Chapter 1727: Replicated World Device

As his mind sank into his Dantian, five altars came into view.

The first torch was already lit; the other four remained extinguished.

His consciousness stood upon the second altar. Nourished by the spiritual rain of the Compassionate Sage, he successfully ascended to the fifth step.

Ascending five more steps would allow him to light the second torch.

He quietly contemplated his Path of Flawlessness.

During the Ancient Hunt War, he had used his domain hundreds of times consecutively, and at that time, he had a profound realization.

Now, carefully savoring that feeling, he gained a deeper understanding of the Path of Flawlessness.

Half a day passed.

His eyes gleamed with wisdom as a profound understanding surged within him.

“The Great Dao has fifty, Heaven's will operates on forty-nine. If the Dao itself is incomplete, how can the myriad things derived from it be perfect?”

“Imperfection is the norm for all things; perfection is merely an anomaly. If one only relies on destruction, how can all imperfections be eliminated?”

His thoughts churned, and he vaguely grasped something.

However, an invisible barrier subtly obstructed him, keeping his consciousness at the ninth step and preventing him from reaching the final tenth step.

Even a slight misstep made it difficult to achieve a second apotheosis.

Time passed, bit by bit, but Jiang Fan could not find the way.

Suddenly, he remembered the Truth Fruit he had obtained during the Ancient Hunt.

His eyes lit up immediately. He took out the eye-shaped Truth Fruit and devoured it in three bites, leaving only an eyeball-shaped core.

After the fruit entered his body, his soul suddenly felt light, as if freed from shackles, soaring towards the mysterious Great Dao.

His thoughts became increasingly clear, as if piercing through the mists in his mind and washing away the dust from his eyes.

“I understand,” Jiang Fan suddenly stood up.

He gazed at the flattened overlapping mountains on the horizon, his eyes gleaming with excitement.

“If one seeks flawlessness in the world, destroying what is flawed is a path, and mending what is flawed is also a path!”

“Both are paths to flawlessness!”

As soon as this thought solidified, the obstruction to his consciousness on the ninth step vanished, and he successfully ascended to the final step.

The torch was successfully lit!

At this moment, he had acquired the ability for a second apotheosis.

He only lacked the resources to transform his body.

And he had possessed this item for a long time.

It was precisely the Grade Seven Grand Elixir seized from the Nether King!

Light flashed in his palm, and a spiritual elixir with seven-colored pill patterns appeared in his hand.

It contained an incomparably powerful life force.

Jiang Fan no longer hesitated and swallowed it whole.

The terrifying medicinal power from the elixir surged through his limbs and bones like a tsunami, transforming his physique.

Soon after.

The earth trembled, and the sea churned.

A colossal aura, far surpassing that of a Heaven-Human First Decay, swept forth.

On the full moon divine halo behind his head, the second torch mark also suddenly lit up.

This meant he had successfully achieved his second apotheosis.

He had cultivated to the Heaven-Human Second Decay!

Jiang Fan once again felt as if he could overlook heaven and earth, controlling the life and death of all things.

He suppressed the joy in his heart.

His gaze flickered. He pointed at the distant collapsed overlapping mountains and softly commanded, “Flawless!”

The Ancestral Ring behind his head unleashed a brand new domain fluctuation, enveloping the mountains.

A miraculous scene unfolded!

The collapsed mountains returned to their original state as if time had reversed, and the severed cracks healed completely.

The damaged vegetation and rocks on them were also completely restored.

They became perfectly flawless once more.

This was his brand new domain!

It allowed all imperfect things to return to a flawless state.

“One for destruction, one for rebirth—is this my dual domain?” he mused.

Jiang Fan murmured, recalling the True Word Venerable’s domains: “Must Speak Truth” and “Forbidden to Speak Truth.”

His domain’s transformation had a similar ingenious effect to hers.

Feeling an unprecedented power, Jiang Fan’s confidence soared, believing that facing the giants again would lead to an entirely new situation.

Suddenly, his palm felt slightly hot.

Looking down, he saw the Truth Fruit gradually heating up, as if about to burn away.

“Such a heaven-and-earth spirit fruit requires extremely abundant spiritual energy to sustain it. The Central Plains is clearly not suitable for it.”

Jiang Fan murmured, his gaze flickering. He took out the piece of Sustaining Earth that Wang Chongxiao had given him.

He poured all of it into the giant’s pocket, then buried the fruit core inside.

Immediately, the fruit core cooled down rapidly, its surface gradually brightening, subtly indicating it was taking root in the Sustaining Earth.

Jiang Fan’s eyebrows lifted in delight: “This way, I can use the Truth Fruit repeatedly.”

Looking at the Sustaining Earth, a thought struck him, and he took out another small pouch.

Inside, there was only a small handful of Sustaining Earth, with the Divine Wood, Time-Freeze Seed, and Immortal Binding Vine crowded together.

Jiang Fan transplanted all of them into the Sustaining Earth plot.

He hoped they would undergo new evolutions before the counterattack on the Heavenly Realm.

Putting away the small pouch, Jiang Fan calculated the time with his fingers and, with eyes full of anticipation, took out the dog basin.

One day had passed since he used the dog basin during the Ancient Hunt.

He could use it once more.

He eagerly took out the War-Exemption Stele and placed it in the dog basin.

Unfortunately, the basin showed no reaction.

“Is the War-Exemption Stele’s grade too high?” Jiang Fan muttered, not without disappointment.

Then he took out the Angel Blade. If he could replicate one and give it to a sage, it would be of great use during the counterattack on the Heavenly Realm.

However, the Angel Blade was slightly longer than the dog basin and could not fit inside completely, so the dog basin did not activate.

Recalling the replication of the Grade Seven Grand Elixir, Ancient Order, and Asura Sacred Blood, Jiang Fan suddenly realized: “Only items that can be fully placed inside can be replicated.”

This meant large items were out of the question.

He sighed softly, having been hoping to replicate the Immortal King’s Indestructible Bell.

Pondering, he took out the Book of Life and Death, saying, “This item should be unique. According to the dog basin’s limitations, it shouldn’t be able to replicate it, right?”

With a trial-and-error mindset, Jiang Fan tossed the Book of Life and Death inside.

The result was an unexpected scene.

Two identical black scrolls appeared inside!

He picked up the two scrolls, stunned: “Is it possible there isn't only one Book of Life and Death in the world?”

“And…” Jiang Fan’s eyes showed contemplation: “Does the dog basin truly replicate items by turning one into two?”

A moment ago.

In the Hell Realm.

Under the reflection of the blood-red sky, ancient giants surged like a mighty tide, crashing against the Hell Realm's army.

Both sides were locked in fierce combat.

A seductive figure in a red dress stood in the sky above.

It was none other than the Hell Realm Lord’s clone, whose form was transparent, on the verge of dissipating.

As a clone, her time in the world was nearly up.

But her fingers tightly clutched a ball of Memory Silver Sand, her beautiful face chilling.

“You dare to play tricks on this Realm Lord!!!”

She was puzzled how Jiang Fan could be so shortsighted, letting her take such an important War-Exemption Stele back to the Hell Realm for the sake of a mere Realm Artifact.

It turned out Jiang Fan had set a trap for her!

What infuriated her most was that Ancient Saint Yunhuang had also cooperated with Jiang Fan in setting the trap.

“The Central Plains, a land of etiquette? Bah!”

The Realm Lord’s clone was utterly vexed with shame and anger: “You little dog-thief, if you have the guts, don’t summon me again, or I’ll strangle you to death!”

After cursing for a long while, she finally calmed down and raised a hand.

A pitch-black scripture flashed into the Realm Lord’s hand. She sneered, “You little dog-thief, trying to trick me out of my Book of Life and Death?”

“You probably didn’t realize that the Book of Life and Death is divided into two volumes, a main and a sub-volume, did you?”

“This one I hold is the main volume. Without my permission, even if you manage to use the sub-volume with all your might, I can still erase it through the main volume!”

It must be said, as a Realm Lord, she was anything but simple-minded.

However, just as she was feeling quite pleased with herself.

Her palm suddenly felt empty; the main volume of the Book of Life and Death had vanished.