Chapter 346: 353. Chapter 343: Ascension, Dao Fruit, and the Concept of Heavens

353. Chapter 343: Ascension, Dao Fruit, and the Concept of Heavens

"Then, everything shall be as you wish!"

Zhang Xuan nodded slightly toward everyone, and the next moment, his figure became infinitely vast.

It was as if he had merged into the entire heaven and earth, becoming one with the whole world.

Throughout the entire Shenmu World, from top to bottom, it seemed that every region and every place was filled with his body, filled with his figure.

But the next moment, Zhang Xuan's figure completely disappeared.

Yet everyone could still feel his aura, could feel his existence.

The most brilliant light between heaven and earth was rising, and then everyone saw the most shocking and stunning scene: the entire world was changing, was ascending.

They saw a figure standing in a higher and more distant place, standing in the infinitely remote heavens, one hand reaching toward this side, constructing a boundless connection.

Meng Tianzheng saw this side and was immediately filled with excitement, because he saw that formless figure standing in the Nine Heavens and Shi Di, standing upon that World Tree in the Three Thousand Dao Provinces.

He reached out and pointed toward this side, guiding this infinitely magnificent world to descend toward that location.

Although there was no sound, it seemed that a heaven-shaking and earth-shattering roar echoed in everyone's ears and in everyone's hearts.

That roaring sound shook the heavens and the earth, making everyone feel stunned.

That was the Multiverse being moved by a figure, being shifted.

Universe Light Fragments were dancing between heaven and earth; it was hard to imagine just how magnificent and enormous a power was required to achieve this.

In myths and Legends, there were giants who could move mountains, which was already enough to shock the heavens and the earth.

But now, the figure was not moving mountains, but an entire Multiverse.

The entire heaven and earth, the entire Universe was being moved, was being shifted.

That was the miracle of a Creator, but thinking of Zhang Xuan's identity and existence, many figures were convinced and filled with admiration.

As the most ancient Existence of the Other Shore in the Shenmu World, he was one and also ten thousand.

He was there during the creation of the world; he was the miracle creator who created the entire Multiverse, and the Origin of everything came from him.

Even though they had not known Zhang Xuan before.

But when Zhang Xuan replaced the concept of the Heavenly Dao and covered that most primordial point, everyone recognized him.

The entire great Universe was shaking, yet the figures within the Nine Heavens and Shi Di were completely unaware of this.

This was an impact at a higher dimensional level; even figures at the level of the Supreme would find it difficult to perceive changes in this aspect.

Not to mention that the strongest in the current Nine Heavens and Shi Di were only at the limit of the Human Dao Realm.

The remaining so-called True Immortals were already decayed and wretched, merely lingering on their last breaths.

Heaven and earth lost their color, and all things in the Universe were changing violently; while no one noticed, a massive ball of light flew in from the outer Universe.

Zhang Xuan stood within the Shenmu World, becoming an Existence of the Other Shore.

At the same time, he also stood within the Nine Heavens and Shi Di, becoming the Other Shore of this world.

At this moment, Zhang Xuan had a peculiar feeling in his heart.

"Does this state and posture resemble the final ascension of the Other Shore in the Yishi Zhizun Shijie?"

"Their ascension is the process of casting everything aside at the very end to escape; perhaps becoming a Dao Fruit is becoming an existence at a higher realm, a higher level."

"And my ascension to become a Dao Fruit is jumping from a small heaven and earth world into a larger, broader world."

"In a sense, this is also a Dao Fruit, and the clumsiest Dao Fruit at that."

"Ascending with the entire world, not only bringing many living figures to ascend, but even bringing the entire world to ascend..."

At this moment, a peculiar realization arose in Zhang Xuan's heart, bringing a strange feeling and taste.

He seemed to vaguely understand the profound meaning of the Dao Fruit.

For him, ascending from a low-level world to a higher-level world was already breaking the original shackles, allowing his own strength and potential to reach a higher level and standard.

At the same time, the abilities, strength, and realm he possessed within the Nine Heavens and Shi Di would become even more incredible.

For example, the God Paradox from the Legends: God cannot create a stone that he himself cannot lift.

It is impossible to display abilities that transcend one's current strength and realm.

Zhang Xuan in the Shenmu World indeed could not, but Zhang Xuan in the Nine Heavens and Shi Di could.

Because Zhang Xuan's strength and realm in the Nine Heavens and Shi Di were on a higher level; he not only had the highest authority of the Shenmu World but also the highest authority of the Luan Gu world.

Even if they were both Existences of the Other Shore, Zhang Xuan could sweep them away, because Zhang Xuan could destroy the entire Shenmu World.

"This counts as another state of dimension elevation and improvement."

Zhang Xuan kept this special state in his heart, but did not interfere too much.

With one hand, he swallowed the Shenmu World, placing it at the very center, the core area of the entire world, beneath that World Tree.

Standing within the Shenmu World, Dugu Baitian and the Demon Lord appeared above the World Barrier.

The two opened their eyes wide, gazing at this broader and boundless heaven and earth.

Between heaven and earth, there still remained battle imprints left over from the Immortal Ancient era, carrying a broken aura.

But this heaven and earth was broader and more boundless compared to their previous world, and it had a different flavor.

The most primordial essence of the world they originally belonged to was merging into this heaven and earth.

It made the two of them feel as if they were about to fall from the Other Shore Realm, because the Other Shore itself was the most perfect and complete control over a world.

But now their world had merged with a larger world, and they had no way to cover the broader, more boundless world.

Yet their strength had not declined; perhaps their control within the Shenmu World had decreased.

The abilities they displayed within the Shenmu World were not as comprehensive as before.

But in the broader heaven and earth, their strength still remained there.

Moreover, the broader heaven and earth made them feel as if an elephant kept in a room had walked out into nature.

Their whole bodies felt a sense of ease, an indescribable feeling of comfort.

Zhang Xuan said nothing, and infinite light poured down from above his head into his body.

After the Shenmu World perfectly merged into the Nine Heavens and Shi Di, the entire world was cheering.

There was infinite great fortune, as well as merit, about to be bestowed and added upon him.

After all, this was an unprecedentedly great achievement, merging two of the most massive multiverses together.

For both multiverses, this was an indescribably great event, causing the width and breadth of the entire world to increase significantly.

Infinite merit and fortune descended upon Zhang Xuan's head.

But these portions were meaningless to an existence at the Immortal King level.

Furthermore, Zhang Xuan was an Other Shore practitioner; to him, this felt more like praising himself.

Zhang Xuan calmly suppressed everything, and in the end, it only formed a very special mark above his head, identical to that of the Border Desolation Seven Kings.

That mark illuminated the heavens and the earth, covering the entire world; it was a symbol of glory and power.

Countless people saw this scene but could not understand it, unable to fathom why such a figure's head suddenly shone with such heaven-reaching brilliance.

Only Shi Hao and Shi Yi stared blankly at the mark above Zhang Xuan's head.

It was very similar to the marks on their own bodies, and also very similar to the mark on the body of that king who lay there like a corpse.

That was a miraculous existence, a place naturally nurtured by the Creator.

The Nine Heavens and Shi Di were trembling, and the heavens and earth were silent.

Zhang Xuan stood within the Shenmu World, nodding slightly toward Dugu Baitian and the Demon Lord.

Following his will, the consciousnesses of Chen Zu, Chen Zhan, the Human King, the Seven Absolute Heavenly Maiden... the supreme powerhouses who had appeared in history and resided within the Shenmu World, were all gathered and unified.

These were the supreme powerhouses between heaven and earth, figures who could only be reached by those at the Other Shore Realm; many figures returned in an extremely short time, and they reached the absolute peak of their own realms.

All power gathered and unified within their bodies.

At the same time, the legacies left behind by many True Immortals and Immortal Kings from the Immortal Ancient era emerged, transforming into stele inscriptions that floated above the nine heavens of the Shenmu World.

Many figures focused on observing them, feeling that they were extraordinary, and at the same time, they also felt the difference in the world.

It was a world with different laws of heaven and earth than what they had known before, yet it was even more vast.

Joyful expressions appeared on everyone's faces as they waited for the changes to come.

Standing between heaven and earth, Zhang Xuan also let out a soft breath, feeling genuinely refreshed.

He withdrew from that state, which was similar to a sublimation of the Dao Fruit, and fell back to the Other Shore Realm.

But upon falling back to his original realm, his physical body and primordial spirit were both expanding violently, sublimating in the process.

Because the two worlds had merged, and he was an Other Shore existence in both worlds.

Naturally, the world became broader, his power and his authority increased accordingly, his physical strength grew, and his primordial spirit further sublimated.

The two multiverses had merged; while it had not yet manifested externally, the internal transformation of a complete integration had already begun.

His physical body was glowing; if one followed the path of the Dark Desolation Heavenly Emperor, after the Five Great Secret Realms, a Sixth Great Secret Realm would appear above the head, nurturing a supreme primordial spirit.

Walking that path would make one a top-tier powerhouse among Immortal Kings.

But Zhang Xuan did not walk that path, because the Huang Tiandi had severed the path after the Five Great Secret Realms back then precisely so that those who came after could walk a unique path.

Only in this way could one make a breakthrough on the original foundation of the Huang Tiandi, and only in this way could one keep pace with the Huang Tiandi.

And Zhang Xuan had now stepped onto a different path.

The Five Great Secret Realms within his body were restored to one at this moment, connecting into a single piece, as if transforming into a brand-new world.

It faintly seemed to be forming a brand-new world and universe.

But in the process of this creation, it was strongly interrupted by Zhang Xuan.

He had walked the path of the Inner Heaven and Earth, but he did not need to continue walking it, because this heaven and earth, this world, was Zhang Xuan's projection and incarnation.

He had no need to continue walking down this path.

In an instant, projections of illusory multiverses appeared one after another within his body.

That was the path from the Yishi Zhi Zun World.

As an Other Shore practitioner, one naturally possessed a multiverse within their body, an existence like a Universe Light Fragment.

The combat power of a single individual already possessed the creation of a multiverse.

It was fierce and overbearing, beyond imagination, beyond reason, and far from what ordinary people could understand.

Yet Zhang Xuan felt that such a path was still not his path.

In the end, countless universes and worlds collapsed, transforming into a halo that circled his body.

Endless energy and power merged into his body, making his physical body and primordial spirit even more resilient.

In this process, his entire being was sublimating and changing, incomparable and transcendent.

This was a path similar to the Zhetian World: the heavens are only me, the heavens are unique, originating from within the universe, yet finally transcending beyond it.

But at this step, it stopped again.

Because Zhang Xuan felt the sublimation that followed; continuing forward was no longer just the piling and stacking of endless energy.

It was similar to the authority of the Other Shore world, occupying a portion of authority and transforming into a certain concept between heaven and earth, like the Basis of the Existing World of the Moral Heavenly Venerable.

As long as this concept remained on one's person, it represented the supreme power between heaven and earth; no one could plunder it, and no one could interfere with it.

Life, death, or perhaps destruction.

Like the existences at the Main God Level in the Ascension After world, they occupied relevant concepts; as long as someone in the world was still chanting this name, the person would not die.

It was not by relying on Faith Power, but simply that this concept was locked between heaven and earth.

It was just like how the Huang Tiandi and others later became the invincible ones between heaven and earth; as long as there were still people in the world chanting their names and spreading their titles, they would never die, for they had already merged with the entire heaven and earth.

"It is a concept like civilization; it is both the one and the ten thousand!"

In an instant, Zhang Xuan felt this point and also realized this point.

It was just that to grasp it now, it was not enough; with his current power and realm, he could not yet touch places deeper and further away.

Everything, absolutely everything, was gestating and waiting within his body.

Once the gestation succeeds, it will be the moment he leaps like a fish to become the most supreme existence among the Immortal Kings.

By that time, he will truly be one of the concepts of the supreme, strongest beings between heaven and earth.

"That is still too far off for me; the current situation and circumstances are what are truly meaningful to me!"

Zhang Xuan felt the cheers of the entire Multiverse; the whole of the Nine Heavens and Shi Di was cheering and leaping with joy.

The rules between heaven and earth were perfecting themselves in the shortest possible time, while simultaneously adding a certain special property.

That originated from the unique rules and properties within the Shenmu World, which provided a tremendous enhancement to the divine soul.

The divine soul became resilient, possessing a property of indestructibility.

If the Six Paths Reincarnation Immortal King from the Immortal Ancient Era were in this heaven and earth, perhaps he could truly touch upon the secret of reincarnation.

Perhaps Wuzhong Immortal King could truly explore the beginningless and endless in this heaven and earth; not only were the heaven and earth and rules more perfect and complex, but the ceiling of the entire heaven and earth also seemed to be increasing.

No, at the level of an Immortal King, the limit of the ceiling has already been reached; piling on more worlds is of no use.

It is more about how stones from other hills can serve to polish the jade of this one; only the collision of rules from different worlds can strike sparks and gestate new miracles of civilization.

(End of this chapter)