Evolution Begins With A Big Tree

Chapter 1358, Jianmu’s Contingency

Translator:  Ashish

Translation Checker: Silvain

“However… the most pressing matter now is to find the remaining stone steles of the One Qi Transforming into Three Pure Ones…” Yu Zi Yu murmured to himself as understanding settled upon him.

Without mastering that Grand Divine Ability, his three Forms could never truly merge, never achieve seamless unity nor act independently in perfect harmony.

Thus, locating the missing steles of the Grand Divine Ability was now his foremost priority, because this single technique would determine the course of his ascension.

“If the Dragon of Heavenly Dao and the Soaring Purple Dragon could both be fully absorbed into my True Body… then perhaps, by my strength alone, I could prove my Dao and step into Eternity.” A faint chuckle left his lips. It was quiet but brimming with confidence.

After all, each of his three bodies was nothing short of terrifying.

His True Body, needless to say, bore the Supreme Principle of Spacetime itself. Furthermore, he had also achieved Seventh Order in Physical Evolution, and opened the Tenth Realm.

He stood as a prodigy unparalleled throughout the ages.

His second body, the Soaring Purple Dragon, carried the Supreme Principle of Infinity. It had broken through one shackle after another, elevating its racial potential to the utmost limit, recognized even by the System as an Ultimate Lifeform.

And what was an Ultimate Lifeform?

Perfection beyond perfection. The apex of existence itself.

Worse still, the Purple Dragon’s potential for growth was monstrous. It had already begun to edge toward the ranks of the strongest beneath the stars.

As for the last… the Dragon of Heavenly Dao, drawing the power of the Human Dao, it continued to grow stronger, even stealing the great opportunities and fortunes of the Heavenly Dao of the Universe.

Though it could not yet manifest openly in the universe, its strength had already reached, perhaps even surpassed, the Realm of Hegemony.

Even Yu Zi Yu himself could no longer clearly perceive its exact strength.

The Dragon of the Heavenly Dao, also known as the Azure Dragon, had become extremely mysterious. Whenever he reached out to sense it, all he felt was vast, churning chaos. Faintly, he could feel countless chains binding its form.

Those were the Shackles of Heavenly Dao, a sign that the Dragon of Heavenly Dao was growing stronger and more terrifying.

Simply because the beings that threatened the balance of the cosmos were bound by Heaven Dao.

In truth, those shackles were both a restraint and a recognition, proof of the Dragon’s ascension to a power beyond the limits of the world.

However, there was no denying that the Dragon of the Heavenly Dao had become a terrifying existence.

As a creature born of the Heavenly Dao itself, it could interfere with the workings of all things.

Take its current situation for instance, when mortals made their wishes, it could often grant them. It could revive the dead, conjure something out of nothing.

Deeds that were simply impossible even for Hegemons were nothing but trifles to it.

Were it not bound by Heaven Dao Shackles, who could say what devastation such a being might unleash?

Perhaps, with a single word, it could erase an entire planet.

The Dragon of Heavenly Dao… The Dragon of Wishes… It had transcended the definition of life itself, becoming something akin to a living Principle.

And if such an existence ever merged with Yu Zi Yu, it would be a tremendous boost to Yu Zi Yu.

So to say, the current Yu Zi Yu was nothing short of monstrous.

Each of his bodies stood unmatched, unique, and unfathomable in their own right.

And if these three were ever to unite… him stepping into the Eternal Realm might truly come to pass.

Of course, that would require each form to first become peak Level-9 Hegemons, or to say, Half-step Eternals.

Only then could Yu Zi Yu prove his Dao through strength alone, attaining Eternity in the truest sense, where his body would remain immortal and indestructible through eons.

“So… where is the One Qi Transforming into Three Pure Ones?” Lost in thought, Yu Zi Yu’s expression turned solemn.

Without the remaining stone steles, his grand ambition would be stifled in its cradle.

Forget merging the three bodies or proving his Dao with strength, even advancing any further would become arduous.

After all, the cultivation of a Hegemon was unlike the lower realms. The accumulation and refinement of Spiritual Energy was painfully slow, cultivating for centuries, or even millennia was quite normal.

However, to Yu Zi Yu, such slowness was intolerable. He wanted to get his hands of the One Qi Transforming into Three Pure Ones to see if there was a way that he could accelerate his cultivation.

“Perhaps, One Qi Transforming into Three Pure Ones could tri[;e my cultivation speed, or even more…”

A faint smile flickered across his face as speculation ran in his mind.

After all, if uniting his three forms could allow him to seize the grand opportunities and fortunes from the universe, then it might also be possible for this Grand Divine Ability to significantly increase his cultivation speed.

Simply put, could one man’s effort ever compare to the cultivation of three?

And these three were no ordinary beings; each was a prodigy whose name could shake the Heavens.

Thus, the increase would not merely be threefold.

Perhaps fivefold.

Perhaps tenfold.

Even more absurd than that, Yu Zi Yu could well imagine it.

…

While Yu Zi Yu pondered the whereabouts of the remaining stone steles, deep within a forgotten corner of the Nine Realms, a sudden burst of emerald light tore through the dark.

*Boom… boom… boom…*

As the light flickered, endless vitality surged outward like waves, breathing life into everything it touched.

“What’s this…?”

Within the Realm of Life, the Primordial Elf of Life suddenly froze mid-cultivation, her expression changing.

With her keen sight, she could immediately tell that this light was anything but ordinary.

That thick, overflowing vitality… rivaled even that of her Master.

More astonishing still…

*Boooooom…*

The world itself quaked as torrents of verdant light erupted skyward, blanketing the Heavens in emerald hue. These green lights intertwined with each, weaving word after word. Gradually, a line of text imprinted itself across Heaven and Earth.

“This is… a message left by the Heaven-Connecting Jianmu!?” Recognizing it, the Primordial Spirit of Life could not help but exclaim.

However, before she could utter another word…

*Boooooom…*

A thunderous roar split the sky, shaking the entire realm.

When she looked up, a tall figure with flowing silver-grey hair was already standing amidst the Heavens.

“Hahahahaha!” A booming laugh echoed through the realm. It was vast, wild, and unrestrained. With it came an overwhelming aura that seemed to shake the stars themselves.

“Good… very good! Jianmu, I owe you for this!” For once, Yu Zi Yu’s calm composure broke, and a rare gleam of excitement lit his eyes.

Because the message inscribed in those emerald lights contained the precise locations of the missing stone steles of One Qi Transforming into Three Pure Ones.

Surprisingly, the Heaven-Connecting Jianmu had long foreseen that Yu Zi Yu’s path to enlightenment hinged upon mastering this very Divine Art.

And so, before Jianmu’s True Spirit fell into slumber, she had left behind this contingency, not for any other reason, but so that Yu Zi Yu could grow faster, and one day, truly protect her.