I am the son of the Dragon God in Douluo Continent.

Hailong Douluo stared blankly at the unharmed man in golden robes, completely bewildered.

You have to understand that he just detonated his soul core, which had already advanced to the Limit Douluo level! Although it was just a single soul core, its level was still the limit!

The power of that explosion should theoretically surpass any level nine fixed-position soul tool in this world, and only the legendary level ten fixed-position soul tool might be able to surpass it.

But the other person wasn't injured at all, and there wasn't even a speck of dust on them! Is that reasonable?!

He was only able to survive because of the substitution ability granted by his 100,000-year-old tortoiseshell soul bone! How did this person appear before him completely unharmed?!

Could I have been mistaken? Was the opponent not just a powerhouse on the verge of godhood, but a true god-level expert?!?!?!

The other party seemed to notice the shock in Hailong Douluo's eyes and slowly explained, "Although I am indeed very close to the level of a god, and I could become a god at any time if I wanted to, I am not a god yet because of the limitations of the plane I live in."

Sea Dragon Douluo retorted loudly, "Impossible!!! Only a god could possibly dodge my self-destructing soul core attack unscathed!!!"

"Of course there's a reason for that..." The man in gold looked at Sea Dragon Douluo as if he were watching a clown, and then continued, "Because all of this is ultimately just a mirage, a dream that never happened."

As soon as the words were spoken, the surrounding scenery changed. The seawater, which should have all evaporated, returned. They had actually returned to the moment before the Sea Dragon Douluo detonated his soul core!

However, Sea Dragon Douluo quickly realized that the golden-robed man had just said it was a dream, which meant...

Before he could say anything more, a cold sensation appeared in the chest of the Sea Dragon Douluo. Looking down, the Sea Dragon Douluo saw that his chest had been pierced by a hand.

It turns out I had already...

At this moment, the consciousness of the Sea Dragon Douluo fell into darkness, and the man in gold took the opportunity to pull his hand out of the other's chest. After licking the blood off his hand, he said, "Interesting. I had a vague feeling that this ant had dragon blood before."

"What a pity, this purity is still too diluted for me. It's not very useful except for trying it out."

After saying that, he clenched his fist, and at that moment, the Sea Dragon Douluo's body turned into a bloody mist as if it had been crushed.

The demonic orcas that had been watching from the sidelines, upon smelling the blood, began to devour the remains of the Sea Dragon Douluo that had been crushed in the ocean.

Upon seeing this, the man in gold simply commented, "A beast is still just a beast. Even as a puppet, does it still retain the desire and instinct for flesh and blood? Oh well, as long as it's useful."

After speaking, the man in golden robes turned and headed towards the depths of the seawater, which was stained with both black and red colors. After a while, a spatial rift appeared in front of him.

Upon seeing the spatial rift, the man in golden robes immediately knelt down and respectfully clasped his hands, saying, "Greetings, Master."

A deep voice echoed from the spatial rift: "Emperor Ling, has everything been taken care of?"

Upon hearing this, the golden-robed man, known as the Spirit Emperor, replied respectfully, "All preparations are complete. We can now hold the ceremony and expand the spatial rift to begin the invasion."

The name Ling Di is not particularly illustrious on Douluo Star, but in the Abyss Plane, the name Ling Di is feared by all!

There are 108 layers in the Abyss Plane, each with an Emperor. The deeper the layer, the stronger the power. The lowest layer of the Abyss is the Abyss Saint King, the ruler of the Abyss Plane and a true first-level god.

The Spirit Emperor is the Abyss Emperor of the penultimate level. He is the second-highest being in the entire Abyss Plane after the Abyss Saint King. He is the patriarch of the Abyss Spirit Dragon Clan and also the spokesperson for the Abyss Saint King when he is busy.

His power has reached a level where he could become a god at any time as long as the plane doesn't actively suppress him; his spiritual power has reached the so-called Divine Origin Realm. In the entire Abyss, only the Holy Monarch, the Fierce Emperor with god-level energy, and the Demon Emperor with god-level physical bodies can contend with him.

Normally, a Spirit Emperor with such strength would not be dispatched by the Holy Monarch as an invasion vanguard. However, he had no choice but to allow the Abyss Plane's origin to be connected to the origin of this plane called Douluo Continent by some unknown god, which prevented him from leaving this plane protected by the gods.

Therefore, the Abyss Saint King could only send his second-in-command, the Spirit Emperor, as the vanguard of the invasion, to prepare to spread the spatial rift between the two planes while also finding out which forces in this plane were protected by the gods.

As for whether Emperor Ling would be discovered and killed by that unknown god, he didn't really care because as long as Emperor Ling's abyss core was still intact, he could be resurrected at any time.

At most, that Spirit Emperor cannot be considered to be exactly the same as the Spirit Emperor who died before, but that would be better for the Holy Lord, since he had known about the rebellious heart in the Spirit Emperor's heart for a long time.

The reason Emperor Ling is obedient now is only because he is not strong enough to defeat the Holy Lord. Once he gets the chance, the Holy Lord will surely stab him in the back.

However, he still needs the Spirit Emperor for now, so he'll just use him for the time being and deal with him once he shows any signs of rebellion.

The figure in the rift returned to the present and asked, "So, did you encounter any of those so-called servants of the gods?"

"Reporting to my lord, we just encountered one, and even managed to extract information about that force from their mind. However..."

"Just what?" the figure asked impatiently.

"According to their memories, the god they revered issued a divine decree a few days ago," the Spirit Emperor said unhurriedly. "But this so-called divine decree has nothing to do with our arrival; rather, it is related to the successor chosen by this god."

"Oh?" The figure in the crack seemed to have been intrigued and said, "Tell me the contents of the divine oracle in detail, without any concealment."

After obtaining permission, Emperor Ling recounted the events that had occurred on the Sea God Island, including the legends of the god who protected the island, the story of his successor cultivating on the island, and how the island had been attacked by a wild god a few days ago, plunging the entire island into a state of alert.

As Emperor Ling described the divine pronouncements and events concerning Seagod Island more and more, the gaze of the figure through the crack became increasingly meaningful, leaving one wondering what he was thinking.