The Killing God guessed that the aura belonged to Huo Yuhao.
After all, the Abyss Saint Lord had already relayed all information about the Abyss battlefield to the Holy Spirit Cult through the Possession Demon channel.
Based on that, the Killing God had reached this conclusion.
After all, Huo Yuhao had just obtained the Blazing Emperor as a "divine-level upgrade package," and not long after, someone on the Douluo Continent broke through to the divine level. The most likely candidate was Huo Yuhao himself.
With the intelligence provided by the Abyss Saint Lord, the Killing God naturally understood Huo Yuhao's strength.
From that information, Huo Yuhao—even before becoming a deity—had been able to resist the Abyss Saint Lord. Even though the Saint Lord had been heavily restricted at the time, it still showed that this reincarnated deity was not to be underestimated.
But in the Killing God's eyes, even if the other had grown stronger after becoming a deity, he was not without a chance of victory.
Against a first-class deity at full power, he wouldn't dare claim victory. But a reincarnated deity who had lost all cultivation and started over, whose current realm was even slightly weaker than his own—such an opponent was naturally countered by him.
Still, the Killing God wouldn't truly underestimate Huo Yuhao.
He'd already experienced capsizing in a ditch before and didn't want a repeat.
Feeling the power in the sky fade, the Killing God turned his gaze to the Holy Spirit Cult followers below.
"Accelerate the preparations for the Blood River God-Slaying Grand Array. The situation the Demon Empress and Ghost Emperor wanted to see has already appeared. Tell them to behave now,I don't want any further complications."
He knew something of the Ghost Emperor and Demon Empress's plans. Their delay was simply hoping the Douluo Continent would grow stronger, so that it and the Abyss would mutually destroy each other, leaving them to reap the benefits. But now that the other side had a fully recovered deity, they couldn't be allowed to drag things out any longer.
"Yes!"
The followers acknowledged in unison and quickly dispersed.
The Killing God gazed at the fading power on the horizon, his eyes deep.
Whether he could surpass those deities didn't really matter.
As long as the Abyss Plane won, that was enough.
Huo Yuhao slowly withdrew his presence. The Chaos Qi surging around him receded like a tide into his body, and the Battle Armor's luster gradually dimmed.
As the last traces of aura receded, he returned to his ordinary appearance—except for those eyes, which occasionally flashed with divine light, making him seem like a different person from the heaven-shaking deity of moments before.
Feeling the power flowing within him, Huo Yuhao nodded in satisfaction.
This Battle Armor could fully substitute for part of the Spirit Transmission Tower's function, nearly matching it in amplifying spirit power.
Beyond the spirit power amplification, the Battle Armor's overall attribute enhancement hadn't diminished much after Gu Yuena's Heaven Forging and his crafting—roughly a fivefold increase across all attributes.
And this was a constant enhancement, active whenever the Battle Armor was worn—a considerable boost. Even a Nine-Treasure Glazed Pagoda wielter providing amplification would be far less effective than this Battle Armor.
In the future, even if he truly reached the divine level and the spirit power amplification weakened, as long as the overall attribute enhancement remained, the Battle Armor wouldn't become obsolete.
Of course, the best aspect of this divine artifact was its deep connection to him, allowing it to grow alongside him until he became a God King—perhaps even becoming a super-divine artifact. Even if it couldn't reach that level in one step, it would at least be a top-tier divine artifact, only a step away from super-divine.
"I wonder, with my full power now and the Spirit Transmission Tower's amplification, what level of attack I could unleash."
Huo Yuhao considered this briefly, couldn't reach a conclusion, and set the thought aside. He stored the Battle Armor, and his power receded like a tide, divine power reverting to spirit power.
This transformation had been achieved through the Battle Armor's amplification—he hadn't truly reached that level yet.
So after dismissing the Battle Armor, his cultivation returned to Level 99.
Yes, Level 99. This was the power the Creation Divine Persona had fed back to him after integrating it, allowing his cultivation to breakthrough again from Level 98 to Level 99.
Still, his spirit power was far stronger than an ordinary quasi-divine's.
And the greatest improvement the Creation Divine Persona brought wasn't spirit power, but control over laws.
Huo Yuhao closed his eyes, his consciousness sinking into the Creation Divine Persona now merged with his Spirit Eyes martial soul. Instantly, various insights into Creation power merged into his heart.
They weren't words or images, but a direct imprint on his soul—an "understanding" of the Creation laws: about creation, about life, about the essence of bringing something from nothing.
Huo Yuhao hadn't expected that after he infused Creation power into the God-Imprint Throne's imprint and transformed it into the Creation Divine Persona, it would bring such benefits—directly elevating his mastery of Creation laws by a large margin.
A divine persona should be the condensation of laws one has mastered. Perhaps when it first condenses, it allows one to draw closer to the corresponding laws, making their comprehension and mobilization easier—but it shouldn't be like this.
The divine persona the God-Imprint Throne had given him was somewhat like the divine persona a successor received when inheriting a divine seat—it contained some of the "predecessor's" insights into the laws.
Huo Yuhao felt this might be because the Throne of Eternity and Creation God-Imprint itself was a super-divine artifact of this aspect, so the Eternal Lord had included some extras in the divine persona.
Who in this world understood life and creation better than the Creator God?
Clearly no one. Even the Phoenix God King, who had walked the path of Creation far, couldn't surpass the Creator God.
And as the seat the Creator God once relied upon, the God-Imprint Throne's interior even contained a trace of the Creator God's divine thought—the Eternal Lord. In understanding the Creation laws, few could match it.
So it made sense that the divine persona granted by the God-Imprint Throne gave him so many insights into the Creation laws.
No wonder the Eternal Angel had said that this imprint was best transformed into a Creation Divine Persona.
If one hadn't walked the path of Creation, turning this imprint into another divine persona would obviously waste the Creation law insights gifted by the Creator God—truly a squandering of treasure.
This also rekindled a thought Huo Yuhao had once had—studying the God-Imprint Throne itself!
Though the Creation Divine Persona had been infused with extras, what the Eternal Lord had originally given him was ultimately a attribute-less divine persona. There were some extras about the Creation laws, but certainly not everything.
As the Creator God's seat, the God-Imprint Throne certainly bore the Creator God's law imprints—those were what Huo Yuhao considered most important.
After all, once reaching the divine level, the comprehension and control of laws became increasingly important. Without sufficient law comprehension, even breaking through to the divine level was impossible.
Moreover, without inheriting a divine seat, if he wanted to advance to the God King level in the future, lacking sufficient law comprehension and control would certainly halt his progress.
But the God-Imprint Throne could help him solve this problem to some extent. If he could comprehend the law imprints contained within it, he would essentially be peering into the full scope of the Creation laws with the Creator God as his guide. He might not ascend in one step, but he would advance by leaps and bounds on this path. His comprehension of other laws would also benefit.
Thinking of this, Huo Yuhao felt some emotion.
Though he had come into contact with three types of universal origin power—Destruction, Creation, and Reincarnation—Creation laws were the easiest for him to access and comprehend.
Not only did he have the God-Imprint Throne as a guiding light, but he also had Gu Yuena as a forerunner. The Creation Divine Persona she carried from the Dragon God was clearly of a very high level. It was because of her Reverse Scale and their constant exchanges that he had been able to progress so smoothly on the path of Creation.
Beyond that, the Plane Lord authority's enhancement to his Creation comprehension, and the half-step God King Tianyang he could seek out in the universe after becoming a deity, all made Creation laws the universal origin laws he could most easily access and improve.
By comparison, Destruction and Reincarnation laws had fewer shortcuts—aside from comprehending the laws of heaven and earth.
Of course, if one counted the future, the Destruction laws did have some shortcuts.
The Abyss Plane and the Heavenly Saint Abyss Splitting Halberd were manifestations of Destruction laws, and there was also the Golden Dragon King's Destruction Divine Persona, and the Crimson Domain he might encounter someday. Approaching the Destruction laws from these angles made progress easier than with the Reincarnation laws. But it still couldn't compare to his advantage in the Creation laws.
"Still, that's precisely why I chose to develop the Creation laws first."
Huo Yuhao murmured to himself.
Rather than advancing on all three paths simultaneously and being constrained everywhere, it was better to first walk the path with the greatest advantage far enough, then use it to nurture the others. Creation laws were the source of all things,understanding creation naturally made destruction easier to comprehend; understanding the cycle of life and death made the Reincarnation path more accessible.
With that thought, Huo Yuhao focused his mind, rapidly digesting and absorbing the law insights the Creation Divine Persona had just fed back to him. Then he closed his eyes, his consciousness sinking into his body, formally beginning the Spirit Eyes' tertiary awakening.
He had already planned this: after the Spirit Eyes had accumulated enough foundation under the Chaos Dharma Body's nourishment, he would use the Creation Divine Persona as the core to guide the Spirit Eyes through its qualitative transformation. Now that the divine persona was formed and the foundation was sufficient, the timing was perfect.
As time passed, a cool sensation came from deep within the Spirit Eyes, now merged with the Creation Divine Persona. It wasn't an external chill, but the unique clarity and tranquility that came when law power infused the martial soul's origin.
But this tranquility was fleeting.
The Sea of Spirit was the first to tremble.
That vast, boundless sea was a world condensed from Huo Yuhao's spiritual power. Usually calm as a mirror, now the entire Sea of Spirit was churning violently—not from external impact, but from the power of the Creation Divine Persona.
In an instant, the entire Sea of Spirit boiled!
Not a destructive rupture, but a "wakening" in the sense of life. The sea water no longer seemed to be purely condensed spiritual power, but was gradually soaked and transformed by Creation power—from formless to tangible. Every drop of "water" seemed to have its own breath and pulse. The originally crystal-clear Sea of Spirit began to take on a faint jade-gold luster, full of vitality.
And a more tangible breakthrough followed.
As the Creation Divine Persona's power continued to flow in, Huo Yuhao's spiritual power began to surge rapidly. Through his earlier Soul Devour, he had already absorbed the spiritual power of a large number of Abyss creatures, reaching the threshold of the mid-Divine Origin realm.
Now, catalyzed by the Creation laws, that thin barrier shattered.
His divine consciousness had broken through.
From the peak of the early Divine Origin realm, it steadily entered the mid-Divine Origin realm, another step closer to the third-class Divine Origin realm. But this still wasn't the end.
The Creation Divine Persona, now merged with the Spirit Eyes martial soul, acted like an enhanced Gold of Life, continuing to nurture and elevate his spiritual power.
At the same time, a vast life force surged into Huo Yuhao's body. His bones, meridians, flesh, and organs were all subtly strengthened under the Creation laws' nourishment. Though not as dazzling as the leap in his spiritual power, this physical improvement steadily and solidly reinforced the foundation of his divine body.
After an unknown time, Huo Yuhao slowly opened his eyes.
In that instant, a divine light ,clear as autumn water and warm as spring dawn—shot from the depths of his pupils, then quickly receded and settled, leaving only a pair of eyes so clear they seemed almost transparent—as if they could reflect every texture of heaven and earth, even seeing through to the soul.
Late Divine Origin realm.
Sensing his current spiritual power level, Huo Yuhao smiled.
But this wasn't the greatest improvement.
With the martial soul's tertiary awakening, the Spirit Eyes' quality had risen again, reaching the level of a divine-level martial soul. When using spiritual-attribute abilities, they received a significant boost compared to before.
At the same time, his Spirit Eyes martial soul gained several new innate abilities.
First, Creation Awakening—similar to Gold-Grade secondary awakening, a buff ability that burned spirit power converted into Creation power to gain a fivefold spiritual amplification. Even with the qualitative and quantitative gap between him and the third-class Divine Origin realm, using this ability allowed him to contend with an ordinary third-class Divine Origin realm expert through sheer spiritual power alone.
Second, Eye of Creation—not exactly an ability, more a shift in perspective. Having received the blessing of Creation power, Huo Yuhao's vision could now see more essential aspects of life, like composition and structure. This would undoubtedly aid his research into Creation power—at least he wouldn't need to burn everything with Crimson Gold Mysterious Flame anymore.
Third, and most importantly—Creation!
This was the ability that surprised Huo Yuhao most. Though he had hoped for it, he hadn't expected that awakening the Spirit Eyes after merging with the Creation Divine Persona would actually allow him to touch this ability.
This ability was very similar to the Phoenix God King's core ability, so Huo Yuhao named it Creation. But in effect, it was far inferior to the Phoenix God King's version.
After experimenting, Huo Yuhao found that using this ability to replicate below-divine-level techniques he could comprehend allowed him to unleash 100% of their power. For techniques he didn't fully understand, if they weren't too complex, he could achieve about 70% effectiveness. In a sense, it was even better than Spirit Replication.
But if replicating divine-level techniques—likely because they mostly involved laws—the effectiveness dropped to only 10-30%.
For now, this ability clearly wasn't useful at the divine level.
But since the combination of spiritual power and the Creation Divine Persona had truly given birth to such an ability, it proved he was on the right path.
Moreover, this ability had become his innate talent. As long as he continued to improve his Creation laws and his overall strength, he could fully perfect it. Compared to before, the research difficulty had decreased significantly.
Overall, Huo Yuhao was very satisfied with this improvement.
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