifying combat power. It is equivalent to an alternative battle formation; as long as one ordinary Heavenly God sits in command, it has the hope of holding off a God Monarch," God King Huohuan said. "The other use is to choose a suitable location, combine it with the vast void, and take root there to absorb massive amounts of Heaven and Earth Yuan Force, forming the lair of a faction... If thirty-six Heavenly Gods join forces to command it, the city's stability would be such that even a group of God Monarchs would find it difficult to shake."

"In the future, you will stay in the Mohe Star Domain for a long time and will encounter many dangers. Hiding inside this Cloud Light World City will make you and the experts under your command much safer," God King Huohuan said.

"Now, it belongs to you."

Whoosh!

The Cloud Light World City shrank rapidly, finally becoming palm-sized, and landed in Li Yuan's palm.

"Thank you, God King Huohuan," Li Yuan said gratefully.

How could Li Yuan not understand? This Cloud Light World City was clearly a war fortress similar to the Ancient Star City... It was perfect as the lair for a faction.

In the future, as the Qixing Divine Kingdom continued to expand, once Li Yuan became a True God, it would become a medium-sized Starry Sky Divine Kingdom, and by then, it would have to be completely independent.

Although this Cloud Light World City was not as good as the Ancient Star City, it was definitely superior to Great Stone Star, and its value was immeasurable.

"Alright."

"Li Yuan, work hard. You are still relatively weak after all. I look forward to the day you become a God King and lead the Juexing Imperial Palace," God King Huohuan's voice was leisurely. "Additionally, if you truly encounter trouble that your senior finds inconvenient to address, you can come find me."

"I am not as hesitant and cautious as he is."

Shoo!

Countless flames in the void converged, space-time ripples vibrated, and God King Huohuan had already disappeared from this world.

"Senior, this?" Li Yuan was stunned.

"This fellow, she still had to disparage me before leaving," God King Dongmang's voice boomed as he laughed. "Little Junior Brother, do you know who God King Huohuan is?"

"The Xinyue Imperial Palace lineage," Li Yuan said.

Back then, when he first left the Eternal Divine Palace, Senior Meng had said that he had already sent a message to God King Huohuan.

It was just that for all these years, the other party had never come to see him.

"Mm." God King Dongmang nodded. "I manage the Juexing Imperial Palace and decide on many of the Imperial Palace's affairs, so my actions must be impartial. I cannot be too biased, and even more so, I cannot expose to the outside world that you are the teacher's disciple."

"But God King Huohuan is different from me."

"Don't look at how kindly she treats you."

"In reality, she never does things by the book. Not only are the God Kings of other major factions extremely wary of her, but even many God Kings within our own ranks find her a headache," God King Dongmang sighed. "In the dark zones of the universe, for the sake of a single treasure, even if Heavenly Gods from other factions back down, she often finds an excuse to kill them."

Li Yuan was dumbfounded.

Experts were often proud, and there was a tacit understanding among the major factions in the Divine Domain.

For example, given Li Yuan's current status and strength, he would not easily attack Void Gods or Demigods; that would be 'bullying the weak.'

Likewise.

If Heavenly Gods did not actively provoke, God Kings usually would not call for them to be killed.

After all, if you kill my juniors and I kill your juniors, the entire Divine Domain would have long since descended into chaos. Which faction's juniors would be able to grow up?

It was clear that this God King Huohuan's personality was indeed eccentric.

"Therefore, before you have the power to protect yourself, do not seek her out easily," God King Dongmang said. "There are not a few God Kings in the Divine Domain who have life-and-death grudges with her; it would be very easy for you to be implicated."

"It is fine for you to accept a treasure from her."

"But if you get too deeply involved, the karma will also be deep. In the future, when you become strong as a Heavenly God or even a God King, if she encounters some matters, you will have to help even if you don't want to," God King Dongmang said. "If you stand on her side, the God Kings who are her enemies will naturally be hostile to you as well. When some God Kings go mad, they won't even care about God Emperors."

"Even if you are not afraid by then, what about your family and friends?" God King Dongmang said. He understood Li Yuan's past and also understood Li Yuan's character.

Li Yuan felt a chill in his heart. "Thank you for the reminder, Senior."

"Mm, I am just reminding you," God King Dongmang said. "You spared no cost this time to use the Time Chamber to accelerate your cultivation in order to return to your hometown as quickly as possible to save that elder and your sworn sister, right?"

"Senior is wise," Li Yuan said.

Clearly, as the leader of the Juexing Imperial Palace, God King Dongmang was able to probe many secrets.

"Wasting a few years... for the long lives of Heavenly Gods and God Kings, it seems insignificant," God King Dongmang sighed. "But life is ultimately limited. In the future, when making such decisions, you should still be more cautious."

"Mm." Li Yuan nodded. The efficiency of comprehending laws in the Time Chamber for six years was indeed very low, only one-tenth of the normal rate.

But Li Yuan did not regret it in his heart.

"God King Huohuan has prepared a congratulatory gift for you becoming a god, so as your senior, I naturally must prepare one as well," God King Dongmang said.

Whoosh!

God King Dongmang waved his hand, and a jade box appeared out of thin air in the high sky. The jade box had an unfathomable aura, and then it flew down.

It landed in front of Li Yuan.

"Senior, this is?" Li Yuan looked at God King Dongmang.

"You will know once you probe it," God King Dongmang said with a smile. "But don't open it for now; wait until you need to use it."

Li Yuan's spiritual sense swept over it, and he felt a message transmitted from within the jade box.

The content of this message made Li Yuan pleasantly surprised, even more so than when he received the Cloud Light World City.

Innate Law Fruit.

As long as one was at the Flying Heaven Realm or above, one could withstand its effects. Once consumed and refined, one could comprehend the basic law one was most close to up to the eighth-stage level in an extremely short time, possessing the foundation to become a Void God.

There were five in total in the jade box.

"These Innate Law Fruits have no use for those above True God; at most, they increase cultivation efficiency slightly," God King Dongmang said. "But they are extremely rare. I also probed the Palace of All Things and discovered that a new batch had arrived."

"So I exchanged for them as a congratulatory gift for you."

"I hope they are of some use to you!"

"Thank you, Senior," Li Yuan said gratefully.

Li Yuan understood that Senior Dongmang must have probed his past data and known some of his background, which was why he specifically brought out these Innate Law Fruits.

It could be called thoughtful.

"I am also someone who has been through this," God King Dongmang sighed. "On this long path of cultivation, family and friends will eventually pass away. Being able to accompany them for a while longer is also a good thing... Little Junior Brother, you are luckier than me; you still have many family and friends when you become a god."

God King Dongmang seemed to recall something.

But he was unwilling to say more.

God King Dongmang changed the subject: "Since you already have the Cloud Light World City, I will dispatch a guard army to you."

"Ten eight-star True God commanders, all of whom are at the True God limit in strength."

"Nine hundred and ninety seven-star True God soldiers, with strengths ranging from mid-stage True God to peak True God."

"A total of one thousand True Gods," God King Dongmang said. "They will follow my orders and listen to your command for three thousand years."

"Junior Brother, after you become a True God with ten star pulses, your strength should be comparable to a Heavenly God of the second rank."

"Even if you are not there, with this guard army commanding the Cloud Light World City together, even if it is a God Monarch, it should be difficult to break through."

"After three thousand years, how many True Gods are willing to continue following you will depend on your own ability, Junior Brother," God King Dongmang said.

"Thank you, Senior." Li Yuan was moved in his heart; God King Dongmang had indeed considered everything very thoroughly.

It was just that the only thing God King Dongmang miscalculated was that he was a 'perfect ten star pulse.'

Whoosh!

God King Dongmang waved his hand again, and a fruit emitting seven-colored flowing light flew down in front of Li Yuan.

"Space Star Emperor Fruit?" Li Yuan recognized it at a glance.

"Back then, I prepared two Space Star Emperor Fruits for you, intending to give you the second one when you became a Heavenly God," God King Dongmang said with a smile. "But your law comprehension has now reached the Heavenly God level, so dragging it out has no meaning. I will give them to you together; take them."

"Decide for yourself when to use them."

"Yes," Li Yuan said.

"Is there anything else you need my help with?" God King Dongmang said. "Just say it. I will help you as much as I can."

"Senior has already helped me a great deal; I shouldn't ask for more, but there are indeed two matters I must consult Senior about," Li Yuan said. "I am cultivating the perfect star technique 'Space Source Body.' Once I become a god, I will cultivate a Source Body... By then, Senior, could you help me hide the Source Body?"

Li Yuan had already cultivated a Source Body now.

But if it appeared now, it would expose the secret that he could cultivate a perfect star technique to the fifth-stage limit.

According to God Emperor Juexing's instructions, it was best not to tell anyone about this secret except himself.

"Clone technique?" God King Dongmang realized. "Fine, I will have Blade Demon accompany you to the Mohe Star Domain. Once you cultivate your Source Body, the Source Body will return with him."

"I will arrange an ownerless palace within the Juexing Imperial Palace for your Source Body to cultivate in peace; no one will know."

"In the future, when you become a Heavenly God, this ownerless palace will also become your palace," God King Dongmang said.

"Thank you, Senior," Li Yuan said.

"You are actually able to cultivate 'Space Source Body'; this is a top-tier clone technique," God King Dongmang said with a smile again. "In the future, when you become a God King, you will have three main bodies."

The so-called clone technique main body and Source Body both shared a common consciousness. Like 'Space Source Body' cultivated to an extremely high level, both were main bodies.

"Little Junior Brother, which perfect star techniques are you cultivating?" God King Dongmang was curious.

"Law Heaven and Earth, Void True Explanation, Space Source Body, Ten Thousand Star River," Li Yuan said. This was the excuse Li Yuan had long since thought of.

The other four perfect star techniques were difficult to see from the outside, but techniques like 'Law Heaven and Earth' and 'Ten Thousand Star River' were relatively obvious once unleashed.

"It is a pity that among the perfect star techniques, none involve the soul lineage. Otherwise, with your talent and potential on the soul path, I fear you would become extremely strong," God King Dongmang sighed.

Li Yuan sighed inwardly. No matter how profound a star technique was, in essence, it was about the excavation and utilization of the divine body, so naturally, it rarely involved the mysteries of the soul.

"What is the other matter? What is it?" God King Dongmang said.

"Back then, I once roamed the Juexing Continent and also took a master on the Juexing Continent..." Li Yuan explained in detail.

Back then, the Gold-Clad members of the Source Fire Star could descend to the Juexing Continent for trials, which meant that the Chaos Divine Court and the Juexing Continent could communicate with each other.

"Juexing Continent?"

"Is that the small world that the teacher used for testing and isolated?" God King Dongmang nodded and said, "Small matter. I will send a message to that Heavenly God Jiang Yuan, telling him to come to the Divine Domain as soon as possible, and I will also arrange for him to join the Juexing Imperial Palace directly."

"Sorry for the trouble, Senior," Li Yuan said.

He had made a promise to Heavenly God Jiang Yuan back then, so Li Yuan naturally hoped to fulfill it as soon as possible.

!.

Li Yuan also felt immense gratitude toward Heavenly God Jiang Yuan in his heart.

"Joining the Chaos Divine Court a day earlier will also be more beneficial for Senior Brother Jiang Yuan's growth," Li Yuan thought to himself.

"Go."

"Little Junior Brother, according to the teacher's instructions, from the moment you become a god, everything in the future must be ventured by yourself," God King Dongmang instructed. "Until the day you have the strength to manage the Juexing Imperial Palace."

"Remember, survival first!"

Li Yuan bowed respectfully and stood up to withdraw.

God King Dongmang watched this scene silently.

"According to the teacher's instructions, I cannot give Little Junior Brother too many heavy treasures; that would be detrimental to his growth," God King Dongmang sighed inwardly.

Otherwise, with the wealth and treasures God King Dongmang possessed, taking out a God King weapon would not be difficult.

Alas!

God Emperor Juexing had orders.

Therefore, God King Dongmang thought over and over again before selecting the Innate Law Fruits and sending a batch of guard troops.

"Little Junior Brother has huge potential."

"To be so valued by the teacher, and to have sent messages to instruct me several times in such a short period, I fear he belongs to the absolute top among ten star pulses," God King Dongmang thought to himself.

He did not know that Li Yuan was a perfect ten star pulse, but he inferred part of the truth from his teacher's attitude.

"Relying on myself to transcend? There is not a shred of hope."

"Even if I enter the Juexing Space-Time to sleep, and the flow of time becomes extremely slow, I cannot achieve time stillness, and there will eventually be a day of demise."

"In the Xinyue Divine World, there is no quota for me."

"Little Junior Brother is the only hope I can see," God King Dongmang thought to himself. "If Little Junior Brother can truly surpass the three great God Emperors in the future and open up a new Xinyue universe."

"Or even..."

"Then there will be an opportunity for me as well," God King Dongmang thought silently. He also had his own pursuits.

He was not willing to pass away silently in the river of time like this.

Outside the Juexing Imperial Palace.

On a massive star.

"Greetings, God Child Li Yuan." One thousand True Gods bowed respectfully. They all looked at Li Yuan with curiosity.

Previously, when they received the mission to follow Li Yuan's orders for the next three thousand years, they were all extremely shocked.

It was just that military orders were like mountains, so they naturally had to follow orders.

"Little Martial Uncle," Heavenly God Blade Demon transmitted his voice. "This guard army is temporarily under my command. Among the ten commanders, the strongest are 'True God Yuyao' and 'True God Qingqu,' both of whom have comprehended Heavenly God moves."

Li Yuan was surprised in his heart.

As eight star pulses, and having comprehended Heavenly God moves... such powerful True Gods were definitely capable of becoming Heavenly Gods at any time.

Senior actually dispatched them to listen to his orders?

"But Little Martial Uncle, rest assured, with me here, no one dares to act presumptuously," Heavenly God Blade Demon said. "Once you become a True God, you will also be able to suppress them."

Li Yuan nodded.

The True Gods in front of him appeared respectful, but they were not servants. Even if they obeyed him on the surface and dared not show dissatisfaction, it did not mean they recognized him in their hearts... To make these powerful True Gods recognize him, status alone was not enough.

He also needed sufficient strength.

"I am Heavenly God Blade Demon. By the order of the God King, I am temporarily commanding you to escort God Child Li Yuan back to the Mohe Star Domain," Heavenly God Blade Demon's voice was cold. "Being able to follow God Child Li Yuan is your opportunity. True God Yuyao, True God Qingqu... I hope you restrain your subordinates well; you must not act one way to his face and another behind his back."

"Yes," True God Yuyao, True God Qingqu, and the other ten True God commanders all said respectfully.

These True God commanders were also shocked in their hearts.

Heavenly God Blade Demon, that was a famously powerful existence among Heavenly Gods... to actually be able to make a God King order him to protect Li Yuan.

"All listen to orders, enter my cave-heaven magic treasure."

"Depart, Mohe Star Domain," Heavenly God Blade Demon said in a low voice.

From Li Yuan coming out of the Time Cave-Heaven, to meeting the God King, and then riding the Starry Sky Teleportation Array to reach the Mohe Star Domain without stopping.

It took less than a day.

Mohe Star Domain.

The Kunli Star System, whose scope reached several thousand light-years, had over one hundred thousand life planets inside, and there were even more ordinary planets of various types.

In a patch of starry sky.

This place was extremely far from any life planet. Whoosh~ Space vibrated slightly.

Two figures appeared out of thin air.

"Little Martial Uncle, let's choose to break through here," Heavenly God Blade Demon said in a low voice.

"Mm." Li Yuan nodded. His eyes glowed with faint light, sweeping across the endless void.

There was nothing abnormal.

Whoosh!

Heavenly God Blade Demon waved his hand, and a streak of light flew out. A massive city appeared rapidly, shrouded in clouds and mist; it was exactly the Cloud Light World City.

Li Yuan had not broken through yet, so he could not completely refine the Cloud Light World City.

So he temporarily handed it over to Heavenly God Blade Demon to control.

Rumble~

The Cloud Light World City expanded rapidly, quickly reaching a size of one hundred thousand kilometers, emitting a vast and mighty aura.

Li Yuan and Heavenly God Blade Demon flew into the interior of the Cloud Light World City.

Following closely, over a thousand True Gods also flew out from the cave-heaven magic treasure.

"All True Gods, according to my previous orders, perform your respective duties and enter the array," Heavenly God Blade Demon's voice was cold.

"Yes."

Over a thousand True Gods all turned into streaks of light, entering the thirty-six protective arrays respectively.

In an instant, the starry sky vibrated, and the Heaven and Earth Yuan Force within a range of hundreds of millions of kilometers began to surge madly toward the Cloud Light World City.

But the Cloud Light World City itself merged into the void; relying on the naked eye, it was impossible to see it from the outside.

"Little Martial Uncle."

"The array has been set up. With me here, even if a God Monarch descends, they won't be able to shake the Cloud Light World City," Heavenly God Blade Demon said with a smile.

"Sorry for the trouble," Li Yuan said. Although he was nominally the other party's 'Martial Uncle,' Li Yuan still maintained sufficient respect.

Whoosh!

Li Yuan took a step and had already entered the core divine palace of the Cloud Light World City.

The palace was empty.

Li Yuan sat cross-legged.

"Beiqiu Mortal Domain, belonging to the Mohe Star Domain," Li Yuan gradually calmed down in his heart. "For me, breaking through in the Mohe Star Domain is the same as breaking through in the Beiqiu Mortal Domain."

Why must he return to the Mohe Star Domain?

It was because when a Demigod ignites the divine fire, as the life level leaps, the soul will also sense the location of the star domain origin and the Divine Domain origin, thereby receiving the baptism of the origin and being stained with a trace of the origin aura... If one does not have this experience, one will be rejected.

Like Li Yuan, if he had become a god in the Lingmu Universe back then, he would have been rejected by the origin of his hometown Divine Domain and not be regarded as one of them.

Likewise, if Li Yuan did not become a god in the Mohe Star Domain, he would also be rejected by the Mohe Star Domain origin in the dark, and in the future, when he became a Heavenly God, he would not be able to return to the Beiqiu Mortal Domain.

"Let's begin."

"Break through to Void God." Li Yuan's mind moved, and he had already made the ten star pulses of his divine body rotate and change.

"Still using the Earth Law as the core."

Deep in every flesh cell of Li Yuan's divine body, in the ten perfect star pulses, and in the Yuan Force space, secret patterns of the Earth Law emerged and rotated at the same time.

Soul growth and breakthrough did not have clear requirements for law comprehension.

But major realm breakthroughs, the essential leap of life level, were all centered on law comprehension... Before the God King Realm, all were centered on a certain basic law to condense the divine body.

When becoming a Demigod, Li Yuan used the Earth Law as the foundation.

Now, igniting the divine fire, he was still the same.

Moreover, choosing to use the 'Earth Law' as the core to ignite the divine fire today meant the foundation of the deity was completely set, with no possibility of change. Then, in the future, when becoming a True God or Heavenly God, one must use the Earth Law as the core...

If in the future, Li Yuan comprehended other basic laws, but the Earth Law was trapped at the ninth-stage limit... then he would not be able to become a Heavenly God.

Void God, True God, Heavenly God... Divine fire, divine heart, and divine grid were all inherited in the same line.

There was only one exception, and that was comprehending the complete Space Law and reconstructing the divine grid with the Space Law. That was above the seven basic laws, and one could directly become a God King.

"Boom!"

In Li Yuan's Yuan Force space, the Life Fire Source Pill suddenly burned, turning into a sky-high flame.

The flame was brilliant, burning everything; this was the divine fire!

The core of the Void God Realm.

The ten star pulses rotated even more rapidly.

Suddenly, Li Yuan's divine body produced a monstrous suction force, beginning to madly absorb the Heaven and Earth Yuan Force from the outside. The Heaven and Earth Yuan Force within the Cloud Light World City suddenly became surging.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 553 =====