In terms of being a mid-tier plane, the Tianxuan Continent—or rather, the Tianxuan Plane—was far inferior to the Demon Plane. The gap was more than just marginal.
Across the entire plane, there were only three beings at the level of Limit Douluo.
One from the human race, one from the elven race, and one from the orc race.
For a mid-tier plane, having only three Limit Douluo-level powerhouses was definitely insufficient.
Compared to the Demon Plane, it was like heaven and earth.
The Demon Plane had an excessive number of powerhouses, with over ten demon lords—a number that nearly rivaled the Limit Douluo count in a high-tier plane like the Douluo Plane. Of course, the Douluo Plane also had many beings comparable to Limit Douluo.
The number of powerhouses a plane could sustain depended on its plane energy.
The current Douluo Plane's energy was gradually being exhausted. Although it was still classified as a high-tier plane, since tens of thousands of years ago, its energy had been steadily declining.
The increase in the number of Limit Douluo was due largely to the decline and death of soul beast powerhouses.
If the soul beasts of the Douluo Plane were still as numerous as they were 20,000 years ago, then humans probably could have only supported two or three Limit Douluo at most.
The Demon Plane was only a mid-tier plane, and even if it was at the very top of the mid-tier level, its own plane energy couldn't possibly support that many demon lords breaking through.
Many of the Demon Plane's lords had advanced by plundering life energy from other planes.
Although currently, the Demon Plane was only connected to six planes, the number of planes they had invaded in the past far exceeded that.
Some of these planes had repelled the demons under the leadership of "gods", and even destroyed the Demon Gates completely.
On the Tianxuan Continent, only one demon lord from the Demon Plane was stationed, commanding an army of around 80,000 demons.
About one-fifth of the Tianxuan Continent's territory had already been occupied by demons.
In the past, the three races of the Tianxuan Continent often waged war against each other. But with the invasion of the Demon Plane, the three races were forced to unite in resistance.
Originally, the three races had different faiths, but when the Demon Plane attacked the orc race, the Sea God showed a divine sign in the sea territory of the sea monster tribe among the orcs—bestowing a beam of Sea God's Light.
"This is the Sea God's Light?" Upon entering the Tianxuan Continent, Xia Yi saw a towering golden pillar of light rising from the endless sea.
Flying closer, he could see that it originated from a blue lake on an island.
Xia Yi had already learned that this island was Sea God Island, and the lake was called Sea God Lake. Whether human, elf, or orc, anyone who entered could receive a baptism from the Sea God's power. The longer one stayed in Sea God Lake, the more complete the baptism would be.
The greater the benefits they would gain.
Originally, the sea monster tribe tried to monopolize Sea God Lake, but as the demon attacks grew more intense, they had no choice but to open the lake to other orcs, as well as humans and elves, to resist the Demon Plane.
The geniuses of each race underwent baptism in Sea God Lake. As these disciples grew stronger, they helped stabilize the front against the Demon Plane.
Over time, the three races of the Tianxuan Continent came to believe that Sea God Lake had saved them, and they all began to worship the Sea God.
On Sea God Island, where the Sea God Lake was located, a joint force of 50,000 troops from the humans, elves, and sea monsters was stationed to protect the lake.
The Demon Plane had launched many surprise attacks on Sea God Island. One time, they nearly destroyed Sea God Lake.
To ensure its safety, the three races stationed their most elite forces on the island year-round.
The orc race's Limit Douluo, known as the strongest being on the Tianxuan Continent, the Sea God Venerable, resided permanently on Sea God Island and served as the commander of the allied forces.
"Sea God Island, Sea God Lake—why are they so obsessed with these names?" Xia Yi couldn't help but complain. The Douluo Plane also had a Sea God Island and Sea God Lake. He hadn't expected the Tianxuan Continent to have the same names.
"Couldn't they just pick different names?"
"What do we do next?" Ya Li looked at Xia Yi helplessly. If Leng Yaozhu had only asked her to help defeat the demons and heal the wounded, that would have been easy.
But to destroy the Sea God's faith in this plane—she honestly didn't know how to do that.
She couldn't exactly stand up and declare that it was the Sea God who lured the demon army to the Tianxuan Continent, could she?
Would the people of the Tianxuan Continent believe a stranger over the god they'd worshipped for years?
Originally, Xia Yi wasn't supposed to accompany Ya Li to the Tianxuan Continent, but Ya Li insisted on bringing him along.
She even told Leng Yaozhu that if Xia Yi didn't go, neither would she.
Leng Yaozhu had no choice. Plus, she figured Ya Li indeed wasn't good at certain things—so she allowed Xia Yi to accompany her.
In addition to Xia Yi, Ya Li also brought Yuanen Yehui and Ye Xinglan.
Partly to give them some field experience, but also because she was used to ordering them around.
If she didn't bring Yuanen Yehui, she'd only have Xia Yi with her on the Tianxuan Continent—and she couldn't just boss him around, could she?
Especially with how things were going, it wasn't even clear who was bossing who.
"That Sea God Venerable... I can't see through her. She's strange," Xia Yi narrowed his eyes toward the Sea God Hall beside the lake, where the Venerable resided. His spiritual power was already at the peak of the Spirit Domain Realm, just one step away from the Divine Origin Realm.
His spiritual power could overwhelm most Limit Douluo.
Yet when his spiritual power touched the Sea God Hall, it felt like falling into a swamp—he nearly couldn't retrieve it.
Which meant that the Sea God Venerable's spiritual power may have already broken through to the Divine Origin Realm.
"It's not just you. I can't see through her either. And she's already noticed us," Ya Li said, frowning. At her current power, she should be invincible among all but pseudo-gods like Leng Yaozhu.
But this Sea God Venerable... gave her an unfathomable feeling.
Not that the Venerable was stronger than her, but that Ya Li couldn't gauge her abilities without fighting her.
This Sea God Venerable definitely had spiritual power in the Divine Origin Realm, and her strength was certainly not below Yun Ming or Chen Xinjie.
"With her power, she could definitely defeat the Dread Demon Lord," Xia Yi said.
The Dread Demon Lord was the one leading the demon army in the invasion—also a pseudo-god level demon.
But certainly no match for the Sea God Venerable.
"Should I try testing her?" Ya Li asked.
"Better not. We've seen the Sea God Venerable—let's go check out the Venerable Haotian of the humans and the Venerable Firmament of the elves. Let's understand the whole situation before we act," Xia Yi replied.
Dealing with one Sea God Venerable was easy, but destroying Tang San's faith on this plane wasn't going to be as simple as repelling the Demon Plane.
In the Tianxuan Continent, the title "Venerable" was equivalent to a Limit Douluo on the Douluo Plane—or a Demon Lord on the Demon Plane.
With Ya Li's power, even if all three Venerable and the Dread Demon Lord attacked together, she wouldn't be afraid.
"Alright." Ya Li, Xia Yi, Yuanen Yehui, and Ye Xinglan left Sea God Island and soared into the sky, flying toward the human territory.