I’ll take care of you.

In the Boundary Sea, Lin Fan traveled forward. He didn't know how many hundreds of millions of miles he had gone or how much time had passed before he finally stepped onto an island. During this period, he even made use of teleportation arrays; otherwise, it would have taken an Immortal King hundreds of thousands of years of flight.

"Hmm!"

Lin Fan was startled. He arrived near an island where light flowed with a certain sacred yet eerie aura.

This was very strange!

Looking across the vast island, there was a willow tree. It was immeasurably large, with billions of branches hanging down like Divine Chains of Order.

"Willow Mom!"

Lin Fan shouted and quickly approached, but he stopped once he arrived.

Because the entire willow tree had changed; its exterior was as black as ink, unlike the sacred green and faint gold he had seen before.

One could say that it was now very eerie. The tree body emitted a dark light, and its leaves and branches were all black, filled with weirdness and misfortune.

"Am I still too late?" Lin Fan sighed softly, his heart sinking.

Now, this willow tree had fallen into darkness; it was no longer its original self.

Lin Fan observed with a heavy heart. This Dark Willow Deity was quietly rooted on the island, motionless, as if in a deep sleep.

Next, he saw a tablet on the island that recorded some events left behind by the Willow Deity not too long ago.

"Abandoning the shell, stepping into the darkness, traversing between life and death—" Lin Fan was shaken; it was just as he had suspected.

The Willow Deity had abandoned her Physical Body and entered the Ultimate Ancient Land directly with her Primordial Spirit. Reaching the end of the Boundary Sea this way was relatively easier.

"But without becoming a Quasi-Immortal Emperor, sending one's Primordial Spirit over is just like delivering a snack—"

"Forget it, she probably won't die for now. An Immortal King won't be enough to wake them; at most, she'll be imprisoned for a while."

Lin Fan couldn't be bothered to worry anymore and continued reading the stone tablet, which had other records on it.

The Willow Deity had undergone Nirvana more than once and had left behind remains and imprints in various places, just like the tree before him.

However, before she set out, she reclaimed the accumulations of several lifetimes and gathered them into one body. Her strength had broken through to a terrifying realm, and she had remembered everything from her past.

This made Lin Fan ponder. It felt somewhat like a Mortal World Immortal, but the Willow Deity was still too rushed; it would have been better to wait a bit longer.

In his view, the Physical Body was the boat and the Primordial Spirit was the cabin; both were indispensable. Crossing over like this was destined to fail.

However, he had to sigh. The Willow Deity possessed great spirit and peerless grace, daring to do what ordinary people dared not. She was truly remarkable.

If Lin Fan didn't have a God's perspective, he might not have dared to take such a risk—charging into the Prison of Reception with his Primordial Spirit and fighting his way in from there.

"Boom!"

Suddenly, just as Lin Fan was thinking, the Dark Willow Deity revived. Its entire body surged with dark light, surrounded by infinite order.

It was sentient, having birthed a new Primordial Spirit, and it discovered Lin Fan immediately. Its aura surged as it shook its tree body.

"Swoosh!"

The Dark Willow Deity attacked. Tens of thousands of branches shot out, pulled taut like divine spears.

Seeing this, Lin Fan smiled slightly. His Precious Technique reached a divine level as a similar willow tree appeared behind him, glowing with brilliant golden light.

He struck back with the same method. Countless branches were incredibly sacred, their Laws surging as they pierced through the Void Realm to meet the attack.

"Boom!"

One black and one gold, like the two poles of Yin and Yang, countless branches collided. Leaves fluttered down in a brilliant and dazzling display.

Both were using the Willow God Art, so there wasn't much difference in their execution.

However, during the clash, Lin Fan appeared much more relaxed and at ease. He stood there from beginning to end, completely unmoved.

This was because the current new Primordial Spirit of the Willow Deity hadn't been born for long; it was still a bit short of the Immortal King level, though its Physical Body had reached it.

This was already shocking. In only about two hundred thousand years, it had grown to this stage, comparable to the Ten Vicious—it was as if it were using cheats.

One must know that the reason Lin Fan and Shi Hao were so strong was that they had dreamed back to the Era of Emperor Fall and Cultivated for an extra period of time.

Yet, the new Willow Deity had reached this level simply by falling into darkness and becoming a Super Evolver.

It was absolutely astounding!

The most terrifying thing was that the Dark Willow Deity had not yet exhausted that dark matter; there were still residues in its body. Once it fully evolved, it would be unimaginable.

At the same time, the Dark Willow Deity was also shaken. It was clearly very surprised that the opponent knew its Moves.

"Who are you?" It sent out a Divine Thought wave. Willow branches danced across the sky, and its demeanor was full of wariness.

This was normal. With the same Divine Ability, Lin Fan used it more easily and was clearly more powerful; it was hard not to be cautious.

"A relative from your past life, your adopted son!" Lin Fan said. After all, when dreaming back to the Era of Emperor Fall, the man and the tree had spent a long time together.

"Heavenly Emperor, Lin Fan?" The Dark Willow Deity looked at him with a suspicious expression.

Lin Fan smiled with a hint of nostalgia, as if it were a lifetime ago. He nodded and said, "That's right, it's me. It seems your previous self left some memories for you."

In comparison, that experience was no less significant than his current one. Therefore, some things and some people were impossible to truly forget.

Back then, when he first discovered the original Willow Deity, she was still an Earthly Spiritual Root of heaven and earth that could not Cultivate, while he was already the Heavenly Emperor!

Later, under the massive Power Of Faith of the Heavenly Court, the willow tree was able to comprehend the Dao, break free from the shackles of being an Immortal Medicine, and take form to Cultivate.

"It's you!" The Dark Willow Deity slowly lowered its guard. Its branches were no longer taut and hung down naturally.

Then, it explained, "Earlier, there was another tablet here that briefly recorded some past events."

Hearing this, Lin Fan understood immediately. The Willow Deity had proactively fallen into darkness and was well-prepared, so things were different.

If not for that, he probably would have had to place righteousness above kinship. After all, once a Dark Creature, always a Dark Creature!

Of course, the final right of interpretation belonged to him.

"How much longer until you become a King?" Lin Fan asked. He wanted to wait for it to exhaust the dark matter before they went to the Immortal Domain together.

Otherwise, once this matter leaked out, even a single wisp would be a great disaster for ordinary creatures.

"Evolving like this, it will probably take another five hundred thousand years or so," the Dark Willow Deity replied.

"Too slow. I'll catch a few Fallen Kings for you. You can refine their essence and strive to become a King within a hundred thousand years!"

Lin Fan didn't waste any more words and charged directly into the Boundary Sea. Dozens of days later, he returned carrying three corpses with terrifying auras.

They were bloody and still retained a rich vitality, clearly having just died not long ago. This gave the Dark Willow Deity a shock.

"Hurry up and Cultivate. I'll continue to provide for you from now on!"

As Lin Fan spoke, with a bang, he threw the three King corpses under the large tree, acting swiftly and decisively.

Initially, the Dark Willow Deity was shocked, but now it became somewhat silent. Why did these words sound a bit strange?

What do you mean by 'provide for me'? Shouldn't you be my son?

Also, why is there a hint of excitement in your eyes?

However, the Willow Deity was always the Willow Deity. Even if this Primordial Spirit was newly born, it was not a talkative creature.

"Swoosh!"

Subsequently, it began to silently refine the essence of the three King corpses to accelerate the evolution process and consume that dark matter.

Lin Fan didn't stay idle either. He was observing; he was quite curious about dark evolution and wanted to study it a bit.

If possible, he wanted to find a way to restrain it, as this might be very important for the great war in the future.

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