Eternal Seal

Pale golden light streams seeped from the cracks in the God Conferment Platform, which was the law origin activated by White Night as a space-time anchor.

These light streams intertwined on the ground to form a giant star map. Each star on the map corresponded to a temple on the Eternal Continent. At this moment, half of the stars were dim, clearly having been captured by the Demon Abyss.

But the remaining stars burst forth with unprecedented brilliance. That was the surviving True Gods responding to White Night's call.

"Roar!"

A deafening roar came from the Demon Abyss rift. A demon whale, ten thousand zhang long, burst through the gray mist, carrying a black altar on its back. Dozens of dying High-ranking True Gods were bound to the altar.

Their divine cores were slowly being devoured by a bloody crystal in the center of the altar.

This was the vanguard sent by the Lord of the Demon Abyss.

The "Soul Devouring Demon Whale," a Mid-ranking God King, whose ability to devour divine cores had once led to the complete destruction of three God Realms.

"White Night, you brat, hand over the origin of the space-time anchor, and I can spare your divine soul from destruction!" The demon whale's huge mouth opened and closed, spewing out gray mist that transformed into countless soul-devouring insects upon landing.

Wherever the swarm passed, the godfall stone of the God Conferment Platform actually began to dissolve, revealing the flowing law magma beneath.

White Night's eyes narrowed. The silver mark on his forehead suddenly lit up, and the brilliant stars on the star map simultaneously shot out beams of light. These beams converged in front of him, forming a shield composed of spacetime runes.

The soul-devouring insects crashed into the shield, emitting a harsh sizzling sound. The gray mist was purified by the runes, and the swarm disintegrated into dust.

"Mid-ranking God King? Just in time." White Night gripped the Eternal Demon Blade. Silver Spacetime Law merged into the purple-golden lightning. Along the trajectory of the blade, space was cut open into transparent cracks. "Let you taste the power of the space-time anchor."

His figure flickered, and he instantly appeared above the demon whale's head using Time-Space Thunder Step. The Eternal Demon Blade, carrying purple-golden lightning, slashed towards the altar.

The moment the blade touched the altar, countless bloody runes suddenly lit up, forming a huge blood net. The suffering faces of the devoured True Gods emerged within the blood net, actually blocking the lightning attack.

"Hahahaha! The resentment of these divine cores is my best shield!" The demon whale roared with laughter, and its tail slammed towards White Night. The gray scales on its caudal fin were like countless small knives, tearing apart the surrounding spacetime.

White Night's pupils contracted sharply. The spacetime beneath his feet suddenly flowed in reverse, teleporting him to the side of the demon whale.

But in that momentary delay, the bloody crystal on the altar suddenly shot out a red light. The red light pierced through his left shoulder, drawing out a string of golden divine blood.

The moment the divine blood landed, it was absorbed by the star map on the ground, and a dim star on the star map suddenly flickered.

"This is... the divine soul of a devoured True God?" White Night's heart stirred. A warm sensation came from the wound on his left shoulder; it was the residual will in that drop of divine blood helping him heal.

The demon whale apparently didn't notice this subtle change. Its massive body suddenly began to spin, and the gray mist formed a tornado. In the center of the tornado, countless soul-devouring insects' red lights flickered, sweeping towards the star map of the God Conferment Platform.

Its target was actually the brilliant star projections on the star map!

"You wish!" White Night roared, merging the Nine Transformations of Chaos with Spacetime Law. The Eternal Demon Blade drew a huge circle in the air. Time and space within the circle began to flow backward rapidly. The tornado visibly shrank back into the demon whale's body, and countless soul-devouring insects disintegrated in the reversed spacetime.

"Spacetime Reversal?!" For the first time, fear appeared in the demon whale's eyes. It could feel its origin being weakened by this strange law. "Impossible! You're just a High-ranking True God; how can you master a God King-level spacetime divine ability!"

White Night didn't answer; his attention was entirely on the star map.

The star that had just absorbed the divine blood was now completely lit up. Within the star, the phantom of an old man holding a scepter appeared—it was the former Temple Master of the Time-Space God Temple, who had been devoured by the demon whale!

"Little fellow, thank you for awakening my remnant soul." The old man's phantom nodded slightly to White Night. With a flick of his scepter, a silver stream of light infused into the Eternal Demon Blade. "This is the Spacetime Severing Art I researched my entire life, capable of severing any law link."

The blade of the Eternal Demon Blade suddenly rippled with silver light. White Night could clearly feel that the blade's connection to the surrounding spacetime became incredibly close, as if with just a thought, he could cut through the spatial barrier between the Demon Abyss and the Eternal Continent.

"Die!" He leaped up, the demon blade, carrying purple-golden and silver light, slashed towards the demon whale's head.

This time, the blood net formed by the bloody crystal shattered like paper. Countless phantoms of devoured True Gods rushed out from the blood net, attacking the demon whale's divine soul.

"No!" The demon whale let out a mournful shriek. Its head disintegrated in the three-colored light, and the black altar collapsed. The bound High-ranking True God bodies transformed into golden light spots, merging into the star map, causing more stars to light up.

When the demon whale's massive body completely vanished, a golden divine thought suddenly flew out from the star map and entered White Night's glabella: "The eternal divine seal is hidden beneath the foundation of the God Conferment Platform. It requires the origin laws of a hundred temples as a guide to awaken... Hurry! The Demon Lord is about to descend personally!"

It was the voice of the Chaos God King! White Night's heart trembled. Just as he was about to investigate the foundation, the Demon Abyss rift suddenly vibrated violently. A giant hand covered in black scales stretched out from the rift, with countless law chains wrapped around its five fingers.

The other end of the chains was actually connected to dozens of extinguished stars!

"Noisy!"

An ancient and majestic voice echoed through heaven and earth. The giant hand clenched tightly, and dozens of stars exploded simultaneously, turning into a gray energy torrent that smashed towards the God Conferment Platform.

Wherever the energy torrent passed, space collapsed in swathes, and even the golden light of the star map was suppressed and dimmed a bit.

"Lord of the Demon Abyss!" White Night's pupils constricted sharply. He could feel that the power of this energy torrent far exceeded any previous attack; even a Mid-ranking God King would be instantly annihilated.

The stars on the star map suddenly lit up simultaneously. Countless divine lights converged into a massive light pillar. Within the light pillar, the phantoms of Chaos God King, Time-Space Temple Master, and countless other True Gods appeared.

They roared in unison. The divine light collided with the gray torrent, and the resulting shockwave made the entire Eternal Continent tremble.

"Do you think these remnant souls can stop me?" The Demon Lord's voice was full of disdain. The giant hand exerted force again, and the gray torrent actually pushed back the divine light pillar by three feet.

The stars on the star map began to extinguish one by one, clearly indicating that the surviving temples were being destroyed by the Demon Lord's power.

White Night watched the continuously extinguishing stars, and the Chaos God King's words suddenly flashed in his mind: "Thunder is powerful not only because it can destroy, but also because it can bring new life."

He took a deep breath and made a crazy decision: inject the origin of the space-time anchor into the foundation of the God Conferment Platform!

"With my divine soul as the guide, awaken the eternal divine seal!"

White Night violently plunged the Eternal Demon Blade into the ground. The silver mark on his forehead burst out with dazzling light, and the High-ranking True God laws within his body poured into the foundation without reservation.

The God Conferment Platform trembled violently, and countless golden law chains surged from the cracks. The chains wrapped around his divine body, dragging him towards the depths of the foundation.

"Madman! You'll be torn apart by the power of the divine seal!" For the first time, the Demon Lord's voice showed a ripple. The giant hand accelerated its smash towards the God Conferment Platform, clearly intending to prevent the divine seal from awakening.

The remaining stars on the star map simultaneously burst forth with their last light. Countless True God phantoms stood above the God Conferment Platform, using their remnant souls to buy time for White Night.

Their figures continuously melted in the gray torrent, yet there was no trace of retreat. Golden divine blood stained the entire starry sky.

"Rumble...!"

When the Demon Lord's giant hand was about to touch the God Conferment Platform, a golden light pillar suddenly erupted from deep within the foundation, piercing through heaven and earth. Within the light pillar, a square great seal engraved with Chaos runes appeared. The characters "Eternal" on the seal's face exuded an aura of suppressing all ages.

It was the eternal divine seal!

The moment the divine seal flew out, White Night's figure rushed out from the light pillar. His divine body was covered in golden cracks, clearly having endured immense pressure, but the silver mark on his forehead resonated strangely with the divine seal, allowing him to barely control this God King-level divine artifact.

"This is... the divine seal of the First Generation God King?!" The Demon Lord's voice was filled with disbelief. "Impossible! Didn't this divine seal shatter in the last great war?!"

White Night ignored his shock. He formed hand seals, and the eternal divine seal slowly rotated above his head. Its face projected a massive golden light screen that covered the entire Eternal Continent.

The gray torrent crashed against the light screen and receded like a tide. The Demon Lord's giant hand was firmly blocked by the light screen, unable to advance even an inch.

"No!" The Demon Lord let out an angry roar. The giant hand suddenly burst forth with dazzling red light, actually beginning to burn its own God King origin. "Even if I sacrifice my cultivation, I will destroy this broken seal!"

The golden light screen trembled violently, and countless cracks appeared on its surface. White Night's divine body also spewed golden divine blood, clearly on the verge of collapsing.

Just at this critical moment, the last star on the star map suddenly lit up, and a familiar figure appeared within the star. It was Lieyang!

"Little friend White Night! We are here to help you!" Lieyang's voice carried a hint of weakness. Three bone blades were stuck in his divine body, clearly indicating he had just broken through the encirclement of demon soldiers. "All surviving True Gods on the continent have gathered around the God Conferment Platform. We are willing to use our divine cores as a guide to help you activate the divine seal!"

As his voice fell, countless golden light spots suddenly lit up in the void around the God Conferment Platform. The light spots converged into streams of light, injecting into the eternal divine seal.

The divine seal's light grew increasingly intense. The cracks on the golden light screen slowly began to repair, and it even began to slowly advance, pushing the Demon Lord's giant hand back into the Demon Abyss rift inch by inch.

"A bunch of ants!" The Demon Lord roared. The giant hand suddenly transformed into countless black light threads. The light threads pierced through the cracks in the light screen, shooting towards White Night.

These light threads contained his purest God King origin. Once hit, even with the eternal divine seal protecting him, White Night's divine soul would be completely corrupted.

White Night's eyes narrowed. He injected the last trace of the space-time anchor's power into the divine seal. The divine seal suddenly burst forth with a silver halo. Wherever the halo passed, the black light threads were frozen in mid-air.

This was a new ability he had comprehended after fusing Spacetime Law and the power of the divine seal: "Eternal Stasis," capable of freezing any law attack for one breath of time.

It was this one breath of time that allowed Lieyang and the other True Gods' light streams to all merge into the divine seal. The characters "Eternal" on the divine seal suddenly flew out, transforming into two golden giant dragons. The giant dragons roared as they charged towards the Demon Abyss rift. Wherever they passed, the gray mist dissolved, and the black light threads disintegrated inch by inch in the dragon's breath.

"I will return!" The Demon Lord's voice carried a hint of unwillingness and fear. The giant hand transformed into a red light and retracted into the rift. The rift began to slowly close, clearly indicating a temporary retreat.

When the rift completely closed, the eternal divine seal slowly landed in White Night's hand, transforming into a small square seal.

Thunderous cheers erupted around the God Conferment Platform. The surviving True Gods looked at White Night's figure, their eyes filled with awe and gratitude.

White Night looked at the eternal divine seal in his hand, then at the re-lit stars on the star map, a tired but relieved smile appearing on his lips.

He knew that the Lord of the Demon Abyss's retreat was only temporary, but at least this time, they had defended the Eternal Continent.

"Little friend White Night, are you alright?" Lieyang's figure landed beside him, looking at his divine body covered in cracks, his eyes filled with worry.

White Night shook his head and put the eternal divine seal into his body: "I'm fine, just consumed too much divine power. By the way, those True Gods controlled by the Demon Abyss..."

"Their remnant souls are all in the star map. If we can find suitable vessels, there might be a chance for rebirth." Lieyang pointed at the flickering stars on the star map. "Moreover, Senior Chaos God King left a divine thought before his sacrifice, saying that as long as you can fully control the eternal divine seal, you can reverse spacetime and resurrect those fallen True Gods."

A glimmer of hope flashed in White Night's eyes. He tightened his grip on the Eternal Demon Blade: "Then let's begin. Rebuild the temples, search for remnant soul vessels, and..."

He looked up in the direction where the Demon Abyss rift had disappeared, "prepare to welcome the Demon Lord's next invasion."

Lieyang nodded heavily, then turned to the surrounding True Gods and declared loudly: "Everyone, from today onwards, little friend White Night is our new leader of the Eternal God Realm! We are willing to follow little friend White Night and jointly resist the Demon Abyss!"

"Follow Leader White Night! Jointly resist the Demon Abyss!"

Cheers echoed around the God Conferment Platform, lingering for a long time.

White Night stood at the highest point of the God Conferment Platform, looking at the hopeful faces below, feeling the divine power slowly recovering within him and the warmth of the eternal divine seal.

He silently thought, "Chaos God King, I will do it... Rest in peace..."

The reconstruction of the Eternal Continent began.

White Night left these tasks to others, while he focused on consolidating his cultivation.

After all, in the next Demon Lord invasion, he would be the key to victory or defeat!

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