Evolution Begins With A Big Tree

Chapter 1154, The Recognition of the Sixteen Holy Wings

Translator:  Ashish

Translation Checker: Silvain

Within the rare lull of tempering and introspection, Yu Zi Yu took the opportunity to grow familiar with the two newly acquired abilities.

Though they were not particularly overwhelming in raw power, their eeriness and strangeness compensated for it.

More importantly, through the power of the Tree of Miracles, Yu Zi Yu had once again nurtured two extraordinary fruits—each the crystallization of essence from other races: the Elemental Fruit, and the Netherborn Fruit.

Both were High-Grade Fruits, capable of transforming the lives of other races entirely.

And these fruits would naturally be given to the Treant Clan.

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Today, the Treant Clan had flourished beyond reckoning. Over their long, patient evolution, their numbers had swelled into the tens of millions.

Among them were countless powerhouses.

There were 11 Half-Step Overlords alone.

One was Thorns, the current Lord of the Tree World, the other was her symbiote, the Dragonblood Treant.

Other than these two, the other 9 Half-Step Overlords were the second-generation Jianmus, colossal tree who each upheld one of the Nine Realms.

As the Nine Realms grew stronger and waster, these nine Jianmus also began to grow strong, ultimately becoming Half-Step Overlord.

According to Yu Zi Yu’s own calculations, their breakthrough to Tier-6 was no longer a matter of if, but when.

After all, the Nine Realms were evolving at a pace visible to the naked eye.

Every passing moment, they seemed to exhale pure, rich Spiritual Energy.

Moreover, within it surged the Primordial Yin and Yang Energies.

The Yang Energy soared into the Heavens, broadening the sky.

The Yin Energy sank into the earth, stabilizing the land.

As Yin and Yang flowed in endless balance, Dao Rhythms suffused every corner of the Nine Realms.

“Your Nine Realms are…truly extraordinary.” Marveled Anzuiel, his golden pupils shining constantly, looking at the sky.

[Each of these Nine Realms harbor the potential to ascend into Great Worlds. Even one such world is enough to stir the greed of Eternals, while he actually possesses nine. More terrifying still, I can feel that each of these worlds are bound to him by more than simple origins. As long as he exists, so will they. Should he fall, so would these worlds crumble alongside him. However, this doesn’t mean that he and these nine worlds share the same fate. If these Nine Worlds were destroyed, it would not affect him. In other words, he occupies a higher position. He controlled them in their entirety. He has an absolute dominion over them.]

“I did say… my Nine Realms still hides many secrets.” Yu Zi Yu replied, his voice drawn out with deliberate pride.

After long months of companionship, he and Anzuiel had grown close, becoming mentors and friends.

So now and then, Yu Zi Yu did a little bragging.

And who could blame him?

These Nine Realms had left even Anzuiel shocked.

If something could shake even someone as ancient as him, then its implications were beyond measure.

What more, Yu Zi Yu had not revealed everything yet.

For instance, that the Nine Realms were, in truth, a part of the Grand Divine Ability, the Nine Realms of Heaven.

And this was also the real reason why Anzuiel always felt that there was something odd about these Nine Realms but was unable to put his finger on it.

After all, this was not just any Divine Ability, but a Grand Divine Ability.

A true miracle, one whose profundity could rival even that of an Imperial Artifact.

And what did such a technique entail?

It was said that when its mastery had reached advanced-level, a Great Divine Art could rival the might of a fully awakened Imperial Artifact.

Among the myths and legends, one in particular spoke of an Eternal, bereft of any Imperial Artifact, who battled an enemy wielding an Extreme Dao Imperial Artifact to a standstill.

His secret? He had mastered a Divine Ability to the Advanced-Level

The Grand Divine Abilities and Imperial Artifacts were all things that only Eternals could possess. And it was only by a stroke of huge luck that Yu Zi Yu came to possess two such Grand Divine Abilities at just Tier-6, as well as the Sixteen Holy Wings.

Indeed, at this point, the Sixteen Holy Wings could be considered his.

Upon having reached Seventh Order, Yu Zi Yu had clearly felt the shift in Anzuiel’s attitude.

And that shift… marked true recognition.

Which was why Yu Zi Yu had begun to reveal more to Anzuiel, secrets he would not share with any but the most trusted.

After all, if not for such trust, how could he have revealed that the inheritance of Heaven-Connecting Jianmu had been voluntarily relinquished by him? Or that the mighty Human Immortal of the past era had been played by his hand?

On an interesting note, Anzuiel seemed to despise the Human Immortal.

Upon hearing that Yu Zi Yu had successfully outwitted the Human Immortal, Anzuiel could not help but break into laughter, unrestrained and gleeful.

And by his own words, ‘Yu Zi Yu did not just scheme against the Human Immortal… he utterly ruined the Tai Chi Diagram!’

Had it not been for Yu Zi Yu’s intricate moves, that High-Grade Imperial Artifact would never have been forced to unleash its Eternal Strike to resist the might of Heaven even if it resulted in its own-near destruction.

That day, minor characters like Yu Zi Yu may have sensed little, but the ancient, slumbering Imperial Artifacts hidden across the stars awoke—each one feeling the surge of the Tai Chi Diagram’s boundless might.

It had gathered the entirety of Spiritual Energy within the Kadar Star Domain, unleashing it all in a single, cataclysmic attack, an Eternal Strike that rippled through existence.

And in the aftermath, the Kadar Star Domain, that was once rich in Spiritual Energy, was reduced to a lifeless wasteland, and the Tai Chi Diagram, the greatest trump card of the Heavenly Court, lay shattered.

And with it, the power of the Heavenly Court, once the dominant Force that had ruled countless races in the last era, began to crumble. Even their precious inheritance now teetered on the edge of collapse.

After all, High-Grade Imperial Artifacts were far above their lesser counterparts.

Take for example, the famed Spear of Longinus. It was a weapon of legend said to pierce through destiny and eternity itself. Anything caught in the path of its eternal crimson radiance… was reduced to dust.

Even someone as mighty as Yu Zi Yu, with his Seventh Order Physical Body and bearing the Sixteen Holy Wings, could not guarantee withstanding such a weapon.

The Tai Chi Diagram, higher in rank to the Spear of Longinus, had once ensured the Heavenly Court’s supremacy. Had it remained intact, the entire Heavenly Court would not have fallen to this state.

Even Yu Zi Yu himself would not have had the confidence to challenge them outright.

And so, it must be said, that single move of Yu Zi Yu’s had shattered all the Heavenly Court’s schemes and ambitions.

How could Anzuiel not be overjoyed?

Most crucial of all, Yu Zi Yu was the very reason the Tai Chi Diagram lay broken.

And that single fact sent the Divine Armament’s fondness for Yu Zi Yu soaring.

[You damned old fossil… so even you’ve met your downfall!] He thought, laughing hard for the umpteenth time.

Even his gaze toward Yu Zi Yu grew increasingly appreciative, admiration flashing in his golden eyes.