Douluo Dalu II: The Peerless Tang Sect

Chapter 421 Extra Chapter Six: Departure and Nothingness!

The Heavenly Gate of the Divine Realm.

The usually quiet and desolate Heavenly Gate is unusually bustling today. At a glance, almost all the gods in the divine realm are here. What important event could have brought so many gods together?

It turns out that today, at this very moment, Zhu Ziyang, one of the God Kings of the Divine Realm and the God of Death, is about to leave the Divine Realm and travel through the starry sky.

Oh, no, it should be the former God of Death. When he was ready to leave the God Realm, Zhu Ziyang had already returned the position of God of Death to the Goddess of Life. The position of God of Death was born from the Ancient Tree of Death and was of the same origin as the Goddess of Life, whose original form was the Ancient Tree of Life. So this can be considered as returning something to its rightful owner.

Those who left with Zhu Ziyang naturally included his five wives. Among them, the Goddess of the Moon Jiang Nannan, the Goddess of Fire Ma Xiaotao, and the Goddess of Angels Qian Lingyi all chose to give up their divine positions, leaving them in the divine realm in the hope that the next destined person could inherit their divine status. After all, it was unknown when they would be able to return after this departure, which could be considered their contribution to the divine realm.

"Brother/Senior Brother, have a safe journey!" Huo Yuhao and Ji Dong said at the same time. Behind them stood their respective wives, the God of Kindness, Lieyan, and Zhu Ziyang's two junior sisters, Wang Dong'er and Xiao Xiao. Both women's faces were full of reluctance and worry.

"Thank you for your kind words!" Zhu Ziyang hugged Ji Dong and replied.

"The Douluo lineage is in your hands now!" Zhu Ziyang hugged Huo Yuhao and gave him his instructions. Then, he hugged Wang Dong'er and Xiao Xiao separately, saying, "You two have to work hard. I hope to see your child with Yuhao next time we meet!"

Wang Dong'er and Xiao Xiao both blushed, but they both nodded slightly.

"Ziyang, if I ever fail, I hope you can return!" The Goddess of Life, cradling the full-moon-covered Xiaoqing, stood shoulder to shoulder with the God of Destruction, and said in a profound tone, "The divine realm will always be your home!"

"I will, Sister Green!" Zhu Ziyang approached the God of Destruction and the Goddess of Life, nodded solemnly, and then looked at the God of Destruction, advising, "Brother Zi, I know what you're thinking, and I don't want to stop you, but I still want to give you some advice: haste makes waste! Always be cautious!"

"Hmm!" The God of Destruction's eyes changed, his expression remained unchanged, but he still managed to utter a barely audible response.

"Little one, I hope you'll still remember me when you grow up!" Zhu Ziyang didn't care about the God of Destruction's reaction at all. His gaze fell on Xiao Qing in the Goddess of Life's arms. Xiao Qing's heterochromatic eyes were wide open as she looked at Zhu Ziyang and smiled happily. It was hard to tell what she was laughing at; perhaps it was just a baby's simple reaction.

"Zhu Yuhuang, Zhu Yuyue, Xiao Hongchen, if you need anything after I leave, go find your Uncle Huo," Zhu Ziyang said earnestly to the three young men. "Of course, you can also go find your Uncle Ji Dong, Aunt Lieyan, Aunt Life, or Uncle Destruction. I think they won't make things difficult for you because of me."

Zhu Yuhuang, the eldest son of Zhu Ziyang, was the first emperor of the Ming Empire in the Douluo World. Fifty years after Zhu Ziyang ascended to the God Realm, he ascended to the God Realm as the God of Ice.

Zhu Yuyue, Zhu Ziyang's eldest daughter, ascended to the God Realm as the Goddess of Light in the fortieth year after Zhu Ziyang ascended to the God Realm. Accompanying her was her partner, Xiao Hongchen, a prodigy from the Douluo World who inherited the position of the God of Darkness.

Xiao Hongchen, a prodigy in the Douluo world, possesses talent comparable to the gods Zhu Yuhuang and Zhu Yuyue. He has a dark elemental martial soul and innate full soul power. Although he was born into a commoner family, he became a Soul Saint at the young age of twenty, which is in no way inferior to that of Zhu Yuhuang and his sister, who became Soul Douluo at the same age. Therefore, he successfully attracted the attention of the previous Dark God, received the favor of the gods, and finally succeeded in inheriting the position of the Dark God. He also married Zhu Yuyue and ascended to the God Realm together.

"We understand, Dad!" Zhu Yuhuang and the other two nodded sadly and replied at the same time.

After Jiang Nannan and the other five women finished saying goodbye to everyone, Zhu Ziyang turned around without hesitation and walked towards the Heavenly Gate, waving his hand and shouting:

"Friends, we'll meet again someday!"

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The starry sky is an important part of the universe. The universe is boundless, and there are countless starry skies. Between each starry sky lies an endless void. In this void, besides the starry sky, there exists the starry sky's enemy: the abyss.

If the universe is a human body, then the starry sky is the cells within that body. The fluid that carries these cells is nothingness, while the abyss is the diseased cells or viruses. Their existence is for infection and erosion, causing all the stars to sink into the abyss, and allowing all the abysses to break through the barrier of nothingness, thus connecting into a huge, unified abyss, until it devours the entire universe!

Fortunately, balance is the only constant in the universe. The power of the stars and the abyss waxes and wanes, with neither side ever able to maintain its dominance or fall behind. Therefore, the universe is always very stable.

Zhu Ziyang undoubtedly belongs to the Starry Sky Lifeforms, and is among the most elite of them all—a Starry Sky God. At this moment, he is on the edge of the Douluo Starry Sky. Ahead lies nothingness, a hazy grayness, where one cannot see in all directions, nor of the past or present, nor of the Dao of Nature. This nothingness is the origin of all things, and also the end of all things.

"Is this nothingness?" Zhu Ziyang murmured, his expression unreadable. "It really is; it breeds loneliness!"

"Hehe, this is the first time I've ever seen the legendary Void. Looking at it this way, it certainly lives up to its name!" Electrox appeared beside Zhu Ziyang, his expression equally expressionless, but his tone carried a hint of emotion.

"Teacher, can you sense the coordinates of your starry sky?" Zhu Ziyang asked, gazing at the vast emptiness.

"It's possible, but very weak," Electrolux replied.

"A faint signal isn't a problem, as long as we can determine the general direction, we'll just follow that direction and search slowly," Zhu Ziyang said softly, completely unconcerned. "Get ready, we're about to enter the void!"

"Haha, come on, I'm still quite curious about this nothingness!" Electrox laughed heartily upon hearing this.

Without further hesitation, Zhu Ziyang and Electrolux strode into the void.

In reality, the act of Zhu Ziyang and his companion directly stepping into the void was no different from suicide. However, they both possessed the strength of a God-King, and God-Kings are among the few beings capable of traversing the void.

Creatures below the God-King level can only travel to other star systems through teleportation arrays set up by their predecessors. There is only one such inter-star system teleportation array in the Douluo Star System, which leads to another star system about thirty Douluo Star Systems away. In that star system, there are two teleportation arrays that can travel to other star systems, but unfortunately, they are completely opposite to Zhu Ziyang's goal.

"...Ugh!" Having entered the void, Zhu Ziyang felt a long-lost sense of suffocation. This suffocation wasn't a suffocation of breathing, but a suffocation of the laws themselves. Here, he couldn't sense a single law; there was no time, no space, and no elemental laws, making him very uncomfortable. It took him a moment to adjust. He tried to speak, but no sound came out. "Is this the void? Truly extraordinary!"

"?" Electrox looked puzzled. He couldn't hear Zhu Ziyang's voice, nor could he sense his presence with his divine sense. If Zhu Ziyang wasn't right in front of him, he probably wouldn't even know he was there!

Zhu Ziyang also noticed the unusual situation. So, the master and apprentice quickly figured out the situation and came up with a solution by exchanging hand gestures.

Electrolux led the way, and Zhu Ziyang had to follow closely behind. The master and apprentice walked forward in the vast emptiness, unaware of the passage of time, direction, or distance.

Zhu Ziyang was very fortunate that he still possessed a demiplane where Jiang Nannan and the others could temporarily reside. Otherwise, he wouldn't know how he would have led these five beings, whose strength had not yet reached the God-King level, across the void.

The void is too hopeless for life. If Zhu Ziyang had not been a God King and had not completed the cycle of laws within his body, he would probably have been erased from all traces when he entered the void, and would have been completely forgotten in the abyss of the starry sky!

It's truly thanks to the Holy Law Demiplane; otherwise, they would have had to use interstellar teleportation arrays to travel through one starry sky at a time. Otherwise, Jiang Nannan and the other four women would have had to remain in the God Realm.

Ahead lay still nothing but blank space, but Zhu Ziyang was already prepared!

Crossing the void!

(End of this chapter)