"You can directly enter my Karma Mirror Domain?"
Seeing You pass through his Karma Mirror Domain, Ye Ling couldn't help but show a hint of surprise in his eyes.
However, Ye Ling was only slightly surprised at this moment.
Although You's strength was formidable, it was only slightly stronger than the Insect Emperor. Compared to the current Ye Ling, there was still a huge gap.
Ye Ling didn't even need to enter the state of selflessness. He directly used runes to suppress and seal You, rendering You immobile within the Karma Mirror Domain!
"Master, you have such strength now?" After being suppressed by Ye Ling, You's eyes were filled with infinite shock, clearly disbelieving the strength Ye Ling displayed.
He had intended to forcibly expel Ye Ling with force, but he never expected that he couldn't even withstand a single move from Ye Ling!
The strength Ye Ling displayed now was already comparable to that of Zun.
On the side, the World-Ending Spirit Fire looked at You with disdain, mockingly saying, "Seeing you acting so arrogant before, I thought you were some formidable expert. Turns out you're so fragile... I don't know how you had the nerve to attack us?"
The Little World-Ending Fire also imitated the World-Ending Spirit Fire, looking at You with disdain and nodding, "I agree with Dad, you're so weak."
You, being mocked by the World-Ending Spirit Fire father and son, dared not speak out in anger. After all, he was the one who attacked first, and it was a fact that he was suppressed by Ye Ling in one move.
Ye Ling harbored no great ill will towards You and asked, "When I was in the Void Dark Realm, someone warned me that Zun was about to awaken. Was it you who urged me to leave at that time?"
Facing Ye Ling's inquiry, You did not conceal anything and replied, "It was me... At that time, Master, you had only recently awakened, and your strength was far inferior to what it is now. I was afraid that you would be killed by Zun again, so I quietly reminded you."
Ye Ling: "Since you care so much about Zui, why do you continue to serve Zun? Zun must have killed many reincarnations of Zui, right?"
You sighed and replied, "On one hand, Zun is too powerful. I have already forcibly signed a demon spirit contract with Zun and can only serve him."
"On the other hand... Master, oh no... it's Zui. Zui's consciousness has been completely corrupted by the Negative Tree. In the Void Dark Realm, only Zun possesses the strength to completely eradicate the Negative Tree and Zui, thus liberating Zui. I have been working hard to achieve Zui's liberation."
Ye Ling also asked, "Actually, I've always been curious... You all say that Zui already appeared and was even eliminated by me. Zui and I should be two independent entities. Why do you all say I am the reincarnation of Zui, and why do you insist I am your master? Isn't Zui your master?"
You replied, "Master was born from the Void and it's normal not to understand the reasons. Let me enlighten Master."
"After Zui was influenced by the Negative Tree, he imprinted his origin force into the Void. Since then, beings like Master, who possess origin force, could be born in the Void, and those beings would also develop Zui's consciousness due to the origin force."
"In fact, the initial Zui, who had great ambitions, is long dead. The consciousness of Zui that is now derived from origin force has all been influenced by the Negative Tree. Instead, beings like Master, who were born from origin force and have not been influenced by the Negative Tree, are more like the initial Zui."
"To me, whether it's the initial Zui, the Zui influenced by the Negative Tree, or Zui born after the Void gained origin force like Master, they are all my masters."
After hearing You's words, Ye Ling combined the information he had seen from Zui and finally understood, shaking his head and smiling, "I finally understand some of the relationship between myself and Zui, and between Great Calamity and Zui."
Everyone said he was the reincarnation of Zui. This statement wasn't wrong, but more strictly speaking, he was more like a being influenced by Zui's origin force.
This was akin to how the Primordial Chaos did not possess the power of the Overseers. When the Primordial Chaos obtained their information, it could then give birth to beings possessing their power, such as Tian Xing and Nuo Ying Nuo Ye.
Similarly, the Void itself did not have Zui's origin force. After Zui imprinted the information of his power into the Void, beings capable of awakening origin force could be born within the Void.
All beings who awakened origin force would also develop Zui's consciousness... and Zui's consciousness would devour beings with origin force, thereby achieving resurrection.
Over time... all beings who awakened origin force became the reincarnations of Zui.
Zui reincarnated and resurrected again and again, and was killed by Zun again and again. The Negative Tree descended Great Calamity again and again, causing the Void and the Void Dark Realm to be reshuffled.
In other words, Zui's reincarnation and resurrection, Zun killing Zui, and the Negative Tree descending Great Calamity... this was a cycle that repeated itself.
And after Great Calamity repeatedly caused Zui's death and resurrection for its experiments, in one of the countless cycles, Zui would gather the Void series of divine artifacts, finally kill Zun, and destroy the Negative Tree and Great Calamity.
However, that did not mean all cycles would end. After the demise of Great Calamity, a peculiar power would emerge, leading everything into a brand new grand cycle.
The birth of Zui and Zun, the descent of the Negative Tree, Zui being influenced by the Negative Tree, and then the repeated cycle of Zui being killed by Zun and the Negative Tree descending Great Calamity to revive Zui.
A grand cycle began with the appearance of Zui and Zun and the descent of the Negative Tree. It contained countless small cycles of Zun killing Zui and the Negative Tree descending Great Calamity to restart the Void and the Void Dark Realm. Then, in one of the cycles, Zui would gather the Void series of divine artifacts to destroy the Negative Tree, thus ending that grand cycle.
However, at the end of this grand cycle, Ye Ling, with the help of Good and Evil, coupled with his unique Primordial Ancestor identity, and the fact that Good and Evil were also undergoing small cycles in the Primordial Chaos, caused Ye Ling's own destiny to change drastically. This resulted in Zui no longer being Ye Ling's opponent. Thus, Ye Ling, for the first time in his original consciousness, stood before the Negative Tree.
This was something that had never happened in the infinite grand cycles of the past.
Perhaps the reason Good and Evil were so powerful was that they had long since broken free from the grand cycles and had experienced the events between the Negative Tree and Zui countless times...
The age of Good and Evil... was likely countless times that of the Void!
Ye Ling understood these things and recalled the secrets he had seen in Zui's information, gaining enlightenment.
"Perhaps... the reason Good and Evil kept making me cycle in the Primordial Chaos and become the Primordial Ancestor... was for today, to defeat Great Calamity, completely break the grand cycle between Great Calamity and Zui, and reveal the power behind all of this!"
Realizing this, a sharp glint flashed in Ye Ling's eyes, and his gaze towards the Negative Tree completely changed.
He had to end the Negative Tree himself!
You was unaware of what Ye Ling was thinking. He was still quite worried about Ye Ling's condition and said, "Master, your consciousness has been infected by the Negative Tree. Continuing to stay here is a dead end. I am kindly advising you to leave."
"You have defeated Zui's consciousness. As long as you are alive, there will be no second reincarnation of Zui in the Void. Even if a new Zui is born within you in the future, you will be able to easily suppress it... Perhaps, the hope of us breaking this cycle forever lies with you."
"Please consider it carefully."
You knew he could not defeat Ye Ling in terms of strength, so he spoke much more politely now, trying to reason with him and appeal to his emotions to persuade Ye Ling to leave this place.
Boom!!!
At this moment, another huge explosion came from the heart of the Negative Tree. Violent power spread from the Negative Tree, instantly shattering the entire independent space.
The Negative Tree's main body, Zun, and Ye Ling and others were all returned to the Void Dark Realm!
The power generated by the collision between the Negative Tree and Zun continued to spread towards the Void Dark Realm at an incredible speed. All beings who came into contact with that power, except for a small number of powerful demon gods, were instantly annihilated!
Great Calamity had arrived ahead of schedule!
Seeing that the Negative Tree and Zun were evenly matched, Ye Ling also knew that if they continued to fight, that power would eventually spread to the Void and affect the beings of the Void.
He had no choice but to act now!
Ye Ling released You and quickly said to the World-Ending Spirit Fire and the Little World-Ending Fire, "You two be ready and strike when the time is right, understand?"
World-Ending Spirit Fire: "Don't worry, kid! What kind of big scene haven't we seen... Isn't it just a tree? Let's take it down together!"