I can receive unlimited protection; my parents handed me over to the state.

"Brother-in-law, don't be afraid."

Lu Yuan gave Baer a friendly smile.

"To see someone through to the end, one should do good deeds to the very end."

"Since we've already helped so much,"

"It won't hurt to let you contribute a little more at the very end."

"Don't worry, this is really the last time."

After saying that, he once again extended the hand that had given Baal a nightmare.

"No...don't..."

Baal's remnant soul emitted a faint yet desperate fluctuation of will.

It is truly afraid now.

This human isn't a devil at all; even devils aren't this outrageous!

First, they extracted 99% of your divine core, and now they're not even letting go of the last bit of your remnant soul that you used to prolong your life?

This is going to squeeze it dry, leaving not a single energy particle!

"Shut up, this is the last time."

Lu Yuan was too lazy to waste words with it. He spread his five fingers, and an irresistible suction force instantly enveloped Baal's remnant soul.

"You and your sister are born from the same source and are connected by blood."

"Your soul is the best 'glue'."

"It is only natural and reasonable for the elder brother's soul to complete the younger sister's body."

As Lu Yuan spoke, he forcefully pulled Baal's remnant soul out of the faint flame.

It was a semi-transparent soul that shimmered with a faint light, constantly twisting and struggling.

"Go away!"

Lu Yuan flicked his finger, sending Baal's remnant soul directly into Yan Ji's brow!

"Buzz—!"

The moment Baal's soul merged into Flame Princess's body, Flame Princess's collapsing divine body shuddered violently!

The cracks that covered her body began to heal rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye!

The violent, almost out-of-control divine power within her, upon contact with Baal's shared soul, seemed to find an outlet and a guide, instantly becoming docile and calm.

The originally conflicting human memories and divine instincts began to merge perfectly under the connection of Baal as a "bridge".

The pained expression on Yan Ji's face gradually eased.

The rising aura emanating from her finally stabilized, and then, with a thunderous roar, it completely broke through that final barrier!

A vast pressure, far exceeding SSS level and truly belonging to "gods," swept out from her body!

The entire seventh level of hell trembled violently under this newly born divine power!

Countless volcanoes erupted simultaneously!

The lava flowed into rivers, rushing toward the molten throne as if paying homage to their new king!

Inside the main hall, the high-ranking demons were pressed down by this oppressive aura, lying on the ground, not daring to lift their heads, their souls trembling!

They could sense that a fiery authority, more powerful, more perfect, and more terrifying than that of their former monarch Baal, had been born!

Slowly, Yan Ji opened her eyes.

What kind of eyes were those?

His left eye was a fiery red-gold color, filled with divine majesty and indifference.

His right eye, however, remained a human black pupil, gleaming with cunning, agility, and burning passion.

Divinity and humanity achieved a perfect balance in her.

She is no longer simply the human Flame Princess.

It is no longer the ancient hellish ruler, the "Primordial Phoenix".

She is a completely new and unique existence.

"How are you feeling?"

Lu Yuan looked at her and asked.

Flame Princess looked down at her flawless new body, brimming with explosive power.

Feeling the immense power within his body that seemed capable of incinerating stars.

She did not answer Lu Yuan.

Rather, it was a thought.

"elder brother."

She called softly.

The next second, a semi-transparent figure made of crimson-gold flames slowly emerged from behind her.

The figure's face bore a striking resemblance to Baal's, but it possessed less of the brutality and more of the gentleness.

"younger sister."

The figure gave Yan Ji a doting smile.

"I am here."

He is no longer the independent ruler of hell.

Instead, it became something similar to Flame Princess's "Guardian Spirit".

His consciousness and power were completely bound to Yan Ji.

One glory and one glory.

"Um."

Flame Princess nodded.

Then, she turned her head and looked at Lu Yuan.

Those heterochromatic eyes, one gold and one black, stared at him without blinking.

"It feels... wonderful."

She grinned, a smile brimming with unprecedented confidence and a hint of... aggression.

"Lu Yuan."

"Now, I finally deserve to stand beside you, don't I?"

After saying that, she disappeared from the spot in an instant without waiting for Lu Yuan's reply!

The next second, she was already in front of Lu Yuan!

The two were very close.

She reached out her slender hand and grabbed Lu Yuan's collar, then slightly tiptoed.

Under the stunned gazes of countless demons and audiences worldwide, he kissed her fiercely!

This kiss was no longer the fleeting, sneaky attack on Purgatory Island, but was filled with a fiery, domineering, and assertive flavor!

For a long time, the lips are divided.

Yan Ji licked her bright red lips, looked at the bewildered man in front of her, and smiled like a little fox who had stolen candy.

"How is it?"

"My current fire,"

"It tastes pretty good, doesn't it?"

Lu Yuan smacked his lips subconsciously.

A pure, primordial power of fire still lingered between his lips and teeth.

That taste... was definitely a million times better than the "smoke from burning firewood" from before.

He looked at the woman in front of him, who had undergone a complete transformation and seemed to have become bolder and more proactive in her personality. He opened his mouth, as if to say something.

For example, saying things like, "You're wasting your divine power," or "Be mindful of your behavior in public."

However, the words were on the tip of his tongue, but he swallowed them back as if possessed.

Finally, under Yan Ji's expectant yet provocative gaze, he could only nod somewhat sheepishly.

"Um……"

"good."

"Barely passed."

Hearing this compliment, Yan Ji smiled even more happily.

……

The Zenith World, Villa S-0.

The icy goddess Mu Bingli, who had been quietly sitting in the courtyard wiping her guqin, suddenly stopped wiping her strings when she saw the earth-shattering kiss on the live stream.

"Click."

With a soft snap, she broke a string made of thousand-year-old ice silkworm silk.

A terrifying chill, cold enough to freeze one's soul, flashed past her body.

The temperature in the entire courtyard seemed to drop by tens of degrees at that moment.

"A cat that steals fish..."

She looked at the smiling red-haired woman on the screen and squeezed out a few words through gritted teeth.

Not far away, Xiang Batian, who was arguing with Gu Tianye about how many layers of sauce should be brushed on the barbecue, also saw this scene.

His simple thought process prompted him to express his heartfelt feelings.

"Holy crap! Flame Princess, you're awesome!"

"He actually forcibly kissed the boss!"

"Is this love?"

Gu Tianye, standing beside him, looked at Lu Yuan on the screen with a look of utter disappointment.

"Boss, you're so foolish!"

"How can we just give in like that?"

"Has he forgotten about Goddess Mu by Daming Lake?!"

Only Ye Cang, the taciturn swordsman in the corner, silently polished his demonic blade, Asura, even brighter after witnessing the kiss.

He felt that his task of protecting his boss might become even more demanding in the future.

We must guard against not only external enemies, but also internal "enemies".

The hellish "robbery" journey came to an end with a passionate kiss.

With Yan Ji, who had undergone a complete transformation and whose strength had reached the realm of gods, Lu Yuan returned to the top of the "Xuanwu" ship in the Pacific Ocean via the "back door" teleportation.

As for the terrified demons of hell, and the former lord of hell who had been drained of all his value, he completely forgot about them.

"Alright, the matter is resolved, we should head back now."

Lu Yuan clapped his hands, preparing to have Zhao Qingxuan activate the teleportation and return to the Celestial World.

Being forcibly kissed by a woman in front of the whole world made him feel extremely uncomfortable, and he just wanted to find a place to hide as soon as possible.

However, as soon as he moved, Yan Ji clung to him again, like an octopus, and hugged his waist from behind.

"Don't go."

Her voice carried a hint of languor and coquettishness, a tone she would never have used before.

"Stay with me and enjoy the scenery a little longer."

Lu Yuan's body stiffened.

"Scenery? What's so interesting about this?"

He looked down at the sea below, which had been ravaged beyond recognition, with a puzzled expression.

"It looks good."

Yan Ji rested her chin on his shoulder, her beautiful heterochromatic eyes gazing at the magnificent sunset on the horizon.

"As long as you're here,"

"Every view is beautiful."

Lu Yuan: "..."

He felt like his brain wasn't working properly.

This woman, after merging with her brother's soul, not only became stronger, but she also maxed out her sweet talk skills.

This unscientific!

Just as Lu Yuan was feeling overwhelmed by Yan Ji and unsure how to deal with her, an urgent communication request suddenly came in.

It was Su Lie's top-secret channel.

Lu Yuan felt as if he had been granted a pardon and quickly broke free from Yan Ji's embrace.

"Ahem, I have something important to do, let me take this call first."

He frantically connected the call, and Su Lie's old face, filled with anxiety and solemnity, appeared on the virtual screen.

"Lu Yuan! Something terrible has happened!"

Su Lie skipped the pleasantries and went straight to the point, shouting.

"What is it now?" Lu Yuan asked impatiently. "Is the sky falling down?"

"It's worse than the sky falling down!"

Su Lie took a deep breath and said in a deep voice, "Just now, when you were 'forging' Yan Ji in Hell, that massive energy fluctuation seemed to have triggered some kind of unknown restriction!"

"All of our highest-level 'Pangu' series seismic monitoring instruments and deep earth vein energy detectors deployed globally issued the highest-level red alert simultaneously!"

"An alarm?" Lu Yuan frowned. "What alarm?"

"The data shows..." Su Lie's voice trembled, "deep within the core of our planet, a colossal life form we've never discovered before is awakening!"

"What?!"

Lu Yuan was also shocked by this news.

Are there life forms in the Earth's core?

Are you kidding me?

The temperature and pressure there were too much for even the "Xuanwu" ship, which he had modified with divine power, to withstand!

What kind of creatures can live there?

"Based on preliminary energy model analysis," Su Lie continued, his tone growing increasingly heavy, "the energy level of that life form... is immeasurable!"

"It simply rolled over, and it triggered more than 7,000 earthquakes of magnitude 8 or higher worldwide!"

"It's almost messed up the entire planet's tectonic plates!"

"Moreover, we also detected a very ancient and primitive kind of regular fluctuation in it."

"It felt like... it was the original owner of this planet!"

Before Su Lie could finish speaking, Oppenheimer's emergency communication also came through.

His face was also filled with terror.

"Commander-in-Chief! Something terrible has happened!"

"The prehistoric archaeological site we mentioned before, discovered beneath the Antarctic ice sheet, has come to life!"

"What do you mean by 'alive'?" Lu Yuan frowned.

"It's alive!" Oppenheimer explained incoherently, "The entire site is glowing! And it's emitting information waves that we can't understand!"

"We've deciphered a small portion of it; the message seems to be... a call!"

"call?"

"Yes! It seems to be calling upon that terrifying being awakening in the Earth's core!"

"It calls that being... 'Mother'!"

"boom--!"

Oppenheimer's words struck Lu Yuan like a bolt from the blue!

Ancient gods in the Earth's core! Prehistoric ruins in Antarctica! Mother!

Countless clues came together at this moment!

A name he had almost forgotten resurfaced in his mind!

The Abyssal Moss that he "surgery" performed on while still alive in the North!

That one who calls herself the Moss Mother and shows great interest in his soul... Gaia!

"Oh shit……"

Lu Yuan couldn't help but curse.

He finally realized that things were serious.

The "deification" movement he orchestrated in Hell was truly massive.

That massive surge of divine power was like a giant megaphone, potentially attracting not only the unknown "hunters" in the "void," but also prematurely waking up his former enemies from their slumber!

Moreover, judging from this, Gaia's true form seems to be far more terrifying than he imagined!

It has been dormant in the Earth's core all along?!

This guy is treating the entire planet like his "egg"!

"Lu Yuan, what's wrong?"

Yan Ji also sensed that something was wrong. Looking at Lu Yuan's unusually serious expression, she asked with concern.

"It's nothing."

Lu Yuan shook his head and took a deep breath.

The seriousness on his face vanished instantly, replaced by an almost frenzied excitement and fighting spirit!

"I just didn't expect..."

"Just saw one of the younger ones off."

"Only an old man came."

"And it's a big one."

He grinned, revealing a set of gleaming white teeth.

"Perfect."

"I just finished performing 'surgery' on you."

"My hands are still a little warm."

"Perfect for practicing with this."

He raised his head, his gaze seemingly piercing through the thick crust of the earth, and saw the colossal creature slowly awakening deep within the earth's core.

"Gaia, right?"

"Want to come out for some fresh air?"

"OK."

"I'll go get it for you myself..."

"Open your skull!"