After Chen Yi held the grand wedding with Qian Renxue, Ye Lingling, Dugu Yan, and Shui Bing'er in Spirit City, the five of them spent a leisurely and fulfilling time on the Douluo Continent.
They traveled together to various regions of the mainland and stepped into many secret places inaccessible to ordinary people.
Deep in the extreme northern ice fields, they felt the solitude of ice and snow. In the depths of the Life Lake in the Star Dou Great Forest, they had a brief conversation with the awakened Beast God Di Tian and sensed a mysterious aura from afar. They also visited the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well in the Sunset Forest and reminisced about the past.
During this time, Chen Yi ventured alone into a hidden small world in the center of the Star Dou Great Forest and had a secret conversation with the half-dragon god, the Silver Dragon King.
The content of the conversation remained unknown, and after returning, Chen Yi did not speak of it to anyone.
Afterward, Chen Yi led the four women across the vast sea to the distant Sun Moon Continent. There, they experienced a soul tool civilization and local customs completely different from those of the Douluo Continent.
They continued exploring and reached the vast lands later known as the Star Luo Continent and the Dou Ling Continent—currently just two unnamed continents.
The five traveled across these exotic lands, experiencing various natural wonders and cultural landscapes, relaxing both body and mind.
Chen Yi and Qian Renxue intentionally or unintentionally created miracles in certain important locations on these continents, planting seeds of faith and laying the foundation for possible future continental integration or religious unification.
At the same time, they collected relatively advanced soul tool technology data and some core samples from the Sun Moon Continent and brought them back to the Douluo Continent. They handed them over to the research institutions of the Body Sect and the Spirit Hall for analysis and reference, preparing a technological reserve in advance for the possible continental collision and civilization integration that could occur four thousand years later.
In this way, the five of them traveled abroad for about a year, enjoying the exotic scenery while secretly making long-term plans, before leisurely returning to the Douluo Continent.
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Spirit City, Angel Mountain.
This was the deepest forbidden area of the Spirit Hall and the source of Angel faith. It was usually a sacred and solemn place with few visitors.
But today, several figures stood quietly at the mountain summit with their hands behind their backs.
Their auras were completely suppressed, as if they had merged with their surroundings, yet the invisible pressure emanating from their life force caused the light at the summit to appear slightly distorted.
If an outsider were here and knew their identities, they would likely be deeply shocked and filled with worship!
Standing in the center was none other than Thunder God Chen Yi, wearing purple attire with a calm yet dignified expression.
Beside him stood the Holy Evil Angel Qian Renxue, her eight wings gently folded behind her back. Slightly to the side was the Ice Goddess, Shui Bing'er.
On the opposite side were the Goddess of Abundance Ye Lingling, the God of Emotions Yuan Hua, the Poison God Dugu Yan, the War God Chu Shanhe, and the Crocodile God Golden Crocodile.
The eight gods of this era on the Douluo Continent had gathered at the summit of the divine mountain.
There was only one reason they had assembled here—today, the eight of them would ascend together to the God Realm!
From then on, Bibi Dong would be the only god remaining in the mortal world of the Douluo Continent.
At the edge of the viewing platform on the summit, Mu Xi, surrounded by relatives and friends, slowly stepped forward. Suppressing her hesitation and longing, she approached Chen Yi with a gentle voice.
"Xiao Yi, on your journey to the God Realm… you must be extremely cautious in everything. After all, your opponents are veteran God Kings with deep backgrounds—you must not underestimate them."
"If the timing is not right or the matter is difficult to resolve in the short term, do not act impulsively. Taking things slowly is the best approach."
She knew that one of her son's main purposes for going to the world of the gods was to settle the karmic grudge with the Asura God. As a mother, she could not stop him; she could only repeatedly urge him to prioritize safety.
Looking into his worried mother's eyes, Chen Yi felt warmth in his heart. He smiled confidently and comforted her.
"Mother, don't worry. Your son sacrificed a hundred years of time and ascended several years earlier than planned."
"If we ascend and can't even handle a mere Asura battlefield properly, wouldn't that be extremely embarrassing? Your son won't do anything that causes major losses."
Chen Yi's words were half-joking and half a declaration of confidence.
Gods were usually allowed to remain in the mortal world for a hundred years to resolve unfinished matters and solidify their faith. However, despite having become gods only recently, Chen Yi and the others had decided to ascend as a group ahead of schedule. This clearly showed their intention to resolve the dangers lurking in the God Realm as quickly as possible.
Only after fully inheriting the position of the Thunder God did Chen Yi realize just how powerful the Thunder God of that time had been.
He had not been a mere novice God King. His power was in no way inferior to the oldest God Kings, such as the God of Evil or the God of Good.
After reaching God King status, he had undergone an even deeper transformation by utilizing the power of his bloodline.
Even he himself could not accurately gauge his current level of strength and was now seeking out veteran God Kings to test his power.
Seeing her son's confident demeanor, Mu Xi smiled and nodded without saying anything more. Her son would not be alone in the God Realm. He had the support of the Thunder God's former subordinates and the protection of the two God Kings of Life and Destruction.
Meanwhile, Qian Daoliu walked over to Qian Renxue.
The eyes of the old man who had devoted his life to the Angels were filled with a complex mix of pride and regret at this moment.
He reached out and gently stroked his granddaughter's head as he had done when she was a child. His voice was low and deep.
"Xue'er, this time… Grandfather has ultimately broken his promise. Grandfather cannot ascend to the God Realm with you and fight alongside you."
"The path ahead… is all up to you."
Qian Daoliu possessed extraordinary talent and profound knowledge, so he naturally qualified to inherit a divine position.
Unfortunately, because he had been a servant of the Angels, his soul and faith were already deeply tied to the Angel position, making it impossible for him to inherit another sacred position.
He still regretted in his heart that he could not personally participate in the revenge against the Sea God Poseidon.
According to the plan Chen Yi and Qian Renxue had secretly discussed, after Qian Renxue recovered the rest of her power and fully elevated the Holy Evil Angel position, they might form three relatively independent lower-level gods: the Angel God, the Rakshasa God, and the Demon God.
At that time, Qian Daoliu would have the opportunity to inherit the Angel God position and clear his past regrets.
Feeling the warmth of her grandfather's hand, Qian Renxue took a deep breath. Meeting Qian Daoliu's gaze, her eyes became incredibly resolute.
"Grandfather, didn't you say it back then? Poseidon… you said to kill him. I will kill him!"
"You fulfilled your promise and personally beheaded Poseidon, offering his head as a sacrifice to our ancestral god. Now… let me fulfill the promise!"
"You are here right now, watching me. You will watch as I spread the glory of the Angels once again in the divine realm!"
Upon hearing this, Qian Daoliu nodded deeply with tears in his eyes.
"Good! Good! Grandfather will stay here and watch our Angel clan's most outstanding descendant soar into the heavens!"
At this time, Ye Lingling, Dugu Yan, Shui Bing'er, Yuan Hua, Chu Shanhe, Golden Crocodile, and the others also bid farewell to the family and close friends who had come to see them off.
They then stood beside Chen Yi and Qian Renxue, nodding to one another.
Chen Yi turned around one last time to face the relatives and friends who had come to see them off. His gaze swept over each familiar face, and with a gentle smile, he said loudly:
"Everyone… until we meet again!"
"Sizzle—!"
The moment he finished speaking, a thought flashed through his mind. Primitive lightning flashed around him, gradually tearing open the void before him.
A deep spatial passageway slowly opened.
From the other side of the passageway came the faint aura of immortal beings. Accompanied by ethereal heavenly music, the phantoms of magnificent architecture appeared and disappeared.
Chen Yi stepped into the passageway first, and his figure was instantly enveloped in light.
Qian Renxue followed closely behind, lightly flapping her eight wings as her body, protected by Holy-Evil divine light, stepped into the passageway.
Ye Lingling, Dugu Yan, Shui Bing'er, Yuan Hua, Chu Shanhe, and Golden Crocodile lightly bowed to the people behind them and quietly stepped into the passageway, each radiating divine light.
The eight figures disappeared one after another into the streaks of light.
The ascension passageway, which had been emitting vast sacred power and immortal energy, slowly contracted and began to close inward.
The light at the entrance gradually weakened until it completely vanished into the void, as if it had never existed. All that remained was the faint sacred power still lingering on Angel Mountain and the relatives and friends who had watched them depart.
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In the distant core of the Star Dou Great Forest, within a small world.
The Silver Dragon King, her entire body covered in magnificent silver-white scales, slowly opened her huge amethyst-like dragon eyes.
Her gaze seemed to pierce through the barrier of the small world, through the endless void, all the way to the unknown highest dimension.
A flash of depth and anticipation appeared in the dragon's eyes.
"Finally… they have gone?"
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God Realm, Elemental God Realm.
The atmosphere in this vast divine realm, jointly ruled and protected by the seven Elemental Gods, was unusually different today.
The originally stable flow of the seven basic elemental energies suddenly began to show strange fluctuations.
Purple-gold light representing thunder and deep-blue radiance representing ice intertwined, unexpectedly shining in the sky at the center of the divine realm.
It instantly resonated with the seven elemental energies already present in the God Realm—water, fire, wind, earth, light, darkness, and space. They intertwined and fused, forming a magnificent and harmonious nine-colored elemental celestial phenomenon!
The Gods of Water, Fire, Wind, Earth, Light, Darkness, and Space almost simultaneously flew out of their respective divine halls, transforming into seven differently colored sacred light beams that converged in the sky above the Elemental God Realm.
Uncontainable excitement appeared on their faces as their gazes were all fixed on the edge of the divine realm where space was violently distorting.
"They're here! The new Thunder God has arrived!" The impatient Fire God could not help but roar.
"And the Ice God's aura… is still so pure and so powerful." The Water Goddess's beautiful eyes sparkled.
Under the intense gazes of the seven Elemental Gods, the trembling space was finally torn apart by a powerful force.
A more stable and majestic exit resembling the lower world slowly appeared.
Immediately afterward, eight figures wearing different divine armors quietly walked out of the passageway and stepped onto the land of the gods.
Leading the group was none other than Thunder God Chen Yi, clad in Thunder God's sacred armor!
Right behind him followed the Holy Evil Angel Qian Renxue with her eight wings spread. Her sacred and evil aspects were intertwined!
Then came the Ice Goddess Shui Bing'er, the Goddess of Abundance Ye Lingling, the God of Emotions Yuan Hua, the Poison Goddess Dugu Yan, the War God Chu Shanhe, and the Crocodile God Golden Crocodile!
The eight gods of the Douluo Continent had officially ascended and arrived in the God Realm!
The seven Elemental Gods looked at the eight figures—especially the young man at the front, who shared the same bloodline as their brother yet surpassed him—with heartfelt smiles.