Chapter 1211: Carving Out a Path for Survival

Chapter 554

“The key… has entered the forge.”

“What comes next, whether it’s forging… or destruction, depends on your own destiny, Master of Reincarnation…”

The voice lingered like an ancient echo, gradually dissipating into nothingness, as if it had never existed. But Xu Ran knew, that ancient Light Tree that existed for countless eras, had placed everything in his hands.

Inside the heart of the forge, time lost its meaning.

No sunrise or moonset, no celestial rotation, only eternal deathly silence and the flickering brilliance of the Dao Principles.

“Roar!”

The roar of Prison Suppression was the only sound in this deathly silence. Its giant claw, which covered half the void, descended once more, imbued with “Suppression” law that was even more refined, even more fierce than before. It seemed like a programmed killing machine, its sole mission was to completely erase the “anomaly” before it.

Xu Ran’s figure was like a lone leaf boat, madly dodging amidst the raging waves. He no longer chose to confront directly; that previous punch had deeply made him understand the vast chasm between him and this Era Fierce Beast.

Confrontation means courting death!

But Xu Ran excelled at squeezing hope for life from the edge of death!

“Taiyin Absolute Path, come!”

He flickered, narrowly dodging the edge of the giant claw, his entire being ghost-like as he approached that pitch-black Crystal Stone exuding bone-chilling coldness. The Reincarnation Dao Seal spun wildly, forcibly stripping away pure Taiyin Dao Principle origins, transforming into a black ice dragon, roaring as it drilled into his Daoist Monarch Avatar!

“Ugh ah!”

The extreme cold instantly froze his Dao body, even his Divine Soul seemed to solidify. But simultaneously, the “Great Sun True Path” origin power he had just absorbed but not fully refined, was activated by this force, exploding violently!

One cold, one hot, one yin, one yang, these two opposing origin powers clashed primitively and wildly within him!

Crack! Crack!

Xu Ran’s Daoist Monarch Avatar was covered in fractures, interwoven with ice and fire, half his body burning with fierce golden flames, the other half shrouded in dark icy frost. He seemed ready to be torn apart and completely disintegrated by these two forces at any moment.

“Hold on! Reincarnation… is not destruction, but embracing! Yin and Yang… are not opposites, but cycles!”

Xu Ran’s Divine Soul sat cross-legged at the center of the Sea of Consciousness, enduring the icy fire purgatory-like torment, but his will was as unyielding as divine iron, unbreakable!

He used his Reincarnation Dao as an axis, forcibly twisting these two violent forces.

“Great Sun represents Yang, the surge of ‘life’!”

“Taiyin represents Yin, the stillness of ‘death’!”

“One life, one death, that is reincarnation!”

Boom!

Under his will’s guidance, the initially colliding golden flames and black ice began to slowly, arduously circulate along a mysterious trajectory. At the end of the golden flame emerged a strand of pitch-black coldness; at the core of the black ice arose a wisp of scorching Light.

A Yin Yang Taiji precursor was slowly forming within his Reincarnation Dao Seal!

His Reincarnation Dao was no longer singularly gray representing the cycle of life and death, but now possessed an underlying black and white rotation!

“Reincarnation Domain Completeness: 35.8%!”

An aura several times stronger than before exploded from Xu Ran. His Daoist Monarch Avatar, in the interwoven remodeling of ice and fire, became more refined, its visage increasingly clear, resembling Xu Ran himself by seven to eight folds, carrying the weight of countless eras passed and chilled indifference.

“Roar!”

Prison Suppression seemed to perceive the change in Xu Ran’s aura, a hint of violent emotion appeared for the first time in its blood-red eyes. It was no longer attacking with simple programmed aggression but was imbued with a fury to destroy everything!

Its abyss-like maw opened up, firing a dark red beam formed purely from “Suppression” law, tearing through the void, traversing space, arriving instantly before Xu Ran!

Suppression Divine Light!

This strike was no longer physical destruction, but annihilation of the “Dao” itself!

Where the beam passed, even those indestructible Dao Principle Crystal Stones began to tremble violently, dimming, the civilizational great paths imprinted on them seemed forcibly erased!

“Not good!”

In the Pioneer, Zhen Shan and Cang Shi and others were utterly shaken. The terror of this strike surpassed any prior!

Xu Ran’s pupils abruptly contracted.

He could feel his Reincarnation Dao, in the face of this divine light, experiencing a sensation of melting like snow meeting a blazing sun!

There’s no escape! No dodging!

This strike had sealed off all his retreats!

“Then… I won’t dodge!”

Xu Ran’s eyes flashed with a trace of decisive madness, driving the newly fused Yin Yang Power to its extreme!

“Reincarnation Dao Shield: Yin Yang Grind!”

Drawing a circle with both hands in front of his chest, a giant black and white rotating circular light shield appeared out of thin air, barring in front of him.

The black Taiyin Power ravenously devoured the energy in the Suppression Divine Light; the white Sun Power erupted with ultimate yang strength, engaging in fierce confrontation.

Life and death, devouring and explosion, formed a perfect cycle on this small shield!

Boom——!!!

The dark red Suppression Divine Light collided hard against the Yin Yang Dao Shield!

There wasn’t an earth-shaking explosion, just a teeth-grinding “zzz” sound.

This was a confrontation between two completely different “Dao,” conducting primordial annihilation and resistance!