Chapter 883: The Frequently Beaten Colossal Dragon, the Awakening of the True Ancient Spirit (II)

As the two dragons chatted, two days passed quickly. The four colossal beasts flew more than three million kilometers through the smooth, obstacle-free darkness of space.

By now, they had drifted far from the edge of the Chaotic Region. No one knew where they had ended up.

Suddenly, an excited roar echoed through the void.

Ao Tian, Thorsafi, come quick! The great Saixitia found something good!

Just behind a field of space-spanning rubble, the Silver Colossal Dragon stared ahead in excitement. There, a transparent river over a hundred kilometers long twisted through the dark void.

The crystal-clear river stretched more than ten kilometers wide, flowing out from one unknown point in space and disappearing into another rift. Powerful fluctuations of light and time distorted the surrounding space.

The three other colossal beasts arrived on a massive meteor and looked toward the area of warped time and space. It was like a visible segment of the river of time itself. The Destructive Dragon Emperor’s eyes flashed with surprise. It hadn’t expected the Silver Dragon to actually find something.

However, while the river of time looked mystical, it didn’t seem particularly useful. In fact, it could be extremely dangerous. If one was accidentally swept into the river, even a mythical-level beast could be thrown into an unknown dimension and be lost forever.

Noticing the Dragon Emperor’s doubtful look, the experienced Golden-Blue Colossal Dragon let out a low growl.

Thunder Fiery, don’t rush. There’s probably something valuable within, but we should be cautious. There could be danger too.

The Dragon Emperor nodded slightly.

Splash!

A crisp sound of water echoed out. From within the clear river, a silver fish about a dozen meters long suddenly appeared, leaping high into the air. Its body twisted repeatedly, as if trying to leap out of time itself.

However, the restraints of time were too powerful. After soaring hundreds of meters into the air, the fish dropped with another splash and vanished back into the river, leaving only scattered droplets.

The moment that silver fish appeared, the Single-Horned Kunpeng let out a thrilled cry. The horn on its head radiated with dazzling light.

Thunder Fiery! Thunder Fiery! That fish is something good. It’s at the law level—no, it feels even stronger, much stronger!

Another slightly larger silver fish leapt high from the river before landing back with a splash. The horn on the Kunpeng’s head glowed even more brilliantly. Clearly, there was more than one of those mysterious fish within the river of time.

The Silver Dragon lifted its head proudly.

Ao Tian, isn’t the great Saixitia amazing?

You really are. Now step back a little. I’ll catch those fish

. The Dragon Emperor gave a low growl as it spread its wings and slowly flew toward the distant river of time.

Seeing this, the other three colossal beasts grew visibly excited and backed away slightly, eager to see what benefits could come from consuming one of those mysterious fish.

Boom!

When the Dragon Emperor approached within a hundred kilometers of that stretch of the river of time, it was as if it had entered a heavy quagmire. From all directions, powerful space-time distortions surged in. On its black-and-red scales, a murky, invisible force spread, forming a chaotic force field that dissolved all power and remained immovable.

As it withstood the time-eroding power that could wear down even a titan, the Dragon Emperor soon reached the sky above the river. Once there, even it became extremely cautious. It flew at an altitude of several thousand meters, avoiding potential disturbances from the river below.

After about half an hour of patient waiting, the river surface ten kilometers away suddenly splashed open. A silver fish about fifteen meters long leapt high into the air.

There it is.

The Dragon Emperor’s eyes lit up.

Boom!

With a ripple of temporal force, the Dragon Emperor instantly appeared more than ten kilometers away. A massive black claw descended from the sky and grabbed the silver fish in one swift motion.

Compared to the hundreds-of-meters-wide five-clawed hand, the fifteen-meter-long fish appeared tiny in its grip, like a person holding a shrimp. However, just as the Dragon Emperor began to retract its claw with the fish in hand—

Boom!

The entire river suddenly trembled. Waves dozens of meters high surged upward, and a heavy force locked onto the Dragon Emperor’s right claw. It felt as though the Dragon Emperor was holding onto a colossal beast thousands of meters long, with overwhelming weight.

The Dragon Emperor let out a thunderous roar. Muscles bulged along its right arm, and it pulled with an explosive force. The surrounding space for thousands of meters shattered like broken glass.

Amid the violent blast, the Dragon Emperor shot skyward, tearing through the darkness with a thunderous boom and crossing over a hundred kilometers in the blink of an eye.

The moment it escaped the area of temporal distortion, the silver fish in its claw began to struggle violently. Its body swelled with a burst of dazzling light, and layers of thick silver scales emerged. A sharp horn grew from its head.

Before the fish could finish its transformation, the Dragon Emperor’s golden vertical pupils grew cold. Without hesitation, it stuffed the now one-hundred-meter-long fish straight into its mouth.

Boom!

As soon as the Dragon Emperor swallowed the fish, an endless tide of violent energy erupted inside its body, forming rings of silver halos that surged across its frame.

Crack! Crack! Crack!

Bathed in the power of time, the Dragon Emperor's body expanded. Muscles bulged, scales stretched, and in just a few moments, it had grown by more than forty meters, as its aura became even more powerful.

At the peak of its four-thousand-meter form, every additional meter required energy dozens of times greater than when it was only two thousand meters long. One could only imagine the staggering energy contained within that silver fish.

Moreover, the Dragon Emperor clearly sensed that after consuming the fish, its bloodline had become more ancient, as though undergoing some kind of ancestral regression.

However, as a heavenly-tier lifeform, the Dragon Emperor was already a "primordial ancestor." It was already at the origin of its current bloodline form, so its outward form didn’t change.

However, this effect would be incredibly precious for the others, especially the Little Purple Dragon sleeping on its head. If its bloodline could regress to its mother’s level, the power of creation within its body would become even stronger.

Whoosh!

The Dragon Emperor exhaled waves of scorching air. Its eyes, rarely emotional, now shone with excitement.

Saixitia, prepare the spatial teleportation. Once I catch the next fish, you all eat it immediately.

No problem, Ao Tian!

From several hundred kilometers away, the Silver Dragon nodded excitedly.

They had all seen the Dragon Emperor's transformation. Not only had its body grown by several dozen meters, but its bloodline aura had also become more ancient.

The Kunpeng flapped its wings in excitement.

Thunder Fiery, Thunder Fiery! I want two. I’m bringing one back for my wife!

The Dragon Emperor nodded.

No problem, as long as there are enough fish.

It had always been generous to the others, as long as it had enough for itself.

It soon returned to hover patiently over the river of time, quietly gazing down at the flowing waters below. Whether it was due to the commotion earlier or because the fish had swum off, it took nearly two hours before another fish appeared in the distance. It was about thirteen meters long.

Boom!

The moment the silver fish leapt from the water, a massive dragon claw wrapped in black lightning descended from the heavens. The lightning was a manifestation of the Law of Destruction, a destructive trait that had evolved after the Dragon Emperor’s strength ability was refined to the level of divine transformation. Even the time power flooding the area was shattered instantly under its force.

Just like before, as the Dragon Emperor grasped the fish and tried to withdraw its claw, the entire river erupted once again.

Boom!

With a burst of physical strength, the Dragon Emperor forcibly tore free from the time-warped area. The silver fish in its grip began to mutate once more.

Bang!

The fish expanded to two hundred meters long, its body already abandoning a fish-like form. Its upper half had become like a golden-silver colossal beast, but the Dragon Emperor bit down before the transformation completed.

With the upper half gone, the aura of the golden-silver beast in the Dragon Emperor’s claw rapidly weakened. Its presence now felt incomplete, and it no longer struggled or expanded.

Hum!

As the Dragon Emperor’s body expanded again, space twisted before it, forming a silver portal. On the other side was the Silver Dragon. It tossed the remaining silver-gold corpse through and returned to hover over the river of time, while the Silver Dragon grabbed the fish and handed it to the Golden-Blue Dragon.

Thorsafi, you eat this one.

The Golden-Blue Dragon was a little surprised.

Saixitia, you’re not eating it?

The Silver Dragon lifted its head proudly.

The great Saixitia is the Great Dragon King of the Dragon Palace. I must ensure fair distribution, so I’ll eat last.

Alright.

The Golden-Blue Dragon nodded and didn’t hold back. To avoid wasting even a trace of flesh, it stuffed the entire golden-silver carcass into its mouth and swallowed it whole.

Boom!

Blood instantly boiled and even began to burn across the Golden-Blue Dragon’s body.

Roar!

It let out a painful cry from the surge of brutal and overwhelming energy. Its wings stretched wide, releasing dazzling multicolored light like a blazing sun, illuminating the void for thousands of kilometers.

Although these silver fish looked small, the energy they contained was immense. Even the Dragon Emperor had grown dozens of meters from just one, a surge comparable to half of an ancient titan. Such overwhelming energy was far beyond what the middle-stage mythical Golden-Blue Dragon could normally endure. Its body should have burst open on the spot.

However, just as it neared collapse, a wave of time power swept through its body, triggering bloodline regression. Not only did its bloodline become slightly more ancient, but its state also reverted to its pre-overloaded condition. Then came another wave of pain and howling.

Thorsafi, that looks so painful.

Watching the Golden-Blue Dragon’s miserable state, the Silver Dragon felt a rare moment of relief. It had wisely let this annoying bully try the "poison" first.

Still... the effect was undeniably powerful. Undergoing bloodline regression, the Golden-Blue Dragon’s form subtly changed. A faint ancient aura clung to its body, so intense that even the Silver Dragon felt slightly uncomfortable.

Oh well. Painful or not, I still have to eat it.

As the Silver Dragon and Kunpeng continued watching Thorsafi scream in agony, another silver fish leapt out from the river half an hour later.

Boom!

The Dragon Emperor’s massive claw shot out, grabbing the fourteen-meter-long fish in a single motion, then promptly blasted through the river’s edge with practiced force.

Bang!

As the third fish glowed with silver light and expanded beyond two hundred meters, growing pure golden scales and thick limbs with four claws, the Dragon Emperor again bit down hard.

Crack! Crack!

Devouring half of the silver fish, a new torrent of energy erupted within the Dragon Emperor’s body. Its size surged to 4,100 meters, and the ancient aura surrounding it intensified.

Big Horn, this one’s yours.

The Silver Dragon opened a spatial passage and caught the golden carcass, tossing it to the now-impatient Kunpeng.

Meanwhile, the Dragon Emperor returned once more to hover over the river of time, preparing to catch another silver fish in a bid to break through to the ancient titan level in one go.

However, deep in the upper reaches of that river, a pair of massive eyes with silver vertical pupils slowly opened.

A dreadful aura surged forth, one that surpassed even the ancient titan level and radiated terrifying temporal power. The invisible pressure alone caused the entire tributary of the river of time to quake violently.