Chapter 98: Returning in Triumph, Looking to the Future
Upon hearing Lei Chen's allocation, a look of solemnity appeared on Electrolux's aged face.
He knew deeply that the twenty percent of the plane's origin represented an incredibly vast fortune, enough to bring about a transformative change to his Undead Space.
He took a step forward, extending both hands to carefully support the smaller, dark-red solid sphere of light that had been separated.
"Many thanks for the Plane Master's generous gift. Electrolux will certainly not fail this trust; I shall strive to refine it and strengthen the foundation of my realm."
As his voice fell, Electrolux circulated his divine power, attempting to take over this mass of origin crystals that condensed twenty percent of the Abyss Plane's volume.
However, the moment his divine power touched the sphere, his arms suddenly sank, and for the first time, a look of undisguised astonishment appeared on his face.
The weight of this sphere far exceeded his imagination!
Even though he had anticipated that twenty percent of a complete plane's volume would be no small matter, only upon actual contact did he truly feel that heavy sensation, as if he were lifting a small continent.
It wasn't simple physical weight, but the 'weight of existence' brought by the extreme condensation of energy, matter, and even fragments of laws, sufficient to distort ordinary space.
With his divine power as a Second-Tier God, he actually found it extremely taxing. The dark-red luster flowing on the sphere's surface seemed to possess the weight of billions of tons, threatening to break free from his control and plummet into the endless void.
"Heh... it was my oversight," Lei Chen remarked with a faint smile upon seeing this. "This is the remains of a plane; its weight is naturally extraordinary. Electrolux, you don't need to carry it by force."
The surprise in Electrolux's eyes quickly receded, replaced by his usual composure. He nodded and stopped trying to support it solely with his own divine power. With a thought, the eternal pagoda hovering beside him immediately emitted a low hum.
Divine light of chaotic hues flowed down from the pagoda's body, enveloping the dark-red solid sphere. As a great divine artifact, the eternal pagoda contained its own internal space, which was incredibly stable and possessed the power to suppress and contain.
The base of the pagoda shimmered with light, forming an invisible vortex that generated a powerful suction. Under this force, the heavy sphere slowly rose, eventually sinking inch by inch into the gates of the eternal pagoda's first floor as if lifted by an invisible hand.
As the sphere fully entered, the pagoda's body vibrated slightly, and the light on its surface seemed to become more solid, as if it were carrying a heavy foundation.
Electrolux breathed a visible sigh of relief. With a wave of his hand, the eternal pagoda rapidly shrank and turned into a streak of light that merged into his body. He could feel the majestic energy radiating from the origin sphere within the pagoda, as if a star about to hatch were hidden inside him.
"Plane Master, Electrolux shall return first to begin refining this object." Electrolux bowed deeply to Lei Chen.
"Go. Proceed step by step; there is no need to rush for success." Lei Chen nodded in acknowledgment.
Electrolux said no more. His form turned into a milky-white streak of light, piercing through the fragments of the plane barrier that had not yet fully settled, quickly disappearing in the direction of the Douluo Plane.
Seeing Electrolux successfully store that portion of the origin, Lei Chen turned his gaze back to the even larger main sphere before him, which occupied eighty percent of the Abyss Plane's volume.
He raised both hands, his fingers weaving several complex and profound hand seals like butterflies fluttering through flowers.
Following the changes in his hand seals, the surrounding spatial laws were invoked. Invisible spatial power, like the most skillful craftsman, began to weave and construct with the sphere as the center.
In the blink of an eye, an incredibly massive, transparent spatial cage—whose boundaries were hard to discern with the naked eye but which truly existed—took shape, completely encompassing the entire dark-red solid sphere.
"Shrink."
Lei Chen uttered a simple syllable, and his hand seals suddenly shifted.
That massive spatial cage seemed to gain a life of its own, beginning to contract sharply inward. Incredibly, as the cage shrank, the massive dark-red sphere inside, tens of thousands of meters in diameter, was also forcibly compressed by some incredible spatial might, shrinking in synchronization!
Space was folding; matter and energy were being refined under extreme pressure.
In just a few breaths, the plane's remains, which originally required one to look up at them, were forcibly compressed into a sphere only the size of a fist, its color as deep as a blood diamond, wrapped in a thin layer of spatial barrier, quietly hovering above Lei Chen's palm.
Though its volume had shrunk countless times, holding it in his hand, Lei Chen could still clearly feel the terrifying mass and energy contained within, enough to make the stars lose their luster.
He weighed the'small' sphere, his eyes calm, and then with a flash of his figure, he disappeared from these completely dead abyss ruins that were about to be assimilated by the cosmic void.
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Douluo Plane, Boundary Mountain Range.
Since Lei Chen and Electrolux had successively charged into the Abyss, the remaining Douluo Allied Forces had been following orders. Under the command of several demigod experts, they maintained the highest level of vigilance across the mountain range's defensive lines. The Linked Soul Tools were kept in a semi-activated state, and countless eyes stared fixedly at the dark-red world across the plane boundary.
Then, they witnessed with their own eyes how that boundless dark-red canopy across from them went from deathly silence to suddenly erupting with unimaginable, terrifying energy fluctuations, and then how the entire 'world' began to collapse and shrink layer by layer like a broken eggshell, finally turning completely into an indescribable darkness. Subsequently, even that mass of darkness disappeared, leaving only a scene of void and chaos in the universe outside the boundary.
Despite being separated by the plane barrier, that world-destroying scene still left every witness's heart swaying, filled with awe.
When Lei Chen's familiar figure stepped out from the void as if crossing a galaxy and reappeared in the sky above the Boundary Mountain Range, after a brief silence, deafening cheers erupted like a long-dormant volcano, shaking the clouds!
"Long live the Plane Master!"
"We won! A complete victory!"
"The Abyss is destroyed! Our world is saved!"
The ecstasy of surviving a disaster, the worship of supreme power, and the excitement of their home being preserved—all sorts of emotions intertwined to form sound waves that impacted the heavens.
Whether they were human Soul Masters or Soul Beast experts, at this moment, they all cast aside racial barriers, venting their inner excitement and pride to their heart's content.
Lei Chen's figure hovered in the air. Listening to the mountain-shaking cheers below, his expression remained calm. He slowly raised his hand and pressed down slightly.
In an instant, all sounds were as if seized by an invisible hand, quickly subsiding, leaving only countless gazes filled with fervor and expectation focused on him.
"This battle is finished," Lei Chen's voice was peaceful, yet it clearly reached the ears of every soldier. "The Abyss Plane no longer exists. Your bravery has been indispensable."
"Now that the crisis is removed, each legion may withdraw from the boundary in order, return to their posts, and rest."
There were no excessive grand speeches, just a plain announcement of victory and subsequent arrangements, but the unquestionable authority contained within made everyone's hearts settle completely.
After speaking, Lei Chen paid no more attention to the discussions below—which had started up again, much more restrained yet still full of excitement. With a flash, he disappeared from the spot, and in the next moment, he appeared directly before the towering Golden Ancient Tree.
At this time, the Golden Ancient Tree was flowing with surging seven-colored halos throughout its body, its canopy like a magnificent parasol, shedding endless light of life.
It was still operating at full capacity, digesting the vast energy Electrolux had brought back earlier—the chaotic divine power from the self-detonation of three Second-Tier Gods and the origin from the collapse of an entire layer of the Abyss.
This energy was already quite considerable, making the leaves of the Golden Ancient Tree appear increasingly crystalline and brilliant. The life aura it emitted enveloped the entire boundary, but clearly, given the Golden Ancient Tree's digestive capacity, it would still take a significant amount of time to completely transform and absorb this energy.
Lei Chen held the dark-red sphere compressed to the size of a fist, his gaze falling on the thick trunk of the Golden Ancient Tree.
Now, adding another mass of ultimate origin crystals that condensed eighty percent of the entire Abyss Plane's volume would undoubtedly be an unprecedentedly massive test for the Golden Ancient Tree, which served as the life and energy hub. The total amount of energy needing transformation would be dozens or even hundreds of times more than before!
The pressure was immense, but correspondingly, the harvest would be unprecedented.
Once the Golden Ancient Tree could successfully devour, transform, and absorb all the energy gained from this war, what kind of earth-shaking evolution would the Douluo Plane undergo?
To what degree would the plane barrier be strengthened? To what extent would the Heaven and Earth Yuan Power be enriched? What kind of leap would the life level take? And as the Plane Master, what kind of feedback and improvement could he obtain from it?
In Lei Chen's deep eyes, as he watched the quietly spinning small dark-red sphere and then looked at the light-flowing Golden Ancient Tree, a look of profound expectation couldn't help but flash through.
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