Bai Xian'er stared blankly at the beautiful Setting Sun as it disappeared. For a moment, she forgot all her martial techniques, which led to a backlash from her cultivation and injured her.

She looked over at Lu Yin, recognizing that he had just used a comprehension technique, which were very troublesome to deal with.

Lu Yin continued to release his inner universe in an attempt to pull Bai Xian'er into it.

He pointed her index finger, and an attack as sharp as a sword pierced the void and exposed the Hollow. The attack even ripped through Lu Yin’s universe, and continued on straight at him. This finger was like the sharpest weapon in existence, surpassing even Supreme’s sword.

A landmass appeared in front of Lu Yin with a thunderous roar, even as his Wordless Heavenly Book added vitality to the landmass as it flew towards Bai Xian'er.

Her finger tore through the landmass, slicing right through it. The land trembled as it pressed down with an incredible force.

There was a loud boom, and the landmass shattered. Both Lu Yin and Bai Xian'er were forced backwards from the shockwaves of their clash.

The Second Scourge trembled slightly, and many people looked down at the ground. Was there a battle being fought underground as well?

The entire Second Scourge started cracking, and even the black Mother Tree tilted slightly due to the tremors.

Down beneath the black Mother Tree’s roots, Lu Yin stared at Bai Xian'er and raised his hand again before his landmass crashed down upon her.

She allowed the impact, and it shattered her body.

Once again, Lu Yin felt overwhelmed. He was clearly able to injure or even kill Bai Xian'er, but her ability to instantly recover was infuriating. She had no need to defend herself from any of his attacks, and she simply allowed all of Lu Yin’s attacks to land. This power of hers was even more difficult to deal with than her ability to manipulate his sense of time.

Even Flipping the Sky did nothing to help Lu Yin in the current situation.

The landmass was already capable of crushing Bai Xian'er, but what did that accomplish?

Bai Xian'er instantly recovered, but this time, something around her changed. A large tree sprang up from the ground behind her. Was that her Progenitor’s world?

Lu Yin’s expression changed. Bai Xian'er was finally using her Progenitor’s world.

Throughout the battle, she had only used her innate gift and a few battle techniques, but never her Progenitor’s world. She was finally exposing her true strength.

However, why did the tree look so familiar?

𝕗𝐫𝚎𝗲𝘄𝐞𝕓𝐧𝕠𝘃𝕖𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝚖

Once the tree fully emerged, another plant started climbing up it. It was a lotus vine.

It was a tree and a lotus vine.

Lu Yin suddenly remembered. This was a tree lotus vine.

In the Perennial World, the Nong family’s home was Seed Garden, and in it, they had a special garden dedicated to plants that had been planted by people the Nong family had acknowledged. All the plants were grown from all-growing seeds, and no two plants were the same, just as each person’s character and abilities were unique.

There was a tree lotus vine in that garden, and it had been planted by Bai Xian'er. It was an extremely overbearing plant, and it stole all the nutrients from the nearby soil, which led all the nearby plants to wither, even those which had been planted by Progenitors.

But that tree lotus vine was a plant that Bai Xian’er had planted. How could her Progenitor’s world also be a tree lotus vine?

When Bai Xian’er had planted her all-growing seed, she had not been even close to the Progenitor level. In fact, she had been far from becoming a Semi-Progenitor. What connection could she have with the tree lotus vine?

Lu Yin stared at the plant in shock.

As the tree lotus vine appeared, Bai Xian'er's expression turned cold. An indescribable arrogance and nobility could be seen deep in her eyes, as a hint of an aura that felt incredibly domineering and greedy appeared.

With the tree lotus vine at her back, Bai Xian'er seemed even more of a stranger to Lu Yin, but it was possible that this was her true self.

The Investiture of the Gods appeared above Lu Yin, illuminating the underground region with a golden light that burst upwards through the cracks and riddled the Second Scourge as they shot towards the sky.

Lu Yuan, who was in the middle of a vicious battle with Ancient God, frowned at the sight. The Investiture of the Gods being used meant that Little Seven was facing a formidable enemy.

The other most powerful experts, such as Wu Tian, Hongyan Mavis, and Garan Zhiluo, all looked at the ground as well. They could sense an extraordinary aura.

Massive mechas arrived in the Second Scourge from the Infinity Empire, as well as several of the Scourge Occupation’s experts.

At this moment, the humans had more powerhouses than the Aeternals.

In particular, the arrival of Second Life caused humanity to gain a distinct advantage in terms of numbers.

Leng Qing and E' Ji shot towards the base of the black Mother Tree, intending to go help Lu Yin. However, when they both saw the lake of divine energy, they stopped. Not only would they not be able to fight within the divine energy, but they would also be corrupted by it.

Underground, Arch-Elder Zen, Leng Qing, and Xia Shenji stepped out of the Investiture of the Gods and charged at Bai Xian'er.

Lu Yin was curious to see what kind of Progenitor’s world her tree lotus vine was.

The three summoned Progenitors rushed into the tree lotus vine Progenitor’s world, only to be instantly reduced to golden light that dissipated away.

Lu Yin's expression changed dramatically. What had just happened?

Bai Xian'er looked upwards, and her tree lotus vine experienced explosive growth once more, cutting off the divine energy lake as it drew closer and closer to Lu Yin.

Lu Yin immediately released his inner universe, using it to counter the tree lotus vine.

The tree lotus vine had actually dissolved the power of his Investiture of the Gods, which Lu Yin had not anticipated.

"In my Progenitor’s world, no power can approach me, not even sequence particles," Bai Xian'er stated coldly.

Lu Yin's eyes flickered. That sounded incredibly similar to how Ortusers could not be touched by the laws of the universe. Bai Xian'er's Progenitor’s world was unexpectedly overbearing.

Lu Yin’s inner universe separated him from whatever universe he was in, while the tree lotus vine was able to similarly isolate Bai Xian’er from the lake of divine energy. One was able to absorb any power and transform it into a star, while the other could prevent any power from approaching.

One absorbed, while the other repelled. These two forces clashed between the roots of the black Mother Tree, continuously shaking the Second Scourge, and the shockwaves even reached the other Scourges.

Bursts of power erupted from the ground of the Second Scourge and shot into the sky. All of them came from the underground clash.

How long had it taken Lu Yin to create his inner universe? How many different powers had he cultivated? How many opportunities had he seized?

Despite all that, Bai Xian'er's tree lotus vine was nothing more than a Progenitor’s world, and yet it could rival Lu Yin's inner universe.

He finally understood why his inner universe had never been able to affect Bai Xian'er. Her inherently domineering power allowed her to disregard such things.

The two were the complete opposite of the other.

The two opposing forces clashed again and again, shaking the entire universe. Their battle was just as intense as the one between Lu Yuan and Ancient God.

Tian Ci looked at the ground of the Scourge with uncertainty in his eyes. Lu Yin had to be eliminated. If he was allowed to grow any further, Tian Ci might soon become unable to defeat him.

It was inconceivable that a mere Semi-Progenitor could possess such power.

Lu Yin was shocked by Bai Xian'er's tree lotus vine, but she was even more astonished by his inner universe.

After all, Lu Yin was not even a Progenitor yet, though he did have four inner worlds, as well as his inner universe. There was no telling what his future power might be.

Separated by their respective territories, Bai Xian'er and Lu Yin silently stared at each other. They were both desperate to kill the other and knew that this was a crucial moment to do so.

The tree lotus vine bloomed, and Lu Yin saw that they were all Fay Blossoms.

His eye twitched at the sight of even more Fay Blossoms. Could it be that the flowers’ ability to numb one’s nerves, drain strength, and release explosive pollen were not the limits of the Fay Blossoms’ abilities?

If that was the case, then just what was the flowers’ power?

As the Fay Blossoms bloomed one by one, Bai Xian'er stepped out of the range of her Progenitor’s world and walked towards Lu Yin's inner universe. As she stepped inside of it, stars started to revolve around her. She looked around at countless stars, continents, oceans, and even divine energy. There was simply too much.

The more she saw, the more shocked she became.

What kind of person could gather so many different powers and energies? If all of what she saw was cultivated to the peak, just what sort of astonishing scene would occur?

Bai Xian’er had witnessed countless eons, but she was still unable to suppress the shock that Lu Yin gave her.

He stared at Bai Xian'er, lifted a hand, and threw a punch. She intended to face him head-on.

Bai Xian'er looked up and raised her own hand. It was still a delicate, pale white hand, but this time, her movements gave Lu Yin a sense of unimaginable strength. Something had transformed.

Bang!

When the fist and palm touched, Lu Yin found himself stepping back. He had lost in terms of brute strength.

Bai Xian'er pressed her palm forward, pressing in on Lu Yin.

He used Extremes Must Be Reversed and released Infinity. As the lines of strength collided with each other, Extremes Must Be Reversed absorbed the resulting backlash, and Lu Yin threw another punch at Bai Xian'er.

She responded with the same simple palm strike.

There was another loud collision, and Lu Yin was forced to retreat yet again. This should be impossible. There was no way Bai Xian'er could be physically stronger than Lu Yin. This had to be due to her tree lotus vine. No, this was the Fay Blossoms.

Lu Yin's eyes slid past Bai Xian'er to focus on the distant tree lotus vine Progenitor’s world and the Fay Blossoms blooming on the plant. The true power of the Fay Blossoms was not inducing numbness, explosive pollen, or even draining strength.

The flowers’ true purpose was to absorb power.

The tree lotus vine did not simply repel all power. It was able to repel power, but it could also absorb it.

Aggressively absorbing all power. This was the tree lotus vine’s true ability.

Lu Yin thought back to the scene he had witnessed in Seed Garden. All the plants on the ground near the tree lotus vine had withered away, aside from the tree lotus vine itself. This was because the surviving plant had absorbed all the other plants’ nutrients. This was the dominance of the tree lotus vine.

Bai Xian'er threw another palm strike at Lu Yin. He struggled to defend himself, but his strength was instantly suppressed. Each palm strike snapped bones and broke tendons. He used Wielder-realm battle force, the Cosmic Art, and even divine energy, but nothing worked.

Earlier in their battle, Bai Xian'er had absorbed an ocean of Lu Yin’s power with her tree lotus vine. At the moment, all of that absorbed power was being combined with Bai Xian’er’s own strength and then used to overwhelm Lu Yin. Even within his inner universe, Lu Yin had been rendered powerless.

Setting Sun.

The beautiful glow of a sunset filled the region, but Bai Xian'er remained unscathed. She was using nothing more than raw power, and there were no battle techniques.

Lu Yin lashed out with his consciousness. Even if doing this meant further damaging his star of consciousness, Lu Yin was willing to take that risk.

Even that was useless. Bai Xian'er had no weaknesses.

She looked at his cracked star of consciousness. "So that's it. These stars are manifestations of your power. If I break them, you will lose all of your strength, won’t you, Brother Xiaoxuan?"

Lu Yin's pupils shrank. He did not hesitate at all as he used the God of Death Transformation. Death energy filled his body, and a scythe appeared in his right hand as a shield appeared in his left. Chains whipped around with a whistle as they wrapped around Bai Xian'er.

She coldly commented, "Even if the God of Death himself were here, he wouldn't be able to defeat me. The God of Death is nothing more than one of Tai Chu's disciples."

As she spoke, she grabbed hold of a chain and shattered it with a single yank. Lu Yin's scythe slashed at her, but a fist met it, and the punch not only shattered the scythe, but also Lu Yin’s shield.

"You are even stronger than the God of Death's power, Brother Xiaoxuan. You're finished," Bai Xian'er declared in an icy tone. She stepped onto the landmass in Lu Yin’s inner universe and looked up to see the stars connected to the landmass. On the landmass, she could see a sea of stellular energy.

Her hand pressed down, holding onto the landmass as a massive tree shot up from the ground. Again, it was her tree lotus vine.

Bai Xian'er had sent her Progenitor’s world right into Lu Yin’s inner universe. She wanted to use the domineering nature of her Progenitor’s world to absorb Lu Yin's power and utterly crush him.

At first, she had simply wanted to defeat Lu Yin. But after seeing the power of his inner universe, Bai Xian'er had developed other ideas.

She wanted to steal Lu Yin's power and claim it for herself. Given the domineering nature of her tree lotus vine, Bai Xian’er was confident that she could do just that.

"Brother Xiaoxuan, thank you for helping me to accomplish this," Bai Xian'er said as her smile returned to her face.

OMA's Thoughts

Translated By: OMA

Edited By: Neshi/Nyxnox

TLC'ed By: OMA