Chapter 278: Eradication
Lin Qinghan soon sensed something abnormal in the core of the Golden Ancient Tree.
There were actually two consciousnesses residing within it, and one of them had a clear devouring attribute, consuming the other, weaker consciousness.
Lin Qinghan immediately understood what was going on. The devouring one must be Ah Yin's consciousness, and she was trying to replace the Golden Ancient Tree's original consciousness—becoming the life core of the plane herself.
Without hesitation, Lin Qinghan used his divine sense to forcibly summon Ah Yin's soul in front of him.
A beautiful woman with a pale blue body appeared. As expected, she was the soul of Tang San's biological mother, Ah Yin.
Ah Yin looked at Lin Qinghan in horror, about to speak, but Lin Qinghan had already completely restricted her soul. With her current strength, which didn't even reach a second-level god, she had no ability to resist.
But Lin Qinghan didn't destroy her immediately. Instead, he used his divine sense to scan her memories.
Soon, he found Tang Hao's current location, and then directly refined Ah Yin's soul into pure soul energy, throwing it into the Undead Half Plane.
Next, his divine sense extended underground, and he quickly found Tang Hao, still refining the Douluo Plane's core energy.
There was no need for words.
A space gate opened, and Lin Qinghan teleported directly in front of him.
Tang Hao was still unconscious. Lin Qinghan casually unleashed a near-absolute-zero ice, freezing him into an ice sculpture, then ignited it with flame.
Soon, Tang Hao turned to ashes, and the core energy he had absorbed was returned to the plane.
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Meanwhile, in the God Realm—
Tang San was feeling increasingly uneasy. Ever since the connection to the lower world was cut off, his sense of anxiety had only worsened.
Fortunately, as the God of Wisdom, he had prepared a few contingencies in the Clear Sky Sect. Through these, he could still direct Titan and Niu Tian to continue executing his plans on the Douluo Continent.
Judging by the previous incident—where the Son of Luck and his daughter's half-body projection returned to the Clear Sky Sect—the plan seemed to be proceeding well.
Of course, Tang San didn't realize that what he saw was actually an illusion projected by Lin Qinghan's divine sense, and he was still blindly confident in his long-term scheme.
But soon, his confident demeanor darkened.
> "What's happening? Why has the connection with my father and mother been completely severed?!"
He immediately activated the Purple Demon Eyes and saw the fate lines of Tang Hao and Ah Yin turning pitch-black, which shocked him.
> "Did something unexpected happen? No… that's impossible. The Abyss Plane hasn't invaded yet, and without at least second-level god strength, they couldn't possibly be threatened…"
Tang San had left a few secret protections on his parents, but he hadn't expected anyone in the lower plane to be strong enough to actually threaten them—so he didn't leave anything defensive.
> "It must be interference... Damn it! This fog covering Douluo Continent will take days to disperse!"
He tightly gripped the Seagod Trident, his gaze fixed toward Douluo Continent.
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Back on Douluo Continent—
Lin Qinghan's actions caused no major ripples on the surface.
Even Zhang Lexuan and Moon En in the Sea God Pavilion didn't sense anything strange. But if they really thought about it, they did notice something.
After Lin Qinghan's visit, the Golden Ancient Tree seemed gentler, and the life aura it emitted became noticeably richer.
Lin Qinghan returned to his palace in the Douluo Federation.
It was now almost time for the continental high-level Soul Master Tournament. Although the Sun Moon Empire had previously been in a state of war readiness, the event—spanning tens of thousands of years—had not been canceled.
But now, the Sun Moon Empire had a new ruler… and a new name: the Douluo Federation.
> "Aren't you worried people will see through your motives?" —Many people had that thought.
However, Lin Qinghan had no plans to cancel the Soul Master Tournament. But neither he nor any of the girls around him intended to participate either.
After all, under Lin Qinghan's training, the weakest girl around him—Nan Qiuqiu—was already a high-level Soul Emperor, with combat power rivaling an ordinary Soul Saint. If any of them competed, the whole tournament would just become a formality.
Lin Qinghan entered a period of quiet cultivation, much like the previous year.
Since starting the God Test trials, although the extra rewards after the eighth trial had become minimal, the accumulated growth from the divine tests and Lin Qinghan's own cultivation had pushed his spiritual realm to the limit of the God King Realm.
This gave him full confidence. With his current spiritual realm, divine body, rules comprehension, and immortality, Lin Qinghan believed he could defeat the entire God Realm alone.
Even so, the God Test rewards were still percentage-based, making Lin Qinghan increasingly curious about the true origin and grade of his divine position.
What's more, as he unlocked more layers of the Dimension Tower, the artifact's capabilities became even more absurd.
Currently, Lin Qinghan had reached the tenth floor. While the energy density inside had only increased fivefold compared to before, the time ratio had expanded to 1000:1.
This was a huge factor in how quickly he adapted to power surges.
And the Dimension Tower gave him much more than just time compression. For example, his mastery of fire attributes had now reached the God King level, and even the notoriously difficult Rule of Space was nearing that realm too.
Now, Lin Qinghan was staring at a light curtain, holding a crystal inscribed with golden runes.
> "Eleventh item of the God Test: reach the mortal limit of the current plane.
Reward: full control of the Dimension Tower; full-body divine armor."
It was time.
He was going to break through the hundredth level.
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