He couldn't help but curl his lips, "Hmph, a contest is a contest, don't think that just because your cultivation level has broken through that I can't beat you. Besides, breaking through cultivation levels, it's not like I have days left to achieve that..."
"Show me your breakthrough if you dare."
Bone Douluo subconsciously planned to retort, but then he noticed something odd.
"You say you're about to break through as well?"
He had just mentioned it casually, but once the words truly sank into his heart, they immediately received his full attention.
"What's so strange about that? If Sect Master's martial soul can evolve, and you can break through, it's not a big deal for me to make some progress in my cultivation level..."
Sword Douluo snorted and nonchalantly waved his hand.
"How can that be the same?" Bone Douluo's brows knitted into a line, "After level 95, every level is a watershed. Your combat power soared straight up when you broke through from level 96 to level 97. I'm not even sure I can withstand your attacks..."
"Hahaha, so that's what you're worried about..."
Sword Douluo laughed and patted Bone Douluo's shoulder, "Don't panic, don't panic, I promise to go easy on you..."
"Besides, I only have some insights. Breaking through still needs some time, it's not something that can happen overnight..."
After hearing Sword Douluo's words, Bone Douluo nodded, his smile returning to the corners of his mouth, "If you put it that way, then I have nothing to fear from you..."
Sword Douluo: "..."
Damn, was my consolation just now a bit superfluous?
No.
It was too damn superfluous.
However, as the two were bickering, a powerful wave of soul power suddenly swept through Spirit City.
Both showed shocked expressions on their faces.
"This aura, has someone ascended to godhood?"
Without further ado, everyone hurried out the door.
But just as they reached the door, they saw Ning Rongrong's figure.
"Hey, Daddy, Grandpa Sword, Grandpa Bone, you're all here?"
Surprise was written all over Ning Rongrong's lovely face.
"What happened to you? You're all smiles?"
Bone Douluo teased.
"Here." Ning Rongrong opened her palm, and a small tower shimmering with eight kinds of treasures' light emerged.
"Rongrong, did your martial soul evolve too?"
The three of them instantly became short of breath.
No matter when, it would be a significant event for the Seven Treasures Glaze Sect to gain another Eight Treasures Glazed Pagoda soul master.
"Yeah, I just broke through inexplicably, don't you find it strange?" Ning Rongrong answered with a giggle.
Without a doubt, her heart was filled with joy.
"Actually, it's not just me. Zhu Qing, Yiran, and even Teacher Zhao, President Liu, their martial souls may not have evolved, but their cultivation levels have also made considerable progress..." Ning Rongrong continued.
Ning Fengzhi and the others exchanged glances upon hearing this.
"It seems this is a change that's sweeping the entire continent."
"Qin Xiao said when he left, the Douluo plane absorbing a massive amount of energy from alternate dimensions was bound to bring about change.
It would have a significant impact on the entire continent, and those soul masters who initially couldn't cultivate might gain several levels of soul power instantly. Those with strong cultivation might break through their current realms or even evolve their martial souls..."
"Now it seems the change has begun, my martial soul has already evolved, and I'm excited to see what miraculous changes will come next..."
"Soul Land is going to welcome an unprecedented golden era."
Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, Bone Douluo also realized what was happening.
"Sect Master Ning..."
Just when they were still in a daze, a figure fell from the sky.
Being able to fly with their martial souls, the visitor's high cultivation level was evident, also a Titled Douluo.
Only.
He was not one of the Elders that Ning Fengzhi and others were familiar with from the Spirit Hall, but a newly-titled Titled Douluo after the battles in the Demonic Plane.
Upon hearing the noise, everyone looked over, not saying a word, quietly waiting for the Titled Douluo of the Spirit Hall to speak.
"You must have sensed that recent anomaly," the figure said.
"Pope His Holiness has sent me to inform you to gather at the Pope Hall for a meeting."
Upon hearing these words, everyone promptly made their way to the Pope Hall.
By then, all the influential figures of the Douluo Alliance, or rather the federation, had arrived.
Bi Bidong sat on the throne, announcing three matters.
First, her cultivation level had broken through to the God Rank.
Second, the golden era of the Soul Land had arrived.
Third, she announced her resignation from the position of Pope of the Spirit Hall, officially establishing the model of the Douluo Federation.
...
In the mysterious space.
Qin Xiao looked at the Gold Tree and smiled slightly, "Congratulations on achieving your wish. With the current level of the Douluo plane, birthing a God Rank powerhouse is not a difficult task. Now, you've gained some self-protection capabilities as well."
"I have you to thank for this. If it wasn't for you bringing the essence of the abyssal plane, who knows how many long years it would have taken me to reach this step," said the Plane Will, filled with gratitude towards Qin Xiao.
"Haha."
Qin Xiao chuckled, then said, "Actually, there is one more thing here that I need to trouble you with."
"Just say it," replied the Plane Will, very straightforwardly.
"I find this place quite suitable and plan to enter closed-door cultivation for a while."
"Of course you can. It won't be a problem whether it's for a while or even three, five, seven, or eight years."
"Then, let it be three years," Qin Xiao said with a beaming smile.
Plane Will: "..."
I was just being polite… I didn't expect him to actually take it seriously...
But then again, three years is a long time for ordinary people, but for him, it's just the blink of an eye.
It's like dozing off for three years.
After Qin Xiao had spoken, he went straight to a corner and sat down cross-legged. In his mind, he called out, "Senior, I'm ready."
As his voice fell, an immediate, low reply came, "Good."
Undoubtedly, this was the lingering soul thought of the Thunder Emperor.
Helping Qin Xiao this one last time would also mean his complete dissipation.
Immediately after.
Qin Xiao felt heaviness in his body, a sense of fatigue surged to his heart.
And then there was no 'then'.
He felt it had been a long time since he had slept so comfortably without a worry in his mind...
...
Meanwhile.
In the elusive and ethereal Divine Realm.
Within the Destruction God Temple, a figure in a black robe, the Destruction God King, revealed a furious expression on his face.
"What's going on? How did Douluo Planet suddenly disappear…"
"Destruction..." Just then, a gentle and beautiful woman entered from outside the Destruction God Temple, "What's made you so angry?"
"Life..."
Upon hearing her, the Destruction God King's expression softened a bit, "Do you remember the plane where the Asura God's and Sea God's godhood succession took place?"
"I've heard about it. Those two guys are really unlucky, both growing a rebellious successor. Moreover, their inheritors are both on that Douluo plane."
"Yes, that's the one."
The Destruction God King nodded, "I promised the Old Shura God and the Old Sea God that once the conflict between the Douluo plane and the abyssal plane is over, I would descend personally, retrieve their godhoods, and integrate the Douluo plane into the Divine Realm, expanding its territory.
But just now, a sudden change occurred..."
The Life Goddess changed her expression, "What kind of change?"
The Destruction God King was so angry that his lips trembled, "The Douluo plane... it just disappeared all of a sudden!"
"What? Weren't you always watching over it?"
"That's why it's so... sudden..."
The Destruction God King suddenly seemed a bit embarrassed.
The Life Goddess also fell silent.
Without a doubt.
For the Douluo plane to hide right under the Destruction God King's nose, it likely underwent an unknowable change, having slipped out of Divine Realm's control.
"So I cannot just let it go, the disappearance of the Douluo plane. Whether it's for the Divine Realm or for the Asura God Position and Sea God's godhood, I must drag it back into the light..." The voice of the Destruction God King was unwaveringly firm.
"Then what do you intend to do?"
In truth, when she posed this question, the Life Goddess already had a guess what he would say.
After a moment's silence, the Destruction God King said two words, "Descend upon the lower world."
"But the rules..." The Life Goddess hesitated a little.
Suddenly, the Destruction God King laughed, "We are the rulers of the deities in the Divine Realm, the rules are just set by us, to constrain the deities, not to bind ourselves. Gods are not to descend to the lower realm, that is the rule, but who said Divine Kings can't descend to the lower realm?"
"Moreover, if I do not descend, who else can find the missing Douluo plane?."
After listening to the Destruction God King, the Life Goddess nodded, "It has come to this, we can only do this, but you have to remember to be careful..."
"Haha, don't worry about that. If there truly is a power in the Douluo plane that threatens us, why would they hide away like mice?"
The Destruction God King casually waved his hand, "Just wait, I will definitely drag these mice out of their burrows and have the Douluo plane return to the control of the Divine Realm."
(PS: Brothers, I was wrong. I've made changes. My original plan was for his spirit to enter another world to comprehend life and death and breakthrough to the God King realm, but since everyone doesn't like it, let's just skip that. Direct confrontation with the Divine Realm it is then.)