Evolution Begins With A Big Tree

Chapter 1338, Push it Open, and Beyond Lies Hell

Translator:  Ashish

Translation Checker: Silvain

“An invasion from the Void… are you truly prepared?”

Yu Zi Yu’s low murmur drifted across the stillness as his hands slowly spread open.

*Boooooom…* A sudden, thunderous roar shook the very fabric of the Buddha Realm. In that instant, from the far northeastern reaches of this sacred world, a colossal pillar of violet light erupted skyward, piercing through Heaven and Earth alike.

More terrifying still, the massive pillar did not remain still. It expanded, relentlessly, unstoppably. Wherever it passed, earth crumbled into nothingness, skies were cleaved apart, as if reality itself was being unstitched.

However, the greatest horror lay not in the destruction, but in what it struck: the Eightfold Stupa Formation. This was the Great Guardian Formation that had safeguarded the Buddha Realm for centuries. Under the pressure of this violet brilliance, even that peerless Formation trembled violently, its once-impenetrable shell beginning to fracture.

After all, the stronger a Defensive Formation was against external threats, the more vulnerable it was to a strike from inside. And now, beneath the onslaught of the violet pillar unleashed by Yu Zi Yu, even the Buddha Realm’s Great Guardian Formation teetered on the brink of collapse.

“What’s happening?”

“Such malevolent aura, what on earth is it?”

“Look! At the horizon!”

Cries of alarm erupted as countless beings turned their gaze northeastward. There, in the distance, a violet pillar appeared all of a sudden, surging higher and wider.

Bit by bit, it spread outward, erasing land into emptiness, carving through the skies.

The entire Buddha Realm was shaken to core.

And at its heart, countless Buddhists shuddered as they discovered an imposing figure with six vast, violet wings unfurled at his back, arms outstretched, as though embracing the world… or welcoming it into ruin.

“Th-that is…” A Buddhist powerhouse cried out in alarm in a trembling voice, as blood drained from his face.

That malevolent aura, that overwhelming presence, that suffocating grandeur spoke clearly of the identity of this being.

“The…Void…Hegemon…” The Buddhist powerhouse squeezed out in disbelief, but the fact remained undeniable: the Void… had dared to invade the Buddha Realm itself.

However, what he found even harder to digest was the fact that they had breached its walls without triggering any alarms, slipping past the world barrier and its Grand Guardian Formation like a serpent through tall grass.

“Impossible! Are you freaking kidding me?!” A furious roar rang out as the Buddhist powerhouse blazed into a streak of golden light, hurling himself skyward.

He was not alone.

*Swish… Swish… Swish…* Streaks of light tore through the skies as countless figures ascended in unison. Among them, dozens carried an aura vast enough to shake Heaven and Earth. They were the true pillars of the Buddha Realm.

“Void…” A frigid cold voice echoed in the heart of a boundless desert, uttering the word as if spitting out venom, as a gaunt monk, naked and scarred, whose lips had not touched water for decades, opened his eyes at last.

This was an ascetic monk of the Buddha Realm, and also its most terrifying existence, for everything they did was dedicated to cultivation, to the protection of the Buddha Realm.

Now, even such terrifying guardians had woken up.

*Boooooom…* With a single stomp, the monk shot into the sky like a golden comet, splitting the desert apart.

Elsewhere, within a lonely temple, an elder sat cross-legged, silent for what seemed an eternity. His body had long since withered like rotting wood. Yet now, as his eyelids trembled open, vitality surged within him like spring after endless winter.

He exhaled softly, a sigh heavy with inevitability. “I had not thought you truly dared to come…”

Boundless vitality surged forth. Even the temple in which the old monk resided blossomed with renewed life: grass sprouting, trees budding, everything awakening as if spring had come in a single breath.

And before countless watching eyes, the decrepit Elder transformed. Wrinkles vanished, his hunched frame straightened, and in moments he had become a youthful monk once more.

This was the Ageless Saint Monk, a renowned powerhouse of the Buddha Realm. One of their greatest pillars, a Tier-6 Overlord.

However, that was not all.

*Rooooaar…* A deafening Dragon roar shook Heaven and Earth. From the far horizon, a crimson Evil Dragon emerged, raising its head to the skies and bellowing with unrestrained fury.

“World-Honored Kṣitigarbha! Great Dhāraṇī! Prajñā of the Buddhas, Dragon Soars through the Heavens!”

Face livid with anger, one of the Eighteen Arhats beneath the seat of Buddha, the Dragon Tamer Arhat, had also sprang into action. He had actually transformed into a mighty Heavenly Dragon, stretching thousands of metres long, wings unfurled as he charged into the firmament.

…

This was the Buddha Realm.

A Force so terrifying that even the mere scent of the Void was enough to rouse terrifying presences one after another, endlessly.

Even Yu Zi Yu could not help but notice dozens of streaks of light racing toward him, already arriving near him.

They were the Buddhist powerhouses in close proximity.

However, before the pillar of violet light he had released, they faltered. Step by step, they were forced back, lacking even the strength to block his attacks.

Of course, Yu Zi Yu had no interest in striking them down. At least, not yet.

Because, he had more important affairs at hand: to open the Gate of the Void and summon forth the boundless armies that awaited beyond.

“My children… descend…Slaughter. Destroy. Havoc. Indulge in the primal hunger that burns within you!” As he roared, seemingly chanting, his Spiritual Energy surged violently.

*Booooom…Booooom…* His Spiritual Energy surged like waves, ceaselessly boiling.

At the same time, a colossal portal slowly took form behind him. It was faint, yet vast enough to prop up the Heavens.

Even since Yu Zi Yu became a Hegemon, his method of summoning the Void Gate had become increasingly terrifying.

Now, this Void Gate seemed to be imbued with the will of the Void itself. Strange, shifting sigils, countless in number, flowed across its surface. The entire gate radiated an aura of profound mystery and splendor, exuding the very essence of the Void.

And now, the Gate of the Void was slowly taking shape.

*Rooooar…Roooooar…*

*Screeech…Screeech…*

Countless snarls and roars echoed from within the gate, as if emanating from another world.

It was almost suffocating.

This was the Gate of Void, a power that only a Void Emperor could wield.

However, compared to the Void Gates summoned by ordinary Void Emperors, Yu Zi Yu’s Gate was unlike any other. Where others could summon portals 10,000 metres tall, his stretched 100,000, scraping the upon Heaven itself.

Before it, Yu Zi Yu’s figure seemed as insignificant as an ant before a mountain.

But what did it matter?

This gate existed for him, and him alone.

It would open only at his will.

However, to push it open was to open the doors of Hell itself.