Chapter 18

Their roots and aptitudes were distinct, their origins different, and the methods they cultivated were far from ordinary.

He sought to prove the Three Thousand Laws Great Dao, to make every kind of Dao Fruit bloom with the flower of Great Luo, and use this to pave an unsurpassed Dao path.

This path was destined to be utterly different from that of all beings in the Primordial World.

With everything prepared, Lin Fan sat cross-legged in meditation within the chaos.

The two supreme secret classics, the Primordial Great Dao True Explanation and the Primordial Creation Scripture, rumbled into motion, and the heavens and universes within his body suddenly manifested, all phenomena shifting and changing.

Vast divine light swept across the eight wildernesses, shaking the Chaos Starry Sky.

When his aura climbed to its peak, Lin Fan flipped his palm and swallowed the Chaos Origin Marrow.

Its lustrous white radiance instantly transformed into heaven-toppling energy, and under the driving force of the Dao scriptures, it was refined at extreme speed.

Three thousand Dao Fruits appeared at once, rivers of law surged, and the mysterious sound of the Great Dao echoed through the universe.

Hundreds of millions of Primordial Stars resonated at the same time, and the power of the star river Descended, like the Milky Way of the nine heavens pouring down.

In an instant, ten thousand Dao flowers bloomed, all revealing the complete form of twelve petals.

Nuwa stood frozen on the spot, her vermilion lips slightly parted, unable to hide her astonishment.

Her shock had reached an indescribable degree.

He had only just broken through to Great Luo, yet he had directly manifested a Twelve-petal Golden Lotus.

Such talent could be called unprecedented and unrepeatable.

Back when Nuwa proved her Dao, she had been the same as the Sanqing, obtaining only a Nine-petal Golden Lotus.

Even Dao Ancestor Hongjun, the strongest being in the Primordial World, had only bloomed an Eleven-petal flower.

Yet Lin Fan had easily broken through to twelve petals.

The entire process had flowed like moving clouds and running water, without the slightest obstruction.

It was as though it had been completed in the blink of an eye.

It made her, his Dao protector, feel utterly without presence.

With such aptitude, perhaps only Pangu could stand shoulder to shoulder with him.

The phenomenon spread throughout the entire Primordial World; even across hundreds of billions of light-years, the fluctuations of his aura could still be sensed.

Many mighty beings cast their divine senses over one after another.

What kind of pressure was this?

Someone had actually proved the Dao of Great Luo? Such a phenomenon had never been seen before!

A flower blooming with twelve petals? When had the Primordial World given birth to such a monster?

Perceiving several divine senses filled with malice, "Impudent!"

Nuwa's gaze abruptly turned cold.

Following the threads of karma, a surge of Great Luo magic power crossed the void.

In every corner of the Primordial World, miserable wails instantly rang out.

They suffered Annihilation of Form and Spirit, not even a remnant soul left behind.

The remaining mighty beings were scared out of their wits and hurriedly withdrew their divine senses.

Those capable of killing mighty beings in an instant across endless space-time could only be of the Venerable Saint.

Such existences were absolutely not ones they could provoke.

When Nuwa came back to her senses, what horrified her even more was—

Lin Fan's breakthrough was still continuing!

His heaven-toppling pressure continued to climb, as if there were no end to it.

This left her completely speechless.

The Twelve-petal Golden Lotus was actually not the end?

At that moment, Lin Fan's body was undergoing an astonishing transformation.

The energy of the Chaos Origin Marrow surged like a river of stars, continuously tempering his Dao foundation.

His foundation grew ever more solid, gradually turning into a flawless, jade-like state.

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Lin Fan seized the perfect opportunity and, without the slightest hesitation, swallowed all Seven Chaos Immortal Apricots.

This sort of Innate Supreme Treasure was utterly different from ordinary Immortal Fruit. Ordinary immortal apricots could bestow divine abilities upon cultivators, but Chaos Immortal Apricots could let one comprehend the laws of the Great Dao.

As the immortal apricots entered his body, the three thousand laws suddenly boiled over, erupting with endless, profound power. The supreme mysteries of the Hongmeng True Explanation flowed through Lin Fan's sea of consciousness; every Dao fruit evolved to perfection, each blooming with the flower of the Twelve-petal Great Luo.

In the Chaos Starry Sky, heaven-shaking phenomena appeared. A ten-thousand-zhang golden lotus hung from the firmament, causing the ancient radiant stars to lose their color. Once the seven immortal apricots were completely refined, vast laws swept out from within Lin Fan's body in all directions, shaking the Chaos Void.

Above the canopy of heaven, a towering Dharma Form manifested—it was Lin Fan's true form. Dao rhythms rose all around him, making him seem like an Incarnation of the Great Dao, his might unfathomable.

Nuwa witnessed this scene, and her mind and spirit were both shaken—the three thousand Dao fruits had appeared together, unexpectedly echoing Pangu's deed in former years from afar.

On Kunlun Mountain, Sect Master Tongtian gazed from afar toward the chaos, horror showing on his face. "He actually proved the Dao with a Twelve-petal Great Luo!" When he had first met Lin Fan in Wa Huang Palace in the past, he had already sensed that Lin Fan was extraordinary, but he had not expected that he had still underestimated him. The Sanqing had been transformed from Pangu's Primordial Spirit, their fortune and karmic blessings surpassing all in the Primordial World, yet when they proved the Dao back then, they had only reached the number of nine petals.

"Such aptitude can no longer be described by the word 'monstrous'..."

Deep within the chaos, Venerable Yuanshi gazed at the churning nebulae, a shock that was difficult to conceal flashing through his eyes.

What a pity. Truly, what a pity.

Such a world-shaking talent had actually been snatched up first by Nuwa.

Whenever he thought of this, a gloomy look would rise between his brows.

Laozi stood quietly to the side. He had always harbored resentment toward Lin Fan, yet at this moment, he was unusually silent.

His gaze pierced through the chaotic mist, and no one knew what he was thinking.

Atop Mount Sumeru.

Jieyin and Zhunti both sensed the disturbance in the chaos at the same time.

A horrified light erupted in Zhunti's eyes.

"Senior Brother, did you sense it? That celestial phenomenon in the chaos..."

Jieyin nodded without speaking, the hand inside his sleeve trembling slightly.

A flower blooming with twelve petals!

Such aptitude could be called unprecedented from ancient times to now.

Since the opening of the Primordial World, it had never appeared.

"If we can convert this child into our teaching..." Zhunti could hardly hide his excitement, his voice tightening. "The revival of our West will be just around the corner!"

Jieyin's eyes were deep and still as water.

"This child is Nuwa's Biological Brother."

"When did Nuwa gain a younger brother?"

Zhunti felt as if he had been struck by lightning, all his burning enthusiasm instantly cooling.

"So that's how it is..."

No wonder Senior Brother was so calm.

How laughable. In the end, it was Eastern fortune again!

Above the ninefold heavenly palace.

Di Jun and Donghuang Taiyi both looked toward the depths of the chaos.

"Demon Master, do you know what happened?"

Fuxi cupped his hands and replied, "A living being is proving the Dao in the chaos, manifesting a Twelve-petal Golden Lotus."

The gods of Heavenly Court instantly burst into an uproar.

The two Demon Race sovereigns exchanged a glance, and both saw the horror in each other's eyes.

As innate divinities nurtured by the Solar Star, they had only bloomed seven petals when they proved the Dao.

The realm of twelve petals was something even the Dao Ancestor had not reached.

When had the Primordial World nurtured such a heaven-defying existence?

Great Dao Contention

Donghuang Taiyi gazed at Fuxi. "Do you know who the one proving the Dao is?"

Fuxi calculated with his fingers, his brows furrowing slightly. "The heavenly secrets are chaotic. A Saint-realm being is protecting his Dao."

At these words, everyone fell silent. Di Jun and Donghuang exchanged a mute look—since a Saint was involved, all delusions had to be cut off.

Inside Zixiao Palace, Hongjun suddenly opened his eyes. Deep in the chaotic starry vault, the phantom of the Twelve-petal Golden Lotus shook his Dao heart.

Such a sight had manifested only once before the opening of heaven: when the Creation Green Lotus conceived Pangu, it too had bloomed with twelve petals.

Lin Fan... could actually stand shoulder to shoulder with Pangu? The fingers hidden in the Dao Ancestor's sleeve trembled faintly.

Starlight reflected in Nuwa's eyes. The twelve-petal phenomenon showed that this child was certain to attain the Hunyuan Saint Realm, and might even rise above Heavenly Dao Saints.

The void **, and eternal Dao rhythms flowed around Lin Fan. The three thousand laws all converged into one, and the River of Destiny rippled with waves breaking free of shackles.

Just as Nuwa was about to congratulate him on his success, thunder suddenly roared and lightning screamed through the chaos.

A boundless sea of lightning manifested from nothingness—this was the Great Dao Tribulation Lightning!

With the three thousand Dao fruits perfected, it had instead drawn the Great Dao's trial? Nuwa clenched her fair hand. In this star domain far from the Primordial World, this calamity would point straight at the origin of the Dao.

Lin Fan's mind shook, and he abruptly opened his eyes.

Brilliant divine radiance burst from both eyes, piercing through layer after layer of space.

With a movement of his body, he stood atop the chaotic starry vault.

A golden seal surfaced in his palm, with the sun, moon, stars, mountains, rivers, lakes, and seas circulating upon it.

Thunderclouds churned across the sky, and an aura of destruction filled hundreds of millions of miles of void.

Before the lightning tribulation could descend, Lin Fan had already charged into the sea of lightning.

The Sacred Emperor Golden Body Technique circulated, and Golden Light of Merit enveloped his entire body.

Shock appeared on Nuwa's face.

The heavenly punishment ordinary cultivators could not avoid fast enough—he had actually taken the initiative to meet it head-on?

Treading on ten-thousand-zhang thunderbolts, he held the divine seal in hand.

Bolts of tribulation lightning collapsed one after another, turning into starlight and vanishing.

Heaven-shaking booms rocked the chaotic star domain, enough to chill the heart.

Before Lin Fan, this lightning tribulation that could destroy ** earth was actually like child's play.

Countless bolts of thunder followed one after another, yet the moment they touched Lin Fan, they all disintegrated.

As each bolt of heavenly lightning tempered his body, his might became ever more astonishing.

A new round of lightning tribulation descended, and the Power of Five Elements surged without cease.

Lin Fan ** the void, drawing thousands upon thousands of Thunder Dragons into his body.

As golden light breathed in and out, the power of the lightning tribulation was completely refined.

His physique broke through again and again under the tempering of thunder.

Late-stage Primordial Unity Golden Immortal, peak, perfection.

When the final bolt of heavenly lightning dissipated, Lin Fan's aura had already reached its limit.

The tribulation clouds in the sky gradually dispersed, and a huge rift split open in the Chaos Void. Strands of Dao-rhythm divine radiance descended, enveloping Lin Fan within.

These Dao radiances were blessings descended from heaven after passing the tribulation, containing sacred power as vast as the stars.

Lin Fan drew the qi into his body, and at once felt both his fleshly body and Primordial Spirit being nourished.

The law chains and Dao-pattern network within him, originally incomplete, gradually became whole, and his Spiritual Platform grew clearer and more translucent.

Suddenly.

Lin Fan's body seemed to break through some kind of shackles, undergoing a fundamental leap.

His whole body transformed into a complete Dao net interwoven with truth and laws.

Perfect Dao rhythm formed its own cycle within him.

The initial realm of Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal was achieved.

Moreover, his Foundation of the Great Dao was baptized by the Heavenly Dao and reached perfection.

Lin Fan lightly opened his eyes.

His muscles and bones were lustrous like jade, and divine radiance flowed around him.

The pressure of a supreme Zenith Heaven shook the myriad heavens and worlds, stirring the chaotic star river.

Strange brilliance flashed again and again in Nuwa's eyes.

Such talent was truly unseen through all ages.

Since the day she had taken form, she had never seen anyone so astonishingly brilliant.

At the Peak of Kunlun.

The Human Teachings flourished greatly, their momentum unstoppable.

Sect Master Tongtian's tone was deep, and the thoughts in his eyes were difficult to read.

Lin Fan had achieved the Twelve-petal supreme Zenith Heaven, and could already stand guard over a region of heaven and earth.

The foundation of the Human Teachings rose to another level from this.

With such aptitude, proving the Dao and becoming a Saint was just around the corner.

If two Saints stood guard over them, the Human Race would surely rise to a realm where all living beings looked up to them.

The Human Race's roots were shallow; even with mighty figures among them, it would still be difficult for them to flourish.

Venerable Yuanshi, however, did not think so.

He had always valued only those with deep fortune and karmic affinity, believing that the Human Race would ultimately be hard-pressed to achieve greatness.

Laozi's expression was complicated, his thoughts surging.

This should have been his opportunity to prove the Dao.

It was all because Lin Fan and Nuwa had interfered, causing him to miss his heavenly mandate.

Now Lin Fan had already become a supreme Zenith Heaven, while his own chance at becoming a Saint remained distant and faint.

After thinking it over again and again, Laozi turned and went straight to Zixiao Palace.

Western Paradise.

Zhunti gazed at the vast aura of Zenith Heaven swirling around Lin Fan and said softly:

"This child's talent is so outstanding that it is truly rare."

"For my Western Teachings, I fear this is no good thing."

When Jieyin heard this, his brows also furrowed deeply.

Although the two of them were Innate Divinities, had once received the favor of the Heavenly Dao, ranked among the three thousand listeners in Zixiao Palace, and had also received guidance from Dao Ancestor Hongjun, compared with Lin Fan, they still felt their aptitude was slightly inferior.

What was even more astonishing was that Lin Fan had not been born for long.

His Fate Wheel was long and enduring, yet he had taken form early, and thus appeared in this posture.

In such a short span of years, he had actually reached the realm of a Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal. Even Saints could not help but be shaken.

After proving the Grand Unity Dao Fruit, Lin Fan's figure had nearly doubled in height.

His skin was like snow, his eyes clear and bright with contained radiance, and amid his childishness there was now a bit more heroic spirit.

Nuwa smiled as she looked him over, a trace of doting hidden in her eyes.

"Little fellow, come here and let Sister hold you."

"Sister, I am no longer a child. Men and women should keep their distance."

Lin Fan answered solemnly.

Nuwa could not help laughing, her brows and eyes curving with mirth.

With one slender arm, she swept him into her embrace.

No matter how he struggled, it was ultimately futile.

In the end, he simply gave up resisting and obediently let her pinch and knead him.

Only after she had enjoyed herself to the fullest did Nuwa nod in satisfaction.

At once, she felt that the dignity of an Elder Sister had returned.

"Sister, we have been away from the Human Race for a long time. It is time to go back."

Lin Fan looked up and said.

"Back to what Human Race? Come with Sister to Wa Huang Palace. Since you have entered Zenith Heaven, you ought to cultivate properly."

Nuwa instructed him with a solemn face, displaying the bearing of a strict elder sister in full.

"But if I am not there to protect them, what will become of the Human Race?"

Lin Fan asked.

"The Human Race is stable now. What is there to worry about?"

Puzzlement appeared on Nuwa's face. "That is only the surface."

"Last time, although Sister intimidated the Demon Race, they are savage by nature. There will still be great demons who secretly devour humans."

"If I am not there, the Human Race will surely suffer their poisonous hands," Lin Fan explained.

Nuwa knew perfectly well that the Human Ancestral Land had the Innate Grand Formation Lin Fan had laid down, and ordinary great demons could not break in at all. She had also previously warned Di Jun to restrain his subordinates.

"You little slippery-head, don't even think about fooling Sister." Nuwa exposed him at once. "The Primordial World is dangerous. Hurry and return with me to Wa Huang Palace to cultivate."