Evolution Begins With A Big Tree

Chapter 1227, Pegasus Galloping Across the Skies

Translator:  Ashish

Translation Checker: Silvain

In this era, titles were more than mere honorifics. They were manifestations of one’s Fate and fortune.

For most, if their title was too fearsome and they lacked the power to bear it, they would surely suffer great catastrophes.

The more exalted the title, the harder it was to change.

Because what was being changed was not merely a name but one’s Destiny and Fortune themselves.

That was why, if Yu Zi Yu’s title of ‘Demon Emperor’ became widely recognized by the Myriad Races… Then the burden he would carry would be immense.

So heavy, in fact, that even if he one day ascended to Eternity, he might still be shackled by this title.

And now…

“Your Majesty, Demon Emperor…”

“Your Excellency, Demon Emperor…”

…

Voices echoed one after another.

Countless powerful beings stepped forward, offering greetings to Yu Zi Yu.

This was not just a show of respect, but also an acknowledgment of his might.

Of course… there were also darker intentions at play.

After all, if Yu Zi Yu fully accepted this title, and his Fate was not strong enough to bear its weight, then the consequences could be catastrophic.

He might even…

*Haaaa…* Yu Zi Yu could not help but sigh in his heart. He felt that he had been plotted against.

From the start, he had only ever wanted to remain low-key. However, by the looks of it, his majestic strength no longer allowed such luxury.

…

Just then, as if sensing something, Yu Zi Yu’s expression subtly shifted.

A heartbeat later…

*Boooooom…* A thunderous roar reverberated through the vast, boundless starry sky.

Even the stars trembled. The rivers of stars began to swirl, inhaling and exhaling boundless Spiritual Energy.

“What… is this?”

“Such pressure…”

“It’s covering most of the galaxy!”

“Heavens…”

…

Exclamations burst out from every direction as countless strong cultivators turned their gazes toward the deepest region of the Central Sector.

There, amid the trembling stars, the Colossal Tree, its canopy spread wide across the starry expanse, began to stir, its branches slowly shifting.

With every sway of its branches, it drew upon the endless rivers of stars, commanding the flow of all surrounding Spiritual Energy.

“We attained the Dao a century ago…Born under Heaven’s Mandate…” A vast and ancient voice echoed through the stars.

It was not loud.

It sounded more like a whisper… or perhaps a recollection.

However, within it was an indescribable weight of time, a sorrow only eternity could know.

And then, within the boundless sky, ripples formed one after another, before a vision appeared: A mighty tree rose from the ground, piercing through clouds, until it reached the very edge of the starry firmament.

Everyone knew, this was the life of the Heaven-Connecting Divine Tree.

Now, as she recalled her life, she had come to a grand realization.

Everything she had done…was all for the sake of opening the Heaven’s Door.

“We… suppress the cosmos… uphold the stars…”

She continued to speak, but her aura, her awe-inspiring might, only grew more terrifying.

Vaguely, one even witnessed phantoms of Dragons and Phoenixes rising around her.

This… was the Heaven-Connecting Divine Tree’s Diving Ability, an ability terrifying called the Power of Myriad Races.

Born under the mandate of the Heavens, the Heaven-Connecting Divine Tree had insight into the secrets of all races.

Its fruits alone could manifest the essence of Dragons, Phoenixes, Gods, and countless other beings.

And that was what made the Heaven-Connecting Divine Tree so feared, because if she were to truly attain Eternity, then all races would fall in her grasp.

Everything, literally everything would be known to her.

So then…what meaning was there left in the existence of the Myriad Races?

If she alone could nurture the Myriad Races, then what need was there for them to exist at all?

That was why her existence could not be allowed.

Not just by the Myriad Races, even the Prime Consciousness of the Universe would never permit it.

After all, a tool was still just a tool.

If a tool developed awareness, and even sought to prove the Dao then it must be erased from the world.

Thus…

*Rumble…* A deafening roar shook the universe, drawing everyone’s prompt attention, where they saw a bolt of lightning, thousands and thousands of meters long, descending from the deepest reaches of the starry expanse, striking straight toward the Heaven-Connecting Divine Tree.

*Boooom…* Another thunderous explosion rocked the Heavens.

From behind the Divine Tree, a phantom of a True Dragon surged forth to meet the thunderbolt.

In that instant, ripples of terrifying force exploded in every direction, unleashing waves of destructive power that obliterated stars in their wake.

Even the expressions of the most seasoned experts twitched involuntarily.

This…was the dreadful might of a Hegemon, a being that ruled over an entire galaxy.

And among Hegemons, the strongest could flip over an entire galaxy with ease.

Their power was simply beyond imagination.

And now, right before their very eyes, Such a terrifying Hegemon was crossing Tribulation, and preparing to open the Heaven’s Door.

*Crackle…crackle…!* Roaring peals of thunder continued to shake the starry expanse, as bolts after bolts of lightning, thick as mountain ranges, crashed down from the depths of the starry sky.

And at their brunt, the branches of the Heaven-Connecting Divine Tree continued to sway. With each motion, phantoms of the Myriad Races began to emerge, one after another.

At the sight of these phantoms, the pupils of the onlooking Crimson Dragon and Seven-Colored Divine Phoenix suddenly contracted.

Simply because those figures bore striking resemblance to the fallen prodigies of their own races.

“This is the unknown side of the Heaven-Connecting Divine Tree… As long as the Souls of the fallen aren’t fully scattered, she can summon them…Gather their essence… Condense them into fruit… And evolve alongside them…” Muttered the Seer, the Grand Elder of the Heavenly Oracle Clan, in a calm and indifferent voice, a long sigh escaping his lips at the very end.

This… was never supposed to happen.

The Divine Tree had not done wrong. Nor had the Myriad Races.

But due to countless intertwined threads of Fate, the powerhouses of the Myriad Races were now forced to become the calamity in the Heaven-Connecting Divine Tree’s path to the Heaven’s Door.

And this was Fate.

At this moment…Gazing quietly ahead, the Seer slowly raised a hand and declared, “Everyone… it’s time to strike.

Once the Heaven-Connecting Divine Tree has crossed this Tribulation, and the Heaven’s Door opens, her Spiritual Energy will multiply exponentially. At that point, none of us will be able to resist her anymore…”

His voice grew heavier and more complex with every word.

As the Grand Elder of the Heavenly Oracle Clan, he had seen far too many Destinies.

And because of that, he knew: At the dawn of the Spiritual Resurgence, the Heaven-Connecting Divine Tree had once stood to protect the Myriad Races.

Yet now, it had come to this…

This…was Fate.

And what was Fate, exactly?

It was the arrangement of Heaven’s Will, and no one could escape its net.

Even if there were someone who tried to escape the grasp of Heaven…it was already well within its calculations.

Even the Seer’s own Heavenly Oracle Clan had fallen because they had seen too much.

At that very moment, as if in response to the Seer’s voice, a burst of laughter echoed through the stars, “We of the Pegasus Clan have sensed this moment…Today, we’ve come to meet the famed Heaven-Connecting Hegemon for ourselves!”

As the words fell, a streak of white light tore through the firmament.

Taking a closer look, everyone discovered that it was a being with the head of a Horse, the body of a Human, and a pair of wings upon its back.

It was a member of the Pegasus Clan, one of the lesser-ranked races among the Myriad Races.

But in this era, a peerless prodigy had been born in it.

In just a hundred years, using the Clan’s meager foundations, he had broken through to the Late Stage of Tier-6.

And now, it was time for his name to be carved into the annals of the Myriad Races.

*Neigh…* With a shrill cry, and surging Spiritual Energy, that Horse-headed, winged figure transformed into a majestic snow-white horse, soaring through the starry skies.

His wings spread wide, and his hooves treaded the very cosmos and he charged straight toward the Heaven-Connecting Divine Tree.