Translator: CinderTL
True Dragon Great World.
Nearly twenty percent of the world had already collapsed, and the great dao light net was in complete disarray. The Star Gates could no longer function properly, and the False God Realm had ceased to operate.
This chaos granted Li Chunjun a rare moment of respite as he awaited the arrival of the Great Void Ancestral Dragon.
Though many survivors remained in the True Dragon Great World—including true dragons who were legends within their Realm Regions and heavenly dragons who dominated entire sectors of the Great Thousand Worlds—not a single one dared approach Li Chunjun's vicinity.
Around Li Chunjun, three Quasi-Immortal Artifacts and over a dozen Top-Tier Dao Artifacts orbited him like satellites.
Within these artifacts, various laws were constantly being activated:
The Lord of Ephemeral's time law. Dao Lord Lu Wu's origin law. The Lord of Divine Visage's soul law. Star Lord Taowu's chaos law. * Lord Feilian's flowing light law.
Drawn by the Quasi-Immortal Artifact and Top-Tier Dao Artifact, nine types of Law Power swirled around him, rising and falling, flickering and pulsing.
As these Laws collided with his own, they gave rise to even more Laws.
Though these newly formed Laws were weak, barely reaching the Void Refining level, their constant interaction with his own and the nine original Laws continuously spawned new varieties.
The number of types rapidly climbed: thirty, thirty-five, forty, forty-five, until...
Forty-nine types!
With the forty-ninth type fully manifested, Li Chunjun suddenly grasped a profound truth.
Even though these Laws had yet to transform into true Grand Daos, they illuminated the path toward dao unification.
"Level 42 corresponds to the Supreme Sovereign who has merged with three Grand Daos. Level 43 represents the Ultimate Powerhouse who has mastered nine Grand Daos. The remaining levels—44, 45, and 46—correspond to mastering ten to forty-nine Grand Daos. Once all forty-nine Grand Daos are fully grasped, they must be fused together to achieve the Great Unification Realm!"
This was the path forward in his cultivation.
However, the cultivation system in this world had only developed for about ten billion years. Moreover, after achieving some success, the Human Race relentlessly hunted innate divine beings, driving them out of human-inhabited territories.
In truth, innate divine beings were, in a sense, manifestations of the Cosmic Great Dao's operation.
If the Human Race had emerged later or hadn't developed so rapidly and become so powerful, perhaps when the innate divine beings had grown in number, they would have erupted into a great war first. Through that conflict, Supreme Sovereigns, Ultimate Powerhouses, and even those who surpassed the Ultimate Powerhouse realm might have emerged.
Now, the innate divine beings born from the Cosmic Great Dao's operation were either slaughtered or forced into hiding by the Human Race. Their path forward was blocked, leaving them no choice but to forge their own path as "acquired" beings, naturally achieving only half the results with twice the effort.
Perhaps after tens of thousands of billions of years, beings surpassing the Ultimate Powerhouse realm might appear, unraveling the mysteries of Dao fusion and attaining the Great Unification Realm. But...
Li Chunjun clearly couldn't wait that long.
He couldn't wait not just tens of thousands of billions of years, but not even tens of thousands of years.
Within the Ninth Layer Perfection of his Mind Realm, the void remained like a gaping hole, relentlessly eroding his thoughts and corroding his consciousness.
He knew that the moment he stopped...
His Mind Realm, though incomplete, yet wielding such immense power, would inevitably collapse under its own weight, like a castle built on sand.
Therefore, he couldn't wait for that day, not even after billions or trillions of years.
"Currently at Life Level 44, I've only glimpsed the path ahead. The true nature of the Great Unification Realm remains unclear. To truly grasp it, I must elevate my Life Level to at least 46, preferably 47! At 47, I can discern the mysteries of the Great Unification Realm through my own transformation, thereby... understanding the concept of 'Immortals.'"
Just as his current Life Level 44, though insufficient for achieving the Great Unification Realm, at least allowed him to comprehend its conceptual framework.
"Life Level 47..."
Li Chunjun pondered briefly.
Reaching that level wouldn't be particularly difficult.
Mysterious rules swirled endlessly around Li Chunjun. Drawing upon the insights granted by his Life Level, his comprehension of each law surged at an astonishing rate.
Though his mastery of most laws—aside from Void and Destruction—remained at the Void Refining stage, given enough time, these laws would inevitably reach perfection, just like the Void and Destruction Daos, positioning him at the threshold of dao unification.
At that moment, as if sensing something, his heart stirred.
In the next instant, a shadow seemed to fall over his mind, and a terrifying pressure surged forth. Every law and mystery he had mastered—each one compatible with his essence—seemed to urge him, warn him, and compel him to flee this place with utmost haste.
Escape!
Escape as far as possible!
Yet Li Chunjun remained calm, showing no trace of panic.
If one were to zoom out to the outer reaches of the True Dragon Great World, they would witness a colossal, terrifying figure stretching tens of millions of kilometers, tearing through the void and emerging from countless rifts, carrying the terrifying power of a Void Storm.
Even against the backdrop of the starry sky, its form was colossal and majestic beyond measure!
Every inch of its skin shimmered with flowing Hua Guang, and each scale was as vast as a star.
When it fully unfurled its form...
Even the most supreme Lesser Thousand Worlds paled in comparison.
Even those colossal Lesser Thousand Worlds spanning millions of miles in diameter were mere marbles in its presence.
A mere passage near these worlds would unleash storms capable of crushing them into dust.
The Great Void Ancestral Dragon!
This was a dao unification lifeform—the Great Void Ancestral Dragon!
Having transcended the constraints of Law Mysteries and transformed into Cosmic Great Dao-level beings, their power no longer stemmed from specific Laws but from the entire Cosmos itself.
United with the Dao, they could draw upon the Cosmos's boundless energy at any moment.
If they so desired, manifesting a terrifying form spanning light-years was not beyond their capabilities. They could even transform themselves into entire Star Rivers without it being a mere fantasy.
This was the power wielded by beings of the Dao Unification Realm.
Upon arriving at the True Dragon Great World, the Great Void Ancestral Dragon's gaze immediately fell upon the massive, shattered rift in the world. His colossal eyes, dwarfing even supergiant stars, burned with a chilling, Sen Ran coldness.
Nearly twenty percent of the True Dragon Great World had collapsed!
Though he knew that the cataclysmic battle between Li Chunjun, the Lord of Ephemeral, and the Nine Quasi-Tenth-Tier had reached such a devastating scale precisely because he had entrusted the secret arts to control the True Dragon Great World's World Will to these Quasi-Tenth-Tier beings, making him the true architect of the world's destruction...
Yet...
Shifting blame and attributing fault to others is an instinct ingrained in all living beings.
The Great Void Ancestral Dragon was no exception.
If Li Chunjun hadn't stubbornly fought to the death against the Nine Quasi-Tenth-Tier, how could the True Dragon Great World have been shattered to such an extent?
Li Chunjun, fully aware of his unique nature, had refused to cooperate, refusing to be brought to the Supreme Research Institute and collaborate with them. This was his greatest sin!
Especially since...
If the divine anomalies within him were genuine, they represented a boon for the Human Race, a monumental achievement for generations to come.
Li Chunjun's obstinate resistance proved him to be a born rebel!
His thoughts swirling, the Great Void Ancestral Dragon refrained from immediately entering the True Dragon Great World.
The True Dragon Great World had become unstable. A rash entry would not only accelerate its destruction but also trigger a devastating backlash from the collapsing great dao light net, potentially crippling him or even threatening his life.
This was a price he was unwilling to pay.
Therefore...
A powerful Heart-Mind, wielding a Quasi-Immortal Artifact, stirred the Void into a tempestuous maelstrom. The space before him collapsed inward, all Void Power converging toward the artifact.
As he poured in Heavenly Treasures worth bankrupting even the Supreme Sages, a greatly reduced Grand Void Ancestral Dragon Dharma Aspect materialized.
This Dharma Aspect, akin to a dao unification Avatar, shot toward the True Dragon Great World.
Because it wasn't his true form, its entry into the True Dragon Great World triggered no Great Dao backlash. It swiftly pierced through the world's barrier.
Under the Dharma Aspect's overwhelmingly powerful Heart-Mind scan, Li Chunjun, who had made no attempt to conceal his presence, was quickly located. In a few spatial leaps, the Dharma Aspect materialized before him.
"It's here," Li Chunjun murmured, having sensed the subtle shifts in the Void Law long before the Great Void Ancestral Dragon tore through the Void, unleashing a tempestuous storm.
He watched calmly as the dragon materialized, its scales shimmering like starlight. "I'll destroy your Dharma Manifestation," he declared, "but I'll spare your soul."
The Great Void Ancestral Dragon wasted no time. Its claw ripped through the Void, causing the surrounding space to churn violently.
As the Void surged, Li Chunjun felt a sudden disorientation in his mind. A thought surfaced: Don't attack yet. Try to reason with the Great Void Ancestral Dragon first.
This impulse...
It was urging him to show mercy in a life-or-death battle against an Avatar of a Dao Venerable.
Even...
To ensure the "negotiations" went smoothly, he should only evade, never retaliate!
Fortunately, this strange compulsion lasted only a moment. A Quasi-Immortal Artifact he had seized from the Lord of Divine Visage emitted a faint ripple, snapping him out of the trance.
"Soul power?" Li Chunjun quickly realized what was happening.
By then, the Void-rending strike had already struck his body.
In an instant, Li Chunjun's body seemed on the verge of being shattered by the Great Void Ancestral Dragon.
Yet, when the dragon's strike truly landed, the Void Power drawn from its claw, which had distorted space itself, flowed into Li Chunjun's body like swallows returning to their nest.
Though the Great Void Ancestral Dragon immediately exerted its absolute control over the Grand Dao Power as a "dao unification dao venerable" of the Void Dao, managing to suppress some of the Void Power, the strike—which should have torn Li Chunjun apart—merely sent him flying backward, leaving cracks across his Sovereign Dharma Manifestation.
These Void Power-induced fissures were swiftly repaired by Li Chunjun.
The Sovereign Dharma Manifestation returned to its flawless state.
"Impressive," Li Chunjun murmured. "Your Qi, rules, and Heart-Mind remain within the Quasi-Tenth-Tier realm, yet your combat power, built upon this foundation, surpasses even the combined might of Xu Yu and the other Nine Quasi-Tenth-Tier cultivators."
"But even that is not enough!"
(End of the Chapter)
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