With the help of Poseidon and Zeus, the seven divine realms were merged into a single god-star. Poseidon and Zeus, too lazy to come up with a name, simply called it the Great Divine Circle.
"Someone's inside the spatial tunnel?" The God of Emotions, Huo Yuhao, suddenly had the Eye of Eternity, his ultra-divine weapon embedded in his brow, burst open. His gaze locked onto the spatial tunnel that Poseidon had opened.
At the other end of the tunnel, a stream of nine-colored divine light and a beam of deep blue light were rushing in.
"That's oceanic power. Could it be my father-in-law in combat? But isn't he already beyond the level of a God King? Who could be matching him blow for blow? And that nine-colored divine power... it actually surpasses even the deep blue power of the sea!" Huo Yuhao pushed the Eye of Eternity to its limit, but even then, he couldn't see through the dazzling brilliance of the nine-colored and blue light.
Huo Yuhao was alarmed. During the merging of the seven divine realms into one divine star, all gods within the Great Divine Circle had gained tremendous benefits.
It was during this time that he had broken through and become a God King. With that breakthrough, his Eye of Destiny had evolved into the ultra-divine artifact, Eye of Eternity.
Among the God Kings, his raw power might not be the highest, but in terms of spiritual strength, even though he had only recently advanced, his spirit power was absolutely top-tier.
With the Eye of Eternity, normally, unless the opponent was beyond God King, nothing should be able to escape his sight.
"Could it be my father-in-law's enemy?" A sharp glint flashed in Huo Yuhao's eyes. He knew that the current "Tang San" was no longer the same Tang San from before.
None of the current God Kings had taken action yet.
In truth, they were hoping that "Tang San" and "Chang Gongwei" would be defeated in the Douluo Plane.
"Yuhao, will Father be alright? Maybe you should go help him," said Tang Wutong, full of worry. As a second-level god, she had no idea what was really happening behind the scenes in the Great Divine Circle.
"Don't worry. Father-in-law always has a plan. He didn't tell us to act—that means our job is simply to guard the Great Divine Circle. At a time like this, we have to trust him," Huo Yuhao said, holding her hand.
"Mhm!" Tang Wutong nodded, clearly more at ease. "Yes, when has Dad ever miscalculated?"
But at that very moment, a resounding dragon's roar echoed from within the spatial tunnel.
Within the nine-colored divine light, Gu Yue had already transformed into a massive silver dragon and burst out of the spatial tunnel.
Before the other God Kings in the Great Divine Circle could even react, Gu Yue flapped her wings and soared into the skies.
"ROAR!" The dragon cry shook the heavens and earth. In the entire Great Divine Circle, endless energy and the power of divine laws surged madly into her body.
"That's... the Silver Dragon King!" All the old gods of the Douluo God Realm, including Huo Yuhao, looked up in unison at the massive silver dragon form of Gu Yue.
Even though she had absorbed the Golden Dragon King's bloodline and the Destruction God Core, Gu Yue's true form was still that of a silver dragon, only now cloaked in nine-colored radiance—making her appear nobler and more majestic.
All the old gods of the Douluo Divine Realm remembered the Dragon God War.
They had vivid memories of the Dragon God, the Golden Dragon King, and the Silver Dragon King.
When the space-time turbulence first hit the God Realm, even the Golden Dragon King had emerged to stir up chaos.
Now, this Silver Dragon King appeared even more powerful than the Golden Dragon King.
"She's not the Silver Dragon King—she's the Dragon God!" said the Fire God, his eyes filled with fear. He was one of the elemental gods who had survived the Dragon God War.
He was one of the true elder gods of the Douluo Divine Realm.
During the war, the seven elemental gods had joined forces to form the Elemental Divine Punishment Array to combat the Dragon God. In the end, the Dragon God had slain four of the seven.
He was all too familiar with the Dragon God's aura.
Now, this "Dragon God" was even stronger than before. She must have fused the Golden Dragon King's bloodline with the Destruction God Core.
"You're saying the Golden Dragon King used Poseidon's son's body to send his bloodline and God Core into the Douluo Plane—to give them to the Silver Dragon King? Impossible! The Golden Dragon King never had that kind of foresight!" The Water God stared in horror at the Silver Dragon King high in the sky.
"It must be," said the Fire God in shock. "The Golden Dragon King knew that if he died in the God Realm, his core and bloodline would be permanently sealed. So he bet everything, hoping Poseidon would send his son down to save his life—and in doing so, deliver the core and bloodline."
Otherwise, he couldn't explain how the Dragon God could have reappeared.
"She's trying to break through beyond the God King level! Stop her!" the Fire God roared to the gods of the Douluo Divine Realm. At the same time, he gathered the seven elemental gods and many second- and third-tier gods into a strange formation.
The seven elemental gods stood like gems embedded in the formation. A purple haze suddenly expanded outward, and a terrifying, unrivaled force enveloped Gu Yue in the sky.
"All realms are illusory, the elemental gods shall fall, elements descend—Heaven and Earth perish!"
"WONG!"
With a violent hum, the entire sky seemed to tremble in an instant. A multicolored mist covered a hundred-thousand-li radius, and a terrifying divine pressure surged upward. Its might rivaled even a God King.
This was the Elemental Divine Punishment Array, one of the ultimate trump cards of the Douluo Divine Realm. There were only three such arrays in the entire realm.
Each one could rival a God King in power.
Seeing the Dragon God reborn, the Fire God wasted no time in activating the formation—he remembered the terror the Dragon God once brought.
Huo Yuhao, along with the Goddess of Kindness and the God of Evil, exchanged glances and also shot skyward, moving to surround Gu Yue.
Though they didn't fully understand the situation, they knew the old grudge between the God Realm and the Dragon God.
They could not let Gu Yue ascend beyond God King, or the gods of the Douluo realm might once again face extinction.
"Big Sister Yue, Yulai, you go ahead and break through—I'll stop them!" Right behind the nine-colored divine light, the power of the ocean surged toward the Elemental Divine Punishment Array. A massive blue staff grew larger and larger, piercing through the entire formation.
The Demon Empress appeared beside Gu Yue, the Oceanic Cauldron above her head. With one strike, she smashed into the God of Evil, forcing back both the Good and Evil Gods. At the same time, the Oceanic Cauldron swept toward Huo Yuhao, and the surging oceanic power engulfed him.
There was no time to explain—nor would the Divine Realm listen. No one would let the Demon Empress argue for Gu Yue's sake.
Only battle could buy time!
The Demon Empress knew that even within the Divine Star, she could not ascend beyond God King.
Her only mission now was to protect Gu Yue during her breakthrough.
Only if Gu Yue succeeded could they stand a chance against "Tang San" and the other God King-level power.
"Another divine beast at the God King level!" The gods of the Douluo realm all gasped.
"Stop them!" God Kings Zhou Weiqing and Rong Nianbing also soared into the sky.
Behind them, the Original Sin Divine Punishment Array and the Space-Time Divine Punishment Array activated as well.
Five God Kings and three Divine Punishment Arrays were now assembled.
Their target: Gu Yue and the Demon Empress.
"Well arrived!" the Demon Empress' beautiful eyes were filled with raging battle intent. "I've been longing for a worthy fight since breaking through to God King!"