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Chapter 546 Carving a Way Out for Oneself

Chapter 554

"The key... has been put into the furnace."

"Whether you forge or crumble next depends on your own destiny, Lord of Reincarnation..."

The sound, like an ancient echo, gradually dissipated into nothingness, as if it had never existed. But Xu Ran knew that the ancient tree of light, which had lived for countless eons, had staked everything on him.

Inside the furnace, time loses its meaning.

There is no sunrise or sunset, no rotation of stars, only eternal stillness and the ever-changing radiance of the Dao.

"Roar!"

The roar of the Prison Suppressor was the only sound in this deathly silence. Its gigantic claw, which covered half of the void, slammed down once more, the "Suppressing Kill" law attached to it even more condensed and ferocious than before. It was as if it were a programmed killing machine, its sole mission being to completely eliminate any "foreign object" before it.

Xu Ran's figure was like a small boat, frantically dodging in the raging waves. He no longer chose to confront it head-on. That previous punch had made him deeply understand the insurmountable gap between himself and this epoch-making beast.

A head-on confrontation is suicidal!
But Xu Ran's greatest skill is squeezing the hope of life out of the brink of death!
"Taiyin Absolute Path, come!"

He swayed, narrowly avoiding the giant claw's edge, and his entire body moved like a ghost towards the pitch-black crystal that exuded an icy chill. The Reincarnation Dao Seal spun wildly, and streams of the jet-black Taiyin Dao essence were forcibly stripped away, transforming into a black ice dragon that roared and burrowed into his Dao Lord Dharma Form!

"Ugh!"

The extreme cold instantly froze his physical body, and even his soul seemed to be solidified. But at the same time, the "Great Sun True Dao" essence that he had just absorbed and had not yet fully refined was stimulated by this power and erupted with a bang!
One cold, one hot; one yin, one yang—two completely opposite primal forces clashed violently and primally within his body!
Click!Click!
Xu Ran's Daoist avatar was covered with cracks intertwined with ice and fire; one half of his body was engulfed in blazing golden flames, while the other half was covered in chilling black ice. He looked as if he could be torn in two at any moment by these two forces and completely disintegrate.

"Hold on! Reincarnation... is not destruction, but inclusiveness! Yin and Yang... are not opposition, but cycle!"

Xu Ran's soul sat cross-legged in the center of his sea of ​​consciousness, enduring the agonizing impact of the hellish ice and fire, yet his will remained as unyielding as eternal divine iron!
He used his own cycle of reincarnation as the central axis to forcibly reverse these two violent forces.

"The sun, representing Yang, governs the flourishing of life!"

"Taiyin is Yin, and it governs the annihilation of 'death'!"

"Life and death constitute the cycle of reincarnation!"

boom!
Guided by his will, the golden flames and black ice that had been clashing began to slowly and laboriously flow along a mysterious trajectory. At the end of the golden flames, a wisp of pitch-black cold air emerged; at the core of the pitch-black ice, a scorching light was born.

A rudimentary form of Yin and Yang Tai Chi slowly took shape within his Cycle of Reincarnation Seal!
His cycle of reincarnation is no longer a simple gray-white representing the cycle of birth and death, but has an additional layer of black and white rotation!

"Completeness of the Reincarnation Dao Domain: 35.8%!"

An aura several times stronger than before erupted from Xu Ran. His Dao Lord Dharma Image, reshaped by the interweaving of ice and fire, became more refined, and the features of the Dharma Image became clearer, bearing a seven or eight-tenths resemblance to Xu Ran himself, only with an added air of vicissitudes and indifference as if overlooking the birth and death of an era.

"Roar!"

Zhenyu seemed to sense the change in Xu Ran's aura. For the first time, a hint of...savage emotion appeared in its massive, blood-red eyes. It was no longer a simple, programmed attack, but rather imbued with a rage capable of destroying everything!

It opened its abyss-like maw, and a dark red beam of light, condensed from the pure "Suppression" law, tore through the void, crossed space, and instantly slammed into Xu Ran!
Suppress the divine light!

This attack was no longer a physical crushing blow, but an annihilation of the "Tao" itself!

Wherever the beam of light passed, those indestructible Dao principle crystals began to tremble violently, their light dimmed, and the Dao of Civilization imprinted on them seemed to be forcibly erased!
"not good!"

Inside the Pioneer, Zhenshan, Cangshi, and the others were terrified. The horror of this attack far surpassed any previous one!
Xu Ran's pupils also suddenly contracted.

He could feel that his cycle of reincarnation was melting away like ice and snow meeting the blazing sun in the face of this divine light!
There's no escaping it! There's no avoiding it!

This attack has sealed off all his escape routes!
"Then... I won't hide anymore!"

A resolute madness flashed in Xu Ran's eyes as he pushed the Yin-Yang power he had just begun to fuse to its limit!
"The Shield of Reincarnation - The Yin-Yang Millstone!"

He drew circles in front of his chest with both hands, and a huge, circular shield of light, slowly flowing in black and white, appeared out of thin air and stood in front of him.

The black Yin energy frantically devoured the energy within the Annihilation Divine Light; the white Yang energy, on the other hand, unleashed its most powerful and intense force, engaging in the fiercest confrontation.

Life and death, devouring and eruption, form a perfect cycle on this small shield!

Boom——! ! !
The dark red light of annihilation slammed into the Yin-Yang Dao Shield!
There was no earth-shattering explosion, only a teeth-grinding "sizzling" sound.

Those were two completely different "paths," engaged in the most fundamental annihilation and confrontation!

The Yin-Yang Dao Shield trembled violently, and the black and white colors on it spun rapidly, but were also being worn away and dissolved at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Xu Ran's Dao Lord Dharma Form shone brightly, and the Dao blood overflowing from the corner of his mouth was tinged with the charred blackness of being burned by the laws.

"Hold on!"

He gritted his teeth and poured out his spiritual power without reservation to maintain the operation of the Dao Shield.

But the power of the Prison Suppressor was truly terrifying. It represented the sum of all the resistance forces suppressed by "Heavenly Principles" throughout countless eras, and the "rank" of its Dao principles was far higher than the incomplete Dao that Xu Ran had pieced together.

Click!

Finally, with a crisp, mournful cry, the Yin-Yang Dao Shield... shattered!
The remaining divine light of annihilation, like divine punishment from the heavens, instantly pierced through Xu Ran's Dao Lord Dharma Form!
"puff!"

Xu Ran was struck as if by lightning, and his entire body flew backward. A huge hole appeared in the chest of his Dao Lord Dharma Image, and the dark red suppressing law was like a maggot clinging to his bone, frantically eroding his Dao foundation.

"Completeness of the Reincarnation Dao Domain: 34.2%...33.5%...32.8%..."

Completeness is rapidly declining!

This is a sign that the foundation of the Tao has been destroyed!
"My lord!" Cangshi and the others cried out in despair.

However, at this critical moment between life and death, there was no fear or despair in Xu Ran's eyes. Instead, an unprecedented and dazzling light shone forth!
Because, just as the Dao Shield shattered and the Divine Light of Annihilation entered his body, his Cycle of Reincarnation came into such "intimate" contact with this destructive power for the first time.

He finally saw through the true nature of this "suppression" law! It wasn't a "Tao," but rather a... "Law"!
A cold, unquestionable, and all-encompassing "outliers"... divine commandment!
"So...that's it..."

Xu Ran laughed, a laugh that carried a hint of enlightenment and a hint of madness.

"My cycle of reincarnation only understands birth and death, but not... what is 'order'!"

"The path of Heavenly Principle is absolute order. It seeks to obliterate all variables and reduce the universe to eternal stillness. But my cycle of reincarnation, to reverse this order, must establish an 'order' of my own!"

"A... reincarnation order that can encompass all paths and allow for the existence of variables!"

In the instant his thoughts became clear, Xu Ran's soul seemed to break free from some kind of shackles and enter an unprecedented state of ethereal tranquility.

He stopped suppressing the violent killing law within his body and instead opened his Dao Domain, letting it run rampant within him!

He wants to... use his own body as a furnace and his enemies as fire to forge a new "order" amidst destruction!
"All paths form the foundation; heed my command!"

Xu Ran let out a roar that resounded through the soul.

boom! boom! boom!
Inside the furnace, the suspended Daoist crystals seemed to be summoned and began to vibrate in unison!

The crystal containing the "Heavenly Sword Dao" burst forth with an incomparably sharp sword intent!

The crystal containing the "Great Derivation Calculation" weaves a web of celestial secrets that can reveal the future!

The crystal containing the "mechanical god" projects the light of absolute rational logic!

……

Hundreds, even thousands, of completely different origins of civilizations crossed the void at this moment, transforming into streams of light that actively merged into Xu Ran's broken Dao Lord Dharma Image!

If Xu Ran had taken the initiative to "swallow" before, now Wan Dao has taken the initiative to "throw" himself in!
Because they all sensed a common, fated enemy within that "suppression" law—the laws of nature!
Xu Ran's nascent, fragile, yet infinitely possible "cycle of reincarnation" was the only hope they saw!
"With the sharpness of the sword, I will establish the order of my cycle of 'slaughter'!"

"By the power of the divine way, I will establish the order of 'honor and servitude' in my cycle of reincarnation!"

"Using the wonders of divination, I will unfold the order of my 'destiny' in the cycle of reincarnation!"

"Using the principles of mechanics, I solidify the 'logical' order of my cycle of reincarnation!"

Xu Ran's voice echoed in this void, filled with unprecedented solemnity and holiness. He was no longer a mere plunderer, but rather like a creator god who was establishing the first rules for his world!

His Daoist Dharma form, nurtured by the origin of all Daos, was not burst apart. Instead, it began to be reshaped and transformed at an incredible speed!

The hole in his chest was filled with countless strands of sword light, transforming into a profound "kill" character!

The severed arm was reforged by divine light, and a majestic "Dharma" mark was imprinted on it!

Those dim eyes were illuminated by boundless computing power, as if they could see through the past and future and discern the trajectory of "fortune"!

The "suppression and killing" law that was raging within him was like ice and snow meeting lava in the face of this overwhelming force, and began to be rapidly analyzed, refined, and absorbed!
It was forcibly "downgraded" by Xu Ran's new order of reincarnation, from the lofty "heavenly law" to the "law of punishment" that constitutes part of his reincarnation order!

In charge of life, death, and punishment!
"Completeness of the Reincarnation Dao Domain: 40%...45%...50%!"

boom! ! !
The moment the integrity level exceeded 50%, the entire furnace core trembled violently!
Xu Ran's Dao Lord Dharma Image completely solidified, resembling a divine statue cast from countless laws of the Great Dao, with a solemn and majestic appearance and divine might as well!
Dao Lord First Heaven... Peak!
No, it has even stepped halfway into the threshold of the second level!
This is a qualitative transformation!
His Dao Domain was no longer incomplete, but possessed a stable core and logic, reaching the realm of "Minor Success in Dao Domain"!
"call……"

Xu Ran slowly opened his eyes, and two beams of divine light, seemingly containing the essence of birth and death, pierced through the void.

He could feel an unprecedented power within him!
At this moment, when he looked at that terrifying prison guard again, he felt no fear whatsoever, only a burning fighting spirit!

"Thank you for your 'Suppression and Kill' rule, which completed the last link for me."

Xu Ran bowed to Zhenyu from afar, his tone filled with sincere gratitude.

"In return, I will... shatter your cage and free you!"

"Roar?"

A flicker of doubt seemed to cross Zhenyu's chaotic consciousness. It couldn't understand why this insignificant ant, after enduring its deadly attack, had its aura surge more than tenfold.

But its mission is to eliminate.

The doubt lasted only a moment. The next moment, an even more ferocious killing intent erupted!
Its body, larger than any star, emerged completely from the darkness for the first time. It was not a body of flesh and blood, but rather a moving war fortress forcibly forged from countless kinds of immortal divine metals, the remains of civilized wars, and the bones of powerful warriors!

On that hideous carapace, Xu Ran even saw the broken Immortal King Sword, the shattered God Emperor Crown, and... countless faces twisted in pain, yet filled with endless resentment!
"This……"

Xu Ran's mind jolted.

He finally understood.

Zhenyu, Zhenyu... It is not a ferocious beast.

It is a...living, mobile...prison!
What is suppressed within it are all the strong individuals who, throughout countless eras, refused to be erased by the laws of nature and rose up in resistance!
Those two blood-red giant eyes were not its eyes, but rather the embodiment of the endless hatred and resentment of all those imprisoned!

The Ancient Tree of Light says that it takes the Prison as its opponent.

This is no opponent! This is clearly a monument bearing the weight of eternal sorrow and resentment...
"That's it...that's it..."

Xu Ran muttered to himself, a surge of indescribable sorrow and anger welling up in his heart.

What kind of being is Heaven's Justice? How could it commit such a cruel act! To forge the flesh and soul of the rebels into a prison to guard those who come after, condemning them to eternal damnation and forcing them to torment one another!
How domineering! How vicious!
"I understand."

Xu Ran's gaze became incredibly firm.

"Today, I will not only fight my way out!"

(End of this chapter)