# 1343
Chapter 1344 Great Xia Withdraws
This thought surged through Thor's mind, and his blood-red eyes burst forth with dazzling light!
Under his pull, the prism crystals floating in the Sea of Illusions slowly drifted toward Thor's body, leaving only one purple crystal suspended alone in the Sea of Illusions.
That purple crystal was Idun's soul.
Thor merely glanced at the purple crystal before looking away. He stared at the Asgard source drifting toward his chest, his eyes seeming to spew flames!
In the current Asgard, Thor was the most powerful Chief God, and also the one with the best chance of breaking through to "Supreme" — though forcing a breakthrough using the divine country's source carried tremendous risk, Thor had no other choice...
Under Thor's gaze, the prism crystal pierced his skin, like a sword, slowly thrust into his chest.
The moment the tip of the source touched his heart, Thor felt a surge of powerful energy flooding into his body, leaving his mind utterly blank!
Boom—!!!
A dazzling glazed light pillar shattered through the temple's roof and shot into the clouds!
...
On the other side.
Odin slowly pulled his blood-stained palm from Urd's corpse. His gaze shifted from those gradually freezing rage-filled eyes to the distant pillar of light piercing the sky.
On that ancient, unruffled face, a faint smile finally appeared.
"That's right, Thor." Odin's low voice rang out,
"A 'Supreme' realm you is far more valuable than a Chief God-level you...
This world doesn't need the God-King Thor — it only needs a obedient Supreme Thunder God Thor."
Before Odin's words even finished, a piercing spear light accompanied by a furious roar pierced into his heart from behind!
In her berserk state, Verdandi's peripheral vision swept over Urd's unblinking corpse, her eyes crimson red, "I'll kill you!!"
The spear tip pierced through Odin's flesh, shredding that heart to pieces. Fresh blood poured from the wound on his back. Odin's brow furrowed as he slowly turned to look behind him...
In his right eye, countless crimson worms surged rapidly. A诡异的 smile curved his lips.
"Can you... really kill me?"
...
"What's that thing?"
Master Chen frowned as he gazed at the distant pillar of light piercing the sky, speaking with confusion.
"It's the divine country source!" Lin Qiye said with certainty. "Asgard's divine country source!"
During their time in Hell, Lin Qiye and the others had witnessed the Hell source firsthand. Its energy signature was quite similar to this pillar of light, though the current one was several times more powerful in intensity.
Thinking about it carefully, this made sense. The demons in Hell had died eons ago, and Hell had been lost for so long that retaining any source at all was remarkable. It naturally couldn't compare to the source of a Norse divine country at its peak.
"Someone is using Asgard's source to forcibly break through to 'Supreme.'"
The Queen Mother of the West sensed the energy fluctuations within and spoke in a deep voice.
"...Thor?" Lin Qiye considered, and said.
In Asgard, only two beings had the qualifications to break through to Supreme — Thor and Loki... now that Loki was dead, the one in the God-King's temple could only be Thor.
"Can he succeed?" An Qingyu couldn't help but ask.
"The probability is extremely small." The Queen Mother of the West contemplated for a moment. "The divine country source carries the foundation of an entire divine country. Asgard is the supreme divine country in all existence — its energy is simply more than any Chief God can withstand. The power within is incompatible with the body, which will inevitably cause backlash.
Even if he manages to break through to 'Supreme' in the short term, in the end he will still explode and die."
Hearing this, everyone relaxed slightly.
Thor being unable to truly step into the Supreme realm was undoubtedly good news — no one wanted the Nordics to suddenly produce a second "Supreme" level expert.
"Then what do we do next?" Wang Mian asked.
The Queen Mother of the West's eyes narrowed slightly. After a moment of thought, she turned to look at Zuo Qing:
"What do you think?"
"I think we should leave." Zuo Qing said seriously. "Now that Odin has returned, Asgard has become the Cthulhu Faction gods' playground, and Thor is about to step into 'Supreme'... the situation has exceeded what we can handle.
If we stay here any longer, not only will we fail to cause more damage to Asgard, but we'll land ourselves in an extremely passive position, possibly even suffering casualties."
Everyone present was Great Xia's top combat force. If something were to happen to them here, it would be a devastating blow to Great Xia. They absolutely could not take that risk.
The Queen Mother of the West nodded slightly. "Your assessment aligns with mine... It's time for us to retreat."
This surprise raid on Asgard had not only successfully killed Loki but also wiped out a massive number of Norse gods in one fell swoop. This突如其来的 great disaster had severely wounded the Nordic faction. Even if Asgard could recover from this catastrophe, it would take at least a hundred years to recuperate.
From another perspective, they had completely eliminated the Nordic threat for Great Xia — an absolutely massive harvest.
With the Queen Mother of the West giving the order, everyone present immediately turned around and sprinted toward Bifröst.
With a flick of her finger, the Queen Mother of the West thrust the Holy Rainbow Sword into the edge of Bifröst. The rainbow connected to the severed bridge section, extending an endless path that stretched down from the clouds... on the other side of the bridge lay the mortal world.
They quickly crossed Bifröst and left Asgard. Just as Lin Qiye was about to step onto the bridge, Sun Wukong beside him suddenly stopped in his tracks.
He turned back, gazing toward that towering sacred mountain.
"Monkey Brother, what's wrong?" Lin Qiye asked, puzzled.
Sun Wukong's golden eyes narrowed slightly, as if gazing at something far away. After a moment of silence, he pointed toward the shattered God-King's temple:
"I saw Bragi charging in."
Hearing these words, Lin Qiye's heart sank.
With Asgard suffering such a massive upheaval, Bragi would certainly know about it... In this situation, if he went to check on Idun's soul and directly confronted Thor, wouldn't he be walking right into the line of fire?
"Oh no..." Lin Qiye murmured to himself.