Chapter 806: Great Sun, Ancient Coordinates (I)

When Chen Chu slew the colossal beast, it seemed to trigger a line of fate in the future. A powerful force of temporal and spatial repulsion erupted, forming a massive wave.

Boom!

The surrounding space trembled and twisted from the invisible shock of repulsion. Yet Chen Chu stood firm, his figure as immovable as a mountain, emanating an oppressive aura. The force of rejection wasn’t strong enough to shake him, as he had no intention of leaving just yet.

What surprised him was the discovery that, under the influence of the Dark Star's power, not only had his true form grown heavier and sturdier, it even seemed to contain a trace of unshakable will.

At the same time, silver patterns resembling outstretched wings emerged at the sides of Chen Chu's brow, wildly absorbing the invisible, drifting power of time around him.

The wave carried an astonishing amount of temporal energy. As the power of Temporal Reincarnation circulated within him, another lock of Chen Chu’s black hair at his forehead visibly turned white.

Behind him, the phantom image of a transparent stream reappeared, atop of which a second shadow slowly began to take shape...

While Chen Chu absorbed the power of time, Shi Feirou and the others had already entered the library. Even the teenagers, around fourteen or fifteen years old, followed behind them with excitement.

The library, too, was in complete disarray, with collapsed bookshelves, blackened stains of dried blood and scattered remains everywhere, and thick cobwebs hanging from the walls and ceiling.

"Everyone, stay alert and don't wander too far. First, find the directory and locate where the ancient texts are stored."

Swish! Swish! Swish!

As cultivators, they moved like leopards, swiftly dispersing. Before long, Zhuo Xinyue, the fourteen-year-old girl, called out, "Sister Rou, the catalog is over here!"

Over an hour later, when Chen Chu arrived at the library, Shi Feirou and the others on the third floor had nearly finished organizing everything.

Shi Feirou paused in surprise as she noticed the lock of silver now streaking across Chen Chu’s forehead. “Mr. Chen, your hair...”

Chen Chu smiled lightly. "It’s nothing, just a side effect of a cultivation art. How’s the organization going? Have you sorted everything out?"

"It's all done. We found a total of 123 cultivation arts, but most are incomplete. Only 31 are fully intact, and some of them overlap with those from Tianxuan City. 3 are body enhancement arts, and the rest are ancient arts related to qi and spirit refinement, which are no longer practical for cultivation."

"Not bad. Thank you all for your efforts." After Chen Chu stored the secret manuals, the fighter jet soared into the sky, heading toward the next imperial capital.

It took only a few hours to cross tens of thousands of kilometers. Along the way, the sheer power Chen Chu displayed left youths like Wu Ze utterly stunned and full of admiration.

No matter how strong the mutated beasts were, they crumbled before Chen Chu’s might. Each punch shattered the void, obliterating everything in its path with domineering force.

Unfortunately, the Black Tiger Empire's library had been reduced to ruins, its collection destroyed by a massive fire. The Azure Dragon Empire’s library fared better, allowing them to recover over twenty more unique arts.

After ten thousand years, most of these ancient arts had become fragmented, their lineages severed. Even so, because many of them originated from mythical-level war generals, monarchs, or emperors, their foundational concepts still held considerable value.

"Following the map’s direction, crossing the forest ahead will lead to the Kawa Mountain Range, and deep within it stands the sacred mountain Kawapode." Standing by the window of the rapidly flying jet, Chen Chu looked down indifferently at the vast forest retreating beneath him.

Shi Feirou and her sister, along with Gao Tianxiang and Mr. Jiang, stood nearby, their faces filled with excitement as they gazed at the scene.

Mr. Jiang's voice trembled as he said, "I wonder what it’s like there. I wonder if any of the explorers are still alive."

Gao Tianxiang, a burly man, grimly said, "Hard to say. They've been out of contact for nearly three years. Most likely, something went wrong, and they all perished."

Whether those explorers lived or died mattered little to Shi Feirou. What weighed more heavily on her mind was the fact that Chen Chu would soon be leaving.

She took two steps closer to stand beside him, gazing at his nearly flawless profile, and asked hesitantly, "Mr. Chen, why does the Lost World reject you?"

Chen Chu calmly answered, "Because I don't belong here."

Shi Feirou fell silent for a moment, then finally spoke, unable to hold back. "I know it may be a difficult request, but could you, for the sake of our shared humanity, stay a little longer and help us?"

The power Chen Chu commanded was like that of a legendary god, immense and unparalleled. In him, Shi Feirou saw a hope of ending the apocalypse.

Chen Chu lightly said, "It’s not that I don’t want to help. The more I intervene, the sooner I will be forced to leave. I seem calm, but in truth, a force you can’t perceive is trying to pull me away even now."

Hearing this, both Mr. Jiang and Gao Tianxiang showed visible disappointment. Chen Chu had no reason to deceive them; it was clear he couldn’t stay much longer.

Still, his appearance had given them hope—a glimpse beyond their world. Humanity could indeed grow strong enough to rival gods and demons. If these young ones kept cultivating diligently, perhaps one day they too could reach such heights, and lead humanity to rise once more.

Everyone watched expectantly as the jet tore through the sky. Soon, a mountain range stretching thousands of kilometers appeared on the distant horizon.

Following the ridgeline into the range for more than a thousand kilometers, a towering peak came into view before their eyes. It rose over ten thousand meters high, its midsection shrouded in clouds and mist.

"We're here. Yunxiao, circle the peak and begin scanning," Chen Chu ordered.

The dark-red jet spiraled around the mountain, quickly detecting a green-covered region on the snowy mountainside over six thousand meters high. These plants were neither trees nor grass, but sprawling vines that blanketed half of the mountainside, covering dozens of kilometers.

The vines were a vibrant green, some stretching tens of thousands of meters long, others merely a few hundred meters. They covered everything, their surfaces bristling with spikes and leaves shaped like sharp blades.

As the jet approached within a thousand meters above the mountainside, the vines below stirred and writhed.

Swish!

Several vines, each dozens of meters thick and over ten thousand meters long, shot into the sky like monstrous tentacles, sweeping through the air and stirring violent shockwaves.

The sudden change startled everyone inside. "How is this possible? Even the plants have mutated!"

From the jet’s underside, more than a dozen crystal-energy missiles launched, while the auto-cannons roared, unleashing blazing firelight and deafening explosions across the sky.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Four of the massive green vines twisting upward were violently shaken by the missile bombardment, contorting madly like giant serpents.

Yet even with impacts comparable to intercontinental missile strikes, the vines only showed slight surface damage. The wounds leaked some green liquid, but quickly healed in the blink of an eye.

The auto-cannon rounds, exceeding a hundred millimeters, were completely blocked by the vines’ armor-like, highly elastic skin, leaving only fist-sized dents.

The vines' defense had clearly surpassed level 9.

Meanwhile, data flashed on the large screen, followed by an electronic voice. [Report: Detected transcendent energy fluctuation deep within the vines. Danger level: Medium.]

"I can feel it," Chen Chu said calmly. "Keep circling at high altitude. I’ll go down and take a look myself."

The fact that plants with physiques rivaling the mythical level had appeared in this declination era surprised Chen Chu somewhat. Moreover, he had caught a fleeting glimpse of energy fluctuations resembling runes deep within the vines—it was likely connected to some ancient ruin.

As he spoke, Chen Chu's figure flickered and appeared high above the mountain. He gazed coldly as massive vines swept toward him, stirring fierce gales and rolling shockwaves.

Boom!

The air trembled as a white, ring-shaped shockwave formed. A vine nearly eighty meters thick and over ten thousand meters long whipped toward Chen Chu.

He raised one hand and caught it effortlessly, the tremendous force causing the vine to twist and shudder violently.

Ordinarily, it should have pierced through Chen Chu like a nail through tofu. However, his palm carried an invisible yet overwhelming force—a pure, physical might that interfered with matter itself. In an instant, he seized the vine completely.

Then, he slightly clenched his fingers.

Boom!

The colossal vine was stretched taut, and the sprawling vine network that covered dozens of kilometers shook. The ground beneath them cracked apart and collapsed, ice crystals and shattered rocks erupting into the sky.

The entire mountain even trembled slightly under the force.

Gasp!

Everyone aboard the jet gasped in shock.

Swish! Swish! Swish!

Sensing the overwhelming threat, the vines went into a frenzy. Tens of thousands of them writhed like gigantic serpents, and the longest ones, over a kilometer in length, soared into the sky, blotting out the heavens.

Gazing at the writhing, sky-filling mass of vines, Chen Chu’s eyes turned icy. "Seeking death."

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Rather than retreat, Chen Chu advanced, his body transforming into a streak of black light. He pierced through the heavens and earth at hundreds of times the speed of sound, smashing vine after vine into fragments before plunging into the depths of the valley.

Boom!

𝗳𝚛𝚎𝚎𝘄𝕖𝕓𝕟𝕠𝚟𝚎𝕝.𝗰𝕠𝐦

The moment he landed, the earth quaked and collapsed. For over a dozen kilometers, the ground shattered, with ice, snow, and rock blasting into the air.

Even the incredibly resilient vines trembled from the devastating shockwaves. One after another, they snapped apart under the tyrannical force, leaving behind a crater several kilometers wide.

At the bottom of the pit, the rock layers had collapsed, revealing a warship over two thousand meters long.

The ship had been crafted from a black timber, shaped somewhat like a submarine, with ancient rune-like markings covering its surface.

It radiated a sense of indestructibility, but it had also been split down the middle, and its surface was wrapped in countless green vine roots. Some of them had even invaded the ship’s interior.

Swish! Swish! Swish!

As Chen Chu flew closer, the vine roots entwining the ship began to retract voluntarily, clearly frightened by the immense power he had displayed.

"So it’s already developed consciousness," Chen Chu muttered, his gaze falling on the ship’s bow, where an immense hole had been blasted open by a powerful force.

The gaping hollow was occupied by the vine’s main root, several hundred meters thick. It was translucent green, piercing through the warship and burrowing deep into the earth.

As Chen Chu approached, the remaining half of the vines frantically converged, blocking half of the sky. As they writhed, they seemed like giant pythons, compressing the air until it nearly burst in a vast and overwhelming scene.

Yet such strength was utterly insignificant in Chen Chu's eyes. As he drew closer, the gathering vines instinctively retreated, eventually halting a few hundred meters away from the main root.

Chen Chu coldly said, "I know you can understand me. You have two choices: either submit, or be destroyed. You have ten seconds to decide. One, two..."

Arcs of blue lightning leapt from his hand. Though the laws of heaven and earth in this world were suppressed, after a few days of absorbing power from the chaotic void, Chen Chu’s law origin had begun to recover slightly.

As he mobilized that power, the Divine Thousand-Tribulation Lightning manifested, and a terrifying aura spread out from him.

Boom!

When the power of the thunderbolt law appeared in Chen Chu’s hand, the entire world trembled. Endless dark clouds gathered over the sky, and the color of heaven and earth changed dramatically.

In the next instant, a powerful pressure from the will of heaven and earth descended, suppressing the void and crashing down upon Chen Chu.

However, this pressure was weak, similar to the ancient divine tribulation he had once endured upon breaking through to the king level, and it couldn’t shake him in the slightest.

Meanwhile, the main root trembled violently. The vines flailed madly, and before Chen Chu could even finish speaking, they all slumped to the ground, quivering in submission.

Chen Chu, who hadn’t yet counted to three, paused slightly, a bit surprised that the mutated vine was so quick to recognize the situation.

As it submitted, the jet circling above began its descent, finally landing at the bottom of the crater Chen Chu had created.