Evolution Begins With A Big Tree

Chapter 982, The Observer, A Mystery from the Void Space

Translator:  Ashish

Translation Checker: Silavin

The moment Yu Zi Yu’s words fell…

*Boooooom…* A deafening roar echoed, as if the entire world was collapsing.

In the next moment, under the astonished and even fearful gaze of the mysterious Octopus Monster, Yu Zi Yu’s form began to swell, growing bigger and bigger.

*Booooom, booooom, booooom…* With each resounding clap, tree roots resembling mighty Dragons surged forth, one after another, extending in all directions and burrowing into the Void Space.

At the same time, a trunk as thick as a barrel rose higher and higher.

As the trunk ascended, it grew thicker and sturdier.

Fortunately, the entire Demon Palace had been forged as an Artifact, rendering it incredibly robust.

Thus, when Yu Zi Yu’s trunks lifted the entire Demon Palace and hoisted it even higher into the sky, it remained undamaged.

To put it another way, the massive Demon Palace now hung like a red lantern from one of Yu Zi Yu’s seemingly ordinary branches.

*Gulp… Gulp…* The mysterious Octopus Monster seemed to gulp nervously as his gazed upon the Towering Tree, which appeared to uphold the very world itself. His face turned deathly pale.

“W-what… is this? What in the world is this!?” The creature’s incredulous shrieks betrayed his disbelief. [This has to be a joke. How can such a monstrous being exist?]

Though Yu Zi Yu was out of the world, size alone would not have fazed the creature.

What truly left the Octopus Monster dumbfounded was the intricate and overwhelmingly complex structure of this Tree’s life essence.

To the Octopus Monster, ordinary lifeforms were no more than a few simple numerical sequences.

Even fearsome Tier-4 and Tier-5 Transcendents were merely composed of more numbers—decipherable with time.

But Yu Zi Yu’s life essence code was like a torrent, a true torrent of data.

Facing such an overwhelming stream of information, the Octopus Monster could not even begin to decipher it. A mere glimpse at it almost shattered his mind.

“Monster… You’re truly a monster!” Screaming hysterically, the Octopus Monster retreated in desperation.

But, alas, it was futile.

Now that Yu Zi Yu had revealed his true form, his body was simply too immense, so immense that his sprawling branches could extend across the entire Realm of Life.

The sprawling branches of his tree extended across the entire Realm of LIfe.

In other words, no matter where the creature fled, he would still be under the shadow of Yu Zi Yu’s branches.

“So… have you seen my essence now?” A playful voice echoed in the Octopus Monster’s mind, making its pale face even more ashen.

For the first time, a flicker of fear appeared in the depths of his eye.

Born with the ability to perceive the essence of all things, the creature had always delighted in peering into the most fundamental secrets of existence.

Yet, faced with a being as terrifying as Yu Zi Yu, he was truly afraid, utterly afraid.

The reason? Even if given an eternity, he could never unravel the essence of a lifeform like Yu Zi Yu.

This was because the Octopus Monster had discovered that Yu Zi Yu’s very life essence was constantly evolving, seemingly progressing toward a more perfect state.

And evolution? Perfection? What did that signify?

Infinite possibilities—True infinity.

In other words, even if the Octopus Monster spent his entire life, he could never truly analyze Yu Zi Yu.

And how could this not fill him with terror? With dread?

For the first time in his existence, a being that had never known fear felt it—and for the first time, he chose to retreat.

“What a pity.” Watching the panicked creature flee frantically, Yu Zi Yu shook his head in disappointment.

He had initially thought this Octopus might bring him a surprise.

But now, it seemed, that was all there was to it.

What Yu Zi Yu didn’t realize, however, was that encountering him was perhaps the unluckiest event in the Octopus Monster’s existence.

The creature’s Innate Talent allowed it to analyze the essence of all things in the world. Even beings as mighty as ordinary Tier-7 Hegemons… Given enough time, it could decipher them.

However, there was one type of lifeform he could never analyze. That was lifeforms at the Sixth Order or even the Seventh Order.

The reason was simple: such beings were akin to self-contained worlds.

Their essence of life was identical to that of a world.

To the Octopus Monster, the essence of such beings appeared infinite, ever-changing, and utterly unfathomable.

While it could analyze fragments of a world, attempting to comprehend a complete world—such as Yu Zi Yu, a Sixth Order lifeform—was beyond its capability. The overwhelming torrent of data alone was enough to crush it.

In fact, beings like Yu Zi Yu, Sixth Order lifeforms, were exceedingly rare. Not just in the current universe, but even in the future, there would likely be fewer than ten in total.

And now, this unfortunate Octopus Monster had encountered one.

This…this was a misfortune of apocalyptic proportions.

At this moment, Yu Zi Yu’s gaze sharpened as he watched the creature dart chaotically through the Realm of LIfe.

Race: Void Creature (As the 67th Void King, he is the bearer of Knowledge and Truth.)
Rank: Tier-5

Innate Talent: Knowledge — It allows him to organize and summarize any knowledge, and analyze its essence based on existing information.

Unique Abilities:

Ray of Analysis — He fires a purple beam that can analyze all things.

Annihilation Ray— Once analysis is complete, the Ray of Analysis transforms into a devastating Beam of Annihilation, capable of obliterating everything it touches. Even the legendary hardest Divine Metals dissolve like snow under this beam.

Weakness Detection — He’s able to identify and exploit the weaknesses of any being.

Void Traversal — With his Octopus-like tentacles, he can move through the Void effortlessly.

Divine Ability: Observation — As an observer of the world, he does not only observe the Void Space but also the universe itself. Through Observation, he can use his knowledge to disrupt the foundational structures of reality. In other words, he can alter the essence of things, akin to turning stone into gold. (Note: However, this power comes at an extreme cost and risks significant backlash.)

After taking another long look at the fleeing creature, a knowing smile spread across Yu Zi Yu’s face.

[I guess, I underestimated him. His strangeness and potential has far exceeded my expectations.

Leaving aside everything else, the Annihilation Ray alone is powerful enough to threaten even Tier-7 Hegemons—provided they gave him enough time to analyze them.

Still, the fact that a mere Tier-5 Transcendent possessed the potential to harm a Tier-7 Hegemon is already extraordinary.

And this is not accounting for his exceedingly strange Divine Ability—Observation.]