Immediately, a link was established with Di Tian's divine sense, and in an instant, the reason for the shock in the New God Realm became clear.
Under the leadership of the Demon Empress and Yuanen Yehui, everyone entered the core of the Divine Punishment Grand Formation, each standing in their designated positions.
If the three Divine Punishment Grand Formations nurtured over years by the Douluo Plane emphasized quality over quantity, then the one Di Tian created in the New God Realm focused on quantity and simplicity.
There was no need for seven First-Rank Elemental Gods or seven First-Rank Sin Gods to be united in perfect harmony to execute the formation. Instead, hundreds of newly ascended gods channeled their divine power into it, and this accumulated into a force even greater.
As the formation's layers began to shift and transform, the divine power merged together.
One Origin, Two Forms, Three Talents, Four Images, Five Elements, Six Lines, Seven Stars, Eight Trigrams, Nine Palaces, Ten Extremes…
As the formation layered deeper, divine power converged, and a massive golden figure suddenly appeared on the Shenzhou Continent.
Clad in golden armor, the figure stood majestic and grand, like a sovereign among gods, its might shaking even the divine beings.
The newly ascended gods were stunned—they couldn't believe such terrifying power could be released by them.
These beings had once stood at the pinnacle of the lower realms, and it was rare for them to be so shocked.
But the next second brought an even more astonishing scene.
The golden-armored giant formed by the Divine Punishment Formation was blown away by a single strike from Di Tian.
Meanwhile, the giant's counterattack couldn't even touch the hem of Di Tian's robes.
From the look on Di Tian's face, clearly dissatisfied, the pride of many gods was thoroughly crushed.
Those who ascended to the God Realm were all one-in-a-billion geniuses, each a peak existence in their original worlds.
Even if they joined the New God Realm in pursuit of greater power, their pride never wavered.
But now, as they looked up at that towering figure standing in the sky, they finally understood: there is always a higher heaven, a greater man.
After this test, Di Tian reached a conclusion about the Divine Punishment Formation:
The participating gods were not strong enough, and they were not familiar enough with each other—they needed training.
Because of these two factors, the formation could only reach the thirteenth level before it stagnated.
In short: there's still a long way to go.
The following matters were handed over to the Demon Empress.
Of course, Di Tian knew that if you want a horse to run, you have to feed it.
So, all resources produced in the New God Realm were under the Demon Empress's full control for allocation.
Thus, the New God Realm entered a period of stable development.
As time passed and more ascenders from lower realms arrived, Di Tian's tireless efforts to propagate the Dragon Clan finally bore fruit.
"Roar—!"
A loud dragon's roar echoed from the First Peak of the New God Realm, resounding across the entire Shenzhou Continent.
Perhaps it was destined—the first divine dragon to inherit Di Tian's bloodline was the Dark Dragon King.
But the surprises didn't stop there.
The Dark Dragon King also had a twin brother—the Earth Dragon King.
Even during the era when the Dragon Clan flourished, twins were incredibly rare.
Especially among god-level beings, reproduction was always difficult.
Just look at Xiao Wu, born of the Soft Bone Rabbit tribe—with its innate fertility—even she only conceived two children in thirty thousand years, and both were single births.
Year 50 of the Di Tian Calendar:
Among the soul beasts, only Di Tian and the Demon Empress surpassed her in power—the Sea Princess, having reached her limit, ascended to the New God Realm, inheriting the Sea God's position restored by Di Tian.
Three years later, the Water Dragon King was born in the New God Realm.
On that day, the River of the Gods surged, the light of the galaxy glittered, as if celebrating the birth.
Year 100 of the Di Tian Calendar:
Xiong Jun and the Myriad Beast King ascended one after another, both having reached the peak of their cultivation.
In Di Tian's view, reaching the level of First-Rank Gods in the New God Realm was just a matter of time for the two.
Year 200 of the Di Tian Calendar:
Bi Ji stepped down from her role as Soul Beast Sovereign, passing it to Xue Ling.
She used her gentleness to heal the long-tormented Douluo Plane, bringing it to a halt and cooling it down.
The Spirit Pagoda faded from history completely—a creation Di Tian once personally took part in—now lost to the river of time.
After the soul beasts evolved in intelligence and humanity adjusted their cultivation system, the initial integration of the two races was finally complete.
Everything began to turn toward the future.
Soul tool technology, once stagnant, began to progress again.
It was because she saw all this that Bi Ji chose to hand the position of Soul Beast Sovereign to Xue Ling.
She believed that with Xue Ling's insight, wisdom, and support from the New God Realm's resources, she would usher soul technology into the interstellar age.
Relieved of her burden, Bi Ji ascended to the New God Realm and inherited the God of Life's position—which Di Tian had stripped from Dai Yun'er.
Her bloodline was seemingly blessed—evolving from the Emerald Swan to the Emerald Phoenix.
The following year, the New God Realm echoed with the song of dragon and phoenix, and the wave of life energy rippled like spring wind.
The newborn Emerald Dragon King and Emerald Phoenix, a pair of dragon-phoenix twins, opened their eyes to this new world.
That same year, many divine beasts ascended, taking up positions within the New God Realm.
Di Tian also handed out the last two God King–level inheritances.
The Destruction God Position went to Zi Ji.
The Asura God Position, after much thought, went to the Demon Empress.
Truthfully, the Asura God's power was hard to balance and could easily backfire.
The Demon Empress, with her nature and ability to restrain killing intent, was without doubt the most suitable inheritor.
Year 1000 of the Di Tian Calendar:
After fully indulging in her role as Soul Beast Sovereign, Xue Ling ascended to the New God Realm only to find the sky had already collapsed.
Looking at the powerful adult divine dragons before her, she exclaimed, "Who are you all?!"
Actually, one couldn't blame her for being surprised.
The Destruction Dragon King, Ice Dragon King, Vine Dragon, and others carried the bloodlines and auras of her old friends.
Di Tian's Dragon God bloodline aside, the bloodlines of her good sisters—Zi Ji, Bing Ji, and others—were very familiar to her.
"Aunt Xue Ling, Father sent us to pick you up." The divine dragons were exceptionally respectful. The Ice Dragon King transformed into its true form and carried her toward the First Peak of the New God Realm.
Even while riding on the dragon's back, Xue Ling's mind was still spinning.
A thousand years wasn't long for soul beasts—how did she become an aunt already?!
For the past millennium, Xue Ling had been too focused on developing soul technology in the Douluo Plane, eventually advancing it to the interstellar level.
Because of this, she was too busy to keep up with external information.
Clearly, it was hard for dragons to reproduce! Clearly, a thousand years wasn't that long!
Di Tian even visited her in the Douluo Plane, gave her a god position, and even "blossomed"—but somehow never bore fruit!
(End of Chapter)