The Prodigies War

The moment the Nirvana principle in Lin Xun's spirit sense touched that ancient tree, something incredible unfolded.

Buzz~

The whole tree trembled slightly, and the branches silently swayed. At the roots, rolling chaos origin energy spurted and gushed out. It was like a mysterious body was awakening from its long slumber.

Lin Xun only felt a tremor running through his mind, and he was sent into a trance the next instant. He seemed to have become a seed buried deep in the chaos, immersed in the nurturing of chaos energy day and night.

An unknown amount of time passed when——BOOM!

A deafening noise comparable to the start of the universe resounded, and Lin Xun could sense a strange and abundant life force appearing. It was the most primitive rhythm of life. As its beats grew stronger and surged, he felt an eruption of a metamorphosis and nirvana-like power.

Following that, the seed whose life he was experiencing sprouted roots and established itself in the chaos, becoming a totally different kind of life!

In the following years, this ‘seedling’ constantly drew on the power of chaos, constantly nourished by the origin aura of the great dao. It witnessed the formation of the four great dao dominions from scratch, witnessed epochal worlds evolve from infancy to completeness, witnessed the rise and fall of one epoch after another...

The seedling also grew, quietly transforming during these eons! Until later, it grew into an old tree with luxuriant branches and full foliage. The leaves were filled with chaos qi, ever-changing as each was imprinted with a unique kind of miraculous primal chaos origin power.

Whenever an epochal civilization crumbled, the leaves would wither and fall, returning to the chaos as the most primitive nourishment for the great dao. When a new civilization formed, the ancient tree would sprout new leaves. This cycle repeated endlessly.

However, one day, all of a sudden, a catastrophe emerged right within the chaos. The ancient tree was dealt a heavy blow before it could even react. Many of those leafy branches broke, countless leaves dried out and fell like rain...

When the catastrophe finally ended, the ancient tree was left with only bare branches and a trunk. Even its roots had been severely damaged. More frighteningly, the tree completely lost the power to recover and evolve, now taking steps towards its decline...

It was also at this scene that Lin Xun awoke with a jolt. His head felt like it was splitting, flooded by a raging swirl of countless emerging arcane and unfathomable auras.

It took a long time for all that to calm down. As his mind stabilized, Lin Xun looked at the ancient tree with uncontrollable emotions. He understood everything now. This tree was the manifestation of the dao of life that was born alongside this Chaos Era!

In fact, one could call it ‘All-Wonder Tree of Life.’ The roots were connected to the four great dao dominions, and whenever an epochal world emerged, the tree would sprout luxuriant leaves that represented different profound origins of the dao of life.

For instance, the Boat of Eternity, as one of its leaves, opened the Spirit Empowerment World and held the secret of innate talents belonging to the dao of life! It was the same case for the other leaves, such as the power of reincarnation mastered by Chen Xi.

At this realization, Lin Xun's shock could be imagined. The origin of life came from this tree, and the mysteries of the dao of life had been born because of it! Undoubtedly, this also verified the speculation of Alpha Origin, Chen Xi, and the swordsman. The dao of life did indeed exist in the Forbidden Land of Myriad Wonders!

Why was it so difficult to study the dao of life, to the point that it had become a myth of a path that no one had been able to set foot on for all history? Now, Lin Xun knew why: because of a catastrophe in the far past of this Chaos Era, which had severely damaged the All-Wonder Tree of Life and shattered the dao of life!

This was tantamount to destroying this complete path, reducing it to fragments that could only be sensed in the Forbidden Land of Myriad Wonders such as the Spirit Empowerment Origin or reincarnation. They were related to the dao of life but only as two branches of it.

Still, although the ancient tree had suffered heavy damage, it had not perished. As a result, life had continued to flourish throughout epochs in this Chaos Era. The only defect was that the broken dao of life had led to the Immeasurable Realm of the Eternal path to be regarded as the ultimate realm...

Up to this point, many doubts Lin Xun had been having were answered. Furthermore, he had gained important knowledge related to the birth of a Chaos Era from nothing and its evolution and derivation into all kinds of mysteries, and how the All-Wonder Tree of Life had gone from a seed to its current state...

All of these insights had firmly settled in his mind. He also realized that as long as he repaired this tree, he would be able to rebuild the fragmented dao of life...with the power of Nirvana! The reason was simple: Nirvana was a part of the tree's origin power, capable of prompting its progressive transformations.

It was only that the damage done by that catastrophe had stripped away the tree's power to recover and grow, turning it into this sorry state...

In short, the Nirvana principle had been one of the origin powers of the All-Wonder Tree of Life at first! Such was the origin of Nirvana. Understanding this, Lin Xun couldn't help but lament fate.

Ripped from the All-Wonder Tree of Life, Nirvana had turned into a seed in the Return Dominion’s origin. Ultimately, it was born in the Ancient Nebula Underworld, growing into the Nirvana of Transcendence that had ended up being obtained by him. This actually further proved how divine the link between the four great dao dominions was.

However, despite the many mysteries that had been unraveled and solved, Lin Xun couldn't help but have new questions. For example, where did the catastrophe that had hit the All-Wonder Tree of Life come from?

He had no way to tell as the catastrophe had come too suddenly. The ancient tree had even been caught off guard and suffered heavy damage, so one could imagine how taboo the power of this catastrophe was. Lin Xun even suspected that it hadn't occurred internally, but instead...had come from outside this Chaos Era!

Of course, he had no way of knowing if there were other Chaos Eras outside of this one. The only thing he dared say for sure was that when he used the Nirvana principle to restore the All-Wonder Tree of Life one day, he would learn something about this catastrophe from the tree's ‘memories.’

Moreover, repairing the All-Wonder Tree of Life was no different from repairing the fragmented dao of life. When he reached the end of this path, perhaps he would have the chance to see if there existed other Chaos Eras, and if there was a path higher than the dao of life...

After a long time, Lin Xun's spirit sense conveyed a thought, “Xia Zhi, we can leave this place soon.”

“How?” Xia Zhi was curious.

“By relying on this ancient tree, naturally.” Lin Xun said, “But once we return to the Realm of All Mysteries, all our enemies like Alpha Origin, Black Crow, and Ape Ancestor will definitely come at us at full throttle. In other words, that will be the time to settle this game for good.”

Xia Zhi asked, “How certain are you of our odds?”

Lin Xun went silent for a moment and said, “There is no absolute certainty in this world. However, the current me no longer fears a direct confrontation with Alpha Origin. I just don't know what other cards he may still hide up his sleeve.”

Xia Zhi said, “What about you, do you have some secret trump card?”

Lin Xun smiled. “Of course.”

“Then what else is there to worry about?” When Xia Zhi said this, something dawned upon her. “You're still worried about my safety, aren't you?”

“Yeah.” Lin Xun said, “You had always been inside the Boat of Eternity before this, so our enemies didn't block your path. But now that the Boat of Eternity is gone, your return trip will very likely catch their attention and brute interception.”

After a pause, he reassured in a warm tone, “But you don't have to worry, I will leave the Hidden Realm immediately and be the first to welcome you back.”

Xia Zhi nodded. “When are we leaving?”

Lin Xun said, “We’ll wait a little longer, and we'll make our enemies wait as well. We can always have our showdown after I've incorporated all the mysteries I fathomed along the way here into my dao.”

“Alright.” Xia Zhi agreed in her crisp voice.

......

In the Hidden Domain.

Lin Xun stood with his arms folded on the cliffside, motionless like a statue. No one knew that in his mind, he was going all out exploring and comprehending all sorts of marvelous mysteries and profound truths.

Everything he had seen and perceived after his spirit sense had swept into the Forbidden Land of Myriad Wonders were all being studied and deduced at this moment. Once processed, they turned into a stream of knowledge and got integrated into his dao.

Day after day passed like that.

Bodhi and the golden cicada waited in calm, but even they didn't expect that Lin Xun’s comprehending session of that forbidden realm would last so long. Three months had already passed, and there was still no sign of it ending.

However, they had all the patience in the world. Something even told them that the longer it went, the more it implied that Lin Xun was having some unexpected and huge harvest!

In the Taihun Domain.

A sigh that belonged to Alpha Origin rang out from deep underground. “All these countless years, the longest I've gone on was three months before my spirit strength gave out. To think that Young Friend Lin has already made it this far in his first time. He truly surprises me.”

Not far away, Ape Ancestor commented with a cold and calm look, “This also shows that he, who possesses the power of Nirvana, must have gained quite a lot.”

“Indeed, indeed.” Alpha Origin laughed aloud. “Then wait we shall, there is no rush. The greater his harvest, the bigger our benefits. Of course, when he returns from his enlightening session, it will be time for our final showdown. I'm looking forward to a dao debate with our young friend to see who's the better one between us!”

There was clear anticipation in his voice.

Meanwhile, in the Hongling Domain, Chen Xi and Chen Linkong were also discussing this matter. They anticipated that the new insights Lin Xun would acquire this time would certainly be extraordinary.

This, without a question, also confirmed their previous deduction. Lin Xun, who possessed the power of Nirvana, was indeed an unprecedented variable!

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