Chapter 977 - 337: Victory!

The World Tree transformed into a human shape,

In its second form, its physical strength was elevated to an incredibly exaggerated value.

The innate defense and power of the World Tree, combined with the talent of Giant Ancestor Ymir, are not just a simple addition of the two.

With its current realm, talent, and melee strength, without exaggeration, even if Chi You, who is adept at melee combat, were to be reborn, he wouldn’t gain any advantage from the World Tree.

This is already shocking enough.

Even more shocking is that facing such a punch from the Creator God, Han Zhan managed to block it!

With my divine body, I forge the Heaven-Reaching Dao.

As the World Tree was still mulling over the meaning of these words, a cataclysmic change was already occurring within Han Zhan’s body across from it.

Or rather, a sublimation of the level of life.

Dao Enlightenment is an abstruse concept; you either grasp it or you don’t, and there’s no faking it.

Han Zhan’s eight great paths, amid a rocket-like enlightenment, not only surged forward but also started to merge with each other.

Don’t forget, Han Zhan’s true Creation Dao is the Star Cosmos Dao of billions of stars.

The eight great paths at most are just important components of the Creation Dao.

While enlightening the Dao, Han Zhan had pondered a question: is there a possibility for all these paths to unify?

This question had actually been considered by Emperor Haotian, who had been deeply troubled by it.

Before his demise, he found a way to unify all paths through the influence of the Void Chaos Dao.

However, currently, Han Zhan differs from Emperor Haotian; his eight great paths are each top-tier, and even Chaos Void cannot deal with them.

Thus, Han Zhan’s path of Dao fusion is entirely different.

He forges the Dao with his divine body!

The billions of stars within the Creation Dao are the billions of cells within his body, while the star clusters formed by large star domains are the acupoints.

And where the eight Ancient Divine Soldiers reside is precisely the eight Great Ruins developed representing the potential of the body!

Indeed, after enduring countless battles between life and death, Han Zhan has opened eight Great Ruins within his body.

Each Divine Soldier belongs to one Great Ruin.

This long-unseen ability completed its ultimate evolution at this moment.

Eight Divine Soldiers, eight great paths, merged into one body, forging the supreme Creator God’s divine body.

This is the real reason why Han Zhan could block the World Tree’s world-ending punch with a mere hand!

"You’re not the only one with a second form; I have one too, and it’s stronger than yours."

Han Zhan’s indifferent yet domineering voice reached the ears.

The human representation of the World Tree withdrew its fist and stood firm, its face solemn.

Ancient Divine Soldiers Kongtong Seal, Haotian Tower, Kunlun Mirror, Fu Xi Zither... all these Ancient Divine Soldiers had been reintegrated into Han Zhan’s body.

Correspondingly, the World Tree’s side saw the liberation of the Order Dao, Chaos Dao, All-Knowing Dao, Chaos Void Dao.

Nevertheless, when the World Tree activated the Eye of Omniscience again to uncover Han Zhan’s weaknesses, it failed.

No flaws!

The World Tree, unwilling to accept defeat, simultaneously deployed several other paths.

The Order Dao was ineffective, the Chaos Dao couldn’t shake him, and the Void Chaos Dao simply couldn’t engulf him.

The current Han Zhan had perfectly fused with the Creation Dao, truly achieving the state where he was the cosmos!

Upon recognizing this, the World Tree’s expression turned increasingly grave.

It remained silent for a long moment, choosing to say nothing.

Its right hand reached into the void beside it, and suddenly, a pitch-black long knife appeared.

The blade was entirely black, elongated, and emitted a dense and powerful black aura around its entirety, like scorching black flames.

Upon witnessing this, Han Zhan also moved.

He too reached towards the void, a cluster of golden particles coalescing into a longsword, gripped in his hand.

Knife and sword were no longer mere weapons, but extensions of their bodies.

The golden longsword in Han Zhan’s hand no longer resembled the Xuanyuan Sword, though it was six or seven parts similar, there were still differences.

It was longer than the Xuanyuan Sword, with a golden dragon coiling around the hilt, and profound, intricate texts forged onto the blade, seemingly containing the cosmic truth of creation and destruction.

Dao is not merely inheritance and continuation.

It should be pioneering and transcending!

Without extra words, within the Battle of the Gods, Han Zhan, representing the Human Race’s last hope, confronted the Radiant Black Creator God’s World Tree, a symbol of ultimate destruction, once again.

Their movements quickened to the extreme as they abruptly appeared face-to-face, the golden longsword and black knife clashing together at this instant.

Throughout the Battle of the Gods, there was a deathly silence.

Within the silence, it seemed as if something was brewing.

Behind Han Zhan were countless rays of golden light and a starry sky.

Behind the World Tree was an infinite dark aura and the finale of extinction.

Gold and black intermingled in the arena, as if only these two colors remained between heaven and earth.

The next second, a terrifying storm erupted at the center of the clash, accompanied by a dreadful spectacle akin to cosmic creation and destruction!

In the Human Race’s stand, the Saints witnessing this scene had their eyes drowned by the blinding white light of extinguished energy.

Instinctively retreating, each reacted, with the Dao within them involuntarily manifesting behind them, resonating with the spectacle inside the arena.

The antique artifact [Battle of the Gods], at this moment, on the arena’s gray walls, countless rules surfaced.

Yet, even so, many bricks of the wall were obliterated by the frightening storm, leaving only a pitch-black skeletal structure, connected by rules, struggling to sustain the arena’s form.

This is the worst the [Battle of the Gods] had been affected by the battle’s aftermath thus far.

Had it not been for the rules of the River of Eternal Darkness still holding, this antique artifact could have been completely destroyed.

At the center of the destruction storm,

Han Zhan and the World Tree’s human form split apart, appearing anywhere.

The eye could no longer keep up with their swift shifts, even the newly appearing extinguished energy only emerges after their forms disappear.

They fought faster and faster, with the extinguished energy erupting more and more, until the blazing white destruction ball ultimately merged and exploded entirely.

Boom!

It felt like a primordial cosmic bang,

making Saints in the Creation Divine Realm hear it and fall into a daze, divine blood unconsciously streaming from their apertures.

Inside the arena, what picture was there?

The white light dissipated.

The World Tree’s human form held the pitch-black long knife aloft, blocking the golden longsword slashing straight down from above.

Han Zhan stood with cosmic disdain, looking down at it from on high.

The gathered energy, terrifying destructive arcs, each flicker represented the collision, confrontation, and extinguishment of Daos.

The World Tree was immobilized because its Daos had been utterly suppressed by Han Zhan!

"You’ve lost."

Just as he finished speaking,

The pitch-black long knife held by the World Tree suddenly snapped in half.

A flash of golden light.

Han Zhan sheathed his sword and turned away, no longer looking back at the scene behind him.

It was only then that the verdict from the antique artifact [Battle of the Gods] came belatedly.

Ninth match, humanity, Han Zhan, wins!