143: Chapter 143 Evolution of the Dao Fruit, Initial Formation of the Divine Kingdom

In front of Zhenxu Pass, there was a dead silence.

Everyone held their breath, their eyes locked onto that swaying, blood-drenched figure in the starry sky who still stood tall like a solitary Peak, as well as the phantom of the Chaos Reincarnation world inside his body, which was violently shaking, flickering, and seemingly on the verge of collapsing completely at any moment.

Time seemed to be infinitely stretched. Every instant felt as long as an epoch.

Lin Wan's body was like porcelain that had shattered and been barely glued back together, covered in crisscrossing, bone-deep, terrifying cracks. Golden, highly vital Quasi-Immortal blood gushed from his wounds as if it were worthless, dyeing his tattered black robe red, and also staining the cold Void Realm beneath him. His aura was weak to the extreme, like a candle in the wind that could be completely extinguished at any moment.

However, his eyes remained bright, even more brilliant than the stars. It was a light that transcended life and death, saw through destruction, and contained an unyielding will and endless wisdom. On the brink of boundless pain and the collapse of his Dao Fruit, his consciousness was frantically operating, deducing, resisting, and refining.

Inside his body, the phantom of the Chaos Reincarnation world was the center of the storm at this moment, as well as the key to life and death.

How terrifying and pure was the destructive energy generated by the Holy Lord's self-detonation of his Dao Fruit, which touched the Origin of 'the end'. It was an ultimate destruction capable of burying a great world and severely wounding a True Immortal. This power was currently being forcibly imprisoned and compressed by Lin Wan within his own incomplete embryonic Chaos Samsara Dao Fruit, madly crashing and raging, attempting to break through all restraints to completely blast Lin Wan, along with this embryonic Dao Fruit, into nothingness.

Inside the embryonic Dao Fruit, it was already a scene of purgatory. The endless, pure dark energy representing 'the end' and destruction roared and crashed wildly within like countless rampaging black dragons. With every impact, the embryonic Dao Fruit trembled violently, the gray Chaos light on its surface dimmed a bit more, and the hazy 'world' structure evolving inside cracked and annihilated a bit further.

"Crack... Crack..."

Subtle, heart-palpitating cracking sounds constantly echoed from within the embryonic Dao Fruit, as if in the next moment, this 'world' that carried all of Lin Wan's cultivation, all his hopes, and even his entire existence would completely fall apart.

However, just at the moment when this absolute destruction and absolute end were about to descend completely, when the embryonic Dao Fruit was about to completely collapse, and when Lin Wan's existence was about to be completely erased—

At the very core and deepest part of the embryonic Dao Fruit, that tiny, strange light born from the previous collision, devouring, and Fusion with the Holy Lord's Dao Fruit Origin—weak yet containing something that transcended all, evolved all, and embraced all, as if it were the beginning of the Dao—that speck of 'Initial Spiritual Light' suddenly... lit up again!

This time, it was no longer weak, no longer hazy.

As if subjected to the extreme oppression, honing, and tempering of the destructive power of 'the end', this speck of 'Initial Spiritual Light' seemed to have completed its final transformation and sublimation in a desperate situation, suddenly bursting with brilliant light!

Its light was no longer a simple gray Chaos color, nor was it the pure white light of 'existence', much less the profound light and shadow of 'Reincarnation'. Instead, it was a... 'Primordial Light' that was difficult to describe in any words, seemingly containing all binary oppositions of 'existence' and 'non-existence', 'life' and 'death', 'beginning' and 'end', yet transcending above them, representing the most essential and original...!

"Buzz—!"

The instant the 'Primordial Light' lit up, the entire violently shaking embryonic Dao Fruit, on the verge of collapsing, suddenly froze.

Under the illumination of this 'Primordial Light', the destructive energy representing the self-detonation of 'the end' that was madly crashing and raging seemed to have met its nemesis, or perhaps... found its home, and weirdly... calmed down.

No, it was not calming down, but... being 'defined', being 'embraced', being... assimilated!

Wherever the 'Primordial Light' passed, the pure dark energy representing 'the end' and destruction melted and decomposed rapidly like snow meeting a blazing sun. However, it did not dissipate; instead, it was 'redefined', 'recombined', and 'reevolved' by the transcendent, evolving power contained within that light!

The 'Chaos' dao rhyme was no longer merely about embracing and evolving. Instead, it blended with the destructive power of 'the end', turning into the power of 'creation' that split the heavens and earth, separating the clear from the turbid!

The 'existence' dao rhyme was no longer merely about defining and stabilizing. Instead, it combined with the annihilation intent of 'the end', turning into an 'ordering' power that kept all things in order and the Laws stable!

The 'Reincarnation' dao rhyme was no longer merely about birth, death, and cycles. Instead, it fused with the thoughts of termination from 'the end', turning into a power of 'destiny' that drove the change of epochs and the cycle of Karma!

And that thread of the purest 'the end' dao rhyme originating from the Holy Lord's Dao Fruit Origin was not obliterated either. Under the governance of the 'Primordial Light', it completely fused with 'Chaos', 'existence', and 'Reincarnation', turning into the indispensable stages of 'decay' and 'emptiness' within the process of 'formation, existence, decay, and emptiness' during this 'world's' evolution. It became an indispensable hub for the transition between 'termination' and 'new life' within 'Reincarnation', making the evolution of the entire 'world' more complete and more... real!

In an instant, with that speck of 'Primordial Light' as the core, the entire embryonic Dao Fruit on the verge of collapsing began an unprecedented, earth-shaking, almost Rebirth-like... violent evolution and reshaping!

The Chaos airflow was no longer a simple gray, but turned into a gray, egg-like Chaos Origin Qi containing the great power of 'creation', in which various most basic embryonic Laws such as earth, fire, water, wind, light, darkness, time, and space began to self-generate, collide, and combine.

The 'existence' runes were no longer merely illusory imprints, but combined with the Chaos Origin Qi to transform into tangible and material embryonic forms of mountains, rivers, sun, moon, stars, plants, insects, fish, wind, rain, thunder, and lightning that constituted the basic elements of the 'world'. Under the influence of a certain 'ordering' power, they began to arrange, combine, and evolve on their own according to some profound rules that seemed preset by the 'Great Dao'.

The 'Reincarnation' light and shadow was also no longer merely an illusory cycle of light and shadow. Instead, it combined with those 'world' elements and the power of 'termination' that fused with 'the end' dao rhyme, turning into invisible yet real... chains of rules and networks of destiny, such as birth, old age, sickness, death, formation, existence, decay, emptiness, Karma, fate, and tribulations, which were more complex and profound, maintaining the operation of the 'world' and driving the change of 'epochs'!

The 'the end' dao rhyme completely integrated into 'Reincarnation', becoming the symbol of 'decay' and 'emptiness', and the driving force and link for the 'world' to move toward decline, termination, and return to Chaos. This made the evolution of the entire 'world' no longer static and perfect, but dynamic, cyclical, constantly moving from 'birth' to 'destruction', and breeding 'birth' from 'destruction'—a complete, vivid... Reincarnation that seemed to possess its own life!

"Buzz— Buzz, buzz—!"

The embryonic Dao Fruit—no, at this moment, perhaps it could no longer be called an 'embryo'.

Under the governance of the 'Primordial Light', after fusing and refining the terrifying energy of the Holy Lord's self-detonation that touched 'the end' Origin, and under the guidance of Lin Wan's unyielding will, this originally hazy, illusory, and unstable 'world' phantom began a violent, substantive evolution and transformation!

Its volume did not increase; instead, under the constraint of some 'Law', it began to shrink inward and condense, becoming more solid and more... 'real'! It was as if it wanted to truly evolve from an illusory 'phantom' condensed by dao rhyme into an... independent 'world' containing its own complete system of Laws, existing between the virtual and the real!

No, perhaps calling it a 'Divine Kingdom' is more appropriate!

When Cultivators practice, from the Golden Core and Nascent Soul stages, they open up an inner world and evolve a Small World. Upon reaching Soul Transformation, the Divine Soul initially fuses with the inner world, which can be called a 'Grotto-Heaven'. Upon reaching Void Refining (King level), the Grotto-Heaven's Laws are further perfected, the space becomes stable, and it can initially accommodate living beings and evolve an ecosystem, which can be called a 'Blessed Land'. Upon reaching 'Quasi-Immortal', the Blessed Land's Laws tend to be perfected, capable of spawning simple life, and can even briefly bear the Cultivator's true body, which can be called a 'Small World' or 'Demiplane'.

As for a 'True Immortal', they must undergo the Heavenly Tribulation and ascend to immortality, aligning their own Great Dao with the rules of heaven and earth, before they can condense a 'Dao Fruit' and perfectly fuse their own 'Small World' with the 'Dao Fruit'. This evolves into a truly independent, Law-perfected 'Divine Kingdom' that can form its own boundary, contain its own Great Dao, and even bear faith, spawn deities, and shelter living beings!

The 'Divine Kingdom' is the Foundation of a 'True Immortal', the manifestation of their Great Dao, the source of their power, and the basis of their immortality! Within a perfected 'Divine Kingdom', the Laws are complete, Spiritual Qi is self-generated, and it can even evolve living beings on its own, forming a unique civilization and Reincarnation, almost equivalent to a miniature, independent Universe! Its power far surpasses the so-called 'Small World' or 'Blessed Land'.

And at this moment, the 'world' evolving inside Lin Wan's body surprisingly already possessed some of the embryonic form and grandeur of a... 'Divine Kingdom'!

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Although its scale could not compare with a true "True Immortal Divine Kingdom" that had been baptized by the Heavenly Tribulation and possessed a perfected Dao, and its internal Laws were only just beginning to take shape and were far from perfect, its core—that speck of "Primordial Light"—seemed to possess a nature even higher than the "Dao Fruit" of an ordinary "True Immortal"! The Fusion and evolution of the various supreme dao rhymes it contained, such as "Chaos," "Existence," "Reincarnation," and "the end," were profound and unfathomable, with infinite potential that far exceeded the scope of an ordinary "Divine Kingdom"!

This meant that what Lin Wan was condensing at this moment was not an ordinary "True Immortal Divine Kingdom," but a kind of... more ancient, more essential, more magnificent, and more incredibly potential-filled... "Chaos Reincarnation Divine Kingdom"!

"Boom—!"

With the final formation and stabilization of the embryonic "Chaos Reincarnation Divine Kingdom," an indescribable, magnificent ripple—as if the world were being created, all things were being born, or eras were changing and all phenomena were being renewed—erupted from within Lin Wan's body, sweeping across the starry sky for a million miles!

Wherever the ripple passed, the starry sky's Laws, which had been shattered and disordered by the great battle, began to rapidly repair and realign as if they had received a supreme decree. Those Star Domains that had been eroded by the aura of "the end" and were deathly silent seemed to be injected with a brand-new vitality; although they remained desolate, they had lost some of their deathly silence and gained a Foundation of... "Existence." Even the soldiers on "Zhenxu Pass" who were critically wounded began to have their injuries heal at a visible rate under the nourishment of this ripple, and their withered auras began to slowly recover.

"This... this is..."

"The Alliance Leader... he succeeded?!"

"So... such a powerful aura! This... this has already surpassed a 'Quasi-Immortal'! Could it be that the Alliance Leader... has broken through?!"

On "Zhenxu Pass," everyone was shocked by this sudden, magnificent ripple containing infinite vitality and profound dao rhyme, staring dumbfounded at the figure in the starry sky.

Lin Wan's body, which had been covered in cracks, drenched in blood, and seemingly on the verge of disintegration, was instantly enveloped in a grey, chaotic Origin Qi that seemed to contain endless creative vitality the moment the embryonic "Chaos Reincarnation Divine Kingdom" formed. Under the nourishment of this chaotic Origin Qi, the terrifying wounds on his body rapidly healed, scabbed over, and fell off at a visible rate, revealing skin underneath that was as white and lustrous as jade, like that of a newborn baby, yet contained terrifying power. His aura, which had been withered to the extreme, began to soar and recover like a rocket, even... surpassing his previous Peak state!

The Bottleneck of the Great Perfection of Void Refining was like paper; it broke at a single touch!

"Quasi-Immortal" Early Stage... "Quasi-Immortal" Middle Stage... "Quasi-Immortal" Late Stage... "Quasi-Immortal" Peak!

It was an unstoppable advance, without any obstacles, until... he touched that mysterious layer, the barrier between immortal and mortal that represented a "True Immortal"!

No, it was not just touching!

His aura, after reaching the "Quasi-Immortal" Peak and touching the "True Immortal" barrier, did not stop; instead, it continued with an unstoppable momentum and violently... crashed into it!

"Crack..."

A slight cracking sound, as if it originated from the depths of his Soul and resonated through the Dao of all heavens and worlds, seemed to emanate from within Lin Wan's body.

The next moment, a more vast, majestic, deep, and unfathomable aura of an "Immortal"—which seemed to stand above all living beings and vaguely align with the Dao of Heaven and Earth—slowly began to permeate from Lin Wan's body!

Although this "Immortal" aura was still very weak and unstable, like a candle in the wind or a newly lit spark that could go out at any moment, its essence and level had already undergone a heaven-shaking, earth-shattering change! It was a leap in the level of life, a qualitative change of the "Dao," and... the beginning of the transition from "Mortal" to "Immortal"!

"True... True Immortal aura?!"

"The Alliance Leader... he triggered the barrier between immortal and mortal?! He is charging at... the True Immortal realm?!"

"This... how is this possible?! He only just stepped into the 'Quasi-Immortal' realm not long ago!"

"That's it! That's it! The Alliance Leader devoured and refined the Dao Fruit Origin of the 'Holy Lord,' and condensed such an incredible embryonic 'Divine Kingdom.' His Foundation is so deep that it has long since far surpassed an ordinary 'Quasi-Immortal' Peak! Triggering the barrier between immortal and mortal and charging at the True Immortal realm is only logical!"

"Heaven bless our Alliance! Heaven bless our Human Race! The Alliance Leader... is about to achieve Immortal Ascension!"

After a brief silence, earth-shaking cheers filled with excitement, ecstasy, and disbelief erupted on "Zhenxu Pass"! Countless people had tears in their eyes, countless people knelt and kowtowed, and countless people roared at the sky!

Finding life in desperation! Turning the tide! Slaying the great enemy! And now, he is even... about to achieve immediate Immortal Ascension!

Their Alliance Leader, their hope, their guardian deity, Lin Wan, was creating one myth after another that would be recorded in the history of all heavens!

In the starry sky, Lin Wan slowly opened his eyes.

As his eyes opened and closed, magnificent scenes of Chaos opening, worlds evolving, eras changing, and all things being born and perishing seemed to flash by, eventually returning to a deep, calm starry sky that seemed to contain infinite wisdom and majesty.

He felt the embryonic "Chaos Reincarnation Divine Kingdom" within him—already initially stabilized, self-contained, slowly rotating, and exuding an aura of eternal immortality and the evolution of all things—and he felt his own mana, Physical Body, and Divine Soul, which had already undergone a qualitative transformation and were infinitely close to the "True Immortal" level. In his heart, there was neither joy nor sorrow, only a sense of calm and clarity after seeing through life and death, understanding the Dao, and transcending the cage.

"Chaos Reincarnation Divine Kingdom... the Foundation of a True Immortal..."

"So, this is my Dao..."

"With Chaos as the base, Existence as the bone, Reincarnation as the pulse, and the end as the conclusion, I evolve a Divine Kingdom and form my own Dao..."

"My Dao is complete."

He gently raised his hand. In his palm, a grey light, as if containing a small Chaos Universe, slowly rotated, exuding a profound and unfathomable aura. This light was the projection of his embryonic "Chaos Reincarnation Divine Kingdom" and the source of his current power.

The "Holy Lord" was dead; its Dao Fruit that touched the Origin of "the end" had been completely devoured and refined by him, becoming the nourishment and cornerstone for the evolution of his own "Divine Kingdom." Although the "Holy Lord" itself might not have truly fallen (it might have just been a powerful Clone, or an important part of its main body), after this battle, its forces in this Star Domain had suffered a devastating blow, and within a short time, it would absolutely have no power to invade again.

As for him, he had turned a misfortune into a blessing; not only had he successfully condensed an unprecedented, infinitely potential embryonic "Chaos Reincarnation Divine Kingdom," but his cultivation had also skyrocketed, touching the threshold of a "True Immortal" in one go. He was only one last step away—passing the "True Immortal Heavenly Tribulation"—to truly ascend and become the first Cultivator in this domain in countless years to step into the "True Immortal" realm by his own power!

"True Immortal Heavenly Tribulation..." Lin Wan looked up into the depths of the starry sky. In the netherworld, the aura of the tribulation clouds—which seemed to have already begun to gather, causing palpitations, and intertwining destruction and new life—flashed a hint of solemnity in his eyes, but even more, it was... anticipation.

He knew that the real test was about to come.

The "True Immortal Heavenly Tribulation" was the final test sent down by the Heavenly Dao to creatures who defied the heavens and attempted to transcend. Its power was terrifying; throughout history, countless talented "Quasi-Immortal" Peaks had fallen at this last step, turning into fly ash under the Heavenly Tribulation, their Soul Flying Away and Spirit Scattering.

But he was not afraid.

His Dao was Chaos, Reincarnation, tolerance, and evolution. His "Divine Kingdom" was already initially formed and could become a world of its own to resist the might of Heaven. His accumulation, his Foundation, and his will had long since surpassed the scope of an ordinary "Quasi-Immortal."

"This 'True Immortal Heavenly Tribulation' is the last step for me to enter the 'True Immortal' realm, completely stabilize the 'Chaos Reincarnation Divine Kingdom,' and announce my Dao to all the heavens!"

In Lin Wan's eyes, a blazing Battle Intent ignited.

He turned and looked at the countless gazes of excitement, anticipation, and reverence on "Zhenxu Pass," slowly speaking in a calm voice that clearly reached everyone's ears:

"Everyone, the 'Holy Lord' has been slain, and the external threat is temporarily removed. However, the Dao is long, and the tribulations have not yet dissipated. I must undergo the 'True Immortal Heavenly Tribulation' here to completely stabilize my cultivation. This tribulation is dangerous and has a wide reach. I ask everyone to retreat quickly and stay away from this place to avoid being affected by the Heavenly Tribulation."

"Alliance Leader!" "Husband!" "Lin Wan!"

Upon hearing this, everyone changed color. They naturally knew the horror of the "True Immortal Heavenly Tribulation"; it was by no means something that could be resisted by human power, and even bystanders could be implicated and perish. The Alliance Leader had just experienced a life-and-death battle, and now he had to face the Heavenly Tribulation alone...

"Do not worry." Lin Wan smiled slightly, his smile carrying powerful self-confidence. "I have my own measure. I will surely pass this tribulation. Once I succeed in Undergoing Tribulation, it will be the time for the 'All-Heavens Anti-Calamity Alliance' to truly rise, sweep away 'the end,' and return peace to the heavens!"

As his voice fell, Lin Wan said no more. His figure moved, turning into a stream of light, and he sped away towards the depths of the starry sky, far away from "Zhenxu Pass" and any life-bearing stars, into an absolutely empty and deathly silent region.

"Everyone, obey the Alliance Leader's order, retreat! Set up defensive barriers and act as Protectors for the Alliance Leader!" Emperor Yan suppressed the worry in his heart and ordered sternly. He knew that at this moment, they could not help at all; the only thing they could do was not cause trouble for Lin Wan, and guard "Zhenxu Pass" while waiting for good news.

The Alliance army quickly retreated, setting up layers of defense tens of millions of miles away from the place Lin Wan had chosen for Undergoing Tribulation, nervously watching the starry sky that was gradually being shrouded in an indescribable, destructive aura.

There, the tribulation clouds began to gather.