Chapter 1582: Chapter One Thousand Five Hundred and Ninety: The Seng Luo Tree Phase

From the Unrivalled Divine Throne, divine light bloomed, and within that light stood a colossal ink-black tree whose grandeur defied measurement, as if it connected heaven and earth; its canopy stretched for tens of thousands of miles, and upon it perched a Golden-Winged Roc, while majestic, vast spatial origin power flowed like a galaxy weaving between the branches, as if linking one spatial realm to another.

Everyone was shaken by this sight.

Even Li Luo and Jiang Jiang Qinge could not help but widen their eyes slightly.

"That is... Mother's third phase?" Jiang Jiang Qinge exclaimed in surprise. The Unrivalled Marquis path was the most unique path in the world, and the timing of the birth of the third phase was not fixed—sometimes it appeared the moment one entered the Unrivalled Marquis stage, and sometimes one had to wait until the eighth or even ninth rank of Unrivalled before this third phase emerged.

In the several years since Dantai Lan's return, she had never revealed her third phase, so even Li Luo and Jiang Jiang Qinge had assumed it was because the third phase had yet to be born.

But from the looks of it now, that did not seem to be the case.

"What phase is that?" Li Luo asked curiously.

Jiang Jiang Qinge's eyes showed a thoughtful look as she said, "That heaven-piercing ink tree seems to be the 'Seng Luo Tree' recorded in ancient texts. It is a kind of miraculous plant from the primordial era, possessing its own spiritual intelligence. It is said the Seng Luo Tree had a fearsome reputation in the primordial era—once it matured, its canopy would shroud tens of thousands of miles, forming a 'Myriad Phenomena Seng Luo Prison,' and any creature that fell within, even giant dragons or rocs, would be suppressed and unable to escape."

"The Seng Luo Tree phase, huh..."

Li Luo clicked his tongue in wonder. Old Mother's phases were truly rare—why couldn't she have passed them down to me?

While the two marveled from afar, at Dantai Lan's brow, a golden Ancient-Phase Mark first appeared, resembling a golden roc with spread wings—that was the Middle Ninth Rank Golden-Winged Roc phase. Then, at the center of the phase mark, a wondrous silver vertical line slowly split open, and a Saint Phase Crystal Core radiating an extremely dense spatial origin power was revealed.

Upper Ninth Rank, Spatial Phase!

But it did not end there, for everyone saw that deep within the silver-glowing Saint Phase Crystal Core, mysterious ink-black color suddenly surged forth, and finally, above the Saint Phase Crystal Core formed by the Spatial Phase, another ink-black crystal core took shape. Within that crystal core, hundreds of millions of ink-black seal-like patterns seemed to flow, and faintly visible was an ink tree standing between heaven and earth, its canopy spreading like an abyss, like a prison.

Upper Ninth Rank, Seng Luo Tree Phase!

Gazing at the two Saint Phase Crystal Cores at Dantai Lan's brow, each radiating a different origin power, Wang-realm powerhouses like Li Li Tianji and Qin Zhongyuan could not help but momentarily lose themselves. Upper Ninth Rank phases only underwent sublimation when one stepped into the Three-Crown Wang realm, so even they could not achieve such a lavish configuration.

However, they could also sense that the origin power radiating from Dantai Lan's "Seng Luo Tree Phase" was slightly weaker than that of the Upper Ninth Rank Spatial Phase, which suggested it had only recently evolved to Upper Ninth Rank.

While they were lost in thought, Dantai Lan's commanding shout had already come: "Each of you, activate your origin power to help me build the prison and suppress the Beast Embryo!"

The four Wang-realm powerhouses—Li Li Tianji, Li Li Qingying, Qin Zhongyuan, and Qin Qin Zhiming—heard this, and the royal crowns atop their heads immediately burst forth with dazzling divine light. Vast origin power transformed into torrential floods that swept out, finally surging entirely toward the Seng Luo Tree reflected by the Unrivalled Divine Throne.

The Seng Luo Tree then extended its canopy, vast as mountain ranges, receiving each of those origin torrents entirely, and immediately sprouted countless branches. These branches flowed with different origin powers—some trunks circulated terrifying thunder, others gathered surging seawater, each one different.

Such a scene appeared exceedingly strange, as if this ink tree truly possessed the temperament of encompassing all phenomena.

Under the full empowerment of the four Wang-realm powerhouses, the vast and towering Seng Luo Tree dropped countless branches, while hundreds of millions of roots roared forth like giant dragons, carrying force that shook heaven and earth, piercing through layer upon layer of void, and entangling the rotting Beast Embryo with its hundred heads and hundred tails.

The Beast Embryo raged. Slaughter and madness surged within those beast pupils, and the emerald-green plague torrents transformed into hundreds of millions of insects, swarming toward the roots and trunks that came coiling, biting at them.

But faced with the biting of these plague insects, the Seng Luo Tree suddenly released a vast, majestic vitality. This vitality itself did not possess particularly strong killing power, but whenever the flood of vitality swept past, those plague insects emanating death energy would one after another dissolve into black vapor and scatter.

The two sides were locked in frantic entanglement, erosion, and standoff.

The aftershocks emanating from it caused this stretch of sky to continuously shatter.

And at this sight, Li Li Tianji, Qin Zhongyuan, and the others were somewhat delighted, because the Beast Embryo had truly been held in check!

Thus, they immediately drove the royal crowns atop their heads to their utmost, with clear qi continuously rising, drawing origin power ceaselessly from heaven and earth, channeling it to empower the Seng Luo Tree.

Dantai Lan gazed at the stalemated situation, then bit her fingertip, and essence blood flowing with three hues of light—gold, silver, and ink—dripped down. Using her finger as a brush, she stirred the essence blood, mixed it with the origin power of the Wang powerhouses, and with a slow, heavy motion, sketched out an ancient, primordial rune.

It seemed to be the character "Suppress".

She exhaled deeply, her gaze fixed on the Seng Luo Tree currently locked in stalemate with the Beast Embryo. This third phase she had never revealed before was because she had been nurturing it.

This was a Te Shu Mi Fa she had obtained on the Wang Hou battlefield that needed to be deployed in conjunction with the Seng Luo Tree phase. This Mi Fa required sealing the phase palace, nourishing it with unique energy to aid its evolution—but during this nurturing process, this phase could not be used temporarily, which was why she had never revealed it before.

But now, the Seng Luo Tree phase had already evolved from Middle Ninth Rank to Upper Ninth Rank, so the seal naturally became ineffective.

"This Beast Embryo has absorbed the negative emotions produced by the Calamity over these years and has grown stronger, but it is still ultimately inferior to the Human Embryo that descended before. Now, combining the power of four Wangs to construct the 'Myriad Phenomena Seng Luo Prison,' we should be able to suppress it, though dispersing it entirely will not be the work of a single day."

Dantai Lan lightly tapped with her fingertip, and the ancient "Suppress" rune, flowing with numerous origin powers, shot straight through space, then landed upon the trunk of the Seng Luo Tree, vast as a giant mountain.

Boom!

In that instant, the entire world seemed to rumble violently.

The already towering Seng Luo Tree was seen growing at a startling speed, its canopy spreading to completely cover the spatial rift between the Boundary River Domain and Outer Shenzhou. Branches and roots flowing with different origin powers entangled like giant dragons, tightly encircling the Beast Embryo with its hundred heads and hundred tails.

It was like a prison of terrifying extremity.

Any existence that fell within would be suppressed in the deepest depths.

Roar!

The Beast Embryo erupted with a terrifying roar, attempting to resist, but as the "Myriad Phenomena Seng Luo Prison" gradually took shape, it was forced into the deepest depths, and terrifying suppression force descended, covering it layer upon layer.

In the end, the Beast Embryo was suppressed until it could not move, and its hundred heads and hundred tails were gradually disappearing as time passed.

And once the hundred heads and hundred tails completely vanished, this Beast Embryo would naturally dissipate.

Hoo.

Dantai Lan let out a heavy sigh of relief. At this moment, even she showed a trace of pallor on her face, but it was not over yet. She looked at Li Li Tianji and Qin Zhongyuan and said, "Right now this is only the initial suppression of the Beast Embryo. To dissolve it will still require a considerable amount of time."

"During this period, I will still need two powerful Wang-realm powerhouses to remain stationed here with me, working together to dissolve its hundred heads and hundred tails."

Li Li Tianji and Qin Zhongyuan exchanged a glance and both nodded: "Then let the two of us remain stationed here with you."

They all understood the Beast Embryo's destructive nature. Having finally managed to suppress it with the aid of Dantai Lan's ability, they naturally could not let all their previous efforts go to waste.

Dantai Lan nodded, flicked her finger, and saw ink-black leaves on the Seng Luo Tree's canopy curl up, transforming into three ink-leaf meditation cushions, upon which she, Li Li Tianji, and Qin Zhongyuan each took a seat.

As the three true bodies settled into their seats, their forms swayed slightly, and three avatars split off from them.

The avatars departed from this place, then descended toward the crowd in the field.

With this, the Calamity that had stretched over several years and caused countless casualties in this region finally met its end at this moment.