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Chapter 188, Section 187: [Becoming the Lord of the World Once Again]

boom!
The tattered fruit detached from its stem, fell into the void, and plummeted rapidly towards the distant, dark depths below the fruit tree.

The Demon King of Bliss stood silently in the void, growing ever more distant from the fruit.

The blessing of the Path of Destruction descended from above as black light, slowly absorbed by His Dharma Body, as if crowning the Buddha and Demon with a majestic crown.

Entering the Yama Fruit Tree was the World Lord's last resort to escape. Perhaps knowing that he could not catch Chen Sheng, he only glanced at the direction of the fruit stem before turning his gaze away, turning into a phantom afterimage, and quickly disappearing from the spot.

"Demon King of Bliss, I will settle this score with you sooner or later."

Chen Sheng, who had hidden himself inside the bark of the Jambhala tree, took in this scene and his mind returned to calm.

It's impossible not to feel heartbroken when the fruit of our hopes is destroyed.

But reflecting on his experiences in this world, Chen Sheng quickly realized that the destruction of this fruit was already destined the moment Ying Zheng grew into a fifth-order Heavenly Demon.

If Ying Zheng's world-destroying act had not been stopped back then, the fruits of his labor would have been destroyed; if the Heavenly Demon who arrived later had been killed directly without reading his memories, the Blissful Demon King, with his control over his subordinates, would have been able to sense their deaths as well; if the Heavenly Demon had been imprisoned, the Heavenly Demons would have eventually discovered the anomaly; and if the memories had been read, the Blissful Demon King would have descended directly upon them.

This is an unsolvable dead end.

"However, the so-called dead end is only because we are too weak right now."

I, Chen Sheng, will make the enemy repay the humiliation and losses I have suffered a hundredfold.

One day, I will personally rip off the head of the Demon King of Elysium.

Chen Sheng made up his mind in his heart.

Click!

In the next instant, a bolt of lightning flashed through his mind, precisely erasing all memories related to the Elysium Demon King, ensuring that the other party would not feel anything for him because of those memories.

After this incident, he only vaguely remembered that a group of demons were wandering around on the nearby branch with the character "壬" on it, and that he must be careful in the future.

The fruit core he had entrusted to was destroyed by the seventh-tier demon king led by the Heavenly Demons, and he would surely seek revenge in the future.

As for the Heavenly Demon's specific name, appearance, and abilities, he couldn't remember any of them.

He even deleted all the relevant information stored in the kernel of the Jambhala fruit.

The hazy memories left Chen Sheng with a strong sense of unease, yet he could vaguely understand the reason behind it.

Suppressing the questions that surfaced in my heart, I focused my mind on wandering within the woody fibers that make up the bark of the Jambhala tree, swiftly traversing through the colorful radiance formed by matter, energy, and the power of life.

During this process, he did not attempt to absorb the high-quality matter and energy around him.

The nutrients that are specifically for fruits are a deadly poison for cultivators below the seventh rank; consuming too much of them will lead to death.

Escaping through tree bark is an extremely safe way to travel, but it is much slower than flying through the void at the speed of light.

Chen Sheng traveled for half a month, passing by fruits of varying sizes and lush yet sparse branches and leaves. He circled a long distance along the branches of the Yanfu Fruit Tree, making sure that the seventh-tier demon king was not following him, before returning to the vicinity of the main world.

It disappeared into the vast world hidden by the Zhou Tian Star Array, transformed into a wisp of light, and merged into its main body that was suspended above the ocean.

Rumble!
Flowers rained down from the sky, and golden lotuses surged from the sea.

The instant the fruit pit entered the main world, an invisible wave suddenly spread out.

Then, a kernel shaped like a transparent walnut appeared out of thin air and bounced happily around Chen Sheng.

All the seeds on the Jambyl fruit tree have the instinct to devour other seeds.

With a fruit pit in hand, Chen Sheng didn't need any special methods or means to lure out the hidden pit.

But he didn't have time to deal with this thirsty thing for the time being.

When his main body and his clones merged, a dense light emanated from his body, pushing out the five dragon girls who had become one with him.

The two Thunder Emperors and Lightning Gods, who cultivated the same Daoist arts, merged together, and various kinds of lightning crackled and exploded inside and outside the Gods, trying to push their Daoist cultivation to a higher level.

The fifth-tier clone directly devoured the third-tier body of the original, roaring a high-pitched dragon's cry, and they merged into one as if they were water and milk.

The walnut-sized pit of the Dragon's Blood Doomsday Fruit was embedded between his eyebrows, radiating a light that illuminated the entire world, like a sun rising from the sea.

This earth-shattering fusion did not last long.

In a short while, the light faded and the storm subsided.

Only the flowers were still falling from the sky, the golden lotuses were still blooming, and the fruits were celebrating the arrival of the other seeds.

Chen Sheng opened his eyes, and in his pupils flashed the light of stars, the five elements, and thunder, which then disappeared in an instant.

"My Yang Spirit is still at the initial stage of the fifth level."

Even if two primordial Yang Gods of the same origin merge together, can't they advance their realm to the intermediate realm?

Although I had expected this to happen, I was still a little disappointed.

Cultivation, starting from the fifth level, is no longer simply about accumulating spiritual energy and advancing to a higher energy level; it requires much more.

When Chen Sheng was wielding the Dragon Blood Doomsday Fruit, he used his status as the Lord of the World to pour various powers into himself, but it did little to improve his cultivation level.

The power of a ruler of a realm is extremely strong, but it also has its own limitations.

When he was the ruler of the world, Chen Sheng could directly copy the power that had appeared in the fruit to himself, such as Ying Zheng's fifth-order black dragon body and fifth-order Heavenly Demon Yang God.

However, the Lord of the World cannot fabricate or deduce powers that have not appeared in the fruit.

For example, before Chen Sheng, no cultivator had ever cultivated the Thunder Emperor's Lightning Yang God to the fifth level or higher within the Dragon Blood Doomsday Fruit, so the fruit core naturally could not directly grant him higher-level power.

As for comprehending the Dao as the master of the world, and studying martial arts and Taoist techniques?

Perhaps because Chen Sheng's level of understanding was too low, when he was the ruler of the world, although he could feel the growth stages of the fruit, the many mysteries of the fruit absorbing nutrients from the tree and the internal circulation process, and his various insights were also beneficial to the cultivation of Taoist arts and martial arts, this still belonged to the scope of "arts".

As for the so-called profound and mysterious "Tao," he has not comprehended even a fraction of it.

Based on his experience as the world's ruler over the past few decades, this identity is more like a kind of authority. Within the scope of authority, he is invincible; outside the scope, he is powerless.

Therefore, relying solely on his own cultivation, his cultivation level did not improve significantly.

However, having flaws does not mean that the ruler of the world is not powerful.

If a flourishing civilization could be cultivated within the fruit, teeming with cultivation prodigies like fish swimming in a river, then the world's ruler could become the embodiment of all the genius power within the fruit. Imagine if generations of geniuses gradually mastered all the disassembled parts of the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts and the Four-Nine Arcane Arts within his fruit.

Then, standing on the shoulders of geniuses, he will replicate those techniques onto himself, integrate them, and ultimately achieve brilliant success.
"So, the ruler of this world still needs to be the one."

As Chen Sheng gazed at the Yanfu Fruit pit floating before him, a multitude of thoughts raced through his mind.

They have made up their minds to build the main world into their own private world.

Although a large number of demons were roaming the destroyed world on the Ren branch, making the entire branch dangerous, he had previously hesitated about whether to move to another branch.

But are other places necessarily safe?

From the memories of the evil spirit of the Ten Thousand Soul Banner, we can learn that the seemingly vibrant Jambudvipa tree is actually teeming with various dangers.

Here, celestial demons wreak havoc; elsewhere, powerful forces seize power and annex each other; highly skilled cultivators raid the void; and colossal demons of the Yama realm break through boundaries to devour cores…

After much thought, he still felt that the most reliable way to deal with the crisis was to improve his own strength as soon as possible.

The fastest way for Chen Sheng to increase his strength is to become the world master of the main world.

Because the main world is safe.

The strength of the complete Heaven and Earth Membrane is far superior to that of the tattered Dragon Blood Doomsday Fruit. It can easily break through the unknown seventh-order Heavenly Demon of the other world, but it would be difficult to directly break through that hard outer shell.

Moreover, even if Chen Sheng were unfortunately discovered by the Heavenly Demon, it wouldn't matter if the fruit was broken again.

He can escape as long as he hides inside the Yama Fruit Tree.

Under relatively safe conditions, the world's ruler's long lifespan and the way he acquires power allow him to both attack and defend.

If one progresses, one can be reborn into other fruits, seek the power of other systems, and rapidly advance by drawing inferences from one instance to another.

They retreat to the main world and acquire resources for growth through the development of civilization.

Why not take such a stable development path?
As Chen Sheng's will gradually strengthened, the light from the fruit pit embedded between his eyebrows began to shine even brighter, complementing the fruit pit in the main world.

"Come!"

Chen Shengchao waved to the fruit pit.

The fruit pit, which was the size of a basket in the main world, rapidly shrank in size, transforming into a streak of purple-gold light that struck Chen Sheng's brow.

hum-

Two similar-looking fruit pits touched each other, but instead of breaking, they stuck together tightly.

The outer, impenetrable, glass-like shell melted instantly, revealing the essence of the kernel inside, which was both water and fire, surging with intense sparks.

The seemingly empty space inside the seed actually contains all the information from the two worlds since their birth, silently merging into one.

At Chen Sheng's brow, a dozen enchanting purple wisps of energy intertwined and surged with the precious power of creation that a fruit takes hundreds of millions of years to nurture.

“Very good. Good steel should be used where it is most needed. After at least 200 million years of gestation, today is the time for you to play your role.”

As Chen Sheng directed, several streams of the fruit's essence immediately separated and flew out from the half-melted fruit shell.

One of the streams split into twenty-eight tiny purple wisps, scattering across the heavens and earth.

Amidst the silent vibrations of the entire fruit, the small arrays of the Zhou Tian Star Array, originally rooted in the lands of the four kingdoms and the twenty-eight provinces, all collectively took flight, severing their connection with their original lands.

These treasures of Jambudvipa, which had been nourished by the fruits for hundreds of thousands of years, were further enhanced by the power of creation, and the power of each one was greatly increased.

They shimmered with starlight, flying higher and higher until they reached the membrane of heaven and earth, where they merged with the auxiliary arrays already arranged within it, instantly forming a vast star map.

Within the constellation of the Twenty-Eight Mansions, hundreds of stars shine, their light forming the majestic and sacred images of the Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Black Tortoise on the outer membrane of heaven and earth.

The four sacred beasts let out a loud roar in unison, and then disappeared into nothingness under the effect of the formation.

With the enhancement completed, the original six formations of the Zhou Tian Xing Dou Small Formation—trapping, illusion, killing, attacking, defending, and concealing—have been enhanced to several times their previous performance.

There was also a wisp of purple energy that did not split, but instead settled alone within the membrane of heaven and earth.

Then, amidst the thunderous "creaking" sound of the crystal walls growing, the celestial membrane became thicker and its defensive capabilities were correspondingly enhanced.

This was a special arrangement made by Chen Sheng to guard against the attack of the Heavenly Demons. It was expected that the attack would only cause minor damage when facing the attack of a cultivator at the initial stage of the seventh rank.

In addition, the Heaven and Earth Membrane has a self-repairing ability, which allows it to last longer when facing cultivators in the middle or later stages of the seventh rank.

The third wisp of purple energy landed directly in the ocean beneath Chen Sheng's feet.

In the sea area in the center of the original four continents of the fruit, a landmass of no smaller size than the previous four continents was forcibly raised.

It has a larger land area, which can support more living things on land.

At this point, the sky becomes higher, the earth becomes thicker, the fruit's volume increases slightly, and more nutrients are transported from the fruit stalk.

The fourth wisp of purple energy contained some valuable information within the fruit pit.

Then it transformed into a purple light that covered the entire world, bestowing upon the beings in the main world the various dragon bloodlines contained in the Dragon Blood Doomsday Fruit.

Compared to the intense nature of the other realm, these bloodlines are much weaker and gentler. They can only be activated after cultivating the Dao of Fate, and can reach the fifth level at most.

The fifth wisp of purple energy landed on the Dinghai Divine Needle that Chen Sheng had taken out.

It unleashed its power to replicate the secret treasures of Jambudvipa, and in the hazy purple light, it replicated thirty-six identical Ruyi Jingu Bang (the magic needles that stabilize the sea).

He threw the thirty-six treasures into various places on the fruit, and they transformed into pillars heavier than Mount Tai, supporting the sky.

It supports the earth and the sea, and is used to enhance the stability of the earth, the sea, and the land, enabling it to withstand stronger internal and external attacks.

The sixth and final strand of purple energy landed on the Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiends and the Buddhist Gang and Buddhist Fiends that Chen Sheng carried with him, and then flew into various parts of the fruit.

From this day forward, the natural world and the mortal realm will spontaneously generate a large amount of malevolent energy.

This provides sufficient assurance for the cultivation path after the fourth stage of the Dao of Nature.

After doing all this, Chen Sheng took the opportunity to extract the demonic thought that Ying Zheng had entrusted to the fruit pit...

(End of this chapter)