Chapter 1043: The Dragon Emperor Arrives, Shattering All (II)

Boom!

A terrifying divine soul will shook space-time, followed by a vast voice that sounded slowly. "Con...stan...tine... it... is... not... yet... the... time... I... had... set... to... return... Why... have... you... forcibly... activated... the... altar... to... awaken... me?"

The slow, deliberate tone was somewhat like Zhulong when caught in the flow of time, only here, the Primordial Ancestor’s mind had not yet fully returned, making its reactions “slow.”

Meanwhile, the faint anger in its formless voice made Constantine’s whole body tremble as it bowed respectfully. "Primordial Ancestor, I have awakened you by force because our clan faces an enemy unlike any before. A civilization, the human race, has been in the vast world for less than ten years, yet can already face the combined might of our eight great empires head-on. In particular, this generation of the race has produced a prodigy of unimaginable talent, whose strength in such a short time is already comparable to an ordinary true-spirit-level existence Just now, that human shattered, wore down, and felled Cardeos, despite Tyretis’ attempts to stop him."

Boom!

Instantly, the entire dark starry void shook violently. The voice, laden with killing intent, rumbled through space-time, each word like a blow. "What... did... you... just... say?"

Under the terrifying will brimming with rage, Constantine’s figure shook as he tensely said, "Just now, Cardeos was shattered by that human and worn down until it fell."

Boom!

The starry sky trembled. The vast will, heavy with killing intent, surged and filled the void with crushing pressure that enveloped Constantine. The shaking soul will made his mind go numb, as though the whole world were roaring. "I... was... not... asking... about... that... Human race! Did... you... just... say... the... civilization... is... called... ‘human race?’"

"Y-Yes, Primordial Ancestor. That civilization is called the human race."

"Humans!" The will, seething with murderous intent, roared and shook the entire world.

Boom!

The colossal figure lying across the starry sky suddenly shuddered. One of its demon claws twisted with a cracking sound, and the fragment of soul will that had already returned tried to forcibly awaken, seeking to control the body to rise.

Yet this true form, condensed over countless tens of thousands of years and brimming with endless power, was far too immense. The small portion of will that had already returned couldn’t completely control it. It was like a boundless mech that had only powered up a fraction of its software, with the whole system yet to be fully activated.

However, though not yet fully revived, after receiving the news, the Primordial Ancestor began to consciously accelerate the pace of its awakening. In the surrounding twisted river of time, hazy afterimages appeared one after another.

Soon, the Primordial Ancestor began to emanate an aura of perfection and immortality. Its mighty will spread through the dark void, warping reality and forming a tangible abyss. At the same time, in the mind of that partially revived will, a memory surfaced unbidden. It showed the will being injured by a faraway sword light summoned by a human, whose strength was far inferior to its own.

At this time-twisted node, only a few brief exchanges had occurred between Constantine and the Primordial Ancestor, yet because of the distorted temporal flow, some time had already passed in the outer world.

***

At the center of the Forbidden Zone Battlefield, endless black demonic qi rolled and roared like a tsunami, constantly crashing against the layered barriers of the Nine-Heavens Palace and sending out deafening booms.

The powerhouses of the two great factions had already been facing off for some time without launching another explosive battle. The Purgatory Demon Clan was waiting for the Primordial Ancestor to awaken, planning to crush the human alliance in one sweep. On the other hand, the humans were likewise waiting for the arrival of the colossal beast army.

Following the Celestial King’s order, the vast ground battlefield, stretching over hundreds of thousands of kilometers, fell into an eerie calm. The Human Alliance's legions, who had moments ago been locked in savage, life-and-death combat, gradually disengaged from their opponents and retreated several thousand kilometers, taking position underneath the yellow barriers of the Nine-Heavens Palace.

Even the kings, heavenly kings, and chief gods repelled their foes, their auras in disorder as they stood high in the sky, a thousand kilometers up. Yet whether heavenly king, king, or one of the warriors on the ground, all looked somewhat bewildered, not knowing why the battle had suddenly stopped. Surprisingly, the Purgatory Demon Clan legions opposite them didn’t pursue.

Huff, huff...

Qingqiu Tianyao caught his breath and looked at the somewhat disheveled Heavenly King Jin Long. "Old Jin, what’s going on? Why did everything stop?"

The golden dragon, stretching thousands of meters long, slowly shook its head, equally puzzled. "I don’t know. The First Councilor just fell, so logically, the enemy should be pressing the attack even harder."

As he spoke, Jin Long raised his head, eyes grave as he gazed into the depths of the sky. "Something must have happened up above."

Qingqiu Tianyao licked his lips. "A pity that we can’t break through the suppression of the world’s principles with our current strength. Otherwise we’d fly up and ask ourselves."

At that moment, Heavenly King Gabriel’s gentle voice sounded in their ears. "Make use of this time to recover as much as you can. A fiercer battle may erupt soon."

"Alright." The two heavenly kings nodded slightly.

It wasn’t just them. Now that the battle had briefly paused, everyone was using the moment to recover. They swallowed and refined the restorative resources distributed earlier without restraint.

In the dark demonic domain, Karotis glanced at the cold-faced Tyretis, speaking in a low and heavy tone. "Be careful, everyone. These cunning humans might be preparing to escape."

As Karotis spoke, it lowered its head slightly to glance tens of thousands of kilometers away at the human alliance's legions that had withdrawn from the battlefield.

At these words, the other three rulers of the empires nodded faintly.

Once the Primordial Ancestor is fully awakened, this alliance will be powerless before its might. Not even that human freak will be able to withstand a single exchange from the great Primordial Ancestor; it took everything he had to barely match the strength of a newly advanced true spirit.

The enemy surely understands this as well. Their current composure in facing off against us is likely just a ploy to bide for time for an escape, deciding who should be sacrificed to cover the retreat.

This was a tactic used before. In the battles that destroyed the Heavenly Feathered and the Faerie Races, both had chosen to sever their tails to survive when facing the overwhelming force of the six great empires.

The four rulers of the Purgatory Empire glanced at Tyretis, then sent orders to their own demon god subordinates, their figures subtly spreading out toward both flanks of the demonic domain. With the Primordial Ancestor’s return imminent, these demon gods naturally wanted to make a display, such as pinning down all of the alliance’s powerhouses.

Today, not a single one of them will escape.

While these demon gods leisurely assumed that the alliance’s seemingly calm powerhouses were actually preparing to flee, Tolstoy and the other divine kings were indeed tense, ready to retreat at a moment’s notice.

Only Chen Chu looked increasingly calm as more time passed. Even though the aura of revival from the depths of the roiling dark demonic domain ahead was growing ever stronger, and was already far beyond that of an ordinary true-spirit-level lifeform, he paid it no mind.

The Destructive Dragon Emperor, making its way along the edge of the demonic domain, was almost here. Once the colossal beast physically arrived, then no matter how strong the Primordial Ancestor was—even if it had reached late stage or peak of the true spirit level—he wouldn’t be concerned, because he was already prepared for the Divine Fusion.

Today, in this very battle, he intended to destroy this race completely, eliminating the threat to humanity once and for all. Then, he and the humans of the Blue Planet would have more time and space to grow.

From the moment he broke through to the Sixth Heavenly Realm, left the southern battlefield, and learned of the Purgatory Demon Clan as a great enemy, he had felt an inexplicable, intense sense of urgency. It was as if, should his rate of growth slow even slightly, all of humanity, himself and his family included, would one day be destroyed and wiped away.

This was why he did nothing but cultivate, relentlessly striving to improve his power. At last, today, everything would be settled. Chen Chu exhaled a long breath, feeling the massive boulder named “Purgatory Demon Clan” that had weighed on his heart for so long loosen just a little.

***

𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞

While the two great factions held their temporary truce, facing each other in silence, the vast world that had been steadily falling from the distant sky grew ever clearer. One could even make out vague images of cities on the Blue Planet.

At the same time, over a million kilometers behind the battlefield, at the shattered location of Passage One, endless golden roots extended into the void, slowly forming a massive golden fulcrum.

There, the Primordial King and Heavenly King Yan Kuang wore grave expressions as they gazed at a transparent world wrapped in those golden roots. Deep within, at the very core of the Secret Sea of the Void, which was placed between the material world and the void itself, a colossal void monster emanating an ancient-titan-level aura was emerging.

The entire ocean trembled faintly as the ancient void monster underwent transformation and birth. Deep within the Secret Sea, a certain power was fully activated.

***

Hum!

Invisible ripples spread through the void, travelling to unfathomable distances in an instant.

Far from human territory, in the six domains of the ancient human race, the starry sky quivered as an immense will was stirred, making the heavens themselves shudder. "I left the Secret Sea in our ancestral lands long ago, and now it has been activated. The dimensional plane these void ripples come from matches that of the vast world. It seems that after all these years, our ancestral land has not only birthed human civilization anew, but has also set foot on the transcendent path and entered the vast world. The ancestral land has returned. This news must be sent to them, and someone dispatched to investigate. A pity I must hold this post on the Ancient Battlefield. Otherwise, I would return myself to see whether the flowers I planted in my courtyard back then are still in bloom."