Chapter 786: Higher-Dimensional Lifeform, Eternal Sapling (I)

As it gazed at the massive shell, within which a swirling white cluster of galactic lights slowly turned, the Destructive Dragon Emperor immediately gave up on the idea of devouring the creature.

The Ancient Divine Clam’s flesh and blood had long since evolved into another form of power, becoming inedible. In essence, it now stood at the ancient titan level, and had keenly sensed the Dragon Emperor’s killing intent.

The Divine Clam had revealed this seemingly-empty inner world precisely to dissuade the Dragon Emperor from attacking, by showing that killing it would bring no tangible benefit.

Though it was said that the Divine Clam lacked offensive power, that only applied in comparison to the Longjia King. If truly enraged, the explosive tides of energy it could unleash would be enough to shake the micro-world.

No mythical creature could come near it. Moreover, its defense was formidable. The shell, tempered by the power of principles, was utterly unbreakable. The Dragon Emperor reckoned that even the Longjia King couldn’t shake it.

So, it was best to let it live. A steady stream of resources over hundreds of years was the better option; it would be like adding hundreds of long-term divine pearl harvesting vessels. In addition, the more resources it was fed, the faster it would produce divine pearls.

In the mythical world, not all resources could be refined. Energy-rich ores, exotic woods, rare metals—many of these natural treasures had conflicting attributes or were outright toxic. Even colossal beasts could suffer consequences from ingesting them.

In such situations, these Ancient Clams served as converters, transforming the otherwise useless resources scattered throughout Longjia territory into refined essence.

At the same time, by absorbing these exotic substances, the clams themselves grew more quickly; it was an arrangement of mutual benefit.

As the Dragon Emperor continued devouring titan-level colossal beast flesh, its body grew—or rather, swelled—at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The further it advanced, the greater the peculiarities of its evolution ability became. It utterly violated a common principle: the stronger a being grew, the slower its progress.

Half a day later, the Dragon Emperor had consumed half of the Titanic Flame Whale’s body, which was over 2,000 meters long. Its own body had expanded to more than 2,150 meters.

Its physique grew even more massive and imposing. It estimated that, after devouring two or three more powerful titan-level colossal beasts, it would break through to the middle stage of the titan level.

The Dragon Emperor heard a roar.

Ao Tian, this feeling of strength—it's exhilarating!

The Silver Colossal Dragon had just completed the preliminary refinement of its divine pearl. Its body had expanded by over ten meters, approaching seven hundred. Of course, it wasn’t like the Dragon Emperor—it couldn’t absorb energy with a hundred percent efficiency.

Both the Silver and Golden-Blue Colossal Dragons were expected to take ten days to half a month to fully absorb the law-level energy contained within their pearls.

After sensing the changes within, the Silver Dragon eagerly growled,

Ao Tian, the great Saixitia is going to wipe out that Black Abyssal Race once and for all!

The Dragon Emperor nodded, a smear of dark-red bloodied flesh still dripping from the corner of its mouth.

Go on. By the time you return, I should be done eating. Then I’ll carry this world back

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Naturally, the base camp couldn’t be divided across two separate worlds. Hence, the Dragon Emperor intended to carry this micro-world back with it.

With the Red Divine Tree possessing the world tree attribute, it was possible to forcibly fuse two micro-worlds together.

The Longjia King, who had been standing guard, became momentarily stunned when she heard that. "My king, you intend to carry the Ancient Clam world back... all the way to your territory, tens of thousands of kilometers away?"

Though she too could move a micro-world, bearing the weight of an entire world consumed enormous power. At most, she could travel a few thousand kilometers before her strength would be completely drained.

Should they encounter an ambush while in such a state, the consequences would be dire. That was the only reason she hadn’t dragged the clams’ world away already.

The Dragon Emperor let out a deep growl.

It won’t be a problem for me.

The Longjia King nodded.

That made sense,

she thought to herself. The black-and-red colossal beast before her truly possessed terrifying power.

She still hesitated for a moment before saying, "But, my king, I recall a titan-level golden Dapeng resides in the direction you’re heading, some tens of thousands of kilometers out.

"That region is part of the Dapeng’s territory. If you pass through with a world on your back, it might launch an attack."

Before the Dragon Emperor could reply, the Silver Dragon proudly growled,

Alicia, Ao TIan has already taken care of that golden Dapeng.

"The king has already slain it?" the Longjia King murmured in disbelief.

Though she had crossed paths with several titan-level colossal beasts over the years, the most she had ever done was injure a beginning-stage titan.

Once at the titan level, colossal beasts had extraordinarily tenacious vitality and formidable defenses. Unless one’s power was overwhelming, even months of battle couldn’t assure a decisive victory.

Yet the Dragon Emperor, clearly still at the beginning stage, had already slain two middle-stage titan-level beasts. The Longjia King found herself at a loss for words.

High atop a stone platform thousands of meters tall, the Silver Dragon roared at the beasts below, including the Single-Horned Kunpeng.

All beasts, follow the great Saixitia! Let’s paint the land with rivers of blood!

Boom!

With a thunderous roar, the Silver Dragon’s wings unfurled, and it transformed into a streak of silver light that shot toward the entrance of the world passage.

Woo!

Roar!

The Kunpeng, Qiongqi, and others let out thunderous cries, soaring skyward in pursuit of the Silver Dragon, who took the lead with elegance and might. The Golden-Blue Dragon unfurled its wings with equal grace.

A black orca, its body surging with aura and on the verge of breaking through to level 9, let out excited chirps and followed closely behind, accompanied by the thrilled little orca.

King Saixitia is invincible!

Watching the two magnificent colossal dragons vanish into the distance, the Dragon Emperor shook its enormous head, a strange look surfacing in its cold golden vertical pupils as it thought,

Damn beautiful things... Am I entering the mating season?

Male six-horned salamanders matured at eleven months, females at thirteen. By that standard, it wasn’t unreasonable for the Dragon Emperor to be entering its own mating season now.

Isn't unreasonable my ass.

It was a titan-level colossal beast of world-ending destruction. After evolving repeatedly, its bloodline and life stage had long since surpassed that of a mere six-horned salamander—it no longer had anything in common with them.

Boom!

The ocean exploded as more than ten colossal beasts, each several hundred to over a thousand meters long, surged skyward, their mighty roars shaking heaven and earth.

Leading them through the skies was the Silver Dragon, wings spanning over a thousand meters, followed closely by the Golden-Blue Dragon, the 1,400-meter-long Qiongqi, Zhulong, and the Kunpeng.

Meanwhile, the turbulent sea below split as the Deep Sea Dragon Turtle, Ghidorah the Nine-Headed Serpent, the Blue Giant Crab, and the orca couple tore through tsunami waves with ease.

Deep below them, hidden in the dark waters, the female orca swam silently, blending perfectly into the abyss.

Behind them came the thousand-meter-long Kerla, and towering over eight hundred meters tall, the golden six-armed Longjia King brought up the rear, lending power to the formation.

The Silver Dragon let out a roar of excitement.

At last, the Dragon Palace was beginning to feel like a true empire. It now boasted two titan-level overlords, seven mythical-level powerhouses, hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers, and over a thousand colossal beasts.

The Silver Dragon turned to the Golden-Blue Dragon flying beside it and proudly roared,

Thorsafi, isn’t the great Saixitia amazing? Under my leadership, the Dragon Palace will one day reign over the vast world!

The Golden-Blue Dragon growled in exasperation,

Don’t wag your tail at me. It's more because you got lucky.

This idiot had once said it was running away from home, and was going to head to the border of its family’s territory to explore an undeveloped world across a passage. Thorsafi had worried for quite some time, and even gave up quite a few valuable items along the way for the Silver Dragon to “discover.”

Unfortunately, Saixitia was too dense—it actually believed those treasures were just lucky finds.

Still, with the life-saving talismans gifted by its mother, going to an undeveloped world that only ever saw level 9 colossal beasts had never truly been dangerous.

What no one expected was just how lucky it would be. The moment it entered that world, it encountered a terrifying mutated beast that had gathered all of the world’s fate and possessed an outrageous innate ability.

Despite being only a peak-level 7 beast at the time, the Dragon Emperor had fought Saixitia and somehow convinced the fool to join forces, and together, they founded the Dragon Palace.

Had it been Thorsafi back then, it probably wouldn’t have teamed up with such a creature.

At the time, the Silver Dragon was at the beginning stage of level 8, a descendant of mythical beasts, and wielding a top-level ability. Yet it still wasn’t a match for a mere level 7 Thunder Fiery Colossal Beast.

That alone spoke volumes about the opponent’s terrifying power and talent. Yet this fool actually believed it when the Dragon Emperor said they were equals.

Still, sometimes fools had fortune. Thanks to its innocence, it had been accepted by the Dragon Emperor and other beasts like the Single-Horned Kunpeng. Otherwise, it would've been eaten alive long ago.

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While the Dragon Emperor continued devouring titan-level colossal beast flesh to grow, and the Silver Dragon and the others went off to annihilate an alien race...

Back on the Blue Planet, in the World of Water and Fire, the destroyed Dragon Palace now laid in even greater ruin. Even the vast lava sea that once consumed half of the island had cooled into black volcanic rock.

Only at the heart of the collapsed volcano did a flicker of flame remain. Within a few hundred meters, dark red lava still rolled and churned.

Boom!

The lava exploded. Two enormous orcas shot skyward, and the temperature of the world around them surged dramatically, casting a red glow across the gloomy sky.

They were each over 110 meters long, and their crystal-red bodies gleamed like molten gems. They surfaced and sank amid the blazing sea of fire, exuding a scorching late-stage level 8 aura as they squeaked to each other.

Hu Er, we’ve been reborn!

That’s right, and we’ve become stronger than ever.

The two flaming orcas circled with excitement in the sky, reveling in their new bodies.

When their true forms had been destroyed, their flame abilities had allowed them to dive deep into the volcano. There, they had absorbed the Dragon Emperor’s life aura—a byproduct of its breakthrough to the pseudo-heavenly tier—and undergone a complete rebirth.

After this period of transformation, not only had they become true fire-elemental lifeforms, but their levels had risen to the late stage of level 8, powered by the energy of the entire volcano.

If they could fully refine the fire energy stored within them, they’d soon reach the peak of level 8, or even break through to level 9.

After all, this was no ordinary energy—it came from a pseudo-heavenly-tier lifeform that surpassed king- and even emperor-level beings. Even the smallest trace of such energy carried massive effects on life stages.

That was also why the Little Purple Dragon loved perching on the Dragon Emperor’s head. Every time the Dragon Emperor broke through, it released massive amounts of life aura that subtly elevated life stages and accelerated growth.

The sea bubbled in the distance. A colossal sea turtle, over eighty meters long, crawled up and let out an excited cry.

Congratulations, Great General, Second General!

When it saw the sea turtle, Hu Yi’s fins whipped up a storm of fire as it squeaked,

Big Head! Let’s go find Mom and the others. When the time comes, we’ll destroy that monster and avenge our brothers!

Yes! We must take revenge!

The sea turtle nodded fiercely, a savage glint in its eyes.

Let’s go! To the mythical world—to find Mom and the others!

With their calls echoing through the air, Hu Yi and Hu Er retracted the flames erupting from their bodies. In the next instant, they dove into the sea like torpedoes, plunging deep beneath the waves.

That monster had been far too strong, especially the dreadful aura that made them instinctively despair. It was hundreds, even thousands of times more terrifying than any mythical-level colossal beast.

There was no way they could take it on alone. Even their father would likely be overwhelmed and devoured. So if they wanted revenge, they had to go find their uncle.

That creature dared destroy the Dragon Palace—Uncle would never let it go.

Boom!

The sea burst open as two flame-engulfed, crystal-red orcas shot into the sky. In an instant, they were detected by orbiting satellites.

"What the hell? Am I seeing this right? Those two flying orcas are on fire!"