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Chapter 554 The Furnace of Life
Chapter 562

Before he finished speaking, he took another step and strode towards the mountain, towards the even denser and more violent torrent of Dao principles!
With one step, a surge of fire principles containing the meaning of "burning the heavens" came rushing out!

"Defy! Burn the heavens, transform into... a furnace of life!"

With another step, an ice principle containing the meaning of "eternal freeze" swept over his entire body!
"Reverse! Eternal freeze, transforming into... Dao Heart Ice Crystal!"

One more step...

"Reversal! Endless decay transforms into... undying life!"

"Reversal! The Soul-Shattering Demonic Sound transforms into... the Divine Forging Celestial Music!"

Xu Ran's figure, step by step, resolutely walked towards the top of the mountain of corpses.

With each step he took, the impact of the Dao principles on his body became more terrifying, but his aura also surged accordingly!
His entire being seemed to have transformed into the core of a "reverse" vortex.

Thousands of broken and violent Dao principles, like a swarm of sharks that have smelled blood, roared and surged from all directions, from the layers of ancient corpses, wanting to tear this creature that dared to set foot in the forbidden land to shreds and turn it into a part of them.

However, these destructive torrents, which were once enough to make even the peak Dao Lords pale, were forcibly twisted, decomposed, and reshaped the moment they entered Xu Ran's body by the increasingly eerie and blood-red "Reverse" mark!
"boom!"

On an ancient corpse with a thousand eyes, resembling a demon god, a Dao principle containing the true meaning of "Great Collapse" suddenly awakened, transforming into a gray divine light that pierced Xu Ran's sea of ​​consciousness! Wherever this divine light passed, even the void presented a terrifying scene of collapse and return to nothingness.

This is the path of pure destruction, aimed at returning all matter and spirit to their most primordial state of chaos!
"Well done!"

Xu Ran was not surprised but delighted, and let out a long roar. In his sea of ​​consciousness, the "Rebellion" mark suddenly magnified, like a blood-red demonic sun hanging in the center of the sky.

"You wish to destroy all things? I will reverse the destruction and create a 'new life' upon the ruins!"

Under the radiant light of blood, the destructive gray divine light was like ice and snow meeting the blazing sun; its violent destructive properties were rapidly melted and transformed. A pure and extraordinary energy, containing the meaning of "opening up" and "creation," was fed back into Xu Ran's soul.

hum...

Xu Ran felt an unprecedented clarity and strength in his soul! It was as if he had undergone a baptism of destruction and rebirth. The soul barrier that was originally at the fourth level of Dao Lord was showing signs of loosening under the impact of this new power!

Not only was he not obliterated by the "Great Collapse" path, but he also used its power to glimpse a trace of the mystery of the "Great Creation"!

"Come again!"

Xu Ran, full of fighting spirit, continued climbing upwards without stopping.

He stepped over the giant hand of a golden ancient ape. The "ultimate power" remaining in that giant hand was enough to crush a star field, but he reversed it into the supreme power to temper his body, making every inch of his bones resonate with the sound of metal clashing, and his immortal divinity increased by one point!
He passed through the skeleton of a giant Kun from the starry sky. The "devouring" Dao permeated the skeleton, which could turn an entire world into nothingness, but he reversed it into the "inclusive" principle that embraces all rivers, allowing him to reach an inconceivable level of compatibility with the myriad Dao principles!

He walked past a long-dead, towering divine tree. The "withering and flourishing" law contained within that divine tree was originally a cycle of life and death, but he forcibly froze it at the moment of "flourishing," drawing out a vast and boundless life essence from it to repair every bit of damage to his body, keeping him at his peak!
Zhenshan and Cangshi, standing at the foot of the mountain, were already dumbfounded, their souls trembling.

In their eyes, every step Xu Ran took was like dancing on the edge of a knife, walking on the edge of an abyss. Any one of those beams of remnant divine light shooting into the sky would be enough to annihilate these two newly promoted Dao Lords in an instant!
However, Xu Ran was like a piece of divine iron thrown into a furnace. Instead of being melted, it became more and more brilliant and indestructible under the tempering of thousands of flames!

"Is...is this still human?" Zhenshan muttered to himself, his voice hoarse.

"My lord... he's not climbing a mountain, he's... swallowing a mountain!" In Cangshi's eyes, besides awe, a hint of fanaticism arose. He seemed to already see an unparalleled being, a being that would shake the ages, rising slowly above the corpses of countless gods and demons!

……

Beyond the mountain of corpses, on that desolate plain of ashes.

"A madman, a complete madman!" The mysterious voice rang out again, its tone filled with incredulous astonishment. "Others 'master one law and master all laws,' but he's going to 'defy all laws and create his own!' This path is even more domineering and even more... unreasonable than 'Huang' back then!"

The tomb keeper stood silently, his hunched figure reflecting the sliver of light in his cloudy old eyes, which had transformed into a vortex of stars, so profound that it seemed to reflect the birth and death of all the heavens and the myriad worlds.

"Domineering? No." He slowly shook his head. "'Wilderness' is about substituting one's own heart for the heart of heaven, suppressing all other paths with one's own way; that is the ultimate 'self-centeredness.' But this kid, look at him..."

The tomb keeper raised his withered finger and pointed to the figure moving through the myriad rays of the Dao principles.

“He is not suppressing or destroying, but persuading and leading.”

"Persuade?" The mysterious voice asked with a hint of doubt.

“Indeed.” The gravedigger’s voice was distant, as if telling a secret buried by time. “Why are these remnants of the Dao and obsessions so violent? Why are they filled with destructive desires? Because they are unwilling to accept defeat. Their masters have been defeated, and their Dao has been defined as ‘wrong’ by ‘heavenly principles.’ Their very existence is a paradox, an unacknowledged sin.”

"They are howling, they are furious, they yearn to be proven! Back then, 'Wilderness' used even greater power to forcibly suppress them and imprint them upon itself. But this kid is using the true meaning of 'Rebellion' to tell them—you are not wrong!"

"The end of 'annihilation' can be 'rebirth'. The ultimate of 'devouring' can be 'inclusiveness'. The end of 'withering' can be eternal 'prosperity'. What's wrong isn't your path, but the end that 'Heavenly Principle' has set for you!"

"He is reversing the fate of these paths, he is giving these failed paths... a new 'possibility'! He is telling all those who are unwilling to accept their fate, come with me, I will lead you on a completely different path, to witness a... brand new 'reason'!"

The mysterious voice fell silent.

After a long silence, he let out a complex sigh: "So... this is what you meant by 'possibility.' Not to replace, but to... embrace all losers, coalescing into a torrent that even 'natural law' cannot define. This... this is simply..."

He couldn't find a suitable word to describe it.

This is no longer cultivation; it's a revolution! A revolution that has swept across eternity, targeting the supreme ruler of "Heavenly Principles"! And Xu Ran is the first person to raise the banner of rebellion!
"But can he succeed?" The mysterious voice's tone became serious for the first time. "The higher you go in this mountain of corpses, the stronger the obsessions of those beings become. Among them are several... beings that even the 'first one' found troublesome back then."

The gravedigger did not answer, but simply watched silently.

Because he knew that the real test was only just beginning.

……

Xu Ran had already reached the halfway point of the mountain.

The pressure here is vastly different from that at the foot of the mountain.

The corpses here are no longer scattered piles, but remain in the postures they held in life during battle. Each corpse exudes an unparalleled majesty that transcends eternity, as if it might come back to life at any moment. The Dao principles they retain are no longer single attributes, but have formed vast...domains!
A "Sword Domain" composed of endless sword intent, a "Killing Domain" condensed from chilling killing intent, a "Ruins of Time" where the flow of time is disordered...

These fields intertwine and collide, forming a deadly arena.

The moment Xu Ran stepped into it, he felt as if his body and soul were being dragged into thousands of different worlds at the same time, and torn apart by thousands of completely different rules!

"Humph!"

Xu Ran let out a cold snort, and the blood-red mark between his eyebrows surged, forming a huge "Reverse" character that hung above his head, freezing the space-time around him.

"All realms will be unified, and all will be at my disposal!"

Instead of retreating, he sat down cross-legged and unleashed his divine sense, intending to simultaneously analyze and reverse these thousands of different domain laws!
This is an absolutely insane act!
To focus on a thousand things at once, simultaneously comprehending a thousand Daos that have reached a state of perfection, places an unimaginable burden on the soul. The slightest misstep could lead to a chaotic soul and the collapse of one's Dao foundation!

"Buzzing..."

Xu Ran's body trembled violently, and golden blood began to overflow from his seven orifices. His sea of ​​consciousness had now transformed into a chaotic battlefield, where thousands of different Dao principles and wills had become an army, rampaging and ravaging his soul world.

There was a sword intent that wanted to shatter his soul into dust, a demonic sound that wanted to drive his will into depravity, and the power of time that wanted to turn his memories into dust...

"Hold fast to your true self, and all laws will be inviolable... Where there is opposition, I will remain the center!"

Xu Ran's will reached its peak at this moment. He relinquished control over his physical body and immersed all his mind in comprehending and applying the true meaning of "reversal".

He no longer regarded those principles and wills as enemies, but rather as building blocks of various shapes.

What he has to do is use the "reverse" line to reassemble these building blocks according to his own wishes!

This is an incredibly difficult and tedious process.

Time loses its meaning here.

It could be a moment, or it could be a thousand years.

At the foot of the mountain, the Zhenshan and Cangshi mountains could only see the figure halfway up the mountain, which was submerged by the dazzling yet deadly light of the Dao principles, like a small boat in a storm, which could capsize at any moment.

The gravedigger and the mysterious voice both fell silent, quietly awaiting an outcome.

Finally, I don’t know how long it took.

From the center of that raging domain of Dao principles, a crisp "crack" sound suddenly rang out.

It was as if something had shattered.

Then came the second sound, the third sound...

Click! Click! Click!

The sounds grew increasingly dense, like cracks appearing on ice.

next moment!
Boom! ! !

An indescribable aura of terror erupted from the center of that area!
At this moment, those thousands of chaotic and intertwined domains seemed to be forcibly merged together by an invisible hand!
The sword domain is no longer sharp, the killing domain is no longer cold, the ruins of time are no longer chaotic... All power, all laws, all wills are forcibly governed by a higher level of "reason," transforming into a completely new... domain!
It was a... gloomy, gray area.

Within this domain, everything seemed to have fallen into stillness. But upon closer inspection, one could discover that stars were being born and dying, worlds were flourishing and decaying, sword intent was creating the heavens, and demonic flames were burning the world…

All the "Tao" is contained within it, yet none of them are in their original form.

They are all revolving around a central point, engaging in a kind of... "reverse cycle"!
Life can be reversed into death, and death can be reversed into life. Creation can be reversed into destruction, and destruction can be reversed into creation!
This is... completely dominated by Xu Ran's will, a... "Reverse Dao Domain" that subverts common sense!
In the center of the domain, Xu Ran slowly opened his eyes.

His eyes were no longer clear, but had transformed into two deep, chaotic pools, as if countless great principles were arising, ceasing, rising, and falling within them.

His aura had already steadily stepped into... the fifth level of the Dao Lord realm!

Moreover, this is not an ordinary fifth level of heaven.

His Dao foundation was forcibly forged from thousands of fragments of the Dao principles of ancient gods and demons, with the true meaning of "reversal" as its core! Its power and solidity probably surpass any Dao Lord in the world!
"call……"

Xu Ran exhaled a long breath of turbid air, and this breath actually manifested a strange phenomenon of the birth and death of all things in the void, which lingered for a long time.

He stood up, feeling the unprecedented, surging power within him that seemed to control and overturn everything, and a flash of enlightenment appeared in his eyes.

"So that's how it is. This is the true form of the 'reverse' path..."

He looked up at the mountaintop, shrouded in mist and enveloped by an even more terrifying aura.

"Then, it's time to go and meet the true...master of this mountain of corpses."

He took a step forward, and his figure instantly disappeared from the spot.

When it reappeared, it had already traversed countless distances and arrived at the... summit of the mountain of corpses!
……

"He...he succeeded?!" The mysterious voice's tone was no longer one of shock, but utter horror! "Forging a thousand paths and creating his own domain! Such a thing is unheard of throughout history! He...he's really just a Dao Lord?"

For the first time, a hint of barely suppressed excitement appeared on the tomb keeper's eternally unchanging old face.

“I saw it… I really saw it!” he murmured, his voice trembling. “That road… that road that even the master couldn’t traverse, it really has the potential to be opened up!”

"What exactly did you see?" the mysterious voice pressed urgently.

(End of this chapter)