Simultaneous Breakthrough

Bolan unconsciously extinguished the Destruction energy in his hand, staring fixedly at the Tree of Life in the High Priest's hand. Countless miracles of life flashed through his eyes. He had an epiphany!

The High Priest also noticed that something seemed off about Bolan. Looking again, she saw that he had directly closed his eyes, and a faint aura of life was emanating from his body. One had to remember that the clone Bolan had brought with him was a Destruction Divine Clone. At that moment, his Saint-level original body far away at the Extreme South Sea also set aside his comprehension of the Destruction Rules and began to gain insight into the Life Law. Even someone of the High Priest's caliber could not help but marvel at Bolan's talent, while also feeling somewhat speechless. After all, a person was at their most vulnerable during enlightenment. If she harbored even the slightest ill intent, this divine body's Godhead would be hers!!!

After a while, Bolan's two bodies opened their eyes at the same time. "Life is truly wondrous!!!" they exclaimed in unison. At this point, Bolan had comprehended all the Mysteries of the four supreme rules.

Seeing that the High Priest was still demonstrating the Mysteries of the Life Law through the Tree of Life in her hand, Bolan stood and bowed deeply to her in gratitude. However, the High Priest merely waved her hand. Epiphanies depended on one's own talent and fortune. Others could only envy them.

Bolan then extended his hand and continued demonstrating the Mysteries of the Destruction Rule he had comprehended for the High Priest. If one received a bow, one naturally had to return it.

The Tree of Life the High Priest had just manifested and the small figure with a Destruction attribute formed in Bolan's hand began to undergo an enigmatic transformation, as though they were unconsciously trying to merge. The Destruction Rule and the Life Law were famously opposed among all laws and rules. Trying to fuse these two rules together—perhaps even if the powerhouses of the four Supreme Planes gathered in one place, no one would succeed.

One had to know that mastering any law or rule to completion made one invincible among High Gods. Yet even the relatively easier elemental law Mysteries were nearly impossible to fully fuse within the same element. Across all divine planes and Supreme Planes combined, there were surely trillions upon trillions of High Gods, but fewer than fifty Paragons had emerged among them. This showed just how rare it was to become a Paragon by completely fusing the laws or rules of a single element, let alone two rules that were inherently opposed.

In this situation, not to mention Bolan and the High Priest, two Low Gods—even Beirut, a Chief Sovereign-level figure, likely would not have been able to explain what was happening.

The two looked at each other and saw determination in the other's eyes. From another perspective, they were the same kind of people: Seekers of the Dao. "If one hears the Dao in the morning, one may die in the evening without regret." The tree and little figure in their hands then transformed into two most primitive spheres of energy. Guided by their hearts, their hands came together.

This was an extremely risky move. Even two divine clones belonging to the same person would not fuse Destruction and Life energy together. If the two incompatible energies rejected each other, they would erupt in a violent explosion, with a power more than ten times that of a single type of divine power.

Their fingers interlocked. Under a miraculous force of creation, the violent energies in their hands fused together in an eerie manner, much like a Soul Mutation, becoming a cyan energy similar to the Wind Elemental Laws. The energy it contained was ten times that of the two energies they had released.

The two released their hands together. Beneath the mask Bolan could not see through, two blushes appeared on the High Priest's jade cheeks. Seeing Bolan gaze somewhat entranced at the fusion of their divine powers, she fixed her eyes upon it as well. The cyan divine power formed by their fusion was violent, yet maintained an eerie balance, appearing incredibly mystical. Within that cyan divine power, Bolan saw the energy of "life" within the Destruction Rule he cultivated. Even the Destruction Rule, which represented ruin—was its ultimate end not rebirth? Bolan immediately closed his eyes.

Within that mass of divine power, the High Priest saw the mysteries of life—and the destruction of life. Naturally, she would not miss this opportunity to interpret life from another direction. She promptly closed her eyes as well, entering a state of enlightenment.

As they pursued enlightenment, their auras strangely fused together, as though their souls had left their bodies and entered the depths of each other's souls, observing the course of the other's life.

Within Bolan's sea of consciousness, the High Priest saw countless scenes utterly foreign to the Yulan Continent: iron birds flying through the sky, steel leviathans sailing across the ocean, four-wheeled vehicles that allowed ordinary people to burst forth with speed comparable to a Level 9 warrior, and countless other things she had never seen, all striking at her heart. At the end of those images stood an enormous book, bearing two massive words: Coiling Dragon! Before the High Priest could open the book, her vision suddenly went black. Their enlightenment had ended. Opening her eyes and seeing that their hands had somehow clasped together again, her face flushed slightly, but this time she did not resist.

Deep within the High Priest's sea of consciousness, Bolan saw a lonely little girl. As a child, she had received the blessing of the elves and thus gained the talent to cultivate life magic. She then grew and cultivated all the way to the God-level. She had experienced several invasions by powerhouses from other planes, yet had always survived with steadfast strength.

Through an accidental discovery, she learned that at some unknown point, the elves of the Yulan Continent had abruptly vanished from the entire continent without a trace. At that time, the High Priest had continuously searched for the reason behind the elves' disappearance, but never found any answers. A century later, she found a descendant of an elf and a human and helped him establish a vast nation: the Yulan Empire.

After that, she had continued protecting the Yulan imperial family, descendants of the person who had been her benefactor. More than ten thousand years had passed.

As for her battle with War God O'Brien five thousand years ago, O'Brien had simply pestered the High Priest by coming to challenge her too often. Furthermore, the Yulan Empire happened to be in turmoil at the time, so she did War God a favor and fought him to a draw. Even though the High Priest had not possessed her current strength back then, she had certainly been far stronger than a Low God who had fused with a Godhead.

At that moment, Bolan also opened his eyes. The two opened their eyes simultaneously. It turned out that, through the convergence of their divine senses, they had both coincidentally broken through the bottleneck between Low God and Middle God. The Laws of the world descended over their heads once again, splitting into two streams. One was a green worldly Law representing the Life Law, pouring directly into the High Priest's head. The other was a gray worldly Law representing the Destruction Rule, descending upon Bolan's Destruction Divine Clone. The two had actually become Middle Gods at the same time.

Normally, when someone became a god, no one else could be nearby. Under the self-protection of the Laws of the world, everyone other than the one becoming a god would be excluded. But perhaps because their souls had just communicated, each carried the other's aura in their soul. Thus, this time, they became gods together.

Their hands had not even separated. (Tch, hmph.)

"The previous chapter has already been revised. Thanks for the reminder!"