The God of Destruction hurled a torrent of annihilation at Su Wen, yet it was completely rebounded by the golden body condensed around Su Wen. Divine blood splattered across the divine palace.
Su Wen chuckled softly and fully merged into the heaven and earth. Behind him, more than twenty soul beast phantoms slowly emerged.
Liya's pale blue eyes swept sharply over the God Realm. The Sea God's Trident shattered inch by inch in Wang Dong'er's hand, and the azure authority of the Sea God turned into a torrent that poured into her body. At the same time, the authority of the distant Water God that was rushing over was also forcefully stripped away and fully absorbed. From this moment on, she completely became the Water God—not a castrated, knockoff Water God, but the true and proper Water God of this star domain.
From now on, there would be only one Water God in the entire star domain. As for the Sea God and so on, such gods would all be subordinate to her.
Bai XiuXiu had no objections. She'd always been an optimist. Becoming a god, then lazing her days away and blowing bubbles while hiding in the water already felt wonderful to her.
The Deep Sea Demon Whale King's wife and daughter were still around, and the authority of the God of Storms had always relied upon the sea. Strictly speaking, it was even weaker than Bai XiuXiu's Sea God authority. But he had no complaints either—this was already happiness beyond measure.
The long staff in Gale's hand trembled as the authority of the Wind God in the God Realm was forcibly ripped away, turning into a streak of cyan light that shot into his body.
The Ice Empress and Snow Empress together became the Ancient Ice God. Such an authority did not even exist in the current God Realm; becoming a god through ice was exceedingly rare across all the other God Realms in this star domain.
The black mists around Destruction collapsed. The power of laws flowed like streams toward Xuan Ji. His eyes shone with liquid-gold pupils, towering and imposing as he gazed down at Destruction. His divine rank had long since reached the level of Star Domain God King—a terrifying rank formed after gathering all of the destruction authority of this star domain.
He represented the pinnacle of the star domain, and perhaps the pinnacle of the universe itself.
"This isn't plunder… This is merely reclaiming what should have been ours. From this day on, there will be no so-called 'God Realm' in this star domain. There will only be… the Divine Court."
Xuan Ji looked down at the God of Destruction, whose eyes were almost tearing apart in fury, and spoke calmly.
As long as they advanced to become Star Domain–level God Kings, all relevant authorities would naturally return to them. The only reason they hadn't been reclaimed earlier was because they had still been located in the time and space ten thousand years in the future…
But now, they had returned.
Azure Luan became the God of Life. Only now did the nearly exaggerated, terrifying might of the Life God's authority gradually manifest. All life across the entire star domain fell under her control. With the wave of a hand, a gray and dead planet could instantly regain vitality. Conversely, with a single thought, a planet brimming with life could be stripped of everything in an instant and be reduced to ashes.
She stood in direct opposition to the authority of Death controlled by Electrolux.
Yet they also restrained one another.
Apart from the God of Time and Space, these two were the strongest gods, for the authorities under their command were simply too terrifying.
Her subordinate god was Ah Yin, the Goddess of the Forest.
Both of them were Star Domain–level God Kings, but even among God Kings, their combat strength still differed…
Jin Ling'er was the Dragon God, the same as Gu Yuena. Her nine-colored true dragon let out an ancient, resonant dragon cry that echoed throughout the entire universe. Countless true dragons were jolted awake from their slumber, turning their eyes in stunned disbelief toward that aura, their gazes full of excitement and trembling awe.
Finally, after so many years… finally, this moment had arrived.
The dragon race would rise again!
Mu Qiu'er became the Goddess of Destiny, but in front of these many powerful deities, she did not seem particularly dominant. It was as if the power of Fate lost some of its luster when confronting truly absolute powers.
At this moment, not just the original God Realm, but countless large and small God Realms across the entire star domain turned their fearful gazes toward this scene.
Star-domain-level ripples spread from beneath Su Wen's feet.
World after world contained inside spirit balls collapsed into star-core crystals, devouring the black nihility light of Return to Ruin unleashed by the Crimson Mother, becoming the foundation of the Divine Court.
Gu Yuena unfolded her dragon wings, the rings of Creation and Destruction flaring to life. The Asura Sword was ground into fragments, then reforged into a Dragon God Monument. Countless true dragons, sensing the Dragon God's aura, crossed the cosmos one after another, rushing toward the God Realm.
"Lay your burdens down and depart…" Su Wen spoke softly.
He bore no great hatred toward Destruction. This old fellow might be somewhat foolish, but he had at least been conscientious.
Yet, the God Realm was ultimately a relic of the past.
The tides of the era rolled forward; no one could stand in their way.
The "Divine Court" he would establish in the future would be the true destiny of this star domain.
Destruction muttered to himself as he felt the authority within his body gradually flow away, one knee dropping to the ground.
The Divine Court's final structure completed itself, built atop those star-core crystals made from countless small spirit-ball worlds. The former meager, fragile barrier of the God Realm—so thin that it would rapidly shatter once swept by spatial-temporal turbulence—suddenly expanded to cover the entire star domain, fully enveloping every corner of it.
Su Wen gazed emotionlessly upon this "Twilight of the Gods." Within the God of Destruction's dazed eyes as he raised his head was reflected the Divine Court Core hovering in Su Wen's palm.
Within that core, there were no split water-and-fire authorities, no privately bestowed divine positions—only an absolutely unified torrent of law and authority under the single will of the Divine Court.
What did true unification mean?
He no longer cared in the slightest about petty "continent disputes." What he sought was the unity of the entire Divine Court and of all humankind.
The God Realm would not interfere with humanity—and it never should have.
As for the question: if humanity became so powerful in the future that it could threaten the status of the Divine Court, what then…
Su Wen smiled faintly.
"Sorry, but I'm not just the Lord of the Divine Court—I also have a rather unremarkable identity: the Human Emperor."
For the Divine Court had been created by him, founded by a youth of human blood. Just like how the Dragon God of old established the Dragon-God Domain. From that time on, throughout the entire star domain, all beings bowed to dragons; the purer one's dragon blood, the nobler one was.
That was why, for countless ages, all dragonkind had revered the Dragon God without the slightest internal dispute.
From now on, it would be the same.
Human blood would become the apex of this star domain.
Humanity would be as if its genetic locks were fully opened: intelligence and strength would advance rapidly, step by step breaking through planets, even star domains.
Under such circumstances, calling him the Human Emperor was hardly an exaggeration.
"You actually… managed to reach such a height."
The Goddess of Life, supporting the God of Destruction, looked at Su Wen in dazed disbelief. Naturally, they had long been watching this human youth. In their eyes, it had already been an unimaginable honor for him to succeed to a seat in the God Realm.
But who could have imagined…
He actually unified the entire star domain!!!
This achievement, this audacity, was almost exactly the same as when the Dragon God unified this star domain and created the Dragon-God Domain, perhaps even greater!
"But you must also be careful…" The Goddess of Life sighed softly, hesitating before she spoke. "Back then, the Dragon-God Domain was so glorious that at its peak, its influence covered several star domains. Yet even such a powerful existence, when intending to transform the domain into a God Star, had two powerful deities suddenly controlled by the Universal Laws. They killed the Dragon God's most beloved youngest son. Only then did the Dragon God completely lose control—and that was the beginning of the Dragon-God Domain's decline…"
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