Chapter 1083: Chapter 769: Martial Saint (End of Book)
"My dad tried a long time ago, it was useless," Ji Feiyan said after a moment of silence, her eyes red.
Shi Ruyu, Chen Jiu, Li Gui, Bai Miaomiao, Ye Zhiqiu...
These former friends and peers, all gathered for the same purpose.
Under the organization of Wang Gang, they formed a civilian exploration team aimed at finding traces of Lu Chenzhou.
They believed that Lu Chenzhou wasn’t dead, and the Holy Tree Realm was the conduit to communicate with him.
And there were many such teams.
Yet after over a hundred years of searching, some left, some joined, but there was still no substantial progress.
On this day.
The exploration team was exploring within the Holy Tree Realm when suddenly, the sound of a tiger’s roar faintly echoed from the mountain forest ahead.
"Is there a fierce beast?" Wang Gang became alert.
The Holy Tree Realm nurtured many rare and exotic beasts, those who were powerful enough stood shoulder to shoulder with the Great Power.
These rare and exotic beasts had never appeared in the history of this realm.
Within the dense forest, a ghostly tiger shadow flickered briefly.
"This tiger shadow feels inexplicably familiar, could it be a sign from my disciple?" Old Ji grasped onto what seemed like the last straw.
"Dad, you’ve been obsessed lately, everything seems like a sign from my junior brother," Ji Feiyan sighed.
Earlier as well, Old Ji would call everything that might relate to Lu Chenzhou a hint.
The Elder Council studied it, only to find that it was nothing at all.
"Never mind, let’s follow and take a look. Our strength should keep us safe," Wang Xian said.
The group took flight, following the tiger shadow, disappearing into the dense forest.
After a winding path, they arrived at a cliff.
Here, a youth dressed in black training clothes was practicing fist techniques.
The tiger shadow circled around him, lying peacefully.
"It’s the Black Tiger Fist... it’s Chenzhou!" Old Ji rushed forward, passing right through the youth.
He looked at the youth’s face, somewhat indistinct, but he felt this was his disciple.
"It’s junior brother!" Shi Ruyu couldn’t hide his excitement.
"Junior brother has awakened?" Ji Feiyan was overjoyed.
"Disciple! Can you hear me?" Old Ji shouted.
The shadow of the youth continued to practice fist techniques, as if existing in a different time and space.
"This seems to be junior brother’s memory..." Lin Xia suddenly said.
"How is this possible, why is his memory projection starting to appear in the Holy Tree Realm? Surely, he must be coming back to life," Old Ji speculated.
Upon hearing this, a glimmer of hope rose in everyone’s hearts.
Some, however, worried whether this indicated that after merging with the Dao, Lu Chenzhou’s memories were dissipating in this world.
Leaving this realm, they informed the Elder Council of their findings.
The Elder Council mobilized more powerful individuals to search all realms for Lu Chenzhou’s hidden memory projections.
A second place, a third place... countless projections began to emerge.
No one knew if it was good or bad, but after years of searching, there was finally a response, and a ray of hope was visible.
...
Time passed,
Tianxia Calendar Year 2700.
The core of a massive tree spanning the heaven and earth.
This was a mysterious place, one where no one could tread, the hub of all realms.
In a pure white space, the Primordial Dao Beast snored blissfully asleep.
Next to it, at the place where saliva gathered, a small pure white tree was sprouting new buds.
In the blink of an eye, the small pure white tree became a towering tree, laden with exactly 720 fruits.
The fruits cracked open, revealing a chubby white infant, clenching its fists.
infants simultaneously opened their eyes, and in the next moment, they grew into adults, looking identical to Lu Chenzhou.
The images of the 720 Lu Chenzhous gradually overlapped.
Meanwhile, the memory projections from the Holy Tree World rushed over.
Lu Chenzhou opened his eyes and exhaled a chaotic qi flow.
"Have I been asleep for more than two hundred years?"
At the critical moment, he could only make a desperate gamble, using the first method suggested by the Fire King, to align with the Dao with his own will.
This feeling arose because of the Martial Arts Tree’s agitation in his mind.
This impulse came from the Martial Arts Tree.
Now, having awakened, a new memory formed in his mind, and as he gazed at the Primordial Dao Beast beside him, he gradually understood the origin of the Martial Arts Tree.
The Martial Arts Tree, more accurately called the Dao Tree, is the manifestation of this Universe’s consciousness.
After having its body seized by Star Lord Si Chen, to save itself, the Universe consciousness wanted to transplant the Dao Tree onto an outside visitor.
This visitor’s soul reincarnated and accidentally arrived in the Great Universe, turning out to be...
Cangtian Dragon King.
Yes, it was not Lu Chenzhou.
The Universe consciousness did so because when it was born in the endless chaos, it saw a top-level powerhouse.
That person’s aura bore a striking resemblance to Cangtian Dragon King’s.
That person said his name was Primordial Ancestor.
Of course, the Universe consciousness assumed that Cangtian Dragon King was the offspring or incarnation of the Primordial Ancestor.
In conclusion, only he could save it.
But Cangtian Dragon King, much like refusing the Cauldron Sword, rejected the Universe consciousness, telling it to wait another hundred years.
A hundred years later, Dragon King became the World’s Number One. Simultaneously, a hundred years later, the Martial Arts Tree descended again, this time choosing Lu Chenzhou, randomly, with no special selection of any remarkable person – just the ordinary you and me in the mundane world.
The wheel of destiny began to turn, and under the blessings of the Martial Arts Tree, Lu Chenzhou’s talent became increasingly terrifying.
Therefore, in the end, it was not that Lu Chenzhou merged with the Dao... it was the Martial Arts Tree that did.
Or rather, the Martial Arts Tree was already a part of the Universe.
His nearly Saint-level body did not face destruction but transformed into the many rare birds, exotic beasts, and even the intelligent races of the Holy Tree Realm, deeply hidden within their bloodlines. All of this was thanks to the creation of the "All Things Profound Skill," preserving his physical form. With this cultivation technique, his body was eternally undying, always living in some form within the lineage of sentient beings. Now with his body reformed, he also overcame the so-called physical tribulation.
