Boom!

The constant star river was plowed into a blank area, like a river encountering a mountain, it could only fork and detour.

The Demon Sun shattered, and he roared in anger, gathering infinite fire essence, before condensing again into a great sun figure in the distance.

"As long as the heavens do not perish, I shall not perish. No one can kill me!" He charged fearlessly once more.

Li Changzhou swept his spear horizontally, blasting away all attacks in front of him, and in the void appeared a magnificent river of explosions.

The Demon Sun was among them, shattered once again.

But this time, before it could recover, the Primordial Divine Tree swayed with a rustle, and Li Changzhou did not absorb the Power of Stars, targeting only the fire essence.

At this moment, his Primordial Divine Tree resembled Li Huoya's Primordial Fire Tree, burning fiercely.

"Ah....."

The Demon Sun let out a wail of grief. He, who had fused with [Heavenly Will·Sun Fire], was supposed to be the master of fire essence, yet he could not rival the Primordial Divine Tree!

Not only the fire essence between heaven and earth, but even the great sun he transformed into was ultimately absorbed.

The rolling corona, the most splendid wave of heaven and earth, was absorbed by the Primordial Divine Tree.

This transformation even surprised Li Changzhou himself.

Human bodies contain vitality, not to mention cultivators. The Primordial Divine Tree can absorb all energies; life is a form of energy too and can naturally be absorbed, but it's not as simple as just absorbing vital energy now.

From beginning to end, Li Changzhou never intended to absorb life vital essence.

He absorbed only the fire essence, and the Demon Sun that fused with [Heavenly Will·Sun Fire] completely turned into a constant star, releasing energy indistinguishable from fire essence, leading to its absorption.

This is not what surprised him. What truly startled him was that the [Heavenly Will·Sun Fire] within the fire essence also seemed to be absorbed.

Heavenly will is not energy; it's a segment of will, an order, a rule of heaven and earth.

At this moment, the steadfastly advancing King of Black Fog finally stopped.

"What happened?"

"Is the King of Black Fog injured?"

"Does he look injured? I guess he softened up!"

"Makes sense; judging from previous dialogues and the King of Black Fog's usual style, he's not the cruel type."

"Heh." The alien clan sneered, "When the King of Black Fog was still a spiritual seed, he destroyed a life star of my alien clan. You actually think he would be soft-hearted?"

The speakers were too naive.

Don't mention a heavenly position, even an immortal's will is indestructible; if truly opposed, destroying stars is nothing.

"Then why did he stop?" The crowd was puzzled.

"He's achieving enlightenment!" An expert exclaimed in both fear and admiration.

"Enlightenment? I entered the Holy City to observe battles of the strong and improve myself. I saw nothing, so why did the King of Black Fog achieve enlightenment while focused on battle?"

Everyone was shocked by Li Changzhou's enlightenment.

In fact, it wasn't about achieving enlightenment, just thinking deeply about some things.

While everyone was curious about what Li Changzhou had realized, the Demon Sun let out its last roar before dying:

"You are devouring my heavenly will!!"

"What?!

Upon the divine platform, the Supreme Female stood up with a serious expression.

Below the saints, all beings can only comprehend and fuse with one heavenly will. This is an ironclad rule, not something an unprecedented genius can claim to surpass or break.

This rule is unchanging, eternal, validated by countless saints personally.

Among all things under heaven, only saints can possess multiple heavenly wills.

Such is a saint, whose every word, deed, and thought is heavenly will, comparable to a microcosm, a mini-world.

To remodel the body with the mind, elevate it to the 'heavenly will' level, becoming the heavenly dao, that is a saint.

What startled the Supreme Female was not Li Changzhou absorbing a second heavenly will, even more so because of a second heavenly will?

What they feared was Li Changzhou touching the threshold of a saint.

But how is that possible?!

The gap between saints and heavenly seeds is immense, separated not by the sky or sea, but by reality and illusion, existing as a concept.

The strength of a heavenly seed lies in heavenly will, equivalent to holding a specific daoist decree, with which no one below the heavenly species could argue.

And a saint's strength is that they can write their own holy decrees.

For example, Li Changzhou possesses the [Heavenly Will·Fate] decree. To confront a saint, if decreed the saint's death, a saint could simply write a 'Li Changzhou falsifying the decree', causing Li Changzhou to lose heavenly will.

A single thought from a saint could change the world.

This is the gap between a heavenly seed and a saint.

Therefore, no one can become a saint in a short time.

Most people do not yet understand what Li Changzhou absorbing a second heavenly will signifies, but the heavenly seeds and some spiritual seeds are paying close attention.

They yearn to see clearly the secret within;

They fear Li Changzhou's sudden ascent.

If he first became a saint in this era where saints become official players, he would not merely be a 'victor', but possess the power and status of one.

He could even decide who sits on the twelve saint positions within the Eighth City.

To be a king without a crown.

This could end the game prematurely, how could everyone not pay attention?

"Hmm?" Li Changzhou suddenly frowned.

The Supreme Female seated herself again, her expression relaxing as she found her prior concern ridiculous, actually believing Li Changzhou might succeed.

Too laughable.

——[Heavenly Will·Sun Fire] is dissipating.

The sound of the great dao descended, a Sanskrit hymn roared, and a golden little figure walked out from Li Changzhou's glabella, leaping to the treetop.

It held the Wisdom Pearl in hand, stepping on the rules of [Heavenly Will·Sun Fire], refusing to let it leave!