Chapter 1098: Primordial Heavenly Dao, Chaotic Continent (I)

In the void where thin, turbid currents drifted, a black-and-red colossal beast 350,000

meters long flew onward. It had already reached the middle stage of the true spirit level, and its aura had grown even more terrifying.

Its speed was so great that its figure almost blurred into flickering streaks of phantom light, each flash spanning hundreds of thousands of kilometers. Even so, when it looked into the distance at three dim purple stars, the Dragon Emperor of the End estimated the distance to still be several dozen light years. Even relying on folded-space flight, it would take two months to arrive. By then, those three primordial colossal beasts would have likely already left.

The Dragon Emperor’s eyes gleamed in thought.

The chaotic void must have shortcuts for traveling. Otherwise, even primordial beasts would waste countless time on the road.

Hum!

Deep in its golden vertical pupils, a pair of complex black runes, shaped like asterisks, gradually emerged.

Boom!

As its heavenly-tier bloodline power stirred, its eyes shone with dazzling light. Its vision expanded, tearing through space and time to draw the vast void into its gaze. A different image surfaced, within which the chaotic void resembled a tempestuous ocean of fractured time, littered with countless spatial fragments.

Scattered throughout that ocean were innumerable colored specks. Some stretched for hundreds of millions, even billions of kilometers, broader than worlds, each a forbidden zone brimming with peril. Between these forbidden zones, however, floated silvery nodes of varying sizes, each one a whirlpool of warped spacetime. The largest stretched more than ten thousand kilometers wide, and strands of faint transparent light radiated outward, resonating with another whirlpool at the far horizon.

The Dragon Emperor’s eyes brightened when it beheld that massive spacetime vortex.

As expected, the chaotic void holds large passageways that allow leaps across immense distances.

Boom!

The Dragon Emperor vanished in an instant, leaving behind a violent black hole tens of thousands of kilometers wide. Though it had located the passage, the distance was still vast. Even with its speed, it would take two days to reach.

***

While the Dragon Emperor rushed forward, the black battleship bound for the human divine region had already crossed half the journey. Those who had been in seclusion, including the Golden-Winged Divine King Tolstoy and the Faerie King Xuntian, appeared on deck.

They gazed up at the dense layers of golden-white clouds blanketing the heavens, a faint, oppressive might pervading the air. Shock registered across their faces. "This aura... Someone is breaking through to the ancient god level! Who?"

The question left their lips, but at once the same figure rose in their minds: that black-haired young man. Within their ranks, aside from the Faerie King Xuntian, only he had reached the peak of the ancient titan level. With his cultivation speed, the identity of the one undergoing this breakthrough to the true spirit level was beyond doubt.

"Faerie Emperor," murmured the Faerie King Xuntian, a look of yearning on its face.

Meanwhile, in the region where transcendent individuals were stationed, Xia Youhui grinned as he pointed at the clouds above, which faintly shaped themselves into a sky of golden-white radiance. "Class Monitor, I’ve got a hunch. That phenomenon up there must be Ah Chu’s doing. This is just the kind of thing he excels at. He always warms up a little before showing off."

Far down the steps, Lin Xue stood with red hair draped over her shoulders, sword in hand, having just finished cultivating. She cast a cool glance at Xia Youhui. "This isn’t showing off. It’s the laws of heaven and earth resonating with his breakthrough. But the grandeur of it does suit his style."

Though parts of their memories had been altered by the true emperor’s power, the fact remained: Chen Chu’s cultivation was high, his talent monstrous, and within this expedition’s core ranks, his position was unshaken. Because their levels were too low, however, they didn’t realize Chen Chu was breaking through to the true spirit level, and so they were not as shocked.

***

A silver vortex over ten thousand kilometers wide rotated slowly in the chaotic void, rippling with invisible waves of space-time that churned through a million kilometers like a brilliant galaxy.

A roar that shook heaven and earth resounded across the void. Void streams scattered as a black-and-red colossal beast unfurled its wings, spanning more than six hundred thousand meters.

After two days of flight, the Dragon Emperor had finally arrived. Without hesitation, it lunged into the space-time vortex. The instant it neared within tens of thousands of kilometers, a fearsome gravitational pull of twisted time appeared, strong enough to shred an ordinary true-spirit-level colossal beast. Such power, however, instantly collapsed within the formless force field surrounding the Dragon Emperor.

Boom!

As it plunged into the passage, the space-time channel shook, warped, swelled, and at last collapsed with a thunderous crash, unable to bear its weight. At the same time, light flared at another point dozens of light years away, bursting like a radiant firework.

Roar!

The collapse of space birthed a destructive storm spanning millions of kilometers. Out from that maelstrom, clad in blazing black and red light, the Dragon Emperor roared its dominance.

The explosive waves of power, nearing the primordial level, startled the Little Purple Dragon, which had broken through to the late stage of the titan level. It yawned and blinked in confusion.

What’s wrong, Big Brother?

Nothing. When I passed through a space-time passage just now, it collapsed,

the Dragon Emperor growled softly as it glanced back at the raging void. It then turned its gaze ahead, toward three purple stars that gleamed in the distance.

They were already close to the Divine Void Dragon horde. The Dragon Emperor could faintly sense the presence of several primordial-level auras, mingled with solemn and ferocious roars.

A primordial-level battle was raging there. At once, the Dragon Emperor bellowed deeply,

Xiao Yi, let’s go.

***

Stretching across the void, a continent billions of kilometers wide loomed. Mountain ranges wound endlessly, lush greenery glowed vividly, and the environment was saturated with transcendent energy a hundred times richer than that of the mythical world.

Yet on this paradise-like landmass, a bloody battle raged.

Roar! Roar! Roar!

Two primordial divine dragons, one nearly two hundred thousand kilometers long, the other more than three hundred thousand, roared mightily. Their massive bodies, forged of golden-purple brilliance, flashed like streams of light, crossing millions of kilometers in an instant.

Opposing them were two monstrous beasts, one over 70,000 kilometers tall, the other more than 120,000 kilometers. Their bodies were covered in black armor resembling the thick shells of insects. Their muscular upper halves looked like Rampage apes, with long clawed arms half the length of their torsos. Their lower halves resembled insects, with bent, slender legs coiled with explosive power. Each leap carried them millions of kilometers in a heartbeat.

Every clash between these primordial colossal beasts unleashed destructive might that shattered everything nearby, shaking the chaotic void. However, this world was unimaginably stable. Even when primordial beasts struck with full force, their blows only scarred craters a hundred thousand kilometers across the land.

At the continent’s heart, hundreds of thousands of true dragons, ranging from several kilometers to tens of thousands in length, roared as they battled countless Nightmare Yu. Their bodies radiated ancient-titan-level and true-spirit-level auras. White and red dragons screamed as they were torn apart, their bodies ripped into pieces that fell to the earth.

Each time a Divine Void Dragon perished, its blood dyeing the ground, a roar burst from deep within the land. Mountains writhed, transformed, and surged into the sky as yellow true dragons tens of thousands of meters long, while lush forests and winding rivers, spanning tens of thousands of kilometers, stirred and boiled, rising into the air as azure and blue true dragons, roaring as they joined the fray.

With the ceaseless arrival of more dragons, the ferocious Nightmare Yu were torn apart. The battlefield stretched across the entire continent, unimaginably savage. Blood reeked through heaven and earth, murderous aura saturating the void.

Above the Chaotic Continent, endless golden-purple light converged, shaping into a Divine Void Dragon more than a million kilometers long. It battled a Nightmare Yu over one hundred thousand kilometers tall, clad in black war armor traced with golden patterns. Around them, layered skies wrapped tight, isolating their clash in another dimension. Though their every strike was apocalyptic, not a shred of power leaked out.

What the Dragon Emperor had seen as faint purple starlight from dozens of light years away was in fact the projection of the Void Dragons’ unleashed might upon the void. The three primordial Nightmare Yu of equal power left no such projections.

While the two races tore into each other, millions of kilometers away from the continent, a black-and-red colossal beast stood tall amid rolling currents, its burning gaze fixed ahead. Feeling the oppressive might radiating from six primordial colossal beasts, the Dragon Emperor’s blood boiled.

However, on its head, the Little Purple Dragon’s eyes grew grave. It hesitantly chirped,

Big Brother, the battle there is too fierce. Let’s not go.

Though stirred by the sight of its kin, fear gnawed at the Purple Dragon. The three primordial Nightmare Yu were terrifying, and the unseen aura emanating from them made its heart race with primal dread, as though facing natural enemies.

The Dragon Emperor knew Little Yi was worried for its safety. It softly rumbled,

Don’t worry. For now, both sides’ top forces seem evenly matched. With my current strength, I am no weaker than an average primordial beast. If I join the battle, I can tip the balance. This is an opportunity.

Its eyes glinted with killing intent. Alone, it could never kill a primordial beast. It could fight them, but if they wished to escape, it wouldn’t be able to stop them.

However, with other primordial beasts fighting alongside, perhaps one could be slain today. If it devoured and refined the carcass, it could directly reach the late stage of the true spirit level. That was why it had rushed here upon sensing the primordial-level battle.

Boom!

The Dragon Emperor took a single heavy step. The void beneath collapsed, rolling currents sweeping tens of thousands of kilometers. Within its body, a force strong enough to shake a Great Thousand World erupted.

Roar!

As Divine Void Dragons and Nightmare Yu looked on in shock, red light exploded beyond the continent, dyeing millions of kilometers blood-red. At the heart of the storm of red lightning, a colossal beast nearly two thousand kilometers long appeared, covered in jagged spikes and horns. Most terrifying of all, the aura it radiated nearly touched the primordial level.

Upon its head gleamed purple light. A Divine Purple Dragon five thousand meters long roared in youthful defiance.

Big Brother, charge! Kill all those hateful black creatures!

Kill!

The Dark-Red Endbringer Dragon Emperor roared, its heavy step crashing down like the descent of an apocalyptic beast. The chaotic void shook violently.

A serpent of blood-red lightning spanned the void, leaping millions of kilometers toward the continent and aiming for the seventy-thousand-kilometer primordial-level Nightmare Yu.

However, as it crossed into the continent’s domain, the Dragon Emperor’s blood-red lightning faltered. Its speed plummeted, weakened dozens of times over. It sensed that the land was enveloped by a power surpassing the primordial level, space itself locked into unshakable solidity.

At that instant, millions of kilometers away, the primordial-level Nightmare Yu clashing with a Void Dragon roared. Immense force erupted from within it as its twin blades slashed in a reverse arc.

Roar!

The Void Dragon, more than a hundred thousand kilometers long, answered with its own bellow. Its golden-purple claw stretched forth, covering the heavens as it met the blades head-on.

Boom!

In that moment, the heavens shook, sun and moon blazing together. The entire world trembled under the full might of two primordial beasts.

The instant when both were blasted back by primordial power, the Nightmare Yu suddenly turned, its legs bending sharply.

Boom!

The void collapsed and the earth crumbled under the force, opening a hollow over a hundred thousand kilometers wide. The Nightmare Yu vanished in an instant, crossing tens of millions of kilometers at indescribable speed to appear above the Dragon Emperor’s head.

Be careful, it’s targeting you!

Only then did the Void Dragon’s roar resound, as it flashed toward the Nightmare Yi in a purple streak, but it was too late. Above the Dragon Emperor’s red-lit crown, the void for hundreds of thousands of kilometers shattered, and two pitch-black sabers appeared.

Those blades—half weapon, half living limb—were wreathed in black chains of principles, forging twin serrated radiances that sliced through space layer by layer. Even time split beneath that strike. All things fell still, leaving only the twin edges that cleaved the world in two.

Facing a full-force strike from a primordial-level beast head-on, the Dragon Emperor finally felt the true weight of a primordial being. It was a power that stood above all principles and could not be resisted.

I can't block it. I will get injured!

The Dragon Emperor trembled all over, not from fear, but from its blood boiling with fierce exhilaration.

It had been so long since it had felt danger. A threat strong enough to injure it, impossible to withstand. How intoxicating.

While it stood rapt before the might of that blade, blood surging, the Purple Dragon on its head had already gone limp against its scales, unable to move. Even the Silver Colossal Dragon sealed in ice on its back awoke, shocked by the sudden descent of such dreadful power.

This was the power of a primordial being. Every motion carried heaven’s majesty beyond principles, overwhelming, invincible, and suppressing all beings beneath the primordial level.