Amid a storm of golden-red lightning that engulfed the skies, the dark-red colossal beast completely devoured the ancient Zhu Yan. Now over 25,000 meters in length, it raised its head and roared toward the heavens. The soundwave shattered space, unleashing rings of atmospheric shockwaves that surged in all directions like thunderous gales.

The bloodline pressure embedded in the roar swept across more than 150,000 kilometers, so overwhelming that even the Midgard Serpent, also an ancient-titan-level beast, instinctively lowered its head. Mythical creatures like the Single-Horned Kunpeng and Qiongqi trembled and collapsed to the ground beneath the heavenly might. Their tails twitched uncontrollably.

Even the two colossal dragons, who had been roaring in excitement like fangirls, landed on the fractured earth and stared reverently at the majestic and fearsome beast in the distance.

After venting its ferocity for a while, the Destructive Dragon Emperor finally retracted its gigantified state with a single thought. The red glow around its body faded, and its massive form began to shrink.

Soon, a colossal beast measuring 8,720 meters in length floated in the void. Compared to the principle-tempered bodies of demon gods, the biological energy contained within ancient titans offered far more raw nourishment. This feast had allowed the Dragon Emperor to grow by nearly 800 meters.

At its current size, a growth of eight hundred meters required biological energy equivalent to what it had needed to break through to the ancient titan level, a growth of more than a thousand meters at the time.

This was exactly why the Dragon Emperor hadn't bothered trying to subdue the ancient violent ape, but instead chose to tear it apart and devour it directly. The vitality emanating from that Rampage Ape had been overwhelmingly vigorous, nearly on par with that of a late-stage ancient titan, and judging by its seemingly dimwitted expression, eating it to enhance the Dragon Emperor's strength had been the most logical course of action.

The Dragon Emperor estimated that after consuming another three ancient titans, or equivalent amounts of energy-rich material, its body would surpass ten thousand meters, reaching the middle stage of the ancient titan level. Once a beast reached that level, its size and growth potential varied. The ray-beast likely had a benchmark of thirty thousand meters to break through to the ancient titan level.

When a colossal beast advanced to the true spirit level, the variation in size would become even more dramatic, due to their Gigantification abilities and the partial embodiment of principles.

Savoring the surge of raw power within its body, the Dragon Emperor lifted its head and let out a low growl at the massive serpent-shaped shadow coiling through the skies.Jormungandr, have you gained anything along your path?

The ten-thousand-meter-long ancient serpent came back to its senses and roared back,Kunpeng, Qiongqi, and I encountered four mythical colossal beasts and one titan-level beast. Of them, only one mythical beast and the titan were willing to submit and join the Dragon Palace. The other two were too savage, so I devoured them myself. In addition, the Kunpeng discovered some resources. Among them, five had already reached the principle level. I have gathered them all.

As it spoke, the space beneath the ancient serpent tore open. Over twenty natural treasures of various sizes, each radiating vibrant energy and dazzling light, burst forth.

Whoosh!

With a single inhalation, the Dragon Emperor sucked all of the treasures into its maw. A surge of chaotic energy exploded within it, each wave different in power from the last.

Crack! Crack!

Its massive form began expanding again at a rate visible to the naked eye. Within moments, it had grown another 11 meters, now standing at a towering 8,731 meters.Good harvest. From here on, we will proceed side by side, fifty thousand kilometers apart. Let us sweep this entire Chaotic Region clean.

The Chaotic Region was brimming with natural treasures and home to countless powerful colossal beasts lying in wait. Being outside of any system's jurisdiction, it was practically an incubator for the Dragon Emperor's development. Once it dominated this region, it would be ready to reveal itself to the world.

As for the promise it made to the Little Purple Dragon to feed it well and nourish its body, nothing surpassed the Dragon Emperor's naturally emitted life aura. Those ambient life energies, once gathered and condensed by the Purple Dragon's Creation Domain, transformed into true life energy of the heavenly tier. Each trace of this absorbed energy boosted its power and refined its bloodline.

Roar! Roar! Roar!

Led by the two ancient titans, the Silver Dragon and the others let out excited roars. A great tide of shockwaves surged through the region as they vanished into the depths of the Chaotic Region.

***

"Chen Chu, your aura...?"

High above, in the twisted space stretching ten thousand kilometers across the azure firmament, three divine kings of the Heavenly Feathered Race, Qian Tian, Heavenly King Zhenwu and others turned in astonishment, staring at the black-haired young man standing upon the void.

Just moments earlier, Chen Chu had still appeared somewhat weakened. Yet suddenly, his aura surged and trembled, faintly radiating an even greater power than before.

Chen Chu smiled calmly. "As I was reflecting on the gains and losses of this battle, I was struck by insight. My realm advanced slightly, and as a result, the tempering progress of my true form and movement arts also improved a little."

Everyone froze in place.You've got to be a monster.Gaining strength just on the way back? How ridiculous, especially for someone already at the heavenly king level, with power comparable to the supreme level.

Tolstoy, the Golden-Winged Divine King, exclaimed in awe, "The Divine Might Heavenly King's talent is... truly admirable."

"You flatter me," Chen Chu replied with modest courtesy.

By now, the group had crossed more than three million kilometers and returned to the entrance of the forbidden zone, which stretched over three hundred thousand kilometers. The world was filled with demonic qi, dark and pervasive, snaking across the land like a giant black serpent.

This region had belonged to the Purgatory empires for the past few decades. Although they hadn't yet fully drawn in the demonic qi to completely contaminate the land, several mountains and rivers had already become demonized.

The demonic qi that polluted these landscapes was an extension of the power of the Purgatory demon gods. It formed a passageway, allowing the Purgatory empires to transmit messages and facilitate communication more easily. Besides that, the demonic qi also served other functions, such as enhancing the power of the Void Demonic Eye formation.

The Void Demonic Eye and blood-sacrifice arrays were among the Purgatory Clan's most frequently used long-range teleportation arrays. They were built using spatial coordinates and pillars used for blood-sacrificing to demon gods. It was the very same blood-sacrifice array that had sent two demon kings across the battlefield to ambush Chen Chu behind the Expansion Division's lines.

Within the area shrouded by a demon god's principle power, these demonic qi passageways connected to the Void Demonic Eyes formations. The array could teleport a demon king across tens or even hundreds of millions of kilometers in a single activation.

This was why, in just half a day after the war with the demon gods had erupted, many quick-witted demon kings and great demon kings had managed to break away from their human pursuers and flee back to Purgatory territory

Of those who reacted a little slower, Chen Chu had already slain most of them, while the rest were besieged by waves of human kings and heavenly kings. Now, a few days later, most of the ones fated to fall had already fallen.

This was also why they had not sent a supreme powerhouse to slaughter those demon kings even after remaining on a standoff with the Purgatory Empires at the frontier for so long.

"Let's return to the front lines first. We'll deal with these dark barriers one by one later." With that decision, the group turned into beams of light and vanished once again.

When they reentered the forbidden zone, Chen Chu and the others occasionally spotted human powerhouses surrounding and killing demons on the ground, or engaging in scattered skirmishes between small military detachments.

At times, a human king would personally lead a battalion to massacre the demons and subordinate alien legions without a demon king commanding them, creating rivers of blood.

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