Chapter 485 — The First Rule Revival

Neither the Martial Emperor nor Shi Jin intended to make a move; they simply tossed their respective Iron-Eating Beasts over to spar on their own.

If the two of them joined in as well, this ruin might not withstand it. The Martial Emperor, as a legendary beast tamer, could fuse with his Iron-Eating Beast alone, and the fused combat power would be enough to be called the strongest below demigod—quite possibly able to wound a demigod.

And if Shi Jin made his move—the dual quasi-god-tier secret art with Eleven—he too could one-shot anyone below demigod. There was no need for either side to go that hard; simply watching the two pandas practice against each other was already more than enough.

"ROAR!!!" Though the Martial Emperor's Iron-Eater had no idea why Eleven was so eager to challenge it, it accepted! The massive demon-god Iron-Eater stood towering upon the earth, gazing at the little red panda across from it.

"Enter demon-god form," said the Martial Emperor's Iron-Eater. "Awoo." Eleven shook its head.

"Ying ying ying. (Demon-god form probably won't beat you.)"

The Martial Emperor's Iron-Eater was amused. "Don't worry, I'll go easy on you."

"ROAR!!" "Eee!!" "Mii!!" "Nngh!!" Behind Eleven, Buggy and the others all began warning the Martial Emperor's Iron-Eater that that was not what Eleven meant at all!!! Across from the Martial Emperor's Iron-Eater, little Eleven looked utterly grave and earnest, and spoke: "Ying! (I'm going to enter full-power Chaos State right from the start, senior—be careful.)"

The Martial Emperor's Iron-Eater froze. Hm? BOOM!!!!

In the next instant, as the Martial Emperor's Iron-Eater's expression shifted, little Eleven across from it entered Chaos Form directly, its body swelling larger and larger beneath a thunderous eruption that pierced the sky.

"ROAR!!!" Eleven roared at the heavens.

Throughout the giantization, black and white arcs of lightning filled the air and merged into Eleven's fur, drifting and swaying ceaselessly like a sea of chaos. Wherever its feet fell, the ground became thunder and lightning; the earth of black and white joined light to darkness.

At this moment, Eleven was like a deity striding forth from a chaotic sea of thunder.

In that instant, a supreme and holy aura also burst from Eleven, churning heaven and shaking earth, reversing the order of the cosmos, forcing the newly evolved demon-god Iron-Eater to instinctively retreat a step, its face blank.

What was this!!

At this moment, not only the Martial Emperor's Iron-Eater, but Ji Yunzhong, Ji Yunhai, and the others all froze again, their expressions stunned. Even the Martial Emperor could not help but twitch at the corner of his mouth; he looked toward Cen Yu, wanting an explanation.

"I never said it was also a demon-god Iron-Eater... It has already completed a new round of light-dark evolution on top of the demon-god Iron-Eater foundation," said Shi Yan. "I name it the Chaos Panda—a mythic species."

"Aba aba..." At this moment, the Martial Emperor's Iron-Eater, which had been about to prove its strength to the old-timers, stiffened, seized by a sudden bad premonition.

Chongxuan and the other beasts gulped hard as well, staring incomprehensibly at the mighty Eleven. Damn, no way—the Iron-Eater had already TM evolved so many times, and it could evolve again? A mythic species? You've got to be kidding.

Meanwhile, in the original space-time.

While Shi Jin was in a past space-time harvesting resources and seeking legendary sparring partners, preparing to practice against the ancient Meteorite Beast, at this very moment, an event that would shake the entire world unfolded here. Rumble.

With a single tremor of heaven and earth, and with a voice of rules that every living thing on Blue Star could hear spreading through the whole world, Blue Star's heaven and earth underwent a great transformation. In Inatella, the slumbering World Tree reopened its eyes, though it soon fell back asleep.

It was merely the prelude to the rules' revival.

Still far from the stage of the rules' complete restoration.

Only... the outside world was likely about to fall into great chaos. That much the World Tree knew very well.

For the World Tree—for Lan Yanzhi—this great upheaval of heaven and earth was merely a prelude to Blue Star's rules reviving, but for the other living things on Blue Star, it was an incomparable boon!!!

With this upheaval, those creatures approaching demigod level, those a hair's breadth from mastering a quasi-divine skill—such as the Dragonman Empire's Tyrant Dragon King—were shocked to discover that the power of rules, once so hard to touch, could now be sensed by the barest threshold.

In the Dragonman Empire, the Tyrant Dragon King, deep in bitter seclusion, laughed heartily as its aura climbed steadily, its laughter shaking the heavens.

"Demigod—give me a little more time, and I too shall be a demigod!!! When that day comes, what can that paltry Donghuang do to me?"

Apart from the creatures nearing quasi-divine skills, who found the power of rules somewhat easier to touch, the overlords and totems all abruptly realized that the natural energy between heaven and earth had grown richer, and bathed in that dense natural energy, their growth rate was better than ever before.

Those overlords stuck at bottlenecks now all felt the opportunity for breakthrough drawing ever closer.

This change, like a revival of natural energy, was not only for high-tier lifeforms—for awakened, transcendent, commander, and monarch-level lifeforms as well, it was a chance to alter their fate.

The outside world now resembled a high-tier relic space or secret realm; whatever one's life tier, everyone felt their growth rate far exceeding what it had been. Countless energy crystal veins were born of this, and countless natural anomalies appeared across the land.

Beyond that, many reincarnated mythic creatures like Qi gradually opened their eyes, memories resurfacing. The Seven Isles.

A very gentle-looking youth stared blankly at the contracted beast that had forcibly walked out of its beast-taming space—a black centipede.

"I say, kid, want to get stronger? Seeing as you've looked after me all this time, I'll give you a chance—a chance to step into the realm of gods." "———" The youth looked utterly panicked.

"I'm asking you—do you want to get stronger?"

"As long as you listen to me, you can do it. Because I—I am a god!!"

With the rules' first revival, anomalies occurred worldwide: reincarnated gods awakened their memories, numerous overlords broke through to totem, and even new demigods were born.

Within the Donghuang Association, Lin Shuo gravely convened a high-level meeting. The main subject of this meeting was the reincarnations of gods whose memories had revived!!

Of these divine reincarnations, some had mastered quasi-divine skills the moment their memories awakened; some, after awakening, still possessed only feeble power; some were already renowned mighty savage beasts, even national guardian deities; and some were already contracted beasts of human tamers. Their identities differed greatly.

The primary task of the meeting Lin Shuo had convened was for Donghuang to actively meet this upheaval. First and foremost, it was imperative to draw those wandering divine reincarnations whose memories had just awakened into Donghuang's camp.

"This task shall go to Bureau Eleven..." Lin Shuo ground his teeth as he looked at Shi Jin's empty seat, then finally sighed and said, "With Shi Jue here, leave it to Lu Heng. Lu Heng will be the chief person in charge. Besides seeking out the gods whose memories have revived, remember to look for Shi Jin as well."

On a section of the vast meeting screen, Lu Heng—now more mature after becoming a titled legend—nodded and said, "Understood."

"Remember to find Shi Jin first."