Chapter 1061: Devouring the Stars, a New Era (II)

As the oppressive might that blanketed the starry sky weakened at a startling pace, the two colossal dragons at the Heavenly Dragon Pool and the Little Purple Dragon on the crystal throne all turned their heads sharply.

Seeing that the Destructive Dragon Emperor had already shrunk to eighty thousand kilometers, the Silver Colossal Dragon's eyes flickered with sadness.

Thorsafi, Ao Tian has used up that powerful force inside it.

The Golden-Blue Colossal Dragon shot the Silver Dragon a scornful look, mocking it in silence.

Fool. Saixitia will always be Saixitia. You actually believed Thunder Fiery devoured that human and gained such strength from some so-called special power?

The explanation the Dragon Emperor had offered earlier to placate both the colossal beasts and the others convinced almost no one, aside from a few simple-minded lifeforms. Colossal beasts like the Golden-Blue Dragon certainly didn’t buy it. No reasonable being would believe that any power could push a late-stage ancient-titan colossal beast directly into the semi-primordial level while its combat power surged at the same time.

Still, keeping the truth hidden mattered more to Chen Chu and the Dragon Emperor than anything else. So, when the Dragon Emperor handed them all a graceful excuse, they chose to accept it and pretend otherwise.

The Silver Dragon caught the strange look in the Golden-Blue Dragon’s eyes and immediately sprang up with a roar.

Thorsafi, what is that look? Are you calling the great Saixitia a fool in your head again?

This time, the Golden-Blue Dragon chose not to provoke the Silver Dragon. It responded with a lazy growl instead.

How could that be, Saixitia? You are far too clever. How could you ever be an idiot? Anyway, enough of this. Let’s bathe.

With elegant poise, the Golden-Blue Dragon turned away, unwilling to waste its energy on this fool. It thundered into the Heavenly Dragon Pool, sending up vast sheets of spray.

Damn it, you're lying to me, Thorsafi. You were definitely thinking that just now.

The Silver Dragon roared in frustration and plunged into the pool after the Golden-BlueDragon.

In the next instant, dragon roars shook the stars as the two colossal dragons released a raging bloodline aura. The Heavenly Dragon Pool’s energy had nearly run dry, yet it still carried the power of a primordial colossal beast and still contained traces of creation.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The pool thundered like a raging sea. Its waters surged upward, coiling around the two colossal dragons and spinning into vast whirlpools, as endless marrow-cleansing power[1] poured into their bodies.

At that moment, the Purple Dragon arrived before the shattered Dragon Pearl. Set against the seven-colored Dragon Pearl, a thousand kilometers wide, its own 1,900-meter-long body looked no bigger than a worm. It hovered before the immense pearl in a daze. Tilting its head, it wondered how it could "eat" the Dragon Pearl. As it pondered, the shattered pearl released a faint glow.

Hum!

Spacetime around the seven-colored Dragon Pearl collapsed and shrank until the pearl was only a hundred meters across. At the same time, its bloodline pulsed, and the Purple Dragon opened its jaws on instinct. A purple Dragon Pearl flew out from its mouth.

Silently, the two pearls overlapped like phantom projections.

Boom!

The crystal throne beneath the Purple Dragon, which was shaped like a floating island more than a hundred thousand kilometers tall, shuddered violently. Dense seven-colored principle runes surfaced across it in intricate patterns. Light woven from principles wrapped the floating island, compressing and collapsing it until it became a seven-colored dragon egg ten thousand kilometers across. It pulsed gently, expanding and contracting as if alive.

Suddenly, an unimaginably terrifying aura erupted. The invisible bloodline pressure shook spacetime itself. The instant the dragon egg formed, the starry sky of the forbidden zone lurched and collapsed. Endless space and matter surged toward the temple, drawn into the dragon egg.

After the egg consumed everything, the mist-filled forbidden zone lay empty. Only the towering temple remained alone in the depths of spacetime. Inside, thirty-six colored crystals, each ten thousand kilometers across, floated like stars and illuminated the heavens.

On one of those vast crystal planets stood a black-and-gold colossal beast more than twenty-two thousand meters long. Seated on its head was Chen Chu, with black hair cascading over his shoulders.

With the help of the primordial creation origin, Chen Chu and the Dragon Emperor completed their separation very quickly. Both figures shone with purple radiance as thick creation energy welled from within them.

This primordial creation origin was like vital blood essence. It carried the life quintessence of a primordial colossal beast. The origin they just used had power equal to only one percent of a primordial beast, and it was already vast and overwhelming.

After condensing Chen Chu’s true form and repairing the damage to the Dragon Emperor caused by the split, only about one-tenth of the primordial creation energy remained.

Chen Chu looked at the two colossal dragons evolving in slumber within the Heavenly Dragon Pool, then shifted his gaze to the seven-colored dragon egg. After thinking for a moment, he slowly closed his eyes. At the same time, purple radiance rippled from the Dragon Emperor and surged toward him like a mighty flood.

This man and beast had once been one, so when a portion of the Dragon Emperor’s creation energy poured into Chen Chu, there was no resistance. The power flowed like a river rushing back to the sea. As the origin merged with him, Chen Chu’s awareness entered a state of sudden enlightenment. Insights from his divine transformation surfaced within his mind.

Boom!

A powerful aura erupted from Chen Chu. Golden-white lightning crackled as he swelled, transforming into a fifty-thousand-meter-tall demon god with three faces and ten arms.

Seated cross-legged, he wore a black imperial robe and the Imperial Crown of Twenty-Four Heavens. With his right arm reaching behind, he gripped the halberd resting across his back. In his left hand he upheld the Soul Emperor Seal that radiated an ancient aura. Around him, the vast plane of earth, fire, wind, and lightning unfolded.

In that instant, Chen Chu’s presence loomed vast and solemn, like a Heavenly Emperor who had descended from ancient times. His cultivation surged upward, breaking rapidly toward the middle stage of the ancient titan level.

Huff!

The Dragon Emperor slowly exhaled, feeling the creation energy in its other body burn away. Its gaze swept over the crystallized celestial bodies that floated like stars around it.

On this journey into the land where the primordial beast had fallen, the creation origin wasn’t the only prize. These crystallized celestial bodies were equally valuable. They once adorned the primordial beast’s starry temple, serving as thrones for its powerful subordinates. Each was formed entirely from condensed, pure Energy Crystal.

The purity of their energy was nearly a hundred times higher than the top-grade crystals mined by the Federation. A single fist-sized shard from these crystallized celestial bodies could rapidly restore a mythical level being's divine law power or speed up cultivation. If that much could be drawn from just one shard, then the massive crystals spanning ten thousand kilometers each held an ocean of energy. Their grade probably wasn’t the highest quality, but because of the quantity, they would still be an incredible tonic for the Dragon Emperor.

It also intended to consume the temple where the primordial beast had once dwelled. This temple was no ordinary structure; if it could contain a fragment of the cosmos within and had once borne the weight of a primordial beast, then its materials had to be unimaginably rare and durable. Even now, they still carried traces of primordial power.

𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞

For the Dragon Emperor, who could refine any matter and energy, these were treasures beyond comparison. Together they were the equivalent of devouring the flesh and remains of multiple true-spirit-level colossal beasts. If it could devour everything, it would gain enough power to push past the peak of the ancient titan level and into the true spirit level.

Roar!

The black-and-gold colossal beast bellowed.

Boom!

The starry sky shook as endless dark-golden light erupted, condensing into a black hole that slowly devoured the crystallized planet below.

The moment the celestial body vanished, a surging tide of energy exploded inside the Dragon Emperor and swept through its body like a flood. Its muscles bulged, bones lengthened, and its colossal frame expanded. With each breath, its aura grew heavier and more terrifying.

As the Dragon Emperor drew closer to the peak of the ancient titan level, the attribute page revealed that the evolution points needed for its sixth evolution had already climbed toward two million.

1. "Marrow-cleasing" is a concept commonly found in Chinese cultivation novels. It refers to a purifying energy that washes away impurities, reforges the body, and strengthens the foundation for higher cultivation. ☜