Chapter 169: Dominating the World

"Is this the Tianwu Realm?!"

Yang Dingyan looked at everything before him with an ashen expression.

He even gasped involuntarily as he watched the distance between them and the Tianwu Realm closing rapidly.

"Is the Tianwu Realm drawing the Diwen Realm toward it for migration?"

"Could it be that the Tianwu Realm intends to devour other worlds?"

At this moment, profound bewilderment and incomprehension washed over them.

After all, the Diwen Realm had always been entirely under their control.

According to Yang Dingyan's plan, the Diwen Realm was meant to serve as the center of the world, utilizing the great fusion array to draw in ninety-nine other lower realms. In this way, it would merge seamlessly with the Diwen Realm to form a vast, magnificent new world!

Following that, the Diwen Realm could rightfully stand as the core of this realm and become its supreme leader.

As the powerful rulers of the Diwen Realm, they would naturally take the helm of this new world.

Yet now, events had completely defied their expectations.

For the Diwen Realm was currently being drawn by another world, initiating a forced migration.

Very soon, the Diwen Realm would be reduced to a mere fragment of a foreign world.

Such a turn of events was nothing short of terrifying!

"Impossible!"

Hearing this, an elder turned pale with rage and directly rejected the notion.

"World migration only ever happens when a lower world drifts closer to a higher world. The Diwen Realm's name begins with the character 'Di', far surpassing the Tianwu Realm in might. How could it possibly be pulled by the Tianwu Realm?"

"Besides, the standing of the Tianwu Realm is inferior to the Diwen Realm by countless margins. No matter how one looks at it, it can never become the dominant force!"

"No, there is another explanation! Could it be that the Tianwu Realm truly has a connection to the First Celestial Realm..."

Silence fell over everyone instantly.

A heavy stillness enveloped the scene.

"It is not just the Diwen Realm."

Song Donghua spoke up as well, his expression deeply gloomy.

"Just moments ago, I discovered that apart from the Diwen Realm, the other ninety-nine lower realms under our control are also migrating toward the Tianwu Realm."

With that, Song Donghua pointed toward a distant horizon in the sky.

There, they could clearly see one small world after another drifting ever closer to this vast expanse of whiteness.

"All of those are moving!"

Everyone raised their heads.

In the void, all the swirling vortexes had vanished, leaving countless small worlds drifting aimlessly in the distance.

Moving at astonishing speeds, they rushed anxiously toward the Tianwu Realm.

The great fusion array they had previously laid down was now utterly nullified.

Those worlds were completely beyond their jurisdiction.

...

In the void.

Worlds were typically separated by immense distances; no matter how formidable a cultivator's strength might be, it generally required a significant amount of time to travel back and forth between two realms.

Yet now, those worlds, once separated by unfathomable gulfs, had all gathered around the periphery of the Tianwu Realm.

Instantly, the Tianwu Realm became severely congested.

Before long.

Yang Dingyan and the other elders watched as a world quietly merged with the Tianwu Realm within the void.

"Rumble—!"

Deafening roars instantly flooded the entire expanse of space.

Their hearts skipped a beat.

This was the sound of world colliding with world, of continental plates locking together.

From the looks of it, that small world which had just brushed against the Tianwu Realm had already become an integral part of it.

With the first world colliding and merging into the Tianwu Realm, a second and a third followed in rapid succession!

The rumbling roars echoed without ceasing.

The fourth and fifth worlds likewise united with the Tianwu Realm.

...

In the blink of an eye, the densely packed worlds surrounding them gradually transformed into parts of the Tianwu Realm.

If the Tianwu Realm had previously been nothing more than a tiny ping-pong ball,

now, following the convergence of these worlds, it had expanded into a massive watermelon!

...

Within the Diwen Realm.

"No!"

"I can feel that the Diwen Realm is already being pulled by the Tianwu Realm!"

"This is simply impossible!"

A crowd of Celestial Immortals cried out in despair.

Among them were even beings who had attained the realm of Golden Immortals.

Yet at this moment, other than profound shock, there was nothing they could do, nor did they possess any power to halt this unfolding catastrophe!

"Boom!"

Another thunderous crash echoed.

The Diwen Realm completely fused into one with the Tianwu Realm!

Or rather, the Diwen Realm was now merely a part of the Tianwu Realm.

Very soon.

All the lower realms had successfully merged into the Tianwu Realm as one.

Regrettably, the dominance of the Diwen Realm they had anticipated had now been successfully usurped by the Tianwu Realm.

...

Within the Tianwu Realm.

Virtually all living beings upon the earth felt a profound sense of shock at this moment.

"Did something just happen?"

"I don't know, but the ground beneath our feet gave a violent shake! It felt as though the Tianwu Realm was struck by something!"

"Are the fierce winds outside still blowing?"

"Surely not, didn't the World Tree already eliminate those turbulent vortexes..."

No one knew what had transpired.

The Tianwu Realm remained shrouded in an atmosphere of bewilderment.

However, the answer would soon be revealed to all.

For high up in the midair, the terrifying golden shadow of a tree had appeared once more.

At this moment, golden characters drifted across its entire trunk and branches, revolving endlessly around the World Tree as if carving profound runes into existence.

Countless characters flowed in a continuous stream.

This was the World Tree consolidating its laws over its newly acquired territories.

Simultaneously.

A dazzling golden radiance erupted from the World Tree, and streams of golden light flew outward from its form.

"I understand now! The World Tree just integrated a hundred lower realms!"

"Our Tianwu Realm is now a Great World!"

"It happened just now!"

"The Tianwu Realm is now the center of the world! Our territory now... is hundreds of times larger than before!"

Wherever the golden light reached, every single cultivator had this truth imprinted directly into their minds!

They all knew it now.

Yet, a new world? A total fusion?

The cultivators of the Tianwu Realm were utterly dumbfounded.

"Then... is it still called the Tianwu Realm?"

"This is too terrifying. Is our Tianwu Realm even the Tianwu Realm anymore..."

"What on earth is going on? The standing of our Tianwu Realm was so meager, how could this possibly happen?"

"I feel like all of this must be connected to that storm from earlier!"

Everyone in the Tianwu Realm was plunged into utter astonishment.

For a time, they found it almost impossible to accept.

Southern Yi.

Within the small mountain village.

Saint Master Ziyang and the others had already learned of these recent events.

At this moment, they could not help but feel profound wonder.

They even found it somewhat hard to believe.

"What does this mean? The fusion of a hundred realms? What is the meaning of this?"

"How could things end up like this?"

They muttered under their breath.

Meanwhile, Qi Ya and the others experienced a subtle darkening in their eyes.

"I see! That turbulent vortex from before was never a chaotic storm at all! It was a tempest intentionally engineered through a grand array to force the fusion of the lower realms!"