Zhou Huai panted as he climbed up from the grass.

Chun's voice was ethereal and calm: "How was it? Did you see her?"

Zhou Huai turned his head and stared at Chun: "You knew about my relationship with her all along??"

Chun nodded: "Of course. Back then, I took root and grew right by this lakeshore."

She extended a slender finger, pointing at the still-shimmering lake. "The shade of the origin sacred tree is the warmth I cherish most in my life. And you possess an Origin aura from the same source as hers; how could I not sense it? The moment you stepped into Simon City, I recognized you."

Chun smiled. "So? Did she teach you the method for self-upgrading?"

Zhou Huai remained silent, wordlessly calling up his profession panel.

A light screen unfurled before his eyes.

He froze.

He was shocked to find that his profession panel was completely different!

Except for the name 'Zhou Huai' at the very top, all other data had been wiped clean!

Rank: ***

HP: ***

Mana: ***

Strength: ***

Agility: ***

Stamina: ***

Spirit: ***

Even the Clone Master entry in the profession column had turned into a series of flickering asterisks!

"This..." Zhou Huai reached out to touch the asterisks.

Despite the lack of specific data, he felt a sense of reality.

"Are you surprised?" Chun walked closer, looking at the spot where the light screen only Zhou Huai could see was located, and said softly, "Does it feel empty to suddenly lose all numerical values after being used to a body quantified by data?"

"No, quite the opposite." Zhou Huai clenched his fist, feeling the muscular power coming from his fingertips. "It feels very fulfilling."

"This is likely the first step to truly becoming a Transcendent." Chun looked at him. "Your body and your Soul are no longer data codes within the Heavenly Dao System that can be manipulated or quantified at will. Values are bestowed by the Heavenly Dao, and they are also the collars it places around the necks of all living beings. The asterisks mean you have jumped out of the realm of rules that computational power can analyze."

Zhou Huai recalled that pure white tree that blotted out the sky in his mental world, his breath hitching slightly.

No wonder the System issued that ridiculous world-class challenge mission, asking him to find his missing mother.

No wonder his mother had been imprisoned by Mr. Duan all this time, yet could never truly be killed.

He never expected that his biological mother would actually be the origin sacred tree of the Primal World!

She was the initial spark from which all life and worlds were born!

Just as Zhou Huai thought, only by truly rescuing his mother and reclaiming the Origin of the source could he possibly have the ability to truly compete with Mr. Duan.

"However..." Zhou Huai looked at the ground. "Mr. Duan now knows I'm not dead. The difficulty of rescuing my mother next time will increase by more than just one level."

"That old monster has always been cautious. Knowing you faked your death, he will surely set an inescapable trap."

Chun sighed. "Are you afraid?"

"Afraid?" Zhou Huai curled his lips. "We were bound to face each other sooner or later; what's there to be afraid of? Besides, this time Mother risked her life to send me out, and she didn't let me return empty-handed."

He didn't lose heart because of this.

Because the moment the panel turned into asterisks, he sensed an extra bit of enlightenment deep within his Soul.

His mother had used her remaining power to unlock the high-dimensional shackles for him, allowing him to improve.

Since he could no longer be quantified by data, he no longer needed to be bound by profession rules!

"Let's test the effect now."

Zhou Huai looked up at the Great Sage Li Er Clone standing quietly nearby.

"Come here!"

He barked out a low command.

In the next second, a shocking scene occurred.

Great Sage Li Er, who originally existed as an independent entity, did not resist upon hearing Zhou Huai's command; his entire body simply disintegrated!

Buzz—!

Li Er's body transformed into a streak of golden light!

The golden light circled once in mid-air, then shot straight toward Zhou Huai's chest!

Shhh!

The moment the golden light entered his body, Zhou Huai tilted his head back and closed his eyes.

He felt a massive power coursing through his entire body!

His bones trembled, and his strength became abundant!

The Karma Golden Body, the Law comprehension of Words Follow the Law, and even that massive Rank 50 Peak mana possessed by Li Er actually fused into his originally weak main body without any rejection!

This was the skill he had comprehended after his mother upgraded him.

【All Phenomena Become One】!

Now, he could directly fuse his Clones into himself, making them part of his main body's flesh and blood!

Not only that, Zhou Huai could also use all of their skills and Law comprehensions at will!

Bang!

Zhou Huai raised his right hand. Without summoning any panel, he simply uttered a single word: "Disperse!"

The mist drifting over the nearby lake dissipated!

Words Follow the Law!

"This..." Chun, who had been standing by and watching, couldn't help but widen her eyes, her red lips slightly parted. "You actually... absorbed that Puppet that could speak Laws?"

"It's not absorption; it's becoming one." Zhou Huai turned his head, feeling the abundant power within him. "Since I'm no longer restricted by distance and space, even if the Clones aren't by my side, I can now... summon them instantly!"

He closed his eyes and, through the bond deep in his Soul, communicated with all his Clones scattered across the world.

"Yasuo!"

"Xiang Yu!"

"Arthur!"

"Caesar!"

Zhou Huai's low growls echoed through the ruins.

"Moria, Hou Yi, Gabriel, Gandalf!"

"Sona, Zhuge Kongming, Ou Yezi!"

"All of you... come back!!!"

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

Following his call, countless spatial rifts tore open in the sky above the Simon City Ruins!

One after another, streaks of light in various colors, emitting terrifying pressure, plummeted from the Void Realm!

Thunder Sword Qi! Resplendent Divine Dragon Might! Dark Abyssal Devilish Qi!

Including the support-type Sona and Zhuge Kongming, as well as the life-type Ou Yezi, all were summoned by him.

One by one, they transformed into blinding golden light and scrambled to crash into Zhou Huai's body!

Argh—!!!

Zhou Huai roared at the sky, his entire body suspended in mid-air!

With every Clone fused, the aura on his body surged!

Double! Five times! Ten times!

His left eye lit up with a divine hexagram, and his right eye ignited with blue abyssal ghost fire. Violent winds howled around him, a faint phantom of the Eight Trigrams Formation appeared behind his back, and the bone-chilling Eternal Night Domain spread out beneath his feet!

Crack! Crack!

The massive energy brought by the Fusion was more than the surrounding space could bear, and cracks began to split open one after another.

The entire underground ruins of Simon City began to shake violently! Massive rocks fell from the ceiling, and the calm Lake of Life churned with stormy waves!

Chun had to retreat dozens of steps and wave her hand to set up a green vine barrier, barely managing to block the overflowing, terrifying astral wind.

"This kid's Clones... there are actually so many?!" She looked at Zhou Huai in mid-air.

She originally thought it was already his limit for Zhou Huai to produce a Great Sage Li Er and possess a giant dragon. Who would have thought he had secretly cultivated so many monsters capable of standing on their own?!

Support-type, life-type, mage-type, melee-type, summoner-type...

Over a dozen top-tier Clones fused into his body!

When these dozen or so distinct powers were forcibly mashed into the same °• N 𝑜 v 𝑒 l i g h t •° body, the qualitative change produced was not as simple as one plus one equals two.

In mid-air, the light receded.

Zhou Huai landed back on the ground. All the phenomena withdrew into his body, but the air around him became thick and viscous.

Zhou Huai's strength was already comparable to a max-level SSS-Class Professional!

Zhou Huai opened his eyes and looked at Chun.

"Now, we are qualified to talk about our next plan."