Chapter 1286: Disaster Limit Fragments  

Ripples emanated from the pale blue fish, waves of genetic energy flowing like the tide. The ink-black serpent was surrounded by corrosive genetic energy. Gold radiated from the golden tiger. Mud-yellow genetic energy rippled from the black dragonturtle, and four runic tablets manifested around it.

Arcane runes glowed with light, and the tablets trembled as light cascaded forth.

The runic text, abstruse and incomprehensible, floated out from the tablets and surrounded Zhang Lie.

The flaming red lion manifested out of crimson flames so hot they twisted air and space, melting the land. The region all around Zhang Lie turned into a sea of lava. magic

Roaring flames emerged from the lava like a volcanic eruption.

Lightning forked through the air, and thunder rumbled.

A storm had taken over the sky, with huge dark clouds that crackled with lightning. The lightning morphed into a serpent that roamed among the clouds.

These different types of strength all gathered together and transformed into a giant egg. The egg boasted a sea of rippling water-attuned genetic energy, ink-black corrosive genetic energy, resilient gold-attuned genetic energy, mud-like yellow genetic energy, steam-like scarlet genetic energy, and lightning-sharp genetic energy. The disparate sources of energy each fed into the egg, causing it to grow bloated.

The egg was much like a furnace. The swimming pale blue fish, an ink-black serpent, a resplendent golden tiger, a heavyset dragonturtle, a flaming red lion, and an electrified wyrm all melded together within the egg, allowing for a further breakthrough.

The energies clashed with each other in the tightly confined space, causing the egg to crack. With a triumphant shriek, a tornado emerged from the egg, blowing away the storm clouds.

The tornado unfurled its wings and revealed itself to be a phoenix composed of storm clouds. This was the seventh form of Ninecarp Transformation—the phoenix!

The medicinal energy encapsulated within Potion #5 had helped Zhang Lie reach the seventh stage of his framework, bringing him to a whole new level of strength. Radiant light surrounded him, as though his body were covered with a layer of world's energy.

It felt as though he had gained a new sense, something he could yet barely sense, in addition to an overwhelming increase in his strength.

In addition to his new Seventh Form, he seemed to be able to pry at the rules of the third realm, and it became far simpler to gain insights about space and time. It was as though he had become a king of the realm, possessing a certain level of authority over the world itself. He thought for a moment and quickly identified the cause.

Potion #5 surely didn't have such an effect; it was all due to Zhu's infusion of the unified world's energy, just like how, when he used xuluo ribs to concoct Potion #4, the members of Team Zenith gleaned insight into karma.

He hadn't received any such insight upon consuming Potion #4 himself; it was clear that the additional benefit was due to upgrading the recipe in some form.

Zhang Lie: a disaster-grade lifeform

Techniques: Rippling Walk (pinnacle), Three-Wave Crescendo (pinnacle), Calm Waters (pinnacle), Fists of the Silent Sea (pinnacle), The Boundless Blade (pinnacle), Eclipse (pinnacle), Syzygy (pinnacle), Ninesoul Dragonblade (pinnacle), Blade of the Heavens (pinnacle)

Genes: Basic, 160; Mutated, 150; Superior, 150; Peak, 150; Disaster, 100; Monarch, 100; Emperor, 5 Soulshards: White Grub (superior), Blood Ant (superior), Potbellied Toad (mutated), Eternalspring Cocoon (superior), Dragonwolf (superior), Moonlight Wyrm (peak), Golden Roc (peak), Dragonwhale (disaster), Mistmeld Clam (disaster)

Now that he had unlocked his disaster limit fragments, he would have to fill them up to their capacity once again.

He had prepared for this in advance. From his dimensional storage, he took out a few disaster-grade cores, then absorbed them completely, maxing out his disaster gene fragments.

His body glowed with divine light, and his blood seemed to rumble. His organs gave off light as a rosy sheen appeared over his body. Ripple after ripple emanated from him. His bones cracked and popped; his blood and flesh vibrated.

His body had grown even stronger than before, and the runes of the Keys of the Elder Gods appeared once more.

Zhang Lie opened his eyes. Strands of black hair floated around him. His eyes were like lightning, as though he were a martial god who had descended from the heavens.

He raised a hand and pressed at the void itself.

With a sudden shout, as runes flared all over his body, his bones creaked, and his flesh trembled, his essence transformed into a dragon that soared into the air.

The radiance around him intensified.

Divine light speared through the heavens, and all sorts of seeds and plants began to sprout up around him. Parched trees, withered vines—all were rejuvenated and granted new life.

The citizens of the unified world suddenly felt their aches and ailments leave them. Vitality returned to their bodies.

Even the elderly found their faces flushing red, energy suffusing them, as though they had suddenly grown a few years younger. Incredible energy surged toward his body, lighting it up with countless runes, realizing an astonishing baptism.

At that moment, heaven and earth seemed to go silent. the world stopped revolving on its axis, and everything was still. He felt as though he had returned to a primordial era far into the past, to the creation of the universe itself.

As his mind resonated with the realm, Zhang Lie felt as though he was witnessing the creation of the dimensional world itself. He could faintly see a few black figures who seemed to harbor mastery over creation.

How life panned out, the essence of all things—Zhang Lie saw the Big Bang, the evolution of the universe, the birth of new worlds, the formation of supernovae...