Douluo Dalu: Seven Kills

Chapter 676 Expansion of the Divine Realm (Part 2)

"It's hard."

Although unwilling, the God of Destruction still spoke.

"According to my plan, the mental energy required to expand the divine realm is enough to consume eighty percent of what has been accumulated over millions of years. Four thousand days..."

With a bitter feeling in his heart, the God of Destruction shook his head.

"It can't be recovered."

"Moreover, once a spacetime turbulence of that scale arrives, without expanding the divine realm, more than 50% of the accumulated spiritual power will be lost. It will also take a considerable amount of time to recover."

Having said that, everyone present understood the unspoken meaning behind the myth of destruction. Due to the temporal turbulence, expanding the divine realm was essentially out of the question; it would have to wait at least another several hundred thousand years.

This won't work.

After reaching the conclusion, unlike the God of Destruction who seemed to have suffered a major blow, the Goddess of Life who was worried about the God of Destruction, and the kind and evil who had never experienced the spacetime turbulence and were therefore worried, Chen Junting instead pondered a solution.

Hundreds of thousands of years, that's far too long.

How can the realm of gods grow and develop in this way?

But allowing the divine realm to wander is far too dangerous.

unless…

A sudden inspiration struck Chen Junting, and a glint of light flashed in his eyes.

"correct."

The moment he opened his mouth, he attracted the attention of the four god-kings.

"If we devour pure energy planes, could we stabilize the barrier of our expanded divine realm and resist spacetime turbulence?"

"of course can."

The God of Destruction immediately understood Chen Junting: "In various galaxies, there are many similar demon planes. Their planes do not have physical planets and can only exist by relying on energy. In essence, they belong to the same type as the God Realm."

"Back in the day..."

At this point, the God of Destruction paused slightly, and his expression changed slightly, as if he had remembered something.

Upon seeing this, Chen Junting immediately understood.

"You're talking about the era of the Dragon God, right?"

The God of Destruction nodded. "That's right."

As the god-kings of the divine realm council, each of them naturally knows the truth of the past, not to mention the Goddess of Life and the God of Destruction, who were witnesses to the events of that time. It's important to know that the Dragon God's reign was incredibly prosperous, and the divine realm had even developed into a divine planet.

Unfortunately, in the end, it all came to nothing.

There are rumors that this is the influence of the will of the universe.

However, no matter how much the Douluo God Realm expands or absorbs, it will be difficult to reach the level of a God Star.

Just as Chen Junting brought up this point after tasting the benefits of devouring demon planes, and the God of Destruction reached a consensus with him on the idea of ​​"devouring other energy planes to develop our own," a slightly angry voice suddenly interrupted him, "I don't think this is a good idea."

The lively conversation was abruptly halted, as if doused with a bucket of cold water. The gentle expression on the Goddess of Life's face had vanished, replaced by a cold stare at Chen Junting and his companion.

As for Lieyan and Jidong, they didn't dare to breathe loudly, fearing that they would attract the attention of the Goddess of Life and be implicated.

"life…"

Before the God of Destruction could speak, the Goddess of Life interrupted him. "Destruction! You are a senior, a god who has come before, you should know that since the Dragon God, our Douluo God Realm has always adhered to the principle of 'peaceful development,' never actively invading other planes. Moreover, for our God Realm, to both safely weather the temporal turbulence and rapidly expand and develop, ordinary energy planes are simply not feasible. At the very least, it must be an energy plane that has given birth to a God-King level being, or another God Realm. Otherwise, it's extremely difficult."

"But if that happens, the rampant devouring by the Douluo God Realm will definitely attract a collective attack. Even if our God Realm is strong, it will not be able to withstand the siege of numerous energy planes and the God Realm itself."

After training Destruction, the Goddess of Life looked at Chen Junting.

"Order, I hope you will think twice before you act."

For a moment, the entire main hall fell silent.

After a long while, Chen Junting looked at Ji Dong and Lie Yan.

"What are your thoughts, gentlemen?"

How did we get dragged into this?

Although they knew that as god-kings, they would inevitably have to express their opinions, they still couldn't help but secretly complain.

Feeling his wife stomp her foot under the table, Ji Dong had no choice but to speak on behalf of the couple. "We won't comment on whether to expand the God Realm yet. Let me first talk about how we can compensate for our own situation by devouring other planes."

"To be honest, this kind of thing happens all the time in the universe. Because it all comes down to the survival of the fittest. Just like other planes and the divine realm don't attack us, not because we love peace, but because our divine realm is powerful enough. I believe everyone here would agree with that."

"The Dark Forest Theory".

Suddenly, Chen Junting spoke.

"What law?"

Even the compassionate Goddess of Life did not deny Ji Dong's words. Chen Junting's sudden mention of the "Dark Forest Law" once again piqued everyone's curiosity.

"This can be simply understood as the fact that once a certain cosmic civilization is discovered, it will inevitably suffer a devastating blow from other civilizations."

"why?"

Faced with Ji Dong's contemplation on destruction and life, Lie Yan raised a question, and Chen Junting's eyes also suddenly narrowed at that moment.

"First, survival is the primary need of civilization; second, civilization must continue to grow and expand, but the total amount of matter in the universe remains constant. These two points are the most fundamental existences."

That's what I mean.

Upon hearing this, Ji Dong immediately nodded.

"Our galaxy is peaceful precisely because we are a top-tier existence, and other planes and the divine realm dare not offend us. But even so, aren't there still some who want to provoke us?"

"This kind of thing happens all the time in other star systems. That's why they probably think the same way about us. We don't expand not because we love peace, but because the time isn't right."

"Of course, it would be normal for us to take action that would trigger their stress, prompting them to band together and work together to cope with the situation."

After finishing his statement in one breath, Ji Dong stopped making further comments.

Anyway, he's said everything he needed to say.

His message was simple: those outside are mostly bandits, this kind of development is normal, there's no need to feel pressured, just keep the various forces in check and stick together for warmth.

It can only be said that Ji Dong is still warlike at heart.

What happens next depends on the Goddess of Life's decision. Noticing the gaze from the God of Destruction, the Goddess of Life trembled, sighed, and chose to compromise, "As long as the divine realm is guaranteed to be unharmed, then I have no further objections."

"Don't worry about that."

Chen Junting and the God of Destruction exchanged a glance and smiled.

"My reason for expanding the divine realm is precisely for this reason. Once the divine realm expands, the gods who have been stuck at the bottleneck will be able to break through, and new blood will be born. Perhaps, the number of god-kings in the divine realm can exceed the number on both hands."

Their Douluo God Realm was already incredibly powerful, arguably the strongest in the universe, or even unparalleled. Once they achieved a breakthrough, taking on ten opponents at once wouldn't be difficult at all.

"That will make things better."

The goddess of life smiled helplessly.

"Then let's begin expanding the realm of gods!"

The God of Destruction suddenly stood up, full of vigor and confidence.

Time waits for no one.

"Good!" ×4
After the five God-Kings reached a complete consensus, and the God Realm Committee issued its decree, all the gods knew that the God Realm was about to enter an era of expansion. The entire God Realm was like a giant machine, starting to operate at high speed.

A few days later, 108 pillars of spiritual energy stood tall.

During this time, Chen Junting also absorbed those rules and condensed his own Seed of Order.

Following this, under the leadership of the main gods, all the deities with divine positions rushed to the border of the divine realm to take charge, while the five god-kings gathered again at the Divine Realm Committee.

"Everyone, let's begin."

With a wave of his hand, Chen Junting created a portal of light that instantly rose up.

Subsequently, led by Chen Junting, all five God-Kings stepped through the portal and arrived at a platform located atop the Divine Realm Committee, a place accessible only to the five God-Kings. Gazing into the distance, they saw only a sea of ​​clouds, giving them a sense of overlooking everything.

Excitement flickered in the eyes of the God of Destruction.

"This will be the moment I've been dreaming of!"

Chen Junting gazed into the distance.
"This is also a moment that will be recorded in the annals of the divine realm."

May the gods and their ways prosper forever!

—The God of Evil

May the divine realm grow and prosper.

—God of Kindness

May all living beings enjoy blessings.

—Goddess of Life

"Boom!"

The five divine kings unleashed their divine thoughts, and at the moment of their convergence, a five-colored pillar of light—gold, black, white, green, and purple—soared into the sky from their location. Instantly, the sky began to be colored in five colors, and the light expanded outwards at an astonishing speed, affecting the entire divine realm.

At this moment, a golden light shone from Chen Junting's chest, and a golden key in the shape of an eight-pointed star suddenly appeared, shimmering with a soft and noble golden light. The golden halo quietly spread, and even the divine senses of the five God Kings could not shake it in the slightest.

A series of halos appeared behind the heads of the five god-kings, and the nine halos overlapped together, transforming into the halo of the god-kings.

Chen Junting stood at the head of the group, his eyes filled with utmost solemnity.

"order!"

Instantly, the air in front of him distorted slightly, and beams of golden light converged on him from all directions. These beams drew arcs, creating a spectacular sight, and finally condensed into a small hexagonal golden crystal.

And this is the seed of order!
At the same moment,

"destroy!"

"life!"

"Kind!"

"evil!"

Purple, green, white, and black rays of light converged, and four seeds appeared one after another. Each god-king held his own seed and slowly pressed it into the eight-pointed golden key.

Instantly, the golden key transformed into five colors, and the five seeds seemed to merge together in perfect harmony, transforming into a gemstone that was inlaid in the key-shaped core of the divine realm.

The moment the five colors rippled outwards, the entire divine realm seemed to tremble. A soft hum followed, and an even more magnificent divine thought soared into the sky!

"Open the central hub of the divine realm with our will!"

Chen Junting, who was in charge, shouted loudly.

A layer of five-colored light suddenly bloomed before him, transforming into a five-colored circular light screen that expanded outwards. On the light screen, various colored dots of light were shimmering slightly.

Seeing this, Chen Junting raised his right hand and swiftly tapped the circular five-colored light screen. In a short while, five-colored light dots appeared on the screen, and the five-colored light pillar that rose from the Divine Realm Committee quickly separated into beams of five colors, shooting off into the distance.

As the five-colored beams of light separated one by one, golden dots began to appear rapidly on the circular light screen. These golden dots were the 108 pillars of spiritual energy that had been arranged, each pillar capable of absorbing a great deal of spiritual energy from the divine realm, that is, the power of faith.

These thoughts from the human world, once they enter the divine realm, will gradually transform into celestial energy to supply the needs of the divine realm. However, as time goes by, the gods in the divine realm cannot absorb so much celestial energy, and the excess is stored by the divine realm.

What Chen Junting and the others need to do now is to mobilize the immortal spiritual energy accumulated in the God Realm over the years, expand the size of this space, make it more expansive, encompass more planes, and absorb more spiritual power, so that the God Realm can support more gods and become more powerful.

Now, by simply activating the pillars of mental energy, one can absorb the vast spiritual energy of the divine realm through them, and then mobilize it through the central hub of the divine realm, thereby expanding the divine realm.

At this very moment, golden pillars of light, drawn by the central control point of the divine realm, rose from the ground, injecting their powerful golden energy into the sky. Throughout the divine realm, the dense immortal energy began to fluctuate violently, and the previously drifting, swirling clouds began to converge towards the purple-gold pillars of light. Then, the entire divine realm began to tremble slightly.

At this very moment, the deities at the edge of the divine realm clearly sensed the changes in the divine realm's barrier. Under the manipulation of the psychic pillars, celestial energy began to frantically wash over the divine realm's barrier, continuously pushing space outwards and creating new spaces!
At a speed visible to the naked eye, the edge of the divine realm is constantly moving outward, and the seemingly indestructible barrier of the divine realm is gradually thinning and becoming fragile.

As the divine realm expands, it is not only the divine realm that is affected, but also the various planes under its jurisdiction.

Now, in the various planes under their jurisdiction, many powerful beings who have reached the pinnacle of their cultivation and are seeking further breakthroughs suddenly feel the "call" of the divine realm.

Or rather, after the expansion of the divine realm, it had more room to accommodate more gods, and the lower-level powerful beings who were previously difficult to sense now had the opportunity.

then…

"Hahaha—there's still a way to go in this world!"

"Become a god! Become a god!"

"..."

In an instant, streaks of golden light shot straight into the sky!

(End of this chapter)