642: Chapter 645 Seed of the World

That hand was as massive as the heavens and the earth.

It was covered in ancient, glowing runes.

Every single one flowed with the power of Law.

With a slow, unstoppable momentum,

it pressed down toward Lu Chen.

Lu Chen's pupils constricted abruptly.

He instantly felt the gap in their Realms.

"What... this bastard's strength is above the Truth Realm!"

Lu Chen grit his teeth.

He desperately straightened his back.

"Does the will of the Eternal Divine Domain want to kill me on purpose? Even an existence like this can break the rules and intervene."

This was no Candidate.

This was a supreme powerhouse, a guardian of an ancient Family, ignoring the trial's rules to seek revenge.

The power radiating from that hand

far exceeded any powerhouse Lu Chen had ever encountered in the outside world.

That aura felt as if it could crush the very concept of existence itself.

It reminded him of the overwhelming pressure he had felt in the Xi Caves.

Though it lacked that level of antiquity,

at Lu Chen's current Realm, the opponent was more than enough to completely crush him to death.

His bones began to creak, and his skin started to crack.

The surrounding air solidified into a wall of pure hostility.

He tried to reach for his sword, but his arm felt as if it were stuck in molten lead.

The pressure was terrifying to the extreme; even the boundless sword of the void sea was suppressed by the authority of the being above.

"I can't block it."

Lu Chen judged instantly.

"I'm still not strong enough."

In the very moment despair began to invade his mind,

something stirred deep within his body.

Within his Inner Heaven and Earth, the very place where his Foundation of existence lay, a transformation was reaching its critical moment.

The World Tree, which symbolized the pillar of the Inner Heaven and Earth's existence,

and the creation lotus, which symbolized the source of all things,

had finally ended their long struggle for dominance.

The World Tree had completely devoured the creation lotus.

The Fusion of the two great treasures

gave birth to an indescribable new life.

It was a tree that pulsed with the rhythm of a heartbeat.

Its leaves shimmered with the colors of both the dawn and the abyss simultaneously.

Boom!

A terrifying, destructive light surged wildly out from Lu Chen's Inner Heaven and Earth.

This was a pure, primordial beam of energy.

It completely ignored the Laws of the physical plane.

It shot straight out from his chest.

Like a hot needle piercing through silk, it punctured the crushing aura of the giant hand.

The beam struck the center of the palm that was as large as the world.

"Argh...!"

A pained roar echoed from above the rift.

The giant hand convulsed violently, and gold-black blood sprayed everywhere.

Every drop that fell was like a meteorite hitting the ground, blasting out massive craters.

Existences at that level were almost immune to pain.

Only those at the same Realm or higher could harm a lifeform above the Truth Realm.

But the light released by the evolved World Tree was far superior in quality to the opponent's power...

It was a power that touched the Origin.

The giant hand retracted instantly, like a child burned by fire.

The spatial rift healed rapidly.

The Supreme Elder of the Ghost Moon Clan—

that powerhouse—was startled and heavily injured, unable to continue the attack.

Lu Chen did not waste a single second.

He knew.

This was a rare and brief chance for survival.

He lunged forward, entering directly into the space magic cube... his mobile sanctuary.

The space magic cube hummed softly as it pulled him into the interior of the metallic hall.

While it couldn't withstand a prolonged attack from such a powerhouse,

it existed between the layers of reality.

It bought him precious time to breathe, recover, and... most importantly... think.

Lu Chen let out a long sigh of relief.

His chest still burned from the energy burst just now.

At this moment, he was completely alone.

There were no friends to rely on, no Family to protect him.

He was a lone predator,

hunted by the monsters of the entire forest.

Every step was watched, and every victory would only draw out even more terrifying enemies.

"I must finish this damn trial as quickly as possible."

Lu Chen wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and muttered to himself.

"But those higher-ups... they don't want me to succeed."

"They know I carry the blood of the Human Progenitor."

"They've probably even guessed what wish I'll make if I win."

He stared at the ceiling of the space magic cube.

His thoughts spun rapidly.

"The reason they haven't used their full power to directly erase me yet..."

"There must be some kind of restriction in the shadows. Something is stopping them from simply erasing this entire reality to kill me."

"I need a massive leap in strength."

Lu Chen said softly.

"I must integrate the powerful Bloodlines I harvested earlier into my Myriad Source Bloodline."

"Only then can my Physical Body Breakthrough to the next Realm."

He closed his eyes and entered his Inner Heaven and Earth.

He went to check the source of the power that had just saved his life.

The Inner Heaven and Earth was no longer as peaceful as a garden.

Instead, it had transformed into a vast, swirling world of energy.

In the center of the world stood the evolved World Tree.

It was no longer just a tree, but the anchor of the Inner Heaven and Earth.

Perfect, balanced, and unfathomable.

The World Tree had now become a completely new species, one with no record in history.

As Lu Chen gazed at its transformed state,

a clear, resonant voice echoed directly in his consciousness.

This voice didn't sound mechanical, artificial, or like the System.

It was more like the eternal whisper of wind passing through billions of leaves.

"Master... I am the World Tree. I know you have fallen into a great crisis."

Lu Chen opened his eyes in shock.

This tree had never spoken before.

Until this very moment,

it had only been a silent, infinite source of power.

"You can talk?"

Lu Chen's voice was full of disbelief.

"After fusing with the creation lotus, I have reached a new level of life."

The World Tree answered calmly.

"Master, I have something very important to tell you."

"Go on."

Lu Chen was fully focused.

"Master, I have become the balance between Yin and Yang, the bridge between energy and entropy."

"But my evolution is not yet complete. I have the Foundation, but I lack the essence of high-level life to stabilize my new form."

The World Tree's branches swayed gently as it continued.

"If you can bring me five Truth Realm powerhouses from the Positive Universe and five Truth Realm powerhouses from the Anti-Universe, my evolution can be fully completed."

"Because I am directly connected to your Origin, when I reach Perfection, your power will also Ascension along with me."

Lu Chen listened quietly, his heart beating faster and faster.

"If completed,"

the World Tree continued,

"your strength will step directly into the Eternal Realm. That Realm is only one level below the Dao Authority Realm."

A wave of pure excitement swept through Lu Chen's entire body.

The Eternal Realm was a legendary Realm.

Existences standing at that level

could make a single thought eternal.

They could create or annihilate all things with a wave of a hand.

They were the true rulers of this world.

If his strength could reach that Realm,

the Ghost Moon Elder would be nothing more than an annoying bug in front of him.

He could walk through the entire trial openly and make his wish without any obstruction.

But as soon as he thought about the practical difficulty,

the pressure became immense.

"Ten Truth Realm powerhouses."

Lu Chen whispered, "And five positive, five negative."

"How am I supposed to catch them? The will of the Eternal Divine Domain is already against me; I can't even find them."

"Master, you do not need to face them all at once."

The World Tree's gentle voice replied.

"You also do not need to surpass them in power to trap them."

"You possess the space magic cube and hold the boundless sword of the void sea. Most importantly, you have me."

"As long as you can lure them into your Inner Heaven and Earth, I can assist you in suppressing them."

Lu Chen stood tall in the center of the space magic cube.

A new and dangerous determination ignited in his eyes.

The fear from before vanished completely.

In its place was the cold calculation of a predator setting a lethal trap.

He had no allies.

But he had a world.

"The Ghost Moon Elder and those people want my life."

A cold smile curled on Lu Chen's lips.

"They think I'm a cornered beast with nowhere to go."

"Next, they will definitely come searching for me. They will surely send their strongest—those Truth Realm lifeforms."

He looked down at his hands,

feeling the golden blood of the Human Progenitor flowing violently within him.

"In that case, I'll give them what they want."

"I'll expose my location on purpose. When they come to kill me, I'll drag them into my Inner Heaven and Earth and turn them into nourishment for my World Tree."

Lu Chen fully understood the risk.

If he failed even once, he would be turned to ashes.

But he had no other choice.

This world was tightening the noose around his neck.

If he wanted to survive,

he had to be even more terrifying.

He began to precisely probe the nearby space.

He needed an isolated place.

A place where he could set his trap and avoid the interference of the Eternal Divine Domain's will as much as possible.

"Ten days."

Lu Chen made his decision.

"I'll take ten days to digest the Bloodlines collected from the killed Candidates and push my Physical Body to the limit."

"Then, I'll take the initiative to strike."

He sat in the center of the space magic cube

and entered a state of deep meditation.

The Bloodlines of thousands of fallen protagonists turned into swirling orbs of light surrounding him.

He absorbed them one by one,

fusing them seamlessly into his Myriad Source Bloodline.

With every Bloodline integrated,

his heartbeat became a fraction louder.

With every Bloodline integrated,

his skin became tougher, and his Foundation became deeper.

He was no longer just a simple human Bloodline.

He was becoming an aggregate of all the most powerful potential Bloodlines in the world.

Lu Chen was gradually reaching a certain Realm:

All powers controlled by me;

Within a single thought, all forces are at my disposal.

His Myriad Source Bloodline

was also slowly devouring the blood of the Human Progenitor.

Lu Chen did not know

what it would become after devouring these Bloodlines,

but he looked forward to it immensely.

After fusing over fifteen hundred Bloodlines,

Lu Chen did not stop.

A few days ago,

he had integrated a Bloodline... the World Seed.

Lu Chen was certain

that this Bloodline was practically a cheat.

It allowed the user, with enough energy,

to create a world starting from a single seed.

And not only that...

Those worlds could grow to be as massive as his Inner Heaven and Earth.

If he created a million World Seeds

and let them grow to the scale of his Inner Heaven and Earth,

then his power would skyrocket a millionfold.

This meant that every Breakthrough

could bring a million times the power of the same level.

And a million was far from the limit.

Lu Chen possessed infinite energy.

He could create an infinite number of worlds within his body.

With this single Bloodline alone,

it would be enough for him to crush everything.

Not to mention, once the System he created himself truly started up...

Lu Chen could already imagine

just how terrifying his strength would be at that time.

The space magic cube

possessed a hundred-thousand-fold time acceleration.

Even if he stayed inside for a million days,

only ten days would pass in the outside world.

Lu Chen's plan:

First, use two hundred and fifty thousand days

to create as many infinite worlds as possible.

After that,

ripen them all at once.

He had calculated:

Creating a World Seed and implanting it in his body

took five seconds.

This meant that.

Within two hundred and fifty thousand days.

He can create approximately 4.32 billion World Seeds.

In other words.

Once all these worlds mature.

He will possess power equivalent to 4.32 billion powerhouses in the Creation Realm.

But Lu Chen is no ordinary lifeform.

He possesses infinite energy.

This means he can manufacture an infinite number of Clones.

Each Clone.

Can also create 4.32 billion seeds.

The final result is immeasurable.

Lu Chen sat cross-legged.

He began to manufacture Clones.

A massive number of Clones manifested within his Inner Heaven and Earth.

Soon.

The number of Clones reached the level of 10^100.

"Alright, that's enough. Begin."

Lu Chen said.

With this, the true Cultivation officially commenced.

However, he still did not stop manufacturing World Seeds.

He continued to manufacture Clones.

The Clones continued to manufacture World Seeds.

Lu Chen decided: the production of World Seeds would not stop for a single moment.

Energy was being consumed at a frantic rate.

If he were using external energy, he would have drained the entire Eternal Divine Domain long ago.

While Lu Chen was frantically Cultivating.

The outside world fell into complete Chaos.

Inside the Ghost Moon Ancient Clan.

"Elder Ghost Moon, what has happened?"

The other Elders asked with concern.

"That bastard has a powerful treasure on him that can injure me. He must die. But we cannot take risks. Send scouts first to keep an eye on him."

Outside the space magic cube.

Undercurrents were surging throughout the world.

The shockwaves brought by Lu Chen penetrated through layers of dimensions.

They reached the grand halls of the oldest and most terrifying forces in the Eternal Divine Domain.

These were the Supreme Ancient Clans.

Bloodlines that had once birthed the throne of the Fate Supreme.

Those who once held the fate of the entire Eternal Divine Domain in the palm of their hands.

In this era.

These seven Families were the Dominators behind the scenes of the entire world.

Even the three thousand Primordial Races... those proudest and most ancient groups... had to treat members of these Families with absolute respect when they visited.

Their power hierarchy was simple, yet suffocating:

At the very top were the Primogenitors who presided over the Eternal Realm.

Below them were the Supreme Elders and Origin Supremes, whose power was only a step away from being comparable to a Primogenitor.

Inside the main hall of the Ghost Moon Family.

Seven figures sat in a circle.

Every single one was a Supreme Elder.

With every breath they took, the surrounding space would distort.

The Supreme Elder of the Ghost Moon Family sat in the primary seat.

The arm that had been injured by the light of the World Tree was still undergoing Rebirth.

"That boy has a powerful treasure that can injure an Origin Supreme."

The Ghost Moon Elder's voice was cold and raspy.

"In that light, I felt the aura of the Origin."

"If we do not eliminate him now, he will surely become a disaster that none of us can suppress in the future."

"A disaster?"

A Supreme Elder from the Void Star Family sneered.

"He is but a human, a mere insect."

"Ghost Moon Kongming, you were simply careless, nothing more."

"Void Star Tuozhen, he killed thousands of Candidates with a single sword strike."

The Ghost Moon Elder glared back and retorted,

"Furthermore, the will of the Eternal Divine Domain has already contacted us personally."

"It wants him dead."

"However, the will is restricted by the Laws of the trials; it can only allow those in the Truth Realm and below to enter the trial grounds."

"If the Realm is any higher, the structure of the physical plane will collapse."

"Sending three Truth Realm powerhouses from each clan should be sufficient."

The Supreme Elder of the Thunder Summoning Family proposed.

"Even if he has a powerful treasure, he is but one person. It is impossible for him to oppose twenty-one Truth Realm powerhouses simultaneously."

"What about the opinions of the Primogenitors?"

A woman from the Radiant Sun Family asked.

"Have your Primogenitors issued any instructions?"

The Ghost Moon Elder looked away.

"I attempted to contact my Primogenitor, but I failed."

"He is likely in deep seclusion or busy with matters on a higher plane."

"Besides, I do not wish to disturb him just to eliminate such an annoying insect. That would become a stain on our lives."

"Agreed."

The others murmured in agreement.

"Very well."

The Ghost Moon Elder made the final decision,

"Each clan will send three Truth Realm powerhouses. We will surround and capture him, then divide his secrets equally."

"Deal."

"Deal."

While the seven Great Ancient Clans were mobilizing their forces.

Lu Chen was in a state that transcended the concept of a "protagonist."

Inside the space magic cube.

Time was no longer a river.

But a vast, stagnant ocean.

Under the hundred-thousand-fold time acceleration.

Ten days in the outside world was, for Lu Chen, a staggering 2,740 years.

But Lu Chen did not waste a moment.

He used infinite energy to drive infinite comprehension and infinite Clones.

Lu Chen's Physical Body.

Was like the boundless void.

Within this void.

Sat 10¹⁰⁰ Lu Chen Clones cross-legged.

This number... a googol-level of Clones... was so massive that if each Clone were a grain of sand, they would suffice to fill the entire Universe countless times over.

Every single Clone possessed the World Seed Bloodline.

Every single Clone was working frantically.

Every five seconds.

A Clone would condense a World Seed.

Inject it with infinite energy.

And then implant it into Lu Chen's body, turning it into his Origin Foundation.

1...

100...

10,000...

1,000,000...

As the years turned.

Centuries and millennia flew by.

Lu Chen had long since lost the concept of counting.

His consciousness.

Merged with the labor of all his Clones.

He felt like a gardener.

Tending to a forest that spanned the entire multiverse.

Finally.

685 years had passed within the time field.

Lu Chen opened his eyes.

What was reflected in his pupils.

Was no longer the light of stars.

But the light of a googolplex of real worlds.

The number of worlds within his body.

Was so vast that if a Mortal's brain even tried to think of the first digit.

It would instantly explode.

"Alright."

Lu Chen said softly.

His voice resounded through the googol of Clones.

"It is time for all of you to evolve together."

He opened the floodgates of the infinite Origin sea.

The energy consumption.

Was at a level of horror unprecedented in the world.

To nourish the growth of a googolplex of worlds.

The energy Lu Chen extracted.

Was enough to drain ten thousand dimensions into cold, silent, dead shells within a single second.

But his energy was infinite.

As these worlds grew frantically.

Something strange happened.

In the Laws of physics, energy is neither created nor destroyed.

And the flow of massive amounts of energy inevitably invokes entropy.

Entropy is the measure of Chaos and decay.

The energy Lu Chen mobilized reached the googolplex level.

The resulting entropy value was astronomical.

It began to manifest as physical Laws around him.

Grey, hazy threads of decay began to entwine around the World Tree.

[Law of Entropy: 7%]

[7.00001%...]

[7.00002%...]

Lu Chen watched in surprise.

He had originally thought.

That after the World Tree devoured the creation lotus, he would have to find another way to research the opposing Laws.

But merely by immersing himself in nurturing the worlds within his body.

The Universe forced him to understand the price of power.

"I see."

Lu Chen realized.

"Entropy is not just death."

"It is the footprint left behind by energy."

For the next 275 years.

He maintained this state.

Within his body.

The World Seeds matured at a terrifying speed:

From tiny seeds, they expanded into planets;

Planets birthed stars;

Stars formed galaxies;

Galaxies collided into Universes;

Universes layered into multiverses and immeasurable Chaos;

Ultimately, they turned into paradox Domains and dimensions.

His power.

Was not just growing.

It was skyrocketing by billions of times every second.

He felt that his Physical Body shell.

Was sturdier than any Truth Realm weapon.

When the Law of Entropy reached 10%, Lu Chen's max-level comprehension Soul Skill suddenly erupted.

Golden light and the grey mist of entropy collided violently.

An Epiphany struck his mind like a thunderbolt:

If entropy is the footprint.

Then there must be a foot that leaves the footprint.

If there is a Law for the decay of energy.

Then there must be a Law for the Origin of energy.

He fell into a deep state of Dao comprehension.

This time.

It was not just the 10¹⁰⁰ Clones working.

But his entire existence itself was in operation.

A thousand years later.

A new notification emerged in his mind.

[Law of Energy: 0.01%]

Boom!

The moment the words appeared.

The entire creation Universe trembled.

The Anti-Universe... the Domain of the Primal Shadow,

The Positive Universe... the Domain of the Supreme One,

Both vibrated violently at the same time.

The stars in every galaxy flickered.

Gods of the lower planes fell from their thrones in terror.

The Law of Energy.

Was the fundamental Law of the creation Universe.

It was the most basic cornerstone of this cage.

Comprehending it.

Was equivalent to holding the key to the cage's lock.

At the highest point of the positive world.

That mass of absolute light...

The Supreme One opened his eyes.

On his face, which was eternally calm and indifferent.

A rare emotion appeared for the first time:

Confusion.

At the same time.

In the void of the Anti-Universe.

The Primal Shadow stopped his action of creating new planes.

He turned his gaze.

Toward the center of the Eternal Divine Domain.

"The second taboo has been broken."

The Primal Shadow whispered.

Twenty-one Truth Realm powerhouses had already entered the trial grounds... which was the physical plane where Lu Chen was located.

But they did not charge in recklessly.

"That boy has a very dangerous treasure."

"We will set up a grand array first and capture him immediately as soon as he comes out."

The Truth Realm powerhouse from the Ghost Moon Family said.

He was the commander of this operation.

"Good."

Everyone agreed unanimously.

Soon, they began to set up the array.

Meanwhile.

Inside the space magic cube...

Lu Chen sat, silent and still.

But his Inner Heaven and Earth was boisterous to the extreme.

Within his body, the googolplex of worlds... a number so massive that even the language of supreme gods could not describe it... was pulsing in sync with his heartbeat.

Every internal world.

Had expanded to be as vast and complex as his original Inner Heaven and Earth.

He was no longer just a warrior or a lifeform.

He was a walking reality, a set of physical rules.

But as he looked at these billions of empty, shining spheres.

He felt a kind of cold Perfection.

A world without life.

Was just a pretty stone in the darkness.

"Primogenitor Bloodline..."

Lu Chen said softly, his voice vibrating through the thousands of dimensions within him.

Deep within the genetic memory of the Primogenitor Bloodline.

A secret opened up to him:

The power of a Creator.

Is not just the sum of his own energy,

But the sum of the wills of all living beings he governs.