All the illusions began to gradually become solid. Gu Yuena's consciousness also gradually returned along with it.
When she woke up, she had already arrived in another world. The distorted void disappeared, and everything around her was filled with dense seven-colored lights and shadows. That wondrous aura gave her a feeling of physical and mental comfort, as if everything had received wondrous nourishment.
This feeling was so comfortable and peculiar that the pain brought about by the sudden explosive growth of her figure and the crazy increase in her body's strength was swept away. What was even more wondrous was that her body actually seemed to be still filling up with this gentle aura.
She immediately felt the changes in her body, discovering that the current her was no different from when she had escaped into the void earlier. And at this time, she was still in human form. The place she was in seemed to be a massive palace.
Within this massive palace, there were no other existences. There was only herself, sitting quietly on a magnificent dragon throne in the main seat of the palace.
Sitting here naturally brought about a feeling of looking down upon all living beings in the world.
Could this place be...
Gu Yuena tried hard to keep her divine consciousness clear, while also clearly feeling everything around her. Her memories gradually returned and revived. Earlier, it was the Dragon God's consciousness that told her she had to undergo a test.
This was the test to become the Dragon God, and the content of the test was naturally for her to resolve the major event that had once caused the Dragon God to go mad and plunged the entire Dragon Clan into tragedy.
She had learned from Huo Yuhao what had happened to the Dragon Clan in the past, and she also knew how powerful the former Dragon God was. That was an existence at the Supreme God King level. Yet even such a Supreme God King actually went mad and caused the extinction of his own race.
Undoubtedly, this test was not just as simple as whether she could become a God King; it even concerned whether she could survive. Once the test failed, not only would she fail to become a God King, but she would probably also lose her life. At the very least, she would become as mad as the Dragon God.
Thinking of this, Gu Yuena's mind gradually calmed down. She first adjusted her condition.
Her body's strength had truly reached a level capable of accommodating the Dragon God's power, making her truly a powerhouse at the Half-Step God King level. And at this moment, the aura she exuded was not even as simple as a Half-Step God King. It was a power that seemed capable of covering everything, controlling everything, and destroying everything.
But her essence was still at the Half-Step God King level. If evaluated using the God King realm, then the current her could be said to be strong on the outside but weak on the inside. She possessed the Dragon God's aura, yet did not have the Dragon God's power.
Gu Yuena slowly walked down from her throne. She immediately noticed a difference again. As she walked down the throne, the surrounding colored halos naturally converged towards her, forming a ring of nine-colored light wheel behind her head. The peculiar and massive energy in the air was still gathering into her body on its own.
Absorbing these energies, Gu Yuena could feel that she was becoming stronger every moment. Gu Yuena was not in a hurry to step out of the main hall. She knew very well that the moment she walked out of the hall, her Dragon God's test would truly begin.
The Dragon God Realm ruled over ten great galaxies. This was the mighty power of the Dragon God Realm at its peak. And after the Dragon God Realm, the humans who inherited the realm and established the new Divine Realm should have been far from having such great power. Otherwise, they wouldn't have been swept away so easily by the space-time turbulence. In other words, the impact of that great war on the Dragon God Realm was fatal, to the point that the Divine Realm severely declined and the Dragon Clan went extinct.
As her divine consciousness left the main hall, Gu Yuena immediately felt her whole body jolt. The world outside was actually boundless. Even with her level of divine consciousness, her perception was similarly boundless. The faintly colored clouds were filled with fairy spirit energy. The endless territory made this Divine Realm look like a pure land of ultimate bliss. She had never seen such a beautiful place.
Not only was there land, but there were also cities suspended in the sky. There were even rivers flowing down from the sky, transforming into massive waterfalls.
Various birds and beasts soared in the sky, all exuding powerful auras. Especially the Dragon Clan, the dragons flying in the sky had massive bodies, yet they could all live in harmony with other types of divine beasts, completely presenting a peaceful scene.
Right at this moment, feeling a sudden sensation in her heart, Gu Yuena abruptly withdrew her divine consciousness and had already returned inside the main hall.
Outside the main hall, a low and vigorous voice sounded, "My Lord, everything is ready."
"Come in." Gu Yuena naturally knew what this so-called "ready" meant. This was inextricably linked to her current test, which was the destruction of the Dragon God Realm.
Outside the main hall was not just a single existence, but many existences arriving.
Under her command, figures walked in from the outside one after another.
Everyone who walked in was in human form, just like Gu Yuena, the Dragon God herself, was also in human form.
But from these incoming deities, Gu Yuena could clearly feel that many of them were not deities, but divine beasts.
Walking at the very front on the left side was a slender young man. He was handsome, and his entire body exuded a strange radiance, as if he were walking light. On his forehead, a white spiritual scale flickered with a faint golden light.
This was one of the Ten Great Dragon Kings of the Dragon Clan, the Light Dragon King.
On the other side, opposite her, at the very front on the right side was a woman. The light on her body was restrained, and a gorgeous black long dress accentuated her mystery. She was like the polar opposite of the man across from her; all the darkness was drawn and absorbed by her. This was impressively the Dark Dragon King.
Following closely behind these two were the other eight Dragon Kings. The one opposite her was a Dragon Clan Crown Prince. His whole body brimmed with a youthful and lively aura, clearly still appearing as a teenager. After walking into the main hall, his eyes sparkled with brilliance. When he looked towards Gu Yuena's side, he even winked and made faces at her. What his body emitted was a faint seven-colored light.
After the Ten Great Dragon Kings, every single one who walked in was a powerhouse. Moreover, Gu Yuena saw humans. The number of humans was not small; they could almost be said to be the second strongest group outside of the Dragon Clan.
It was just that facing her, the Dragon God, they all kept their heads bowed and eyes lowered submissively, without any inappropriate emotions.
"My Lord, everything is ready. The Dragon Clan's grand ceremony can begin at any time." The Dark Dragon King on the right stepped forward and said respectfully to Gu Yuena.
Just then, the Light Dragon King on the left stepped forward, bowed respectfully to Gu Yuena, looking as if he wanted to speak but stopped.
"Speak," Gu Yuena said indifferently.
The Light Dragon King said in a deep voice, "My Lord, I believe we still need to think twice before acting regarding the grand ceremony. Although we have made ample preparations. However, as far as we know, within the range we can currently probe, a Divine Star has never appeared. Can we really succeed? We now have the power of faith from numerous galaxies; shouldn't we accumulate more?"
Opposite him, the Dark Dragon King retorted sarcastically, "We have waited long enough. Why are you still so timid? There is absolutely no reason to continue waiting. We have made such ample preparations; this is our best opportunity to step into the next level. Once we achieve a Divine Star, the coverage area of our Dragon God Realm can at least multiply several times. When that time comes, our Divine Realm will truly become even more powerful. We haven't discovered a Divine Star, but that doesn't mean there are no Divine Stars. If a Divine Star arrives, will we be able to protect our subjects?"
The Dark Dragon King's emotions were clearly a bit agitated. Evidently, this argument was not occurring for the first time.
What was the concept of a six-dimensional space? Even if the Crimson Mother broke through to become the Crimson God King, her goal was merely to touch the five-dimensional space while stabilizing the four-dimensional space to establish a Divine Realm.
A difference of one dimension in space was not just a little bit; it was a massive gap of geometric multiples.
From this, it could be seen just what level of existence the Dragon God Realm was, already able to touch, or even thoroughly transform into, a six-dimensional space!
Soon, the argument began. The Ten Great Dragon Kings clearly divided into two factions—no, accurately speaking, it should be three factions. Because the Time Dragon King and the Dragon Clan Crown Prince standing at the back hadn't spoken.
The Dragon Clan Crown Prince seemed to find their quarreling very interesting, listening earnestly with a look full of interest. Meanwhile, the Time Dragon King remained submissive with lowered eyes all along, seemingly having no opinion whatsoever on this argument.
Obviously, regarding this so-called grand ceremony to achieve a Divine Star, the Dragon Clan should have made ample preparations. However, there were also some who were hesitant.
Apart from the Ten Great Dragon Kings, the numerous deities behind them also had their own inclinations. But they seemed to have no right to speak here. Therefore, no one opened their mouths.
Clearly, the Dragon God of this period was beloved by the entire Dragon God Realm.
Judging from the current situation, as things continued to develop, holding the grand ceremony was imperative and would inevitably proceed. This was what led to the series of tragedies that occurred later.
"Enough. Stop arguing. My mind is made up; the grand ceremony shall begin. Achieving a Divine Star, we will be an entirely independent existence in the universe, possessing the power to decide our own destiny. Our accumulation has been long enough. The Dragon God Realm is also solid enough. All who belong to the Divine Dragon, set out with me!" the former Dragon God announced.
As soon as these words came out, all the deities present bowed in her direction without exception, "We strictly obey the Lord's decree!"
"Roar—" An impassioned dragon's roar, carrying incomparably powerful battle intent and confidence, abruptly burst forth from the Dragon God's mouth. This roaring dragon's cry seemed to stir the entire Divine Realm along with it. The Ten Great Dragon Kings present, drawn by the bloodline aura, instantly raised their heads simultaneously and let out long, resonant dragon roars up at the sky to harmonize with it.
Gu Yuena felt somewhat helpless. After all, she could not truly influence this event that had already happened, and the Dragon God had already stood up and was striding outward.
All the deities present automatically parted to both sides. As she moved forward, the Ten Great Dragon Kings followed behind her first, and then the powerhouses of the other races, accompanying her as they walked out together.
The next instant, she appeared on top of a massive high platform.
She didn't know how high this platform was. All she could see was the heavy and incomparably dense fairy clouds wreathing the surroundings.
Countless fairy spirit energy surged toward her body from all directions. This was Gu Yuena's true body. She could feel that her body, which had been vastly enhanced during the previous breakthrough, was being filled by this massive fairy spirit energy, and her cultivation was skyrocketing every single moment.
What was even more peculiar was that standing on this high platform, directly above her head was the boundless starry sky. Countless stars shone all over the sky, and she felt as if she could grasp these stars just by raising her hand.
And on this high platform, there was a total of eighteen existences accompanying her side. This included the Ten Great Dragon Kings, as well as another eight powerhouses who were also at the God King level.
The high platform beneath her feet was covered in various divine patterns and inlaid with countless magnificent gemstones. Dense colored light emitted aura fluctuations of an even higher level. Massive energy continuously rose upwards.
Gu Yuena could even feel that the sky full of stars, those innumerable existences, were all under her control. And among these stars, all were producing invisible feedback to her, continuously injecting their power in this direction.
Ten great galaxies. This should be the ten great star domains controlled by the Dragon God Realm.
At this point, it was already unstoppable. Gu Yuena also understood that the Dragon God would not let her stop the grand ceremony from happening.
At this very moment, even the three Dragon Kings who had previously held dissenting views had eyes flashing with excitement and firm light. Since they were going to do it, they absolutely had to go all out.
"Buzz!" A powerful aura abruptly rose from beneath her feet. The entire platform instantly turned into a sheet of colors, and all the stars in the sky became increasingly bright in this instant. The fairy spirit energy madly surged toward the direction of the platform.
The Dragon Ascension Pillar in Gu Yuena's hand continuously burst forth with blinding light. The eighteen God Kings surrounding her body all erupted with deafening dragon roars from their mouths.
Dragons roared and bellowed, and heaven and earth shook. Incomparably powerful auras were madly climbing.
The Dragon Ascension Pillar in Gu Yuena's hand was slowly raised by her, and all of this was not under her own control. All eighteen God King-level existences raised their respective divine artifacts.
Among them, Gu Yuena astonishingly saw that the one at the head of the Human Race raised a blood-red longsword.
Her impression of this blood-red longsword was extremely profound; that was exactly Asura God Tang San's Asura Sword! This person naturally was the first-generation Asura God, Asura.
On either side of the Asura God's body, the God Kings of Good and Evil respectively released a black light and a white light. The two lights fused together, exuding a peculiar light, shooting toward the direction of the Dragon Ascension Pillar at the same time.
The power of eighteen God Kings converged together was so massive that Gu Yuena felt as if her body was about to burst apart.
However, the Dragon Ascension Pillar in her hand remained incredibly stable. The fairy spirit energy in the air madly filled her body, transforming and becoming a part of her. Her aura also skyrocketed upward by geometric multiples along with it.
Her body slowly levitated into the air. Above the high platform, those thousands of stars all cast their light down, similarly converging toward the Dragon Ascension Pillar in her hand.
"Supreme God King, living as long as heaven and earth! Shining together with the sun and moon! No 'I' in the world! Unparalleled Divine Dragon!"
Gu Yuena spat out the words word by word. And accompanying the appearance of her every word, the Dragon God Realm beneath her violently shook once. Dazzling light converged from those thousands of stars, madly injecting into the Dragon God Realm.
And the point of this injection was the Dragon Ascension Pillar in Gu Yuena's hand. At this very moment, she seemed to have become a medium. The power she exuded was covering the entire Divine Realm, and the Divine Realm, under the convergence of this stellar energy from thousands of stars, began to undergo dramatic changes.
The surface of the realm was permeated with layers of illusory light and shadow, and the massive energy contained in these lights and shadows was rapidly fusing with the Dragon God Realm itself, making its aura become increasingly powerful.
Yet Gu Yuena at this moment felt as if her body was about to explode. Even though her body was already at the God King level, such massive power was still unbearable for her. Even just acting as a transit point was equally unbearable.
But none of this was under her control; it was the original Dragon God guiding everything, completing this ceremony. At this time, she could also feel the changes of the entire Dragon God Realm and feel the cosmic power transmitting from thousands of stars.
Invisibly, the Dragon God Realm seemed to have a feeling of struggling, struggling within the universe. And achieving a Divine Star seemed to be transforming amidst this struggle.
This was an elevation of dimension. What did elevating a dimension mean? Whether it was an elevation from a low dimension or an elevation from a high dimension, one point always led to the same result: it required massive energy as support...