Douluo Continent: The Underworld Emperor Halosa Lets Three Fly

Chapter 279 Dragon Horse Returns, Someone Has Been Here

Deep within the Temple of Reincarnation, time seemed to have lost its flow, with only the radiance of the laws flowing silently.

Harosa and Yali sat facing each other, surrounded by various colored light spots of laws drawn from the Dragon God's insights, as if they were in a miniature cosmic nebula.

The two were in completely different states of cultivation.

Harosa was almost completely immersed in it, his mind and spirit deeply integrated with the laws of reincarnation, like a tireless cosmic processor, rapidly analyzing, deducing, and absorbing the external law information.

He dismantled the explosiveness of the fire element and integrated it into the cycle of "destruction and rebirth"; the gentleness of the water element was interpreted as the resilience of "inclusion and transformation" in the cycle of reincarnation; the profoundness of the laws of space deepened his understanding of the structure of the reincarnation channel—he did not simply learn these laws, but used them as a mirror to reflect on himself, constantly eliminating the subtle flaws in the Great Way of Reincarnation, making it more and more perfect and supreme.

His aura was like a bottomless abyss; beneath the calm surface, a surging torrent of laws was churning and sublimating.

Yali, on the other hand, seemed less "focused." Every now and then, her long eyelashes would flutter gently, and then her golden eyes, brimming with the radiance of life, would slowly open. Her gaze would always fall immediately on the figure opposite her, who was immersed in cultivation. After lingering for a moment and confirming that he was safe and sound, a gentle ripple would appear in her eyes.

Then, she would unconsciously lower her head and gently place her slender, jade-like hands on her already noticeably protruding belly.

There, once lay the "seed" that Harosa had left to help her merge with the laws of life and creation—an energy core containing unique implications of the laws of creation. Now, this "seed" seemed to have undergone some unexpected change.

Yali felt an indescribable, vibrant warmth emanating from her lower abdomen, and a complex expression of confusion, anticipation, and sweetness appeared on her beautiful face.

She gently stuck out the tip of her tongue, like a child who had done something wrong and was afraid of disturbing an adult, and murmured in a voice only she could hear: "Never mind, seeing how engrossed you are in your cultivation, I won't bother you anymore—"

However, how could her subtle movements and emotional fluctuations possibly escape the notice of Harosa, who was connected to her mind and was the king of gods?

Almost the instant she finished speaking, Harosan slowly opened his tightly closed eyes, his deep gaze accurately capturing the tenderness and turmoil that Yali had not yet had time to fully conceal.

A hint of doubt flashed in his eyes, and he asked gently, "What do you mean by 'won' or 'don't bother me'?"

Yali blushed slightly at his question, her face as delicate as a peach blossom in early spring.

She pointed somewhat shyly to her protruding belly, her voice barely audible, tinged with uncertainty: "It's—it's here. The seed of the Creation Law that you left in my lower abdomen, lately—I feel like it's undergone some—different changes."

Upon hearing this, Harosa raised an eyebrow, and his divine sense immediately extended cautiously like the most precise probe, covering Yali's lower abdomen and carefully examining it.

In his perception, the "seed" still exuded a rich aura of the laws of creation, blending seamlessly with Yali's own life force, becoming even stronger and more condensed than before, like a small cosmic singularity pregnant with infinite possibilities.

The energy flow was orderly, the law structure was stable, and no abnormal energy conflicts or signs of collapse were found.

He withdrew his divine sense, shook his head, and said with a hint of relief, "I didn't find any special energy disturbances or structural problems. It's very stable, and even stronger than before, and its fusion with your life godhood is perfect. Perhaps you've been too deeply immersed in comprehending the creation laws left behind by the Dragon God recently, causing it to resonate with you and creating an illusion?"

Yali frowned, trusting her intuition and her unique perception of life as the Goddess of Life. "Really—nothing special?"

She pressed on, her tone carrying a hint of urgency and disappointment that she herself was unaware of, "But I always feel—my feelings can't be wrong."

Harosa keenly caught the unusual shift in her emotions. He reached out and gently stroked Aly's soft, long golden hair, his gesture filled with tenderness.

He watched as she instinctively protected her lower abdomen, and saw the unyielding anticipation in her eyes. A bold, even somewhat absurd, guess came to mind.

He asked tentatively, "Do you think—there's a life inside?"

Yali trembled slightly as he directly exposed her feelings. She then gently leaned against his broad shoulder, burying her face in his neck. Her voice carried a dreamlike ethereal quality and an irrepressible longing: "Hmm—I don't know why I feel this way. Lately, when I've been trying to comprehend those laws, especially the part about the Dragon God's creation of life, I can't seem to calm down completely. Here in my lower abdomen—there's always a strange, warm, tingling sensation, very slight, but very persistent—like—like there really is a little life quietly growing inside."

Harosa was utterly stunned upon hearing this. Even with his god-king composure, he couldn't help but be momentarily taken aback. "True—"

Is she pregnant?

This thought was as impactful to him as facing a full-force attack from a peak god-king.

However, Yali, who was leaning on his shoulder, did not respond. A soft, even snoring sound drifted in, carrying a sense of relaxed weariness and tranquility.

She actually fell into a deep sleep leaning against him. The long period of comprehending the laws and the worry about the "abnormality" in her womb had clearly taken a toll on her mental energy.

Looking at Alyssa's peaceful sleeping face in his arms, a faint, contented smile lingered on his lips, and his previously troubled mind gradually calmed down. His mind went blank, and he recalled some memories of the prince's offspring.

It seems that for goddesses who govern the laws of life, especially women, it is extremely difficult to conceive and give birth naturally, almost like an invisible curse of the cosmic rules.

The God King of Life and the God King of Destruction of the Douluo God Realm spent countless years together, yet they never had any descendants. Of course, this might also be related to the very combination of these two extreme opposing laws of life and destruction.

But looking at him and Ya-li, they had been partners for many years and their marital relations had never ceased, yet Ya-li's belly remained flat. He himself didn't care much about this; possessing near-eternal life, he valued more the affection and companionship between him and Ya-li. But he knew that deep down, Ya-li actually longed for a child of their own.

"Let nature take its course." Harosa finally said with a sigh of relief, his voice low and calm, carrying an acceptance of fate and a tender affection for the person in his arms.

He lowered his head and gently kissed Yali's smooth forehead, then carefully picked her up and carried her gently to the bedroom in the palace. He placed her on the bed covered with soft divine velvet and carefully covered her with a thin quilt.

After gazing at her sleeping face for a moment, Harosa's eyes regained their clarity, and he turned and quietly left the Temple of Reincarnation.

He needed to handle some matters, especially concerning the Crimson Domain, which had been on his list of plans but had been temporarily shelved due to the Dragon Horse Galaxy.

With a slight thought, his figure appeared in a special space in the God Realm designated as a research area for soul guidance technology. This place was filled with various sophisticated and complex prototypes of soul guidance devices, with energy pipes spreading throughout like blood vessels.

Deng Fengqiao, who was engrossed in calculations and adjustments in front of a large and complex instrument, sensed the undeniable aura of a divine king descending upon him. He immediately stopped all his work, turned around, and bowed deeply with utmost reverence: "My lord! Why have you come in person?"

Harosa nodded slightly and stated his purpose directly: "I've come to see you today regarding the Crimson Plane. Prepare the 'Super-Range Crimson Source Tracing Array' that you've completed your research for deployment in the Dragon Horse Galaxy."

"Extreme distance deep red tracing array"? Deng Fengqiao was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then he dug out this almost forgotten project from the depths of his memory.

This is a super-large positioning soul tool that Lord Harosa personally ordered to research more than three thousand years ago. Its core function is to cross the endless sea of ​​stars and lock onto the precise coordinates of the legendary "Crimson Plane," which is said to be of the same origin as the Abyss but of a higher level.

However, before the project could be put into large-scale use to search for the Crimson Plane after its completion, the Dragon Horse Galaxy, which had a more obvious energy reaction and was closer to the target, was discovered first, and thus attention was diverted.

This array has been sealed in a warehouse and has not been used for three thousand years.

Deng Fengqiao quickly understood Harosa's intention. According to the adult's previous deduction, the Dragon Horse Galaxy was located in a region between the Douluo Galaxy and the Crimson Plane.

Deploying the "Super-Range Deep Red Source Tracing Array," a detector specifically designed for deep red energy characteristics, closer to the predicted location of the target in the Longma Galaxy, would undoubtedly greatly improve the accuracy and efficiency of the positioning.

"Yes, sir! Understood!" Deng Fengqiao accepted the order without hesitation. He had designed and built this array himself and knew its structure inside and out.

He immediately sprang into action, heading to a dedicated warehouse with several assistants. Disassembling, packaging, and debugging the core—the entire process proceeded smoothly and efficiently.

Before long, the main components of the massive and sophisticated "Crimson Long Range Source Tracing Array" were safely disassembled and sorted into specially made large storage soul tools.

"My lord, everything is ready, and we can depart at any time," Deng Fengqiao reported respectfully to Harosa.

Harosa nodded without saying a word, then raised his hand and made a sweeping gesture in the air. In an instant, a portal engraved with countless jet-black and crescent-white divine runes—the Gate to the Underworld—silently opened before the two of them.

The two stepped inside, passed through a brief spatial shift, and reappeared near the stable wormhole entrance connecting the Dragon Horse Galaxy.

Without pausing, Harosa led Deng Fengqiao directly through the wormhole and set foot in the Dragon Horse Galaxy, which once belonged to the Dragon Clan but has now become a mere appendage of the Reincarnation God Realm and a resource gathering place.

The moment his feet touched the shattered starry sky, before Harosa could even instruct Deng Fengqiao to begin deploying the array, his powerful divine sense spread out like an instinct, like the most sophisticated radar, instantly scanning the vast star field centered on him.

The pervasive, though much thinner, aura of the origin of reincarnation remains the most prominent feature. Like docile subjects, it flows slowly through this starry sky, subtly transforming the environment and gradually imprinting it with a deeper mark of reincarnation.

However, in this star field dominated by his power, Harosana's extremely keen senses detected a few extremely faint residual auras that were completely out of step with the origin of reincarnation!

His eyes suddenly narrowed, and he raised his hand to stop Deng Fengqiao, who was about to start working.

"Wait a minute." Harosa's voice carried a hint of cold inquiry. His gaze, like a sharp blade, swept across a certain direction in the void. "The Dragon Horse Galaxy—other people came after we left."

Those few wisps of residual aura, though so faint as to be almost negligible, carried a strange, aggressive, and devouring quality, as well as—a trace of energy fluctuation that felt somewhat familiar yet whose source he couldn't recall.

Upon hearing Harosa's words, Deng Fengqiao's face showed an expression of disbelief.

He had absolute confidence in the efficiency and results of his team, especially in the cleansing of god-level beings, where his various detection and purification soul guides played an indispensable role.

"My lord, this—this can't be!"

Deng Fengqiao subconsciously retorted, his tone filled with certainty, "When we cleaned up the Dragon Horse Galaxy, all the recorded and even the hidden god-level and above life forms, whether dragons or those powerful dragon-blooded creatures, were completely wiped out. There were absolutely no survivors! I can guarantee this with my life!" His confidence stemmed from the remarkable achievements of his efficient and ruthless soul tools during that cleanup campaign.

Harosa's gaze remained fixed on a certain spot in the void, as if analyzing the composition of those faint auras.

He slowly shook his head, denying Deng Fengqiao's guess: "It's not a remnant from the Dragon-Horse Galaxy. This aura—it's very familiar, carrying the unique, chaotic yet orderly devouring characteristic of abyssal creatures, but it's also slightly different, more condensed, more—advanced."

"Abyssal creatures?" Deng Fengqiao was taken aback at first, then suddenly realized. The Abyssal Plane had long been devoured by the Samsara God Realm, becoming nourishment for the God Realm. How could any remnants have ended up here? But if it wasn't the Abyss—

Their eyes met instantly, and they both saw the same answer in each other's eyes. Almost simultaneously, they whispered, "It's the Crimson Dimension!"

That's right! The Abyss Plane is an unstable derivative that separated from the deeper "Crimson Realm" countless years ago.

Both share the same origin and have highly similar energy attributes, but the power of the Crimson Domain is purer and more powerful.

The lingering aura of devouring here is far more potent than that of the abyss; it could only originate from its source—the Crimson Domain!

A knowing glint flashed in Harosa's eyes as he quickly pieced together his thoughts: "It seems that the energy level of my battle with Gu Yuena, the battle between the God-Kings, was too high, shaking the stability of the surrounding universe. The powerful energy clash and the collision of laws may have accidentally created or stabilized a natural wormhole connecting the Dragon Horse Galaxy and the Crimson Domain. The Crimson Mother sensed the anomaly here, so she sent an advance team to investigate."

He looked at Deng Fengqiao and gave a clear instruction: "Go, immediately deploy the ultra-long-range deep red tracing array. Since they've been here, they must have left behind clearer energy tracks, which will point us in the right direction."

"Yes, sir!" Deng Fengqiao accepted the order without the slightest hesitation. He immediately took action, retrieving the intricate and massive components from his storage soul tool.

He moved like a skilled craftsman or a commanding general, sending out beams of soul-guided light from his hands, precisely guiding the massive metal components to their positions, assembly, and fitting in the starry sky.

The complex energy circuits were activated one by one, emitting a faint blue light.

Before long, several enormous buildings with unique shapes, full of futuristic technology and mysterious soul guide runes, stood majestically in this desolate starry sky. They were connected to each other by an invisible energy field, forming a complete system—this was the super-large soul guide device that had been dormant for three thousand years and was designed specifically to search for the Crimson Plane, the "Super-Distance Crimson Origin Tracing Array"!

At the center of the array was an energy focusing platform resembling a main control console. Harosa stepped forward, extended his palm, and placed it in the center of the platform. With a slight thought, he mobilized a trace of the purest abyssal primordial energy that he had deliberately preserved when he devoured the abyssal plane—this energy shared the same origin as the Crimson Domain and was the best catalyst.

Dark and pure abyssal energy was injected into the platform like a living thing, and instantly, the entire "Super-Range Crimson Source Tracing Array" emitted a deep hum!

The runes on all the components lit up in turn, and the dark blue light shone brightly. An invisible detection wave with an extremely wide coverage spread rapidly outward from the array like waves in the universe!

On the huge light screen in front of the array, the originally dark background began to show starlight, outlining the star map of the Dragon Horse Galaxy and the surrounding area.

Immediately afterwards, extremely subtle, almost imperceptible pale red dots of light and energy flow patterns began to appear and converge on the map.

As the array operated at full power, and with the pure catalyst provided by Harosa, these red tracks became clearer and denser!

Like a spider web, they extend across the star map, and eventually, all the trajectories clearly point to a specific direction outside the Dragon Horse Galaxy!

Furthermore, in the distant depths of space, a blurry but exceptionally large red spot of energy faintly appeared at the edge of the star map!

The results of this probe are hundreds of times clearer than the vague perceptions from three thousand years ago! Not only has the approximate location of the Crimson Domain been confirmed, but even the residual energy traces of its personnel's activities in this area have been clearly marked.

Harosa stared at the clearly defined red trajectory line on the star map, and the blurry spot of light in the distance that represented the Crimson Realm, a cold smile curving his lips.

"It's over there, after all. And not close at all," he said in a low voice, then turned around, his gaze sharp as a knife. "Let's go, follow this direction, and find that wormhole connecting the Dragon Horse Galaxy and the Crimson Domain!"

He had to personally verify the location and stability of that wormhole. It was not only a gateway to the Crimson Realm, but also a potential passage to a threat.

He would never allow any uncontrolled element to approach his realm of reincarnation.

As for the other two more concealed and somewhat familiar unfamiliar auras that he had sensed earlier—Harosa frowned slightly, the feeling was too faint and distant to be clearly traced in the short term.

Right now, the Crimson Realm is a clearer and more urgent goal. He temporarily suppressed his doubts, and with a swift movement, transformed into a streak of light, speeding towards the direction indicated by the star map. Seeing this, Deng Fengqiao immediately stored away some key equipment and followed closely behind.

The two figures quickly disappeared into the deep starry sky at the edge of the Dragon Horse Galaxy, searching for the clues left by the Crimson Domain.