"I don't care anymore."
"After I tell you the whereabouts of Eternal Kingdom, I will resign from the Federal Council, admitting my guilt."
"After that, I will not interfere with your life or your decisions. Just let me see you once a day. Can you agree to that?"
Long Yeyue looked at him, her voice suddenly rising, "Do you think you've done enough for me? That you're standing at some moral high ground?"
"I haven't!" Chen Xinjie's voice also grew louder. "Yeyue, I am willing to give up everything I once insisted on for you."
"Now, I only ask you—will you be with me?"
Suddenly, Long Yeyue raised her hand and slapped Chen Xinjie across the face.
"Slap!"
Although a spirit body lacked much physical strength, controlling objects to strike was still possible.
Caught off guard, Chen Xinjie staggered, spinning once before he could steady himself.
"You…" Chen Xinjie stared at her, dumbfounded. He wasn't angry—he just felt a sense of familiarity, as if the strong-willed girl he had once known had returned.
"I will." Long Yeyue's voice trembled, but as a spirit body, she had no tears—only an overwhelming sense of humiliation in her tone.
Chen Xinjie stared at her blankly. "You're agreeing because of Shrek Academy, aren't you?"
"Yes." Long Yeyue's answer was short but proud. "Shrek's honor is already engraved into my bones."
"For Shrek, I am willing to endure any humiliation. I once swore that I would never forgive you in this lifetime."
"But for Shrek, I am willing to break that oath."
Seeing Chen Xinjie's darkened expression, Long Yeyue continued coldly:
"You owe me this. Do you know why I swore never to forgive you?"
"Because on the day you left me, I found out—I was carrying your child."
"After that, I married Yun Ming's teacher, the previous Sea God Pavilion Master, Tianjuan…"
"But later, the child died—he didn't make it."
Her words were now icy cold.
"I've already agreed. Now keep your promise."
At that moment, Chen Xinjie was drenched in cold sweat.
He understood now—he understood everything.
He had heard before that Long Yeyue had borne a child for the former Sea God Pavilion Master, but the child had been born weak due to complications during pregnancy and had died young, beyond the help of even the most powerful Healing Title Douluos.
That… That had been his child!
Chen Xinjie's face was filled with bitterness. He opened his mouth but hesitated for a long time before finally speaking.
"Eternal Kingdom… is in the deepest part of the 18th floor of the Battle God Hall headquarters, right behind me."
This story, spanning over two hundred years, was orchestrated by Di Tian, yet he had no interest in savoring it slowly.
He had already infiltrated the Battle God Hall, swiftly making his way downward.
Luring Chen Xinjie away was merely to ensure nothing went wrong.
After all, in the deepest level of the Battle God Hall lay Eternal Kingdom, an extremely flammable and explosive item.
Granted, even if Chen Xinjie used his life to ignite and detonate Eternal Kingdom, it was ultimately just an object—it posed no real threat to Di Tian's life.
But once detonated, it would be gone completely. It was an irreplaceable resource, and Di Tian could not allow that to happen.
Moreover, the Battle God Hall had stood for thousands of years, supported by the entire Federation's resources, along with some legacies from beyond the plane.
For example, the sea of magma and fire before Di Tian—located on the 17th floor of the Battle God Hall and guarded by the First Battle God, Sunlit Douluo Ao Rui.
However, despite his near-Ultimate Douluo cultivation, Ao Rui failed to detect Di Tian's silent intrusion.
Even if Di Tian passed right by him, unless he revealed his presence, no one would notice.
Just like the sixteen floors before this—neither the Battle Gods nor the frozen rivers and deep seas that formed natural obstacles had hindered him in the slightest.
Hovering above the sea of magma and fire, Di Tian swept his gaze around.
The surroundings were entirely golden-red, the air distorted in water-like ripples, and spatial distortions shimmered in the distance.
At this moment, an immense spiritual force spread outward from Di Tian, covering the entire sea of magma and fire.
Plane Confinement!
Within a defined area, using divine consciousness and spatial laws, he constructed a miniature plane, temporarily isolating and sealing everything inside.
Similar to what the Abyssal Plane's second-in-command, Spirit Emperor, had done—fusing with his kin, the Spirit Dragon, temporarily elevating his divine sense to the Third-Tier God level, and borrowing the Abyssal Plane's core to trap Gu Yuena.
This was an ability unique to spiritual power at the Third-Tier God level—one that Di Tian had recently regained.
Unlike soul power, which was severely restricted by divine-level constraints, spiritual power could continue advancing after breaking through the barrier of divine sense.
Especially for Di Tian, who had once been a Divine Beast, his expertise in divine sense was unparalleled.
Given enough time, even without becoming a god, his divine sense could eventually reach the level of Electrolux—so powerful that even fragmented remnants of it could drift across dimensions for eons.
Once Plane Confinement enveloped the entire sea of magma and fire, all elements tied to the Douluo Plane were stripped away, leaving only darkness—an extreme void that belonged solely to Di Tian.
Apart from the darkness, the only thing that remained was the golden-red magma sea itself.
Not because it had a particularly high status—but because it did not originally belong to the Douluo Plane.
It was the domain of an extraterrestrial species, a race of pure fire-elemental beings—one of whom was now emerging from the depths of the magma.
At that moment, an unexpected change occurred.
The magma sea below began to churn violently.
Suddenly, a deafening roar echoed through the space as a massive fireball, over five meters in diameter, shot toward Di Tian.
Di Tian remained impassive. With his cultivation, no sudden attack could faze him.
Just as the fireball approached within three feet of his face, it seemed to hit an invisible barrier and exploded.
Yet, instead of dispersing, a figure emerged from within—shooting toward Di Tian like lightning, instantly closing the distance and wrapping him in a massive embrace.
It was a humanoid creature, possessing arms and legs, standing about three meters tall. Until now, it had been curled up within the fireball.
With the explosion, it somehow used the blast's force to propel itself straight at Di Tian.
Its own intense heat was its greatest weapon, and this fiery embrace was its most effective attack.
However, to its astonishment, the creature found that what it was holding did not feel like a body of flesh—but more like an immovable, indestructible stone, impervious to even the passage of time.
(End of Chapter)