Chapter 1138: Evolution

With a single slap, the head of the Great Accomplishment King exploded into a bloody mess, reduced to a mangled pulp, and he met a violent end!

The battered mech suit gleamed with a dull metallic sheen, no longer vibrant. Having lost its spiritual essence and dao patterns, it was now useless scrap.

"No!" Xuan Mo cried out, his face filled with terror as he fled desperately. But how could he match Ye Fan's speed? In half a breath, he was caught.

Crack!

Ye Fan's methods were brutal. He brought his palm down, instantly smashing half of Xuan Mo's face and sending his jaw flying.

"Mercy! I am from the Xuan family of the Eternal Main Star, you cannot kill me!" he shrieked in terror, the other half of his face utterly drained of color, so frightened his legs trembled uncontrollably and his calves cramped.

In this starfield, Immortal Feather, Primeval Demon, and Divine Earth were three smaller life-bearing planets, but Eternal was the boundless main star. Its vastness was exceedingly rare in the sprawling universe.

"You've troubled me again and again, and tonight you even launched a night raid on me, trying to take my life and seize my Evolutionary Elixir. What more do you have to say?!" Ye Fan raised his foot and stomped down.

Boom!

This time, he was not as merciful as last time. Without holding back, he unleashed battle power capable of slaying a Half-Saint. With a single stomp, heaven and earth crumbled.

Blood rained down from the sky as Xuan Mo shrieked, his body torn into pieces by the stomp, with only his blood-soaked head flying away.

"I surrender! I'll do anything, please spare my life!" The primordial spirit within the head rushed out, attempting to flee, but its strength was far too inferior, making success impossible.

"Your grand-uncle once said, 'Exceptional talents often die young!'"

"I am not an exceptional talent; I am foolish, please let me go." Normally arrogant and overbearing, Xuan Mo even dared to curse and beat Fan Xian's bald subordinates, completely disregarding them, but now he was utterly terrified.

"If you're not an exceptional talent, then you'll meet the same end as your grand-uncle!" Ye Fan said no more. He stomped down, crushing Xuan Mo's primordial spirit and head into dust.

Moments later, the place was clean, all traces vanished, and the seal set up by the silver-eyed old man slowly dissipated.

In the distance, on a low mountain, Cao Qing gazed towards the spot. Beside him was an old servant, whose expression changed abruptly upon seeing the seal's power disappear.

"That old man is dead; he went in and didn't come out alive!" The old servant revealed a look of shock. "Who exactly is this person? He actually killed a Great Accomplishment King!"

Cao Qing nodded and said, "He is indeed extraordinary. To eliminate this fellow, it would be best to employ a Half-Saint, and one would need to control a Super Saint Mech Suit. I'm afraid ordinary Saint Artifacts won't be enough to subdue him."

In another direction, Fan Tian, with hair as red as fire and a malevolent look on his face, stood amidst the clouds, staring at Ye Fan's bamboo garden in the night sky.

"What a powerful lad!" he murmured to himself. "He even dispatched Xuan Mo's grand-uncle. He's truly a formidable opponent. What means did he use, exactly?"

Fan Xian's beautiful eyes gleamed with a strange light. She said, "I told you long ago, his potential is immense. Right now, he's still an unpolished gem, awaiting development. Of course, he could also be a double-edged sword, harming both others and himself. He must be firmly grasped in my hands!"

"Heh, cousin, your judgment is indeed excellent," Fan Tian said, his malevolence palpable. "I think we can have him marry into our family. He might even be stronger than that Cao Qing!"

"Fan Tian, stop your loose talk!" Fan Xian cast him a glance, and with a graceful sway of her lithe body, like a water snake, she glided away. Her pair of snow-white, long legs shimmered with a crystal-like luster, exceptionally alluring.

"Cousin, I'm serious," he continued. "Rather than having him offer a portion of his Undying Golden Body essence blood, it would be better for you to marry him and give birth to a child with the strongest physique, possessing the dual divine blood of a Golden Body and a Battle Physique. That might be even better!"

"Hmph, you should mind your own business first!" Fan Xian sneered, casting him a cold glance, then departed into the night sky.

In another part of the sky, several other people were watching. Fan Zhou's eyes were deep; he said nothing, and only disappeared from the void after a long silence.

Ye Fan's expression was calm. He knew he was being watched, because his spiritual senses were terrifyingly sharp, allowing him to perceive them, but he did not bother to search for them.

"That old geezer attacked me," he thought, "which is exactly what these people wanted; they're all testing me, aren't they?"

He had no desire to stay in this place forever; once he obtained what he wanted, he would leave without hesitation or regret. There would be absolutely no lingering doubt.

"Soon," he thought. "My goal is merely the strongest evolutionary liquid. Now that I have it, I can give my next steps more thought."

In the latter half of the night, all sounds faded into silence. The stars and moon shone brightly, casting down silvery-white light. The place finally became completely quiet, and all observers disappeared.

Ye Fan pondered for a moment, then poured the entire gourd of evolutionary liquid into a jade pool. The crystal-clear liquid was fragrant, the very essence of the Dao transforming into wisps of immortal qi. He entered naked, sitting cross-legged within it, and began to refine himself, initiating the evolutionary process towards the Eternal Realm.

This was a strange process. It was as if he could see stars being extinguished one by one, with only the most divine and refined indestructible divinity remaining, slowly gathering. Countless galaxies crumbled, withered, and died, then, after billions of years of evolution and accumulation, their most fundamental divinity merged, fusing into one entity, transforming into a rock, forging a divine stone. This was the God-Ordained Divine Rock.

Ye Fan immersed himself in it, feeling the changes of time, comprehending the fleeting passage of ages, capturing the rise and fall of starfields, and etching the trajectories of the Dao under the starry sky.

The strongest bloodline evolutionary liquid was a miraculous existence. It allowed one to forcefully comprehend the Dao, understand the evolutionary process of the world, and truly penetrate the true cosmic origin.

Ye Fan was in a state of selflessness and detachment. He experienced it deeply, his heart growing increasingly serene. Outside his body, galaxies emerged one after another: worlds being born, flourishing, declining, and decaying. This was the path to the Great Dao, starting from the most fundamental aspects of the world, comprehending them bit by bit, and slowly progressing forward. His understanding deepened continuously, and his flesh glowed.

This was the strongest physique evolutionary liquid. It did not merely temper the physical body; it also purified the spirit, imparting fragments of the Great Dao, and imprinting eternal laws.

Every inch of flesh and blood in the human body is a treasure trove. If fully unlocked, human potential and divine abilities would be boundless and immeasurable, known as the Gate of Ten Thousand Wonders!

Ye Fan continued to comprehend, seeing the body's hidden treasures opening. Within the strongest evolutionary liquid, he truly felt the wondrousness of this primal source power, allowing him to comprehend the Dao, sublimate himself, and break free from the shackles of his body, growing stronger and stronger.

"I have hope of advancing, of taking another small step forward," he murmured to himself, "but I always feel like something is missing, preventing a breakthrough..."

At this moment, various hidden treasures further opened, while others completely unfolded, with many divine gates opening. These included the divine abilities of moving mountains and filling seas, the power to seize the moon and grasp distant stars, the spiritual senses of a Heavenly Eye and Heavenly Ear, and the instinct to seek fortune and avoid disaster.

This was the strongest physique evolutionary liquid, containing heaven-defying divine minerals and imprinted with fragments of the world's fundamental laws, allowing one to transcend and sublimate completely.

Within the precious liquid, Ye Fan further sensed the power of that wondrous mineral. "This is the power of the Primordial Life Stone!" he realized. "Originating from chaos, formed in the primordial era, it carries the power of eternal immortality!"

In that instant, it was as if he traversed the primordial cosmos, condensed heaven and earth, connected past, present, and future, and gained a deeper understanding of life force and death.

Wisps of Dao patterns appeared on his body surface, especially on his Immortal Platform forehead bone, where they were intricate and complex, the fine patterns intertwining as if creating heaven and earth.

Suddenly, his body trembled. The 'Jie' character secret from the Nine Secrets began to operate on its own. Billions of Dao marks appeared, signifying a major breakthrough in his Dao comprehension.

This was originally an incomplete secret technique, but as he comprehended the power of longevity and understood the fruit of life and death, it was unexpectedly triggered. With sudden enlightenment, he independently deduced the lost true meaning of a portion of it!

The 'Jie' character secret was further perfected. This was a miraculous power; he was actually mending the incompleteness of the Nine Secrets by himself. If this were to get out, it would surely shock the world.

The 'Jie' character secret technique was hailed as an ancient scripture of the gods, containing the mysteries of immortality. He had obtained it from the Ziwei Ancient Starfield. The other half was in Yin Tiande's hands, and Ye Fan had always kept it in mind, wanting to collect the complete set. Now, he glimpsed a glimmer of hope.

At the same time, he thought of a terrifying question: How extraordinary was the Primordial Ancient Mine, exactly? Did it perhaps contain the power of immortality?

As the stars and moon cast down their brilliance, Ye Fan's glabella glowed translucently, as if establishing a connection with the cosmic starry sky, as though they were about to merge into one, becoming part of the Dao.

"Whoosh!" Ye Fan's glabella flashed, and a small golden figure flew out, holding an ancient small cauldron. It forcibly severed the beam of light rising from his glabella, cutting off his connection with the cosmic starry sky.

"The human body is a world in itself, possessing infinite divine treasures, capable of becoming the gate to all Daos, perhaps the very foundation of achieving immortality." Immortals are indestructible and can exist forever, but galaxies have a day when they collapse. If this universe ceased to exist, how could everything contained within it continue to exist?

Ye Fan observed various fragments of the Great Dao, but he did not wish to rely on them. He did not want to entrust his life to this universe. If he were to truly take that step and achieve Dao-enlightenment in the future, he would rely solely on his inner human universe, rather than attaching his life to this vast world.

Boom!

A tremendous roar erupted. He severed the connection between his own origin and the galaxies, but this did not stop the manifestation of ancient stars from beyond the domain and the showering of divine radiance.

The scene was incomparably grand. Various lights descended from the starry sky, responding to the God-Ordained Divine Rock. They were countless rays of divine radiance, illuminating the origin of the universe.

Then, chaotic qi surged, creating heaven and earth, responding to the Primordial Life Stone. The power of life and death intertwined in creation and destruction, and various lights overflowed.

He severed his attachment to the boundless cosmos, but the profound mysteries of the past, present, and eternal manifested around him, transforming into Dao laws for him to observe and study.

Although it was deep into the night and the place was serene, this phenomenon still startled many people, and numerous powerful cultivators awoke from their slumber.

Because the scene was too magnificent: myriad stellar lights shone, chaos formed waterfalls, and ancient galaxies rose and fell, circling Ye Fan and guarding him at the center.

This was the fundamental energy of heaven and earth, the complex profound meaning, the manifestation of the world's essential divine laws. He was comprehending them, not attaching to or relying on them, but learning from them, and his Dao cultivation was advancing rapidly.

"This fellow is truly remarkable," Fan Xian said, her expression changing. "More formidable than I imagined. I really underestimated him!" She had already given him considerable importance, but unexpectedly, she had still underestimated Ye Fan, who actually caused such a commotion in Paradise.

"My dear cousin, are you smitten?" Fan Tian laughed malevolently, though a hint of coldness lingered.

"Hmph, I can't be bothered with you!" Fan Xian's peerless immortal countenance regained its cold arrogance and confidence.