Chapter 178: From Quantitative to Qualitative Change, Breaking Through to Half-step God King
After focusing on the progress of the Angel God Throne's reforging, Lei Chen immersed his mind into the entire plane.
In the Plane Origin Sea, the concept of time had blurred; only the tides of energy and the evolution of rules never ceased.
Since the Demon Plane successfully integrated, and with Du Busi and Electrolux collaborating with Bi Ji to accelerate the refinement of the Abyss Core through three distinct yet complementary methods, the Douluo Plane had entered a high-speed and stable mode of "digestion" and "growth."
Every day, every moment, massive amounts of pure origin energy were extracted and purified from the Abyss Core, then poured into the torrent of the plane's origin like sweet dew.
As the manifestation of the plane's Life Core, the growth of the Golden Ancient Tree was the most intuitive.
Its towering trunk grew even more upright, already surpassing ordinary mountains; the main trunk required dozens of people to encircle it, and the bark displayed an ancient texture that harmonized with the ultimate principles of heaven and earth, as if recording the changes of the world.
The branches and leaves were incredibly lush, each leaf appearing as if cast from the finest jade and gold, with naturally generated runes flowing incessantly upon them, emitting an extremely dense life aura and world power.
The massive canopy spread out, covering nearly half of the space within the Plane Origin Sea, casting a warm and life-filled radiance that nourished all things.
The root system was even more spectacular; they were no longer simple fibrous roots but had transformed into countless rainbow-colored light bands stretching across the void, deeply piercing into that giant dark-red Abyss light sphere, greedily yet orderly absorbing nutrients with even greater efficiency than before.
Under such a majestic infusion of energy, the volume and foundation of the Douluo Plane were expanding rapidly at a rate visible to the naked eye.
As the Plane Master, who shared the same origin as the plane, the feedback Lei Chen received was undoubtedly the greatest and most direct.
He stood silently at the peak of the Golden Ancient Tree, as if he had become a part of the ancient tree, and as if the tree were guarding its monarch.
Bathed in the surging rainbow light of the plane and the pure flow of energy, his divine body had long reached the limit of a First-rank Deity. Every inch of skin and every wisp of divine power was filled with unspeakable, vast energy. Purple-gold lightning divine power galloped through his meridians like awakening Primordial Thunder Dragons, letting out low and majestic roars. Its vigor had already surpassed the scope of an ordinary First-rank Deity, reaching an inconceivable state.
However, that invisible barrier leading to a higher realm—the Half-step God King—still stood firmly in his way.
Nevertheless, Lei Chen's mind remained as calm as water, without the slightest anxiety over his stalled cultivation.
He clearly perceived that the plane's volume was still growing continuously and steadily. Every slight sway of the Golden Ancient Tree meant another minor leap in the plane's origin. He was waiting, waiting for the critical point where quantitative change would trigger qualitative change.
On this day, the Plane Origin Sea was no different than usual, with rainbow light and dark-red textures dancing harmoniously, and the energy flow remaining smooth and orderly.
But Bi Ji, who was sitting at the core of the Golden Ancient Tree and guiding the refinement with all her strength, felt her brow twitch slightly. She sensed an extremely subtle yet exceptionally joyful tremor from the Golden Ancient Tree, as if parched sprouts had finally welcomed the long-awaited peak of sweet dew.
Almost at the same time, Du Busi and Electrolux, who were responsible for refining their respective portions, also felt a simultaneous resonance in their hearts.
In the Demon Space where Du Busi was located, that dark-red energy light sphere suddenly retracted its light, its volume visibly shrinking by a circle. The last surge of exceptionally pure origin power was completely refined and extracted, merging into the plane's torrent.
Within Electrolux's Undead Space, the energy light sphere being constantly etched by the laws of death also finally reached a certain limit. It emitted a barely audible hum and dissipated into a stream of primal particles, its energy completely returning to the plane.
And the largest Abyss Core wrapped around the main trunk of the Golden Ancient Tree, though still massive, had its outermost and relatively easiest-to-refine part finally stripped and converted under Bi Ji's guidance at this moment!
The three refinement nodes, as if sharing a telepathic connection, achieved a phased breakthrough at the same moment, injecting a newborn force into the plane's origin that far exceeded the daily amount and could be called majestic!
"Buzz—!"
The entire Plane Origin Sea emitted such a clear and grand hum for the first time. It wasn't a sound, but a cheer at the level of rules—the collective resonance of heaven and earth's laws when the volume broke through a key threshold!
The Golden Ancient Tree erupted with an unimaginable brilliance, rainbow light and emerald radiance intertwining. The tree's body grew taller and expanded again at a visible rate. Countless new branches and roots grew wildly, and every new leaf contained even more profound law textures. Its life aura and world power underwent a qualitative leap at this moment!
Sitting atop the tree, Lei Chen's tightly closed eyes suddenly snapped open!
Just as the plane's volume broke through the critical point and the Golden Ancient Tree underwent a qualitative change, the vast divine power within his body, which had long been filled to the extreme and was nearly solidified, seemed to be injected with a most crucial and life-filled "catalyst."
Under this pincer attack from within and without—a natural progression—the tough, invisible barrier finally let out an overwhelmed sound of shattering!
"Crack..."
A clear crisp sound, originating from the deepest depths of his soul and the rules, echoed in Lei Chen's perception.
The next moment, he felt his "existence" was instantly elevated to an unprecedented dimension.
His divine sense spread wildly at an unprecedented speed, no longer confined within the plane, but like mercury spilling on the ground, it easily penetrated the plane's barrier and diffused into the endless void surrounding it!
Many previously obscure and difficult mysteries of laws regarding space, time, matter, energy, and even causality now became clearly visible, like clouds parting to reveal the sun, and understanding them became effortless and relaxed.
The divine power surging within him began to spontaneously condense and compress, its quality undergoing an earth-shaking change. Its color gradually shifted toward a deeper, more restrained dark gold, and the power it contained was significantly stronger than before.
A sense of majesty—of controlling the universe, looking down upon all living beings, and nearly having his words become law—naturally radiated from him.
Half-step God King!
After the accumulation from the integration of the Demon Plane and the increase in the plane's volume brought about by the collaborative refinement of the Abyss Core by the three great experts, Lei Chen finally stepped past that crucial point at this moment, ascending to the mysterious realm of a Half-step God King!
He slowly raised his hand, a wisp of dark-gold divine power dancing at his fingertips. With a slight movement of his thoughts, the surrounding space twisted and folded like an obedient sheep, as if he had already become the lawmaker of this void.
"So this is... the power of a Half-step God King..." Lei Chen whispered to himself, feeling the terrifyingly great power within his body and the unprecedented clarity and breadth at the soul level.
Although there was still a way to go before reaching the complete God King realm that controls rules and creates order, at this moment, he truly stood among the ranks of the strong in the vast universe!
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