Chapter 845
Conquering the Great Realm
"Want to bite me?"
Su Chen looked at the gaping maw so close to him, his mockery deepening.
"When it comes to big mouths, I've never been afraid of anyone!"
Faced with the bite of the Netherworld Emperor, Su Chen's Dharma form actually made a move that left everyone speechless!
Instead of defending himself, he suddenly opened his abyssal maw!
In that instant, Su Chen's mouth seemed to transform into a true cosmic black hole, with endless darkness and the law of devouring spinning wildly within it.
"Crack!"
The two enormous mouths collided violently in mid-air!
But the result was not that they tore each other apart.
Instead, Su Chen's abyssal maw, which seemed capable of swallowing the entire multiverse, bit down on the upper and lower jaws of the Netherworld Emperor from an incredible angle and with terrifying force!
"Waaaaah! Waaaaah!"
Emperor Ming Shi Yuan's eyes widened instantly, filled with extreme terror and humiliation. He, the mighty Emperor of the Burial Heaven Origin Realm, had actually had his mouth bitten in hand-to-hand combat, unable to even close it!
"Waaaaah! (Get away!)"
The Netherworld Emperor struggled frantically, its remaining ten pairs of bone wings flapping and slashing at Su Chen's avatar like a madman, while its fists rained down on Su Chen's chest.
But Su Chen remained as still as a rock. He held on tightly to the Netherworld Emperor, his arms like iron hoops, firmly binding the massive demonic body.
The two were like two primal wild beasts, engaging in the bloodiest and most ferocious close-quarters combat in the Great Luoyuan Sea!
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
Su Chen's iron fists pounded relentlessly on the abdomen and back of the Netherworld Emperor. Each punch created a huge dent in the thick white bone armor, causing blood and saliva mixed with fragments of internal organs to spill from the Netherworld Emperor's mouth.
"You old mudfish! Weren't you so arrogant?! Didn't you want to use me as nourishment?!"
As Su Chen smashed the object, he unleashed a soul-shaking roar on a spiritual level.
"Your bloated cultivation level, gained by sucking the blood of all living beings, is utterly insignificant compared to my supreme physical body, which has been tempered and refined through countless trials!"
"Let...let me go..."
Emperor Ming Shi Yuan finally felt true despair. He discovered that his power was completely inferior to this madman's. The opponent's physical body was simply too powerful to be anything but normal!
"Let you go? Sure!"
A cruel glint flashed in Su Chen's eyes.
He suddenly loosened his arms, but in that instant, his right knee struck the Netherworld Emperor's chest like a heaven-shattering hammer!
"Crack!"
The white bone heart-protecting mirror on Emperor Ming Shiyuan's chest shattered with a crash. His chest was caved in by the knee strike, and his massive dharma image was thrown into the sky behind him like a kite with a broken string.
"puff--!!!"
Emperor Ming Shi Yuan coughed up blood in mid-air, and his aura instantly weakened.
But he was, after all, a powerful being in the mid-stage of the Returning to Truth realm. During the process of being thrown into the air, he endured the excruciating pain of his true spirit being torn apart, and pressed his hands down hard in the void to stabilize his body.
At this moment, Emperor Ming Shi Yuan was disheveled and in a sorry state. Two of his twelve pairs of bone wings, which he was so proud of, had been torn off, his chest was caved in, and his body was covered with shocking wounds.
He stared intently at Su Chen in the distance, the anger in his eyes gradually being replaced by an extreme coldness and madness.
"Su Chen...you forced me to do this!"
"I admit, your physical body and inner strength have indeed exceeded my expectations. But don't forget, this is the Great Luo Origin Sea! This is my home ground, the Netherworld Erosion Emperor!"
"Since I can't kill you in hand-to-hand combat, then I'll drag you down to hell with me!"
Emperor Ming Shi Yuan suddenly straightened up. He actually gave up suppressing his own injuries and instead plunged his hands into his chest!
"Pfft!"
To everyone's astonishment, Emperor Ming Shi Yuan actually pulled out a [Return to Truth Core Dao Fruit] that was radiating endless blood light and pulsating from his own body!
"What is he doing?! Has he gone mad?!" The Demon Lord of Chaos, witnessing this scene from afar, was terrified. A ninth-realm powerhouse pulling out his Dao Fruit—this was absolutely a forbidden technique intended to cause mutual destruction!
"【Great Luo Yuan Sea Forbidden Spell - Origin Burial Annihilation Array】!!!"
Emperor Ming Shi Yuan let out a mournful roar like that of a night owl. Without hesitation, he crushed his Dao Fruit of Returning to Truth!
"boom!"
The moment the Dao Fruit shattered, a terrifying blood-red light, ten or even a hundred times stronger than that of Emperor Ming Shi Yuan at his peak, swept wildly in all directions from him!
This burst of blood-red light instantly stirred up the endless purple-gold waters of the Great Luoyuan Sea below.
"Rumble rumble rumble—"
The Yuanhai Sea, spanning billions of light-years in radius, went completely berserk at this moment!
Countless towering purple-gold tsunamis, each tens of millions of feet high, surged into the sky. These tsunamis contained the "Origin Sea Assimilation Power," capable of erasing all laws of return to the origin. Under the pull of the shattered Dao Fruit of the Netherworld Emperor, these tsunamis transformed into a vast and boundless [Super Water Prison Barrier], enveloping Su Chen, the Netherworld Emperor, and even the tens of millions of Longevity Demon Army in the distance!
"Hahaha! Let's die together! Under the assimilation of the Source Sea, even if you are the true creator, you will obediently turn into nothingness!!!"
After losing his Dao Fruit, Emperor Ming Shiyuan's physical body began to collapse rapidly, but his remaining true spirit let out a triumphant and maniacal laugh within the water prison barrier.
Faced with this situation where all escape routes were blocked and the very source of the Origin Sea was mobilized, resulting in mutual destruction.
Su Chen remained completely calm.
He stood in the very center of the ever-shrinking purple-gold water prison, glancing at the Netherworld Emperor's true spirit, who was laughing maniacally, as if he were looking at a clown.
"perish together?"
Su Chen slowly retracted his Dharma form, transforming back into his seven-foot-tall body. He dusted off the dust from his green robe, his eyes revealing a condescending pity.
"Aren't you overestimating yourself?"
"As I have said, I have swallowed the first cause of all things. This means..."
Su Chen slightly raised his hands, and the Extreme Origin Divine Wheel behind his head, composed of 99,999 black holes, suddenly erupted with unprecedentedly brilliant light!
"All the energy, all the laws, all the concepts in this world."
"As long as I want to eat, there's nothing I can't digest!"
Su Chen's eyes snapped open in fury, and two beams of chaotic divine light pierced through the oppressive purple-gold water prison.
"[First Cause Authority - Origin Return - Infinite Gluttony]!!!"
"Give it to me—swallow it!!!"
"boom------------!!!!!"
As Su Chen gave the order, the Extreme Origin Divine Wheel that was floating in mid-air instantly expanded a billion times!
It no longer simply absorbs energy, but transforms directly into an "absolute devouring network" that covers the entire water prison barrier!
The Great Luo Origin Sea waters, stirred up by the Netherworld Emperor and said to be able to assimilate everything, seemed to have encountered their nemesis the moment they touched this devouring network. Their violent assimilation laws were instantly analyzed and dismantled by the underlying logic of the First Cause, then transformed into the gentlest, purest spiritual liquid, which was frantically absorbed by Su Chen's bottomless inner universe!
"Glug! Glug! Glug!"
Not just the seawater of the source sea.
Even the endless blood light and origin emitted by the [Mid-stage Returning to Truth Dao Fruit] that Emperor Ming Shi Yuan crushed was drawn by that irresistible devouring power, turning into a thick, blood-red river that continuously poured into Su Chen's body!
"This...this is impossible!!! How could you possibly devour the primordial turbulence of the Great Luo Origin Sea?! What kind of monster are you?!"
The true spirit of the Netherworld Emperor trembled violently in the storm. He watched helplessly as his ultimate trump card, which he had used to perish together with his opponent, turned into a super tonic for strengthening his cultivation!
This feeling of despair is ten thousand times worse than killing him!
"Old mudfish, thank you for your hospitality."
Su Chen hovered in mid-air, feeling the aura within his body surging wildly due to absorbing the Dao Fruit of the mid-stage of the Returning to Truth realm and a massive amount of Origin Sea essence. An extremely satisfied expression appeared on his face.
Although his cultivation level is still a long way from the late stage of the ninth realm, this immense foundation makes his inner universe even more indestructible and flawless.
"Now, your usefulness has been completely squeezed dry."
Su Chen slowly drew the Origin Demon Blade from his waist.
At this moment, after absorbing such a vast amount of Origin Sea Laws, the Origin Demon Blade had completely transformed into a transparent purple-gold color, flowing with ultimate radiance capable of severing cause and effect.
Su Chen gripped the sword with both hands, pointing it at the trembling spirit of the Netherworld Emperor in the storm.
"It's time to bring the first battle of the Great Luoyuan Sea to a close."
"Take your arrogance, and your laughable Origin Realm with you. Vanish completely!!!"
Su Chen took a step forward, and his figure appeared in front of the True Spirit of the Netherworld Emperor as if he had teleported.
He didn't use any fancy supernatural powers; he simply poured his flawless Dao of Returning to Truth, along with the immense power of the Origin Sea he had just absorbed, into this one strike!
"【Origin of the Ultimate Path - Return to Truth and Annihilation】!!!"
"Whoosh————————————!!!!!"
A purple-gold blade of light, spanning the past, present, and future and transcending all dimensions and concepts, roared across the silent void of the Origin Sea.
"Do not!!!"
Emperor Ming Shiyuan only had time to let out a shrill scream filled with endless regret and despair.
That once lofty and supreme true spirit, which ruled over a region of origin for countless eras, couldn't even withstand a fraction of a breath under Su Chen's ultimate strike, and was instantly cleaved into the most primordial nothingness dust.
One strike, and both soul and body are annihilated!
The once-powerful overlord of the Origin Sea, Emperor of the Netherworld Erosion Abyss, has fallen!
As the purple-gold blade light gradually dissipated.
The raging tsunami of the surrounding source sea also subsided.
Su Chen, dressed in a green robe and carrying a long sword, stood proudly atop the vast and boundless purple-gold waves of the Great Luo Origin Sea. Beneath his feet lay the ruins of the Burial Heaven Origin Realm, now completely reduced to nothingness; behind him stood millions of Immortal Demons, their eyes filled with fanaticism and worship.
This battle not only razed the Burial Heaven Origin Realm to the ground, but also proclaimed to the vast and boundless Great Luo Origin Sea the powerful arrival of a truly incomparable transcendent being, an unparalleled supreme tyrant!
……
The Great Luoyuan Sea is vast and boundless.
The purplish-gold waves of the Origin Sea rolled through the endless void, each drop containing a terrifying weight enough to crush billions of lower-dimensional universes. Yet, at this moment, this once raging and chaotic sea had fallen into an eerie stillness and docility.
The Burial Heaven Origin Realm, this super continent that once occupied the Origin Sea and struck fear into the hearts of countless primary planes, has been completely erased from the concept.
There were no remains, no ruins, not even a trace of the spatial coordinates that had ever existed. Su Chen's earth-shattering [Origin Extreme Path - Return to Truth Annihilation] not only shattered the true spirit of the Netherworld Emperor, but also turned his sinful territory, along with its endless blood energy and resentment, into nothingness and dust.
"call--"
Su Chen, dressed in a spotless green robe, stood quietly above the purple-gold source sea.
He slowly sheathed the [Origin Demon Blade], which had transformed into a transparent purplish-gold color, at his waist. With a crisp clang as the blade entered its sheath, the terrifying extreme killing intent that had enveloped billions of light-years in radius gradually receded like a tide.
"His Dao Fruit at the mid-stage of the Ninth Realm, although forcibly elevated by his sacrifice of the Origin Realm, is somewhat impure, but its foundation is indeed profound."
Su Chen closed his eyes slightly, feeling the earth-shattering transformation taking place within the [Origin Inner Universe] of his body.
Having absorbed the Dao Fruit of Returning to Truth from the Emperor of the Netherworld and the massive amount of Origin Sea essence generated after the explosion of the Burial Heaven Origin Realm, Su Chen's inner universe once again underwent a frenzied expansion. The inner universe barrier, which had already reached the limit of the Great Thousand World, was now greedily absorbing the purple-gold Origin Qi of the Great Luo Origin Sea, rapidly evolving towards the higher-dimensional [Origin Realm] level.
His vital energy was like a surging galaxy, and with each heartbeat, it stirred up visible dimensional ripples in his source sea. His initial entry into the [Ninth Realm - Return to Truth] was completely stabilized under the infusion of this massive nourishment, and he was steadfastly advancing towards the peak of the early stage of Return to Truth.
"However, the laws of this Great Luo Origin Sea are indeed far superior to those of the previous outer realms."
Su Chen opened his eyes, his deep gaze surveying the surrounding purple-gold seawater.
"If I were in the outer realms, having devoured a being in the mid-stage of the ninth realm, my cultivation would have at least risen by one major realm. But in this Great Luo Origin Sea, such immense energy has only barely solidified the foundation of my inner universe; I am still far from breaking through."
Su Chen was not discouraged; on the contrary, his smile grew even wider.
What does this mean?
This shows that the upper limit of the Great Luo Origin Sea is extremely high! High enough that this supreme tyrant can kill, devour, and plunder to his heart's content here without worrying about easily hitting the ceiling!
"Lord!"
"Our Lord's divine might is unparalleled! He has suppressed the Origin Sea!!!"
Behind them, accompanied by two whooshing sounds, the Demon Lord of Chaos and the Corpse Lord led tens of millions of immortal demons, like a vast black ocean of steel, across the void and arrived behind Su Chen.
Millions of demons knelt on one knee abruptly on the purple-gold waves of the Origin Sea, their gazes toward Su Chen filled with an indescribable fervor and worship.
That was the overlord of the Great Luo Origin Sea! A supreme Abyss Emperor who sacrificed the lives of an entire realm and stepped into the mid-stage of the Ninth Realm!
They were utterly crushed by their master, their true spirit swallowed whole! Such overwhelming demonic power—who in the entire multiverse could rival it?!
"Get up."
Su Chen didn't turn around, but simply raised his hand. An invisible force of creation lifted up the millions of troops.
He turned around, his gaze sweeping over this iron-blooded army that had followed him from the lower realms to the present day. Although they wore the most advanced [Immortal Origin Gold Armor] of the True Origin Realm, under the pressure of the high-dimensional environment of the Great Luo Origin Sea, many of the demon soldiers, whose cultivation was only at the sixth realm, still appeared somewhat weak.
“The Great Luo Origin Sea is extraordinary. With your current cultivation levels, you wouldn’t even qualify as cannon fodder here.”
Su Chen's words were blunt, even somewhat cold, but the Demon Lord of Chaos and the others lowered their heads in shame, daring not to utter a single rebuttal. For this was a bloody truth. If not for their lord's protection, they would have long been reduced to ashes by the gales of the Source Sea.
"but."
Su Chen changed the subject and slowly raised his right hand. In his palm, a huge ball of light radiating endless blood light and purple-gold essence suddenly appeared!
This is precisely a small portion of the [Return to True Origin Qi Residue] that was extracted from the body of the Netherworld Emperor and had its berserk will removed by Su Chen!
For Su Chen, this was scraps; but for these demons who hadn't even reached the eighth realm, it was an unparalleled blessing that could make them instantly become Buddhas!
"Since I eat meat, you should naturally drink the soup."
"Now that I have conquered this territory of the Origin Sea, my army must be the sharpest blade in the Great Luo Origin Sea!"
Su Chen clenched his fists tightly!
"boom!"
The massive ball of True Origin Qi exploded instantly, transforming into millions of dazzling blood-gold streaks of light, like a brilliant meteor shower, which landed precisely between the eyebrows of every member of the Longevity Demon Army present!
"Boom!!!"
In an instant, thunderous roars erupted simultaneously from within the bodies of millions of demons!
"Ahhhhh!!!"
A series of piercing yet exhilarating roars rose and fell. The primordial energy returned to the body—an ultimate cleansing of the very marrow, from the genes, the true spirit, and the very concept of existence!
Those sixth-realm demonic soldiers had their lower-dimensional laws instantly incinerated, replaced by the high-dimensional purple-gold source energy of the Great Luo Source Sea. Their cultivation levels skyrocketed like a rocket!
[Seventh Realm - Supreme Dao Position]... [Mid-Seventh Realm]... [Peak of the Seventh Realm]!!!
With Su Chen's almost supernatural forceful promotion, a total of ten million demon soldiers actually stepped into the seventh realm!
As the commanders, the Hun Tian Demon Lord and the Skeleton Lord received special care from Su Chen.
Both of them were originally at the half-step eighth realm of cultivation. Under the impact of this pure and authentic Origin Qi, their demonic inner universes were instantly formed!
"Roar!!!"
The Demon Lord of Chaos roared to the sky, and the Primordial Demon Scales behind him grew wildly, transforming into a [Devouring Origin Demon Form] tens of millions of feet tall! The bottleneck that had plagued him for so long shattered, and a terrifying pressure belonging to the true [Eighth Realm - Indescribable] soared into the sky from his body!
The same was true for the Skeleton Lord. His crystal demon bone completely transformed into a translucent purple-gold [Undying Origin Bone]. In his empty eye sockets, the soul fire condensed into a materialized Great Dao Origin Eye!
Two powerful beings at the early stage of the eighth realm, and an army of tens of millions at the seventh realm!
This army, which was originally nothing more than ants in the Origin Sea, was transformed into an elite Origin Army under Su Chen's forceful infusion, a force that would strike fear into the hearts of countless Origin Realms even in the depths of the Great Luo Origin Sea!
"Thank you, Lord, for this unparalleled blessing!!!"
"I am willing to go through fire and water for the Lord, and raze the Yuanhai Sea to the ground!!!"
The Demon Lord of Chaos and the Corpse Lord trembled with excitement. The two led their millions of transformed demon army and knelt before Su Chen once again, like a mountain collapsing and a jade pillar falling. Their soaring murderous aura even forced the surrounding Origin Sea waves back a million miles.
"no."
Su Chen looked at the completely revitalized army with satisfaction.
"Now, this sea area that originally belonged to the Burial Heaven Origin Realm has been cleared by me."
Su Chen raised his head, his gaze fixed on the dimensional rift that still stretched across the void. At the other end of the rift lay the [True Origin Immortal Realm] that he had previously reconstructed.
"But a territory without a foundation is like a tree without roots."
"Hun Tian".
"Your subordinate is here!"
"By imperial decree, activate the traction array of the True Origin Longevity Realm!" (End of Chapter)