Douluo Continent: My name is Yang Jian, and I achieved sainthood through my physical body

The edges of the crack expanded, spread, and widened rapidly, instantly covering the entire area of ​​his enormous body, leaving no blind spots and no room for evasion.

An extremely terrifying spatial pulling force, originating from the source of the divine realm and surpassing the combat power of all god-kings, surged out from the deep and dark crack, firmly locking his limbs, torso, bones, and soul foundation, imprisoning his entire giant body.

This is the will of heaven and earth itself, the expulsive force of the divine realm's origin, which cannot be resisted by conventional combat power, physical strength, or supernatural techniques.

Before Yang Jian could even fully adjust his body, gather all his divine power, and unleash the ultimate power of the Great Dao to resist, his enormous body, standing ten thousand feet tall, was forcibly dragged down by this domineering and unsolvable primal force, steadily falling and escaping the divine realm's airspace.

The speed of the fall was beyond imagination, covering thousands of miles in an instant. In the blink of an eye, the huge spatial rift behind him quickly closed, healed, and sealed off, instantly and completely blocking all passages from the human realm to the divine realm, leaving no gaps or loopholes.

The blinding divine light overhead vanished instantly, and the overwhelming pressure, rich divine energy, rules of heaven and earth, and atmosphere of the Great Dao all faded away, completely transforming the spatial environment.

In the blink of an eye, Yang Jian's figure was steadily suspended above a familiar, boundless sea. His enormous body slowly shrank and returned to its original youthful form, his aura as calm and undisturbed as ever.

The vast blue sea stretches to the horizon, its waves gently rolling and surging, while a gentle sea breeze carries the fresh and tranquil scent unique to the Douluo Continent.

The waves gently lapped against the surface of the sea, making soft, gentle splashing sounds, washing away the killing and oppression of the divine realm and revealing the peace and tranquility of the human world.

This was the near-sea area of ​​Douluo Continent that he knew so well.

Yang Jian hovered quietly in mid-air, immediately focusing his mind to examine his body, meticulously checking his overall condition, divine power reserves, physical injuries, and the stability of his Dao foundation, carefully confirming all the losses incurred in this battle.

Having just endured the combined and all-out bombardment of the four original god-kings of the God Realm, the crushing force of the four top-level Great Daos, and withstood the confinement and supreme expulsion power of the original rules of the God Realm, even a top-level expert who has transcended the level of the God Realm should have suffered a great loss of divine power, physical injury, Dao foundation shock, and exhaustion of divine soul.

Yang Jian's overall condition was almost perfect, unharmed, and still at his peak.

His primordial power was abundant, inexhaustible, and undamaged. His thousands of meridians were unobstructed and without any blockage or damage. His divine power flowed smoothly and continuously, almost no different from his absolute peak state before he entered the God Realm.

The shallow wound on my left arm was completely repaired and healed by my body's extreme self-healing ability during the process of traversing space and crossing two worlds. My skin is as smooth and delicate as before, without leaving any scars. Even the traces of the golden blood that flowed there have completely disappeared.

Chapter 323 A seal can hold for a time, but not forever.

Yang Jian slowly raised his head, his gaze piercing through the thick clouds and distant horizon, looking up at the high and mighty barrier of the divine realm that separated the two worlds.

A vast and boundless spiritual force instantly unfolded, surging into the sky like a tidal wave, piercing through the atmosphere, breaking through spatial barriers, and traveling upwards, heading straight for the natural barrier between the human realm and the divine realm.

But the moment his spiritual power touched that familiar barrier between the two worlds, he immediately and clearly sensed a tremendous change.

This barrier between the human and divine realms, which has long separated them and maintained their balance, has been completely rewoven, reinforced, transformed, and sealed by the will of the divine realm.

The barrier became extremely dense and indestructible, with its internal structure becoming extremely tight and solid. All the original tiny gaps, weak points, and spatial loopholes were completely sealed, filled, and reinforced.

The barrier between the two realms is now airtight, impenetrable, and eternally strong. Its toughness and defensive strength far exceed anything seen before, with its overall defensive power increased by tens or even hundreds of times, completely eliminating the possibility of a forced breakthrough.

Yang Jian tried to exert a little force, taking a step forward. He activated both his physical divine power and the power of the Great Dao, wanting to forcefully break through the barrier, return to the God Realm, completely suppress the four God Kings, seize control of the God Realm's discourse power, and unify the two realms.

However, that invisible, intangible, vast, and heavy barrier of heaven and earth stood firmly in front of him. No matter how he probed and attacked with his spiritual power, attacked with his divine power, forcibly broke through with his physical body, or crushed with the power of the Great Dao, he could not shake the barrier in the slightest or stir up the slightest ripple, completely locking down all paths back to the God Realm.

Yang Jian stopped mid-air, his gaze slightly lowered, showing no sign of anxiety or frustration, but rather an increasingly strong sense of certainty and composure.

He had a perfectly clear understanding of things.

It wasn't that he was no match for the four gods, nor that he was forcibly crushed and defeated by the will of the gods. Rather, it was that the four god-kings exhausted the primal power of billions of beings in the entire god realm, leveraging the highest level of authority of the rules of heaven and earth, using the entire god realm as a bargaining chip and a shackle, in order to barely achieve the result of expelling him.

This was not a matter of victory or defeat, but an extremely desperate and humiliating escape, a passive self-preservation by the divine realm, which had exhausted all its resources and was barely clinging to life.

In a one-on-one fight, without the combined efforts of the four gods or the blessing of the divine realm, any god-king would not last more than three moves against him, and would be suppressed and knocked off their altars by his bare hands.

"You can seal it off for a while, but you can't seal it off forever."

Yang Jian spoke calmly, his voice clear and resonant, echoing throughout the near-sea airspace, carrying an absolute confidence that looked down upon the world.

He raised his eyes and gazed at the thick, boundless barrier of the divine realm that completely separated the two worlds. Golden light quietly flowed in his eyes, and countless profound Dao patterns alternated between light and dark, life and death deep in his pupils.

Today, the divine realm forcibly separates the two realms with the barrier of rules, seemingly cutting off his path to ascend to the divine realm and rule all the heavens, but in reality, it only delays the inevitable outcome.

The four great god-kings of the divine realm are exhausted and their source of power is depleted. All the divine power of the entire divine realm has been drained, and the cultivation of hundreds of millions of gods has been reduced by more than half and their foundations are unstable. The entire divine realm seems to be safe and sound, but in reality, it is already outwardly strong but inwardly weak and has lost all its foundation.

A massive siege, which mobilized the entire realm, ultimately only managed to expel him from the divine realm's airspace, failing to harm him in the slightest, deplete his essence in the slightest, or sever a single trace of his Dao foundation.

Such a terrible price will only bring temporary peace. When the power of the rules of the divine realm barrier is slowly consumed and weakened, that will be the time for him to return and crush the divine realm.

At that time, without the four great god-kings joining forces to restrain him, and without the protection and support of the will of the divine realm, there will be no power in the entire divine realm that can stop him.

With his thoughts clearing in an instant, Yang Jian no longer insisted on forcibly breaking through the barrier, and the restless and powerful divine energy around him slowly subsided and fell silent.

The overwhelming pressure that had permeated his body and crushed the world receded like a tide, completely subsiding within a few breaths, without revealing even a trace of his aura.

The colossal, dark golden body that had shaken the ages and dominated the divine realm completely melted away. Its domineering and sharp divine horns and towering Dao patterns all disappeared into the flesh and muscle, returning it to the appearance of an ordinary young man.

A simple white robe fluttered in the wind, her figure upright and graceful, gentle and peaceful, hovering above the vast blue sea. She no longer possessed any domineering and murderous aura that looked down upon the heavens, as if the earth-shattering battle that had shaken the divine realm and crushed the four gods had never happened.

But the power hidden within his body had already quietly transformed and sublimated layer by layer.

Just now, he withstood the ultimate divine power bombardment of four Origin God Kings and endured the crushing and imprisoning of the Origin Rules of the God Realm. He seemed to be unharmed and without any loss or depletion, but in reality, it was an ultimate physical tempering and a great refinement of the Great Dao.

Four completely contradictory supreme primordial powers—the destructive fury, the malevolent chill, the benevolent restraint, and the life-binding—repeatedly washed over, crushed, and permeated his physical body and Dao foundation. Coupled with the baptism of the rules of the divine realm's will, they invisibly helped him shatter the subtle shackles of his own Dao and break through the hidden bottleneck of his combat power.

His physical body, bones, meridians, spirit, and the origin of the Great Dao underwent a silent and transformative metamorphosis under extreme pressure and the collision and nourishment of diverse Daoist principles.

At this moment, compared to before he ascended to the God Realm, his combat power, foundation, Dao rank, and the degree of refinement of his divine soul have increased several times over. He has truly and completely transcended the power level of the God King in the God Realm and stands at the pinnacle of all the heavens and myriad worlds.

A gentle breeze ripples across the sea, the bloodshed and extreme oppression of the divine realm have faded away, leaving the world peaceful and serene.

Yang Jian lowered his eyes slightly, looking down at the boundless blue sea below. His divine sense quietly spread out and extended in all directions, instantly covering the entire Douluo Continent sea area, and then sweeping across the entire continent.

The breath of billions of living beings, the pulse of mountains and rivers, the flow of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, and the vitality of all things in the world are all clearly and meticulously captured in the heart.

He could clearly perceive that the rules of heaven and earth, the concentration of spiritual energy, and the level of the Great Dao in the Douluo Continent were still worlds apart from those in the vast God Realm.

Yet this seemingly insignificant human realm possesses a vibrant life, a lively atmosphere, and a free and unfettered spirit that the divine realm can never have.

The divine realm is bound by rules, solidified by hierarchy, and confined by authority, remaining unchanged and lifeless for billions of years, while the human realm is ever-renewing, constantly evolving, and possesses limitless potential.

"Since the divine realm is closed off, let's stabilize the human realm first, and then conquer the heavens."

Yang Jian murmured to himself, having already decided on his future path.

His brief trip to the realm of gods, and the extreme battle of being surrounded by four gods, allowed him to see clearly the differences in the levels of combat power among the heavens, and also to figure out the trump cards and bottom line of the realm of gods.

The four great god-kings seem to control the origin and overlook all realms, but in reality, they are narrow-minded and self-enclosed. They rely on the rules of the god realm and the foundation of heaven and earth to establish themselves. Their own martial arts and great path breakthroughs have been stagnant for hundreds of millions of years. They have supreme power but no real invincible heart.

They rely on heaven and earth, depend on the rules, and stick together for warmth. They seem powerful and invincible, but in reality, their foundation is weak and their Dao heart is incomplete. Once they are separated from the blessing of the divine realm's origin and lose the protection of the rules, they cannot even withstand a single move from him in a one-on-one fight.

Today's battle, seemingly a banishment of him back to the human realm, actually exposed the true weakness of the divine realm. He thoroughly understood, saw through, and crushed the four gods' trump cards, supernatural powers, foundations, and combat strength.

From now on, he only needs to solidify his own Great Dao, accumulate his combat power, and wait for the barrier to loosen before he can once again break through the two realms, ascend to the God Realm, and wield the power of all heavens.

With his mind made up, Yang Jian moved slightly, and his figure, which had been suspended in the air, slowly descended, walking on the waves.

With a light touch of the toes on the vast blue waves, the gentle force landed on the sea surface without stirring up a single wave or ripple. I stood firmly on the seawater, as if standing on flat ground, light and weightless.

He took a step forward, and his figure instantly transformed into a white-clad afterimage, soaring through the air and crossing the vast ocean at an extreme speed, covering thousands of miles in an instant.

The sea breeze ruffled his clothes, and the drifting clouds flew behind him. The spiritual energy of the entire world rapidly gathered, followed, and lingered around him, following his every movement.

Having experienced the deadly battle in the realm of gods and the transformation of the Great Dao, his aura became increasingly profound, restrained, and unfathomable. He appeared gentle and ordinary, but in reality, he harbored supreme divine power that could crush all the heavens.

Chapter 324 Sitting and Waiting for Death

Meanwhile, in the distant core of the divine realm.

The once turbulent and devastated heavens of the divine realm still retain a rich afterglow of energy and broken spatial patterns. The cracks in the floating divine mountains have not yet healed, and the dilapidated temples are still teetering on the brink of collapse. Everywhere is a scene of devastation and ruin after the great battle.

The entire realm of the gods was deathly silent, utterly still.

Tens of thousands of onlookers remained frozen in mid-air, their bodies stiff, their souls trembling, and their minds blank, unable to recover from the extreme shock that had just overturned their understanding and crushed their worldview.

Only now did they belatedly realize just how absurd, terrifying, and despairing the final outcome of that earth-shattering siege by the four gods had been.

The four supreme Primordial God-Kings, who have held sway over the Four Great Primordial Daos and suppressed the God Realm for countless eons, have exhausted most of their own Primordial Dao, drained the divine power of countless gods in the entire God Realm, manipulated the supreme world will of the God Realm, and used the rules of heaven and earth to expel evil. They have used all their trump cards and spared no expense.

The final result was merely the forced expulsion of the human youth from the divine realm's airspace.

The opponent was unharmed, at the peak of his combat power, and with a perfected Dao foundation. He didn't even leave a trace of real injury. Instead, he caused great damage to the foundation of the entire God Realm, depleted its source, seriously injured all the gods, and exhausted the power of the four gods.

This is not a victory at all; it is a complete, humiliating, and utterly devastating defeat!

His hair was disheveled and slightly white, his eyes were bloodshot, and his voice was hoarse, dry, and extremely tired.

He stared intently at the direction of the barrier between the two worlds. It was empty and there was no one there. However, the calm figure of the white-robed youth and the overwhelming pressure of the colossal body were deeply imprinted in his soul and could never be erased in this lifetime.

"We can't stop it...we really can't stop it."

The God of Destruction murmured softly, his tone filled with unprecedented weariness, powerlessness, and despair, devoid of any of the resolve and arrogance he displayed before the battle.

Previously, he firmly believed that the divine realm possessed vast resources, the four gods were invincible when they joined forces, and the world's will was supreme. No matter how powerful the opponent's combat strength was, they would ultimately be unable to escape being suppressed and annihilated.

But reality shattered all his arrogance and wishful thinking.

The opponent's power level has completely surpassed that of the Origin God King and the rules of the God Realm; it is a true dimensional reduction and crushing, an unsolvable suppression.

The benevolent god-king slowly withdrew his divine staff. His once gentle and clear eyes were now filled with solemnity and gloom, and the balance of his Dao energy was chaotic and on the verge of collapse.

He has held the reins of the Great Dao of Good and Evil for countless eons, witnessing the strengths and weaknesses of all the heavens and seeing through the essence of power, yet he has never seen such terrifying combat power that transcends all rules, ignores all checks and balances, and crushes all origins.

"Today, the gods have been fortunate enough to survive."

The benevolent God-King spoke slowly, his tone extremely heavy, "If it weren't for the world's will prompting the sealing and expulsion in time, the four of us would have perished here today, and the foundation of the God Realm would have collapsed in an instant."

In one sentence, he revealed the cruel truth that no one dared to admit.

The brief standoff just now, seemingly a stalemate, was in fact a foregone conclusion.

As long as Yang Jian is willing to continue, he can completely crush the exhausted four gods and flatten the core divine domain of the divine realm with just one palm or one punch.

The Goddess of Life gently closed her eyes. Her beautiful and gentle face was now bloodless, pale and haggard. The life force that was once so vibrant and full around her was now weak and dim. Her original primal power was almost exhausted.

She knew best Yang Jian's terrifying self-healing ability and profound Dao foundation, and she also knew best the extreme gap between the two.

The opponent broke through their own bottleneck and completed their transformation by simply withstanding a joint attack, while they, having given their all, only received a brief expulsion.

“Barriers and blockades are only a temporary solution, not a fundamental one.”

The Goddess of Life spoke softly, her voice gentle yet filled with endless sorrow, "The barrier of the divine realm's rules relies on the source of the entire realm to drive it. Today's battle has depleted more than half of that source, and the barrier's stability will only gradually weaken and loosen."

After a long while, in the deathly silent airspace, faint whispers, barely suppressed and filled with extreme fear and despair, gradually rose and fell, breaking the frozen atmosphere.

"The four gods joined forces... using the full power of the entire world, yet they still couldn't kill him?"

"Is this a powerful being from the human realm? Such combat strength has already surpassed the level of a god-king, and can be considered a supreme being among all the heavens!"

"This is terrifying... He withstood four primordial divine techniques head-on, his physical body is invincible, his soul is invincible, and his Dao is invincible. The divine power we are so proud of is like child's play in front of him!"

"The oppressive aura of that colossal body just now still makes my soul tremble and my Dao heart shake. That kind of difference in level cannot be compensated for by quantity, trump cards, or rules..."