459: Kingdom of God (Finale)

The moment Xiao Shi, transformed into a giant, opened his eyes, he saw the dark starry sky around him!

This made his whole body tremble, and an indescribable feeling arose within him.

This was the first time in his life he had seen a true starry sky!

It wasn't looking up from within the Tianwu World, but truly stepping into a vast, almost endless starry sky.

Although he had already realized that a vaster world existed beyond the Tianwu World when he learned that Upper Gods still existed outside of it, the shock of this thought, the expansion of his world, and the explosion of his horizons still caused great fluctuations in his mind when he truly appeared in this starry sky.

At the same time, he also realized... the entire Tianwu World was actually a majestic giant existing in the starry sky!

Because the Tianwu World had never given birth to a Martial God, this giant had always been in a state of slumber.

Although reaching the Martial Dao Ninth Realm allowed one to control the giant's body, mere control of the body was not enough to awaken the giant from its slumber.

Only by becoming the giant's will could one completely control the giant and awaken it from its slumber.

Or, to be more precise, this giant was the true... Divine Body!

At the same time, he also clearly felt that in a very distant place, two figures were rapidly approaching him at an astonishing speed.

Although there was still an extremely vast distance between them, Xiao Shi could sense that these were two starry sky giants similar to him!

He knew without a doubt that these two giants must be Eternal Night Upper God and Blood Sacrifice Upper God!

They were closing in on him at an alarming speed, which made Xiao Shi's gaze deepen.

He could clearly feel the hostility these two Upper Gods had towards him, especially Eternal Night Upper God.

After Xiao Shi forcibly stole his power, an enmity had already formed between him and Xiao Shi.

Although Blood Sacrifice Upper God had no direct contact with Xiao Shi, the Martial Emperor he supported was killed by Xiao Shi.

If it hadn't been for Xiao Shi, the one who would have become a Martial God by now would undoubtedly have been the Martial Emperor.

This also filled Blood Sacrifice Upper God with animosity towards Xiao Shi.

At the same time, Xiao Shi had known all along that these two Upper Gods had always harbored ill intentions towards the Tianwu World.

However, when no Martial God had been born in the Tianwu World, they could only search for targets within the Tianwu World to cultivate, and could not do anything to the Tianwu World itself.

Now that he had become a Martial God, possessed the Divine Body of the Tianwu World, and appeared in this starry sky, these two Upper Gods finally had an opportunity to fight him.

They immediately rushed towards him to kill him.

Xiao Shi's eyes narrowed slightly at this.

Although he was now a Martial God, he wasn't very confident facing two Upper Gods simultaneously.

On the one hand, he didn't have a sufficient understanding of the strength of these two Upper Gods, and didn't know their true power in the starry sky.

On the other hand, he was very likely to be ambushed by these two Upper Gods.

Regarding this, Xiao Shi felt it was necessary to make ample preparations before the two Upper Gods arrived.

After all, he had just entered the starry sky, and his knowledge and understanding of it were very limited.

Once he was defeated, he might not even have a place to escape.

This reminded him of the item [Divine Crown] that dropped when he killed the Martial Emperor earlier!

At that time, because he was still in the Martial Dao Ninth Realm, he couldn't see the information about the [Divine Crown].

Now that he had become a Martial God, Xiao Shi believed that he could now see all the information about this divine item.

And this divine item might be able to help him contend against the two Upper Gods.

Immediately, when he took out the [Divine Crown], all its information appeared in his sight.

[Name: Divine Crown]

[Type: Crown]

[Grade: Divine Item]

[Description: A crown representing the supreme divine authority within the Divine Realm. Wearing the Divine Crown grants one the status of the supreme being of the Divine Realm.]

[Remark 1: He who wears the Divine Crown must bear its weight! Once the Divine Crown is worn, one will shoulder the heavy responsibility of restoring the Divine Realm!]

[Remark 2: Due to the current damage to the Divine Crown, its power will be lost to a certain extent.]

Xiao Shi looked at the information in his sight, his brows slightly furrowed.

Although he could now see the introduction and remarks in the information, there were still many things he didn't understand.

For example... what is the Divine Realm?

Just as Xiao Shi was pondering, a hum!

The [Divine Crown] in his hand suddenly vibrated, causing a scene to appear before Xiao Shi's eyes.

The scene depicted a vast and endless starry sky.

Within this starry sky, there was a huge and luxurious palace, and it could be clearly seen that, centered around this palace, intricately carved palaces spread throughout the entire starry sky, creating a magnificent sight that illuminated the entire starry sky.

At the same time, Xiao Shi also saw that within this magnificent starry sky, there were many massive starry sky giants.

Although many of these starry sky giants were slightly smaller than him in terms of body size, every single starry sky giant exuded a powerful divine aura.

This made Xiao Shi instantly realize that this starry sky was the so-called Divine Realm!

Suddenly, a black light, without any warning, swept across from the depths of the starry sky.

In less than a second, all the palaces in the starry sky, and all the countless giant gods in the starry sky, were shattered!! Turned into dust!

The once prosperous and lively starry sky instantly transformed into a dark, empty, and silent starry sky.

Just like the starry sky where Xiao Shi currently was.

Crack!

The scene shattered.

Xiao Shi took a deep breath, instantly understanding everything!

The so-called Divine Realm... was the starry sky he was currently in!

A long time ago, this starry sky was very prosperous, filled with countless gods like himself, and within each god, there was a world similar to the Tianwu Continent.

However, one day, a terrifying black light appeared in the starry sky, and this black light destroyed the entire Divine Realm!

As a result, the entire Divine Realm ceased to exist, turning into an empty, silent starry sky.

Now... in this starry sky, there were only three gods left.

The god representing the Tianwu World, having never given birth to a Martial God, had remained in slumber until now, when Xiao Shi ascended to Martial God, finally awakening completely!

After understanding everything, a greater doubt arose in Xiao Shi's mind.

He knew that the reason Eternal Night Upper God and Blood Sacrifice Upper God sought targets to support on the Tianwu Continent was most likely to directly control them after their supported targets became Martial Gods.

For example, if the person who became a Martial God now was the Martial Emperor, then the god he transformed into would be directly controlled by Blood Sacrifice Upper God, obeying Blood Sacrifice Upper God's commands.

But what was Blood Sacrifice Upper God's intention in doing this?

With only three gods left in the entire Divine Realm, even if they were controlled by these two Upper Gods, what could they do?

Xiao Shi was very puzzled.

He could sense that there must be important secrets he didn't know about.

“No matter what their purpose is, I must defeat them next!”

Xiao Shi's gaze sharpened.

Although the item information for the [Divine Crown] did not clearly state what powerful abilities it possessed, since this [Divine Crown] represented the supreme divine authority within the Divine Realm, Xiao Shi believed that this item must be extraordinary.

However, to ensure that he could use this divine item to deal with the two Upper Gods, Xiao Shi decisively chose to transform the [Divine Crown] into his exclusive item!

Buzz!

When the entire [Divine Crown] became his exclusive item, perhaps because this item was a divine artifact, no exclusive ability appeared in its item information.

Only the damage to the [Divine Crown] was repaired, and it became Xiao Shi's exclusive divine artifact.

In other words... even if the [Divine Crown] were to fall into the hands of Blood Sacrifice Upper God and Eternal Night Upper God now, they would not be able to wear this divine item.

However, the item information still did not describe the function and abilities of the [Divine Crown].

Xiao Shi estimated that only by wearing the [Divine Crown] himself would he be able to understand its specific abilities.

Thinking of this, Xiao Shi, without any hesitation, placed the entire [Divine Crown] on his head...

Eternal Night Upper God and Blood Sacrifice Upper God were both approaching Xiao Shi's location at an astonishing speed.

The air currents they stirred up during their high-speed flight were like powerful blades, tearing countless cracks of varying sizes throughout the starry sky.

Both Upper Gods had a strong murderous aura in their eyes.

Especially Eternal Night Upper God, who had been suppressing a burning rage in his heart!

Before Xiao Shi became a Martial God, they had no way to deal with him.

Even though they had long ago infiltrated a wisp of divine consciousness into the Tianwu Continent, both their divine consciousness and their power were greatly weakened within the Tianwu Continent.

Now that Xiao Shi had become a Martial God and entered the Divine Realm's starry sky, they were no longer restricted and could finally settle all scores with Xiao Shi.

Of course, they also knew that as fellow gods, they could never truly kill each other.

However, their goal was not to kill Xiao Shi, but to severely injure him and then attempt to control him.

After all, their objective from the very beginning was to control the god of the Tianwu World.

Now that Xiao Shi had just broken through to become a Martial God, his own strength was limited, and he couldn't unleash his full divine power.

This was undoubtedly the best time for them to strike.

Once Xiao Shi adapted to his Divine Body, they would no longer have the opportunity to control him.

Soon, Eternal Night Upper God and Blood Sacrifice Upper God, speeding at high velocity, arrived at Xiao Shi's location.

Seeing Xiao Shi in the distance, the two Upper Gods exchanged glances, both seeing vigilance and caution in each other's eyes.

However, upon seeing Xiao Shi, they both attacked simultaneously without prior agreement!

Both Eternal Night Upper God and Blood Sacrifice Upper God, like Xiao Shi, were majestic giants in the starry sky.

Eternal Night Upper God was entirely black, while Blood Sacrifice Upper God resembled a petrified giant.

Their gazes towards Xiao Shi were like hunters fixated on their prey.

They knew that although Xiao Shi was now a god in the Divine Realm, just like them, he was merely a newly ascended god.

Such a newly ascended god often required a long period of cultivation to become an Upper God!

This was also the source of their confidence.

The current Xiao Shi could not be their opponent!

Xiao Shi floated in the starry sky, his eyes tightly closed.

The [Divine Crown] did not appear on his head.

The moment he put on the [Divine Crown], the entire [Divine Crown] directly disappeared from his head.

Therefore, Blood Sacrifice Upper God and Eternal Night Upper God did not see the [Divine Crown] when they approached.

However, the moment they neared Xiao Shi, buzz!

Xiao Shi's tightly closed eyes suddenly opened, and a brilliant light, as if capable of illuminating the entire starry sky, burst forth from his eyes.

And in the instant this light spread, Blood Sacrifice Upper God and Eternal Night Upper God simultaneously lost all sensation.

Both their consciousness and their vision turned completely blank.

After an unknown period, when their consciousness recovered, they were shocked to find that their massive divine bodies were scattered in pieces throughout the starry sky.

This instantly caused a monstrous wave in the minds of Blood Sacrifice Upper God and Eternal Night Upper God.

They quickly reassembled their shattered divine bodies.

After recovering, they all looked at Xiao Shi in front of them with an expression of disbelief.

They were immediately shocked to see that the current Xiao Shi was completely different from before.

His body exuded dazzling and magnificent light, carrying supreme majesty, looking down on all beings, high and mighty!

Behind him, an enormous throne appeared!

Arcs of black lightning continuously surged and danced on the throne.

The moment Xiao Shi sat on it, all these arcs of lightning merged into Xiao Shi's body, causing Xiao Shi to exude a powerful aura that seemed capable of suppressing this starry sky, suppressing the entire Divine Realm.

The bodies of Blood Sacrifice Upper God and Eternal Night Upper God uncontrollably trembled at this moment, an indescribable fear filling every piece of their flesh and every nerve!

The raging storm in their minds transformed into a word that had long disappeared from this starry sky, from this Divine Realm—

Divine King!!

Xiao Shi sat on the throne, gazing at the two Upper Gods before him.

His eyes contained streaks of lightning capable of destroying the entire starry sky, constantly swirling and raging.

The moment he put on the Divine Crown, he completely understood its meaning!

The Divine Crown was the crown of the Divine King in the Divine Kingdom!

Wearing the Divine Crown meant becoming the Divine King of the Divine Kingdom!

Especially now that the Divine Crown had become his exclusive item and had been repaired, he directly possessed the power of a Divine King.

He commanded the entire starry sky, the entire Divine Kingdom!

Xiao Shi gazed at the two Upper Gods before him.

Now, the life and death of these two Upper Gods rested entirely on his whim.

In fact, he could have instantly annihilated these two Upper Gods just now.

However, Xiao Shi considered that there were still some secrets he didn't know about these two Upper Gods, and with only three deities left in the entire Divine Kingdom, he felt that killing them was not a wise choice.

Thinking of this.

Xiao Shi flicked his finger.

Poof!

Poof!

Even as powerful as the two Upper Gods.

Under Xiao Shi's flick, they exploded without any resistance.

When their shattered divine bodies reassembled once more.

Their gazes towards Xiao Shi had already changed dramatically.

Their eyes were filled with reverence and fanaticism.

They knelt before Xiao Shi in unison, saying.

"Greetings, Divine King!!!"

They had been enslaved by Xiao Shi, becoming his servants.

"Tell me everything you know."

Xiao Shi said indifferently.

"Yes!"

The two Upper Gods responded respectfully at the same time.

"Please, Divine King, follow us."

They began to lead Xiao Shi.

They sped towards the depths of the starry sky.

Xiao Shi followed them.

In this vast and boundless starry sky... black seemed to be the only color. Apart from some floating ruins and dust, the entire starry sky was left with only emptiness and dead silence.

After they had traveled for a long time.

Finally.

Xiao Shi saw an incomparably massive landmass in the depths of this starry sky.

"No!"

Xiao Shi focused his gaze.

He discovered that this enormous landmass was actually a corpse!!

And the moment he saw this corpse.

A scene formed in his mind once again.

Boom!

The scene in the picture was this starry sky.

A colossal vortex was emerging from within the starry sky.

What emanated from this vortex was a strange aura, seemingly not belonging to this starry sky, this Divine Kingdom!

Even more astonishing was that from this vortex, an immensely huge figure was struggling, as if trying to break out.

This figure... was precisely the enormous corpse, as large as a landmass, that Xiao Shi had seen.

At this moment, the enormous figure in the scene had a look of madness in its eyes. It raised both hands and pressed down fiercely, as if burning its life to unleash an incomparably powerful force!

With the explosion of this power, it directly propelled its body, and amidst a roaring sound, it completely broke out of the vortex and entered this vast and boundless starry sky.

However, just as this figure entered the starry sky.

From the vortex behind it, a roar suddenly erupted, and at that instant, the vortex trembled violently. A massive hand stretched out from within the vortex, gripping its edge, seemingly intending to continue pursuing the figure.

"Do you think escaping to this Divine Kingdom will help? No matter where you go, I will absolutely grind you to dust!!"

A colossal roar echoed and exploded from within the vortex.

"Is that so..."

A ruthless and decisive glint flashed in the eyes of the enormous figure that had rushed into this starry sky.

He raised his hand.

He unleashed a method that Xiao Shi could not understand at all.

It caused the entire vortex to suddenly halt.

This caused the hand gripping the edge of the vortex to shatter on its own, as if disintegrated, instantly turning into dust... Not only that.

The entire starry sky at this moment seemed to have been solidified.

It was as if an invisible layer of ice had condensed, making it completely different from before.

"You want to seal this Divine Kingdom!?"

"Even if you seal this Divine Kingdom, you will never get out and will be trapped in this Divine Kingdom forever!!!"

A furious roar came from outside the vortex.

However, the enormous figure that had entered this Divine Kingdom ignored the other party's angry roar.

He continued to use his own methods.

He completely sealed the entire Divine Kingdom!

The massive vortex also slowly dissipated with the sealing.

However, just as the entire vortex was about to completely dissipate.

The entity outside the vortex, seemingly unwilling to let the enormous figure go, unleashed a black beam of light, which rushed into this starry sky before the vortex completely disappeared.

Poof!

The black beam of light pierced through the enormous figure, severely injuring it, causing its body to instantly wither and decay.

With a crash.

The entire scene shattered like broken glass, coming to an abrupt halt.

After witnessing all of this.

Xiao Shi finally understood what that black light that destroyed the entire Divine Kingdom was!

"Years ago, this powerful being from outside the Divine Kingdom, being pursued, fled into our Divine Kingdom."

"To prevent the enemy from invading the Divine Kingdom, he used a powerful sealing ability to seal the entire Divine Kingdom."

"But during the sealing, he was unfortunately struck by the opponent's power..."

"This power was too immense!"

"Even though most of the power struck this powerful being from outside the Divine Kingdom, the diffused power still instantly destroyed our entire Divine Kingdom!"

Eternal Night Upper God said with emotion.

"Fortunately, although the Divine Kingdom was destroyed, it was not completely annihilated."

"Within the Divine Kingdom, there were still three worlds that fortunately escaped the calamity."

"After a long period of development, two of these worlds successfully gave birth to deities, thus forming me and Blood Sacrifice."

"When we officially stepped into this starry sky, we had already discovered that the being who fled to our Divine Kingdom back then had already died."

Xiao Shi suddenly understood.

He realized that everything was caused by this powerful expert who fled from the outside world.

Whether it was this person or the one who pursued him from outside.

Both possessed power far exceeding that of this Divine Kingdom.

They could seal the Divine Kingdom.

They could also destroy the Divine Kingdom.

"Through our investigations over these years, we discovered..."

"The powerful expert who fled to our Divine Kingdom back then did not completely seal our Divine Kingdom."

"Perhaps because this being was severely injured at the time and no longer had enough power to completely seal the entire Divine Kingdom, a gap was left."

"However, this gap alone is not enough for us to reach the worlds outside the Divine Kingdom."

"Unless another deity can be born in our Divine Kingdom, then with the combined strength of us three deities, there is hope that we can use this gap to break the Divine Kingdom's seal and open the gate to the worlds beyond the Divine Kingdom."

"Or we could fill this gap and permanently seal the Divine Kingdom."

Blood Sacrifice Upper God said.

Xiao Shi nodded slightly, understanding everything.

"So you have always wanted to quickly support and control a deity in the last world of the Divine Kingdom, which is the Tianwu World? This way, you can work together to break the Divine Kingdom's seal?"

"That's right."

Blood Sacrifice Upper God and Eternal Night Upper God nodded simultaneously.

The reason they wanted to control this last deity.

Was because they were worried that the deity of the Tianwu World might have different opinions, unwilling to break the Divine Kingdom's seal, and instead want to fill the gap and completely seal the Divine Kingdom.

Once their three opinions were not unified.

Then it would be difficult to break the Divine Kingdom's seal and reach the wider, larger world outside.

Furthermore, controlling a deity had too many benefits for them.

They naturally all wanted to control the deity of the last world.

"Our cultivation has reached its limit in this Divine Kingdom. To achieve higher cultivation and greater strength, we must break the Divine Kingdom's seal and access the wider world outside."

Eternal Night Upper God's eyes were filled with longing and desire for greater power.

After witnessing the strength of the expert who fled from outside back then.

His desire for the outside world had intensified to the extreme.

He urgently wanted to break the Divine Kingdom's seal.

"Divine King, you also desire greater power, don't you?"

Blood Sacrifice Upper God also looked at Xiao Shi with anticipation.

Xiao Shi fell silent at this.

He had to admit.

After witnessing the previous scene, he indeed felt that terrifying power which exceeded the upper limit of this Divine Kingdom.

And for this level of terrifying power, he did have some longing and desire.

But more than that, it was worry.

His personality was stable, and he was inherently cautious.

He knew that once the Divine Kingdom's seal was rashly opened, and the door to the worlds beyond the Divine Kingdom was opened, it would inevitably be a huge crisis for them.

With the strength of those powerful experts outside who could easily destroy the entire Divine Kingdom.

Even if they went to the worlds beyond the Divine Kingdom, they would be like ants there.

In other words.

Once the Divine Kingdom's seal was opened and they ventured into a wider world, to some extent, it would be like starting over again.

They would have to climb from weakness, step by step.

For Xiao Shi, who had already reached the current peak, he really did not want to experience weakness again.

Since he had already reached the peak of the Divine Kingdom, and at the same time had the opportunity not to be disturbed by the outside world, why should he go through those crises again?

As long as he sealed the Divine Kingdom now.

Henceforth, the Divine Kingdom where he resided would no longer be subjected to any threats or disturbances from the outside world.

Even the most powerful people outside would not be able to enter here.

And in this world, he would be absolutely invincible; no one could threaten him.

"Since I already have the peace I desire, why should I face those crises and dangers again?"

Xiao Shi felt that what he had always pursued.

Was this kind of peace and tranquility after becoming invincible.

The reason he constantly improved his strength was because he didn't want to be threatened and live in fear.

Since he had now achieved his pursuit, there was naturally no need to break the Divine Kingdom's seal again.

Thinking of this.

Xiao Shi said in a deep voice.

"I have decided to fill the gap and seal the Divine Kingdom!"

As his words came out.

Eternal Night Upper God and Blood Sacrifice Upper God were both startled.

They had thought that Xiao Shi would choose to unseal the Divine Kingdom like them.

But they hadn't expected... Xiao Shi actually wanted to seal this Divine Kingdom.

"Divine King, once we seal the Divine Kingdom, we will no longer be able to contact the outside world!"

Eternal Night Upper God said anxiously.

"Yes, I just don't want to have contact with the outside world, and I don't want to see the Divine Kingdom experience such a catastrophe again."

Xiao Shi looked at this vast and boundless starry sky.

"Instead of contacting those dangerous worlds outside, it's better to rebuild the Divine Kingdom, restore its prosperity, and create more worlds."

Although Eternal Night Upper God and Blood Sacrifice Upper God were unwilling.

But after becoming Xiao Shi's servants, they could only obey all of Xiao Shi's decisions and could not defy him.

Immediately, they could only watch Xiao Shi fill the gap.

As the current Divine King of this Divine Kingdom, Xiao Shi could complete the filling of this gap alone, even without the help of the two Upper Gods.

Buzz!

As Xiao Shi raised his hand and waved.

The entire starry sky trembled violently.

The last trace of the gap sealing the starry sky was completely closed under his filling.

In an instant.

The entire Divine Kingdom was plunged into eternal sealing.

An unprecedented sense of peace surged within Xiao Shi's heart.

He knew.

From this moment on, there would be no existence in the world that could threaten him.

Afterward, he would be able to live the life he wanted in his Divine Kingdom.

He could either roam the starry sky as a powerful expert, creating more worlds, or he could return to the Tianwu Continent and interact with everyone as an ordinary disciple of the Red Tiger Sect.

Although he had many identities.

But the identity of Xiao Shi had always been an inconspicuous ordinary disciple of the Red Tiger Sect.

It was just his cautious nature that pushed him to constantly improve his strength.

Now that he was invincible in the world.

He could also return to his original calm and peace.

(End of Book)