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Chapter 1171 Demon God, how dare you corrupt my Dao heart!
Finally, the world fell into an irreversible silence; the leaves, once dull from the outside, were now lifeless and gloomy inside.

Just when the World Tree thought this was an irreversible trend, the End Spirit Vine started to move. Its branches extended out, climbing all over the World Tree's body like ivy, without any support.

The tendrils of the End Vines stretched out, each tiny branch emanating a vital energy that surged into the leaves.

And so, a new flame appeared within the leaves of the world's tree.

Lu Li's spirit could also see that some people in those worlds had raised torches, unwilling to be oppressed, not only against those who oppressed them, but also against the fickle and merciless Heavenly Dao.

The first person raised a torch, but the torch was quickly extinguished.

But when the second person stood up, thousands upon thousands of others stood up as well.

This world of leaves hanging from trees first gained vitality, spiritual energy, and chaos. Creation gave birth to all things, and then living beings were born. Under the blessing of the spiritual seed, these living beings gained wisdom.

In the end, the more intelligent a creature is, the more likely it is to perish, and no matter how the World Tree tries to intervene, it is powerless to reverse the trend.

Now the World Tree understands that these beings were missing a crucial element.

That is the heart.

The End Vines swayed endlessly on the World Tree, and within each leaf, flames ignited. Generation after generation of pioneers followed one after another, and if their living environment went wrong, they would use their lives to correct it.

If Heaven is unjust, they will defy it with their unwillingness. They gain wisdom and a heart that dares to fight, so the threat of heavenly tribulation cannot frighten them. Even if they die, there will be people who will rush forward to challenge it.

Finally, those who sought justice for the world obtained justice, those who sought longevity obtained longevity, and those who sought the truth of the world obtained the truth.

Although the World Tree was somewhat reluctant, it did not want those vibrant leaves to wither away, so it could only watch as things unfolded. Finally, a powerful being broke free from the leaf he was on.

After the powerful creature broke through the leaves, it was amazed by the vastness of the real world and saw many other leaves just like its own.

He began by exploring other translucent leaves, like bubbles, and after discovering that he could enter and exit and that there was no one in that world who could rival him, he began to do as he pleased.

Later, other powerful individuals emerged, some following the example of the first person, while others were filled with emotion after breaking through the leaves, never imagining that their entire destiny was being manipulated by the greater World Tree.

So the powerful being unwillingly began to attack the World Tree. It was like an ant trying to shake a tree. Even though he had broken out of his own world bubble, he was still like an ant in the face of the huge and boundless World Tree.

The World Tree, of course, would not tolerate insects constantly burrowing into its body. So it trembled, and the other divine plants around it seemed to understand. Thus, the Heavenly Dao Divine Plant and the Barren Divine Plant acted simultaneously, and a calamity from beyond the boundary descended, completely cleaving the person in two.

However, there is more than one person like him.

Some of the powerful beings who emerge from the world of leaves are keen on traveling and collecting resources from other leaves, bringing them back to their own homes, much like ants carrying supplies back to their anthills.

Some strong ants, unwilling to be merely ants on this tree, wanted to gnaw down the tree, thus constantly incurring the wrath of stronger Heavenly Law and desolate energy.

Those powerful figures roared in anger before being cleaved in two, denouncing the ruthlessness of Heaven and the injustice of fate, but in the end, they could only vanish like bubbles.

After an unknown amount of time, finally, a peerless powerhouse emerged from the bubble-like world. He possessed immense magical power, and among ants, he was a great ant capable of shaking trees. He actually wanted to change the world.

He hoped to knock down the World Tree, letting countless leaves scatter into the boundless void, no longer at the mercy of the great tree, and freeing all beings from the torment of fate.

He made his move, truly shaking the World Tree and causing cracks to appear on it. It looked like he was about to really knock the World Tree down.

Seeing this, Lu Li's spirit, though in a hazy, almost delirious state, instinctively acted. His true form, suspended in the center of the ginseng fruit tree, stretched out his palm, as if to crush this 'insect' that dared to shake his World Tree with a single slap.

The powerful figure was unaware of his own presence, only feeling a palm strike descending from the sky with boundless power, which he was completely unable to resist.

But he remained unyielding, turning around angrily to look in the direction where Lu Li was.

In that instant, Lu Li saw the person's face clearly, was startled, stopped immediately, felt a chill run down his spine, and sobered up instantly.

Because he saw that the face glaring at him was a familiar face—his own.

It was as if a great bell was ringing in Lu Li's mind, and all the scenes in front of him were collapsing. The nine divine plants transformed from the spirit seeds returned to their positions and rearranged into a circle.

As he stepped out from the ginseng fruit tree and turned to look, he discovered that the Holy Infant Ginseng Fruit on his left had disappeared without him noticing.

Turning back to look at the World Tree, there was no scene of creation or the changing of the world. The World Tree was still the same as it had always been, with each leaf a vibrant green, gently swaying in the breeze of his inner world.

Lu Li seemed to be deep in thought. He had long heard that one might encounter inner demons during cultivation, or that excessive deduction could lead to a state of demonic obsession.

But he hadn't noticed it at all before, and didn't even know when he entered that state. In a daze, he witnessed the entire process of the nine spirit seeds working together to create the world and the birth and death of all things.

But after waking up, it all seemed like a pipe dream.

What finally woke Lu Li was not only seeing the person's face, but also realizing that he was about to attack that person.

Had he unknowingly risen to that supreme position? He simply saw a 'parasite' trying to destroy his World Tree and was about to kill it.

But the world is constantly being born and dying, and the cycle of reincarnation never ends. As long as there is a burning heart of intelligent beings, under that unpredictable fate, there will always be beings who want to break free. The person who jumped out of the leaf is one such example, and so am I.

Now, Lu Li suddenly understood why the World Sea wanted to kill him back then. There was no grudge, affection, or hatred involved; it was simply a difference in perspective and stance. Who would want to be thrown into such a mess?
As fighters on the road, we will not stop. In the end, we only seek to have a clear conscience and protect the people and things we love.

Lu Li's spirit slowly rose, and when he looked at the ginseng fruit tree again, the Holy Infant Dao Fruit on the left side had returned to its place.

Lu Li suddenly realized that it was the manifestation of his past Dao Fruit. It was his past Dao Fruit that reminded him and made him wake up.

But this also made Lu Li think deeply. He suspected that everything he had just seen was not an illusion. Although it was a dream of deduction, it might be a reenactment of something that had already happened.

In that instant, Lu Li felt that he might have learned a truth that even the strongest people in the world did not know.

If what he deduced was true, then the truth about the birth of space might not be so simple. It was just that the time was too long ago, so long that even the primordial beings could not trace it, and thus the truth was lost. Moreover, this truth was actually not important to people today, because everything was repeating itself. Lu Li suddenly realized that the Great World was in a cycle. Even though it had thousands of new concepts and was different from the original world, some things were still in the cycle of the fundamental realm.

Lu Li walked to the ginseng fruit tree and looked at the holy infant hanging on the tree to his right. The holy infant had its eyes closed, looking peaceful and lovely, just like Lu Li in his childhood.

However, this Holy Infant itself does not contain any true spirit. Its essence is formed from the condensed life essence of the Primordial Spirit Seed. Theoretically, if Lu Li were to be caught in a deadly battle and be destroyed, this Holy Infant could save his life.

However, during his previous state of demonic possession, this holy infant, which lacked true spirit and consciousness, actually had an existence representing his past self in a Dharma position, which silently evolved during the creation of the world, making Lu Li think more deeply.

After pondering for a moment, Lu Li finally shook his head, "I am invincible in this world, so why should I care about the past!"

As he spoke, he took a step forward, his mind returning to reality, and he suddenly found himself in a desolate void.

It is unknown how long he floated in the void in his trance, but he had already arrived at the desolate edge of the Sea of ​​Worlds.

"But you did it?"

Lu Li frowned and said that this was a conversation with the demon god inside him.

He knew his own level. Not to mention that now, with his true spirit united and his ability to deduce and comprehend the Dao far surpasses his past level, even he in the past would not have been able to easily fall into a demonic state during his comprehension, thus isolating himself from the outside world.

The fact that he was in this state must be due to someone playing tricks on him, and the one capable of interfering with his mind was no ordinary person. Lu Li believed that only the demon god imprisoned deep within his true spirit could possibly use such methods.

As expected, the demon god did not feign death this time. A voice resounded from the depths of Lu Li's soul, "I just wanted to show you the true face of this world, so that you would stop pretending to be a good person. If you stand on high, you will be like me!"

Lu Li frowned upon hearing this. "What do you mean?"

"Why pretend to be stupid? Your comprehension is unparalleled throughout history, even I have to admit defeat. If what you see is not true, how can I interfere with your deductions?"

The demon god sneered, "Lu Li, even now, do you still not know where your past Dao Fruit should be?"

Upon hearing this, Lu Li seemed to have figured out some key points, but his resolve remained unshaken.

Who is he, and what realm has he reached now? How could his resolve be shaken by a few words from a demon god?
Just like the words he uttered in his spiritual world, "I am invincible in this world, why should I care about the past?" He himself did not believe in this.

“I don’t care about the past, I only care about the present, and besides, what you said has no basis whatsoever.”

Lu Li said coldly, "Once I step onto this platform, our fate will be over."

"Ha, why should I fear death? It's just that for us, like you, to perish is a difficult thing."

The demon god initially sneered, but by the end, his voice carried a strange sadness.

"No matter how you try to explain, you cannot shake my resolve."

Lu Li said without changing his expression, knowing what the Demon God was trying to imply to him.

What the demon god wanted to say was that in his previous life, he was the first person to create the world, who toppled the World Tree, created the World Sea pattern, and later established the space, that tenth-order being.

Regardless of whether Lu Li believes it or not, this matter is too absurd. After all, when a person dies, it is like a lamp going out. It is an ironclad rule that beings killed by the tenth rank cannot return, and even reversing time cannot achieve this.

In other words, even if he really resembled that great predecessor, they were by no means the same true spirit; at most, they were just similar flowers blooming over the long years.

The demon god sneered, "Heh, since you are so certain and steadfast in your Dao, why didn't you ever go to your homeland to see how you were born?"

Lu Li remained silent.

"You already guessed, or rather anticipated, that there was something wrong with your background, which is why you didn't look into it. You self-deceiving fool, you don't even dare to face your own origins, so how can you talk about reaching the summit?"

Seeing that Lu Li remained silent, the demon god sneered repeatedly.

"Say what you will. I am who I am. I was born into this world, raised by my master, loved by my senior sister, and cherished by my father. All of this makes me Lu Li."

Lu Li said disdainfully, feeling that the Demon God's methods to corrupt his Dao heart were too low-level.

"It's just like Him, even this place is so much like Him. Wasn't He also like this, believing himself to be unique, irreplaceable in the world, and invincible for all time?"

The demon god's tone was enigmatic, seemingly tinged with melancholy, "But in the end, wasn't it still slain by me, turning into a mass of lifeless primordial energy, becoming nourishment for the space?"

"Heh, don't think I don't know. I heard from Grandma Xue that back then you used despicable methods, risking the safety of all living beings in the World Sea to make the Space Ancestor wary, which is how you managed to defeat him by a single move."

Lu Li sneered, "Otherwise, how could you be His match?"

"despicable?"

The demon god laughed as if he had heard the biggest joke in the world. "Lu Li, Lu Li, you actually talk about despicable things with a tenth-level being. Not to mention that all living beings are ants to us. I have not targeted those ants. I have only tried my best to fight against Him. Do you mean that I have to be restrained and be killed by Him to be considered not despicable?"

Lu Li was speechless for a moment. Yes, the two sides were enemies, so why should the Demon God care about the creatures under the command of enemies who did not belong to His race and had nothing to do with Him? He had no reason to hold back in battle.

"Besides, who told you that He perished because He was restrained in protecting the life in the Boundary Sea? Don't you find that ridiculous? What did Xue Zhiyu say to you that day?"

The demon god asked back jokingly.

Lu Li was stunned for a moment. He suddenly remembered that in the earliest times, there was no life at all.

It was only after the defeat of the Space Ancestor and the birth of other taboos such as the Time Taboo that the Life Taboo came into being, creating life to fight against the army of countless calamities.

(End of this chapter)