161: Su Qingyue became Emperor

The withered old man, like a phantom, merged once again into the shadow of the stone tablet and vanished without a trace.

It was as if his words, which had overturned Lin Ye's worldview, were nothing more than an absurd delirium.

However, that cold and cruel reality was like an invisible shackle, tightly binding every single being upon this receiving platform!

Lin Ye slowly exhaled a mouthful of stale Qi, forcefully pushing the shock and ecstasy brought by the System's ultimate upgrade deep into his heart.

He looked towards the stunning figure that had remained motionless beside him.

And at this very moment, his heart suddenly sank!

He saw that Su Qingyue's beautiful face, which was already slightly pale from the Transmigration through the space-time tunnel, now lacked even a trace of color!

Her snow-white robes rustled loudly, moving without wind!

Visible waves of terrifying cold Qi, filled with the intent of endless freezing and eternal destruction, were wildly and uncontrollably leaking out from her delicate body!

And at the center of her brow, the "ice heart divine spark," which should have been crystal clear and inwardly radiating Divine Power, was now covered in hideous, spiderweb-like cracks, like shattered glass struck by a massive hammer.

Her vast Divine Power at the Demigod Peak, under the terrifying Law suppression of the "Center of the Myriad Realms Divine Domain," was wildly pouring out like a breached dam!

"Qingyue?!"

Lin Ye's pupils instantly contracted to the size of a needle tip!

He quickly supported her swaying body, and a bone-chilling coldness instantly surged wildly into his palm from the point of contact!

"Lin... Ye..."

Su Qingyue struggled to open her usually clear and cold eyes, but now they held only endless pain and confusion!

She could clearly feel that the vitality within her body was rapidly dissipating along with the loss of her Divine Power!

This, then, was the Law of this Divine Realm Center?!

This, then, was the desperate "selection" spoken of by the Scavenger?!

Demigods truly... did not deserve to survive here?!

"No... I... I won't accept this..." She bit her cherry lips tightly, and a brilliant light, filled with endless unwillingness and determination, erupted from her already dim eyes!

She, Su Qingyue! The proud daughter of the Tiannan Dynasty!

She had followed this man's footsteps all the way, from the Outer Sect to the Inner Sect, from Cang Xuan to the Divine Realm!

She had finally managed to condense a Divine Spark and stand shoulder-to-shoulder with him!

How could she... how could she fall so humiliatingly the very first moment she stepped onto this brand new world?!

"Ah—!!!"

She cried out towards the sky, and the terrifying cold Qi belonging to the "ice heart divine spark" burst forth!

She actually attempted to resist the all-crushing Law of Heaven and Earth with her own strength!

"Pfft!"

However, this was nothing more than... futile resistance!

The even vaster and colder power of the "World Origin" violently pressed down like an invisible primordial divine mountain!

Su Qingyue's protective Divine Light, which she had just condensed, couldn't even last for a single breath before it exploded with a 'bang'!

She violently spat out a mouthful of crimson Divine Blood, and all the light in her clear and cold eyes, which were initially filled with unwillingness, completely dimmed at this moment.

Her body went limp, and she started to fall towards the cold Chaos stone platform.

Lin Ye!

He looked at the beautiful figure in his arms whose aura had become extremely faint.

His pair of black eyes, half divine and half demonic, were instantly replaced by a cold madness capable of dragging all the Heavenly Gods and Buddhas into the abyss!

How could he possibly watch her die right in front of him?!

"System!"

He let out a hysterical, silent roar in his heart!

"Take all the non-ice law crystal stone, all the Divine Stone, and all the divine medicine I seized from the Heavenly Profound Divine Emperor's treasury..."

"Throw all of it... into the myriad realms furnace!!!"

[Command confirmed! Detecting massive resources...]

[The myriad realms furnace has been activated!] [Melting in progress...]

[Ding! Congratulations, host, you have obtained 37,800 origin points!]

"Good!" Lin Ye's spirit violently shook!

Without the slightest hesitation, he forcefully pulled the nascent "ice heart divine spark," which was already connected to Su Qingyue's Divine Soul, out from the center of her brow!

The Divine Spark leaving the body meant... the complete destruction of the Divine Soul!

"Don't be afraid."

Lin Ye's voice was softer than ever, yet filled with undeniable dominance!

"Today, I shall... perform a Heaven-Defying change of fate!"

"Using my Divine Spark, I will... recast a divine throne for you!"

"System!" He roared again, "Inject all the origin points, along with this 'ice law crystal stone' I obtained in the Void God Realm, into it!"

"Target—"

"The Realm of Realm Master!!!"

[Command confirmed! Detecting host's intention to... forcefully raise another person's Realm... This action will consume massive origin points and has a high possibility of attracting backlash from the 'World Origin'! Do you... confirm?!]

"Inject... now!!!"

Boom—!!!!!!!!!!

In that instant!

An extremely pure and vast torrent of energy, seemingly originating from the primordial Universe, burst forth violently from Lin Ye's palm!

The purest energy transformed from the 37,800 "origin points," carrying the "ice law crystal stone" filled with the intent of endless freezing and eternal destruction, surged wildly into the cracked and nearly shattered "ice heart divine spark," like the Milky Way pouring down from the Nine Heavens!

Buzz—!!!

The ice-blue Divine Spark, which had been dim, trembled violently after receiving this extremely immense energy supplement, bursting forth with a brilliant Divine Light capable of completely freezing the entire receiving platform, as if it were a supreme treasure that had been fully activated!

"Crack... crackle..."

Within the dazzling Divine Light, the Divine Spark, which was already on the verge of shattering, violently broke apart!

But, in the very next instant!

It was forcefully... reshaped by the even vaster and purer power of "Origin"!

The shattered fragments spun, gathered, and merged wildly, as if guided by some mysterious force!

Finally, it transformed into a brand new Divine Spark that was more condensed, more perfect than before, and covered in countless profound ice crystal runes!

A terrifying new aura, hundreds of times stronger than the Demigod Peak, violently erupted from the brand new Divine Spark!

That was... the aura of a Realm Master (God Emperor)!

And at this very moment!

As if sensing this "Heaven-Defying" provocation!

The bright sky curtain, originally calm and woven from countless "river of laws," suddenly... boiled!

"Rumble!!!"

A terrifying will, indescribable and filled with endless majesty and destructive aura, violently descended from the deepest part of the sky curtain!

That was... the baptism of the "World Origin"!

It was also... the world-destroying Divine Punishment capable of instantly crushing any Realm Master-level expert into dust!

One could see that in the boiling river of laws, an indescribable, pale-gold giant eye appeared without warning!

That giant eye was so vast! And so... indifferent!

It seemed to be the Incarnation of this Heaven and Earth!

It was the true will of the "Center of the Myriad Realms Divine Domain"!

It indifferently looked down upon the two tiny ants below who dared to challenge its majesty.

In the next instant!

A Chaos Divine Thunder, thick as a water bucket and condensed from the purest power of the "World Origin," struck down like world-destroying Divine Punishment directly upon the newly formed "ice heart divine spark" whose aura was still unstable!

"This is bad!"

Lin Ye's pupils instantly contracted to the size of a needle tip!

He never expected that Su Qingyue's "Divine Tribulation" in this Divine Realm would be... terrifying to such an extent?!

How was this a "baptism"?!

This was clearly... annihilation!

"Get... lost!!!"

He roared, and his nine-zhang-tall black and white Dharma Idol violently erupted!

His black and white Divine Fist, already eager for battle and filled with endless suppression and destructive aura, moved without hesitation to meet the descending Chaos Divine Thunder head-on!

However, just as he was about to strike!

That fist, which should have been his, was... pressed down by a cool, soft, boneless slender jade hand.

Lin Ye turned sharply, meeting a pair of clear, cold eyes filled with endless determination and tenderness.

"Lin Ye."

Su Qingyue had actually awakened at this most critical moment.

She looked at him, and a devastatingly beautiful smile, enough to make Heaven and Earth lose their color, slowly bloomed on her face, which had been pale as paper.

Before her voice faded!

Her already weak body actually moved forward voluntarily, rushing towards the world-destroying Divine Thunder that was powerful enough to instantly blast a God Emperor into dust!

"Clang—!!!"

A clear, bright, heaven-shaking sword cry, seemingly capable of completely freezing this Heaven and Earth, violently erupted from her brand new "ice heart divine spark"!

She was actually going to use her... Divine Spark to directly withstand the might of Heaven!

"No!!!"

Lin Ye's eyes were splitting with rage!

However, Su Qingyue merely turned back, flashing him... the most beautiful smile of her life.

In the next instant!

The ultimate collision of ice and thunder!

"Boom—!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

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