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Chapter 1134 The True Spirit in Its Childhood
As those forces from within the Boundary Sea descended, spacetime was thrown into chaos, the heavens shattered, and even the Great Dao was obliterated.

The two once towering divine trees now appeared tiny, as if an invisible hand was pressing down on this world when the second force descended.

Not only did Lu Li feel suffocated, but all living beings in this world, past, present, and future, felt that a great calamity was about to befall them, as if the world would perish at any moment.

The two sacred trees were bent over under the weight, and cracks kept appearing on their trunks, threatening to break.

However, their power also bought Lu Li time to react. He gathered his strength and charged forward again, using the same method as before to fight against the strangling force of the World Sea.

boom--

Amidst the deafening roar, Lu Li's entire mass of origin exploded once more. If it weren't for the fact that he had cultivated with Lu Xueqing multiple times over the years, which had greatly improved the state of his origin, this dispersal alone would have caused his true spirit to completely vanish.

Because his fragments are not strongly interconnected, it is difficult for them to reassemble without external help, and even if they do reassemble, his memory may be confused, and he may forget who he is.

A moment's hesitation can be fatal in such a catastrophe.

The innate star tree that grew from the Immortal Spirit Seed began to sway, and countless stars from the universe gathered and hung on the tree, some like leaves and some like fruits. As it swayed, a large amount of spiritual energy was generated and rushed into every lump of Lu Li's original essence.

The spiritual energy seemed to have its own consciousness, gathering Lu Li's essence again and piecing it back together.

Ironically, this piecing process still has a core element: at the center of the many twisted, thread-like forces, there is still a trace of the original essence that has not been dispersed. It is precisely those thread-like forces that usually harm Lu Li that have been hindering the strangling power of the Great World, ultimately allowing a trace of Lu Li's essence to remain at the center.

With a main body, the Immortal Seed can be assembled very quickly, and it is not easy to assemble Lu Li incorrectly, which can make him quickly wake up, understand who he is, and his current situation.

When Lu Li awoke again, he discovered that several more of the threads in his body had broken, but he knew that this was probably not a long-term solution.

The crushing power of the World Sea is terrifying. It is not a simple force at the level of cause and effect. It involves a kind of great power that even a peak ninth-tier expert cannot see through. Every surge of power is a matter of life and death for Lu Li.

He knew that if he continued to defend in the same way, he would surely die.

The reason is simple: he doesn't know how many waves of this strangulation force will occur, and whether the threads within his body being shattered by the power of the World Ocean is both a good thing and a bad thing.

On the bright side, if all these threads were shattered, he would be able to formally reassemble his true spirit, no longer a mess, and regain all the mysterious powers he once possessed.

On the other hand, these threads are also his current life-saving barrier. Once these barriers are completely shattered, he will be doomed.

Furthermore, the crushing power of the Great World does not need to shatter all these threads. As long as the number of threads decreases, they will be insufficient to resist the impact, and the source behind them will be completely obliterated. It will be impossible for the central region to retain even a trace of its source.

Therefore, Lu Li must find new and sustainable ways to resist the strangulation of the larger world.

But what else could he do? His true spirit was still incomplete and chaotic, and his physical body was only a child's body with pitifully weak power.

The Immortal Spirit Seed and the Primordial Spirit Seed are very strong, but they are not the ultimate form in theory. No matter how miraculous the two trees are, they cannot withstand the annihilation power that even the peak of the ninth rank must be wary of.

"Kid, facing such a calamity, are you just waiting to die, you lump of mush?"

At this moment, the voice of a demon god came from the depths of Lu Li's soul.

Strangely enough, even though he was completely in a state of confusion, he had no idea which part of his confusion contained the demon god. The method of sealing the other party was mysterious and unpredictable, and Lu Li guessed that it was probably something that ordinary peak ninth-level cultivators could not do.

Upon hearing the Demon God's words, Lu Li looked at the power that had once again coalesced within the Sea of ​​Worlds, his heart sinking, yet he also seemed to be deep in thought.

He didn't know why the demon god would kindly remind him, but perhaps it was true, as he suspected, that even if he died, the other party would not be able to regain their freedom.

"Didn't you destroy the sacred soul of this world several times? If a demon like you can unleash that ominous power to fight against the threads, can you use even more power to melt those threads?"

Lu Li countered with a question, but as soon as he finished speaking, the power within the Sea of ​​Worlds slammed down again, forcing Lu Li to resort to his old tricks once more.

This time, his original essence exploded again, causing a terrifying explosion in the starry sky, and the shockwaves swept across the entire universe.

The amazing thing is that, perhaps because this world is an illusion, the forces of reality and illusion seem to have little chance of intersecting. They are as if they are separated. When the shockwaves generated by the explosion of Lu Li spread, it is as if they have passed through the universe in another dimension, which allows people to observe this scene without being affected by the shockwaves.

Lu Li, who had been reunited by the Immortal Seed and the Primordial Spirit Seed, was also thoughtful when he saw this scene. He felt that perhaps truth and falsehood are relative, opposites that cannot interfere with each other. From either side's perspective, the other is false.

Lu Li was directly attacked by the power of the World Sea because his origin was 'true', and the power of the threads was also true. The World Sea locked onto this ball of his origin, so no matter how he tried to escape, he would be caught.

Therefore, in order to avoid affecting the people of Earth, Lu Li decided to go far into deep space to deal with the bombardment from the ocean of the world from a distant location, so that the aftershocks would not harm the world.

When he regained some clarity with the help of the two divine trees, he heard the voice of the demon god again.

"It is not I who will destroy this world, but the ignorance of living beings. If I were not in this state, what would your power be worth?"

The demon god's voice was cold, but Lu Li dared to say that this was the day he had heard the most from him in his entire life.

Although the other party's tone was cold and arrogant, Lu Li understood that the other party couldn't do it.

That makes sense. If the demon god could really dissolve the power of the threads on his body, then He wouldn't have been trapped for so long. The reason He couldn't do it was because He couldn't unleash more power from within the door.

The threads within Lu Li's body might be of power above the ninth rank. The power that a demon god could normally transmit from the other side of the door was only equivalent to his energy level when he was in the middle of the ninth rank. Even if the properties of that dark substance were strange, it was impossible for it to shake the residual power of the threads, which were of a higher energy level.

If the opponent could truly unleash power at the peak of the ninth rank, Lu Li was certain that he would no longer be himself, and the Demon God would definitely break free and assimilate and corrupt his true spirit.

Boom— As Lu Li pondered, another force descended, and his paste-like essence exploded once more, scattering across the universe.

The two divine trees, which were trying to mitigate the impact on Lu Li, were also affected. The ginseng fruit tree, which was formed from the Primordial Spirit Seed, had many branches broken, its main trunk bent, and a tear appeared in the middle.

The Innate Star Tree wasn't much better off; it was simply manipulating spiritual energy under pressure to collect the remaining essence of Lu Li's paste, piecing it back together, and then having the Ginseng Fruit Tree infuse it with life.

After they reunited, Lu Li suddenly realized that if things continued like this, he would be doomed. What was the point of defying the heavens? The heavens were not so easy to defy.

Whenever I read cultivation novels, the protagonists always face the tribulations of their current cultivation level. But what Lu Li is facing now is not a tribulation that encourages growth, but a deadly attack aimed at taking his life.

Going back further, when he was in good condition, he was only at the mid-stage of the ninth rank, not even reaching the True Self Realm as people in the Divine Martial Continent called him. How could he possibly withstand a great calamity that even the peak of the ninth rank would be wary of?
Besides, in the end, he is nothing more than a cripple now, a half-dead being. He can't use any of his former powers. Even if he could, what difference would it make?

No!

Lu Li felt a sharp pain in his heart and realized that he had to change his tactics, otherwise he would really be blasted to death here today.

In an instant, many things flashed through his mind: his adventures in space, his experiences of struggling in the sinkhole over the past million years, his insights from cultivating with Lu Xueqing, his understanding of the dark origin and the scarlet origin... and finally, he returned to that rainy night of his childhood.

He remembered that his master and senior sister were still waiting for him. The tragedy could still be reversed, so how could he die here?!
He was unwilling to accept it, he refused to submit!
If he dies, perhaps this world will cease to exist, and all those he hates and loves will be buried.

The corrective power of the World Ocean will eventually bring everything back on track, but how could he be willing to accept that?

bang-bang-bang-

Lu Li seemed to hear the sound of his heartbeat. He suddenly realized that, under the pressure of the overwhelming force, he had retreated to the rear of deep space and landed on the branches of the ginseng fruit tree.

And hanging from this branch is a 'ginseng fruit'.

No, that's not a ginseng fruit, but rather the 'little Lu Li' that Lu Li wanted the ginseng fruit tree to protect.

The heartbeat was coming from Xiao Luli. While Luli was in a daze, Xiao Luli opened his eyes and looked at the distorted source in front of him.

"Are you... me...?"

Little Lu Li actually spoke.

Lu Li suddenly realized that if there was someone in the past who could receive and guide his origin as a vessel, then how could his childhood body be an illusion? He certainly existed in this time and space!
But didn't the space make the explorers the only ones? He thought that his fake body was the only thing that the space treated him differently from other explorers. But at the time, he didn't realize that this world was not a point-by-point time progression like the Divine Martial Continent. His home world had a long river of time.

In other words, a person will have different selves in different times and spaces. Lu Li thought he would be an exception, but the fact that he was able to successfully travel through time has already proven everything. There really was a self in the past!

Otherwise, he wouldn't be able to travel back to his childhood body, because according to the space explorer's theory, his childhood body wouldn't exist in this world.

However, there are contradictions here, because Lu Li's memories record that he unleashed his power as a child to kill that person. Therefore, from the perspective of the greater cause and effect, his current journey to that point is inevitable.

Perhaps it is precisely for this reason that space cannot recursively attribute all other bizarre spacetime states to it, because the logic of the larger spacetime must be self-consistent.

But... I still feel like something's not right. What is it?

Lu Li didn't have time to think about so much. He suddenly realized a core issue: the young Lu Li in front of him was also him. And since the other party could communicate with him after his original source left this body, it meant that the little Lu Li also had a 'true spirit'!
"I am you in the future."

As if possessed, Lu Li gave a simple reply.

Lu Li was surprisingly calm, though his eyes revealed sorrow. This was consistent with Lu Li's self-perception; at this moment, he empathized with his younger self and knew why the other was sad.

At that time, he had just experienced the destruction of his family, the murder of his beloved master and senior sister, and his exile. There was a time when Lu Li also thought about taking his own life, feeling that there was no meaning to living anymore.

But whenever he thought of this, he felt he couldn't do that, because that day his senior sister had carried him on a desperate escape, and even on her deathbed she had told him to run, hoping he could live. If he committed suicide, he would surely be despised by his senior sister.

Therefore, he could only use hatred as his motivation, living for revenge, and ultimately became a machine of revenge, ending his life on the execution ground.

"Future me?"

Little Lu Li didn't seem to be very bright. He was a little lost in thought, and in the few seconds he was stunned, Lu Li was blasted to death several more times. He looked at that black goo that looked like a monster, being continuously blasted to death by an invisible force.

Looking at the two divine trees standing in the universe, he realized he was no longer on the planet, and it felt like a dream.

However, Lu Li had always been inexplicably sensitive in certain areas since childhood. Little Lu Li knew in his heart that this was not a dream, but everything was real. The various strange phenomena before his eyes were real, as were the deaths of his master and senior sister.

His eyes were filled with sorrow as he asked Lu Li as she leaned closer again, "If you can come back, doesn't that mean we can still change everything?"

Looking into the innocent yet fearful eyes of his younger self, Lu Li said in a very firm voice, "We will change everything!"

As if struck by a sudden inspiration, Xiao Luli opened his arms wide and said, "Then let's change everything."

Lu Li sensed something and seemed to understand everything at this moment. He asked the two divine trees to temporarily delay the time it would take for the power to strike, and at the same time, he stepped forward.

In the next instant, he and Xiao Lu became one, and he once again took over his childhood body.

Not only that, Lu Li also felt a surge of true spiritual power enter his own viscous origin, as if it were a missing part of him, making him more complete.

(End of this chapter)