The entire Dragon Realm was trembling violently, and looking from the Tianma Twin Stars, it appeared as if a massive, faintly discernible nine-colored light cloud had appeared in the sky. No existence could approach it; within it, there seemed to be great terror and great majesty.
Huo Yuhao floated in space, able to clearly sense the situation inside the Dragon Realm. At this time, the Dragon Realm seemed to have come alive, becoming completely different from before.
Gu Yuena's strengthening was not just like an expanding container; it cut off all connections between her and the universe. If she achieved the Dragon God, then she should be able to seize energy directly from the universe.
"Great King, welcome back!" Right at this moment, the entire Dragon Realm resonated. This was not a single voice, but thousands of voices converging together—the soul resonance of the bone dragons.
"Come! I will lead you to rebuild the Dragon Clan. When the Dragon God Realm is re-established, it will be the moment of your resurrection." Gu Yuena's divine consciousness swept across the entire Dragon Realm. Instantly, all the power in the Dragon Realm madly surged towards her direction.
At this moment, she had only one obsession in her heart, and that was to become the Dragon God.
The faintly discernible nine-colored light cloud in the sky turned into a massive nine-colored vortex, causing Huo Yuhao, who had been confronting the Crimson Mother, to have his heart leap into his throat.
At the same time, on a massive star, light and shadow flickered faintly.
The ultra-high temperature on the surface of the star was emitting intense light and heat.
But in the very next instant, the light on the entire surface of the star suddenly dimmed considerably. Immediately after, an inconspicuous dark red sphere shot out from inside the star.
When it first appeared, it was almost invisible like a sunspot, but soon, as it flew, the flames behind it seemed to have become part of its body.
The star's light became increasingly dim, but this small sphere was rapidly expanding and growing larger. From the initial dark red, it gradually turned into bright red, then fiery red, and crimson red.
Finally, it transformed into a massive purplish-red sphere of light, stagnating in space.
On the surface of this purplish-red light sphere, streaks of crimson electric arcs continuously circulated, while its own aura madly expanded. That terrifying aura gradually contracted inwards, and the sphere began to change as a beautiful figure slowly emerged.
That was a woman of extreme beauty, but she seemed completely out of tune with the entire world, looking very awkward.
Her entire body was covered in purplish-red armor. Every slight movement of hers seemed to violate the universal principles, violating everything in this world. Yet she existed just like that, still a part of this world.
The star far behind her had completely dimmed, with only light flashing internally.
A cold smile slowly appeared at the corners of the woman's mouth. She slowly raised her hands, looking at her palms, feeling the entire world that was completely out of tune with her.
"I am the kind of existence that the universal laws do not allow to appear. No matter what, I must succeed. I will become the great Crimson God King!"
Her eyes were filled with a hysterical look.
Only she herself knew how difficult it was for her to achieve God King, and she didn't even know how much of a price she would pay. Even the plane she created must be destroyed and sacrificed for her final achievement.
And those children she created one by one had to be destroyed to fulfill her. She needed massive energy to help her break through this final step.
Why did the Crimson Mother want to rely on devouring the Tianma Twin Stars to become a God King? Not only because of the energy she needed, but more importantly, by devouring one of these two planets, she could use their aura to mask her own, preventing the universal laws from discovering her, thereby better stabilizing her power and even quietly transforming towards a normal Divine Realm.
If she could succeed this time, it would naturally be the most ideal situation.
Once she became a God King, a Half-Step God King would be nothing but a joke in front of a true God King. She could even establish her own Divine Realm to devour everything within her sight.
Of course, even if she succeeded, she wouldn't do that.
Because she was the dark side of the universe, an existence not allowed by the universal laws, a great terror that destroyed the universal rules and balance.
If she established a Divine Realm, she would definitely be immediately attacked by the universal laws. Although she didn't know what kind of attack it would be, having fought against the universal laws for so many years and constantly searching for loopholes in the rules, she knew very well what she should do now.
The plan still had to be executed. She still had to work hard to cover up her existence as the dark side of the universe. Only by obtaining a true physical entity, or even the entire Tianma Twin Stars, quietly transforming it into her own power, and then using the massive life energy of these two planets to mask her nature as the dark side of the universe.
Then, the Crimson Mother would have the possibility of becoming a true God King, or at least be able to delay being targeted by the universal laws.
The universal laws were full of rejection towards her; wasn't she equally full of malice towards the universal laws? If given the chance, destroying the entire universe seemed like a good choice too...
The purplish-red light and shadow silently disappeared. When she reappeared, she was already on the surface of another planet, and the next instant, she disappeared again.
The Crimson Mother herself seemed to have become a wormhole, able to travel freely through space.
Without waiting too long, Huo Yuhao's gaze suddenly stared in a certain direction—a touch of soft purplish-red silently appeared as if at the end of the universe, but the next instant, that purplish-red had appeared out of thin air right in front of him.
At the moment that light appeared, everything around seemed to have solidified, and faintly, there was also a faint colored circulation.
"I seem to be unable to sense Tian Yang's aura. Invader, how should I reward you?" A cold and charming voice sounded, and the purplish-red light quietly stabilized.
A graceful figure completely out of tune with the entire world just silently emerged. And the few simple words from her mouth seemed to make the entire world tremble.
The Crimson Mother's breathtaking face seemed to be rejected by the entire world. The moment she appeared, the surrounding space unconsciously distorted, as if trying to expel her, but this also made her look increasingly illusory.
"Reward? Then do you want to become my umpteenth wife?" A smile curved at the corners of Huo Yuhao's mouth, the Demon King Halberd in his hand ready to strike.
Hearing this, the Crimson God King's expression changed slightly. The fact that this unidentified foreign invader dared to talk and laugh cheerfully in front of a Half-Step God King like herself clearly showed he had a certain level of confidence.
"Invader, I can promise you that you can become a part of my Crimson Divine Realm. You should understand that, as someone about to become a God King, I have absolutely no need to deceive you, because all living beings on the Tianma Twin Stars will be under my control. My Divine Realm also needs more anchors."
"After I establish a brand new Divine Realm based on the Tianma Twin Stars, I will go into seclusion, and the Divine Realm can even be handed over to you to manage. Following me is equivalent to gaining eternal life," the Crimson Mother guided patiently.
"But, I refuse." Huo Yuhao's eyes returned to indifference, and the Demon King Halberd began to bloom with dark light.
Pieces of intricate dark armor enveloped Huo Yuhao's body, and eight pitch-black wings spread open. An aura similarly rejected by the universe continuously rose.
"You and I seem to be no different." The Crimson God King did not immediately move to stop him; instead, she watched this scene with great interest. It seemed that deep inside, she was also sensing an aura similar to hers from him.
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The entire Dragon Realm was trembling violently, and looking from the Tianma Twin Stars, it appeared as if a massive, faintly discernible nine-colored light cloud had appeared in the sky. No existence could approach it; within it, there seemed to be great terror and great majesty.
Huo Yuhao floated in space, able to clearly sense the situation inside the Dragon Realm. At this time, the Dragon Realm seemed to have come alive, becoming completely different from before.
Gu Yuena's strengthening was not just like an expanding container; it cut off all connections between her and the universe. If she achieved the Dragon God, then she should be able to seize energy directly from the universe.
"Great King, welcome back!" Right at this moment, the entire Dragon Realm resonated. This was not a single voice, but thousands of voices converging together—the soul resonance of the bone dragons.
"Come! I will lead you to rebuild the Dragon Clan. When the Dragon God Realm is re-established, it will be the moment of your resurrection." Gu Yuena's divine consciousness swept across the entire Dragon Realm. Instantly, all the power in the Dragon Realm madly surged towards her direction.
At this moment, she had only one obsession in her heart, and that was to become the Dragon God.
The faintly discernible nine-colored light cloud in the sky turned into a massive nine-colored vortex, causing Huo Yuhao, who had been confronting the Crimson Mother, to have his heart leap into his throat.
Within the Dragon Realm, the massive nine-colored vortex surrounded that enormous body. Gu Yuena's body had expanded to a full ten thousand meters high.
Her delicate body was still cracking, still reconstructing, still unstable, but the severe physical pain was miraculously easing.
The Dragon Ascension Pillar was still continuously providing massive energy, and the nine-colored vortex transformed from the Dragon Realm was contracting inward. In other words, the entire Dragon Realm was getting smaller and smaller, approaching her direction.
The Dragon God himself did not want to revive, because he had no qualification to revive. He was a sinner of the Dragon Clan and had no qualification to become the Lord of the Dragon Clan again.
But the Dragon Clan could not perish; the Dragon God needed to be passed down. The new generation's Dragon God would be the key to the Dragon Clan's restored glory.
When the Dragon God finally fell back then, he had regained his clarity, which led to the series of arrangements in the Dragon Realm.
At that time, the Dragon God had actually been effectively slain, transforming into the Golden Dragon King, the Silver Dragon King, and the Dragon God Core. Everything here in the Dragon Realm was actually achieved by the Dragon God Core.
And the main reason the Dragon God was unwilling to revive should be due to the mistakes he had made in the past.
At this moment, Gu Yuena could clearly feel that her body was becoming increasingly stable. All that was left in the Dragon Realm, including the Dragon God's skeleton, all the dragon bones in the Dragon Clan cemetery, the Dragon God Core, and the Dragon Ascension Pillar—all these were left by the Dragon God to mold this body for her, a body capable of bearing Supreme God King-level energy.
It was just that the energy she possessed within this body had not reached the God King level.
Therefore, she needed the energy of the Tianma Twin Stars, she needed the energy of the Crimson Realm.
The nine-colored light on Gu Yuena's body began to gradually converge inwards. The cracks on her body also began to close up and no longer split open.
On the Dragon Ascension Pillar, the mottled exterior rapidly faded, transforming into a giant pillar that was nine-colored all over, with exactly 9,999 dragon-shaped carvings on its surface.
This was the former Super Divine Tool of the Dragon God, one of her truly powerful weapons.
The final remaining energy inside the Dragon Ascension Pillar swarmed out, madly rushing towards Gu Yuena's body.
Instantly, she felt as if her entire being had been vitalized. From her tailbone, an electric-like sensation instantly traveled through her entire spine, causing her whole body to tremble and restoring her ability to move.
And the moment she regained her mobility, all the surrounding energy madly surged towards her, rapidly being absorbed into her body. The entire Dragon Realm began to collapse rapidly, condensing towards her, and the nine colors were also rapidly dimming.
Gu Yuena raised her hand and instantly grasped the Dragon Ascension Pillar in front of her. At this time, she was like a massive vortex; her perception could even span half a galaxy, and everything seemed to be able to be devoured and absorbed by her.
The Dragon Realm's energy was being rapidly consumed, and it was visibly about to be depleted.
On the Tianma Twin Stars, the massive life energy had already begun to be drawn by her, leaving the planet's surface and rising towards the direction of the Dragon Realm.
Just then, the Dragon Ascension Pillar in her hand suddenly trembled slightly, and an illusory light and shadow began to emerge.
Gu Yuena's eyes moved slightly, the aura on her body restrained as she stared opposite herself—the dense colored light drifting out from the Dragon Ascension Pillar gradually converged into a figure.
He looked to be in his thirties, his appearance somewhat illusory and unclear. However, he wore luxurious formal attire. The attire was nine-colored but didn't appear gaudy; the deep nine colors only exuded a sense of nobility and reverence.
"Has it finally come to this step?" A voice with somewhat unstable emotional fluctuations sounded. Gu Yuena could hear the complex emotions contained within his voice.
"My former self, long time no see," Gu Yuena said with complex eyes.
"Yes." The Dragon God nodded slowly. "My half of benevolent intent, my inheritor, you are finally here."
"You are me, and I am you. There is only one Dragon God position. This is the final divine consciousness I left behind."
As a God King, unless obliterated by the power of universal laws, it wasn't that easy to die. What's more, even among God Kings, the Dragon God was one of the most powerful existences. Back then, if it wasn't for the Dragon God's own internal problems, how could the Asura God have killed him?
Furthermore, if the Dragon God truly wanted to revive, he would have succeeded long ago. But he didn't want to. He was the sinner of the Dragon Clan; it was his mistake that caused the entire Dragon Clan to be annihilated along with it.
The Dragon God consciously felt he had no qualification to revive, because he no longer had the right to rule over them.
Gu Yuena couldn't help but ask: "My predecessor, what exactly did you experience to turn out like that?"
The Dragon God said bitterly: "Actually, I have faintly guessed some of it, but I cannot explain it concretely. This is something you need to explore. If you want to truly become the new Dragon God, then you must solve the problems I once faced. And this is my test for you, the test to become the Dragon God. Are you ready?"
The next instant, everything around suddenly lit up. The Dragon Ascension Pillar in Gu Yuena's hand seemed to turn into thousands of auspicious rays. Countless colored halos circled around her, spinning and rising violently, seemingly dragging her into another world. Everything around also became illusory along with it.