The Peerless Tang Sect: Heavenly Heart Douluo

As the magma that was originally flowing at the bottom of the Earth's core was transformed into liquid metal by Di Ya, its activity level visibly decreased rapidly, and even spread outward from the eighteenth layer of the Earth's core.

Then, the magma in the seventeenth and sixteenth layers of the Earth's core gradually became metallic, then settled and fell into the core of the eighteenth layer, eventually merging into the metallic sea of ​​the eighteenth layer.

As more and more metallic magma accumulates, the original inhabitants of the inner world are the first to be affected.

The subterranean creatures, led by the Fire Demon Clan, Fire Spirit Clan, and Fire Lotus Clan, were thrown into utter panic as they discovered their once comfortable environment was gradually disappearing.

The fifteenth level of the Earth's core world is occupied by the Fire Lotus Clan. As the race from which the current God of Kindness, Blazing Flame, originated, they are also one of the three core races of the Blazing Flame Holy Cult in the Earth's core world, which worships Blazing Flame.

This is the area where they live, and it is also the location of the Church of the Flame Holy Church, the largest sect in the inner world that unites all the creatures of the inner world.

The Holy Flame Cult arose because the Flame Cult, after its birth, powerfully slayed the Flame King and the Dark Flame Demon King, eliminating these two unstable elements of the warring fire demon race and restoring peace to the creatures of the Earth's core.

The subterranean creatures spontaneously formed an organization out of gratitude and admiration for the strong. When Blaze inherited the position of the God of Kindness, the existence of this sect became even more legitimate.

Originally, this sect did not have a leader. It was headed by the three strongest races, with three supreme elders from the Fire Demon Clan, Fire Spirit Clan, and Fire Lotus Clan. They also represented the will of the entire Earth Core World and the Blazing Flame Holy Sect.

Following them is the ordinary elders, composed of leaders of other races in the inner world. Although they are also members of the inner world's decision-making circle, their power is obviously inferior to that of the three supreme elders.

However, after Lieyan became a god and bestowed upon his sister Lieyan divine power, granting her the power of a second-level god, the leader of the Lieyan Holy Sect was naturally born.

After all, creatures from the subterranean earth are different from those from the outside world. The concept of the strong being respected is deeply ingrained in their blood. At the same time, with the ascension of flames to godhood, this sect was renamed the Flame God Cult.

Meanwhile, in the center of the fifteenth level of the Earth's core world, amidst three enormous castles arranged in an equilateral triangle, at the core tower—which also serves as the passage to the fourteenth level—most of the core members and elders of the Flame God Cult were gathered.

At this moment, at the fourteenth level of the Earth's core, countless subterranean creatures were blocked at the entrance by the powerful Fire Demon Clan and could not enter the fifteenth level. Only the leaders of those races were able to go there as elders of the Flame God Cult.

Upon closer inspection, these crowded creatures include not only the original inhabitants of the fourteenth level of the Earth's core, but also many races from the thirteenth, twelfth, and even higher levels of the Earth's core. Even residents from the first level of the Earth's core have come here.

They all left their previous habitats and flocked there.

Inside the towering fifteen stories high in the Earth's core, all the elders of the Flame God Cult had gathered. They were anxiously looking at the four seats at the head of the table, whispering amongst themselves.

"Why haven't the three supreme elders, the Fire Demon King, the Fire Spirit King, and the Fire Lotus King, arrived yet? My people can't hold on much longer."

"Ah, who can argue with that? I don't know why, but all the magma in the first layer of our inner world has disappeared. A third of my people have died due to lack of food and energy."

"You're lucky. Your people are so weak and need less energy. Once you reach the fourteenth level of the Earth's core, you can at least absorb the fire element in the air to recover a lot. You should know that at least half of my people have starved to death and haven't even had a chance to eat yet."

"Sigh, everything above the fourteenth level of the Earth's core has been destroyed. Even the Fire Spirit Clan and Fire Demon Clan are probably not doing well. Something must have happened at the core of the Earth's core, but what exactly happened?"

"Who knows? Isn't Lord Lieyan guarding the eighteenth level of the Earth's core? Could it be?"

"Shh, don't talk nonsense, don't make wild guesses. Let's wait for the three Supreme Elders to arrive."

While the creatures of the subterranean world anxiously awaited their arrival, at the bottom of the tower, there was a place connecting to the sixteenth level of the subterranean world.

The new generation Fire Lotus King, who is also the sister of Blazing Flame and Blazing Inferno, Red Flame, shook her head. The Fire Demon King and Fire Spirit King beside her frowned and asked, "What's wrong? Can't you still contact Lord Blazing Inferno? What exactly happened in the eighteenth level of the Earth's core?"

"Well, my sister hasn't responded to my messages, and for some reason, I've been feeling very anxious for the past few months. However, there's a seal my sister set up on the eighteenth level of the Earth's core, and with our strength, we can't enter without her permission."

"Damn it, the magma above the fifteenth layer of the Earth's core has completely dried up, and even the magma in our fifteenth layer of the Earth's core has been mostly depleted."

"Moreover, more and more subterranean creatures are arriving, and my Fire Demon Clan's own resources are running out," the Fire Demon King said angrily.

"Alas, such a situation has never occurred in the Earth's core for hundreds of thousands of years. What on earth has happened? If Lord Lieyan doesn't send a message, are we just supposed to wait here?" King Fire Spirit sighed.

"If all else fails, we'll have to turn to our eldest sister," Hongyan said somewhat unwillingly. "Our eldest sister said they can't interfere in our mortal affairs, but there's really no other way in this situation."

"Now we can only rely on my eldest sister and brother-in-law. I'll go contact them first, and you two go and calm the other elders down to prevent internal strife."

"Alright, leave it to us," Fire Spirit King replied.

"Hmph, don't worry, no one here is foolish enough to cause trouble. If anyone is really thinking of suicide, I'll make their entire clan become food for others," the Fire Demon King said irritably.

As the Fire Spirit King and the Fire Demon King departed, Hongyan closed her eyes and began to pray. At the same time, because of their bloodline connection, the flames in the God Realm also sensed Hongyan's prayer.

In the palace of the God of Kindness, Lie Yan, dressed in white, was lazily leaning against Ji Dong, drinking wine as usual.

Unlike before, a new deity appeared in the palace of the God of Kindness, sitting opposite the two of them and savoring the wine in his cup.

This person was Ning Rongrong. Although the expansion plan of the God Realm was still underway, it had not yet reached the point where a God-King level expert would take action.

Aside from the psychic power that needs to be allocated to the God of Destruction, the entire plan did not actually have much impact on Lieyan and Jidong's original lives.

As one of the gods who was once closest to the Asura God Tang San, Ning Rongrong was naturally not included in the God of Destruction's plan. After all, such an unstable factor could not be allowed to participate in the first pilot program.

At Huo Yuhao's suggestion, Ning Rongrong has been visiting Ji Dong and Lie Yan frequently in the God Realm these past few days, and occasionally bringing them some delicacies cooked by the God of Food to get closer to them.

They were chatting and laughing together, and their relationship seemed to be very good.

Seemingly sensing something, Lieyan stopped drinking the wine in her cup, got up from Ji Dong's embrace, and her beautiful brows furrowed.

"Wait, my little sister is contacting me. Strange, why does her prayer sound so urgent this time? Has something happened in the mortal realm?"

"Hmm? Is that so?" Ji Dong's expression also turned serious upon hearing this. "When we handed over our psychic power before, our control over the Five Elements Continent was weakened considerably. If something happens, we might not be able to sense it."

"My little sister wouldn't contact me through prayer unless it's something serious. Ji Dong, let's send our divine avatar down to take a look."

"it is good."

Although Lieyan and Ji Dong responded to the prayer quickly, due to the time difference between the divine realm and the mortal realm, Hongyan still prayed in the mortal realm for a full ten days. By this time, the magma in the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth layers of the Earth's core world had all disappeared.

Instead, there was liquid metal that accumulated in the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth layers of the Earth's core. At the same time, due to the change in its physical structure, although this liquid metal still possessed the properties of the fire element.

However, due to its own structure and the influence of gravity from the Earth's core, these liquid metals, no longer circulating like magma, inevitably gradually deposited their temperature to the innermost part.

The outermost liquid metal has gradually formed a solid shell, which insulates the heat emitted from the inside.

In an instant, apart from a very few species and a few races with resource reserves, most of the creatures in the subterranean world either starved to death or killed each other. Over the past ten days, the fourteenth level of the subterranean world has been littered with corpses.

Even the combined might of the elders of the Blazing Holy Cult and the Fire Demon King was useless, as they had truly reached the brink of life and death. Whether they caused trouble or waited, they would all die, and no one would choose to sit idly by and wait for their demise.

"Little sister, what happened?" Lie Yan and Ji Dong appeared in front of Hong Yan. Both of them exuded the power of a first-level god, so it was clear that they were not the real beings who had descended.

"Big sister, I can't contact Sister Lieyan anymore, and... and something terrible has happened in the Earth's core!" Hongyan cried, tears of dark red flame streaming from her eyes.

Ji Dong's expression wasn't very good either. After descending into the Earth's core world, he and Lie Yan had already noticed something unusual: "The temperature in the Earth's core world is off, and my divine sense can detect it."

"Now, for some unknown reason, the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth levels of the Earth's core have been sealed off by a large amount of metal."

"The planets that belong to the Five Elements Continent have stopped flowing because the magma in their cores has ceased to flow. Their original planetary magnetic fields and plate tectonics have also subsided and stopped. They are currently still in the Earth's core world."

"If this continues, with the complete disappearance of the planet's magnetic field, the entire planet's atmosphere, water resources, and ecosystem will be devastated, and at that time, no living beings below the Holy Realm will be able to survive."

"Damn it, who did this? Destroying a planet? This is something no ordinary first-level deity could do," Ji Dong cursed inwardly.

What he didn't know was that to forcefully confront or even completely destroy a planet with one's own power, only the strongest among the first-level gods could do it, and even then, it had to be a peak expert with an extremely profound understanding of their own power.

Even a so-called god-king who attained enlightenment through such initiation could not achieve this level.

However, if we leverage the planet's inherent foundation to pry open its weak points, like giving a crucial push when a building is about to collapse.

Given the right methods and time, even ordinary people can achieve this result under extremely demanding conditions, with the help of countless miracles and coincidences.

Di Ya chose this opportunistic approach. As he transformed the magma lakes of the eighteenth layer of the Earth's core into a metallic form, this sea of ​​metal, which spread and assimilated like a plague, began to count down to the end for the life on this planet.

"I can sense that the mastermind is waiting for us in the eighteenth level of the Earth's core. Lieyan is calling for my help!" As the avatar descended to the mortal realm, Lieyan was able to sense the predicament Lieyan was in within the eighteenth level of the Earth's core, thanks to the innate bloodline connection between the twins.

"It's too risky to rely solely on an avatar to deal with this, Ji Dong. Let the real body come down. Otherwise, even if we can defeat that guy, we won't be able to stop the destruction of this planet with the power of a first-level god," Lie Yan said.

"Hmm. There's no time to report to the God of Destruction. Let's act first and explain to him later."

In the Temple of Kindness in the Divine Realm, having received a message from his avatar, Lieyan said to Ning Rongrong with a slight apology, "Rongrong, Ji Dong and I have some matters to attend to in the mortal realm, so let's end this gathering here."

"Okay, then you guys go ahead with your work, Sister Lieyan. I'll be going now." Ning Rongrong nodded, took the food box she had brought earlier, and left without lingering.

Meanwhile, Lieyan and Ji Dong transformed into two streams of black and white light and flew down to the mortal realm, leaving the divine realm.

At this moment, Huo Yuhao withdrew the wisp of belief power that was attached to Ning Rongrong: "It's time, prepare to make your move!"

As Lieyan and Ji Dong descended to the mortal realm, they were unaware that the world belonging to the Five Elements Continent had already severed its connection with the God Realm through the combined efforts of Di Ya and Gu Yuena, even though they had resolved the matter of the Five Elements Continent.

It would be extremely difficult to return to the God Realm in the short term. Forcibly traversing and ascending to the God Realm might even result in getting lost in the spatial-temporal turbulence, but that's a matter for later. (End of Chapter)