Chapter 983 - 343: The Last Resort

When the bell rang.

All the black round mirrors shattered at the sound.

Regaining consciousness, Han Zhan immediately looked towards the direction of the World Tree, a flash of confusion in his eyes.

Wasn’t the World Tree banished into the River of Eternal Darkness? Why is it still here? When did it become this strong?

These consecutive questions, only the World Tree could answer.

"With the River of Eternal Darkness already present, it’s not strange for the banished Creator God to return to the original world."

As if guessing Han Zhan’s confusion, the World Tree unexpectedly spoke proactively.

"Did you do it on purpose?" If Han Zhan didn’t understand by now, it would be hard to justify.

So, the World Tree stands on the side of humans. What is its identity, a traitor? An insider? A loyalist?

It deliberately plunged Blue Star into the apocalypse and destruction, enabling Yao Black’s scheme to succeed, making the cosmic epoch enter the countdown to destruction. What is its purpose?

One mystery after another, at this moment, waits for the World Tree to unravel personally.

The World Tree did not explain immediately.

Its mythical form, on the surface of the giant tree, those dizzyingly complex divine patterns appeared again.

This time, Han Zhan finally saw clearly.

That is not tree grain.

That seems to be a fragment the size of a planet, embedded in the trunk of the World Tree!

A fragment containing divine patterns!

And not just one fragment. At the instant the bell rang, countless fragments appeared densely on the surface of the World Tree’s trunk.

These divine rune fragments broke for reasons unknown, and why they appeared inside the World Tree remains a mystery.

Feeling the slight heat in his eyes, Han Zhan suddenly had a daring hypothesis he himself could scarcely believe.

Could these divine rune fragments, which even the Xuanyuan Sword couldn’t break, be...

Clang!

Another bell rang.

At the far end of the Bronze Long Table, the Master of Radiant Black, amid surging black mist, was forced back, along with the Bronze Long Table.

"Destiny cannot be changed, but we can adapt to it."

"Breaking to establish anew is a method to break the impasse."

The voice of the World Tree continued to echo.

Han Zhan’s mind now felt like thousands of hands gently clawing, impatiently wanting to hear its resolution, the truth revealed.

"Donghuang is dead, Divine Soldiers shattered, you wish to reshape them?" At this moment, the Master of Radiant Black unexpectedly spoke out his "answer" first.

Indeed!

Upon hearing this answer, Han Zhan’s eyes widened. The guess within his heart, concerning those divine rune fragments on the surface of the World Tree, likely was the truth!

"No."

Unexpectedly, the World Tree denied the words of the Master of Radiant Black.

"It is not about wanting to reshape; it’s already reshaped."

As soon as the World Tree finished speaking, five remaining fruits hanging on its mythical branches suddenly fell.

Among them, three bright fruits transformed into three beams of light and fused into Han Zhan’s body.

The other two, still dark and extinct fruits, appeared beneath the World Tree’s roots!

"The lighting up rule of the Fruit World is actually that, as long as a Divine Soldier appears, it can be illuminated."

"These three Fruit Worlds are my last gift to you, and compensation."

These words were spoken to Han Zhan.

The last three illuminated Fruit Worlds fused into Han Zhan’s body instantly, enhancing his compatibility with the Ancient Divine Soldiers, the Demon Refining Pot, to the peak.

As for the last two Divine Soldiers, which Han Zhan had yet to contract, surely, with completion, he could also fully attune instantly.

The value of this gift was substantial.

Yet Han Zhan’s focus remained more on those two dull, extinct fruits left.

He was very curious, if other Fruit Worlds represented Ancient Divine Soldiers, then what did these last two fruits, yet to be illuminated, represent?

Then Han Zhan saw, the roots of the World Tree, like agile tentacles, pierced into these two fruits.

In addition, many more roots of it were rooted in the vast cosmos before him, plunged into the epochs of destruction and endless darkness.

Seeing this scene, a sudden flash of insight shot through Han Zhan’s mind, as he looked once more at those two dark, extinct fruits, through their surface, with the utmost sight of his current Creator God peak realm.

He discovered an extraordinary truth.

Those two dark, extinct fruits very likely are, also destroyed, cosmos epochs!

Nurtured by the destroyed cosmos epochs.

This is the real grand strategy!

Including the cosmos epoch currently being destroyed,

Three cosmos epochs, three extinct fruits,

The World Tree absorbs them as nutrients, intending to reshape, what the answer was already unmistakable.

Only it is qualified for such an unprecedented grand gesture.

"This was a foreshadowing set two cosmos epochs ago, waiting for its realization, I’ve waited for two entire cosmos epochs."

Every root of the World Tree absorbed a dazzling spectrum of energy.

This energy flowed through the roots into the trunk, then from the trunk’s surface, injected into those embedded divine rune fragments.

Every divine rune fragment emitted vibrant, radiant light, resembling the beginning of creation, the birth of the cosmos.

That is thriving vitality, that is the origin of the cosmos.

"To realize it, three toughest barriers must be overcome."

"First, is to escape the devouring of the River of Eternal Darkness and survive. For this, I joined Yao Black, since if you can’t defeat them, join them, even at the cost of bearing infamy, even if ultimately suffering eternal doom."

The River of Eternal Darkness "hunts" the Old Era Remnants, you can tell from Dawn.

However, there are always exceptions.

For instance, as long as you join Yao Black and become a "colleague" with the River of Eternal Darkness, you can evade the hunt.

Similarly, its price is also immense, because joining Yao Black means following a path to darkness without turning back.

"Second, is accumulating energy to reshape it. The Power of Life and Death only arises when a cosmos epoch is destroyed.

But at that moment, the River of Eternal Darkness has already submerged the cosmos epoch, making extraction impossible.

Therefore, a precise opportunity must be awaited, when the River of Eternal Darkness reappears, and the extinguished cosmos epoch no longer has the River of Eternal Darkness flowing, such as now."

Now is during the third cosmos epoch’s destruction.

The River of Eternal Darkness completely reemerging means the two prior cosmos epochs, utterly extinct earlier, no longer have the River of Eternal Darkness existing, free to absorb the Power of Life and Death.

The third cosmos epoch being destroyed also births abundant Power of Life and Death, an optimal time for extraction.

"The third, and most crucial aspect."

At this point, the World Tree paused.

On its trunk, those divine pattern fragments emitting radiant light now entirely detached from the tree, swiftly rotating around the perimeter, chasing each other.

Vaguely forming a bell-shaped glow, splendid and dreamy, awe-inspiring.

It floated towards Han Zhan.

"The third point is needing a successor who has passed the trials and is qualified to become its next master."

"For instance, you!"