Chapter 78: The New Continent

Chapter 78: The New Continent

Feeling the collapse of the "Inheritance Contract" lingering around his soul, Yu Sheng'an let out a long sigh of relief.

As the wielder of the Contract Godhood, he was now absolutely certain that Tang En was dead. An indescribable sense of having narrowly escaped death filled his heart.

Tang En's appearance had truly frightened him.

For the first time, he realized the terrifying nature of gods!

He had never imagined that the Contract Godhood suspended within his soul could be stripped away in such an inconceivable manner.

In the end, it all came down to his lack of intuitive understanding of conceptual power.

The scientific education from Blue Star also made him instinctively analyze the abilities of godhood from a scientific perspective, which had indeed benefited him.

He could decipher abilities that the gods of this world could neither detect nor comprehend.

But everything came at a cost—what he had lost was his keen perception of mystical forces.

"Haah..."

Yu Sheng'an exhaled, slightly easing his mood.

There was no time to reflect on the gains and losses of this battle. He quickly used the Contract Godhood to regain control of the Divine Palace Ancient Castle and began continuously sending signals to the outside world.

At the same time, the Teleportation Mana Well started activating and charging.

Compared to Tang En's sudden appearance, the leak of the Divine Palace Ancient Castle's coordinates didn’t unsettle him as much.

Because when he took over the Divine Palace Ancient Castle, he had already considered the possibility of enemies coming for him—even more extreme scenarios had crossed his mind.

With contingency plans in place, there was naturally no panic.

Now, by continuously sending signals, he was essentially playing the "empty fort strategy."

Since the coordinates were already exposed, why not keep transmitting? Anyone would hesitate under such circumstances, wouldn’t they?

While waiting for the Teleportation Mana Well to charge for the next jump, Yu Sheng'an simultaneously activated Divine Perspective and deployed sonar detection—both to monitor the outside and to cross-verify the two methods.

The moment he sensed a god approaching earlier, the massive Divine Palace Ancient Castle had abruptly vanished.

A second later, a bright spot appeared in an unknown void.

The spot grew larger and larger, eventually transforming into a portal from which the Divine Palace Ancient Castle leaped out.

A barrage of magic projectiles shot out from the arrow towers, scattering in all directions.

These were Spatial Disturbance Magic, akin to chaff, primarily used to disrupt spatial fluctuations and prevent tracking.

In addition to the Spatial Disturbance Magic, clusters of "Teleportation Projectiles" were also launched.

These acted as thermal decoys, flooding the area with false teleportation signals to deceive pursuers!

Beyond that, Yu Sheng'an also left behind a few Magic Puppets to monitor any potential trackers.

Once these measures were complete, the Divine Palace Ancient Castle disappeared once again.

After repeating this process twice, Yu Sheng'an studied the fragmented images transmitted back by the Magic Puppets before they were crushed into dust, his eyes flickering with thought.

His dozens of contingency plans had proven necessary.

In the world of gods, the Dark Forest Principle truly prevailed.

Anyone who exposed their true coordinates would inevitably be hunted.

After all, those who attacked were merely divine projections—losing them was an acceptable cost.

But if they could kill a god and seize their godhood? That would be an absolute windfall.

With this in mind, Yu Sheng'an gritted his teeth and initiated Random Teleportation Without Coordinates.

This was a risky move.

No coordinates meant an unknown destination—there was even a chance of plunging straight into an enemy's stronghold.

Of course, Yu Sheng'an had preemptively excluded the coordinates of several high-risk areas, making such an own-goal incident impossible.

Even so, there was still a chance of directly colliding with small or medium-sized domains.

The Divine Palace Ancient Castle, empowered by Godhood, would inevitably be repelled by these domains, requiring massive amounts of mana to maintain stability.

However, the probability of this happening was low.

Because in the multiverse, though domains were numerous, the dimensional gaps between them were far vaster.

In truth, aside from coordinate-less teleportation, Yu Sheng'an had another means of escape.

That was to swap his true body within the Divine Palace Ancient Castle with his divine projection on the Azarea Continent.

But this method was even more dangerous.

Because there was no way to guarantee that the mortals passing by weren’t Believers of other gods. Once detected by a deity, he would inevitably become prey in a divine hunt.

Tang En was the most glaring example.

Moreover, Yu Sheng’an couldn’t bear to abandon this mobile fortress.

He wasn’t like Tang En—he couldn’t build such a massive Divine Palace himself.

Hiring others to construct one would leave him uneasy, so it was better to preserve this fortress that had already lost its former master.

Amidst the distortion of space-time, the Divine Palace Ancient Castle quietly appeared in the midst of a vast ocean.

Feeling the dark, surging currents outside the castle, Yu Sheng'an's first reaction was relief.

Good fortune—no collision with a small or medium-sized domain.

But the next second, his eyes widened in shock.

Wait!

There was water outside, which meant… this wasn’t the void?

This was inside a domain!

But the problem was—he was a god!

A domain capable of accommodating him… didn’t that mean this was a large domain?!

In other words… the primary domain, the land all gods fought over?!

Yu Sheng’an’s scalp prickled as his eyes bulged in disbelief.

What he felt wasn’t joy—it was terror.

No, this couldn’t be. He had excluded all known primary domain coordinates—the Divine Palace Ancient Castle couldn’t have teleported there. So where was this?

A brand-new, undiscovered primary domain?

Had powerful gods already emerged here?

In an instant, Yu Sheng'an was tempted to activate the Divine Palace Ancient Castle’s escape mechanism again.

But as the Teleportation Mana Well recharged, the allure of a primary domain made his heart pound wildly.

If he could occupy a primary domain and use it as his stronghold, mass troop production over a few centuries…

Retreating, he would have an entire world as his foundation—unchanging as the green mountains and ever-flowing rivers.

Advancing, he could march across the multiverse, seizing more authority.

This was infinitely more promising than merely controlling the Keville Empire!

After all, the power of a primary domain was limitless. With his contract abilities, nurturing a God of Magic utterly loyal to him wasn’t impossible.

A God of Magic—one who presided over a Magic Tower—was an existence even deities feared!

By then, the future would hold boundless opportunities and potential!

With these thoughts, Yu Sheng'an no longer hesitated to expend Source Essence. He activated his Divine Perspective to survey the surroundings, ensuring his arrival hadn’t alerted any local gods.

After a full sweep, he found nothing—only an abundance of terrifying sea creatures.

Still, Yu Sheng'an didn’t let his guard down. He maintained the Ancient Castle’s defensive formation while keeping the Teleportation Mana Well charged, even if doing so drastically shortened its lifespan.

At the same time, he allowed the Ancient Castle to slowly sink into the depths of the ocean.

"Dillon Adam, how are you feeling?" Yu Sheng'an turned his gaze toward the Dark Dragon, who had been caught in his indiscriminate attack.

Meanwhile, in the temple's main hall, which had been reduced to a molten hellscape by his sweeping assault, magical light flickered as Earth Magic automatically restored the melted floors, pillars, and dome to their original state.

"How would you feel if you were roasted like a suckling pig?" Dillon Adam glared at him, his golden slit-pupiled eyes burning with fury.

"I'm sorry! Tang En was still a god—I had to go all out!" Yu Sheng'an offered a sincere apology.

"Hmph, if I were fully grown, no god would dare reveal their true form in front of me." Dillon Adam's face was full of arrogance, his golden eyes gleaming with unmistakable excitement.

Having just been born, he had already hunted and slain a god—even if it was one who had lost his Godhood. This filled him with profound satisfaction, resonating deep within his soul!

"I look forward to that day." Yu Sheng'an settled back onto the divine throne as if nothing had happened.

Dillon Adam flapped his wings, flew over, and curled up at Yu Sheng'an's feet before closing his eyes. "I look forward to it too. I'm going to sleep now—don’t disturb me unless it’s important."

He needed to slumber to recover from the deficiencies caused by his "premature birth."

Yu Sheng'an nodded, then turned his gaze toward Luo Xiya, who stood at the temple entrance.

Even now, her expression remained dazed and awestruck.

Clearly, the extremely brief divine war had left a deep psychological impact on her.

"Go attend to your duties," Yu Sheng'an waved his hand dismissively.

"Yes!" Luo Xiya pressed her lips together, her expression complicated, before turning and leaving.

Yu Sheng'an closed his eyes and waited in silence.

A day later, the surroundings of the Divine Palace Ancient Castle, now sunken to the ocean floor, remained undisturbed. Occasionally, massive sea monsters would pass by, startling schools of fish into frantic retreat.

'It seems no gods have noticed my arrival. That makes sense—I teleported without coordinates. Even if this domain has a god with authority similar to the God of the Sea, they couldn’t possibly have absolute control over the entire ocean.'

With that thought, Yu Sheng'an separated a wisp of his soul and flesh, creating a new divine projection once more. It stepped out of the Divine Palace Ancient Castle.

Using sonar detection, the divine projection easily avoided the countless sea monsters in the ocean.

Following the slope of the seabed as a reference, it traveled upward. After roughly a day, it finally discovered land—thousands of miles away.

Before it could even approach, an ironclad warship, belching thick black smoke and emitting a deep "woo-woo" sound, cleaved through the ocean above it, cutting through the waves as it sailed away.

Yu Sheng'an was stunned.