The One Who Bore the Myriad Worlds

Wind Dragon controlled the Primal Chaos Greatsword and followed Lu Chen into the Twin Fish Plate Small World.

"Th-this is impossible. How could this Small World have become like this? The concentration of spiritual energy shouldn't be this abundant..."

Wind looked at the changes in the Small World, his voice filled with astonishment.

Based on the Yuan Yang Twin Fish Plate's rate of accumulation, the spiritual energy within the Small World should only have been enough to supply the core region, the medicinal fields, and Beast King's Mansion.

Lu Chen carefully sensed the circulation path of spiritual energy within his body before speaking. "Wind Dragon, I think I know the reason."

"Wind Dragon, look at the Innate Azure Emperor Divine Tree. It has connected my Heavenly Pool to the Small World."

"I can sense that as long as even a trace of spiritual energy remains in my Heavenly Pool, the spiritual energy in the Small World will never run dry. And my divine ability has changed somewhat as well."

With that, Lu Chen waved his hand, and a stream of pure azure-blue spiritual energy appeared.

A phantom of an Azure Emperor Divine Tree condensed in Lu Chen's hand.

Wind Dragon could tell that this was clearly the unique spiritual energy aura of the Small World.

"Little Lu, you... can draw upon the spiritual energy within the Small World?"

Wind Dragon's voice was filled with shock.

"That isn't all. Watch closely."

Lu Chen extended his other hand, and a stream of fiery-red spiritual energy appeared in it alongside the Azure Emperor Divine Tree.

"Two? How could there be two Azure Emperor Divine Trees in your hands?"

Wind Dragon turned to look at the Innate Azure Emperor Divine Tree in the core region, only to find that it had not vanished.

"Little Lu, what is going on? The Innate Azure Emperor Divine Tree is clearly still in the core region."

The doubts in Wind Dragon's heart deepened further.

"Heh heh, this is a marvelous use I just discovered."

"Watch carefully."

Lu Chen swung both hands. Dozens of green tentacles appeared in the void to his left, while dozens of red tentacles appeared to his right.

"How could this be? Impossible! How could one person possess two kinds of tentacles?"

Watching the tentacles continuously lash out from Lu Chen's hands, Wind Dragon was nearly driven mad.

"It's not over yet. Watch closely."

Lu Chen controlled the green tentacles with his left hand, condensing them into a greatsword, while his right hand controlled the red tentacles to form a long spear.

"Go!"

Lu Chen shouted, and the spear and greatsword shot forth with astonishing momentum.

Boom...

A simple strike shattered a huge boulder on the Wilderness Plains into pieces.

"There's more."

As though moving his own arms and fingers, Lu Chen controlled the two differently colored Azure Emperor Divine Trees and continuously attacked the boulders across the Wilderness Plains.

Boom... Boom... Boom...

The fourth floor of Beast King's Mansion.

Eighteen demon beast leaders had gathered together.

They were discussing how to have the Source Gathering Spirit Shell approach Lu Chen under a different identity, so that he would not discover it had been arranged by them.

Feeling the tremors on the Wilderness Plains, Kui Niu spoke. "Did something happen in the Small World? Should we go out and take a look?"

"Perhaps demon beasts are fighting. There's no problem for now. Let's continue figuring out how to resolve this issue."

The Golden Giant Dragon paid no heed to the booming outside. In his view, demon beasts might simply be fighting, since such things often happened within Beast King's Mansion.

The rumbling across the Wilderness Plains grew louder and lasted longer.

The eighteen demon beast leaders could no longer be bothered with their discussion and flew directly out of Beast King's Mansion.

They happened to witness Lu Chen waving the tentacles with both hands.

"King, this is... Azure Emperor Divine Vine? Why are there two kinds?"

Bai Ze led the demon beasts to Lu Chen's side. He recognized the Azure Emperor Divine Vine Lu Chen was using.

Bai Ze's understanding was much the same as Wind Dragon's. He believed that the divine ability Azure Emperor Divine Vine could only possess one innate attribute within a single person.

"Heh heh, I'm testing my divine ability."

Lu Chen spoke as he continued controlling them.

"Looks like it's about enough. Hah!"

Lu Chen glanced at the small fragments of stone in the sky and crossed his hands as he swung them out.

The two colors of tentacles intertwined into a giant net, catching every piece of rubble falling from the sky.

"Go on, deep-water bomb."

As though playing a game, Lu Chen tossed the net toward the Ice Hill Deep Sea.

The net skipped across the water four times before falling directly into the surface with a bang.

"Hahaha, four times! I'm the little prince of stone skipping."

Lu Chen watched the movement on the lake surface with excitement and dispersed the Azure Emperor Divine Trees in his palms.

"King, what is going on?"

Bai Ze watched Lu Chen dismiss his divine ability, then walked over and spoke.

Lu Chen looked at everyone and slowly said, "Do you really want to know? Come with me to the core region first. I discovered a secret."

"King, hurry and tell us."

The demon beasts around Lu Chen could barely contain themselves. They surrounded him and directly carried him in a flash to beneath the Azure Emperor Divine Tree.

Lu Chen pointed at the Innate Eight Trigrams Diagram beneath the Innate Azure Emperor Divine Tree and slowly said, "Take a look at this."

"This is an Innate Eight Trigrams Diagram from the ancient pre-Qin era, but what does it have to do with divine abilities?"

Bai Ze stared at the Innate Eight Trigrams Diagram on the ground and questioned Lu Chen.

At the same time, his hands continuously formed seals as he peered into the past and future of this matter.

Pfft...

Bai Ze spat out a mouthful of blood and looked in the direction Lu Chen pointed with terror in his eyes.

"This is impossible. How could I fail to see even the slightest thing?"

Lu Chen pointed at the crack beside the Innate Azure Emperor Divine Tree and was about to speak, but Bai Ze's cry of alarm interrupted him.

Lu Chen stepped forward to support Bai Ze. "Bai Ze, what happened to you?"

"I'm fine."

As he spoke, Bai Ze stood up and stared at the crack before him. His hands formed seals, and he spat a mouthful of Essence Blood onto the condensed rune.

"Your Essence Blood has already been overdrawn. If you keep using this move, you will definitely die."

The Golden Giant Dragon saw Bai Ze's weakness and hurried forward to stop him.

"Bai Ze, have you gone mad? This is absolutely not how you should be acting."

Bai Ze flashed away, dodging the Golden Giant Dragon.

He spat out another mouthful of Essence Blood, and the rune before him gradually took shape.

"I will stake the honor of our Bai Ze race on this and look one more time."

A virtual image slowly formed before Bai Ze. The image slowly rotated, revealing a back view.

That figure held a greatsword and faced a group of enemies. Several planets rested upon his back, while a mass of demon beast corpses lay at his feet.

"I succeeded! I succeeded! Hahaha..."

Seeing the image before him, Bai Ze burst into laughter, not caring in the slightest what it contained.

The scene lasted only three seconds before shattering with a thunderous crash.

Yet when such an image fell into Lu Chen's eyes, it was like a bolt from the blue.

Because the face of the person in that image was exactly the same as the face on the Azure Emperor Divine Tree, filled with a bleak and mournful aura.

Moreover, the planet above that person's head was exactly the same as the Twin Fish Plate Small World from Lu Chen's memories.

Recalling the scene just now, Lu Chen seemed to have already glimpsed an ominous future. "Bai Ze, what was that?"

Bai Ze had already awakened from his frenzy. Looking at the people around him, he said, "To tell the truth, I don't know what happened to me just now."

"It was as though some miraculous power controlled me. I absolutely did not complete that final rune myself. Otherwise, I would have long since died after exhausting all my Essence Blood."

"You're saying that someone controlled your state just now in order to send us a message?"

After hearing Bai Ze's explanation, Wind Dragon already believed it in his heart.

He had fought alongside Bai Ze for thousands of years. He understood Bai Ze well.

How could someone like Bai Ze, who planned a hundred steps ahead with every step he took, disregard his own life so completely?

"That is indeed the case. But whether this message is good or bad is beyond my present ability to discern."

Nine Revolutions Sky Devouring Rat recalled the earlier image, stepped forward, and said, "I think there is a high chance this message is bad. The dead Sky Devouring Rat in that image should be me."

"On this Eastern Pole Continent, I am the only Nine Revolutions Sky Devouring Rat left. If that image truly comes to pass, then the demon beasts around him must surely be us as well."

Hearing Nine Revolutions Sky Devouring Rat's analysis, everyone broke out in cold sweat. They had already thought of the reason this event might happen.

"Could this be the next Darkness Riot?"

Kui Niu recalled the earlier image, his expression trembling and twisting.

He had spotted a bull horn in the image at a single glance. If the Darkness Riot truly came, he would certainly not be able to escape it.

"Stop letting your imaginations run wild. Let's hear what the King has to say."

"If those demon beasts are us, then that back view must be the King. And that greatsword looks almost exactly like the King's greatsword."

Red Fox spoke up, interrupting everyone's thoughts. There had also been a red fox in the earlier image, but it only had one fox tail.

She did not dare determine whether that red fox was truly herself.

Only after hearing Red Fox's analysis did everyone realize that the protagonist of that image was their new King.

Lu Chen did not notice everyone calling to him. His mind was filled with the words spoken by that face.

He still remembered how, when the face gave him the Azure Emperor Divine Tree, it had continuously repeated, "I am you, and you are me."

Bai Ze stepped forward and awakened Lu Chen from his thoughts. "King, what are you thinking about?"

"Ah! Nothing."

"Why are you all looking at me like that? It feels rather strange."

Lu Chen looked at the people staring at him, feeling a little unnerved.

Bai Ze frowned as he spoke. "King, if my guess is correct, the Darkness Riot will arrive soon."

"King, do you remember the question I asked you last time? Are you willing to bear the fate of our demon beast realm?"

Bai Ze knelt before Lu Chen and asked the same question again.

To people like them, Lu Chen was their final hope.

Lu Chen looked at the kneeling Bai Ze and kept muttering, "Bear it? What exactly does it mean to bear it?"

Sensing the change in Lu Chen's emotions, everyone behind Bai Ze also knelt before Lu Chen.

Lu Chen raised his head and looked at the people kneeling before him. He understood that if they had not needed something from him, they would never have made him their King.

But as Lu Chen watched them kneel before him for the second time, a desire to survive rose from everyone.