Not knowing how much time had passed, Lu Yu opened his eyes and saw a boundless dark universe, with a starlit galaxy shimmering before him.
The galaxy pulsated with his breath, as if it were his own heartbeat.
Suddenly, the universe in his eyes lit up entirely, revealing stars yet to shine, the embryonic forms of stars being born.
It turns out the universe is not lonely; this world is crowded with planets, only these planets are invisible to us.
A flash of light disappeared, and darkness returned once more.
It reverted back to that dark, desolate universe, leaving only a shimmering galaxy, but Lu Yu knew that in the vast darkness there were many stars waiting for him to discover.
With this realization, he returned to his body.
In the Celestial Dao Hall, Lu Yu slowly opened his eyes, and with each of his breaths, the power within him began to pulse and surge.
With every breath, Lu Yu could feel the immense strength within his body.
After regaining his composure, he sensed the state within his body and found that the number of stars in the galaxy had reached over thirty thousand, ten times more than before.
Those stars originated from the Heaven and Earth Law that Lu Yu had absorbed but not deeply comprehended.
Facing the Heavenly Dao, he completed those Heaven and Earth Laws, and the stars gradually emerged.
Leaving the Celestial Dao Hall, Lu Yu did not see Zhao Tianjue, glanced at his wish, and bowed to the three words on the Celestial Dao Hall, holding onto the Identity Token to teleport away from the Divine Weapon Pavilion Secret Realm.
Upon appearing in the Divine Martial World, Lu Yu immediately felt the call of the Heavenly Dao, summoning him to battle.
Lu Yu naturally responded to the Heavenly Dao's call, entering the final battle space.
Apart from the final battle space, there were hardly any places in the Divine Martial World for him to gain a significant amount of experience, nor places to obtain the origin of Heaven and Earth.
Responding to the call of the Heavenly Dao, Lu Yu instantly felt a force of space appear around him, with spatial ripples spreading.
Following the spatial ripples, Lu Yu looked to the other side of the spatial transmission, finding an independent space cloaked entirely in golden light, where he could sense the rules of that realm differing from those of the Divine Martial World.
Hoo~ The scenery around him transformed rapidly, and before Lu Yu could sense anything, he found himself in the final battle space.
Upon his appearance, he was surprised to discover that the area spanned thousands of miles, yet he was alone, with only endless demons surrounding him.
The black demons surged on the ground like ants, piling into a mountain, constantly approaching him.
Lu Yu glanced down at the demons desiring him, deploying the Holy Flame Barrier, transforming the thousands of miles of land into red under the firelight, with a fiery red sun hanging in the sky.
The temperature inside the Holy Flame Barrier rose higher and higher, causing some demons to spontaneously combust, the air becoming distorted, turning into rolling heat waves, desperately fleeing the increasingly hot area.
Huff huff huff~ For as far as the eye could see, the ground demons ignited one after another, and those that didn't were set ablaze by the fire from other demons.
The flames spread like a contagious virus, rapidly turning the black ants into red ants, most becoming charred remains.
Lu Yu walked through the sky, moving toward a powerful aura in the distance.
Not knowing why, it didn't come to him but awaited his approach.
As Lu Yu advanced, more demons caught fire, with the flames on the demons' bodies being unquenchable unless they turned to ash.
The sea of flames expanded in area and grew in strength.
Finally, the flames were blocked by a golden light barrier, and Lu Yu saw the source of the powerful aura, a high-rank demon of the Divine Connection realm, bound in place by golden chains, unable to move.
When Lu Yu arrived, those golden chains shattered on their own, releasing the demon from captivity.
The demon glanced at Lu Yu, ignoring the scorching heat, and charged into the Holy Flame Barrier, its scythe-like limbs swiftly slicing through Lu Yu's body.
In an instant, Lu Yu's limbs and internal organs were slashed to pieces.
Poof~ The afterimage dispersed in midair, and Lu Yu appeared beside it, proving everything that happened was an illusion.
No, it should be said it was real, just that what was shattered wasn't his true body, but a mirror image he had created.
Lu Yu hadn't expected the mirror image he casually created to even simulate internal organs, entirely resembling a real person.
Bang~ Realizing it had killed a mirror, the demon immediately turned around, slashing towards Lu Yu's neck, Lu Yu reached out, catching the demon's descending scythe.
The scythe clashed with Lu Yu's palm, resonating like a sledgehammer hitting a drum, utterly mismatched to the demon's form.
Dong dong dong~ Drum beats echoed from the demon's body, and then Lu Yu gave a slight shake, causing the demon's body to collapse into a heap of mud.
Upon contact, Lu Yu had already infused his strength into the demon's body, battering it countless times in that instant, turning it to pulp.
With a casual flick, Lu Yu disrupted the last balance within the demon.
The demon pulverized into pulp still willed to struggle, yet Lu Yu's hand descended, a star river seemed to manifest in his palm, crushing the demon beneath, halting its struggle.
