Deep space of the universe, the Great God Circle.
This divine realm, suspended in the endless void, exuded an aura of eternity and majesty.
Divine lights interwoven like fabric, laws cascaded like waterfalls, and the thousands of stars paled in comparison at this moment.
A majestic divine palace stood at the core of the God Realm, constructed entirely from immortal divine stone. Eternal divine brilliance flowed across its surface, permeating the air with supreme majesty.
This was the symbol of power, and the source of order.
At the peak of the divine palace, the God King Tang San stood with his hands behind his back, wielding the unified dual godhoods of the Asura God and the Creation God.
His deep gaze pierced through layers of spatial barriers, seemingly landing on a distant plane.
"Douluo Continent, your King... has returned!"
Tang San's divine thought shifted slightly, and his vast divine power, like a deep sea, rippled along with it. It spread toward that familiar starfield like an invisible tide.
The outline of the Douluo Continent was becoming clearer and clearer within his incomparably powerful divine sense.
Mountains, rivers, and all living beings seemed to be within his grasp.
However, right at this moment—
Buzz—
A boundless, suppressing aura descended without any warning!
The spatial structure of the Great God Circle was easily torn apart like a mirror, splitting open a profound rift.
Laws of power that did not belong to this world circulated within the rift, emitting an aura that struck fear into the hearts of the gods.
Tang San's brows furrowed tightly, a flash of solemnity crossing his eyes.
This power exceeded his understanding.
Not just the God Kings, but all the deities within the Great God Circle who sensed this abnormal fluctuation couldn't help but change their expressions.
The God of Emotions Dai Yuhao, the Kindness God Lie Yan, the Evil God Ji Dong, and the other God Kings appeared one after another.
Their solemn gazes locked unanimously onto that spatial rift.
Under the watchful eyes of everyone, two figures slowly stepped out from the rift, entirely unhurried.
The leader wore black clothes and had a straight posture. His face was as calm as water, yet he naturally carried a detached aura that disdained the entire universe. It was Fang Yang.
Standing shoulder to shoulder with him was Gu Yuena with her silver hair and purple eyes. Her stunningly beautiful face remained as cold as ever, with a faint Dragon God aura circulating around her.
Their appearance instantly froze the atmosphere of the entire Great God Circle.
Tang San's gaze, like a sharp sword, stared directly at the uninvited guests. He slowly opened his mouth, his voice carrying unquestionable majesty.
"Who dares to trespass into the Great God Circle?"
"Tang San, long time no see."
Fang Yang smiled faintly, his tone calm.
"Audacious!"
A 3rd-Class god shouted angrily, condensing the divine power in his hand into a sharp long sword. "How dare you call the God King by his name!"
A silver light flashed in Gu Yuena's purple eyes. She didn't seem to make any movement, yet the 3rd-Class god's body instantly collapsed. His entire form shattered inch by inch like broken glass, turning into dots of starlight and dissipating into the void.
The entire process was so fast that no one had time to react.
The gods were in an uproar!
A deity, had just perished right before their eyes like that?
Tang San's gaze suddenly became as sharp as a knife, and the divine power around him began to boil.
The phantom of the Asura Divine Sword faintly appeared behind him, and the radiance of the Creation God also began to circulate.
"Who exactly are you?"
His voice was bone-chillingly cold.
"Oh?"
Fang Yang stood with his hands behind his back, his robes flapping in the wind. "You can't even recognize my voice?"
Tang San fell silent for a moment, his pupils shrinking sharply: "You are... Fang Yang."
"That's right."
Fang Yang nodded slightly.
Tang San's divine power violently erupted, and a blood-colored divine light formed a dazzling pillar that shot straight into the sky.
Holding the Asura Demon Sword, he pointed the blade directly at Fang Yang.
"Fang Yang, you have courted death!"
The God Kings looked at each other; they had never seen Tang San reveal such intense killing intent toward anyone.
Fang Yang just shook his head lightly.
"Tang San, you are still as sanctimonious as ever."
He slowly raised his right hand, palm facing up.
In an instant, the time and space of the entire Great God Circle seemed to freeze.
"Today, I will make you understand what true power is."
"Presumptuous!"
Tang San shouted angrily.
"Asura Blood Slash!"
A blood-colored sword light tore through the sky, carrying an aura of slaughtering everything as it slashed toward Fang Yang.
Wherever the sword light passed, space shattered inch by inch, and the laws of the world retreated in alarm.
Fang Yang just casually waved his hand.
That blood-colored sword light, capable of destroying stars, actually shattered inch by inch like fragile glass, turning into dots of red light and dissipating into the void.
"This..."
Tang San was dumbfounded, looking at the scene before him in disbelief.
The God Kings also had faces full of shock.
They knew the power of the Asura Blood Slash all too well; even they wouldn't dare to take it head-on, yet Fang Yang had defused it so effortlessly.
"Alright, I'll send you on your way."
Fang Yang said calmly.
A dazzling twenty-two-colored flame suddenly appeared in his hand—the Emperor Flame.
"Buddha's Wrath Fire Lotus."
The colorful flames condensed in his palm into an exquisite fire lotus. Every single petal contained world-destroying energy.
The fire lotus slowly rotated, emitting heart-palpitating fluctuations.
"Not good..."
Tang San's expression drastically changed. He could feel the terrifying energy contained in that fire lotus, which was enough to destroy the entire Douluo Realm.
The other God Kings also made their moves one after another, using their respective skills.
Dai Yuhao's Emotion Domain instantly expanded, trying to affect Fang Yang's state of mind.
Lie Yan and Ji Dong's powers of good and evil intertwined into a net, wanting to bind Fang Yang's movements.
The other God Kings also displayed their abilities. For a moment, the entire Great God Circle was enveloped in a myriad of colorful divine powers.
However, everything was already too late.
Fang Yang gently pushed, and that twenty-two-colored fire lotus slowly drifted toward the gods.
Wherever the fire lotus passed, space collapsed, time became chaotic, and laws shattered.
The attacks of the God Kings melted away the instant they touched the fire lotus.
"No——"
Tang San roared, the power of the Creation God erupting with all its might as he tried to stop the fire lotus's advance.
But it was all in vain.
The next moment, extreme light swallowed everything.
That light was so dazzling that all deities instantly lost their vision.
Then, an indescribable energy shockwave swept through the entire Great God Circle.
The Douluo Realm, at this moment, began to collapse.
The majestic divine palace turned to dust, the dazzling stars paled, and the eternal divine brilliance was drowned out by an even greater power.
Countless deities were like ants before this power, turning to ash before they could even let out a scream.
When the light gradually dissipated, the originally prosperous Great God Circle was no more.
Only a ruin of the shattered Douluo Realm remained, floating in the cold deep space of the universe.
Fang Yang stood quietly in the void, with Gu Yuena still standing by his side, as if everything that had just happened had nothing to do with them.
"Still not coming out?"
Fang Yang said softly, his gaze sweeping across this shattered realm. "Do I really have to completely erase this last bit of your foundation?"
Gu Yuena remained silent, but a flash of understanding crossed her purple eyes.
"Interesting."
An ancient and distant voice suddenly rang out.
This voice seemed to come from the origin of the universe, containing endless majesty.
The fragments of the shattered Douluo Realm began to tremble slightly. Dots of golden light emerged from the void, gathering toward a certain center like fireflies.
Where the golden light was strongest, Tang San's figure reappeared, but the current him was completely different from before.
The emotional fluctuations belonging to Tang San were no longer in his eyes, replaced by an apathy that looked down upon all living beings.
The divine power circulating around him was no longer the blood-colored Asura power, but an ultimate, pure radiance of creation.
"Should I call you Tang San, or the Creation God?"
Fang Yang asked blandly, seemingly not surprised by this scene at all.
"Titles are but illusions..."
The voice of the Creation God echoed in the void, every single word triggering the resonance of the universal laws. "This body, this identity, are nothing but superficialities."
As he spoke, the entire deep space of the universe began to violently tremble.
Countless planes and thousands of stars lit up simultaneously. Streaks of golden creation power crossed the endless void, pouring into Tang San's body like ten thousand rivers flowing into the sea.
That majestic energy fluctuation made the remaining fragments of the Douluo Realm whimper.
"Is this all of your creation power?"
Fang Yang slightly raised an eyebrow, his tone carrying a hint of playfulness. "It's actually a bit more than I imagined."
"Demon from beyond the heavens, this time, I will completely eradicate you."
The Creation God slowly raised his hand, condensing a cluster of pure white light in his palm.
"End of Creation!"
The white light silently bloomed. Wherever it passed, all things returned to ruin, and time and space ceased to exist.
"It's time..."
Fang Yang dropped his nonchalant demeanor, a flash of seriousness appearing in his eyes.
"In the name of me, Wu Jin Heavenly Venerable, I command the myriad fires of the world, obey my orders!"
The moment his voice fell, the entire deep space of the universe suddenly darkened, only to be illuminated the next second by streaks of igniting firelight.
"Number One on the Heavenly Flame Ranking, Emperor Flame, return to your place!"
Twenty-three-colored flames shot into the sky from Fang Yang's body, turning into the first heaven-reaching fire pillar. It stood in the void, overflowing with radiant light, like the ancestor of all fires.
"Number Two on the Heavenly Flame Ranking, Nihility Devouring Flame, return to your place!"
Pitch-black flames tore through space, turning into the second giant pillar. As the flames churned, even light itself seemed to be swallowed by them.
"Number Three on the Heavenly Flame Ranking, Pure Lotus Demon Flame, return to your place!"
The pure, lotus-like flames slowly unfolded. The aura of purifying all things permeated the air, condensing into a third holy fire pillar.
"Number Four on the Heavenly Flame Ranking, Gold Emperor Incinerating Heavenly Flame, return to your place!"
"Number Five on the Heavenly Flame Ranking, Life Spirit Flame, return to your place!"
"..."
Flames that were either violent, bizarre, or sacred responded to the summon one after another, piercing through the endless void.
Every time a Heavenly Flame appeared, it turned into a sky-supporting pillar, standing tall among the shattered realms.
The twenty-three fire pillars finally took shape, trapping the Creation God and his unleashed End of Creation within them.
The firelight intertwined, and the laws reconnected. The void that had been swallowed by the white light was actually forcibly pried open, creating an absolute domain belonging to fire.
In the Creation God's apathetic eyes, a subtle ripple finally appeared.
"Refine!"
Fang Yang stood at the center of the myriad flames, his voice calm, yet carrying an unquestionable declaration.
The white light in the Creation God's palm violently trembled, fiercely colliding with the surrounding Heavenly Flame power. Silent annihilation occurred in every inch of the void.
"Demon from beyond the heavens... who exactly are you?"
The Creation God's ancient voice carried a heavy tone for the very first time.
Fang Yang did not answer, but only slowly raised his hand.
The twenty-three fire pillars roared accordingly. Billions of flame runes circulated and shone, instantly refining the Creation God.
"My name is Wu Jin Heavenly Venerable!"
------------------------------------------------------
40+ Chapters Ahead: patreon.com/EphemeralShadow
There's something for free patrons too! Free Patrons receive 1 chapter in advance :)