Looking up at the sky, what could be felt above was no longer Leng Yaozhu, but a terrifying presence.
The laws of heaven and earth began to riot, beginning to gather.
"Your Excellency Hanhai, what's going on? Why do I feel like something's off?" Zhang Huanyun swallowed hard. On the surface, it looked like nothing had happened, but as a high-level Soul Master, he felt a chill run down his spine.
"This is the will of the Douluo Plane. Simply put, it's the plane's master. He doesn't allow anyone on the Douluo Plane to become a god. No matter who it is, anyone trying to become a god will be stopped by him. Even becoming a god through spiritual power is no exception. He won't just sit back and watch Heavenly Phoenix Douluo break through to the Divine Origin Realm with her spiritual power," Chen Xinjie took a deep breath and continued, "I believe she could've reached that realm long ago, but she held back out of fear of the Douluo Plane's will. Now, forced by the Abyss, she has no choice but to break through."
"Plane Master! Huh!" Zhang Huanyun froze, unable to help but ask, "Why would the Plane Master stop Xue Yi's breakthrough? Isn't stopping the Abyss Plane more important right now?"
Zhang Huanyun understood now. The reason Leng Yulai's breakthrough didn't trigger the Plane Master's wrath was because she had already reached the Divine Origin Realm in secret, just keeping it sealed.
The deed was done, so the Plane Master didn't bother to act.
But Leng Yaozhu was different. If she was interrupted now, her breakthrough to the Divine Origin Realm would become nothing more than a dream.
Still, Zhang Huanyun couldn't accept it—why would the Plane Master ignore the threat of the Abyss but interfere with someone fighting to stop it?
Wouldn't interrupting Leng Yaozhu now risk collapsing the Blood God Formation?
"Your Excellency Hanhai, is there any way to stop this?" Zhang Huanyun looked again at Chen Xinjie.
"On the Douluo Plane, no power can stop the Plane Master," Chen Xinjie smiled bitterly and shook his head.
If he had a way, he wouldn't be hiding his own Divine Origin spiritual power and laying low all this time.
"I see…" Zhang Huanyun lowered his head in silence. If even Chen Xinjie had no way, then he certainly didn't either.
At that moment, sensing the changes in the sky, Xia Yi, who had been meditating to recover, suddenly opened his eyes wide.
"It's fine. The Plane Master only awakened slightly after absorbing the souls of those who died in the Shrek Academy and Tang Sect explosions. But he hasn't fully awakened, so he won't cause any real trouble. My sister and I already have a plan to deal with this," Leng Yulai laughed as she placed a hand on Xia Yi's shoulder.
"What?! The Plane Master absorbed the souls of the civilians who died in those explosions?" Xia Yi was shocked.
"That's right. But to the Plane Master, the souls of ordinary civilians and Soul Masters are just a drop in the ocean. What truly roused him was Qingtian Douluo Yun Ming's Divine Origin-level spiritual power," Leng Yulai said seriously.
"Damn, what the hell is going on? And how do you know all this?" Xia Yi asked, stunned.
"I guessed. When I heard from Nanali that no vengeful spirits were found at the Tang Sect and Shrek Academy explosion sites, I figured it out," Leng Yulai said solemnly.
"What about the Mingdu explosion?" Xia Yi asked.
"There wasn't any such effect there. The souls at the scene dissipated naturally," Leng Yulai smiled. "Maybe the Plane Master hadn't awakened at that time. Or maybe because of that being's presence, he didn't dare to absorb souls there."
"Got it." Xia Yi rubbed his temples, feeling a headache coming on.
"You said you have a plan to deal with the Plane Master. What is it?" Xia Yi asked again.
"You'll see soon, brother-in-law!" Leng Yaozhu replied smugly.
At that moment, Leng Yaozhu's sharp cry echoed once more: "Break!"
The Huangdi Sword, red as blood and dazzling like gold, soared into the sky and hovered above the heavens, forming a standoff with the gathering laws of heaven and earth.
Leng Yulai's Dark Phoenix Feather also flew up, hovering behind the Huangdi Sword.
"If you're here to suppress the Abyss passage, you're welcome. But if you dare harm any warrior fighting against the Abyss, today I'll sever your wisp of divine will—do you believe me?" Leng Yaozhu's voice echoed through the heavens, filled with majesty and a domineering confidence that looked down on everything.
"Holy crap!" Chen Xinjie was dumbfounded. He hadn't expected the Leng sisters to be this bold.
That was the Plane Master, for crying out loud!
Leng Yulai also stood up, facing the sky: "Don't think I don't know your state. You're nothing but a paper tiger right now. You can bluff a bit, but if it really came down to it, you might not even be a match for Chen Xinjie. If not for the fact that destroying a bit of your divine will is meaningless, I would've killed you hundreds of times over. Now scram. If you don't, I guarantee you won't be able to."
"You said this was your plan?" Xia Yi felt dizzy. "You're just going head-on?!"
"When you have the strength, what need is there for a plan?" Leng Yaozhu's voice echoed again, coldly declaring to the sky: "Three… Two…"
Hummm…
The sky above remained unchanged, but many powerful Soul Masters noticed that the gathering laws of heaven and earth were slowly dissipating.
"No way… it actually worked?" Chen Xinjie uttered another stunned "Holy crap." Though amazed, he turned to Leng Yulai in protest: "Your Excellency Dark Phoenix, can you please stop with the personal attacks?"
"I was reminding you. The Plane Master can't do anything to you now. No need to pretend," Leng Yulai said indifferently.
"You…" Chen Xinjie was stunned again. He hadn't expected that, besides Yun Ming, someone else knew he had already broken through to the Divine Origin level.
"Forget it, forget it. I'll just go ahead and unseal my spiritual power. That way I can contribute more in the upcoming fight," Chen Xinjie sighed bitterly and released his Divine Origin-level spiritual power without hesitation.
The spiritual pressure around Leng Yaozhu surged even more powerfully. Chen Xinjie suddenly realized that even though he was her senior, he couldn't match her, even though she had just broken through.
"Suppress!" Leng Yaozhu cried again, and terrifying power surged into the Blood God Formation. The damaged Abyssal passage seal became stable once more.
Abyss Plane—
Sensing the aura coming from the Abyss passage, the Abyssal Saint Monarch curiously asked, "Is this the terrifying woman you mentioned?"
"Yes. She's the one who sealed the plane seeds of the 35th and 86th Abyssal layers' kings," one of the Abyss Kings stepped forward to confirm.
The Abyssal Saint Monarch was silent for a moment, then said, "This woman is fated with me. Once we break through the seal, you're not allowed to harm her. She will soon become your Holy Empress."
His tone was calm, as though not stating a possibility, but announcing an inevitable event.
"What?!" A group of Abyss creatures all collapsed to the ground—what kind of plot twist was this?
"This woman holds infinite potential. If I can obtain her, I will definitely be able to stand equal with my mother one day," the Abyssal Saint Monarch said. With a wave of his hand, a translucent halberd, glowing with flickering bluish-purple flames like a divine torch, flew out from the Abyssal Core and landed in his hand.
Heavenly Saint Rift Abyss.
The Abyss Kings gasped. For the Saint Monarch to wield a super divine weapon like the Heavenly Saint Rift Abyss even with his level of power—this showed he was deadly serious.
Only then did the Abyss Kings realize—the Saint Monarch wasn't joking. He was absolutely determined to make Leng Yaozhu his.
"I just hope the Saint Monarch doesn't have a cleanliness fetish… Hopefully that terrifying woman doesn't already have a husband on the Douluo Plane. Anyone who touches the Saint Monarch's woman… is doomed," many Abyss Kings muttered silently to themselves.
(End of Chapter)