Chapter 1210: Master of Reincarnation

“Open the furnace!” Xu Ran shouted with firm resolve, his gaze blazing as he stared directly at the Ancient Tree of Light.

“Good!”

The Ancient Tree of Light let out a sound of admiration, as if it had awaited countless ages for this very moment.

“As you wish!”

Boom!

Its entire body, formed of radiant light, suddenly contracted inward. All the branches, all the luminescence, transformed into a dazzling rune imprinted upon the void.

The rune, ancient and mysterious, seemed to spell the word “Awaken.”

The moment the rune lit up, the entire “cemetery” erupted in chaos!

The prison-suppressing giant claw that had been pursuing halted in mid-air, then slowly retracted into the massive black hole lair. Subsequently, the broken Heaven-Reaching Divine Sword, the collapsed Golden Divine Hall, and the wreckage of warships larger than stars… all the remnants of civilizations seemed to come alive in that instant!

They began to disassemble, to collapse, transforming into the purest, multi-colored torrent of Dao Principles!

The supreme Sword Intent of the Sword Dao civilization! The Holy Law of the Divine Dao civilization! The Origin Point Rules of technological civilization! The celestial secrets of the Profound Heaven civilization… millions of different daos, different laws, at this moment, converged into a chaotic ocean capable of tearing everything apart!

And the Pioneer, along with Xu Ran and his companions, stood right at the center of this sea!

“Master!” Zhen Shan and the others were terrified beyond measure; even a single wave of this power life-threatening!

“Open, Reincarnation Domain!”

Xu Ran shouted defiantly, without any reservation left.

Behind him, the Reincarnation Daoist Monarch’s manifestation expanded limitlessly, forming a colossal giant. The Reincarnation Dao Seal, akin to a Möbius strip, transformed into a gigantic grey whirlpool, enveloping the entire Pioneer!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The torrent of myriad daos, as if having found an outlet, frantically flushed against Xu Ran’s Reincarnation Domain!

His domain’s barrier instantly spidered with cracks, seemingly about to fracture at any moment.

Xu Ran’s Daoist Monarch manifestation emitted groans of unbearable strain, with grey-white dao blood dripping from his seven orifices!

The first wave alone inflicted severe damage upon him, the newly ascended Daoist Monarch!

“Not enough! Still not enough!”

Xu Ran’s eyes blazed red, resembling a mad demon.

“My reincarnation is not just one lifetime but an era! It must devour not just one person’s dao but all the heavenly laws!”

“Devouring ‘absolute order’ has complemented my logic. Devouring ‘origin of calculation’ has shown me possibilities!”

“Now, let this torrent of myriad daos fill my flesh, forge my foundation!”

“Reincarnation, devour the heavens!”

He did not defend but rather actively opened his domain, guiding the violent stream of dao principles into his Reincarnation Dao Seal!

This was an act of utmost madness!

Like a mere mortal attempting to swallow an entire ocean!

“Ah—”

Xu Ran let out a painful howl skywards, his Daoist Monarch manifestation, swollen by countless alien dao principles, bulged out, shining with golden holy light, purple destruction lightning, cyan life breath, black annihilation law… countless forces, clashing within him, threatening to tear him completely apart!

His reincarnation dao swayed wildly on the brink of collapse!

“Hold firm to the heart! With reincarnation as the axis, myriad dao as the cycle, spin!”

Xu Ran’s Divine Soul sat in the center of the Sea of Consciousness, desperately maintaining a last thread of clarity.

Enduring the agony of his Divine Soul being torn, he began channeling his understanding of reincarnation.

“The sharpness of Sword Dao, enter my reincarnation, as the authority of ‘kill’!”

“The solemnity of Divine Dao, enter my reincarnation, as the law of ‘order’!”

“The ferocity of Demon Dao, enter my reincarnation, as the root of ‘extinguish’!”

“The mystery of calculation, enter my reincarnation, as the thread of ‘fortune’!”

…

He was attempting to use his Reincarnation Dao as a furnace, to forcibly refine countless grand daos, extracting their essence, discarding their dregs, transforming them into a part of his reincarnation dao!

This was a mad idea unprecedented and unparalleled!

His Reincarnation Domain’s completeness oscillated between collapse and reformation, beginning to pulsate at an inconceivable speed!

“Reincarnation Domain completeness: 28.7%… 27.5%… 29.1%… 26.3%… 30.5%…”

Each pulsation represented his Dao Foundation enduring destructive impacts.

But each positive increase represented his reincarnation dao evolving towards a more perfect, inclusive, and overwhelmingly dominant form!

At that moment, the metallic labyrinth composed of countless civilization remnants had completely collapsed into a singular point of light.

And that light point was the entrance to the “furnace core!”

“Enter, variable.”

The voice of the Ancient Tree of Light sounded within Xu Ran’s Sea of Consciousness, with a hint of guidance.

Xu Ran bore the pain, steering the Reincarnation Domain enveloped by the torrent of myriad daos, like a colossal, luminous cocoon, crashing headlong into that point of light!

…

Time shifted, stars moved.

When Xu Ran regained consciousness, he found himself in a strange space.

Here, there were no stars, no heavens or earth, only a boundless, gray emptiness.

And at the center of the void, countless massive, radiant Crystal Stones floated, exuding immortal gleams…

Each Crystal Stone represented the core essence of a civilization!

One Crystal Stone, wholly crimson gold, seemingly echoed with the cries of a Golden Crow, was the “Great Sun True Dao” of some flame civilization.

One Crystal Stone, ink-black, emitted a chill that froze the Divine Soul, was the “Great Yin Absolute Dao” of some freezing world.

One Crystal Stone, crystal clear, appeared to contain countless Sword Lights being born and dying, was the “Heaven-Reaching Sword Dao” of a Sword Dao era!

This is the “furnace core!”

The central place where the heavenly principles forge the “Supreme Dao Fruit!”

Accumulation of countless eras, essence of innumerable civilizations, at this moment, lay fully exposed before him!

This is an unimaginable Treasure Vault!

But at the same time, it is also a peerless deadly place!

Because in the center of these Crystal Stones of Dao Principles, in that deepest darkness, a pair of enormous, cold, blood-red eyes filled with absolute slaughter intent slowly opened.

Prison Suppression!

It has not disappeared but has always existed here as the Guardian of this furnace core!

It sensed the intrusion of Xu Ran, this “foreign entity,” and that terrifying intent, enough to crush a Daoist Monarch, locked firmly onto Xu Ran once again.

But this time, Xu Ran’s face no longer held the previous solemnity.

He looked at the countless Crystal Stones with Dao Principles around him, felt the overwhelming power within that could be used for his own, and then looked at the imminent Prison Suppression, a mad yet confident smile slowly curved at the corner of his mouth.

“The furnace core has opened, myriad Dao as kindling, Prison Suppression as fire…”

“Then…”

Xu Ran slowly stretched out his hand, aiming at that piece of crimson gold Crystal Stone containing the “True Dao of the Great Sun.”

“Let me see whether your fire can burn me to ashes…”

“Or my ‘Reincarnation’ can devour this myriad Dao furnace fire completely!”

“Reincarnation, rise!”

The Reincarnation Dao Seal behind him, having been initially tempered by the torrent of myriad Dao just now, was still broken, yet a trace of multicolored mysterious patterns had appeared on it. It began to rotate, and the suction it emitted was over ten times stronger than before!

The “True Dao of the Great Sun” Crystal Stone trembled violently, and the purest essence of flame Dao principle origins were forcibly drawn out, pouring into Xu Ran’s body!

Boom!

Xu Ran’s body instantly turned into a large fireball, burning fiercely!

But this time, instead of a painful howl, he let out an exhilarating long roar!

His Reincarnation Daoist Monarch’s Dharma body, instead of melting under the burning of the True Fire of the Great Sun, became more solid and radiant! On it, the laws of “fire” and “sun” were being rapidly completed!

“Reincarnation Domain completeness: 31.2%…31.5%…31.9%…”

The strength was soaring rapidly!

This thrill of dancing on the knife’s edge, of seizing power from destruction, made every cell in Xu Ran’s body cheer and tremble!

“Roar!”

Prison Suppression, seemingly completely enraged by Xu Ran’s “theft,” no longer waited, and that terrifying giant claw, forged from countless Divine Gold, carrying the power to suppress eras, reached out from the darkness, fiercely striking down towards Xu Ran!

This claw sealed off time and space, annihilated law, and was a lethal blow!

However, facing this world-destroying strike, Xu Ran advanced instead of retreating!

“Come on!”

He stomped violently, transforming into a gray and white stream of light, actively facing that giant claw!

On the Pioneer, Zhen Shan and others were already watching with mouths agape, their Heart Spirits lost.

To face the fierce beast of Prison Suppression, which suppresses eras, with the cultivation level of a Daoist Monarch of the First Heaven?

What courage! What madness!

“Today, I shall use you as the grindstone to forge my supreme Dao Foundation!”

“Reincarnation Dao Fist!”

Xu Ran punched out, with no earth-shattering light effect, only an extreme shade of gray and white.

Left fist life, right fist death.

Life and death formed a subtle cycle between his fists.

This punch was not about power, but his “Dao!”

Boom!!!

The small fist and the giant claw that covered the sky collided fiercely!

No imagined crushing.

A strange wave spread out from the collision point to all directions.

The “Suppression” law on Prison Suppression’s giant claw, upon contact with the “Reincarnation” power on Xu Ran’s fist, began an incredible “reversal!”

The overwhelmingly unparalleled destructive force, as if rewound, reversed from “destruction” to “formation,” and then from “formation” reversed to the most primitive law runes, and finally, a part of it was forcibly… devoured by Xu Ran’s Reincarnation Dao Fist!

Using the enemy’s spear to forge my shield!

Crack!

Xu Ran’s body flew backward, breaking several Crystal Stones of Dao Principles along the way, vomiting blood wildly, and the Daoist Monarch Dharma body dimmed slightly.

But in his eyes, shone an unprecedented brilliance!

He was injured but not dead!

He forcibly took a strike from Prison Suppression with the cultivation of a Daoist Monarch of the First Heaven! And moreover, seized a trace of the origin of the “Suppression” law from the opponent’s attack, integrating it into his own Dao!

“Reincarnation Domain completeness: 32.1%!”

“Hahaha… again!”

Xu Ran wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, his battle intent not decreasing but increasing, once again transforming into a stream of light, charging toward another Crystal Stone containing the “Absolute Dao of the Moon!”

He wanted to absorb the origin of myriad Dao while fighting Prison Suppression!

In this training ground tailor-made for him, the most luxurious and dangerous in all heavens and realms, he embarked on his true… path of the Daoist Monarch!

On the Pioneer, Cang Shi watched the figure, who madly shuttled, fought, and grew stronger between the myriad Dao lights and the world-ending giant claw, with teary, old dim eyes.

It was as if he saw a new era, more glorious than the Divine Court, slowly rising in the hands of this young Daoist Monarch.

It was neither escape nor barely surviving.

But a path of a dominator, who feeds on myriad Dao, burns taboo as fuel, and treads on the corpses of the civilizations of all heavens, defying the laws of heaven!

The battle in the furnace core was in full swing.

Outside the furnace core, the word “Qi” formed by the Ancient Tree of Light quietly floated, as if silently watching all this.

No one knows how long it has been; a distant, gratified sigh echoed in the void.

“The key… has entered the furnace.”

“From now on, whether it is forging… or collapsing, it all depends on your own destiny, Master of Reincarnation…”