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--- Chapter 405 ---
Strictly speaking, Han Yuan's four martial souls are already the strongest of their kind. The Clear Sky Ant King, Heavenly Demon Body, Purple Silver Thunder Emperor, and Formless Clouds stand at the pinnacle of their respective fields.
Regardless, Han Yuan is striving to break those very limits. He was greedy and wanted more!
At this moment, the Golden Spin Core rotated smoothly within Han Yuan's middle dantian.
This epoch-making Spirit Core not only pulls nearby energy from heaven and earth with its gravitational force but also filters and automatically compresses (refines) it for Han Yuan's use.
Nonetheless, if that were all it did, the Golden Spin Core would merely be an ordinary one. Beyond the basic functions of any Spirit Core, the Golden Spin Core has the unique ability to draw power directly from the 'void' itself.
The Infinite Spin of the Golden Spin Core penetrates deep into numerous layers of dimensional barriers to access the void itself, granting Han Yuan direct but limited access to it.
Furthermore, the energy from the 'void' has a powerful Assimilation Effect, letting the Golden Spin Core assist the Purple Silver Thunder Emperor in filtering and fusing the primal origins of ancient plants.
These primal origins accumulate and are assimilated within the Purple Silver Thunder Emperor, adding momentum to its imminent second awakening.
"More..." Han Yuan observed calmly as the Purple Silver Thunder Emperor perfectly assimilated 666 ancient plants from the Primal Seed of Life and Pulse.
"The Blue Silver Emperor and Thunder Hell Prison Vine are merely the base template. What I wanted was a plant life that could defy the very laws of the world itself!"
"My martial soul, I know you have spirituality, so hear me out."
"Surpass your limit!" He grinned while bearing the pressure brought by the world-breaking Second Awakening.
The outside world reverberates as myriad colors paint the light and dark environments.
Yes, like a blank canvas, colors are splattered upon it. However, upon closer inspection, those colors are manifestations of laws.
"Han Yuan's bloodline... It's growing stronger!" Ah Yin, who looked very exhausted, took a deep breath and gazed at the myriad colors in the sky with disbelief.
"How is this possible?" Thirteen exclaimed, dumbfounded.
"After all, no matter how absurd the Purple Silver Grass is, it is inherently a fusion of the Blue Silver Emperor and the Thunder Hell Prison Vine."
Thirteen then abruptly remembered the Primal Seed of Life and Pulse that Han Yuan had refined before his very eyes; that same pill contained many origins of ancient plants.
"That crazy bastard. He's actually pushing the limit of his own martial soul by fusing the origins of other plants," Thirteen thought. "Doesn't he fear an outburst? Yet, with the Divine Body he forged, there is a chance of success."
Thirteen glanced at the others and asked, "Nine Phoenix Lords, what do you think of Han Yuan's state right now?"
"Honestly, we are uncertain..." Fire Phoenix Lord replied on behalf of his siblings.
"..." Thirteen.
"..." Ah Yin.
"What do you mean you're uncertain?" Thirteen shouted angrily.
"White-Eyed Phoenix Lord, aren't you supposed to be the Lord of Grand Wisdom? Can't you see Han Yuan's condition right now?"
White-Eyed Phoenix Lord wore a bitter expression. "That's indeed my title, but my grand wisdom is 'naturally' based on preexisting knowledge I inherited from Mother God."
"What is happening to the Young Lord at the moment is beyond all the knowledge I possess. I can only understand the surface of it."
"After forging his Divine Body, the Young Lord used the immense energy from his million-year-old spirit ring to create his first Spirit Core. He then used the Golden Ratio to form his Spirit Core, which stabilizes itself within his dantian."
"Nevertheless, this Spirit Core is so absurd that it bends the surrounding space and time with its own innate gravity, preventing me from seeing deeper into its mysteries."
"Ultimately, the Young Lord utilized the power of his incredible Spirit Core to assimilate many origins into his Purple Silver Grass martial soul—no, it is 'actually' called the Purple Silver Thunder Emperor now."
"However, this assimilation led to a startling evolution, or rather, a Second Awakening that shattered the limitations of divinity. Young Lord isn't just breaking the limits of his martial soul but also challenging the universal order by seizing many laws for himself."
Kacha! BOOOOOOOM!!
Thirteen shouted in shock, "I-It exploded! Holy shit! Han Yuan's martial soul actually exploded!"
The gigantic ancient tree, composed of countless python-like vines, roots, and lightning-like leaves, exploded before everyone's eyes. Yes, it literally shattered into pieces.
At the same time, the surrounding space shattered like a bunch of fragile glass, and time became a chaotic storm that razed the world.
Ah Yin clenched her hands in worry. "Xiao Yuan!"
"Don't worry, I can still sense a sign of life from the Young Lord," said the Jade Phoenix Lord. "He's fine. His vitality is continuously rising."
After the Jade Phoenix Lord reassured them, the bottom of the exploded ancient tree emitted a strange roar that resembled both a dragon and a phoenix, which was 'slowly' followed by a bloom of white-gold light.
Beneath all that rubble lay a soft, young bud that grew, primarily white-gold with green and purple leaves.
As the bud visibly grew before everyone's eyes, it transformed into a small willow tree with a silver-gold crystal body and lush green and purple leaves.
Still, upon closer examination, the willow tree's trunk was intertwined with countless dragon-like wood vines, and the lush green and purple leaves resembled feathers of a phoenix.
Deep below the ground, the roots of the tree were shaped like gleaming claws anchored into a mysterious yellow soil, exuding a dark yet clear water.
As the tree continued to grow, it began to affect its surroundings, pulling back the sea of fireflies released by the previous tree. In an instant, the world got flooded with brilliant light.
Now resembling a massive weeping willow, the tree was so enormous that each of its branches could support the sky, and its leaves brushed against the sun, moon, and stars themselves. The roots anchored deep into the abyss of the underworld, emanating an eerie aura.
Still, what truly made this tree monstrous was its existence in a dimension separate from the Douluo Plane and the Secret Realm.
This fact caused the massive 'weeping willow' tree to phase in and out of reality like a ghost. Thirteen, Nine Phoenix Lords, and Ah Yin looked at one another in disbelief, silently questioning their sanity.
Their wonder only deepened as they discovered that this 'tree' had direct access to incredible electrical energy in the space, yes, as in the starry sky above them.
This electrical energy was so immense that a single unit could obliterate a vast island in an instant. So, the sun, moon, and stars served as a colossal battery bank fueling the tree's growth.
Additionally, the 'leaves' of this weeping willow tree created a rift in space and time, forming a wormhole capable of shredding anything apart.
Fortunately, the weeping willow existed in another dimension, with only a small portion manifesting in reality. Otherwise, the Douluo Plane would have faced destruction within seconds.
This plant was no longer just a plant; yes, it had evolved into a monstrous cosmic horror!
"What the hell! What do you mean, this is the Second Awakening? If you tell me this was an Ascension to Godhood, I would believe it!" Thirteen exclaimed, pointing at the terrifying plant. "That thing is not something the natural order could create!"
The White-Eyed Phoenix Lord's eyes twitched. "W-Well, my wisdom could be wrong..."
Meanwhile, Han Yuan remained within the 'tree,' having entered a state of possession.
Yes, possession!
After the second awakening, the Purple Silver Thunder Emperor successfully evolved into a monstrosity known as the Purple Silver Ruin Monarch, a super god-level martial soul capable of altering reality itself.
It had also become a tangible entity, similar to a beast spirit, allowing Han Yuan to achieve an 'ethereal' state that existed between dimensions.
Han Yuan gazed into the void and saw a flash of nine-colored light before him. That represented the laws—the limits—set by the Dragon God himself.
"I see," Han Yuan realized. "All I need to do is break those laws so that the spirit beast can reach the Divine Level. But it's still too early. We are unprepared."
"When the time comes, I will destroy those laws and Asura as well."