Living in the deep palace

"No! Activate warp shields! All warships, maximum power output! Escape!!"

"Something's not right with this vein!"

"With the fall of the mythical Heavenly Dao, it's likely that some evil beings suppressed by the Heavenly Dao will return..."

"Run away!"

"We've probably run into this mess..."

A Golden Immortal Legion Commander let out a desperate roar, frantically burning his Dao Fruit in an attempt to resist the devouring power.

However, his resistance appeared so pale and powerless in the face of that primitive, irrational concept of "devouring".

His protective aura was torn apart the instant it touched the boundary of the suction force.

"No!"

His golden immortal body crumbled inch by inch like fragile porcelain, and finally, along with his primordial spirit, it was swept into the swirling vortex of stars, easily crushed and assimilated, becoming the first "food" for the ancient life to revive.

In just a dozen breaths, this Golden Immortal Legion Commander, along with his renowned Shattered Star Legion, was completely annihilated!
This scene terrified all the Blackwater Dragon Guard cultivators on the other side, sending shivers down their spines!
"what!"

"A...a demon!!"

"How can this mine be alive? It can even devour a legion commander at the Golden Immortal level?! Run!!!"

"Quickly go and find Lord Jiaohai Tianwang!"

"As long as we can find the Lord, with the Heavenly King here, we will surely be able to escape alive!"

The remaining rationality was completely overwhelmed by the instinct for survival. The Blackwater Dragon Guard's fleet formation collapsed instantly, and all the warships turned around and fled frantically in all directions.

However, the ancient life form, which resembled a living mountain, seemed unsatisfied after devouring the Shattered Star Legion.

"Still... hungry..."

"So...hungry..."

"To...resurrect...we need more energy...we need to eat..."

A faint fluctuation of will surged.

It whispers.

Followed by.

Its abyss-like maw slowly turned toward the Blackwater Dragon Guard.

Just when everyone thought they were doomed, inside the flagship, an old dragon with white hair and beard, who looked like he was on his deathbed, suddenly had boundless horror and despair burst forth in his cloudy eyes the moment he saw the ancient life!

He seemed to recognize the origin of this thing and let out a heart-wrenching roar filled with endless terror!

"This is...Kui!!!"

"It is unique; it is the Kui, one of the legendary ten forbidden ancient life forms!"

"After the death of the Heavenly Dao, these forbidden ancient life forms that had been suppressed by the Immortal Ancestor began to revive one after another!"

"Some time ago, I heard that the forbidden ancient life form Ming was resurrected in the Azure Dragon Starfield."

"Unexpectedly, we encountered the resurrection of one of the Ten Forbidden Things while carrying out an ordinary mission..."

"Damn it! The Kui was actually born in this Chaos Star Marrow Mine... There's no escaping it, we'll all die!"

"This is the King!"

This dragon elder was clearly an ancient monster who had lived for countless eons and knew many ancient secrets.

His voice, amplified by the warship's loudspeaker array, resounded clearly throughout the entire battlefield.

魁！
Ten Taboos of Ancient Life!
These two terms sent shockwaves through the minds of all the fleeing cultivators!

However, before they could process this shocking information, the ancient being called "Kui" seemed to be enraged by the old man's shout.

"Don't... call me by my real name..."

"die!"

A gigantic tentacle formed from chaotic energy suddenly shot out from its body, instantly traversing a vast distance and precisely piercing through the flagship where the old man was located!

Then, with a flick of its tentacles, it dragged the dragon elder, who was still screaming in terror, along with half of the wreckage of the warship, into the swirling maw of the abyss.

"Gudong."

"I'm still hungry..."

It was like a satisfied swallowing sound that resonated deep within everyone's soul.

At this moment, all the surviving Blackwater Dragon Guards were completely plunged into despair.

How is this played?
That dragon elder, though not the strongest on their side, was still a Golden Immortal with a considerable reputation.

Even the Golden Immortals will die upon touching it.

There's absolutely no way to fight!
……

……

From behind the distant meteorite, Su Chen took in all of this.

There was no surprise on his face; instead, a hint of understanding flashed in his deep eyes.

"Kui...it really is them."

"Including the Ten Forbidden Ones, the Ten Ancient Venerables, and the Ten Heavenly Venerables, there are now thirty beings in the Fourth Realm..."

"That should be enough for me to reach the third realm, the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm."

After absorbing the remnant of Chen Sheng's will, his understanding of this universe had already surpassed that of anyone else in this world.

He was naturally aware of the origins of the so-called "Ten Forbidden Ancient Life Forms".

They are not ordinary beings, but rather "Great Dao Life" naturally born from the ten most fundamental Great Dao Laws at the very beginning of the universe formed from the corpse of Chen Sheng. They are the "eldest sons" of this universe.

The first life existed even before the gods and demons.

They are born with an ultimate primal power, making them natural beings of the fourth realm, at the level of immortals.

Before Chen Sheng completely perished and before his will transformed into the "Mythical Heavenly Dao," these ten primordial beings were His most loyal guardians.

However, in that final battle that determined the fate of Chen Sheng, the cunning Skeleton Lord used some secret method to bewitch these ten simple-minded "Great Dao beings," causing them to attack Chen Sheng and wreak havoc within his inner universe, which was at the fifth realm.

Ultimately, this affected the course of the battle.

of course.

After the fall of Chen Sheng, he transformed into the remnant spirit of the Immortal Ancestor, becoming the Heavenly Dao of Mythology, and began the punishment of revenge.

Together with the ten ancient deities, they attacked and killed these ten primordial beings one by one, shattering their primordial imprints and sealing them in forbidden lands throughout the universe.

The "Kui" before us represents the fundamental Dao of "devouring" and "returning to nothingness".

“However, this Kui is far from being at its peak.” Su Chen narrowed his eyes, carefully assessing the situation. Although the newly resurrected Kui possessed a powerful aura, already at the fourth realm, its power was filled with chaos and violence, clearly not yet fully under its control.

It's more like a child who has a treasure mountain but doesn't know how to use it, only knowing how to devour it based on the most primal instincts.

Its intelligence did not seem to be fully awakened; it only possessed the purest hunger and desire for destruction.

"The true fourth realm is a harmonious and complete system of the Great Dao, forming its own world. But this is merely a powerful energy aggregate, a... perfect supplement."

Su Chen made a decision instantly.

"You can try swallowing it."

"This Kui is probably no match for me."

"I was no match for the Ten Ancient Venerables, and perhaps it would be too much for me to handle the Ten Heavenly Venerables, but this forbidden life form is not yet in its fully revived form, so it's definitely worth a try..."

"Even if I fail, I can always escape!"

Su Chen did not make a move immediately.

Like the most patient hunter, he quietly lurks in the shadows, waiting for the perfect moment.

He wanted to wait for the beast to finish all the "appetizers," and then deliver the fatal blow when it was at its most complacent and relaxed!
The next half hour was an absolute hell for the Blackwater Dragon Guards.

Kui reveals its terrifying nature as a forbidden ancient life form.

Its enormous body, though seemingly clumsy, moves incredibly fast.

With each flash, it would appear in front of a fleeing fleet in the next instant, opening its massive maw to devour them, ships and crew, completely.

Desperate screams and futile resistance ultimately return to eternal silence.

When the last Blackwater Dragon Guard warship was crushed by Kui's tentacles and dragged into the abyss's maw, Kui was finally the only living being left in this once bustling Shattered Star Abyss.

Having devoured tens of thousands of cultivators, including many Golden Immortal experts, Kui's enormous body seemed to have swelled up even more.

"Comfortable……"

"I'm full... just a little bit..."

It let out a satisfied, deep roar that made the surrounding stars tremble slightly.

It could feel that the surging power within its body was about to exceed the limits it could currently control.

It needs to find a place immediately to fall asleep and slowly digest this sumptuous feast.

Once digestion is complete, its intelligence will be fully awakened, and its power will truly stabilize at the fourth realm level.

At that time, this star sea, freed from the suppression of the Heavenly Dao, will be at its disposal!

Thinking of this, the massive body of the guilder began to slowly rotate, as if searching for a suitable escape route.

However, at this moment.

A calm voice suddenly rang out behind it.

"Are you full?"

Kuina's massive body suddenly stiffened!
It slowly turned around, its abyss-like maw pointing in the direction from which the sound came.

There, a tiny figure in a green robe had appeared silently, hovering quietly in the void, examining it with the kind of gaze one would give an ingredient.

Although Kui's intelligence has not fully recovered, its intuition, which comes from the source of life, makes it feel an unprecedented, life-threatening... extreme danger from the tiny "creature" in front of it!
"Who are you……"

"Go away..."

roar--!!!!

Without any hesitation, Kui unleashed the most furious and violent roar since his resurrection!
Within its gaping maw, the swirling vortex of stars suddenly accelerated!
A jet-black beam of light, compressed from the pure "devouring" law and chaotic energy, shot toward Su Chen like a world-destroying divine punishment!

Wherever the beam of light passed, all matter, all energy, and even the light itself were completely swallowed up, leaving behind a trail of absolute "nothingness" in pitch black!

Faced with this terrifying attack that would make even a true fourth-realm expert pale, Su Chen revealed a faint smile.

"Finally, I've been waiting for you."

Instead of dodging, he opened his arms as if to embrace the pillar of destructive light.

Behind him, the enormous holographic wheel, half chaos and half data, suddenly appeared!
"The Way of Taiyi: Devouring Heaven and Earth!"

Su Chen's eyes blazed with fighting spirit!

The jet-black beam of light, powerful enough to devour stars, was caught by the enormous wheel behind Su Chen just as it was about to touch his body!

There was no earth-shattering explosion, only a higher-level confrontation between "Tao" and "Li"!

On the data side of the roulette wheel, endless runes flashed wildly, analyzing the composition of the dark pillar of light at an unimaginable speed, dismantling the "devouring" law within it.

The chaotic half, on the other hand, is like a true black hole, devouring and assimilating all the pure energy that has been disintegrated!
For the first time, Kui encountered an opponent in its most prized domain of "devouring"! And it was an opponent that was even more domineering and unreasonable... of its own kind!
"Roar?!"

For the first time, emotions called "confusion" and "anger" emerged in the chaotic consciousness of the guinea!

It frantically increased its energy output, and the dark beam of light grew thicker and thicker, attempting to devour Su Chen along with the strange roulette wheel behind him!
However, Su Chen simply stood calmly in place, letting the violent energy wash over his Dao.

His illusory roulette wheel was like an unshakeable reef, dissolving and absorbing all the impacts.

"Your 'devouring' is too crude."

Su Chen shook his head, seemingly somewhat disappointed.

“True absorption is not ‘eating,’ but ‘understanding,’ ‘assimilation,’ making everything a part of ‘me.’”

As soon as he finished speaking, he stopped being on the defensive.

With a single step, Su Chen actually went against the flow of the dark pillar of light, charging headlong towards Kui's massive body!

As he charged forward, his figure gradually merged with the illusory image of the roulette wheel behind him.

At this moment, he was no longer a person, but transformed into a "conceptual black hole" walking in the world!
"Now, it's my turn."

Su Chen's figure appeared instantly in front of Kuina's massive "mountain range".

Faced with this tiny, dust-like figure, a warning alarm sounded wildly in Kuina's chaotic consciousness! It tried to retract the pillar of light and use its indestructible body to crush this audacious provocateur!
However, Su Chen's speed was faster than its consciousness!

Su Chen slowly raised his right hand and gently pressed his palm onto Kuina's "body" made of chaotic rock.

"I said……"

The judgmental voice rang out once more.

"Your path of 'returning to the void'... should belong to me."

boom--!!!!!!!!

This time, it's no longer a battle on the energy level, but a plunder of the most fundamental ownership of the "Great Dao"!
The massive body of the guilder suddenly trembled violently! It let out a silent, yet painful roar that made the entire starry sea tremble!
It clearly "senses" that the fundamental Dao of "devouring" and "returning to nothingness," which it was born with and imprinted deep within its soul, is being forcibly stripped away and extracted by an irresistible and even more supreme will!

Its power, the very foundation of its existence, is being seized by this insignificant human before it in the most ruthless way! (End of Chapter)