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Su Yu nodded.
It was inevitable that this strand of spiritual power could still connect with his main body.
Otherwise, if he sent his spiritual power and runes over here without being able to connect, wouldn't that be a complete waste?
"Even if you couldn't connect, your main body would likely still receive word of the God of Destruction," Rong Nianbing said, his expression grave.
The Divine Realm was in trouble?
Su Yu pondered Rong Nianbing's response.
What kind of trouble?
Temporal turbulence?
But based on the timeline, this shouldn't be the point when time-space turbulence occurs.
Fortunately, Rong Nianbing soon elaborated on some details.
"The Crimson Domain, for reasons unknown, is suddenly showing signs of going to war with our Divine Realm."
Crimson Domain?
Su Yu was puzzled.
He did have some knowledge of the Crimson Domain, mainly from the star chart awarded by the Life God Trial. However, it only introduced the concept of the Crimson Domain without providing any detailed explanation.
The star chart was mostly focused on the area surrounding Douluo Star. As for more distant regions, it only provided rough names and boundaries.
"It's normal that you don't know much about the Crimson Domain. It's a powerful cultivation civilization in the universe, home to at least three experts at the Half-Step God-King level."
"Half-Step God-King?"
In his past life, Su Yu hadn't finished the entire series. He was familiar with the Federation Era that came ten thousand years later but not the subsequent Interstellar Era. Still, he remembered hearing others complain about it.
As for the classification of Half-Step God-King, Su Yu truly didn't understand it.
"In the universe, Divine Realms are extremely rare and special. Their creation requires a great deal of opportunity and immense consumption of energy."
"Besides the path of attaining divinity through god-position inheritance within the Divine Realm, there's also the cultivation path—where one continues training and eventually breaks through to the divine level. You're already aware of this."
"In the Divine Realm, divine levels are classified as Divine Officer, Third-Rank God, Second-Rank God, First-Rank God, and finally God-King. These correspond to different god-position ranks."
"But in the broader universe, the classification above divine level includes additional ranks: Divine Level, True God Level, Super God Level, High God Level, Half-Step God-King Level, and God-King Level."
"When divine-level beings from the universe ascend to the higher-dimensional Divine Realm, their power drops by one level. In other words, if a Divine-Level being enters the Divine Realm without the blessing of a god-position, they wouldn't even be able to defeat a Divine Officer."
"Likewise, a True God Level being would only have the strength of a Divine Officer upon entering the Divine Realm."
"A Half-Step God-King, therefore, is roughly equivalent to a First-Rank God. However, the Crimson Mother is the master of an entire plane. The Crimson Domain encompasses a vast region of space and essentially forms its own complete plane. Although she is only a Half-Step God-King, within her own domain she may be able to unleash power comparable to a true God-King."
Listening to Rong Nianbing's explanation, Su Yu gained a clearer understanding of the power structure in the universe.
Then he noticed a key issue. "You said 'may be'? Even if the Crimson Mother could exert God-King level power, doesn't our Divine Realm have five God-Kings?"
Rong Nianbing gave a bitter smile. "The Crimson Domain isn't acting alone. It's formed alliances with other forces. This time, they've resolved to act against our Douluo Divine Realm, and have gathered other civilizations with peak Half-Step God-King-level guardians."
For powerful beings like the Crimson Mother and other peak Half-Step God-Kings, breaking through to true God-King level had become their obsession.
The simplest path forward was to create their own Divine Realm and condense a god-position within it—at which point they would become God-Kings.
Thus, acquiring broader territory was essential.
This is because faith power is a major component in establishing a Divine Realm.
The Douluo Divine Realm governs an expansive lower realm. But due to internal issues, it has failed to effectively develop the life planets within its jurisdiction.
Its resources are being squandered.
Aside from core planes like Douluo, the rest of the life planets are still at a primitive level of development.
These undeveloped areas are precisely what the Crimson Mother is targeting.
From Rong Nianbing's account, Su Yu's understanding of the universe deepened significantly.
"It's not just alliances among forces of the same level. It's also likely that other Divine Realms—ones with true God-King-level powerhouses—stand behind the Crimson Mother."
"Also, there's another reason: Two of our Divine Realm's God-Kings are currently unable to act due to personal matters."
Su Yu still felt Rong Nianbing's explanations weren't entirely convincing.
But given the unusual timing of everything, he identified a possible link.
Could the Crimson Domain's invasion be connected to the Abyssal invasion?
After all, the result is just as Rong Nianbing said: the Divine Realm can't spare enough power to confront the Abyss.
God-Kings can no longer descend to Douluo Continent to deal with the Abyssal Saint Monarch.
And the one who benefits most from that is the Abyssal Saint Monarch.
"If the two are connected, then the Crimson Domain's goal isn't just territory—"
It's a scheme targeting the Douluo Divine Realm.
But how did they manage to tie up the attention of all the Divine Realm's God-Kings?
"You must have your own suspicions. Your main body must remain vigilant. Watch out—if the Abyssal Saint Monarch gets desperate, he might descend in person."
Douluo Continent
Su Yu received shared memories from the Radiant Continent. Then, through the Life God's trial, he obtained crucial information from the Life God.
He immediately felt something was very wrong.
"Why did an incident have to occur right at this moment?"
He was about to venture into space for his final training—his last preparation—before completely devouring the Abyss.
But now, the Divine Realm, whose deterrence kept the Abyss at bay, had been thrown into chaos.
As for the real reason why the Divine Realm's God-Kings were no longer focused on the Abyssal Saint Monarch—
"It definitely isn't just because of the Crimson Domain's forces."
Su Yu thought it might be the Golden Dragon King's seal breaking at the same time—or perhaps some other unforeseen change.
"But thankfully, according to the Life God's information, the Divine Realm hasn't been fully entangled yet."
If it becomes completely tied down, that might still be a few days away.
Which, in Douluo Continent terms, means a few years.
"A few years should be enough."
Su Yu accelerated the construction of his spacecraft. He personally boarded it and headed into space to carry out the final testing.
He continuously refined the intricate soul guidance arrays in the finer details.
Time passed.
In the blink of an eye, four months had gone by.
Outer Space, Beyond Douluo Star
A massive spherical spacecraft trailed a stream of blazing exhaust, propelling itself steadily in a fixed direction.
Despite its immense size, the ship appeared minuscule against the vast backdrop of the cosmos, dwarfed by the celestial bodies scattered across space.
Inside the spacecraft, Su Yu sat cross-legged in meditation.
"The energy in the universe is far more violent. The efficiency of the Primordial Origin Technique is actually lower than when devouring abyssal energy. However, in this environment, perfecting the Primordial Origin Technique becomes more manageable."
The cosmic energy was raw and turbulent, but the attributes of the stars were especially prominent. This, combined with its volatile nature, made it particularly effective for body refinement.
Su Yu didn't feel bored. As long as the ship remained on course, he continued cultivating without interruption.
Before he knew it, he had already been traveling through space for a month.
"We've arrived."
Standing within the spacecraft, Su Yu gazed through the screen at the scene ahead.
A vast expanse of darkness. Absolute void.
No life-bearing planets in sight.
This wasn't the final destination, but ahead lay a wormhole.
Traveling through the universe and crossing star systems took an immense amount of time. Even the most technologically advanced civilizations in the cosmos wouldn't rely on conventional travel methods for such distances.
Even after several years, it might still be impossible to cross such a vast span.
Fortunately, wormholes naturally formed within the universe—regions rich in spatial-temporal power that connected far-flung locations.
Entering one side of a wormhole could potentially allow passage across countless star systems to its exit on the other side.
However, most wormholes were one-way. They allowed travel in a single direction, with no accessible entrance on the opposite end.
Thus, in the universe, the existence of a wormhole and the coordinates of its exit point were considered extremely valuable data.
This was also the most critical information Su Yu had obtained from the cosmic star chart.
As the surrounding space began to distort, Su Yu knew—the ship was about to enter the wormhole.
The spacecraft had been constructed in a spherical shape specifically to withstand the omnipresent spatial pressure within the wormhole.
Since Douluo Continent lacked precise data on wormhole traversal, Su Yu could only employ every possible method to ensure the vessel could endure the pressure inside.
He used Heavenly Forged Metal, reinforced with a unique structural design.
Resisting the intense pressure of the wormhole became an effortless task.
In fact, Su Yu's spacecraft wasn't even utilizing the full potential of the materials it was made from—if anything, it was somewhat extravagant.
"What an incredibly dense fluctuation of space-time energy."
As the spacecraft entered the wormhole, Su Yu immediately sensed the overwhelming presence of space-time force.
Although he hadn't yet mastered the power of time, he could clearly feel it now.
In addition to the silver-white translucent particles of light, he sensed another elusive, ethereal element.
"The power of time…"
Su Yu's understanding of time had always been philosophical—time didn't truly exist, what existed was the transformation of matter.
And yet, time did exist. The moment the concept came into being, time itself gained meaning.
In the workings of the universe, all life forms gradually become aware of the passage of time. As the collective consciousness of all beings gives weight to that awareness, time—though originally just a conceptual description of change—manifests as a real, tangible attribute.
Thus, time is an independent property. It does exist.
Even so, Su Yu had never truly grasped the power of time—until now.
Within the wormhole, he finally sensed its presence.
"Time is transformation, not control."
Su Yu began to comprehend the power of time, and as he delved deeper into it, he gained insight into its true effects.
Change the flow of time?
Impossible.
Time is merely the process of material change, and the power of time cannot alter this fundamental truth.
However, once time becomes an attribute and gives rise to the force of time, disparities in time's flow begin to manifest.
"Time can pass faster—or slower."
Take the Divine Realm, for example. Located in a higher-dimensional space, a single day there equates to an entire year on the Douluo Continent.
These differences form the very soil in which the power of time takes root.
The power of time arises from the differing rates of material change between various dimensions.
"While it can't directly alter the transformation of matter, the power of time can guide material fluctuations into higher-dimensional states, thereby achieving effects of acceleration or deceleration."
Su Yu was surprised by this unique trait of time's power—yet at the same time, it made perfect sense.
As his study of temporal power deepened, Su Yu also gained a more profound understanding of dimensions.
"Dimensions…"
Overlapping with the dimension in which the universe resides are countless other spaces. These dimensional realms correspond one-to-one with locations in the universe, but exist on entirely different planes of existence.
Just like up, down, left, right, forward, and backward, there seemed to be another direction between different dimensional spaces—one defined by speed: faster and slower.
A direction of acceleration, a direction of deceleration.
Su Yu had never imagined that one day he would use fast and slow to define direction.
But for something as abstract as higher-dimensional spatial orientation, using an abstract concept like the flow of time seemed oddly appropriate.
"With the aid of the power of time, it's much easier to enter higher-dimensional spaces."
Now that he was beginning to perceive those higher-dimensional realms, Su Yu's mind turned to a concept he had pondered many times before but never completed—
The problem of complementary Yin-Yang soul cores.
"A triad of soul cores isn't suitable for Yin-Yang-style mutual reinforcement."
He had once explored various theoretical approaches to achieving dual complementation among the three, but they had all been set aside. None had produced viable results.
Some theories seemed plausible in concept, but once applied practically, they collapsed easily. If the internal structure was disrupted, the soul cores lacked any self-stabilizing mechanism.
Unstable.
However, with a deeper understanding of dimensional space, Su Yu felt he might finally attempt mutual reinforcement between pairs of soul cores.
Imagine a triangle, with a swirling vortex rotating in the same direction at each of the three corners. Between any two vortices, complementary and colliding forces would naturally form.
Yet, under Su Yu's previous understanding, the three soul cores—located in the Sea of Spirit, the middle dantian in the chest, and the lower dantian—were arranged along a straight line.
In that setup, such a triangular structure was impossible.
But if three-dimensional space were extended into four dimensions, introducing a higher-dimensional shift—effectively adding a new axis—then removing the constraint of linearity would transform those three points back into a planar configuration within a new three-dimensional frame.
Thus, the points where the three soul cores condensed would no longer lie on a single line.
"The Sea of Spirit, the middle dantian, and the lower dantian are essentially separate inner spaces within the human body. They aren't bound to the same physical dimension—and each dantian exists within a different dimensional framework."
Su Yu continued refining his Yin-Yang complementation theory.
The wormhole transit was swift.
Although Su Yu had only studied the power of time for a few short hours, the spacecraft had already completed its jump—from the Douluo star system to the distant Elven star system.
The ship then resumed its journey, continuing toward the destination Su Yu had programmed.
Even after exiting the wormhole, Su Yu, now attuned to the power of time, continued his contemplation—though the process was less efficient outside the wormhole's environment.
After another month of space travel, Su Yu finally arrived at his destination:
A vibrant, emerald-green planet.
"What an incredibly rich aura of life."
Even from deep in space, Su Yu could feel the lush vitality radiating from the Elven Star.
"This planet is truly unique. The entire surface is covered in green—no oceans in sight." Su Yu marveled.
(End of Chapter)