The Peerless Tang Sect: Heavenly Heart Douluo

The Five Elements Continent, the Central Plains Empire, and the Central Plains City.

In the most prosperous city on the Five Elements Continent, also known as the largest city at the center of the continent, a man with golden hair and blood-red eyes, dressed in strange golden armor, appeared on the street at some unknown time.

As the space fluctuated with his appearance, the surrounding crowd seemed not to notice him, or as if he had always been there, without causing the slightest ripple.

This man was none other than Di Ya after his transformation, and his sudden appearance was due to his direct arrival here via spatial teleportation.

Through the power of belief, his appearance subtly caused those around him, including the consciousness of this world's plane, to overlook his existence and naturally blend into the place.

Looking at the city's completely different style from Douluo Star, and the city wall that was almost identical to the former Star Luo City, twenty zhang wide and wide, one wondered how much manpower and resources it must have taken to build it.

Di Ya's lips twitched. He didn't linger here any longer and headed straight out of the city.

Upon arrival, Di Ya could sense the presence of a second-level deity hidden in the center of this Central Plains city, but it was not strong; it was likely just a backup plan left behind by a second-level deity.

If he guessed correctly, its source should be one of the companions that Ji Dong and Lie Yan made in the Five Elements Continent. Although they had not yet reached the standard to become gods, Ji Dong and Lie Yan had become acting god kings.

It's easy to take a slightly roundabout approach, find a pretext to make their former companions become their priests, and then bring them to the divine realm to enjoy immortality.

However, although their companions have left the mortal realm, how could they, who originated from the Five Elements Continent, not leave some trump cards for their country or people?

Moreover, as a priest of the God-King, the strength of a second-level deity is merely the most normal standard.

This may be one of the reasons why the God of Kindness, Lieyan, had a good relationship with the God of Evil, Jidong, and the God of Asura, Tang San.

After all, only if the Asura God, who governs the rules of the God Realm, went easy on them could Lieyan and Ji Dong's underhanded operations have been able to achieve this.

However, Di Ya was not prepared to expose himself at this time and confront the trump card left by the second-level god, which would cause conflict. It was not that he could not do it, but that it was unnecessary.

After all, his main goal now is to take over the plane consciousness of this plane through the power of the Dragon God's core, and then use the power of the plane consciousness to search for the traces of the previous God of Good and God of Evil.

Regardless of whether the previous God of Good and God of Evil are still in this world, these two potential threats must be eliminated first.

Once these two time bombs are defused, it won't be difficult for Di Ya to mold the world into something else entirely.

He left Zhongyuan City directly, and only after there was no one else around did Di Ya transform into a golden light, seemingly moving around aimlessly.

Within his embrace, the aura emanating from the two powers of conviction intertwined, concealing his figure. Unless a god-level expert directly confronted him, Di Ya's whereabouts would have already vanished from this world.

Di Ya's goal is the location closest to the core of this world. Unlike larger planes like Douluo Star, the Five Elements Continent does not have his life core.

With a lower energy and life level, he only nurtured powerful beings like the Blazing Flame in the area closest to the Earth's core. If it can be considered the core, then the Earth's core world is probably the place closest to the origin of this plane.

However, although Di Ya could travel through space, he was not proficient in this method, and rashly moving through space would only attract the attention of others.

Therefore, Di Ya is now seeking an opportunity to enter the inner world of the earth, guided by the power of faith.

Not long after, the golden light that Di Ya had transformed into, which had been wandering around, disappeared into the space.

This was because a brief spatial fluctuation, formed by chance, was touched by Di Ya under the guidance of the power of belief. At the same time, with the help of the power of belief, Di Ya successfully altered the final destination of this spatial fluctuation.

In the blink of an eye, Di Ya appeared in a world filled with flames.

As far as the eye could see, everything was a fiery red, and the surrounding air was completely distorted by the intense heat, with a terrifying temperature present in every part of the area.

The place where Di Ya appeared was a vast lake of lava, an endless sea of ​​flames, and above that were rock walls that had been melted and burned by high temperatures but remained unchanged since ancient times.

At the heart of the sea of ​​flames slumbers a being of the complete power and aura of a second-level deity.

As for the creature's appearance, Di Ya could not see it, since it was hidden beneath the lava lake. However, Di Ya could guess its identity.

The appearance of Di Ya did not seem to awaken this sleeping creature, and apart from this creature, Di Ya did not detect the presence of any other creatures here.

If nothing unexpected happens, this place should be the eighteenth level of the Earth's core, the place that once gave birth to the Blazing Flame, which possessed power comparable to a second-level deity.

While the other party was still asleep, Di Ya unleashed his power. Thousands of golden-green light spots mixed with dark power of conviction fell towards the lava lake below.

These scattered points of light were all metal molecules split to their extremes. Under the protection of divine power, these metal fragments were able to maintain their original structure and were not affected or destroyed by external forces.

As Emperor Ya's power erupted, the creatures sleeping in the lava lake also awoke. Surrounded by the lava, a beautiful woman emerged from it, her long, fiery red hair flowing down her back, just past her hips.

Her perfect face was exquisitely beautiful, almost inhuman, and her eyes were bright and seemed to see into people's hearts. However, at this moment, only anger burned in her eyes.

This woman was transformed from the twin lotus that was once the companion of the Earth's core queen, Lieyan. She can be considered Lieyan's sister and is also the queen of the Fire Lotus Clan, named Lieyan.

After Lieyan inherited the position of the God of Kindness and left, she helped her good sister to attain the same level of cultivation as she had once. Moreover, with Lieyan's help, even those with the cultivation of a second-level deity would not be hostile to the divine realm.

Lieyan then took over Lieyan's former mission, taking charge of all races in the Earth's core world, while also residing in the eighteenth level of the Earth's core to maintain its stability.

"Who are you, daring to make a move in the eighteenth level of the Earth's core! Do you know the consequences of doing this?" Startled awake from his slumber, Lie Yan asked angrily.

Emperor Ya did not reply, but instead continued to wield his power: "Matter reorganization, metal creation!"

As the metallic glints that fell into the lava lake began to spread outwards, the lava and flames that were touched underwent dramatic changes in a very short time.

Its composition and form began to resemble those metals. In no time, the upper layer of the entire lava lake turned into an ocean of liquid metal, and even the high temperature that originally existed in the eighteen layers of the Earth's core was absorbed.

Seeing this, Lie Yan no longer hesitated, but she found that she could no longer mobilize the magma from the Earth's core to help her fight.

Left with no other choice, she could only expend her own source power to fight. One after another, fiery lotus flowers formed from pure energy floated out of her hands, each lotus flower enough to kill a quasi-god level powerhouse.

Thousands of lotus flowers shot towards Di Ya, but they could not distract him in the slightest.

From the sea of ​​metal below, massive cannons began to form, aim, and fire.

The incredibly precise strikes ignited every single lotus flower, while at the same time, the sea of ​​metal continued to invade and assimilate the lava lake below.

Although Di Ya only possessed the power and realm of a peak third-level god, it was still within his perfect control. In contrast, Lie Yan, with the help of Lie Yan, possessed the strength and realm of a second-level god.

However, it was not a second-level god who had truly cultivated himself, and he lacked a lot in terms of both control and experience in fighting against strong opponents of the same level.

Furthermore, the sea of ​​magma, which was originally most advantageous to the Fire Lotus Clan, was broken by Di Ya at the very beginning of the battle and turned into his own, which immediately widened the gap in strength between her and Di Ya.

Don't forget that besides his own strength, Di Ya can also mobilize the power of belief to fight. Although he is not as proficient as Huo Yuhao's original body, it is more than enough to assist his ability to control gold.

The battle continued, and despite Lie Yan's various methods, he could not break through Di Ya's ever-changing defensive techniques. He could only feel the number of people in the eighteenth layer of the Earth's core world decreasing.

Just as she was getting anxious, she suddenly noticed that with each of her attacks, the sea of ​​metal beneath Di Ya would generate some insignificant fluctuations whenever Di Ya made a defensive move, which allowed her to better influence the power of the lava lake below.

A gigantic fire lotus materialized in Lie Yan's hand, accompanied by a weakening of his aura and strength.

This was the strongest attack she could muster. All she could do now was gamble, hoping that Di Ya would mobilize the Sea of ​​Metal for defense because of her attack, giving her a chance to retreat back into the lava lake and take advantage of the terrain.

Upon seeing the enormous fiery flower approaching, and the powerful and violent energy it contained, Emperor Ya created layers of continuous liquid metal barriers around him, gradually weakening the power of the Crimson Lotus.

Lie Yan seized this hard-won opportunity and fled into the gap that flowed out of the sea of ​​metal. Below the sea of ​​metal, the Earth Core Fire Lotus, which was Lie Yan's true form, was also activated by it. The two resonated with each other and their powers energies resonated.

Suddenly, it broke through the metal sea that had completely sealed off the lava lake.

Before Lie Yan could rejoice, a dark green longsword suddenly surged out from the sea of ​​metal and plunged straight into the center of the Earth Core Fire Lotus.

It is Emperor Ya's divine weapon, the Sword of Life that Huo Yuhao previously forged with the Gold of Life and the power of faith.

At the very beginning, when constructing the Sea of ​​Metal, Emperor Ya had already incorporated this divine artifact into its metal molecules, all in preparation for this moment.

"I've been waiting for this move from you, since the Earth Core Fire Lotus was dissolved in the lava lake. Otherwise, I wouldn't have been able to kill you for a while. But it's different when your true form appears." Di Ya explained slowly.

Lie Yan felt as if all his strength had been drained, and at the same time, the connection between him and the Earth Core Fire Lotus was severed.

"What kind of method is this? Why?"

The moment the Sword of Life pierced the Earth Core Fire Lotus, it disintegrated again under Di Ya's control. While stripping the Earth Core Fire Lotus of its life force, the lifeless parts would turn into metal and be controlled by Di Ya.

With the Earth Core Fire Lotus coming under Di Ya's control, Lie Yan, having lost its original form and suffering losses from previous battles, naturally could no longer sustain itself.

"It's a pity we can't kill you directly now, otherwise the aura of a fallen second-level god would still be too obvious. Let's seal you for now." Di Ya waved his hand.

Under his control, the Earth Core Fire Lotus, which had been completely metallized, was covered with dense rune arrays, and then it absorbed the powerless Blazing Flame into it.

This is a rune array created by Di Ya, referencing the level nine soul tool Fengshentai from Douluo Continent and the advanced runes deduced by Huo Yuhao and the Tianqi Empire. It is specifically designed to imprison divine consciousness and power.

Although the power contained within cannot create a permanent seal, it is not a problem for the seal to last for tens of thousands of years.

After defeating the guards of the eighteenth level of the Earth's core, and looking at the world where the magma had been greatly reduced after the battle, Di Ya muttered to himself, "It seems I need to hurry. Although the Earth's core wasn't destroyed, the abnormal energy could still attract attention."

As nine-colored light flowed from Di Ya's hand, Di Ya felt that he was gradually sensing a grand consciousness, which was naturally the will of this plane. At the same time, he could also feel that with the help of the core aura of the Dragon God.

I will soon be able to fully control this vast consciousness; it will only take me ten days at most.

Ten days passed in the blink of an eye. Di Ya opened his eyes and was using the power of the plane's consciousness to scan the world in which the Five Elements Continent was located.

"I didn't expect those two old geezers to actually still be in this world. Don't they ever get tired of playing? But thankfully, they don't seem to be in the same place, and they must have just been reincarnated not long ago, so their strength isn't very high."

"The Five Elements Continent of Light, the Five Elements Continent of Darkness—these two are actually in different places. But that gives me an opportunity; defeating them one by one is easier than dealing with them all at once." (End of Chapter)