Lord: Sequence Overlord

Chapter 422 The Forbidden Zone's Retreat and the Immortal Soul-Devouring Butterfly

Chapter 421

Rosen sat on the sofa, sipping juice, his eyes fixed on the Eternal Soul-Binding Wolf through the Window of the World.

After watching for half a month, he finally saw some progress.

The eternal origin near the wound, and the remaining eternal will within it—why do these eternal wills only have instincts? Where have the memories and self gone? The answer lies in the single horn of the Eternal Soul-Binding Wolf.

Every so often, the power of the unicorn would cover all the wounds.

Therefore, the eternal will attached to the wounds can never recover its memories or regain its self. It can only rely on instinct to continuously strengthen the eternal origin it controls. Naturally, the eternal life that caused these wounds in the past cannot be resurrected by this residual eternal will.

The Root Insect Queen is powerless against these eternal wills, and Rosen's full-force attack will awaken the Eternal Soul-Binding Wolf.

He had almost given up, but then he made a new discovery about the root worm mother.

Some of the Root Insect Mothers that burrowed into the Eternal Soul-Binding Wolf's body through the gaps in the wound discovered that the Eternal Soul-Binding Wolf's heart had been removed. There were faint remnants of Eternal Mechanical Origin near the wound on the heart, indicating that the heart was removed by the Eternal Mechanical Race.

This part of the eternal origin has no remnant of eternal will, because the eternal life that took action is living well.

The other wounds likely indicate that the original body of the Eternal Will has perished, which is why the Eternal Soul-Devouring Wolf's horn can easily erase the memories within these remaining Eternal Wills and then feed them with its own corpse.

Rosen suspects that the Eternal Soul-Binding Wolf did this before it died because it wanted to enslave these eternal beings.

According to his judgment, the Enslaved Source Species is located inside the horn. If the endless years erode it, the Enslaved Source Species can enslave all these remaining eternal wills. Then, if the Eternal Soul-Binding Wolf comes back to life, it can revive the corresponding eternal life by relying on these remaining eternal wills.

At that time, with his own power, he could enslave more than a dozen eternal beings. The Eternal Soul-Binding Wolf would probably be even more powerful than the ancient gods.

Therefore, Rosen suspects that the Eternal Soul-Binding Wolf must have left behind a way to resurrect itself.

However, the Eternal Machine Race came and removed the heart, cutting off their escape route.

As for why they didn't take the complete corpse, it can't be that the Eternal Machine Race looked down on the Eternal Soul-Binding Wolf. So many forbidden zones in the universe have been preserved intact and have not been occupied by living eternal life. Obviously, the corpse must contain some kind of method of eternal life.

Death is not the end. Many forces do not weaken because of death; on the contrary, they become stronger because of death.

If Rosen were immortal, putting himself in Rosen's shoes, if he didn't want his corpse to become nourishment for others after death, he would certainly have spared no effort before dying to leave on his body a means for those who coveted his corpse to be buried with him.

Even eternal life couldn't harm the corpse of the Eternal Soul-Binding Wolf; Rosen realized he had underestimated the situation.

Even with his Origin Insect Mother, he was powerless against the corpse of the Eternal Soul-Binding Wolf.

However, it wasn't all for naught. Rosen manipulated all the Root Worm Mothers to rush towards the heart of the Eternal Soul-Binding Wolf. The Eternal Mechanical Origin here contained Mechanical Source Species that wouldn't harm the Root Worm Mother, and there were also damaged cells here that he could try to parasitize.

As expected, this time it was a success; the root worm mother burrowed into some damaged cells and began to take root.

At this point, after successful rooting, there are two choices: split into new root-producing mother insects, or sprout, flower, and bear fruit.

Rosen selected the rootworm mother that parasitized a damaged cell, and it quickly sprouted, blossomed, and bore fruit, producing a rootworm fruit.

The root of the fruit splits open, revealing a seed with countless black lines on its surface.

Through close examination of other root insect mothers, the eternal omniscience gradually discerned the attributes of the fruit kernel.

【Soul-Binding Fruit Core: An Extraordinary Treasure】

[Level: Sequence 0]

[Attribute: Can consume Soul-Binding Fruit Cores to forcibly extract the souls of Sequence 0 and enslave their divine essence]

The attributes aren't very good, and it's a one-time use extraordinary item.

However, it should be noted that this is merely the root fruit produced by the root worm mother absorbing nutrients from a damaged cell.

Soon, all the damaged cells of the Eternal Soul-Binding Wolf were parasitized by the Root Worm Mother.

However, Rosen did not continue to manipulate the root mother insects to sprout, flower, and bear fruit. Instead, he manipulated all the root mother insects to parasitize and absorb nutrients to generate more roots. Then, he grafted all the roots together and let them eat each other, which is when they began to sprout, flower, and bear fruit.

However, this time the result was not natural, but rather a directed growth after being injected with eternal birth.

As the Root Fruit grows and splits open, a miniature Root Insect Mother resembling an Eternal Soul-Binding Wolf crawls out.

Although it is very small, it is indeed of the same origin as the Eternal Soul-Binding Wolf.

So this tiny creature, under Rosen's control, successfully tore apart the normal body cells of the Eternal Soul-Binding Wolf.

The plan to use the Eternal Root to devour the corpse of Eternal Life has indeed succeeded.

However, the efficiency is extremely low; it would probably take thousands of years to digest even a single piece of flesh from the Eternal Soul-Binding Wolf.

If one wants to use this to advance to the level of an immortal god or demon, it would probably take hundreds of thousands of years.

For the great true God, this time is not short, but it is certainly not unbearably long either.

However, compared to the timeframe for the awakening of the ancient gods, this time is far too long.

So now Rosen needs to make a decision: return to the Ancient God World to seize the fragments of the Plunder Source Seed and then accelerate the devouring of the Eternal Soul-Binding Wolf's corpse, or just stay in the Soul-Binding Forbidden Zone and ignore the Ancient God World, thus remaining dormant for hundreds of thousands of years?
Choosing the former involves both risks and opportunities, while choosing the latter carries almost no risk but offers long-term benefits.

If it weren't for the World Will, Rosen would choose the latter.

However, if the world's will succeeds, then they might also set their sights on the Soul-Binding Forbidden Zone.

Even if there is no further conflict between the two sides, the Soul-Binding Forbidden Zone is too close to the world of the ancient gods.

If the ancient god awakens and comes looking for him, wouldn't he just be waiting to die here?

So after careful consideration, Rosen decided to return to the world of the ancient gods.

However, the Soul-Binding Forbidden Zone will not give up. He will leave behind the Root Insect Mothers. If his true self perishes in the Ancient God World, these Root Insect Mothers will be his escape route for resurrection and rebirth. The more similar escape routes, the better. Therefore, other universe forbidden zones cannot be let go either.

Although he was already preparing to leave, Rosen still planned to make one last move before leaving.

The Soul-Binding Forbidden Zone is a continent in the void, where many immortal gods and demons are trapped.

None of these immortal gods and demons were cultivated locally; they were all swallowed into the Eternal World when the Eternal Soul-Binding Wolf was still alive. Therefore, these immortal gods and demons have lived for countless years, which is enough to significantly advance his progress towards becoming an immortal god or demon.

After careful selection, Lawson identified the most suitable target.

It is furthest from the corpse of the Eternal Soul-Binding Wolf and closest to the world barrier of the Eternal World.

Even if he awakens the Eternal Soul-Binding Wolf, he still has enough time to escape into the Void Soul Realm formed by the world barrier.

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The continent, which floats in the void for millions of miles, is flat and round. The first thing Rosen saw was the Butterfly Dance Continent.

Countless floating islands dot the sky, while endless seas of flowers bloom in vibrant colors on the ground.

Countless butterflies danced gracefully in the sea of ​​flowers. When countless butterflies took flight on the wind, the scattered scales and powder gave color to the invisible breeze between heaven and earth. Sunlight refracted through the breeze, rendering the world into a dazzling sea of ​​light with a myriad of colors.

When Rosen first saw the Butterfly Dance Continent, there was a moment when he couldn't bear to destroy it.

The Creator's Album appeared in his left hand. He opened the album, picked up the Creator's divine brush, and began to paint.

Soon, the Butterfly Continent was captured on paper, forming a spiritual painting of such high quality that it reached the level of a true god.

After Rosen finished the last stroke, he didn't hesitate to place a dot in the center of the painting.

The eternal source instantly filled the entire painting, then transformed into countless source worm mothers that descended from the painting into reality.

More and more butterflies are parasitized by the Root Queen, then their nutrients are drained and they turn into colorful ashes, which in turn provide nutrients for the Root Queen to divide, allowing the infinitely multiplying Root Queen to parasitize even more butterflies in the world.

In just a few breaths, a whole bunch of butterflies on the Butterfly Dance Continent perished, leaving behind dust that completely blocked out the sunlight.

Rosen's sneak attack finally alerted the immortal gods and demons trapped on the Butterfly Dance Continent.

Countless butterflies, like countless cells, gathered and dispersed across the heavens and earth, instantly forming a magnificent, multicolored butterfly that blotted out the sky. The awakened eternal will instantly enveloped the entire Butterfly Dance Continent, gathering all the light from the continent. The Butterfly Dance Continent was plunged into eternal night, with only a single, thread-like beam of five-colored light piercing the darkness.

Even though Rosen was prepared, he couldn't dodge it. The painting of the butterfly dance, which had been peeled from the Creator's Album, was instantly torn apart, and then its power was undiminished as it pierced between his eyebrows, burning through his flesh and slicing through his skull like a laser.

Just as the skull was about to be sliced ​​open by the five-colored rays of light, the Immortal Crown finally appeared on his head, blocking the subsequent damage.

Rosen was both surprised and delighted. He chose the Butterfly Dance Continent because the immortal gods and demons trapped there were among the only three immortal gods and demons in the Soul Binding Forbidden Zone who had mastered the Source Seed. The stronger one's strength, the stronger the Source Seed one had mastered.

With the Heavenly Feather Bow drawn and arrow nocked, the Heavenly Revelation Bone Arrow was already locked onto the Immortal Soul-Devouring Butterfly and fired.

However, when faced with the Heavenly Revelation Bone Arrow, the Immortal Soul-Devouring Butterfly instantly dispersed, transforming into trillions of butterflies that scattered across the Butterfly Dance Continent.

The Heavenly Revelation Bone Arrow lost its target and split into countless arrow shadows, transforming into a rain of arrows that enveloped the Butterfly Dance Continent.

However, at the very moment the power of the Heavenly Revelation Bone Arrow dispersed, the Immortal Soul-Devouring Butterfly, which had just dispersed into trillions of butterflies, instantly reassembled into a giant butterfly that blotted out the sky. The rain of arrows falling on the Immortal Soul-Devouring Butterfly was easily blocked.

This was the first time Rosen had encountered such an easy way to break the Apocalypse Bone Arrow.

However, he also figured out what kind of source species the Immortal Soul-Devouring Butterfly possessed.

It was actually the Source of Gathering and Dispersing, so whether it dispersed its true form into countless butterflies or gathered countless butterflies into its true form, the speed was beyond reason. Only by mastering the Source of Gathering and Dispersing could it be possible to achieve this level.

Just now, it was the light from the entire continent compressed into a single line that nearly pierced his skull, which was composed of his immortal world.

The fatal lock of the Apocalypse Bone Arrow was also caused by the Immortal Soul-Devouring Butterfly dispersing into countless butterflies through the Gathering and Dispersing Source Seed. If the Apocalypse Bone Arrow had not dispersed into countless arrows, it would have lost its target and at most killed some insignificant butterflies.

The result of the Apocalypse Bone Arrows scattering was that the Immortal Soul-Devouring Butterfly easily blocked the damage from the scattered Apocalypse Bone Arrows by regrouping its true form.

Having mastered the source of gathering and dispersing, the Immortal Soul-Devouring Butterfly can gather and disperse at will, just like water, and is almost immune to all damage from the material level.

The scales on the Immortal Soul-Devouring Butterfly's wings instantly fell off, then coalesced into a tiny, multicolored speck of powder the size of a speck of dust. This speckled with the countless rays of light that were once again scattered across the world, plunging the world back into eternal night. At the same time, the multicolored scales locked onto Rosen once more.

The immortal crown blocked the five-colored rays, but it was like butter meeting molten iron when faced with the five-colored scales.

Almost instantly, the Immortal Crown nearly melted, and he could only summon the Glory Throne to block the Immortal Soul-Devouring Butterfly's counterattack.

Rosen couldn't help but activate the Root Insect Mother, thinking that the Root Insect Mother, which had been integrated into all the cells of the Immortal Soul-Devouring Butterfly, would effectively cripple his opponent.

An unexpected scene unfolded: the Immortal Soul-Devouring Butterfly instantly dispersed, transforming into countless butterflies before scattering again.

Every tiny butterfly here disperses into basic particles that are countless times smaller than a cell.

The root worm mother parasitizes cells, but when the cells disperse into particles, the root worm mother naturally loses its parasitic object.

At this moment, countless particles re-aggregated into the Immortal Soul-Devouring Butterfly, which was smaller in size but had completely broken free from the Root Insect Mother.

The Root Insect Queen's counterattack was easily countered, and the Immortal Soul-Devouring Butterfly's even more terrifying counterattack is coming.

The eternal will that enveloped the Butterfly Dance Continent was instantly compressed, forcibly shattering Rosen's already unfolded Creator Domain, and even penetrating the defenses of the Glorious Throne and the Immortal Crown, directly piercing through the walls of the Mysterious Study and entering the Sea of ​​Consciousness.

Then, it dispersed into countless butterflies of will in the sea of ​​consciousness, spreading throughout every part of his sea of ​​consciousness and gnawing at it.

If the mysterious study hadn't merged with his sea of ​​consciousness, this would have been enough to cause immense damage to his sea of ​​consciousness.

Rosen then realized that he might have chosen the wrong opponent.

This Immortal Soul-Devouring Butterfly is definitely the strongest Immortal God-Demon he has ever faced head-on.

Perhaps only the will of the world can overpower the Immortal Soul-Devouring Butterfly.

The Eternal Omniscient's misjudgment of the Immortal Soul-Devouring Butterfly's strength was entirely due to the Immortal Soul-Devouring Butterfly dispersing its power too thoroughly, leading to an incorrect assessment of its strength. Continuing the fight would almost inevitably alert the Eternal Soul-Devouring Wolf.

Rosen was already considering retreating, but the Immortal Soul-Devouring Butterfly wouldn't let him go at this moment.

The space around him could also gather and disperse at will, to the point that the distance between them, which was thousands of miles apart, was compressed to a foot by the gathered space.

Rosen appeared almost instantly from millions of miles away into the mouth of the Immortal Soul-Devouring Butterfly.

He thought he would be devoured, but the Immortal Soul-Devouring Butterfly suddenly dispersed. When it reassembled, it had formed a beautiful butterfly tattoo on his body, and it even merged into his skin through the ability to gather and disperse at will.

The Immortal Soul-Devouring Butterfly's most terrifying Soul-Devouring talent, after being amplified by the Gathering and Scattering Mantra, begins to forcibly absorb his divinity.

If this continues, his life essence will be polluted, and his divine essence will be drained.

There was no way to escape; both sides had reached a point where one of them was bound to die.

Rosen went straight into the Snake Mother's gourd, and the Eternal Soul-Devouring Wolf's right eyelid, which was about to open, fell silent again.

Any commotion, no matter how loud, will awaken the Eternal Soul-Devouring Wolf.

Inside the Serpent Mother Gourd, the Eternal Immortal Vine merged with the Ancient God's Shackles, sealing Lawson layer by layer.

Then, the compatibility source seed that he originally did not intend to use was also integrated into his body, forcibly making his skin compatible with the Immortal Soul-Devouring Butterfly. Through this compatibility, combined with the terrifying learning ability of the Creator Scholar, he instantly acquired part of the Immortal Soul-Devouring Butterfly's ability to gather and disperse at will.

Although it cannot compare to the Immortal Soul-Devouring Butterfly's ability to gather and disperse at will, it can still suppress it somewhat.

The Immortal Soul-Devouring Butterfly devoured Rosen's divine essence, and even the butterfly tattoo fused into his skin released countless scales to pollute his body. However, he also parasitized Rosen in turn through the Root Insect Mother formed from his cells, while simultaneously merging the eternal corrupt essence into his own divine essence.

If the Immortal Soul-Devouring Butterfly dares to devour his divine essence, then let's see whether he dies first or the Immortal Soul-Devouring Butterfly falls first.

The two sides are intertwined, and begin a fundamental battle at the cellular and divine levels.

At the beginning, Rosen was almost completely at a disadvantage.

Because the Immortal Soul-Devouring Butterfly can concentrate all its power into a single point, thus easily breaking through the surface with that point.

However, Rosen was no pushover either. Eternal Wisdom suppressed the Immortal Soul-Devouring Butterfly's wisdom, Eternal Information interfered with the Immortal Soul-Devouring Butterfly's control over the scale powder, Eternal Flame gathered national fortune to strengthen itself, and Eternal Omniscience constantly sought out weaknesses.

Then came the eternal fall, which gradually caused the Immortal Soul-Devouring Butterfly's instincts to overwhelm its reason. Combined with the loss of intelligence caused by the Eternal Wisdom, the Immortal Soul-Devouring Butterfly increasingly resembled a wild beast that had lost its wisdom and was left with only instinct.

Rosen even transformed into a mechanical life form to suppress the damage the scales caused to his body to the greatest extent possible.

He also integrated the Dream Source Seed into his sea of ​​consciousness, thus neutralizing most of the damage to his sea of ​​consciousness through dreams.

And so, from an absolute disadvantage at the beginning, they gradually began to turn defeat into victory.

The Immortal Soul-Devouring Butterfly sensed something was wrong and abandoned its hunt for Rosen, attempting to escape.

However, the seal of the Eternal Immortal Vine is not to be underestimated. Its compatibility makes them intertwined and difficult to separate. Not to mention the suppression of the Serpent Mother Gourd, the Immortal Soul-Devouring Butterfly is now in a predicament where it wants to leave but cannot.

However, Rosen couldn't do anything to the Immortal Soul-Devouring Butterfly in a short time, because the Immortal Soul-Devouring Butterfly's defense was too terrifying.

No matter what it is, even just air, it will become indestructible after being compressed countless times by the source of aggregation and dispersion.

However, to unleash the power of the Origin Seed, the amount of Eternal Essence consumed is not small.

The Immortal Soul-Devouring Butterfly has been trapped for countless years, and the amount of Eternal Gathering and Dispersing Origin it has accumulated is limited.

When the Eternal Origin can no longer keep up with the consumption, the Immortal Soul-Devouring Butterfly will be caught in a dilemma and at the mercy of others.

As the Serpent Mother Gourd fell into a time acceleration a thousandfold, Rosen began to engage in a battle of attrition with the Immortal Soul-Devouring Butterfly.

After a stalemate lasting for centuries, the Immortal Soul-Devouring Butterfly finally gave in.

The Root Insect Queen began to parasitize in reverse, and the Immortal Soul-Devouring Butterfly could only watch helplessly as it was gradually devoured.

Seeing that the dead end was inevitable, the Immortal Soul-Devouring Butterfly completely gave up resisting.

Rather than being eaten piecemeal, the Immortal Soul-Devouring Butterfly would rather die a quick and painless death than suffer torment.

Complete demise is perhaps a kind of liberation after being trapped for countless years.

(End of this chapter)