Lord: Sequence Master

Rosen watched the Will of Reincarnation depart, then turned to plunder all the resources of the Reincarnation Great Realm. Now, the Reincarnation Heavenly Eye, formed from the immune system of the dark side of the Reincarnation Great Realm, was under the absolute control of the Will of Reincarnation. The stable Space-Time Reincarnation of the Reincarnation Great Realm had been suppressed, meaning she could relentlessly exploit the Reincarnation Great Realm, permanently plundering all cosmic vitality and cosmic death qi, thereby integrating the origins of 1,296,000,000 universes into the Reincarnation Great Realm.

Rosen wasn't worried about the Will of Reincarnation competing with him, because she was now returning to the inner Reincarnation Great Realm. Although she controlled the Reincarnation Heavenly Eye, she hadn't gained control of the transcendent resources accumulated in the Reincarnation Great Realm. Compared to the reincarnation resources at the cosmic level, the Will of Reincarnation undoubtedly valued those transcendent resources more. Realizing she couldn't easily defeat him, the Will of Reincarnation chose to retreat proactively. Rosen didn't intercept her; both sides tacitly chose a temporary truce.

Once he permanently plundered the surface universes, and the Will of Reincarnation permanently plundered the inner universes, and the legacy of the Reincarnation Ancestral Spirit was thoroughly divided between them, that would be the day of their final, decisive battle to the death. Unless there was no other choice, neither of them wanted to see the Reincarnation Ancestral Spirit revive. So, dividing the legacy to weaken the Reincarnation Ancestral Spirit, and then maximizing their own strength, was their shared understanding.

Time flowed rapidly, millions of years passing as if in an instant. Rosen, using only his main body and a few avatars, had already swept clean and integrated all the universes into the Reincarnation Epoch Ancient Tree. His domain's area expanded countless times. The Emperor's Will, which had initially weakened significantly after losing all reincarnation elect, now had its foundations fully restored and even surpassed its previous level. If the thirty percent of immortal will lost by the Will of Reincarnation were added, the Emperor's Will had almost doubled in strength.

Rosen was preparing to completely merge with the Emperor's Will; otherwise, the Will of Reincarnation could, at any time, use it to awaken the Reincarnation Ancestral Spirit's self-consciousness. A trinity requires absolute balance, and the key to this balance lies in mutual transformation. However, the prerequisite for transformation is that the differences cannot be too vast. If the life origin is much stronger than the spiritual origin, transformation becomes very difficult. Before a new balance can be achieved through transformation, the trinity would have already collapsed due to losing its balance.

If Rosen were to merge with the Emperor's Will, the amount of Other Shore's Sacred Radiance within his own immortal will would be too small. Therefore, after destroying the universes, he began to hunt and consume all the insect swarms. With the demise of the insect swarms, the Other Shore's Sacred Radiance, which had been significantly depleted within Rosen's immortal will, not only returned to its peak but also saw its total quantity increase by dozens of times. Although the subsequent insect swarms introduced into the Reincarnation Great Realm were of slightly lesser quality, their sheer number was immense.

Although he had anticipated it, seeing the intensity of the Other Shore's Sacred Radiance remain at nine was still disappointing. There was a qualitative leap between nine and ten, and the only chance to cross this boundary was to consume the pollution and corruption of the inner Reincarnation Great Realm. Rosen very much wanted to go to the inner Reincarnation Great Realm, but he knew the Will of Reincarnation would absolutely not permit it.

Having nothing else to do, he began to dismantle the World Crystal Wall. There were no more insect swarms outside; all had surged into the Reincarnation Great Realm to become nourishment for his Reincarnation Source Body. Given this, there was naturally no need for the World Crystal Wall to be so thick. Making it thinner would mean that if the Reincarnation Great Realm were shattered, it would conveniently fall into the Vast Wasteland together. Rosen, controlling Other Shore's Sacred Radiance of intensity nine, would certainly be better suited for survival than the already contaminated and corrupted Will of Reincarnation. Therefore, the most suitable battlefield for him was never the Reincarnation Great Realm, but the Vast Wasteland outside.

As the World Crystal Wall was gradually hollowed out, the space-time of the Reincarnation Great Realm became increasingly unstable. The Will of Reincarnation did not stop him, because she also wanted to permanently plunder the transcendent resources of the inner Reincarnation Great Realm. Forcefully seizing them would itself disrupt the Reincarnation Great Realm's stability. Both sides took what they needed. The value of the transcendent resources she obtained far exceeded the reincarnation essence and vitality that made up the World Crystal Wall.

Two hundred billion years later, the entire Reincarnation Great Realm was reduced to a thin layer of World Crystal Wall. It no longer required the immortal will to penetrate and perceive; one could see outside with the naked eye through the sparse World Crystal Wall. Rosen's immortal will dared not casually probe the Vast Wasteland, so visual observation was actually clearer for him.

Outside the Vast Wasteland, it was not the desolate, rotten wasteland he had imagined.

The truly harsh environment was only this area contaminated and corrupted by the Reincarnation Ancestral Spirit's corpse. Beyond this area, the world had beautiful mountains and rivers, ancient trees reaching into the sky, and stars filling the heavens. From the observation of the stars, the outside was a plane world rather than a cosmic world.

But if the outside world is like this, why does the Will of Reincarnation call it the Vast Wasteland? Is the Will of Reincarnation speaking nonsense? No, the Will of Reincarnation has no need to lie about such a trivial matter. So the greatest possibility is that everything his eyes saw through the World Crystal Wall was not the true face of the Vast Wasteland. The beautiful mountains, clear waters, and towering ancient trees could just be a visual deception. Of course, there's also a possibility that it used to be the Vast Wasteland, but has now revived with vitality. After all, with over a hundred thousand reincarnation epochs having passed, it's not impossible for the Vast Wasteland to regain vitality.

While Rosen was still observing the outside, the Will of Reincarnation appeared not far away. She, too, watched the outside intently, openly revealing reverence, hope, fear, and worry in her eyes. Finally, all emotions transformed into confidence. This time, she would absolutely not fail. She had no retreat; this last stand was either life or death.

Without any warning, a tattered Ancestral Spirit Supreme Treasure, the Reincarnation Banner, appeared in the Will of Reincarnation's hand. It was a ragged flag, its entire surface already contaminated and corrupted, but the flagpole portion had not been completely corrupted. The moment the Reincarnation Banner swayed, hundreds of Transcendent Reincarnation plant people appeared before the Will of Reincarnation. These plant people were all contaminated and corrupted, with no self-consciousness remaining. Even with only instinct left, one or two couldn't defeat a single Transcendent Reincarnation, but ten or eight were certainly no less formidable than a Transcendent Reincarnation with self-consciousness. Several hundred, fighting fearlessly as a united front, could probably take on a hundred Transcendent Reincarnations simultaneously without issue.

Rosen didn't hesitate, immediately releasing the Reincarnation Epoch Ancient Tree. By now, the Reincarnation Epoch Ancient Tree had fully matured. Standing quadrillions of light-years tall, the tree bore 1,296,000,000 cosmic fruits. The inner worlds of all these cosmic fruits collectively formed the Reincarnation Ancient Land, which had evolved from the public domain. At this moment, the phantom of the Reincarnation Ancient Land projected around the tree, suppressing the completely collapsed space-time of the Reincarnation Great Realm. If not for the Reincarnation Epoch Ancient Tree's suppression, the Reincarnation Great Realm, with its now thin World Crystal Wall, would have long been unable to suppress the collapsing space-time. Now, as the Reincarnation Epoch Ancient Tree released its suppression on space-time, the World Crystal Wall visibly began to be shattered by the collapsing space-time.

As a cracking sound resonated through endless space-time, the Reincarnation Epoch Ancient Tree also began to shrink rapidly. Not everything is better when bigger, because similarly, the bigger it is, the more fragile it becomes. If the quadrillions of light-years tall Reincarnation Epoch Ancient Tree were to enter the Vast Wasteland in that form, it would likely be crushed and broken by the terrifying gravity there. So, in the blink of an eye, the Reincarnation Epoch Ancient Tree had shrunk to a height of ninety million li. This was the limit of normal shrinking; further reduction would require forcibly compressing it with power. The Vast Wasteland itself was a world of giants; the towering ancient trees in those verdant landscapes were even larger than the now-shrunken Reincarnation Epoch Ancient Tree, and the Reincarnation Ancestral Spirit, judging from her fallen body, was also a giant. Of course, it's also possible that the Vast Wasteland isn't a giant world, but merely that the beings of the Reincarnation Great Realm are too small. It's like how from an ant's perspective, humans and trees are colossal beings.

As the World Crystal Wall collapsed, the Will of Reincarnation exerted her full strength, initiating Space-Time Reincarnation to isolate the pollution and corruption. Then, she manipulated hundreds of Transcendent Reincarnation plant people, who, oblivious to the turbulent impact of the collapsing space-time, charged towards the Reincarnation Epoch Ancient Tree. Rosen surveyed his surroundings. His main body, plus his avatars, plus the seven Dark Sun Sovereigns, totaled a mere twelve Transcendent Reincarnations. Facing hundreds of self-consciousness-less plant people, he calculated that the advantage was actually on his side.

However, the Will of Reincarnation hadn't even entered the fray herself. If he fought directly now, even if he won, the cost in resources would be considerable. So, with a single thought from Rosen, his Yinglong avatar, along with Nightfall Sovereign and the others, charged towards the hundreds of Transcendent Reincarnations. The Space-Time Reincarnation unleashed by the eleven Transcendent Reincarnations in unison almost instantly tore three of the purely offensive, defenseless Transcendent Reincarnations to shreds. But the Life-Death Reincarnation instinctively unleashed by the remaining hundreds of Transcendent Reincarnations also posed a fatal threat to them. In a fleeting moment of life and death, the phantom of the Reincarnation Ancient Land blocked the combined attack of hundreds of Life-Death Reincarnations.

The Reincarnation Epoch Ancient Tree itself had to resist the pollution and corruption of the Vast Wasteland, and now it also had to withstand the combined attack of hundreds of Transcendent Reincarnations. The pressure was pushed to its absolute limit, but it hadn't collapsed yet. This allowed the Yinglong avatar and his allies to also adopt a purely offensive strategy, engaging in a one-sided slaughter. Seeing their numbers dwindle, the Will of Reincarnation once again shook the Reincarnation Banner in her hand. All the defeated Transcendent Reincarnations were reborn and reincarnated under the power of the Reincarnation Banner. However, the pollution and corruption on the flagpole of the Reincarnation Banner had spread further at this point. The Death Sovereigns and their allies were now completely bloodthirsty, for they too were fighting with their backs against the wall, with no retreat. If Rosen won, they would live. If Rosen lost, they would die.

Even if it meant fighting to their last breath, they had to persist as much as possible until the Will of Reincarnation finally entered the fray herself.

Hundreds of years later, the Reincarnation Banner was on the verge of being completely polluted and corrupted. The Will of Reincarnation reluctantly withdrew all the polluted and corrupted Transcendent Reincarnations. If she continued, the Reincarnation Banner would completely slip from her control, and hundreds of Transcendent Reincarnations would simultaneously lose control. She certainly didn't want to face their combined assault alone.

Fortunately, the sacrifice of the Reincarnation Banner brought results that still satisfied her. At this point, the Reincarnation Epoch Ancient Tree had been entirely polluted and corrupted, starting from its surface. The seven Immortal Sovereigns and their allies, after centuries of fierce fighting, were utterly exhausted and had fallen back into reincarnation. They originally possessed absolute energy circulation, able to maintain their state even after fighting at full power for hundreds of millions of years. However, their opponents were polluted and corrupted entities. Everything contained within the Reincarnation Sacred Arts they unleashed, as long as it touched pollution and corruption, had to be severed and discarded, preventing effective reincarnation cycles. This was why they were exhausted and fell into reincarnation in mere centuries.

Rosen and the Will of Reincarnation were both wounded, neither entering the fray prematurely, both conserving their strength. The moment the decisive battle began, Rosen retreated along with the Reincarnation Epoch Ancient Tree. The Reincarnation Epoch Ancient Tree continuously shrank, but this time not in its usual state, but through forced compression. It quickly shrunk to a foot in size, then reverted to its original form as a tree seed and merged into the Reincarnation Holy Lance, forcefully strengthening this Reincarnation Sacred Object to a Transcendent Reincarnation level.

The barrel of the Reincarnation Holy Lance locked onto the Will of Reincarnation, and hundreds of compressed universes instantly burst forth as a bullet. Ordinary universes could be crushed by a thought from the Will of Reincarnation, but she dared not touch these universe-turned-bullets. This was because as the Reincarnation Epoch Ancient Tree was polluted and corrupted, all the cosmic fruits hanging on it also became polluted and corrupted. If the Will of Reincarnation touched these cosmic bullets, the pollution and corruption she was suppressing would immediately intensify.

A barrage of bullets, blotting out the sky, surrounded the Will of Reincarnation like a swarm of bees in the void. She used the Reincarnation Banner like a long spear, constantly sweeping away approaching bullets with the flag, gradually closing the distance under the time acceleration and space traversal of Space-Time Reincarnation. As the ordinary bullet barrage was blocked, Rosen began to retreat towards the lush mountains and green waters outside the desolate landscape. As he gradually approached, the Will of Reincarnation showed urgency for the first time.

Rosen didn't know what lay beyond, but the Will of Reincarnation knew all too well. Other Shore's Sacred Radiance had polluted and corrupted the Vast Wasteland. After endless eons, this pollution and corruption had completely integrated into the Vast Wasteland. However, the adaptation of all things to the environment had led to the Vast Wasteland's rebirth in death. The newly growing plants and flowing rivers looked no different from before the pollution and corruption appeared. In reality, the fundamental composition of these plants and water had undergone massive changes; these were entirely new things born from pollution and corruption.

The area where the Reincarnation Ancestral Spirit's fallen corpse had originally caused pollution and corruption, which should have been the most severely affected area, now stood in stark contrast to the transformed outer world, as the external environment had been completely altered by pollution and corruption. It was like fish that lived in water suddenly being transferred to the depths of lava. The lava was consuming the water, and while the fish could survive in the water, they would instantly be incinerated if they left the water and entered the lava. The same applied to Rosen. Although he had adapted to intensity nine pollution and corruption, the outside was intensity ten pollution and corruption. If he went out now, it would be a dead end. His painstakingly crafted Reincarnation Source Body and his immortal will, adapted to pollution and corruption, could not be allowed to perish.

Fortunately, before the Will of Reincarnation could stop him, Rosen had already halted at the boundary between the desolate landscape and the lush mountains and green waters. If the Will of Reincarnation pressed forward, he would immediately retreat. If the Will of Reincarnation didn't retreat, he would risk stepping into the lush mountains and green waters. True to form, the Will of Reincarnation couldn't bear to let him go out and die. Each time, she was forced to retreat, maintaining a distance of roughly tens of thousands of miles, unable to get closer. The Will of Reincarnation even had to consider one more thing: she had to be careful not to attack too fiercely and push Rosen away. If Rosen were to be pushed into the Vast Wasteland outside, the Will of Reincarnation would likewise find it unacceptable.

In this situation, Rosen attacked furiously, even abandoning his defenses. The Will of Reincarnation, however, was constrained, forced to strictly control her power to merely severely wound Rosen while also carefully protecting him from death. With one side unrestrained and the other constrained, the gap between them was forcibly reduced to almost nothing.