Evolution Begins With A Big Tree

Chapter 1366, The Willow Deity Art

Translator:  Ashish

Translation Checker: Silvain

A terrifying aura rippled across the boundless sea of stars—so vast, so suffocating that even the mightiest of beings couldn’t help but tremble.

One after another, countless gazes turned upward.

Then, they saw streaking a golden streak zooming through the Heavens, like a river of starlight, spanning Star Systems in a single breath.

“What… what is that?”

“Heavens, can a living being truly possess such power?”

“Impossible… this must be a joke!”

Cries of disbelief echoed through the starry expanse. However, before anyone could even begin to react, that golden beam had already pierced through the void, vanishing toward the farthest reaches.

However, knowledgeable powerhouses froze mid-breath, seemingly recognizing it. A look of shook blanketed their faces.

“That’s… the Demon Emperor.”

“Yes… it must be him. He is the only one who has such an overwhelming and dominating presence in the entire universe…”

“Just a wisp of the aura is so suffocating…who else could it be then?”

Whispers spread like wildfire, and then, everyone went silent. None dared speak further.

The Demon Emperor… his very name was enough to make the Heavens tremble.

…

Meanwhile, crossing the Milky Way, Yu Zi Yu’s power became even more terrifying.

Since it was shock awe the entire universe, he made no attempt to hide his strength,

*Boooom…Booooom…*

His aura surged again and again, like an unending tide.

At this moment, Yu Zi Yu was really like those Gods and Demons from the fairy tales. His aura had become so fearsome that it became tangible. Even the distant planets began to quiver in his presence, as though unable to withstand his presence.

Not long after, within the Titan Star Domain, countless Titans sensed the disturbance. Their heads rose in unison, eyes widening toward the horizon.

Right then…

*Boooom…* A thunderous roar erupted at the horizon, before a tide of golden light surged forth like a cosmic tide. And atop that resplendent current… walked a figure in golden imperial robes, each step shattering the silence of the stars.

“Th-the Demon Emperor…”

A Tier-6 General, who had been resisting the invading Void Army, suddenly cried in shock, before his face lit up in excitement.

In the next breath, before the eyes of tens of thousands of his kin, he knelt and bellowed, “I, Qing Yue of the Mountain Titan Lineage, pay homage to the Demon Emperor!”

His voice thundered across the battlefield, shaking the Heavens themselves.

All around him, the legions of Titans froze. Then, one by one, their titanic voices joined in a rising chorus of reverence.

The timing could not have been more divine.

For the Titans, this was no ordinary army. It was one of their most famed legions, the Titan Guards, a full 500,000 strong. And yet now, under the relentless assault of the Void Army, more than half had perished.

At this point, despair and terror had taken root in their hearts.

They had sent call after call for aid to the high command, but no reinforcements had arrived.

One could easily understand how desperate they must have been feeling; all of them had given up.

Until now, when before their very eyes, salvation had come, bathed in golden light.

Qing Yue’s chest swelled with emotion, the relief of one spared from the jaws of death.

And not just him, soldiers around him wept, roared, and knelt, greeting the Demon Emperor.

And in that moment, Yu Zi Yu, whether he intended it or not, had won the hearts of most of that Titan Legion.

After this day, few among them would ever raise a blade against the Demon Court again.

Simply because they were the Titans. They repaid kindness with kindness, and vengeance with fury. They valued loyalty and honor above all else.

“En” Yu Zi Yu nodded slightly, the faint curve of a smile gracing his lips.

“Allow me to erase them first.”

His voice, though calm and measured, rippled through the vast expanse of the starry expanse like divine decree.

Right then, his Spiritual Energy surged, and from behind him, branches appeared, shooting outward.

*Swooosh…swoooosh…*

Each branch shimmered like a divine chain, swaying rhythmically in the void.

There weren’t that many branches, neither were there too few. There were exactly 3,000 branches.

3,000…that was just an approximate number.

‘3,000 branches,’ that was just a play of words, it didn’t mean that it was the absolute limit.

It was because Yu Zi Yu’s branches could divide and multiply infinitely, one into two, two into four, and so on, endlessly.

“Willow Deity Art, Everlasting Life…” While muttering these words, Yu Zi Yu couldn’t help but recall the figure he admired most in his childhood.

And now, his strength had reached that point.

It was precisely because of this figure that he simulated his signature Divine Technique, the ‘Willow Deity Art’.

*Swooosh, swoosh, swoosh…*

Before countless watching eyes, golden willow branches emerged from the horizon, cascading like endless divine chains.

*Boom… boom… boom…*

One after another, the branches multiplied, seemingly in an endless manner.

Looking up, it looked no different than a shower of golden rain.

And though that rain was brimming with vitality, it also harbored endless murderous intent.

*Boooooom…* A single streak of golden light lanced through the void, impaling through a Void Creature in the chest.

In the next moment, the creature transformed into a wisp of green smoke, slowly dissipating into the sky.

Everything it possessed was absorbed by the branch, providing Yu Zi Yu with a continuous stream of energy.

*Rooooaar, rooooaar, rooooaar…*

*Screeeeech, screeeech, screeeech…*

Cries of despair and agony, the death wails of countless Void Creatures, echoed across the cosmos.

While it was despair to the Void Creature, it was basically salvation for the Titans.

Tears of joy appeared in their eyes, for each scream echoed with the deepest despair of a Void Creature.

*Haaaa…*  Yu Zi Yu couldn’t help but heave a helpless sigh.

Since he was putting a show, it naturally had to be realistic and convincing.

So, these Void Creatures could only serve as sacrificial pawns in the grand play.

Even so, Yu Zi Yu held back.

He only killed the weaker Void Creatures, those mindless Tier-2s and Tier-3s. The true elites of the Void Clan had yet not been wiped out.

And when the last echoes of slaughter faded, Yu Zi Yu’s smile deepened faintly. His gaze drifted toward the farthest depths of the starry expanse.

Then…

*Rooooaar…* A Dragon Road shattered the silence of the cosmos, as an extremely horrifying pressure filled the world.

*Boooom… Boooom…* The world trembled under that overwhelming might, as waves of violet hue corroded the very fabric of space.

“How dare you harm our kin…?” The voice, filled with fury and disdain, resounded like divine thunder, echoing across galaxies.

And in that instant…

*Boooooom…*

From within the surging sea of violet, a colossal dragon’s claw emerged, vast enough to blot out the stars themselves.