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Chapter 1649 - 683: It Couldn't Have Been Qiu Tu Who Killed the Heavenly Gods, Right?

In the Spirit World known as the "Boundless Heart Sea," all outward manifestations of Supernatural Power are amplified.

Even the "World Origin" without Spiritual Wisdom can directly generate sensations, then influence reality; not to mention a peak expert like a Heavenly God.

Thus, those four towering pillars of aura represent the fate of four Heavenly God-level powerhouses.

But now, three of the four sky-piercing aura pillars have all snapped?

The implication is simply too terrifying!

'Did three Heavenly Gods just fall? And... in such a short time, you could even say simultaneously?'

Thinking so, all factions were momentarily stunned.

Immediately after, they followed this logic and analyzed more intelligence: As of now, the four known Heavenly God-level beings in the "Boundless Heart Sea" are exactly the Four Divine Kings.

Besides them, only Doris, residing in the "Crimson Territory," could, relying on her father's legacy, reach the realm of a Heavenly God in a short period.

So... at least three of those four aura pillars belong to the Four Divine Kings. And among the three severed aura pillars, even if one belongs to Doris, the other two must be among the Four Divine Kings!

'The Divine Kings... are not invincible? And they fell in the "Crimson Territory"?'

Honestly, this news was far more shocking to all factions than merely four Heavenly God-level masters fighting each other.

You have to know, the Four Divine Kings have ruled the "Boundless Heart Sea" for centuries. To the common beings, that's seven or eight epochs gone by.

With such long-standing rule, plus the fact that if any of the Four Divine Kings act, victory is always crushing, it's long since made them deified in the minds of every Evil God. They believed the Four Divine Kings were utterly undefeatable.

Yet who could have known, today all that was shattered.

For a moment, the "Four Divine Countries," already restless due to the "Heavenly God Trial," were aflame with hidden currents. Scouts from every faction followed the orders of their superiors, heading to the "Crimson Territory" to investigate the truth...

Meanwhile, as scouts of every faction surged forth, rumors and speculation about these events began to frenzy through the upper echelons of every power.

Some speculated the Four Divine Kings fought over uneven distribution of profits, throwing down in the lawless "Crimson Territory."

Others guessed that three Divine Kings allied, intending to cleanse the "Crimson Territory," but then Doris revealed her father's trump card and gravely injured the three Divine Kings.

There's even speculation Doris conspired with two of the Divine Kings to plot against the North God King. Yet the North God King saw through it, manifested his True Body, and slew Doris and the clones of the two Divine Kings.

With the matter so momentous, happening so quickly, and so little information available, all sorts of rumors filled the sky.

Yet, one thing all these theories held in common — none of them involved Qiu Tu.

After all, no matter which faction analyzed the situation, they all concluded: Qiu Tu, a deity at the early Eighth Rank, even if he could fight above his level and was cunning as hell, couldn't possibly kill three Divine Kings, right?

Meanwhile... over in the "Crimson Territory," Doris held the same thoughts as everyone else.

She stared in utter disbelief at the three gods falling neatly from the sky, her mind totally blank.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!" With three thunderous crashes, the corpses of the three Divine King clones slammed into the ground, lifeless — jarring Doris out of her daze.

Doris hurriedly looked down at Qiu Tu beneath her feet.

But Qiu Tu's face was deathly pale, and the next moment he shot like an arrow toward the ten Eighth Rank Peak "Boundless Divine Crystals," grabbing one in each hand and frantically absorbing them.

In the next second, those two "Boundless Divine Crystals" seemed to melt and immediately seeped into his body! Nearly leaving no trace.

And seeing this, Qiu Tu wasted no time — grabbed another two "Boundless Divine Crystals" and continued absorbing.

That frenzied manner — Doris couldn't be more familiar: clearly, he was replenishing the cost expended by his "Cataclysmic ability."

All "Cataclysmic abilities" in this world follow the principle of equivalent exchange — to wield great power, one must pay a corresponding price.

For example, when Doris used her father's trump card, she too had to pay a steep price. Otherwise, she'd have already overrun the "Northern Kingdom," slain the North God King, and avenged her father.

Only, compared to the cost of briefly borrowing her father's power, the price Qiu Tu was paying was obviously much higher.

'Could it be... it really was Qiu Tu just now?'

Thinking so, Doris couldn't help but recall the entire battle — or rather, those few seconds.

From Doris's perspective, it all started suddenly, and ended just as abruptly.

At the time, she'd been attacked by the East God King, so she immediately activated the trump card her father had left her — "Ancestor Loan."

It was a kind of family "pseudo-Heavenly God Skill" her father had left behind. And this "pseudo-Heavenly God Skill" was truly powerful:

A family ancestor, prior to their fall, could split off part of their power and store it within the bloodline of their descendants.

Later, when a descendant with that blood relation faced danger within the family territory, they could borrow their ancestor's power.

The price of borrowing such power isn't exactly small, but not very high either.

As her father put it... to perfectly use this power, one must worship the ancestor day and night, and resonate with the ancestor's power.