But right at that moment, the Black Empress met Gu You's gaze—those eyes glimmering with a radiant nine-colored halo.
In that instant, she felt as if something deep in her soul had been struck. Her breath froze subconsciously.
The very next moment, she saw Gu You's spear descend from the sky.
With the aid of the Mirror Domain—reflected for double the impact!
Buzz—!
The black devouring mist and the multicolored light exploded simultaneously. Two terrifying layers of energy erupted deep within the Abyssal Passage.
In that moment, both parties felt completely different sensations. The Black Empress first experienced the crushing weight of plane suppression. The closer she got to the passage exit, the more violently the plane oppressed her.
Gu You's latest strike was nothing like any he had launched before. This time, there was no overwhelming blood force. Instead, it was fused with the will of the Douluo Plane itself.
Yet within that fusion... there was resistance.
For a split second, the Black Empress even hallucinated—Gu You himself seemed to become the core of the Douluo Plane. That spear strike represented the full will of the entire plane stabbing down upon her.
Even someone as powerful as the Black Empress felt as though Mount Tai had crushed down upon her. She was forcibly driven back into the depths of the Abyssal Passage. The six Abyssal Emperors that had ascended beside her were also overwhelmed by the suffocating pressure and forced to retreat.
Zhang Huanyun, the Mirror Douluo, was completely dumbfounded. So was the Unfeeling Douluo, Cao Dezhi. Although they had always hoped that Gu You would one day become the force to end the Abyssal Plane's threat, they never imagined that, at his current cultivation, he could wield such overwhelming influence on the battlefield.
Gu You floated midair, his mind still consumed by the sensation of the last strike.
That spear thrust had been incredibly pure. Surrounded entirely by plane energy, he felt as though he was the plane. The sensation of merging into the Douluo Plane's will and stabbing into the invading Abyss was deeply stirring.
His battle armor blazed brilliantly. The massive multicolored dragon behind him replaced the previous form manifested by the Blood God Array.
In that moment, he stood tall and proud, as though he were the ruler of the world.
The golden Dragon Spear shone dazzlingly. Every gold pattern etched upon it glowed with radiant purity. The spear moved slowly, but every element in its path seemed to converge toward it.
Gu You's body trembled slightly under the overwhelming pressure, but his gaze was resolute.
Thousands of golden spear shadows appeared behind him, condensing into form.
It was—The Path of Domination!
For the first time, the Black Empress's cold expression changed. At this moment, she felt the same oppressive aura she had only once encountered—when facing that being.
'How is this possible? This human's origin is so weak... how can he unleash such terrifying might?' she thought, overwhelmed. 'This energy... no. No! It can't be like the Sacred Lord's. That's impossible! Their realms aren't even remotely close!'
But even as she tried to deny it, realization dawned.
At last, she understood why the Sacred Lord feared this young human so much—why he had insisted that Gu You must be destroyed at any cost. This man's potential was simply too terrifying. If he were allowed to grow, the Abyssal Plane might never invade again. Worse, the humans might turn the tide and attack them.
Her eyes grew deeper. The long hair coiled behind her head cascaded down like a waterfall. Her hands waved in a fluid arc, leaving a trail of shadows in the air.
Those shadows overlapped again and again, finally converging in front of her chest. A bead of pure black-purple light shimmered there.
As that dot of black-violet light appeared, she felt her body lighten. The crushing pressure from the plane decreased.
At that very moment, the Tree of Life within Gu You's sea of consciousness began to tremble uncontrollably. It pulsed with a frenzy it had never displayed before.
The Black Empress pointed her finger once more—but this time, her fingertip glowed black-violet.
Dong—!
A deep resonance echoed, like striking crystal glass. It rippled across the air in waves. Even the six Abyssal Emperors around her instinctively covered their ears. Their bodies dropped rapidly from the sky.
The Black Empress remained hovering, but her body glowed faintly gold.
In the next instant, her body was shaken by the recoil and hurled aside, smashing into the stone walls of the passage with a tremendous crash.
The Path of Domination—unblockable!
The golden light lanced forward, piercing deep into the Abyss.
It caught up to one of the retreating Abyssal Emperors—and with a flash, skewered straight through its chest.
As the light faded, that Emperor was yanked back through the air, suspended before Gu You.
From Gu You's body, the Tree of Life erupted. Lush green vines shot out and burrowed into the Emperor's flesh, grabbing hold of its plane seed.
The Tree of Life now radiated far greater might than ever before. With just one motion, it completely subdued the heavily injured Emperor. Its Abyssal aura vanished visibly by the second. The plane seed didn't even struggle—it was caught instantly.
Watching this unfold, Blood One's eyes lit up with sudden realization. A smile broke across his face.
And not just him—Blood Nine, whose body had nearly faded from burning his life force, smiled as well.
His life fire still burned—but now, it wasn't fading. Endless vitality surged into him. Even a fool would understand—someone was helping him.
And the only one present who could control life energy... was Gu You.
'I understand now!' Gu You thought.
The final puzzle piece clicked into place.
Why was it that although Tang Hao was the current Master of the Plane, the plane's power still favored Gu You?
It wasn't about how talented Gu You was. It was that the plane itself had found in him a vent—a vessel through which it could release its wrath.
The Douluo Plane might not necessarily be stronger than the Abyssal Plane in terms of structure. But this plane had birthed true gods. Many of them. The Abyssal Plane, for all its might, had never given rise to a single true god. And that made all the difference.
The Douluo Plane had always looked down on the Abyss. For six thousand years, it had been suppressed, its power drained—and it could never retaliate.
But today? Today it could strike back!
So the plane pushed Gu You forward, forcefully boosting his strength. It didn't matter who currently governed the plane—Tang Hao or anyone else. The Divine Realm no longer existed. The plane had developed its own will, and today it would vent its fury.
The Black Empress's expression changed drastically. She stumbled back in desperation—
(End of Chapter)
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