Inner World, Avatar Gestation!

Qian Yu's consciousness wavered slightly as he gazed at the newborn world—a gray, overcast sky, a land still mired in primordial chaos, and an endless void.

A vast space nine million kilometers across now existed quietly within his body.

This was... an Inner World.

A true Inner World.

Unlike the mysterious space where the Primordial Dao Tree resided, which he had once mistaken for his Inner World, that was actually the tree's own space. Though it belonged to him in a sense, it did not exist within his body.

But this world, just now opened, was truly his own—like the Inner World of a Realm Lord!

A surge of understanding welled up in Qian Yu's heart.

This Fruit had given him an Inner World.

And one that, upon its very first opening, reached a terrifying nine million kilometers!

For context, an ordinary Realm Lord's Inner World at initial breakthrough was only a few thousand kilometers; the exceptionally gifted might reach tens of thousands. Nine million kilometers—what did that even mean?

It meant that from this moment on, his foundation and his potential had already surpassed countless others!

Yet the transformation was not over.

Just as Qian Yu thought everything had concluded, the torrent of energy flooding into his body suddenly changed direction. It began to wash over his physical form!

From the inside out—from cells to bones, from blood to fascia—every inch of his body was being reshaped by that energy!

And the reshaping was not gentle. It was violent, domineering, and overwhelming!

Qian Yu's body trembled, quaked, and transformed!

Bones shattered, then reassembled; muscles tore, then regenerated; cells annihilated, then were reborn!

Every destruction paved the way for a better rebirth!

Every pang of pain was accompanied by a surge in power!

Outside.

On that nameless planet, the body Qian Yu had sat in meditation for a hundred years suddenly erupted with a terrifying aura!

That aura was so strong, so fierce, so unmatched that it instantly enveloped the entire planet!

Then it continued to spread, spread, spread!

Boom!!!

The planet trembled!

Mountains collapsed!

The earth cracked open!

And Qian Yu's body, amidst this collapse and destruction, slowly levitated into the air!

Inside him, energy still surged wildly!

Behind him, a massive phantom slowly took shape—the phantom of the Primordial Dao Tree, ten thousand kilometers tall, blotting out the sky and casting the entire planet into its shadow!

That phantom swayed gently, as if cheering for his breakthrough!

Boom!!!

An aura even more terrifying than before exploded from within Qian Yu!

The threshold from Cosmic Level Ninth Order peak to Domain Lord was, in that moment, ruthlessly crushed beneath his feet!

His aura climbed without pause!

Domain Lord First Order!

Domain Lord Second Order!

Still climbing!

Domain Lord Third Order!

Domain Lord Fourth Order!

Domain Lord Fifth Order!

Only when it reached the peak of Domain Lord Fifth Order did the climbing aura finally slow to a halt.

Qian Yu opened his eyes.

In that instant, his two gazes pierced through the void like solid matter, leaving lingering traces in the starry sky that did not fade for a long time.

He looked down at his hands.

Domain Lord Fifth Order.

That Fruit had not only opened an Inner World for him but had also pushed him directly from Cosmic Level Ninth Order peak to Domain Lord Fifth Order peak.

A leap of five entire orders.

His body had also undergone a transformation. His Gene Level had broken through again. Clenching his fist slightly to gauge it, he estimated his Gene Level had risen to about 300 times.

As expected of the Primordial Dao Tree.

A single fruit had elevated his Gene Level by two hundred times.

And that wasn't all—Qian Yu's consciousness sank into the newly born Inner World.

A vast space spanning nine million kilometers, with a gray, hazy sky, a primordial, unformed earth, and endless void.

At this moment, his gaze was entirely drawn to the golden giant egg at the world's center.

It stood about a hundred meters tall, its entire surface flowing with dazzling golden light.

The eggshell was densely covered with intricate law patterns, and with every flash of radiance, ripples of law energy spread outward.

Qian Yu hovered before the giant egg, quietly sensing the life gestating within.

He could clearly feel that a brand-new life was taking shape inside that egg.

It was his avatar—a second self, connected to him by soul and consciousness.

This was actually an avatar?

Not only had this Fruit of the Primordial Dao Tree opened his Inner World, but it had also conjured an avatar for him.

He had been thinking earlier about asking the Primordial Dao Tree to provide him with an avatar secret technique, but now it seemed completely unnecessary.

As long as this body finished gestating, he would directly possess an avatar—what need was there for an avatar secret technique?

What need was there for anything else?

And this was an avatar nurtured by the Primordial Dao Tree itself—there was no way it could be inferior.

It was absolutely better than him desperately searching for a way to gestate an avatar on his own!

Qian Yu suppressed the joy in his heart and continued sensing the avatar's gestation progress.

Based on the current situation, the gestation time for this avatar wouldn't be too long—roughly a dozen years would suffice.

This was likely because the Primordial Dao Tree had provided a massive amount of energy all at once.

A dozen years.

For a Domain Lord-level powerhouse, that was merely a snap of the fingers.

Qian Yu nodded slightly.

He had originally planned to immediately go and cause trouble for Pan Xi.

But now, it seemed he would wait a little longer.

It wouldn't be too late to go after him once the avatar was fully gestated!

He continued sensing the changes in his Inner World.

As the Primordial Dao Tree grew more and more, the energy it shared with Qian Yu also increased.

This meant that as Qian Yu advanced his realm, pure energy accumulation would also be very rapid.

A dozen years later, he would likely have already reached the peak of Domain Lord.

By then, dealing with Pan Xi would be even simpler.

Qian Yu withdrew his consciousness and opened his eyes.

Outside, on that nameless planet, his body—which had sat in meditation for a hundred years—floated silently.

Behind him, the phantom of the Primordial Dao Tree slowly faded, and the cracks and collapses on the planet's surface gradually subsided.

Domain Lord Fifth Stage, three hundred times Gene Level, a nine-million-kilometer Inner World, and an avatar still gestating.

This Fruit had given him far too much.

"A dozen years..."

Qian Yu murmured to himself, the corners of his mouth lifting slightly.

"Pan Xi, I'll let you live for another dozen years."

Time flowed on, and another dozen years slipped by unnoticed.

This nameless planet still hung at the very edge of the Cui Lang Starfield, its star still dim, its land still barren, as if forgotten by the entire universe.

But amidst this desolation, Qian Yu's aura grew deeper and deeper with each passing day.

Deep within the canyon.

Qian Yu sat cross-legged, faint ripples of law energy swirling around him.

Fourteen years of secluded cultivation had made his presence far more steady and composed than when he had first broken through—Peak of Domain Lord Ninth Stage.

He was now only one step away from Realm Lord.

And that step required not energy accumulation, but a breakthrough in law comprehension.

For an ordinary Domain Lord, this step might take thousands or even tens of thousands of years.

But for Qian Yu, it was merely a threshold he could cross at any time.