Chapter 540: The Thunder Fiery Dragon Emperor Awakens, Innate Gods and Demons (I)

Deep within the forbidden zone, a vast void storm raged more than ten thousand kilometers away, stretching for thousands of kilometers. Black, swirling void storms tore through the sky and earth, scattering countless fragments of space.

In this area, even powerful warriors in the Ninth Heavenly Realm would fall if they were careless enough to be caught by the storm, making it an extremely dangerous place.

As a result, few pioneering teams dared to venture this far. Most of them stuck to exploring the edges and outskirts of the forbidden zone, extending outwards, always prioritizing safety.

After all, their spirits were full of adventure, but they weren’t seeking death.

At this moment, however, within the heart of this terrifying void storm, Chen Chu flew across the shattered earth with ease, his movements like a fish in water. He even passed directly between two intersecting black storms, gliding unharmed.

Occasionally, a black storm swept close, its massive arms brushing against his body, but it would instantly dissipate, sending shockwaves through the surrounding space and causing violent bursts of energy.

Enveloped in yellow, gold, black, and blue barriers formed by his World Force, Chen Chu radiated an aura of invincibility. The four worlds' force barriers compensated for his defensive weaknesses, allowing a cultivator at the early stage of the Eighth Heavenly Realm to defend against these as though he were at the Ninth.

Suddenly, deep in the heart of the storm, Chen Chu's eyes flickered with interest as he gazed into the distance.

With the piercing gaze of his black-and-gold vertical pupils, he saw black energy gathering dozens of kilometers away in the sky. It formed a glowing black orb suspended in the air, surrounded by violent black storms hundreds of meters wide.

What caught his attention, however, was the innate aura emanating from the orb.

"An innate rune containing void energy... But unfortunately, it’s incomplete," Chen Chu muttered with regret.

This was the first special resource he had discovered since entering the mythical world, an innate rune of special power. Even though it was incomplete, it could allow a cultivator to directly break into the Ninth Heavenly Realm.

However, the area was too dangerous. The only way to safely retrieve it would be to summon the Thunder Fiery Dragon Emperor’s projection, using its overwhelming power to disperse the surrounding void storms.

Given the immense scale of the storm, unleashing a mythical-level force here could trigger a chain reaction, potentially catastrophic.

Looking around at the howling void storms, Chen Chu glanced up at a streak of white light flashing high above, before swiftly continuing deeper into the forbidden zone.

Considering the world origin gathering in the depths of the forbidden zone, there was no need to waste time on this incomplete rune. He could come back for it later.

Using the Void Death Pupils to peer into the essence of the world, Chen Chu swiftly passed through the destruction created by the void storms.

Roar!

The earth trembled, and a mythical-level energy fluctuation surged from the distance, accompanied by a roar that seemed to shake the heavens.

Chen Chu’s expression grew serious as the surroundings fell into an eerie silence. Through his Double Pupil of the Void, he saw a slow, twisting vortex in the distance, extending through the fabric of space and disturbing the material world.

At the same time, a peculiar black rune, with a sharpness almost but not quite like a blade, appeared between his brows.

This dormant rune pulsed with energy, sending a clear message: advancing further would be dangerous. Ahead lay a forbidden zone where even mythical creatures could meet their demise.

"It looks like I’ll need to take a detour," Chen Chu muttered. His figure flashed as he veered off in a wide arc, covering thousands of kilometers to bypass the vortex's danger zone.

Following the white streaks of light flashing across the sky, he spent the next few days carefully avoiding one danger after another. After killing two colossal beasts at level 9, he finally reached a depth of over fifty thousand kilometers.

In this shattered land, the mountains rose and fell, and on the edge of a cliff towering thousands of meters high, Chen Chu stood, clad in his black and red battle armor.

Around him, the air crackled with a fierce azure wind, imbued with the power to tear apart cultivators at the Eighth Heavenly Realm. The winds slammed into his body with explosive force, creating deafening roars.

Standing firm in the tempest, Chen Chu’s gaze hardened as he looked ahead.

There, the very heavens and earth seemed to fracture, forming a chaotic space, where the laws of nature had broken down. The ground floated weightlessly, and massive "islands" drifted aimlessly.

The streaks of world origin Chen Chu had been pursuing all flew toward the depths of this chaotic region.

Boom!

Suddenly, a massive island several thousand meters high collapsed in the distance, and the space in the area rapidly collapsed as well, forming a black void that devoured everything in its path.

The explosive power of this devastation caused Chen Chu's eyes to twitch. "It’s going to get dangerous from here on out."

At this point, there was no turning back for him. He kept a sharp watch on all sides with his Void Death Pupils, following the white flashes of light overhead as he charged directly into the heart of the chaos.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

In the ever-collapsing death zone, Chen Chu moved like a small boat tossed on a stormy sea.

For a moment, he felt a rush of madness. He had ventured so deep into a forbidden zone, one so perilous that without the Void Death Pupils' ability to see the world’s essence, he would have been dead long ago.

Of course, if he weren’t confident in his ability, he wouldn’t have come this far.

Chen Chu carefully traversed another several thousand kilometers before finally landing lightly on a massive asteroid, towering several hundred meters above the shattered landscape. His gaze fixed on the void ahead.

There, an invisible rift stretched over ten thousand meters wide—a tear in the fabric of the world. Just moments ago, a trace of world origin had disappeared into that rift.

"Finally found it," Chen Chu murmured, a smile spreading across his face.

After delving tens of thousands of kilometers into the forbidden zone and evading countless dangers, the moment for harvest had finally arrived. The rift before him, though vast and imposing, seemed to exert no outward influence. Chen Chu’s intuitive senses also failed to detect any immediate threat.

After only a brief hesitation, he surged forward and plunged directly into the rift.

The scene before Chen Chu shifted instantly. He found himself standing on a desolate landmass suspended deep within the void. The barren ground stretched over an area of only a few dozen kilometers in diameter.

Boom!

The moment Chen Chu landed, a tremendous weight slammed onto him. The unyielding ground beneath his feet cracked and fractured, sending fault lines radiating outward for hundreds of meters.

"So heavy!" Chen Chu muttered, his expression grim.

This realm resembled the core of a planet, suffused with an overwhelming gravitational force that was almost suffocating. The immense pressure could instantly crush an Eighth Heavenly Realm cultivator or flatten an aircraft carrier into a steel plate.

The crushing force pervaded every corner of this space, weighing down on his muscles, bones, organs, and even his cells. Despite his immense strength, Chen Chu could feel the strain.

No wonder this land was so eerily level.

Struggling against the oppressive gravity, Chen Chu lifted his head to peer toward the horizon. There, at the edge of the desolate landscape, he saw a swirling dark yellow light shrouded in a faint glow of profound energy, spanning several hundred meters in diameter.

The aura radiating from the yellow light was intoxicating, exuding an irresistible allure. At its core, traces of world origin converged, numbering over ten.

Meanwhile, faint strands of white light continuously pierced through the void above, descending from the heavens to merge seamlessly into the glowing mass.

"T-This is beyond incredible," Chen Chu whispered, his breathing quickening as excitement filled his face.

Boom!

Chen Chu took a heavy step forward, the ground beneath him trembling and sinking. No air or shockwaves erupted—everything was subdued by the omnipresent gravitational pressure.

Step by painstaking step, Chen Chu crushed the land beneath his feet as he moved toward the luminous energy source. Each advance was a monumental effort; it took him over half an hour to cross a single kilometer. Finally, he halted, his body straining against the growing force.

𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

As he neared the yellow glow, the gravity intensified exponentially. The pressure bearing down on Chen Chu's body now was nearly ten times what it had been when he first entered this realm.

Chen Chu gritted his teeth, his jaw audibly cracking under the strain. "It seems... I can't hold back anymore."

Boom!

An explosion of vitality surged from within Chen Chu, sending an unstoppable torrent of energy radiating outward. The immense force pierced through the oppressive atmosphere, shaking the very fabric of the world.

Crack! Crack!

Activating his War God Body, Chen Chu's form expanded rapidly. In the blink of an eye, he grew to over forty meters tall, manifesting the imposing visage of his True Dragon Battle Body with three faces and six arms.

Behind him, four radiant wheels of light materialized, formed from thunderbolts and fire. Each slowly spinning wheel glowed with a distinct hue—yellow, gold, black, and blue—encapsulating the essence of four worlds.

The faint projection of these four worlds emerged behind Chen Chu. They enveloped him like a primordial deity, exuding an overwhelming aura of creation and destruction.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Around him, thunder roared and flames burned fiercely. The spinning light wheels collided with the immense gravitational force saturating the air, unleashing shockwaves of devastating power.

Under the enhancement of the War God Body, Chen Chu's strength, defense, and overall capabilities surged to unprecedented heights. Against the crushing weight of gravity, he pressed forward with heavy, earth-shattering strides, closing the gap between himself and the glowing golden mass.

As he approached within ten kilometers, however, the gravitational force intensified again, growing tenfold in strength.

Boom!

The massive weight shattered the protective barriers formed by the projections of the four worlds. His body shuddered, and his towering form compressed from forty meters to just thirty.

"

Roar!

Open for me!"

Chen Chu let out a ferocious roar, his voice echoing with the wrath of an ancient war god. At the center of his brow, a blood-red glow ignited and expanded outward to form a Blood Sea Domain, enveloping an area hundreds of meters wide.