Chapter 1228

The strength of this roaring life is evident!

And here, it was still severely suppressed!

Yes, this creature was precisely lured by the little elves, including Gaxia, into the abyssal sea's vortex, and carried by the vortex to Doru, the sea monster deity of the Gods Continent.

Upon arriving at the Gods Continent, the sea monster deity Doru panicked!

Although the laws of the Gods Continent had been jointly reinforced by the Primordial Gods, many evil entities lurked within it.

Likewise, numerous evil entities lurked in the oceans surrounding the Gods Continent.

Some of these evil entities possessed dark arts capable of briefly unleashing immense power, posing a grave threat to Doru, whose strength was suppressed!

Thus, after that furious roar, Doru immediately retracted all his aura and plunged into the ocean.

Then, through a special method, he contacted a certain entity in the Heavenly Realm.

"Boss, Doru fell for the trap! Those cunning Holy Spirits somehow carried a drop of fourth-tier divine power and slipped me into a vortex while I was distracted… Damn Holy Spirits! If I ever meet them again, I'll tear them apart without hesitation!"

Even as Doru reported to his superior deity, he couldn't help cursing Gaxia and the others to vent his fury!

He was merely a second-tier deity and naturally could not directly contact the Lord of the Seven Seas.

The Abyssal Sea was vast; when originally dispatched to the Abyssal Sea, more than just him had been assigned as ocean deities, each responsible for a region, with a peak third-tier ocean deity above him.

After Doru submitted his report, he quickly received a response from his superior deity.

"What? I'm to remain on the Gods Continent searching for the Flame Lord's realm? Boss, that's too dangerous… The Lord of the Seven Seas will grant me a blessing? Good, good, then I'm reassured—I'll mobilize all the sea monsters to search for the Flame Lord's realm, and once found, I'll await the Lord of the Seven Seas' orders."

After speaking, the sea monster deity Doru began to pray.

Not long after, a passage opened, and a brilliant light illuminated a vast stretch of ocean; Doru opened his mouth and swallowed the light whole.

Immediately afterward, a faint glow began emanating from around him!

This glow shielded the sea monster deity Doru from certain evil forces and even granted him one brief opportunity to unleash half his full power!

Of course, the duration was extremely short—only a dozen or so seconds.

The laws of the Gods Continent, jointly reinforced by the Primordial Gods, were exceedingly sturdy.

But the Lord of the Seven Seas' power approached Primordial God level, so he could expend considerable energy to bestow such an ability upon the sea monster deity Doru.

This also related to Doru's weak strength—he was merely a second-tier deity.

If his strength had been stronger, reaching third-tier, the Lord of the Seven Seas could not have bestowed such a blessing!

"The Flame Lord is openly selling weapons forged from divine material within Ancient God Armor, accepting only Divine Stones—is he preparing to accumulate divine power to break through to Primordial God?"

At this moment, in another part of the Heavenly Realm, several deities were targeting Lin Yan.

These were the Ancient Gods.

After awakening the Dragon Lord Duolong, these Ancient Gods had assumed that Duolong, possessing four-star Ancient God power and mastery over Frost Flame, could easily crush Lin Yan.

Yet they never expected Duolong to be directly killed by Lin Yan.

These Ancient Gods were instantly terrified.

In the Heavenly Realm, besides Duolong, other four-star Ancient Gods remained in slumber.

But they dared not recklessly awaken any other four-star Ancient Gods.

If Duolong could be killed, awakening other four-star Ancient Gods would merely be sending them to their deaths!

Yet they also dared not attempt to awaken five-star Ancient Gods.

Among the Ancient Gods, strength determined status.

They were merely pawns pushed forward by stronger Ancient Gods to monitor the Heavenly Realm.

Thus, they went into hiding, deciding to wait for the next opportunity.

But this time, Lin Yan openly sold weapons and armor forged from divine material to nearly half the deities of the Heavenly Realm, provoking these Ancient Gods.

These Ancient Gods were once again tempted.

So, these Ancient Gods gathered together once more.

"Break through to Primordial God? He couldn't possibly advance so quickly. What's going on, Naihe? Are you planning some move? Do you intend to awaken the Supreme One based on nothing but a guess?"

One Ancient God asked.

"I dare not awaken the Supreme One. Instead, let's use the tactic of driving the wolf to devour the tiger."

The previously speaking Ancient God, Naihe, said.

"Driving the wolf to devour the tiger? You mean allying with the Law Lords in the Heavenly Realm who seek to ascend through Flame Law? Those Law Lords all hide themselves tightly and regard us as floods and ferocious beasts—how could they possibly ally with us?"

Another Ancient God said.

"Not necessarily. These Law Lords have lived countless years and are all cunning old foxes—they likely also hope the Flame Lord drains our strength, prolonging our conflict so they can reap the benefits.

We need not ally with them; we merely need to send out word that the Flame Lord is the one who, after countless years of slumber, has transformed and returned… Many Law Lords will panic…"

Ancient God Naihe said.

"That's a good idea. Countless years ago, that one endured attacks from Ancient Gods and Law Lords, even distant strikes from Abyssal Primordial Gods, and nearly succeeded. If we claim the Flame Lord is that one returned, some old-timers will surely lose their composure."

Another Ancient God said.

"Yes, send messengers to spread the rumor. Though those old-timers hide tightly, with the Flame Lord's current prominence, their eyes are surely fixed on the Heavenly Realm."

The Ancient Gods quickly settled on their plan.

In the Heavenly Realm, dark currents stirred.

Lin Yan's enemies had already begun to move.

Countless entities hostile to Lin Yan fixed their gazes firmly upon him.

In short, the entire Heavenly Realm's focus was now on Lin Yan!

Countless deities whose every word and action could determine the Heavenly Realm's fate were secretly observing Lin Yan.

The Heavenly Realm remained utterly calm for now.

But many deities sensed a heavy oppression.

It seemed as if this were merely the calm before the storm.

"Why do I feel something huge is about to happen?"

A god murmured.

"The abyssal armies are about to surge upward—it's certainly a major event."

Another god said.

"No, not that. I keep feeling it's something even bigger than this..."

That god said.

"Besides the abyss rising up, what could be bigger? Could the Flame Lord be launching an assault on the Supreme God? Hah!"

Another god laughed.

Clearly, he did not believe the Flame Lord would attack the Supreme God—he was just speaking offhand.

Time flew by swiftly.

One day passed, and Lin Yan's divine body finally succeeded in rising to Level 20!

Immediately afterward, Lin Yan stabilized himself.

While Lin Yan was stabilizing his divine body, the Goddess of Eternal Night and Vivela both came to assist him.

Another day passed, and Lin Yan fully stabilized his divine body.

During these two days, rumors began to surface in the Heavenly Realm.

They claimed the Flame Lord was very likely a god from countless years ago who had nearly succeeded in ascending to Supreme God.

That god was extraordinarily brilliant and immensely powerful; when he attempted to ascend to Supreme God, he drew the attention of two Five-Star Ancient Gods, several powerful Lords of Law, Rasoya—killed by Lin Yan in his previous battle—and even the Abyssal Supreme God himself intervened.

With so many enemies targeting him, he was only one small step away from success!

But after the Abyssal Supreme God intervened, he ultimately failed—yet managed to escape the Supreme God's attack and vanished without a trace.

At the time, some Lords of Law believed that if this one tried again, he might very well succeed in ascending to Supreme God.

Many Lords of Law regarded him as a rival, one of the greatest threats.

However, since the gods of the Heavenly Realm had not gathered en masse recently, and after acquiring their desired weapons, each had returned to their own divine realms to familiarize themselves with them, these rumors had not yet spread widely.

The Ancient Gods did not expect such rumors to spread widely in just a few days.

Yet, some Lords of Law lurking in the Heavenly Realm had noticed these rumors.

Some Lords of Law's spies had long remained stationed in the Elven Divine Realm, their purpose being to monitor Lin Yan's movements.

Though they could not see inside the divine realm, they would know instantly if Lin Yan made any major move.

Under these circumstances, the third day finally arrived.

In Lin Yan's divine realm, the Goddess of Light had already adjusted all her states and made all preparations.

"Begin now, Clauris!"