As Heavenly Saint Abyssal Rift fell into his grasp, it suddenly became transparent, making it appear as if he were holding a flaming bluish-purple torch.

He looked up into the sky, and nine-colored tribulation clouds that were at least 10 times as dense as before were gathering at a rapid rate.

"Cease your futile resistance. From now on, this plane belongs to me," the man smiled as he raised his left hand and made an upward grabbing motion.

The entire sky instantly turned pitch-black, and at the same time, a dark purple sun rose up to replace the original sun, releasing a faint radiance as it did so. All of the tribulation clouds were also instantly kept away by the darkness.

The northernmost region wasn't the only area that had turned completely dark; the same applied to the entire Douluo Star. The purple sun became the only source of natural light in this world, and the entire planet was plunged into a state of panic.

All of this had happened in a very short time, and everyone could only look on in astonishment.

Just how powerful did this man have to be to change the state of the entire world and keep out the elemental lightning tribulation with just a raise of his hand?

Right at this moment, a figure appeared beside the man before bowing and lowering its proud lizard head.

"We welcome the Holy Lord!"

All of the abyssal creatures immediately knelt down and pressed their heads flat against the ground, expressing the utmost respect and reverence toward the black-robed man.

Tang Wulin's heart immediately sank as he realized that what they had been fearing the most had become reality.

The Holy Lord had descended.

But how was this possible? The Douluo Plane still hadn't collapsed yet, so there was no way that the planar ruler should've allowed the ruler of another plane to break through the restrictions of the Douluo Continent and appear here!

Here on the Douluo Continent, the planar ruler could draw upon the power of the entire plane.

Back when the Holy Lord had attempted to kill Tang Wulin in the Blood God Legion, he had only been able to make a single finger descend into this plane, and even that had incurred a massive price. The fact that he was now here in his entirety meant that even the Douluo Plane was unable to resist him.

Under normal circumstances, only when a plane had completely fallen, thereby rendering the planar ruler completely powerless, would another planar ruler be able to invade said plane.

At this moment, it was as if the Douluo Star had been completely surrounded by the abyss, and this darkness was like a gargantuan hand that had grasped tightly onto the entire planet. This was truly an unimaginably terrifying situation.

Lan Muzi had already alerted everyone to the fact that there was a secret plot under the surface, but no one could've imagined that this plot would bring about such a dire situation.

Tang Wulin had only been concerned that the Holy Lord would try to project a portion of his power into this world as he had done last time.

However, both he and Gu Yuena were far more powerful than before, and with their Dragon God Transformation, they should've been able to handle such a situation; never did he think that the Holy Lord would skip that process altogether and descend directly onto the Douluo Plane.

Throughout the course of this battle, the Holy Spirit Cult had virtually been entirely wiped out, and many abyssal rulers had also perished, resulting in the collapse of many abyssal levels.

However, now that the Holy Lord was present on the Douluo Plane, it seemed that all of the human army's efforts were for naught. The aura that the Holy Lord was currently giving off was one of omnipotence and paramount power.

He turned to the Sage Sovereign beside him, and said, "No need for formalities; you've done very well."

The Sage Sovereign gave an affirmative response before standing up straight again, then stood respectfully behind the Holy Lord with a fervent triumph glowing in his eyes.

As long as he could successfully devour the Douluo Plane, the Holy Lord would be able to transform this entire plane into a habitat for abyssal creatures, while the abyssal plane would be elevated to become a Divine Realm.

Once that happened, the Holy Lord would be a godking, and as the most powerful remaining abyssal being beside the Holy Lord, the Sage Sovereign would definitely also be granted godhood. 

The Holy Lord's gaze fell upon Tang Wulin, and the look on his face was that of a predator toying with its cornered prey.

"You must be wondering how I managed to descend into your world, right?" The Holy Lord didn't seem to be in a hurry to strike at all and was fully immersing himself in the life energy of this world.

At this point, Tang Wulin had already calmed himself down as much as possible.

Regardless of how unbelievable all of this was, it was reality, and all he could do now was face it.

He had to search for opportunities and holes in his opponent's defense. He was convinced that the Douluo Plane wouldn't just fall like this; there was no way that the planar ruler would simply abandon this world as the planar ruler itself would cease to exist if this world were to fall.

"You're right, I'm very curious," Tang Wulin replied in a cold voice.

The Holy Lord smiled, and said, "This was 6,000 years in the making; I need someone to share in my joy. Everything that has happened today was planned as far back as 6,000 years ago, during our first invasion. Our abyssal plane is a plane of a higher caliber than your Douluo Star. We're not a Divine Realm, but we exist in space on a more flexible basis, devouring the energy in space to bolster ourselves. In the beginning, I only barely had any sentient will, but through constantly devouring the energy in space, I gradually became more powerful and created one abyssal race after another.

"For a very long time, the abyssal plane had developed at a rapid rate, but I slowly began to realize that without an actual planet to act as the vessel of the plane, we would eventually encounter a bottleneck in our development. From an evolutionary perspective, we are countless times more adaptable than your human world, the development of your human world is far more stable due to the fact that it's adhered to this planet. To put it in simple terms, you are the source of energy for the Divine Realm; the Divine Realm is strengthened by the power of your belief, thereby allowing it to control more territory.

"Essentially, you are nothing more than a subsidiary to the Divine Realm. The Divine Realm grants exceptionally powerful beings among you the opportunity to ascend, and that makes your entire plane more reverent toward the Divine Realm. We are not a Divine Realm, so we are unable to absorb the power of belief like a Divine Realm; we can only rely on ourselves for everything. On top of that, we had to constantly avoid Divine Realms and hide in the shadows of outer space, awaiting an opportunity for evolution.

"My power is no longer inferior to that of a god. In fact, I'm far more powerful than the average god, but I don't have sufficient energy to elevate the abyssal plane into a Divine Realm. Following my ascension to godhood, the abyssal plane was no longer able to strengthen itself through absorbing the energy in space. To put it more accurately, if it had continued to absorb energy from space, then it would've been discovered by other Divine Realms. If that were to happen, our abyssal plane would inevitably fall and become sustenance to whichever Divine Realm discovered it.

"I've been waiting for an opportunity like the Douluo Star for far too long. A long time ago, a burst of space-time turbulence swept away many Divine Realms, and I immediately knew that this was our time. However, not all of the Divine Realms were swept away, so we still didn't dare to continue to absorb energy from space. We had to find an actual planet that wasn't being protected by a Divine Realm; only by adhering our abyssal plane to a planet did we have a chance for further evolution. The Douluo Star isn't the first planet I found, but it's the most suitable one.

"I don't want to settle for a planet that can only allow our abyssal plane to become an ordinary Divine Realm. The Douluo Star is sufficiently powerful, and even though its life energy is beginning to decline, it has an immense foundation, and it's the most important planet under the control of the past Divine Realm of yours."