Chapter 1131: Breaking Through to the Primordial Level, the Inheritance of the Ancestral Dragon

As the Dragon Emperor of the End gazed beyond the silver world at the colossal Chaotic Continent dissolving into fragments, the Silver Divine Dragon beyond the heavens spoke once again, this time to the Little Purple Dragon.

Its voice, shaking the heavens, slowly resounded through the silver world.

Little one, before Purple fell, it once left a single drop of essence with me.

Essence?

At those words, the Purple Dragon abruptly straightened up, like a purple crystal rod, showing just how excited it was. No wonder it had felt its mother’s call from within this world.

The Silver Divine Dragon gave a deep rumble.

Do not be so hasty. That drop of essence has only its energy left. Its will, soul power, and bloodline inheritance have all been erased. In the face of that force which nearly touched eternity, every trace of Purple vanished in an instant, including this drop of essence meant as a means of resurrection.

Its tone grew heavy, making clear just how brutal the Eternal War back then had been. Not only had the two eternal colossal beasts perished together, remaining in slumber to this day, but most of their primordial beast followers had also fallen, and those deaths had been complete and final.

𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝐰𝚎𝕓𝐧𝚘𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝕞

The words were like a bucket of cold water poured over the Purple Dragon’s fire of excitement. It made sense, however. Had a true drop of essence remained, then the will within it would have awakened the moment the Ancestral Void Dragon fell, gathering power to revive and be reborn. If that had happened, it wouldn’t have nearly suffocated in its egg. It had even thought it could inherit the Ancestral Dragon’s essence and instantly become a primordial beast.

The Purple Dragon’s voice rang within the Dragon Emperor’s mind, tinged with regret.

Big Brother, the good thing is gone.

Sensing its thoughts, the Dragon Emperor shook its head. One drop of essence to break through to the primordial level? Wishful thinking. If it were that simple, primordial beasts of the Sixth Primordial Heaven would be mass-producing primordial-star-level beasts.

What surprised it more was that this little one showed no sorrow at all. That was the Purple Dragon’s mother—Well, perhaps not so strange. From the moment it had thoughts and awareness, the Purple Dragon had only ever known the Dragon Emperor, which had given it the essence of life. So, to the one-year-old Purple Dragon, the existence of the Ancestral Dragon didn’t carry much weight.

Still, this little one was clever enough not to say such things aloud. Even though the Purple Dragon was a descendant of the Ancestral Dragon, if the Silver Divine Dragon heard them, it could well take offense and refuse to give over the essence. Even if that drop contained only energy, as the blood of a divine dragon at the peak of the Sixth Primordial Heaven, the benefits it held for the Purple Dragon were immense.

This drop of essence has remained in my hands for many years. Now that Purple’s descendant has returned, it is time for it to return to its rightful owner.

A low, majestic rumble shook the heavens and earth, and the entire silver world trembled violently as a colossal dragon claw slowly reached in from the outer heavens.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The world quaked, the sky shattered, and the earth collapsed. Under the invisible might radiating from the claw, a black hole tore open from heaven to earth. Within it floated a drop of golden-purple blood, releasing a hazy radiance.

The instant it emerged, every dragon in the silver world—ordinary true dragons and True Void Dragons alike—felt their bloodline surge with intense desire. Even without its original power, to these true spirit beings, it was still a supreme bloodline treasure. Even the Silver Colossal Dragon on the Dragon Emperor’s shoulder grew restless as it looked at the drop, tens of thousands of meters in diameter, as though countless draconic energies had been condensed into substance.

Go on, little one. This belongs to you.

As that deep rumble shook the world, the Purple Dragon let out a roar, all sense of regret forgotten, and shot into the sky in a streak of purple light.

What seemed distant was distorted by an unseen power, collapsing space itself. In just a few blinks, the Purple Dragon rushed into the black hole and plunged into the drop of blood.

Boom!

The moment it entered, the blood burst into dazzling radiance, erupting with roaring purple flames. From afar, it looked like a violet sun had risen into the heavens.

Roar!

In the sky blazing with purple light, the phantom of a vast Divine Void Dragon appeared. This phantom was clearer and grander than before. It bore seven claws, stretching across the sky like a purple galaxy. At the same time, a pseudo-heavenly-tier pressure spread outward, forcing countless true dragons into trembling submission as their bloodlines ignited. Some True Void Dragons even manifested signs of evolution, their forms shifting toward that of the purple Divine Void Dragon.

Roar! Roar! Roar!

Millions of dragons roared, their cries shaking the heavens. Not far away, the three Divine Void Dragons lying on the ground lifted their heads in excitement, gazing at the phantom of the Divine Purple Dragon in the sky.

The essence has successfully fused. We were not mistaken. It truly is of the Ancestral Dragon’s bloodline, and the only second-generation descendant.

As all dragons roared in exultation, and even the Silver Divine Dragon fixed its gaze on the purple sun, the Silver Colossal Dragon on the Dragon Emperor’s shoulder let out a low growl.

Ao Tian, Xiao Yi isn’t in danger, is it?

...It is fine.

The Dragon Emperor slowly shook its head.

The Silver Colossal Dragon’s eyes flickered with doubt.

But Ao Tian, didn’t you once say that the heavens never drop divine fruits freely, and that every gift has its price marked in secret? These beings gave Xiao Yi so many treasures the moment they met. Do they not have other intentions?

For once, the Silver Colossal Dragon showed caution, wary and unconvinced that these Divine Void Dragons were truly so benevolent.

The Dragon Emperor’s eyes flickered.

There are certainly intentions, but it should do Little Yi no harm.

The aim of these Divine Dragons was none other than to use the Purple Dragon’s identity as a bloodline descendant to bring about the rebirth and revival of the Ancestral Dragon that had fallen in ages past.

That Ancestral Dragon had indeed perished utterly, every trace erased by the supreme power. Even the Purple Dragon, still an egg at the time, had its life force continuously drained. Its weakening hadn’t been due to environment or time, but from injury inflicted by that terrifying power. If it hadn’t encountered the Dragon Emperor, within a few years its life force would have withered away, leaving only a dead egg.

At this thought, the Dragon Emperor began to understand why these Divine Dragons valued the Purple Dragon so highly. It was likely that the little one itself had been left behind as the Ancestral Dragon’s last hope of resurrection.

Leaving behind the reincarnation's inheritance to avoid an inevitable death, huh?

The Dragon Emperor pondered silently.

As the bloodline descendant, once the Purple Dragon broke through to become a primordial beast, the resonance between heaven and earth would trigger a powerful bloodline regression, very likely activating the Ancestral Dragon’s imprint sealed within its bloodline. It would be akin to when Chen Chu succeeded in holding up the heavens, condensing the Heavenly Dao Body, which in turn triggered a regression of power that directly allowed Zhang Xiaolan to become a high-level transcendent, and Chen Hu to break through in strength.

However, when it came, the regression unleashed through the Purple Dragon would be far greater. This was primordial life, already possessing a trace of the special quality of immortality. Even if utterly annihilated, on some future day it would rise again.

Suppressing its sighs and sorting out these thoughts, the Dragon Emperor ceased to dwell on the Purple Dragon’s transformation. It turned instead toward the Chaotic Continent, already half-dissipated. As that vast fragment returned, the mythical world... seemed unchanged. Once again the Dragon Emperor marveled at the mythical world’s boundless immensity.

While the Divine Dragons grew excited, the Dragon Emperor waited silently. In less than two hours, a continent as large as a galaxy had completely dissolved.

Hum!

The heavens trembled faintly. Beyond the silver world, transparent ripples spread outward, drawing back the attention of the Divine Void Dragons.

Zihuang gave a low growl.

King of the Dragon Palace, be alert. The Eternal King is about to bestow its blessing. The eternal qi is supreme, a power not belonging to the Sea of Chaos. Once it appears, it must be absorbed instantly, or else unknown horrors may be drawn to peer upon it.

The Dragon Emperor inclined its head.

Thank you for the warning.

There was no earth-shaking phenomenon, no world-ending tumult. Before the Dragon Emperor’s gaze, four jade-colored light bands, each a thousand meters long and solid as substance, slowly manifested in the void.

At the very moment they appeared, the Dragon Emperor’s blood boiled, its scalp tingled, its skin went numb, and its legs shook.

S-So excited. So excited I could explode.

The Dragon Emperor threw back its head and roared at the sky. Its eyes were bloodshot, filled with the savage fury of slaying everyone in its way. It was the raw venting of emotion from the trembling of life itself.

Whoever dares vie for my eternal qi, I will rip them to shreds.

Boom!

The void beneath its feet erupted, and it surged upward, wrapped in blood-colored murderous aura. It lunged toward the jade light bands beyond the rift in the world. Fortunately, its remaining reason held; it knew only two of those bands belonged to it.

Roar!

The Dragon Emperor spread its claws wide, seizing two azure bands of light. Instantly a terrible recoil surged forth, as though it had grasped entire worlds. The eternal qi, which had seemed calm, now came alive, thrashing like two massive azure pythons and struggling to escape the fate of refinement.

The Dragon Emperor roared, releasing a power from within so immense it crushed the recoil outright. Then it opened its jaws wide, like a great black hole, and stuffed the writhing eternal qi into its maw, biting down and swallowing them whole.

Crack!

The once-stable heavenly-tier genetic sequence chains within its body silently shattered. Brilliant azure light burst from deep within, piercing muscle, bone, and scale. At the same time, an overwhelming surge of life force erupted. It was so vast that even the Silver Divine Dragon couldn’t ignore it.

Boom!

Its aura soared. Its body, suffused with azure radiance, expanded at a shocking pace. Seven hundred and fifty thousand meters, seven hundred and seventy thousand, eight hundred thousand meters. At that instant, blood-red and black lightning erupted from its body in all directions, the supreme aura of destruction mingled with a supreme chaotic aura, leaving every true dragon trembling in dread.

Once more the Dragon Emperor roared to the heavens. It smashed through the world’s barrier in a thunderous crash, tearing open a black void into the mythical world. It was time to return and break through to the primordial level.

This time, though the mythical world had always rejected beings above the primordial level, it didn’t reject the Dragon Emperor. In but a blink, before the gaze of the assembled dragons, it entered the void, leaving the Purple Dragon suspended within the Divine Void Dragons’ territory.

At that same moment, night blanketed the mythical world. Countless beings instinctively looked up, eyes drawn to the azure star blazing across the heavens. Around that star coiled blood-red and black lightning, lending it a strange and fearsome air.

Within the Human Federation’s Solar System, deep within the sun, a golden-white mech towering over six hundred thousand meters suddenly opened its eyes. Its gaze pierced the stellar depths to the falling star above, and in its heart stirred a strange sense of familiarity.