Chapter 1060: Devouring the Stars, a New Era (I)

A bloodline was, at its core, a life imprint woven from principles. The stronger its origin, the greater the potential of those who inherited it. Bloodline inheritance didn’t rely solely on reproduction; it could take many forms.

An example would be how the Purgatory Primordial Ancestor demonized others with dark demonic qi, transforming them into the Purgatory Demon Clan. Similarly, many serpent species naturally evolved into dragons this way.

However, once principles were involved, bloodline instincts could be tampered with and could no longer be trusted completely. This was especially true when the source was a primordial colossal beast. Such a powerful creature could easily alter bloodline information to mislead even the Little Purple Dragon.

So when the Purple Dragon claimed its bloodline told it that the fallen primordial beast meant no harm, the Divine Transformation Dragon Emperor didn’t fully believe it. Even reduced to nothing more than a lingering soul fragment, that beast couldn’t be underestimated.

With the Dragon Emperor’s permission, the slightly excited Purple Dragon flew toward the crystal throne more than a hundred thousand kilometers away.

Crack, crack!

The scales between the Dragon Emperor’s brows parted, revealing a silver eye with a vertical slit pupil that gleamed like crystal. Both the past and future seemed to be reflected in this eye. After the divine fusion, its ability known as the Gaze of the Void had become even stronger.

Hum!

Within the Dragon Emperor's gaze, the starry world faded away, and all that remained was a broken star that radiated endless purple halos. The power it released twisted the surrounding spacetime.

So this is the real essence of the Dragon Pearl,

the Dragon Emperor thought to itself.

It didn’t peer into the future. Instead, its gaze pierced through layer upon layer of principle barriers that shone like purple crystal walls, until it arrived at the Dragon Pearl’s core. A thin purple mist drifted through its vast interior, carrying overwhelming primordial force. In this pale purple sea of mist, a phantom of a divine dragon a million kilometers long lay in slumber. Its form was so translucent that it looked like it was drawn in just a few faint strokes.

The dragon's body glimmered with purple light. The golden mane on its head flowed along the ridges on its back to its tail. It looked majestic...

And beautiful...

The Dragon Emperor paused for a moment.

Beautiful? Why would I feel that?

Boom!

Suddenly, the divine dragon phantom started trembling in response to the Dragon Emperor’s gaze. However, this wisp of soul remnant was far too weak. It had drained the last of its strength to guide the Purple Dragon, so after a brief tremor, it fell silent again.

After some time, the silver eye between the Dragon Emperor’s brows closed. Examining the Dragon Pearl allowed it to confirm that the primordial beast truly held no hostility toward the Purple Dragon. With the Dragon Emperor’s current strength, even the faintest trace of hostility couldn’t escape the Insightful Eye.

The Dragon Emperor also slowly lowered its left claw. An immense amount of power had already gathered there, ready to strike at any moment. If it had sensed even the slightest problem within the Dragon Pearl, it would have unleashed that strike and shattered it without hesitation.

Sensing that the killing intent had faded from the Dragon Emperor, the Silver Colossal Dragon roared excitedly and gestured toward a point over ten thousand kilometers away.

Ao Tian, can we go in that Heavenly Dragon Pool and take a shower?

The Dragon Emperor deeply growled,

Go ahead. The power inside should raise your strength and may even purify your bloodlines.

However, as the world declined and the primordial beast that served as the source of power fell, this pool no longer held much power. Nevertheless, with permission granted, the Silver Dragon roared in excitement.

Charge, Thorsafi, let’s go shower!

No, don't call it a shower, it's called taking a bath.

The Golden-Blue Colossal Dragon sounded excited as well. The two colossal dragons spread their wings and flew through the starry sky one after another.

With the colossal dragons gone, the Dragon Emperor looked toward the purple light band floating above the crystal planet over eighty thousand kilometers away.

Boom!

With a single step, the Dragon Emperor released a force that shook the starry sky. In an instant, it crossed tens of thousands of kilometers and appeared before the creation origin. It didn't think that traveling to this fallen land would actually allow it to find a strand of primordial origin, and it was even one with the creation attribute. Perhaps this was Heaven’s will.

The Dragon Emperor paused and looked at the origin that could undo its Divine Fusion with Chen Chu. Then it opened its jaws with a terrifying suction force, as if it meant to devour worlds.

Boom!

A ten-thousand-meter-long purple light band, condensed from creation principles, surged into the heavens and shattered into a sky of purple starlight. The Dragon Emperor swallowed it in one gulp.

Whoosh!

An indescribable comfort welled up as boundless creation power coursed through its body. At the same time, brilliant purple halos flared outward, rippling across the void.

Bang, bang, bang!

Its cells, straddled between its flesh and energy, began to vibrate violently. Deep within their nuclei, the runes that formed its genetic sequence chains shattered one after another. Color drained from its body as it shrank in plain sight. Even the nine-colored radiance that had once filled spacetime thinned into drifting specks of light before fading away.

The Divine Fusion had lifted Chen Chu straight to the semi-primordial level, granting him unmatched battle power. With it, he had even suppressed the Purgatory Primordial Ancestor, who only moments before had been pressing down on the colossal beast. Such overwhelming strength would be hard for anyone to let go of, Chen Chu included.

However, after a brief hesitation, he still chose to separate from the Dragon Emperor. His sights were set on something greater. Rather than leaping from just the ancient titan level to the semi-primordial level, he intended to use the Divine Fusion to transcend the chasm of eternity.

For transcendent beings, the higher the level, the greater the difficulty. Similarly, the higher they climbed, the slower their progress became. Once a transcendent being reached the true spirit level, even a short seclusion could last centuries, sometimes millennia, and their cultivation would advance at an agonizing crawl.

The Purgatory Ancestor was a clear example. It had slumbered for thousands of years, and only by sheer chance did it break through from the late stage to the peak of the true spirit level. The primordial level, which stood above, was naturally an even greater challenge.

The moment the Dragon Emperor stepped out of the semi-primordial level, it lifted its gaze to the stars that filled the endless sky. Its heavenly-tier bloodline stirred, and a stream of clear insight surfaced within its mind, revealing the path that lay beyond.

The primordial level was nothing more than a gateway out of the mythical world. However, from the primordial level to eternity stretched a distance so vast that countless beings remained trapped on that path. They struggled for ages, unable to take even a step closer to eternity.

Even the three suns that illuminated the mythical world remained bound on that path. They stood at the very peak of the primordial level and wielded power beyond description, yet they still couldn’t break through to higher levels.

This was why Chen Chu was unsatisfied. His final goal was eternity.