Just as Xu Yue was undergoing his Spirit Awakening.
The morning sun, which had just risen, suddenly experienced a total solar eclipse without any warning.
On the gold-red surface of the sun, a speck of black light gradually expanded, until moments later, only a golden ring remained.
The instant the celestial phenomenon changed, the entire Douluo Continent plunged into darkness, with visibility dropping to less than ten meters.
Not only that, with East Sea City at the center, the surrounding coastal area experienced a minor earthquake at that very moment.
In some places, even the gravitational constant underwent a subtle change.
“What’s going on?!
Is it an earthquake?!”
“No!
Is that a total solar eclipse?!”
“The forecast didn’t mention any celestial anomalies or earthquakes today!”
In an instant, the entire eastern coast fell into panic.
…
Elsewhere, in the Origin space of the Douluo Planet plane.
The upheaval here was even more intense than in the outside World.
Countless seven-colored energy streams seemed to be drawn by an immense attraction, forming a whirlpool and rapidly surging into an extraordinarily bright point of light.
No, it wasn’t a point of light.
It was the deepest darkness, from which not even light could escape!
The so-called ultimate light was merely an accretion disk formed by seven-colored energy being compressed and gradually swallowed.
Such a violent change instantly awakened the two figures sleeping here.
One burly man frowned tightly as he watched this scene, his eyes blazing with fury.
It was none other than the sleeping lord of the plane, Tang Hao.
“What is that thing?
How dare it intrude into my Domain?”
Without hesitation, he immediately reached out toward the anomaly.
“Hao!
Wait…” Ah Yin beside him tried to stop him, but it was already too late.
The moment Tang Hao’s large hand approached the range of the accretion disk, his expression changed drastically.
*Swish!*
“How is this possible?!”
His body lurched forward violently, as if grabbed by an invisible monster.
Fortunately, Tang Hao reacted extremely fast and responded immediately.
Fire-intense divine force began Burning on his body’s surface, and the muscles of his divine body tightened into sinewy knots, yet he still couldn’t stop his body from moving forward, his footsteps dragging two deep trenches into the ground.
Even though he was already the lord of the plane, comparable to a second-tier god, he felt equally powerless against this.
This power was more ultimate than the ultimate, more pure than the pure, as if it were the ultimate manifestation of all forces in this universe.
Tang Hao had even begun using his authority as the lord of the plane, but it was still completely useless.
At this moment,
no matter how chauvinistic Tang Hao was, he had no choice but to speak out.
“Ah Yin!
Help me!”
Hearing this, Ah Yin’s expression turned equally grim, and she did not hesitate.
Blue-gold vines spread around her, turning into massive dragons that pulled back on Tang Hao.
But in just an instant, the blue-gold vines were pulled taut, and even began dragging Ah Yin’s body forward!
“Hao!” Ah Yin’s expression shifted as she cried out, “Think of something fast!
I’ve been captured by this power too!”
Hearing her, Tang Hao’s face flushed deep red from the exertion.
The closer their bodies got to the point of light in front of them, the vast and inescapable that special force field became.
At this thought, a sharp light glinted in his eyes.
In the next moment,
a black light flashed as a terrifying explosion erupted in an instant, and the immense recoil force freed Tang Hao from the force field’s restraint.
Ah Yin did the exact same thing.
“Ah!”
The two cried out in pain, staring ahead with horror on their faces.
The energy generated by the explosion instantly turned into a torrent, forming a whirlpool that was sucked into the accretion disk.
“What on earth is this thing?
How can it be so bizarre?”
Tang Hao spoke with a pale face, looking toward Ah Yin.
“It took thirty percent of my power just to break free!
What about you, Ah Yin?”
“It took twenty percent of mine!” Ah Yin’s face was equally pale.
One must realize that what they detonated was not mere divine force, but their Origin power, the very core of their existence.
Having received this answer, the two looked at the bizarre whirlpool with lingering dread.
However, as if reaching its required threshold from the energy contributed by Tang Hao and Ah Yin, it vanished from the spot in an instant.
Seeing it disappear, the two breathed a sigh of relief.
But soon, Tang Hao’s expression changed, and he fell directly into a deep sleep.
Seeing this, Ah Yin wanted to ask, but her own injuries were also severe, and she needed to guard the Life Core to prevent any mishaps.
Still, after this ordeal, unexpected complications were bound to arise.
A moment later, another consciousness in this space sneered contemptuously after watching their actions.
“Truly ignorant fools!
Daring to touch anything and everything!”
“This is the Star of All Stars, the ultimate of all celestial bodies, and the embodiment of all fundamental forces.”
“Forget you two petty Divinities who attained your positions through shortcuts; even the entire God Realm is mere ants before it.”
After scorning the two, his tone suddenly shifted, filled with joy.
“Thirty percent of the authority has returned.
It’s not much, but it’s useful.”
…
East Sea City.
Blacksmiths Association Building.
Just as Xu Yue was feeling overjoyed about Awakening his Sun Martial Soul, the gold-red fireball in his hand underwent a sudden, drastic change.
Every speck of fire contracted inward rapidly, then erupted with the most extreme and dazzling light.
It was as if the sun in his hand had reached the end of its lifespan and begun an uncontrollable cosmic gravitational collapse.
“What’s happening…”
He widened his eyes, staring at everything unfolding before him.
But Mu Chen in front of him thought of something, immediately exclaiming in shock, his face a mix of joy and concern.
“Is this…
a Spirit Mutation?!”
However, as he exclaimed in shock, Xu Yue was no longer in the mood to care about why the Spirit in his hand was undergoing a mutation.
His eyelids grew heavier and heavier, and soon closed completely.
In the next moment,
a surge of power felt as if injected out of thin air, or emerging from the deepest depths of his body, circulating through him in an instant.
It made him feel as though he had returned to his mother’s embrace.
Warm, happy, and safe.
His bones were re-refined, and his muscles were strengthened once more.
From inside out, from Soul to flesh, everything was made completely new at this moment.
In a haze, Xu Yue felt that a long time had passed, vaguely hearing the anxious calls of Mu Chen and Mu Xi.
“Xiao Yue!
What’s wrong with you!
Wake up!”
“A-Yue…”
Hearing their calls, Xu Yue hazily woke up, like an infant opening his eyes for the first time, looking out at the World again.
The golden-haired Damselette stood before him with an anxious expression, taking a long sigh of relief upon seeing him wake.
“A-Yue!
You scared me to death!
Why did you suddenly fall asleep?” After saying this, Mu Xi hurriedly added, “Quick, look at your Spirit!”
“I fell asleep?
Spirit?
What happened to my Spirit?”
A bewildered thought flashed through Xu Yue’s mind, and he immediately looked at his right hand.
He saw a deep blue spherical crystal about fifteen centimeters in diameter floating above his palm.
On its surface were golden relief-like patterns, with specks of starlight twinkling upon it, shining brilliantly.
“Thi-This is…”
Xu Yue’s pupils dilated wildly, his heart beating uncontrollably fast, as he uttered four words syllable by syllable.
“Star!
Of!
Eden!”