Douluo Jueshi, world modulation mode

An Zhen examined the core of the Dragon God.

Strictly speaking, this thing cannot be considered a super artifact, because it is not a weapon. It is a crystallization of the essence of the dragon god's soul and bloodline. It is more like a treasure that can greatly amplify the dragon race, especially the golden and silver dragon kings, and even achieve effects close to those of the dragon god to some extent.

"Unfortunately, the bloodline bond is too strong."

The Dragon God Core remained completely unresponsive to any force other than Dragon Power. When activated by the Fire Dragon King's power, it would only twitch slightly, and that was about it.

But there is a way—the power of the world.

I don't care about your bloodline or anything, if you take my shape, then you're following me.

However, An Zhen didn't do that, since it was his wife's stuff.

Using the power of the world to awaken the spirit of a super artifact has both advantages and disadvantages. The advantage is naturally for An Zhen. The super artifact, gaining sentience through his power, will develop a strong dependence, respect, and trust in him, since its intelligence originated from his power. Furthermore, this super artifact can unleash a considerable portion of its power even without a master's activation. Until An Zhen fully masters its power, it will cooperate with his use, thereby unleashing even greater power.

The downside, however, is for other people.

This thing doesn't recognize anyone except Anzhen.

Weaker artifacts are manageable, but super artifacts absolutely forbid anyone other than Anzhen from using them. Even if it were allowed, there would still be risks for users other than Anzhen, since the weapon itself has developed sentience and isn't aligned with the user. If it suddenly messes up during battle, it could really be fatal in a life-or-death situation.

Next, it will devour the world!
"clang--"

The Dragon God's core fell to the ground, and An Zhen's figure vanished at that moment. However, the Dragon Kings who had entered Dragon Valley with An Zhen looked up at the sky in astonishment. Although their cultivation was almost negligible compared to their former selves, in this world filled with dragon power, they were practically in their own domain. Yet, at this moment, they felt as if the entire world was enveloped by a much larger being, not like a demi-plane attached to a complete plane, but rather as if they were being directly "eaten up."

"This guy--"

The Dark Dragon King's eyes were filled with deep horror. She now understood what the other party meant by refining the Dragon Tomb. She had thought that the other party meant refining the core of the Dragon God to gain control of the entire Dragon Tomb, but she did not expect that the other party actually wanted to swallow the entire Dragon Tomb whole.

"He's not human at all!"

"Is this guy's true form some kind of cosmic behemoth?!"

In the past, when they conquered other star systems alongside their father, they encountered colossal cosmic beasts that devoured planets. The weakest of these beasts was comparable to a half-step God-King, yet it possessed only immense power; essentially, it was like a wild beast, even less than a wild beast, devoid of any independent thought and driven only by instinct. But why is this creature like a human?

"Emperor Sword·Bingji Wushuang!"

"Claw of the Ice Emperor!"

Two clear, cold female voices rang out.

"boom--"

A deafening roar echoed from the sky above the Dragon Tomb, as if some powerful being was pounding on the outer shell of this world.

Outside the Dragon Tomb, a jade-green loli and an ice-white maiden stood side by side. Behind the Ice Emperor, a scorpion tail, like a work of art sculpted from glass, radiated a dazzling yet chilling azure divine light. In the Snow Emperor's hand, the ice-white longsword had already reached absolute zero, its blade condensing wisps of frost mist in the void. As this terrifying attack, powerful enough to severely injure or even kill a Saintly Abyss Lord, struck the world's outer shell, covered in dragon-scale patterns, cracks instantly spread like a spiderweb, seeping into the glass. Cold light and azure radiance seeped into the cracks.

"This world looks so much smaller than the Abyss Plane, but I didn't expect it to be so hard." Hyotei's gaze fell on the strange dragon scale pattern.

It's important to understand that as An Zhen's strength further increases, the remaining soul spirits of hers are also growing in power. They are now even stronger than the Abyss Saint King whom An Zhen previously fought. Yet, even so, they are finding the world barrier of the Dragon Tomb somewhat troublesome. If the Dragon God's core were still in that control center, able to mobilize the entire Dragon Tomb's power, even An Zhen herself would likely have to expend considerable effort.

Snow Empress nodded gently, "After all, it is a small world created by a supreme god-king."

Although they had never witnessed such an existence, with the improvement of their strength, they gradually understood how great the gap was between a first-level god and a god-king, not to mention the supreme god-king who once made eighteen god-kings willing to submit to him.

As she spoke, the Snow Empress raised her hand, and another imperial sword fell from her hand.

"Kaka——"

The outer shell of the Dragon Tomb miniature world shattered.

The countless fragments, illuminated by the light, emitted a strange nine-colored halo, like starlight scattering across the ground.

The dragons in the Dragon Tomb look up at the sky.

The sky is shattered.

But what appeared in the dragons' sight was not a dark and cold vast starry sky, but a milky white world shrouded in ethereal clouds and mist.

Many dragon kings looked puzzled. "Is this inside the stomach of a celestial behemoth?"

Although this creature is extremely rare, it's not that they haven't hunted it before. After all, once these silly things see the incredibly vast divine realm of the Dragon Realm, they'll mindlessly rush up to try and devour it, completely like an egg hitting a rock.

An Zhen suddenly appeared at the spot where she had disappeared and said to the dragon souls of the dragon kings, "Go and appease the other dragons."

"My only goal is the energy of the Dragon Tomb; I have no interest in the dragon souls and bones of you guys."

"Are you really the Silver Dragon King's husband?" asked the Light Dragon King.

“Nonsense,” An Zhen said. “Otherwise, do you think you can stand in front of me and speak now? If you had any doubts, why didn’t you resist before?”

The Light Dragon King gave a wry smile. "Besides the Father God, the only thing in the Dragon Tomb that can rival you is the Dragon God Core, yet you are able to use this artifact from the Silver Dragon King. Before the Dragon God Core, our authority is far inferior to this thing."

Fish on a cutting board have no chance to resist.

"Moreover, the Father God's previous attitude toward you..."

And our attitude toward them.

From beginning to end, the Dragon God did not even glance at them.

The huge difference in their circumstances left the Dragon Kings feeling very depressed.

"I have a question," the Mountain Dragon King said, looking at An Zhen.

“What you said earlier about us doing something very wrong to God the Father should not refer to the fact that the Light and Dark Couple killed Xiao Shui and then committed suicide.”

The Dragon Kings' gazes fell upon An Zhen. They were all extremely curious about this matter, stemming from the Dragon God's previous attitude towards them. Had they truly done something to deeply disappoint their Father God? Yet, they believed they had always deeply respected their Father God, obeyed his commands, and had never violated any dragon laws.

Anzhen asked, "Why did the Dragon Queen die?"

The dragons fell silent.

An Zhen rolled her eyes at the group of idiots who had done such a stupid thing. "Doesn't she know she'll die if she gives birth to the dragon prince? Why did she still do it?"

"The Dragon Queen has no sons, while you all possess similar strength and equal status. If any of you were to become the Crown Prince, the other dragons would not accept it, causing endless turmoil throughout the dragon race. Even though the Dragon God killed many troublesome true dragons for this reason, you still continued to cause trouble."

"The Dragon Queen was too kind; she took all the blame upon herself and ultimately used her own life to quell the uproar."

"Are you happy now?"

"While the entire dragon race was celebrating the birth of the dragon prince, which dragon would remember that the dragon god on that day was also a husband who had lost his wife?"

Apart from Anzhen's voice, there was complete silence in Dragon Valley.

For the first time, the Dragon Kings lowered their heads.

They remembered: since their mother's death, the Father God had never smiled again.

"The Dragon God bestowed upon you power and bloodline, leading the dragon race to glory. But you fought fiercely for a position, causing endless turmoil within the dragon race and indirectly driving the Dragon God's beloved wife to her death."

"I don't believe you don't know how much the Dragon God loves the Dragon Queen. The Dragon Queen is an ordinary true dragon, but she accompanied the Dragon God from weakness to ruling the universe. If the Dragon God wanted to, no female dragon would refuse him, but he still only has the Dragon Queen by his side."

The death of his wife, whom he had grown up with since childhood, was an irreparable wound for the Dragon God. The existence of the Dragon Prince only temporarily filled this wound, but it still could not heal. When the Dragon Prince died, the loss of his beloved and dearest caused the negative emotions that had been building up in the Dragon God's heart to finally erupt.

An Zhen's figure disappeared, and when he reappeared, he was already outside the Dragon Tomb, watching as his power gradually stripped away and devoured the energy of the entire Dragon Tomb.

"Listen to this." Hyotei appeared beside Anzhen, leaning against him and taking his arm. "That Dragon God sounds rather pitiful."

Anzhen hugged Bingdi and embraced Xuedi's slender waist. "No matter how powerful an existence is, as long as it is not without emotions and desires, it still has things it cares about."

Destruction and life, the Flame Princess, and that little scoundrel—although I can't stand the scum he does, he really loves Xiao Wu.

In some ways, did Na'er inherit the Dragon God's deep affection?
"The Dragon God was still soft-hearted at the time."

Such a thing would never happen in his empire.

An Zhen never tolerated those damned individuals, whether weak or strong. Villains weren't just found among corrupt nobles; they existed among ordinary people too. For example, during a poverty alleviation mission, a group of lazy good-for-nothings emerged from a small village. Despite being physically healthy, and with the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School's caravan providing light work—seven hours a day enough to provide for their basic needs and even save a little money each month—they refused to work. They believed the Emperor and the Empire's reputation for benevolence wouldn't allow them to escape, and even attempted to molest the women in the caravan.

At that time, because of Anzhen's attitude towards commoners, the sect required its caravan members to be kind to them. Rank had the final say, especially the sect leader's orders. The caravan initially intended to let it go, but after Anzhen learned of the situation using her omniscient authority, she issued a direct order on how to handle such cases. A patrol team, broadcasting live across the entire continent, chopped off the hand of the man who had molested the woman, regardless of whether he would die from the injury. They exiled the lazy bums to an island; imprisoning them would be a waste of the empire's resources.

Human nature has both good and evil.

But Anjin has always governed the country with strict laws.

When facing vicious forces, one must be even more vicious than them.

Some unruly people, after being caught committing crimes, use illiteracy and ignorance of the law as an excuse. They were so brazen when they did wrong, so why do they become so pitiful when the same thing happens to them? If you've done something wrong, you must pay the price. Ignorance is never an excuse to evade responsibility.

The same applies to nobles; back then, Anzhen ransacked the homes of countless noble dogs.

His people believed in him, but also revered him.

No one in the court dared to mention who should be the empress.

His will permeated the entire empire.

Of course, it is also inseparable from the harmonious relationship between her daughters.

Hyotei reached out and gently pinched Anzhen's cheek, asking with some curiosity, "So Anzhen, whose child do you plan to have as the crown prince in the future?"

"It's not even close to being done yet," Anzhen said.

He only has one daughter, who hasn't even been born yet.

"We'll see which child has the ability and the idea. If there are multiple children, then we won't give them any of them."

"Either you have both, or you don't."

Anzhen always tries her best to treat everyone equally.

"And what about the child?" Hyotei asked, his mouth bulging.

Knowing that Gu Yuena and An Zhen had a child, she was incredibly envious.

"Well...it depends on the pregnancy."

We'll have to wait until the bodies of Hyotei and Yuki-tei are created.

To be honest, Anzhen could easily control the union of sperm and egg. But conceiving a child that way feels like a factory assembly line. Anzhen still longs for a natural pregnancy.

……

Inside the Dragon Tomb, several Dragon Kings calmed the dragons down, and nothing went wrong. Of course, after the Dragon God's core fell into An Zhen's hands, they no longer had that ability.

Anzhen silently devoured a small, energy-rich world.

"It will take quite some time to refine it."

It's a bit tough to chew.

After all, the Dragon Tomb is not a complete world; more accurately, it's like a massive, highly energy-rich, and sophisticated warship. It's fixed to the Douluo plane because of the Dragon God Core. If it loses the Dragon God Core and isn't stopped, it will drift towards the cosmos. However, with the Douluo God Realm still existing, it would likely be stopped by the gods there. Out of consideration for past relationships, they were allowed to depart peacefully. (End of Chapter)