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Chapter 211: A Sense of One's Own Insignificance
Just as Tang San, after hiding for centuries, finally emerged to unleash a Scourge of the Undead upon the entire Douluo Continent in an attempt to conquer the world in one fell swoop... Ye Cheng, the Lord of White Cloud City—the strongest expert of the current age and the spiritual leader of the Human Faction—should have been present to take charge of the situation. However, he was surprisingly not on the Douluo Continent.
So, where had he gone?
The audience was also extremely curious.
The video feed then transitioned, and the first thing the viewers in the live broadcast room saw was a massive, blazing fireball!
[This is... the sun, right?!]
[So that's what the sun looks like up close, just like a huge fireball.]
[Indeed, it looks nothing like what we usually see.]
A string of bullet comments scrolled past, and many in the audience expressed indifference toward the sun. Some even felt disappointed.
But soon, as the video's perspective zoomed out, gradually revealing the entire star system centered around the sun from a macroscopic angle, almost all the viewers were stunned.
[This... how is this sun so big?!?]
[It feels like the sun is the center of the universe...]
[Wait! That inconspicuous water-blue planet in the corner seems to be the Douluo Continent, right?! It's actually so small!]
[And the sun is so far from the world we are in... No wonder the sun looks so small from our perspective.]
[Even if it's far, this freaking sun is too big! I thought it was at most about the same size as the moon.]
Many people in the live broadcast room grew restless. It was their first time seeing the true appearance of the star system they inhabited, and for a moment, they were so shocked by the magnificent and beautiful sight that they were rendered speechless.
The video displayed the scene of the entire star system where Douluo Star was located.
Countless planets of various colors were distributed around the central sun. The planet that was home to the Douluo Continent was also one of them.
But what stunned the viewers most was the enormous difference in size. They discovered with astonishment that the planet beneath their feet was as tiny and insignificant as a speck of dust compared to the magnificent sun, which seemed like the center of the universe.
The sun was actually so many times larger than the Douluo Continent!?
This truly shattered their imagination. In the past, people often put the sun and the moon on the same level, and in everyone's subconscious, they believed the sun and moon were roughly the same size. But now, through the video in the live broadcast room, people were shocked to discover that let alone the moon, even the world they inhabited was as tiny as dust when compared to the sun.
Comparing the sun and the moon was definitely a manifestation of their utmost ignorance and foolishness.
After the video briefly displayed the full view of the entire star system from a macroscopic perspective, it quickly zoomed in on the sun. Soon, a familiar figure appeared before the viewers' eyes.
It was none other than Ye Cheng.
At this moment, he sat cross-legged in the void, gazing closely at the indescribably colossal solar body before him. The scorching sunlight dyed his entire body crimson. He couldn't help but sigh with emotion, "Only by stepping into the universe does one realize their own insignificance... So-called God Kings, who can control the destinies of billions of living beings, are nothing more than ants in the face of the sun."
As the center of this star system, just how massive was the sun?
It would take approximately 1.3 million Douluo Stars combined to match the sun's volume.
This constantly burning behemoth was continuously emitting energy outward, indirectly nourishing the surrounding planets. It was precisely because the sun existed that life could be born.
All life is inseparable from the sun.
One could say that the celestial body before him was the true source of all life. Wherever there is a sun, there will surely be life.
And for Ye Cheng to break through the realm of God Kings and surpass the ninth ring, he undoubtedly needed extremely pure energy, in addition to comprehending the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth!
Douluo Star could not yet provide him with energy of this level. Thus, he could only look beyond the planet.
He set his sights on the sun, the closest star to him. Ye Cheng knew that only this colossal entity before him could provide the pure and immense energy required for his breakthrough!
Of course, while the energy contained within this constantly burning celestial body was indeed pure, it was also intensely fierce and violent. Ordinary god-level experts would be incinerated by the terrifying heat it emitted just by getting slightly close, let alone absorbing it.
Even Qian Renxue, who could borrow a tiny bit of the sun's power due to her divine position, could not withstand the sun's inherent heat. Even the flames possessed by the so-called God of Fire from the God Realm were incomparable to the sun.
The Ultimate Fire?
This was merely the "ultimate" as defined by human perception.
This giant before him, as the true master of this star system, had its naturally radiating energy mix with complex cosmic energies, becoming degraded... nourishing the entire star system. It had been this way for billions of years.
For the sun itself, this nourishment over billions of years was merely a tiny, insignificant loss. Furthermore, the energy it radiated outward was far from its true essence.
Only by truly coming into close contact with the sun could one absorb the pure energy it contained!
The prerequisite was to be able to withstand the terrifyingly high temperatures of the sun itself, and after absorbing its origin energy, one must be able to digest it.
In short, absorbing the sun's true energy was not so simple.
God Realm.
The five God Kings watching the video immediately guessed that Ye Cheng wanted to absorb the sun's energy upon seeing this scene, and they all couldn't help but sneer.
"Arrogant!"
The Destruction God looked at Ye Cheng in the video and sneered, "Who does he think he is, daring to absorb the sun's power?"
"Indeed. Does he think we wouldn't have thought of something he could?" the Asura God said, shaking his head with an expression of great disappointment and contempt.
"While the energy contained within the sun is indeed vast and pure, it is far too violent! Too extreme! Too untamable! We simply cannot utilize it."
He used three "too's" to describe it. The God of Evil, watching Ye Cheng in the video seemingly about to land on the sun to absorb its immense energy up close, said, "Otherwise, why would we look afar for what is near? Among the smaller star systems under our command, every system with life basically has a sun. If we could directly draw upon the sun's origin energy, we would just absorb it directly. Why would we suffer through absorbing the power of collective belief?"
That's right. This was the very reason why the gods of the God Realm ignored a massive energy source like the sun, insisting instead on absorbing the power of collective belief.
They simply could not digest or absorb the energy contained within the sun itself. Even if they relied on their powerful divine power to barely withstand the sun's intense heat and absorb its origin power at close range... they would still face an awkward problem. The origin power they worked so hard to absorb couldn't be digested. They would even be harmed by this violent solar power in return.
Generally, what people utilized as "sun power," "sun fire," or the "purple qi of the morning sun" was actually just the sun's radiated energy mixed with various chaotic energies in the universe, a power that had been degraded to its utmost.
(end of chapter)
Just as Tang San, after hiding for centuries, finally emerged to unleash a Scourge of the Undead upon the entire Douluo Continent in an attempt to conquer the world in one fell swoop... Ye Cheng, the Lord of White Cloud City—the strongest expert of the current age and the spiritual leader of the Human Faction—should have been present to take charge of the situation. However, he was surprisingly not on the Douluo Continent.
So, where had he gone?
The audience was also extremely curious.
The video feed then transitioned, and the first thing the viewers in the live broadcast room saw was a massive, blazing fireball!
[This is... the sun, right?!]
[So that's what the sun looks like up close, just like a huge fireball.]
[Indeed, it looks nothing like what we usually see.]
A string of bullet comments scrolled past, and many in the audience expressed indifference toward the sun. Some even felt disappointed.
But soon, as the video's perspective zoomed out, gradually revealing the entire star system centered around the sun from a macroscopic angle, almost all the viewers were stunned.
[This... how is this sun so big?!?]
[It feels like the sun is the center of the universe...]
[Wait! That inconspicuous water-blue planet in the corner seems to be the Douluo Continent, right?! It's actually so small!]
[And the sun is so far from the world we are in... No wonder the sun looks so small from our perspective.]
[Even if it's far, this freaking sun is too big! I thought it was at most about the same size as the moon.]
Many people in the live broadcast room grew restless. It was their first time seeing the true appearance of the star system they inhabited, and for a moment, they were so shocked by the magnificent and beautiful sight that they were rendered speechless.
The video displayed the scene of the entire star system where Douluo Star was located.
Countless planets of various colors were distributed around the central sun. The planet that was home to the Douluo Continent was also one of them.
But what stunned the viewers most was the enormous difference in size. They discovered with astonishment that the planet beneath their feet was as tiny and insignificant as a speck of dust compared to the magnificent sun, which seemed like the center of the universe.
The sun was actually so many times larger than the Douluo Continent!?
This truly shattered their imagination. In the past, people often put the sun and the moon on the same level, and in everyone's subconscious, they believed the sun and moon were roughly the same size. But now, through the video in the live broadcast room, people were shocked to discover that let alone the moon, even the world they inhabited was as tiny as dust when compared to the sun.
Comparing the sun and the moon was definitely a manifestation of their utmost ignorance and foolishness.
After the video briefly displayed the full view of the entire star system from a macroscopic perspective, it quickly zoomed in on the sun. Soon, a familiar figure appeared before the viewers' eyes.
It was none other than Ye Cheng.
At this moment, he sat cross-legged in the void, gazing closely at the indescribably colossal solar body before him. The scorching sunlight dyed his entire body crimson. He couldn't help but sigh with emotion, "Only by stepping into the universe does one realize their own insignificance... So-called God Kings, who can control the destinies of billions of living beings, are nothing more than ants in the face of the sun."
As the center of this star system, just how massive was the sun?
It would take approximately 1.3 million Douluo Stars combined to match the sun's volume.
This constantly burning behemoth was continuously emitting energy outward, indirectly nourishing the surrounding planets. It was precisely because the sun existed that life could be born.
All life is inseparable from the sun.
One could say that the celestial body before him was the true source of all life. Wherever there is a sun, there will surely be life.
And for Ye Cheng to break through the realm of God Kings and surpass the ninth ring, he undoubtedly needed extremely pure energy, in addition to comprehending the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth!
Douluo Star could not yet provide him with energy of this level. Thus, he could only look beyond the planet.
He set his sights on the sun, the closest star to him. Ye Cheng knew that only this colossal entity before him could provide the pure and immense energy required for his breakthrough!
Of course, while the energy contained within this constantly burning celestial body was indeed pure, it was also intensely fierce and violent. Ordinary god-level experts would be incinerated by the terrifying heat it emitted just by getting slightly close, let alone absorbing it.
Even Qian Renxue, who could borrow a tiny bit of the sun's power due to her divine position, could not withstand the sun's inherent heat. Even the flames possessed by the so-called God of Fire from the God Realm were incomparable to the sun.
The Ultimate Fire?
This was merely the "ultimate" as defined by human perception.
This giant before him, as the true master of this star system, had its naturally radiating energy mix with complex cosmic energies, becoming degraded... nourishing the entire star system. It had been this way for billions of years.
For the sun itself, this nourishment over billions of years was merely a tiny, insignificant loss. Furthermore, the energy it radiated outward was far from its true essence.
Only by truly coming into close contact with the sun could one absorb the pure energy it contained!
The prerequisite was to be able to withstand the terrifyingly high temperatures of the sun itself, and after absorbing its origin energy, one must be able to digest it.
In short, absorbing the sun's true energy was not so simple.
God Realm.
The five God Kings watching the video immediately guessed that Ye Cheng wanted to absorb the sun's energy upon seeing this scene, and they all couldn't help but sneer.
"Arrogant!"
The Destruction God looked at Ye Cheng in the video and sneered, "Who does he think he is, daring to absorb the sun's power?"
"Indeed. Does he think we wouldn't have thought of something he could?" the Asura God said, shaking his head with an expression of great disappointment and contempt.
"While the energy contained within the sun is indeed vast and pure, it is far too violent! Too extreme! Too untamable! We simply cannot utilize it."
He used three "too's" to describe it. The God of Evil, watching Ye Cheng in the video seemingly about to land on the sun to absorb its immense energy up close, said, "Otherwise, why would we look afar for what is near? Among the smaller star systems under our command, every system with life basically has a sun. If we could directly draw upon the sun's origin energy, we would just absorb it directly. Why would we suffer through absorbing the power of collective belief?"
That's right. This was the very reason why the gods of the God Realm ignored a massive energy source like the sun, insisting instead on absorbing the power of collective belief.
They simply could not digest or absorb the energy contained within the sun itself. Even if they relied on their powerful divine power to barely withstand the sun's intense heat and absorb its origin power at close range... they would still face an awkward problem. The origin power they worked so hard to absorb couldn't be digested. They would even be harmed by this violent solar power in return.
Generally, what people utilized as "sun power," "sun fire," or the "purple qi of the morning sun" was actually just the sun's radiated energy mixed with various chaotic energies in the universe, a power that had been degraded to its utmost.
(end of chapter)
