Chapter 1180: Peak of the Cloud Sea, Lord of the Heaven Defying

Chapter 1180: Peak of the Cloud Sea, Lord of the Heaven Defying (Third Update)

At this moment, in that flower-nurturing ground within a Star Domain opened up by a Formation, a space that belonged neither to the Inner Realm nor the Outer Realm, the fruit borne by the crimson plant among the seven differently colored plants was becoming increasingly vibrant.

Inside this fruit, the Heaven Defying Bead rotated slowly, gradually emitting a blue flame. This flame permeated the interior of the fruit, making its color even more startling.

After a long time, inside the fruit, besides the blue flame, electric light faintly flickered, circling within and slowly merging with the blue flame.

Subsequently, a Concept of Battle surged out, gradually using the liquid within the fruit as nourishment to slowly merge with the blue flame and lightning.

The Fusion of thunder, fire, and battle would have been impossible in the outside world, but here, inside this fruit which had been formed by absorbing so many Dao Concepts and power, amidst its endless nourishment, this impossible feat underwent an earth-shattering transformation.

More importantly, inside this fruit, there was also the Heaven Defying!

Time flowed by slowly. Gradually, a new Concept appeared. This Concept was the Dao of Truth and Falsehood. It manifested in the form of a Taiji symbol; one half was true, one half was false; one half was cause, one half was effect. One half was life, one half was death!

After this Taiji-shaped Concept manifested, it immediately absorbed the fire, lightning, and the Concept of Battle. It was as if this Taiji shape had become a Vortex, rotating and absorbing everything within the fruit.

And the Heaven Defying existed at the center of this Taiji, rotating along with it.

Wang Lin felt all of this while in a conscious state. His current state was very blurred, as if he were dissipating, yet also as if he existed. As the Taiji rotated, the thunder, fire, and battle were completely absorbed into it.

"Fire… the Dao of smelting heaven and earth within the rules…" Within Wang Lin's newly born consciousness, it was like a Divine Thought, whispering softly.

The moment this Divine Thought appeared, countless liquids from the fruit, which was composed of so many Dao Concepts and insights, were frantically swept into the Taiji. These Dao Concepts being swept in were all the life-long realizations of those who had passed away and had comprehended the power of fire throughout the ages!

As Wang Lin absorbed, the fruit lost its vibrancy. The liquid inside was constantly devoured by Wang Lin, and the surface of the fruit gradually showed some wrinkles.

Furthermore, under this frenzied absorption, Wang Lin felt as if he had sunk into various Reincarnations. He suddenly became an old man standing in the starry sky, waving his hands to bring the fire of heaven and earth under his control.

Suddenly, he became a middle-aged man, and with a wave of his hand, a Cultivation Planet was reduced to a sea of fire.

He even became a person who looked like a youth, stepping out from a world filled with a sea of fire. With his footsteps, the entire sea of fire was absorbed…

One such Reincarnation after another appeared continuously in Wang Lin's mind. Each appearance represented a realization regarding fire. Amidst the continuous Reincarnations, these Dao Concepts containing insights into fire all merged with Wang Lin's consciousness, deeply carved into his heart, and became a part of himself!

At this moment, from the ancient times, the primordial era, the Immortal Realm, and even the current Four Great Realms, everyone who had comprehended the power of fire became Wang Lin's nourishment. Their life-long insights, despite their deaths, had been siphoned away to become nourishment for planting the Dao. But now, they were all absorbed by Wang Lin.

"Thunder, the Dao of punishing all spirits within the rules…"

The instant he transmitted this second Divine Thought, this huge fruit suddenly shrank at a speed visible to the naked eye. A large amount of liquid inside was completely absorbed by Wang Lin, and the Dao Concepts contained within were frantically fused into Wang Lin's consciousness.

He saw all the Cultivators, Qi Refining practitioners, and ancient beings who had practiced the power of thunder throughout history in this heaven and earth. The thunder rules they had comprehended all flooded into Wang Lin's consciousness at this moment. He seemed to have millions of Incarnations, experiencing countless years since the ancient times in this heaven and earth!

He became one after another of the Qi Refining practitioners, Cultivators, and ancient beings, who were both strange and familiar. In thunder after thunder, he gained thunder power, and in realization after realization, he possessed the Dao of Thunder!

"Battle, the Dao of unyielding heaven and earth within the rules…"

In the entire Sealed Realm, all the Dao Concepts that had been absorbed contained the battles of a lifetime of various Cultivators. They were ignited in Wang Lin's consciousness, transforming into an earth-shattering will that was deeply carved into his mind.

The fruit shrank even further. Under Wang Lin's continuous absorption of the liquid, even this hundred-zhang-tall crimson plant trembled.

Just then, in the Star Domain where this Seven-Colored Flower was located, a shocked voice suddenly rang out.

"The Dao Fruit is about to emerge, why is it withering!!" Along with the voice came an extremely powerful Divine Thought, rushing straight toward the Dao Fruit. But the moment the Divine Thought arrived, the Heaven Defying inside the fruit suddenly emitted a soft light, which slowly spread outwards and collided with that Divine Thought.

That Divine Thought was immediately bounced back by force.

The instant the Divine Thought was bounced back, a shocking change occurred! The fruit withered frantically and was almost sucked dry in the blink of an eye. Even its peel collapsed immediately, turning into countless red crystal lights, which were all absorbed by the Taiji pattern outside the Heaven Defying Bead.

It did not end there. The instant the fruit was sucked dry and disappeared, the crimson plant trembled violently and withered frantically at a speed visible to the naked eye. All the essence of this plant could not escape being absorbed; it was all sucked into the Heaven Defying!

Wang Lin's consciousness immediately felt an unimaginable heaven and earth origin energy crashing into his mind. His Concept, after the continuous absorption before, was climbing rapidly!

With the frenzied absorption, and the continuous Fusion of countless Dao Concepts and origin energy, Wang Lin immediately had the illusion that his whole body was about to collapse.

The intense pain felt as if it could rip his mind apart. His Concept permeated his Divine Sense: truth and falsehood, life and death, cause and effect… and also thunder, fire, and battle!

All of these seemed to melt together at this instant, becoming his own insights, and becoming a new rule that had never appeared in heaven and earth before!

The instant this rule appeared, Wang Lin's cultivation, with a boom that sounded like countless thunderclaps roaring in his ears, broke through the Jing Nie Middle Stage and reached the Jing Nie Late Stage!

This rule was contained within truth and falsehood, accompanied by thunder, fire, and battle, becoming the Dao that belonged solely to Wang Lin in this heaven and earth! This Dao contained thunder, fire, and battle; it contained life and death, Karma, truth and falsehood!

Only by having so many insights merge into one, as it was now, and erupting in the form of truth and falsehood, could Wang Lin become a Cultivator at the Jing Nie Late Stage from the Jing Nie Middle Stage in such a short time!

However, this was not the end! Concealed by the Heaven Defying, and without anyone noticing, Wang Lin's mind was sucked into the Heaven Defying. With continuous insights and continuous absorption, his cultivation at the Jing Nie Late Stage began to charge towards the Jing Nie Great Perfection! It seemed that even the Jing Nie Great Perfection was not the end of his absorption of the Dao Fruit at this moment!

Never had there been such a moment. Wang Lin was infinitely close to the Jing Nie Great Perfection, infinitely close to shattered nirvana. The chasm between Jing Nie and shattered nirvana was extremely deep; it often took ten thousand years of cultivation to cross it. But at this moment, after absorbing one of the Seven-Colored Flowers, this chasm was shrinking significantly.

If he missed this peerless Opportunity, wanting to cross the barrier between Jing Nie and shattered nirvana, even with the help of Medicinal Pills, it would take Wang Lin an unknown amount of time!

However, right now, the Dao he had comprehended was not something he had personally realized, but had come from absorbing the Reincarnation of the Dao Fruit. This kind of Dao required time to be thoroughly transformed, but there was no Opportunity right now for Wang Lin to think in detail about the gains and losses!

He clearly felt that the Heaven Defying was absorbing all the essence of this Dao Fruit and the plant's branches at a frenzied speed. It was just like an equivalent exchange; the Heaven Defying had given him vitality to survive this life-and-death calamity, so it had to absorb enough heaven and earth origin energy.

Wang Lin was not unfamiliar with this state. In the past years, he had already known the characteristics of the Heaven Defying; every time it was activated, it had to devour a massive amount of heaven and earth origin energy.

"If I miss this moment, I will surely regret it in the future. I would rather spend time comprehending it than miss this Opportunity and fortune!" Since obtaining the Heaven Defying, this was the first time he had competed with the Heaven Defying to devour the heaven and earth origin energy.

"I am the Lord of the Heaven Defying, not a slave to the Heaven Defying! I made your Five Elements complete, and I sought out extreme yin and extreme yang for you. You saved me from a crisis, and I thank you for your help, but this was already an exchange. If you take all the benefits, what difference is there between me and a slave! As for the heaven and earth origin energy and Dao Concepts absorbed afterward, what harm is there in sharing them with you! I am the Lord of the Heaven Defying!"

"Heaven Defying!!!" The old voice transmitted unimaginable shock at this instant. The starry sky twisted, and an old man wearing a black robe suddenly manifested, staring fixedly at the Heaven Defying at the center of the Taiji, his body moving as he charged over.

But the moment he arrived, he was immediately stopped by force ten zhang away, unable to enter even half a step. He watched helplessly as the crimson flower among the Seven-Colored Flowers—which the Venerable Master had spent immense effort to plant and then nurtured for countless years to form—was completely and thoroughly absorbed in the blink of an eye!

The plant shrank rapidly and finally disappeared from this Star Domain. From then on, the Seven-Colored Flower only had six colors left!

After absorbing everything, the Taiji outside the Heaven Defying Bead was also immediately absorbed into the Heaven Defying. In this moment, in the entire heaven and earth, there were only the six-colored flower and the Heaven Defying floating in mid-air!

Just at this instant, a blinding light erupted from the Heaven Defying. As this brilliant light enveloped the Star Domain, a huge, illusory gate appeared within this Star Domain!

This gate was so large that it could support heaven and earth. An aura of vicissitudes radiated out. The gate was closed, without the slightest gap!

Writing the fourth chapter now. Keep the monthly votes up for me; requesting fire support.