Chapter 1832: The Awakening Lion Clears the Way

Clang—clang—clang...

A domain train broke through the wind, speeding along the Gray Realm land!

In the quiet carriage, Chen Ling slowly opened his eyes. A pair of scarlet eyes emitted a deep, faint light in the dimness. The red and black patterns on his play-robe were complex and intertwined, extremely mysterious.

"Nine years... this day has finally come," he muttered to himself.

Chen Ling's gaze looked outside the train carriage. A twisted Play God-Dao extended continuously toward the firmament in his line of sight.

The eerie God-Dao star hung high in the dark dome. Chen Ling now stood on the eighth step.

The howling wind at high altitude blew his play-robe, and Chen Ling stared at the eerie God-Dao star that was already close at hand, as well as the ninth step that was within reach, and took a deep breath...

Stepping onto the last step, he would fully master the power of the Mockery Disaster and become a true Ninth-Order demigod... or rather, a World-Ender.

But before that, there was one last step missing.

Chen Ling's gaze looked beneath his feet, and a line of small text that had trapped him for nine years came into view again:

—【Complete your own self-verification of the God-Dao under the witness of at least ten million people】.

This was Chen Ling's Ninth-Order promotion performance.

And it was the final shackle that had kept him stagnant for these nine years.

As early as when he completed the restart and obtained a massive amount of Red Star wish power, Chen Ling had already reached the edge of the step to enter the Ninth Order. With the wish power stored in his body now, let alone stepping into the Ninth Order, even creating another Mockery Disaster would be more than enough...

Once he stepped into a demigod, this massive amount of Red Star wish power would push his power to a terrifying level.

But the problem was that Chen Ling hadn't been able to find a way to complete the performance for these nine years.

Not to mention the self-verification of the God-Dao, the prerequisite of ten million witnesses alone was extremely difficult to achieve. After all, the population of a domain was only two or three million. Even if Chen Ling performed the self-verification of the God-Dao in the most populous Chengtian Domain, the number would be far from meeting the standard.

And the opportunity for self-verification of the God-Dao might only come once. If there was a mistake in the number of people leading to failure, Chen Ling might never be able to complete this performance condition and would be trapped at the Eighth Order for life. This was also the reason why he hadn't broken through to the Ninth Order for nine years.

For these nine years, Chen Ling had been looking for a way to meet the performance conditions...

And now, he had found it.

"Nine years of layout, the sky of this era... should change."

Chen Ling picked up his pen and gently wrote the first name on the clean paper on the table:

【Sun Bumian】.

……

Pop-pop-pop-pop-pop-pop-pop—

The lively sound of firecrackers exploded on the streets of the Red Dust Prison.

The scent of candy and cakes mixed with the smell of fireworks drifted from the street, and the sound of gongs and drums, the hawking of vendors, and the laughter of tourists were deafening.

Colorful lanterns were hung in every corner of the city, and children wearing new clothes ran through the streets, playing and fighting.

They chanted the Lantern Festival poem that had been spreading from nowhere for nine years, their laughter mixed with the sound of firecrackers, celebrating extraordinarily:

"Play-lanterns illuminate the alley, shadows become a pair, firecrackers on the road ring through the hall."

"Colorful brocade in the sky sways with the wind, the night is still young as the human world enjoys itself."

"Hahahaha!! Happy Lantern Festival! Let's eat candied haws!!!"

Firecrackers exploded, and wisps of smoke filled the street. An exquisite red awakening lion suddenly darted out from the smoke, its eyes blinking, lifelike.

"It's an awakening lion!"

"Happy Lantern Festival! You two big brothers dancing the lion!!"

“……”

The children waved at the awakening lion one after another.

The awakening lion came to their side with agile steps, shook its head and tail, circled them, and a certain auspicious aura brewed in the fireworks and fell lightly on them.

Amidst the children's laughter, the awakening lion turned around and continued to leap toward the end of the street.

Every time the atmosphere of the Lantern Festival in the city became more lively, the aura on the awakening lion became stronger. When the whole city set off fireworks at the same time and thousands of lights bloomed in the sky, an almost solidified auspicious aura surrounded the awakening lion.

Its figure expanded rapidly, and the inner wall of the Red Dust Prison magnified rapidly before its eyes...

"What is that?"

"...Lion dance?"

"Seems like it, looks quite festive."

Many guards on the inner wall also saw the red awakening lion jumping toward them, but they didn't notice any danger. After all, in this lively festival, it wasn't strange for an awakening lion to appear, and they even stared at it with great novelty...

It wasn't until the awakening lion became faster and faster, to the point where everyone couldn't see its afterimage, that they were shocked.

"This is the inner wall of the Red Dust Prison!!"

"Stop..."

Boom—!!!

The awakening lion slammed into the inner wall, and the earth shook violently!!

Dense cracks exploded on the wall, and a Play God-Dao extended rapidly toward the sky in the billowing dust. The cinnabar-like God-Dao star lit up between the clouds, and heaven and earth cast their gaze here...

"Self-verification of the God-Dao?!"

"Someone is actually starting self-verification of the God-Dao at this time?!"

"Wait... is it my illusion?"

"How come that person seems to be walking forward while performing self-verification of the God-Dao???"

"No!"

"That seems to be two people!!"

Hundreds of powerhouses from major prisons guarding the inner wall were preparing to take action, but when they saw the Play God-Dao connecting heaven and earth, and two figures stepping onto the stairs at the same time, they were dumbfounded...

How could two people verify the Dao on one Play God-Dao at the same time??

And during self-verification of the God-Dao...

They couldn't cause damage to the other party either?

It was like someone rushing into the battlefield and activating an invincible state from the very first moment. No matter how many enemies were around or how strong they were, they couldn't stop him at all, and could only watch him walk step by step toward the Red Dust Domain, which was wrapped in layers.

The strict defense of the Red Dust Prison, solid as a rock, was like nothing before a strange existence that could move while verifying the Dao.

At the same time,

Two figures, one virtual and one real, climbed the God-Dao step by step.

The fiery red awakening lion stepped onto the firmament slowly.

"Hoo..."

"So refreshing..."

The Fifth Generation Sun Bumian looked at the group of helpless Red Dust guards below, the corners of his mouth curling up involuntarily.

"It has to be Chen Ling, this guy is too smart." The Sixth Generation Sun Bumian's clothes danced wildly in the wind, and he also chuckled. "No matter how many people the Red Dust Prison piles up, they can't break the state of self-verification of the God-Dao... With us two leading the charge, we can tear open the defense line of the inner wall without any effort."

"If he hadn't made up the story of the 'Lantern Festival' nine years ago, there wouldn't be such a rich auspicious aura today for us to ascend to demigod..."

"How many things has he done secretly in these nine years?"

"He is the Heart, after all." The Fifth Generation Sun Bumian's smile grew richer. "What he is best at... is bringing surprises to people."

"However, I really didn't expect that after so many reincarnations, I would still have the opportunity to return to demigod..." The Sixth Generation Sun Bumian looked toward a certain direction leisurely,

"Being beaten to the punch by me, I guess the Play God-Dao who was resurrected from the dead in the Chengtian Domain must be going crazy with anger, right?"