More and more Divine Guards filled the sky.
Gods of the Divine Realm, by rank from highest to lowest, are: Supreme God King, God King, First-Rank God, Second-Rank God, Third-Rank God, and Divine Official.
Some gods are born innate—like the God King of Destruction and the God King of Life. The God of Destruction condensed from the universe's purest destructive power, while the God of Life formed from life energy.
They are the oldest gods, whereas most others are cultivated humans—like Sea God, Angel God, Asura God.
Their power is not essentially different. In fact, the cultivated Asura God long ago surpassed the God of Destruction.
All except Divine Officials possess a god seat. Divine Officials are level 100 without a god seat and are very low in status.
Below the Divine Officials are the Divine Guards. They are neither innately born nor cultivated, but created by the five God Kings using the Divine Realm Core. Like robots, they lack thought and usually patrol the Divine Realm.
Thus, once you control the Divine Realm Core, you can easily reverse-control them.
Their strength is a notch below Divine Officials. Though level 100, they're only somewhat stronger than human-world Limit Douluo. Their terror lies in their numbers—thousands upon thousands.
If they all entered Douluo Continent, it would be a catastrophe for the entire plane.
"Evil Sword Immortal, I won't let your plan succeed. Sword of Light's Seal—formation, rise!" Having judged that Lou Gao should have finished his task, Qian Renxue soared into the sky, holy light blazing. Countless golden longswords manifested at the Divine Realm portal, sealing it shut once more.
This was the contingency Qian Renxue had set at the Divine Gate back then. Because the array was pre-laid, she only needed to guide it with divine power to activate it.
Aside from the first few hundred, no more Divine Guards could come through.
"Hmph. A mere seal—what can it do to me?" Within the Divine Realm Core, the Evil Sword Immortal snorted. He still couldn't leave; time had been too short. He hadn't completely mastered the Core. If he left, the gate would close at once.
But even if he didn't come, he could send subordinates to break the seal.
"Fallen Angel Light."
"Death Scythe."
Two God-King-level attacks slammed toward the Sword of Light's Seal—Bibi Dong and a puppet Qian Xunji made from soul fragments. With the Original Sin power's aid, their strength had increased to the God King level.
But no matter how they attacked, Qian Renxue's seal didn't budge.
"Heh, useless." Qian Renxue smiled confidently. "My Sword of Light's Seal can completely seal any opponent weaker than me until my divine power runs out. Though it's ineffective against those above God King, even a Supreme God King can't brute-force erase my seal."
"After all, even Supreme God Kings can't change rules like the sun rising in the east or a planet's rotation, right?"
"A rule-type skill!" Everyone's heart jolted. It was the strongest and most inescapable rule-type skill. With this, Qian Renxue was like the one writing heaven and earth's rules: if she stipulates that those weaker than her can't pass this portal, then even a Supreme God King can't alter that rule.
Of course, there's an upper limit: she can't restrict those equal to or stronger than her.
Thus, God-King-level Qian Xunji and Bibi Dong passed through the portal into the human world.
"Well done, little Xue." The God of Lust praised without stint. Rule-type ultimate moves are the top-tier skills that only the five God Kings can grasp a bit of.
Even if Qian Renxue's move wasn't perfect and useless against true powerhouses, creating it at all showed unprecedented talent—hardly inferior to the human-cultivated God King Asura.
Even if she had been inferior, years of learning from Tianlin, plus the Heaven-Snow power, let her catch up—and no wonder the Asura God had been so excited then.
"Thank you for the praise, Senior. I only created this because I didn't want to fight Tianlin and hoped to seal him. I didn't expect I wouldn't get the chance to use it on him but that it would serve another purpose." Qian Renxue smiled.
"Mm, the power of love—how beautiful." Stars sparkled in the God of Lust's eyes. Though she governs desire, she deeply yearns for beautiful love.
Off to the side, Ning Rongrong had to admit Qian Renxue far surpassed her in cultivation talent. Without Tianlin's help, she wouldn't even qualify to inherit a first-rank god.
Qian Renxue, by contrast, created such a wondrous move purely because she didn't want to fight Tianlin—proof of her true heart.
"We can't relax. Although we blocked most Divine Guards, over four hundred still came through, along with two God Kings." Chen Xin eyed Qian Xunji. "Qian Xunji, you didn't die—or rather, the Evil Sword Immortal used the Divine Realm Core to create a new body and poured your remnant soul into it to revive you, didn't he?"
"Hehe, Sword Path Chen Xin, long time no see. You guessed perfectly. What's more, my revival quota used my beautiful wife's." Qian Xunji cast a glance at the stunned Bibi Dong. Unlike with Bibi Dong, the Evil Sword Immortal hadn't stripped his will.
To this day, he still felt possessive of Bibi Dong.
"Trash is still trash. So what if you used a first-rank god's carry quota to revive? Back then you couldn't even beat a freshly broken-through Tang Hao. You think you can beat me now?" Chen Xin sneered.
Qian Xunji had always been only high in cultivation; his combat ability wasn't worth much. Chen Xin had never taken him seriously.
"Really, Sword Path Chen Xin? I hope you can stay that confident after seeing this." Dark wings—eight in total—sprouted from Qian Xunji's back.
"Eight-wing Fallen Angel—God King level!" Qian Renxue was shocked. She had cultivated with Tianlin for years to become an eight-wing Angel God, early-stage God King; yet with the Evil Sword Immortal's help, her father had advanced this far.
"Yes, my daughter, come to your father. I can convert you into a Fallen Angel, and ask Lord Evil Sword Immortal to help you become a peak God King. Once we finish ending the world and Lord Evil Sword Immortal goes where he wishes, the Divine Realm will be ours as a family of three." Qian Xunji called to Qian Renxue.
This time he was sincere. Arrogant and base as he was, Qian Xunji truly loved his daughter. That much had not changed.
That's why Qian Renxue had hated Bibi Dong for years over matters involving Qian Xunji.
"Father, I'm sorry. You're no longer the man you were. Just as I must defeat my mother to save her, to keep you from greater wrongs I will show no mercy." Qian Renxue's grip on the Angel Holy Sword was steady and resolute.
No longer obstructed by Sea God, this was the true Angel God who had passed the seven emotions trials.