Mythical Era: My Evolution into a Celestial Beast-Chapter 843: Eight-Armed Demon God, Time Ability (I)

At the very instant the Destructive Dragon Emperor’s claws tore through thirty meters of thick scales and pierced into its chest, a torrent of boundless life force burst forth from the surrounding muscles, attempting to heal the wound. However, the Dragon Emperor’s soul will forcibly suppressed the instinctive regeneration. Its heart thundered like a war drum as it gathered blood and life essence.

Gradually, a drop of golden-purple blood, several meters in size, slowly condensed. Once fully formed, it crystallized into a pure golden-purple gem, radiating a dazzling, multi-colored brilliance. A terrifying wave of energy rippled outward.

The phantom of a black-and-red colossal beast roared, unleashing an oppressive might so overwhelming that the Single-Horned Kunpeng, the Silver Colossal Dragon, and the Golden-Blue Colossal Dragon all trembled instinctively beneath its divine pressure.

Even the very heavens and earth trembled from the radiance of this essence. Endless black clouds surged forth, veiling the sky. Towering tornadoes descended from the heavens, and violet-blue thunderbolts lit up the world as if the apocalypse had been summoned.

Essence contained the very core of a colossal beast’s being. If absorbed and fused by another beast, it could become a new bloodline, making it incomparably precious. The energy within this single drop of the Dragon Emperor’s essence was equivalent to a peak mythical-level beast, not to mention the heavenly-tier soul power and complete law it contained.

Thus, even the Dragon Emperor’s own aura weakened sharply upon condensing it. It had injured its foundation and would need to devour at least two titans to recover.

As the prismatic drop of blood triggered such phenomenons, the Silver Dragon involuntarily swallowed hard. Ao Tian, the great Saixitia wants a taste.

It wasn’t the only one. The Golden-Blue Dragon appeared tempted, and even the Kunpeng’s eyes glowed with longing. If they could absorb the Dragon Emperor’s essence, the power within could purify their bloodlines, elevating them to a higher stage—perhaps even the legendary emperor level.

Casting a glance at the trio, the Dragon Emperor slightly parted its massive jaws and growled deeply, its voice shaking the heavens. You three? You’re too weak. If you tried to absorb it, you’d explode on the spot. Besides, this drop of essence is something I’ve prepared to trade with Chen Chu. Condensing even one drop is already my current limit. Any more would slow my growth.

The law essence of nine high-level laws, and the soul aura and energy of a heavenly-tier lifeform... No matter how gifted a mythical beast was, even one with two top-level abilities and two high-level laws, it still couldn’t withstand the power.

Trade? Thunder Fiery, is this Chen Chu the human who’s been summoning you away? The Golden-Blue Dragon asked, somewhat curious. Though it had never seen Chen Chu itself, it had heard of him from Saixitia—how humans from that undeveloped world had a powerful civilization, and how this Chen Chu was supposedly a prodigious genius among them.

At level 8, he had even managed to seriously injure a level 9 colossal beast with king-level bloodline. It had also heard that he had known the Dragon Emperor back when it was still weak.

The Dragon Emperor slowly nodded. That's right.

Upon hearing this, the Silver Dragon couldn't help its curiosity. It lowered its beautiful and imposing head with a roar. Ao Tian, what is that human giving you in return for your essence?

Since the others would soon find out anyway, the Dragon Emperor growled, A titan's corpse, in exchange for one drop of my essence and remnants of this ancient titan.

The Silver Dragon’s eyes widened in disbelief and outrage, and it roared, Ao Tian, are you an idiot? Trading just a titan's corpse for a drop of your essence and the essence of an ancient titan? Even the great Saixitia would say you got scammed! That despicable human actually dared to trick Ao Tian? If that human dares to appear before the great Saixitia, I’ll make sure it gets taught a brutal lesson!

Because the Dragon Emperor was frequently summoned away to help that human in battle, the Silver Dragon had developed a deep hostility toward Chen Chu. The Kunpeng nodded in agreement and indignantly squeaked, Yeah, Thunder Fiery, you really got robbed this time.

Just as both beasts began wondering how the usually clever Dragon Emperor could suddenly become so foolish, however, the Golden-Blue Dragon alone sensed that things likely weren’t so simple.

The Dragon Emperor’s mouth curled slightly into a ferocious grin. Of course, it’s not just an ordinary titan's corpse. You’ll see soon enough. Alright, now step back.

As it spoke, three pairs of golden-red feathered horns, branching like antlers from either side of the Dragon Emperor’s head, began to glow. One by one, silver spatial runes lit up along them, radiating intense spatial fluctuations.

Whoosh!

Blazing golden flames erupted, forming a golden ring of fire above its head. In the center, a silver vortex emerged and rapidly expanded. As its strength increased, the Dragon Emperor’s capacity to carry space had also grown. With Chen Chu’s main body anchoring the coordinates, the spatial passage it tore open was now larger and more stable than ever.

Very soon, a silver vortex over a hundred meters in diameter appeared before the beasts. So stable was this passage that one could even see the other side through it. There, atop a ten-thousand-meter peak, stood a black-haired youth, hands clasped behind his back. With a noble bearing, he appeared like a banished immortal descending to the mortal realm, set against a sea of roiling white clouds.

The moment the three beasts laid eyes on that black-haired youth, an indescribable aura of terror surged through the passage, spreading across the air and causing their expressions to shift dramatically.

Boom!

The ground beneath the Silver and Golden-Blue Dragons’ claws shattered and sank more than ten meters. Wel-like cracks spread for several kilometers, sending up clouds of dust and debris. The Kunpeng, meanwhile, fell from its position in the lower sky with a deafening crash, striking the earth as though a subterranean dragon had turned in its sleep.

The Silver Dragon, suppressed by the formless pressure, stared with eyes wide in disbelief toward the opposite end of the passage and roared, How is this possible? That human... that human was only level 8 just a few day-cycles ago!

Back when the Dragon Emperor and Chen Chu met in the sea, his cultivation had only just broken through to the Eighth Heavenly Realm. Though his combat strength was impressive, the Silver Dragon had never taken him seriously.

After all, it was a descendant of a mythical beast, born with two high-level laws. Its bloodline had reached the king level, one of the highest among mythical beasts. Whether in strength or growth rate, it stood high above billions of other lifeforms.

Now, however, the aura that human radiated had clearly reached the late stage of the mythical level. The threat the Silver Dragon felt was overwhelming, even from across the spatial passage. It had the illusion that a single blow from him could destroy it completely. How can that be? I am the mighty Saixitia, ruler of the Dragon Palace!

As the Silver Dragon trembled in shock, Chen Chu, standing calmly on the other side of the silver passage, merely smiled faintly. With a wave of his hand, fragments of the Silver Time Butterfly's corpse appeared in front of him.

During the chaotic battle in the temporal turbulence, Chen Chu had sealed its abilities and cut the two-thousand-meter-long Time Butterfly into hundreds of pieces with his halberd. The largest remaining fragment was less than a hundred meters long.

Boom!

As soon as one large remnant entered the passage, the spatial tunnel trembled violently. Though these silver-patterned, fine-scaled remains had been dead for some time, as the corpse of a titan, they still contained rich energy and the oppressive might of such a beast.

Soon, hundreds of fragments of the Time Butterfly passed through the silver vortex, floating into the other side. Gazing at the drifting remains and sensing the aura of a middle-stage titan, as well as the entangled temporal force on them, the Silver Dragon and Golden-Blue Dragon both looked utterly stunned.

That late-stage mythical human had actually slain a middle-stage titan with a time ability!?

At that moment, both Chen Chu and the Dragon Emperor grew solemn.

Boom!

As the golden-purple drop of essence entered the passage, an even stronger shock erupted. Waves of dazzling silver light rippled from the passage. The Dragon Emperor’s feathery horns trembled from the powerful backlash, and the innate spatial runes upon them glowed brightly with silver radiance. In almost an instant, the drop of golden-purple essence, brimming with terrifying power, crossed the passage and appeared before Chen Chu.

However, it wasn’t over yet. The Dragon Emperor turned around, extended its claws, and grabbed three sections of purple crystal-like material, each several hundred meters long, and shoved them directly into the passage.

The silver vortex trembled even more violently. The moment the three remnants of the ancient titan crossed through, the spatial passage collapsed and exploded.

Boom!

A massive backlash surged through space. Chen Chu’s body sank slightly, and the fabric of his right sleeve was blown apart, revealing a forearm wrapped in golden-red runes and riddled with dozens of fine cracks.

"Tch. That backlash was intense," he muttered as he glanced at his arm, which had already recovered in the blink of an eye. His gaze then fell upon the floating essence and ancient remains.

Bang!

Behind him, space ruptured, forming a thousand-meter-long rift that led straight into the planar world. A powerful suction surged forth, enveloping the three titan remnants. From the hundreds-of-meters-long purple crystal remains came the roars and radiant halos of beasts; these were remnants of principle auras left behind by ancient titans.

Even after death, beasts who once controlled principles still carried divine might. Instinctively sensing they were about to be devoured and refined by the planar world, they tried to resist, clawing at the edge of the rift.

Chen Chu watched coldly. "I was able to slay you in life. Do you really think your mere bones can resist me now?" he said flatly, reaching out his right hand.

Bang!

As he clenched his fingers, an overwhelming force shattered a thousand meters of empty space. The three entangled wisps of principle aura were crushed and exploded into nothingness. Within the planar world, the three glowing purple "mountains" tumbled down into the cracked void. The world then began to tremble, rapidly expanding by over two thousand kilometers in a single breath.

The golden sun hanging high in the sky radiated brilliantly, as thunder echoed across the heavens. Black gales howled, while rocks and soil formed spontaneously along the distant edge of the land. As the planar world rapidly expanded, Chen Chu stared at the drop of golden-purple essence suspended before him, several meters in diameter. He opened his mouth and devoured it like a black hole.

Boom!

The moment the essence was swallowed, an immensely violent force exploded within Chen Chu’s body, releasing an endless stream of golden-purple radiance. At the same time, a roar powerful enough to shatter the soul of a mythical king erupted, stirring a resonant hum through heaven and earth.

Yet, because Chen Chu and the Dragon Emperor’s soul essences were essentially one, and his physical body was immensely strong—coupled with the same bloodline strength already within him—this fusion met no resistance whatsoever.

With the infusion of that heavenly-tier soul’s aura, Chen Chu’s soul space quaked, manifesting a divine soul clad in black imperial robes and imperial crown. From the void, a strand of azure energy emerged and merged with the imperial crown atop Chen Chu’s head.

At the same time, his muscles, bones, cells, and even genes began to undergo a radical transformation under the golden-purple blood light, evolving toward a higher stage of life. Beyond his body, the diffused golden-purple light gathered into a sphere ten meters in diameter. Within a thousand-kilometer radius, the energy of heaven and earth surged madly, rushing toward him in torrents.

The boundless transcendent energy of heaven and earth condensed into a massive white vortex several kilometers wide, which Chen Chu continuously devoured. Even as he fused with the Dragon Emperor’s essence, Chen Chu—an Innate Demon God—did not evolve into a dragon, but instead used the power of the heavenly-tier essence to progress toward another perfect form.

As his body completed its evolutionary refinement, seven runes within him—Dark Star, Great Sun, Azure Dragon, Mystic Light, Purple Lightning, Starcrusher, and Divine Gate—suddenly exploded, dissolving into countless profound rune chains that merged into his being.

These so-called divine abilities were the integration of one’s self with a power comparable to a law—similar to abilities, yet fundamentally different. Having previously fused with Hidden Divinity and its rune, Chen Chu had already developed the foundation for this process. Now, with the transformation brought by this essence, he aimed to fuse all seven runes in one stroke, forging the foundation of the True Eight-Armed Demon God Form that would form the Divine Battle Scripture.

Later, when these would be entwined with six laws and fused into his body, it would mark Chen Chu’s breakthrough into the heavenly king level, and the beginning of his journey toward becoming a supreme powerhouse.

If he could reforge his True Demon God Form and reach the heavenly king level before arriving at the Heavenly Feathered Battlefield, he would become a force so mighty it would instill fear in all foes, even in demon gods themselves.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

As Chen Chu fused the seven major runes, terrifying phenomena began to manifest. Behind him, a dark celestial body with a diameter of hundreds of meters, resembling a blackened sun emerged, its surface engulfed in white flames. At its core was a massive golden gate, coiled with nine black-and-red dragon phantoms that sealed some ancient and dreadful force within themselves.

Elsewhere, bolts of purple lightning erupted from nowhere, crackling with destructive force and deafening sound. High above in the sky, strands of colored divine light descended like glazed rays from the heavens...

The sheer might of the scene instantly drew the attention of countless colossal beasts lurking in the nearby forest. Yet, upon sensing that overwhelming draconic pressure, every beast within a thousand-kilometer radius—whether level 5 mutated beasts or even level 8 and 9 colossal beasts—collapsed trembling to the ground not daring to move.

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