Chapter 1121: Flamewheel Emperor, Chen Chu Emerges from Seclusion (I)

In the chaotic void, a colossal beast stood at the center of the glacier that had been split in two with a single strike. It was like a dragon, yet also not, and its five-hundred-thousand-meter long body was covered in pitch-black scales.

From the gaps between its scales and the mane that trailed across its head and dorsal fins, red radiance, like flowing blood, streamed forth, fierce and violent beyond compare. Yet that was only its outward transformation. Within the Dragon Emperor of the End, inside every muscle, bone, and even the space between cells, countless runes flickered. Representing laws, principles, and innate abilities, they fused together into one, forming within the Dragon Emperor a world of pure destruction.

This breakthrough to the late stage of the true spirit level meant that the principle world of Chaotic End, inseparable from its colossal beast body, had already advanced to perfection. The next step was to continue growing and reach the peak of the true spirit level, to become the source of this principle itself.

Then would come the most crucial step toward the primordial level: the birth of primordial qi within. In the mythical world, countless peak true spirits had been trapped at this threshold, unable to cross it and turn into stars in the outer heavens despite closing themselves in seclusion for tens or hundreds of thousands of years.

However, for the Dragon Emperor, who had already fought the primordial-level Nightmare Yu and touched the source of chaotic destruction, this step could be directly skipped. In other words, as long as it reached the peak of the true spirit level, the Dragon Emperor could undergo its seventh evolution and break through to the primordial level.

It no longer needed to rely on evolution points, which had vanished after its sixth evolution at the true-spirit-level breakthrough. Its evolution ability, too, had transformed with each evolution, becoming stronger and stronger, until now there would be no barrier before the nine layers of the Primordial Heavens. Thus, there was no need to accumulate further evolution points or hoard life energy to shatter the shackles at breakthrough.

After feeling the newfound might coursing through its body, the Dragon Emperor slowly exhaled. Its breath released searing heat that vaporized everything before it.

Ao Tian, you’ve finished your breakthrough!

Beside its massive draconic head, the Silver Colossal Dragon, cloaked in a faint black radiance, roared with excitement, pointing toward the broken half of the glacier.

Ao Tian, over there! The great Saixitia senses something good in that direction.

The Dragon Emperor’s enormous, fearsome head dipped slightly as it rumbled in a low growl.

You stay close, do not run around. We shall go take a look.

Within its perception, a dim energy fluctuation did indeed stir faintly in that direction. Yet it had no "treasure-seeking talent," so its sense was far less keen than the Silver Dragon’s, which could feel treasures from billions of kilometers away.

Boom!

The Dragon Emperor unfurled its immense black-and-red wings, spanning over a million meters. With world-rending momentum, it plunged into the glacier. Chaos shook, and the glacier roared. Countless mountain-sized crystals shattered, while frigid blue mists surged up like tidal waves, roaring outward in all directions.

At the side of its tens-of-thousands-meter-long dragon head, the Silver Dragon, six thousand meters long, spiraled with joy, unleashing resonant dragon cries.

Ao Tian, charge! The great Saixitia is invincible! Ao Tian, I can feel it. Somewhere in the vast world, Thorsafi must be raising its head and gazing up at the great Saixitia.

Watching the delighted, excited Silver Dragon, the Dragon Emperor shook its head slightly, ignoring it.

As for the Silver Dragon’s feeling...

***

Within the Chaotic Region of the mythical world, where birds sang and flowers bloomed, the Golden-Blue Colossal Dragon, over four thousand meters long, lifted its gaze to the heavens from where it stood on a crystal mountain range, which stretched for thousands of kilometers.

There, a red star was slowly dimming. When the Dragon Emperor had entered its dark red form, its power had reached the level of a primordial star. The energy it emitted twisted time and space, blazing with the brilliance of a sun.

Though separated by the vast world, though parted by immeasurable time and space, the Golden-Blue Dragon’s instincts told it that the red star was the Dragon Emperor.

Only when that red glow faded did the Golden-Blue Dragon let out a low rumble.

Hope that fool Saixitia doesn’t remain as reckless after following into the outer heavens.

It had long been prepared for the fact that it couldn’t keep pace with the Dragon Emperor. Having witnessed firsthand its unbelievable growth speed, the Golden-Blue Dragon knew well.

That beast from the world called the Blue Planet can no longer be described by talent alone. It is a monster that defies the very principles of growth. Yet Saixitia, that fool, has rushed headlong after it into the outer heavens, reckless as always.

This worried the Golden-Blue Dragon.

For a beast whose combat power already rivaled primordial beings, the enemies awaiting in the outer heavens would surely be of the primordial level as well. In such battles, the Silver and Golden-Blue Dragons, still only at the peak of the titan level, would have been nothing but burdens. Even the faintest ripple from such a clash could erase them.

Thus, knowing its limits, the Golden-Blue Dragon never considered following. It feared it would only drag the Dragon Emperor down should they encounter primordial beasts. It hadn’t expected Saixitia to remain as reckless and stubborn as it had been since childhood.

With that thought, the Golden-Blue Dragon shook its head and closed its eyes, sinking once more into slumber.

***

Ao Tian, that thing looks delicious.

In the depths of the glacier, ten million kilometers wide and a million kilometers deep, the blue cold qi that froze everything converged into a vortex spanning hundreds of thousands of kilometers. At the center of this nebula-like vortex grew a towering dark-blue crystalline divine tree, tens of thousands of kilometers high, its crown covering hundreds of thousands of kilometers.

Its roots stretched into the nebula like winding light bands, burrowing deep into the glacier and drawing upon the extreme cold energy within. Among its planet-sized branches, more than a dozen dark-blue fruits, each a thousand kilometers in diameter, hung suspended. They gleamed like blue gemstones, with faint bluish-white liquid, similar to a cold marrow, flowing within. They radiated waves of overwhelming energy, so intense that a blue ring of starlight formed around each fruit, making them appear dazzling and irresistible.

The Dragon Emperor felt a twinge of disappointment.

These fruits of the Nebula Ice Tree are only principle-level. They lack the primordial qi of the ice-cold principle.

However, it made sense. That semi-primordial ice-blue beast had lingered here precisely to guard this place, or rather, to rely on this glacier to condense the primordial qi of the ice-cold principle. If these fruits had reached the world creation level, the beast would have devoured and refined them long ago to force its breakthrough into the primordial level.

The Dragon Emperor growled, its deep voice rumbling through the glacier.

Saixitia, you have just broken through to the ancient titan level. One of these is about your limit. Leave one of these Ice Marrow Fruits for Xiao Yi, and I will eat the rest.

No problem, Ao Tian.

The Silver Dragon nodded excitedly.

Boom!

A black-and-red dragon claw pierced into the void, enclosing two fruits a thousand kilometers wide. Blood-red lightning erupted and crushed the surrounding space, compressing and cleaving it apart. Soon, the two enormous Ice Marrow Fruits were sealed and shrunk into two gemstones only a few hundred meters in diameter, floating before the Silver Dragon.

After setting them aside, the Dragon Emperor roared.

Boom!

The glacier quaked. Countless crystals deep within shattered and exploded as a massive black-and-red dragon head slowly emerged above the nebula and bit down in one sweep. In an instant, the void collapsed, and a black hole appeared.

The Dragon Emperor directly swallowed the remaining eleven Ice Marrow Fruits along with the towering Nebula Ice Tree itself. Although the essence of the tree lay in its fruits, and the trunk and branches were nothing more than million-year old ice formed by the ice-cold principle, consuming it still yielded usable energy.

About an hour later, the glacier burst open at the side. The Dragon Emperor, now fifty-two thousand kilometers in length, roared out. Its wings unfurled as it carried the Silver Dragon in pursuit of the Chaotic Continent.

According to Zijun, they were already close to the Divine Void Dragon’s ancestral land. If those lurking Nightmare Yu beasts still intended to repel the Divine Void Dragons and tear apart the Chaotic Continent, then this was their last chance.

A primordial-level beast... If it could devour one, that could directly push it to the primordial level. At the very least, it could reach the peak of the true spirit level in a single leap. With the addition of two more semi-primordial beasts or a mineral-rich world, it would be enough.