As those forces descended within the Sea of Realms, time and space warped, Azure Heaven shattered, and even the Great Dao was ground away.
The two God Trees that had once towered between heaven and earth now seemed tiny. When the second wave of power descended, it was as though an invisible giant hand were pressing down upon this world.
It was not only Lu Li who felt suffocated. Every living being in this world, throughout past, present, and future, felt catastrophe looming, as if the world would perish in the next moment.
The two God Trees were bent low beneath the pressure. Cracks continuously appeared across their trunks, and they looked ready to snap at any moment.
Yet their power bought Lu Li time to react. He gathered his breath and rushed upward again, using the same method as before to resist the World Sea's crushing force.
Boom—
Amid the thunderous roar, Lu Li's entire clump of paste-like origin exploded once more. Had he not cultivated with Lu Xueqing many times over the years and greatly improved the state of his origin, that scattering alone would have caused his true spirit to vanish completely.
His paste-like origin lacked cohesion. Without outside help, it would be difficult to gather it again, and even if it did reassemble, his memories might become confused, leaving him unable to remember who he was.
A moment's hesitation would be fatal in such a great calamity.
The Innate Star Tree grown from the Fairy Spirit Seed swayed. Specks of starlight from across the universe gathered toward it, hanging from its branches like leaves and fruits. As it swayed, vast amounts of spiritual energy were born and surged into every clump of Lu Li's paste-like origin.
That spiritual energy seemed to possess a will of its