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Chapter 1036, Devouring Gods

When Leon Charles, the Lionheart King, personally led the team to eliminate three powerful demons subordinate to Bassol, the demon command system, which had been barely maintained, was on the verge of collapse.

The resistance of the Furnace of All Things quickly collapsed.

The battle across the entire realm of evil gods quickly escalated into a one-sided destruction of humanity by demons and evil creations.

The remaining demon units and the defense system within the divine realm, though still present and numerous, were disorganized and lacked coordination. Despite their sheer numbers and scale, they were easily shattered and destroyed.

The human forces' exquisite command made the entire destruction process highly efficient, and it's hard to say whether the demons or humans were better at warfare.

Without the control of Bassol's primary will and with its core chaotic energy suppressed, war raged everywhere. Living units were constantly being annihilated, and the forging hubs of manufacturing units were being destroyed one after another. The entire blasphemous kingdom was like a massive machine that had been cut off from its power supply and suffered severe physical damage, its operation becoming slower and slower, and its flames becoming dimmer and dimmer.

If the fighting continues like this, victory is inevitable, but the human side still feels it's not fast enough.

It was Martins' actions that dealt the fatal blow to the melting pot.

The Phoenix's various sub-squads are clearing out the remaining Demon Engine army across the vast metal wasteland, securing the Legion's flanks and clearing obstacles for the advance of heavy equipment.

Meanwhile, Martins led his assembled Champion Guard, drawn from various chapters, along with the entire Phoenix Chapter and a large number of heavy armored assault troops, plunging into the depths of the Furnace of All Things like a sharp dagger.

His target was those massive flesh-and-blood engines and twisted mechanical temples that were still beating and providing the last energy to the Kingdom of God!

This temple is where Bassol himself has resided for many years.

But he is no longer here.

Blood Shark, Evil Shark, Ghost Shark... these three battle groups, which are actually from the same lineage and are extremely good at rapid assaults, played to their strengths under the leadership of Blood Shark's battle group leader, Ewing, and cleared the way for the main force.

Inside the central sanctuary, guarding this core area are the strongest troops from the Forge of All Things. Before Bassol left, he left instructions, requiring these troops, and the 24 powerful magic-powered mechs belonging exclusively to him, all led by two divine magic-powered mechs, to stay put and guard this place.

However, despite the constant harassment from the Shark Three Regiments, one Divine Demon Energy Mech, leading a group of troops, couldn't resist launching a preemptive strike.

Actually, he didn't exactly disobey the Lord God's command.

The order was to defend the central temple. In his judgment, taking the initiative to eliminate the threat on the periphery was also a form of protection.

It's not entirely fair to say he was wrong, but... he was definitely wrong this time.

His demonic forces were entangled with the sharks. Unable to eliminate or drive away the three battle groups, and attempting to retreat when things turned against them, they were again bogged down.

Then, when the main force led by Mattins arrived, they destroyed them in one fell swoop.

A small reinforcement force emerged from the central temple, but it was wiped out by the human forces tasked with besieging the city and intercepting the reinforcements. No further aid followed.

Then, the human forces launched a decisive attack on the central temple.

After two days of fierce fighting, with Mattins personally leading the charge and many of the Phoenix's subordinate units making considerable sacrifices, the Central Temple was finally captured and destroyed.

This was almost the last straw that broke the camel's back.

The Gear Sky Dome was collapsing, and key nodes on the Scrap Iron Land were being destroyed, all of which severely damaged the All-Encompassing Furnace. The collapse of the Central Temple finally brought the entire All-Encompassing Furnace's structure to the brink of collapse.

The most direct manifestation of this is that the authority of the 'Creator' contained in the divine kingdom begins to become unstable, like a candle flame about to be extinguished.

Gu Hang knew that his time had come.

But 'devouring' is by no means simply eating it, absorbing it by force, or forcibly merging the space of the All-Encompassing Furnace.

That would only pollute the Storm God Kingdom, and might even cause Gu Hang himself to be corrupted by the distorted, chaotic authority of the 'Creator'.

What Gu Hang wanted was its core divine power essence; he didn't want anything else.

This requires stripping away the chaotic attributes of the All-Encompassing Furnace and integrating them into one's own divine kingdom framework.

Gu Hang needs a tool.

And this tool is readily available—in Bassor, within his divine realm.

No longer would he simply bind or suppress it; Gu Hang raised his hands high, gathered his strength for a moment, and then suddenly pressed down.

Suddenly, countless bolts of lightning, like a forest or a rainstorm, bombarded Bassol's body.

The evil god was powerless to resist; his powerful body was blasted apart. Blood and engine oil mingled and flowed from the cracks in his body; carbonized flesh and the shattered steel armor were separated together.

Gu Hang collected all the items that had fallen off from Bassol's body.

These things were broken down, enveloped, and then analyzed in the lightning.

Bassor was struggling against Gu Hang's overwhelming power and initially didn't have time to pay attention. But when he noticed what Gu Hang was doing, he was filled with terror!

Gu Hang is analyzing the origin of the All-Encompassing Furnace!
And it will succeed very soon!

Gu Hang made no attempt to hide this fact.

All the results of his analysis formed a tiny point of light.

This is the tool Gu Hang needed.

This point of light continuously receives the orderly, logical, and practical 'creative' ideas generated by countless engineers, scientists, artists, and craftsmen in the real universe, within the human empire and alliance, during the process of creating inventions and building the world.

These ideas, combined with the energy of the Storm God Kingdom, formed a highly ordered 'template'.

The core of the Storm God Kingdom has temporarily transformed into a colossal 'Storm Furnace'. This furnace is fueled by Gu Hang's divine power and the faith of trillions of humans, using his own usable 'creation concept' as a mold, and the remnants of the Myriad Manifestations Furnace, destroyed and disintegrated by the Reality Legion, as its raw materials…

The forging process has begun.

Destroyed and disintegrated by the Reality Legion, the Myriad Forms Furnace, which had fallen to its lowest point, was forcibly absorbed piece by piece into the furnace formed by his storm by Gu Hang, like ore thrown into a furnace.

Inside the furnace, divine lightning relentlessly struck, purified, and smelted the remains.

The mark of evil, the madness of chaos, the desecration of flesh and blood, the corrosion of metal... all the tainted marks belonging to Bassol were forcibly stripped away and burned to ashes in the thunder and fire!
The purest essence, stripped away, was given a new form under Gu Hang's guidance and under the high pressure and shaping of the Storm God's power, according to his 'creation' template!
This is the authority of "creation" based on the laws of reality and serving the development of order and rationality!
The Storm God Kingdom did not physically devour the space of the Myriad Furnace, so in terms of the concept of subspace, it was not very significant.

Gu Hang reconstructed its core divine origin.

At the moment of his success, the concept of the Cosmic Furnace, this divine kingdom, completely collapsed and was annihilated in the turbulent currents of the warp.

……

Imprisoned within the Storm God Kingdom, having lost contact with his true form and forced to watch helplessly as his divine kingdom was devoured, Bassol's true form let out a final shriek filled with endless resentment and despair.

"Do not--!!!"

Having lost the support of the divine kingdom's origin, and with Gu Hang having completed the stripping of the power of creation, how could his divine form continue to be maintained?
The chaotic energy that constituted him, having lost the support of its inner laws, rapidly decomposed, dissipated, and annihilated in the environment of the Storm God Kingdom, like dewdrops under the sun.

The evil god, which had only been injured and whose physical resistance to attack was incredibly strong, suddenly vanished without a trace at this moment.

Bassol, the "Creator," a lesser evil god of the warp, has fallen completely!

Inside the Storm God Kingdom, after a great battle and a "melting" baptism, it appeared even more brilliant and stable.

The territory of the divine kingdom does not seem to have expanded, but its internal rules have become more perfect, and the flow of energy has become more exquisite and efficient.

In particular, the "creation" authority integrated into it is like a new and vibrant source of power that has been injected into the divine kingdom.

Gu Hang stood atop the lightning bolt, feeling the unprecedented power surging within him.

He slowly raised his hand, lightning crackling at his fingertips.

"The Creator..." Gu Hang murmured, his golden eyes reflecting the interplay of lightning and the glimmer of creation. He could clearly perceive a deeper understanding of matter and energy, and a sense of power welled up within him, a power to shape and construct according to his own will.

This is not the twisted, chaotic creation of Bassor, but rather a "creative" force that serves his will.

However, this powerful new authority also brought new perceptions.

And burdens.

He seemed to hear the whispers of countless creations in the real universe, to feel the creative rhythm contained in the movement of stars, the meshing of machines, and the pulse of life; this vast flow of information almost overwhelmed his consciousness. At the same time, the absolute rationality belonging to "God" and the cold analytical sense of the structure of matter seemed clearer than ever before.

The light of the Storm Kingdom shone even brighter, like a newborn star, shining steadfastly in the chaotic warp.

(End of this chapter)