Chapter 981: Dark Star World-Ending, Eternal Heavenly God (I)

Anyone who qualified to enter the Ancient Arena was seen as an ultimate prodigy, unmatched among their peers and capable of challenging opponents across major realms. However, once the principles of the Ancient Arena were set into motion, only one person could leave alive.

So, the moment Chen Chu and the golden dragon-man declared their names, they struck without hesitation.

Boom!

Endless golden light burst forth from the dragon-man. Within the blinding brilliance, its body expanded until it stood ten thousand meters tall, revealing its true heavenly god form: a humanoid figure with a dragon’s head and four powerful arms.

In its true form, the dragon-man’s entire suit of armor turned golden-purple, covered with profound principle inscriptions. These inscriptions formed nine solid halos around it, each radiating an aura of immense weight and unshakable durability.

𝗳𝚛𝚎𝚎𝘄𝕖𝕓𝕟𝕠𝚟𝚎𝕝.𝗰𝕠𝐦

In one of its hands, it held a spear over twenty thousand meters long, its surface coiled with purple dragon patterns. The spear tip gleamed with an invisible sharpness and released an overwhelming pressure on par with the Skybreaking Mace.

This was a complete, ancient-grade divine weapon.

At the same time, one of the arms behind it held a massive golden divine seal, several hundred meters in diameter. Brilliant light flickered across its surface, forming the phantom of a towering divine mountain.

With its true form revealed, Nashigas radiated an overwhelming power. Blinding golden divine light erupted from its body, lighting up half of the Ancient Arena.

Bathed in that scorching and tyrannical golden light, the laws of heaven and earth, along with the surrounding space, were all dyed gold. The light formed a principle domain completely under Nashigas’ control.

Roar!

Behind Nashigas, golden energy gathered and gradually formed the phantom of a three-headed divine dragon, hundreds of thousands of meters long and seemingly forged from pure gold.

The dragon's roar echoed through time and space, and as the sound rang out, Nashigas’ aura surged again, unleashing a pressure that shattered the void and shook the stars.

The same moment Nashigas revealed its true heavenly god form, the area around Chen Chu was swallowed by a dazzling golden-white light. A demon god over ten thousand meters tall descended, with three faces and ten arms, wielding a massive black-and-gold halberd that radiated wild, tyrannical energy.

Boom!

The moment Chen Chu revealed his true form, golden-white light born from the principles of Supreme Strength burst forth. As it swept across the surroundings, the void shattered and space-time rippled and twisted.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The endlessly expanding golden-white wave of light collided with the golden divine region. It was as if two worlds had collided, unleashing a heaven-shaking, earth-shattering roar.

Standing at the center of the golden divine region, Nashigas narrowed its eyes. Its voice thundered across the heavens. "What domineering principle power. It seems the true emperor bloodline you inherited has awakened its ancestral origin.[1] But it doesn’t matter which divine region you come from or which true emperor you descend from. Today, you will be suppressed by the great and eternal Golden Divine Race."

Boom!

High above in the sky, golden light trembled as massive spear phantoms, each stretching over a hundred thousand meters, tore through the heavens and earth. They descended like cascading waterfalls of starlight, crashing down toward Chen Chu.

These golden spear phantoms, as if forged from molten gold, radiated overwhelming power. Wherever their tips passed, space cracked like shattered glass, breaking apart layer by layer and forming golden meteors that ripped through the void.

"Get lost!"

Chen Chu let out a long roar and swung his halberd, infused with the Supreme Strength Principle. The force unleashed a golden-white beam of halberd light that soared from the earth to the heavens.

Compared to when he had just broken through to the heavenly king level and only begun to condense embryonic principles, Chen Chu could now freely wield the full power of Supreme Strength.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

As the halberd light surged upward, stretching over a hundred thousand meters into the sky, the countless golden spear phantoms shattered instantly. Within a thousand-kilometer radius, the void crumbled into chaos, giving rise to a massive vortex of black destruction.

The very moment the halberd light that pierced through heaven and earth shattered the void, the two principle domains trembled, and two golden beams of light burst forth at lightning speed, such that even time seemed to freeze. All that remained was the four-armed dragon-man radiating endless golden light, and the ten-armed demon god wielding a halberd.

The halberd, entwined in golden-white principle power, tore through spacetime and clashed with the golden spear filled with killing intent.

Boom!

An indescribable force erupted, releasing a blinding light. Caught in the storm of raw power, the laws of heaven and earth, along with the fabric of space, instantly collapsed. From afar, it looked as though a rapidly forming black hole had appeared, with dazzling golden light blooming at its center.

At the same time, a massive backlash erupted. Nashigas, gripping its spear, felt its arm tremble and its body sink under the force. The ground beneath its feet shattered across a thousand-kilometer radius.

Boom!

Countless gray rocks blasted skyward around Nashigas, sending clouds of dust billowing across the arena. This was with the Ancient Arena being dozens of times more durable than the outside world and further reinforced by the suppressive power of the golden principle domain. Without these protections, the aftermath of that single clash would have destroyed an area ten thousand kilometers across.

Nashigas’s expression shifted slightly. "What terrifying power!"

However, it still wasn’t enough. At that moment, Chen Chu stood motionless, his muscles bulging. In the blink of an eye, an even more overwhelming and domineering force exploded from within him.

1. This is a phenomenon that is also known as "ancestral regression," where one's lineage reverts to a more primal and powerful ancestral state, likely unlocking latent abilities that were thought to be lost. ☜