Unbeknownst to him, Wang Nan's entire body was already enveloped in dazzling golden light. His third Soul Core had long since fused into his body, slowly rotating within his dantian and emitting a radiant golden glow.
The power of the three Soul Cores had not yet fully merged. Under their influence, the spirit power inside Wang Nan's body surged and collided, tearing cracks throughout his flesh.
These cracks were rapidly repaired by the power of life gold, plunging Wang Nan into constant pain.
However, at this moment, his mind could no longer focus on perceiving his physical condition.
The instant his mental force and blood energy touched and merged with the Law, countless images flashed before his eyes, and innumerable sounds poured into his ears. Vast, chaotic information flooded his Sea of Consciousness. Even with his current mental force, receiving such an overwhelming torrent in a single instant caused an intense swelling sensation in his mind.
On the ground, countless tiny lives stirred. Even those that had never been noticed by anyone were striving desperately to survive.
In the jungles, Spirit Beasts and other creatures roamed. Some cultivated, some hunted, some fed, and some played.
Within the cities, people flowed endlessly through the streets. Spirit Masters gathered to discuss the Dao and exchange insights on cultivation, while ordinary people worked, rested, conversed, or wandered through life, forming a boundless tapestry of human existence.
Wang Nan's consciousness merged with Heaven and Earth.
In the distance, he could even "see" Xuan Zi on Sea God Island. His aura had gradually stabilized, and the surrounding Heaven and Earth were shifting to welcome the birth of a new Limit Douluo.
Farther away, he could "see" the Sun Moon Empire purging Evil Soul Masters across its territory, while remnants of the Holy Spirit Cult hid deep within the Fiend Forest, too afraid to emerge.
Even farther still, he could "see" the Evil Emperor lurking in the depths of the ocean, wantonly devouring other Spirit Beasts and using their blood energy to heal his wounds.
Rivers flowed, tides surged. Wang Nan's "gaze" rose toward the sky, where the sun ascended and set, the moon waxed and waned, and the stars shifted endlessly.
Wherever his awareness reached, the Law of Order naturally existed.
A hundred forms of life appeared distinct, yet all operated beneath Order. The growth of life, the transformation of the land, and the movement of the stars were all governed by it.
This was the Law, a realm only a "God" could reach.
By using the power of the Law to form his third Soul Core, and by merging his mental force with that Law, Wang Nan had briefly touched the realm attainable only by gods.
Di Tian gazed at Wang Nan, seated beside the Life Lake, watching as his aura grew faint and indistinct. A trace of reverence unconsciously surfaced in his eyes.
Wang Nan's spirit power was still chaotic, yet his aura had become unfathomably profound. It was as though he existed here, yet also elsewhere. His figure clearly sat before Di Tian, yet also seemed omnipresent.
Di Tian had only ever sensed such an aura from the Dragon Kings and the Dragon God in ancient times. There was no doubt that Wang Nan's cultivation had now surpassed his own.
Is this the talent of humans?
Compared to Di Tian's countless years of cultivation, Wang Nan's time spent cultivating was not even a fraction of a percent. Yet his strength had already reached an inconceivable level.
It felt like an instant, yet also like an eternity, before Wang Nan's consciousness gradually returned to his body.
The recent enlightenment had consumed a tremendous amount of mental energy. Meanwhile, the scattered power of the Soul Cores continued to drive his spirit power into chaos. For ordinary beings, such a state would have been fatal, but Wang Nan endured it with his extraordinary physique.
The repeated destruction caused by the Soul Cores and the continuous restoration from life gold twisted his expression with pain. Yet compared to the enlightenment he had just experienced, this pain was insignificant.
With a single thought, an invisible force subtly rippled outward. In the next instant, the rotations of the three Soul Cores within his body began to gradually synchronize.
Spirit, blood energy, and Law had already merged during that brief contact. Now, the Soul Cores formed from those three powers also began to connect.
The spirit power driven by the three Soul Cores clashed and consumed itself continuously. But as their connection deepened, once a critical threshold was crossed, their powers abruptly fused together.
Wang Nan had already experienced the fusion of Spirit and Law. Now, as the blood energy Soul Core merged with the Law Soul Core, his body began to undergo further transformations.
Light from the Spirit Bones within his body faintly linked together, forming a unified glow that enveloped him completely.
His already tempered physique was strengthened even further. With his body now responding as effortlessly as an extension of his will, his Spirit, the Coiling Dragon Staff, also grew continuously stronger alongside him.
On Sea God Island, Yan Shaozhe, Cai Meier, Immortal Liner, Qian Duoduo, and the deans of both the Martial Soul Department and the Soul Guidance System, along with new Sea God Pavilion members such as Zhang Lexuan and Huo Yuhao, waited outside the Sea God Pavilion.
Inside, violent Heaven and Earth elemental energy surged inward, and an imposing aura radiated from within.
After some time, a thunderous sound erupted from the Sea God Pavilion. It was neither the cry of an ox nor anything human, but carried a resonance that echoed across the sky, more like the roar of a dragon.
"Congratulations, Elder Xuan."
Xuan Zi's figure appeared silently before the Sea God Pavilion. Even with several Titled Douluo present, no one sensed his arrival, nor did they feel the slightest fluctuation of spirit power. It was clear that Xuan Zi had successfully broken through to the realm of Limit Douluo.
With his cultivation surpassing the limit, a few more smiles appeared on Xuan Zi's face. Since Mu En's passing, he had always worried that his strength might be insufficient to shoulder the responsibility of Sea God Pavilion Master. Now, his heart finally felt at ease.
"You are all too kind." Xuan Zi nodded.
Without any further movement, his figure appeared beneath the Golden Ancient Tree. He raised his head, gazing at its gently swaying branches.
Suddenly, he sensed something and looked toward the sky.
"Elder Xuan, what is it?" The others noticed nothing unusual and stepped forward to ask.
Xuan Zi did not respond. He only frowned slightly as he stared into the heavens.
After reaching the limit, his perception had changed. He no longer relied solely on mental force to sense Heaven and Earth.
And because of that, he could feel that the entire Heaven and Earth were changing.
This was not confined to any single place. The entire World itself seemed to be trembling subtly.
Heaven and Earth felt altered in a way he could not clearly describe. He only knew that countless sounds, imperceptible to ordinary beings, echoed between Heaven and Earth.
They sounded like cheers, or perhaps congratulations.
Deep within the ocean, the Sea Princess felt a sudden chill.
Within the Evil Forest, the Evil Emperor abruptly awoke in alarm.
On a distant continent, the Mirage Dragon slowly raised its head, listening quietly to the resonance of Heaven and Earth.