Living in the deep palace

"That felt great! So great!!"

Su Chen laughed wildly within the pillar of light, enduring excruciating pain while devouring the surrounding Taiqing Divine Light.

"This light... it's a little too hot to handle, but it's full of the taste of 'the beginning'!"

"It's incredibly nourishing!!"

Just when they were still tens of thousands of feet away from the Haotian Mirror.

Su Chen suddenly opened his Gluttonous Mouth, which had been poised to unleash its power.

"Eternal Life - Devouring Heaven - Ninth Form..."

"A mirage...give it to me!!"

boom--! ! !
A colossal, chaotic maw, obscuring half the sky, appeared out of thin air beneath the Haotian Mirror, its greedy intent to devour all heavens directed towards the lofty imperial weapon...

He bit down hard!

……

The boundary between the Heavenly Domain and the Ruins Domain lies above the Nine Heavens.

At this moment, time seemed to freeze completely at the intersection of two great worlds.

Countless powerful beings who were watching this battle, whether they were old monsters of the fifth realm hiding deep in the Ruins Domain, barely clinging to life, or high-ranking celestial officials in the Heavenly Court, all held their breath and stared wide-eyed at the scene that made their souls tremble.

"interesting."

"How many years."

"For so many years, no one has dared to provoke the Heavenly Court, which has the Sixth Mirror in charge!"

Deep within the Ruins Domain, those true Fifth Realm rulers smiled sinisterly.

The overall strength of the Ruins Domain is not weak.

However, without the Sixth Mirror in charge, there is no way to oppose the Heavenly Court.

In the Void Realm, once a Fifth Realm society is formed and becomes an organization, it will be targeted by the Heavenly Court. The Heavenly Court's Fifth Realm experts will take swift and decisive action, and even the Heavenly Emperor of the Sixth Realm will bully the weak.

This also led to.

The current Ruins Domain appears to be only populated by a group of Great Luo Golden Immortals, with even Great Luo Immortal level experts being rare.

but.

The true power of the Ruins is actually greater than that of the Heavenly Court.

At least they are not inferior to their opponents.

The only pity is that the sixth-level expert of the Void Domain had absolutely no interest in building up his own power or in fighting against the Heavenly Domain and the Void Domain.

after all.

Those who can be corrupted here are all evil and heretical.

They're not far off being selfish!

……

And now.

Within the Taiqing Divine Light Pillar, powerful enough to obliterate even a Great Luo Golden Immortal at the peak, a tiny yet defiant figure was swimming against the destructive torrent.

He was covered in blood, his flesh constantly melting and regenerating under the divine light, transforming into a blurry, chaotic blood shadow. But his aura grew stronger and stronger, like a supernova that had been suppressed to its limit and was about to explode.

close!

Closer!
At the source of the Supreme Divine Light, the Haotian Mirror, hanging atop the heavens and radiating an aura of eternal suppression, grew larger and larger in Su Chen's vision.

He could even clearly see the ever-flowing innate Dao patterns on the mirror's surface, and the reflection of his own ferocious self in the mirror.

"He's insane!! He really charged in!!"

The Eastern Heavenly King, who was in charge of the formation, felt his eyelids twitch wildly, and a chill he had never felt before rose in his heart.

The Haotian Mirror is the Heavenly Emperor's innate treasure. Although it is only at the peak of the acquired realm and half a step into the innate realm, the "order" law it contains can absolutely suppress all chaos and variables.

Logically speaking, Su Chen, a "demon" who rose to power by devouring others, should have instantly turned to ashes under the light of the mirror.

But now...

Not only did he not die, but he also opened a gaping maw large enough to devour the heavens and earth, and bit at the Haotian Mirror!
"Quickly!! Activate it at full power!! Kill him with this shockwave!!"

The Southern Heavenly King let out a hysterical roar, wildly waving his remaining left arm and spraying his accumulated essence blood, accumulated over hundreds of thousands of years, onto the Haotian Mirror as if it were free.

Om-! ! !
The Haotian Mirror seemed to sense the offense, its body trembling violently and emitting a clear and resonant buzzing sound.

The light changes again!

The originally transparent Taiqing Divine Light was instantly tinged with a layer of golden imperial might—[Haotian Golden Palace Divine Light]!
This is the ultimate killing move of the Haotian Mirror, containing a trace of the Heavenly Emperor's will!

boom!
As the golden light descended, Su Chen's upward momentum abruptly halted.

Click, click, click!

The metal armor that evolved from the [Divine Weapon Branch] on his body shattered instantly, followed by his skin, flesh, and fascia.

In an instant, Su Chen turned into a chaotic skeleton covered with bits of flesh!
The pain was not merely physical torture, but a relentless crushing of the soul on a millstone. The will of the Heavenly Emperor roared within his consciousness, demanding that he kneel, that he submit!

"Kneel down!!"

In a daze, a towering golden emperor's figure appeared in Su Chen's consciousness, commanding with majesty.

If it were anyone else, even someone at the Great Luo Perfection stage, their Dao heart would probably have collapsed by now, and they would be begging for mercy on their knees.

But Su Chen...

Within that skull, which was now just a skeleton, two purplish-gold soul flames burned ever brighter.

"kneel?"

Su Chen's jaw opened and closed, producing a laugh that made people's teeth ache.

"My knees... have long been forged into the Tree of Immortality!"

"Besides myself, no one in this world deserves my kneeling!!"

"So what if it's the will of the Heavenly Emperor? It's nothing but a remnant thought! Since you dare to stop me from eating, then I'll chew up and swallow even that remnant of your will!!"

boom--! ! !
The primordial chaos energy in Su Chen's chest erupted completely.

The gray, chaotic energy flow, like wildly growing weeds, instantly enveloped his skeleton and reshaped his physical body in the blink of an eye.

This time, the reshaped body is no longer human, but a mouth without a face... [the Giant Maw of Chaos]!
This is the ultimate form of the Longevity Tree after the fusion of its nine great supernatural powers—[Return of All Things to the Origin: Gluttony]!
"Open it... for me!!!"

The giant maw that Su Chen transformed into, braving the golden light of the heavens that was enough to crush the Milky Way, forcefully broke through the last hundred feet!

Click——!
A sound that was both extremely crisp and extremely muffled resounded throughout the entire Heavenly Domain and the Ruins Domain.

That's... the sound of teeth biting into metal.

Everyone was stunned.

That gigantic, chaotic maw actually bit the edge of the Haotian Mirror!

There was no scene as imagined, where the Haotian Mirror shone brightly and shattered Su Chen, nor was there a scene where Su Chen was killed by the backlash.

The two sides were actually... deadlocked!
sizzle-

The bronze material at the edge of the Haotian Mirror groaned under the weight of Su Chen's fangs, which contained the laws of chaos, divine weapon, and decay.

"so hard!!"

Su Chen felt like his teeth were about to break.

This Haotian Mirror truly lives up to its reputation as an imperial weapon; its material is the "Primordial Copper Mother" collected from the beginning of the universe, and its hardness is simply unbelievable.

But the harder it was, the stronger the greed in Su Chen's eyes became.

"It's better when it's firm...it's chewier when it's firm!"

"Divine Weapon Branch! Sharpen it!!"

With a thought, Su Chen's fifth [Divine Weapon Branch] trembled wildly, imbuing his teeth with streams of "Sharpness" law.

creak... creak...

The chilling sound of chewing echoed in all directions, following the fluctuations of the laws.

"He...he's chewing on the Haotian Mirror?!"

The Western Heavenly King could barely hold onto the White Tiger Killing Sword; he looked like he'd seen a ghost.

"How is this possible?! That's the Primordial Bronze Mother! Even a fifth-realm expert couldn't damage it in the slightest. Are his teeth harder than an imperial weapon?!" "It's not just hardness!"

The Northern Heavenly King stared intently at the gigantic maw, his eyes filled with resentment and terror. "His mouth... contains the Law of Chaos! He's using chaotic energy to corrode the Dao patterns of order in the Haotian Mirror! Once the Dao patterns are broken, no matter how hard the material is, it's useless!"

"Stop him! If the Haotian Mirror is damaged, His Majesty will skin us alive when he emerges from seclusion!!"

The Eastern Heavenly King panicked, completely panicked.

The four Heavenly Kings no longer cared about their original source and frantically poured their magic power into the mirror, trying to shake off the "sticky thing" that was stuck to it.

Buzz buzz—!
The Haotian Mirror flashed with light, struggling like a maddened beast.

With each tremor, countless bloody gashes would burst open from Su Chen's chaotic maw, and golden divine blood would rain down like raindrops.

But Su Chen just wouldn't budge!

He was like a hungry wolf that had its jaws on its prey’s throat. No matter how much the prey struggled or kicked, even if its body was smashed, he would still tear off a piece of flesh!
"Trying to shake me off? Too late!!"

Su Chen roared incoherently, gathering all his strength into that one bite.

"Break it...!"

Click——! ! !
A crisp sound that could deafen the heavens and earth.

In the despairing gaze of the Four Heavenly Kings.

The edge of the Haotian Mirror, symbolizing the supreme majesty of the Heavenly Court and suppressing countless ages...

It actually broke open!
A palm-sized, crescent-shaped bronze mirror was bitten off by Su Chen!
"puff--!!!"

With the imperial weapon damaged, the four Heavenly Kings, who were fully activating their magical treasures, suffered a devastating backlash due to the pull of their qi.

All four coughed up blood, their divine light dimmed instantly, and they even had difficulty maintaining flight. Like four kites with broken strings, they wobbled and fell backward.

"Aaaaaah! My mirror!!"

The Eastern Heavenly King clutched his chest and let out a mournful wail like the cry of a cuckoo.

The moment the Haotian Mirror lost a corner, its light abruptly went out. As if possessing sentience, it let out a mournful cry filled with fear and rage, then transformed into a streak of light, breaking free from the control of the Four Heavenly Kings, tearing through the void on its own, and escaping to the deepest part of the Heavenly Court—the Lingxiao Palace!
It's scared!

This imperial weapon was terrified of Su Chen's bite!

"Want to run?"

Su Chen was about to give chase, but the next second, a strong feeling of dizziness struck him.

Although he managed to bite off a fragment, the recoil from the Haotian Mirror had nearly shattered his internal organs. At this moment, the Chaos Tree within his body was shaking violently, its branches and leaves withering.

"Never mind... Don't bite off more than you can chew."

Su Chen forced down the bronze fragment in his throat, feeling the excruciating pain and...pleasure as the sharp, knife-like fragment sliced ​​through his esophagus and fell into the chaotic furnace.

He turned around, his blood-stained mouth facing the terrified Four Heavenly Kings below, and revealed a sinister smile.

"The taste... is a bit salty."

"Remember to wash it more thoroughly before bringing it next time."

Done.

Su Chen could no longer hold on, and his massive chaotic dharma form instantly collapsed, transforming into a shooting star that plummeted towards the Eternal City below.

……

The Heavenly Realm, above the clouds.

A deathly silence enveloped the battlefield, which had just been radiant with divine light.

Haotian Mirror escaped.

That terrifying cannibalistic monster also fell.

Only the Four Heavenly Kings remained, disheveled, covered in blood, and floating miserably in mid-air.

Their aura had weakened to the extreme. The Great Luo Origin, which was originally like a furnace, was now like a candle flickering in the wind.

"Failed..."

The Western Heavenly King looked at his empty palm; the wound at the base of his thumb was still bleeding, but he could no longer feel the pain.

The fear in my heart far outweighed the physical pain.

"The four of us joined forces... and even used the Haotian Mirror... and we still lost?"

"Not only were they defeated, but even the Haotian Mirror had a corner bitten off by that wretch..."

"How is this possible? How is this possible?!"

The Northern Heavenly King's face turned ashen.

He had hoped to use this opportunity to kill someone and avenge himself. But instead of killing anyone, the blade chipped!
The Haotian Mirror was damaged, a disgrace unprecedented in the history of the Heavenly Court!
When the Heavenly Emperor emerges from seclusion and sees that broken corner of the mirror, the four of them, as the protectors of the treasure, will be severely injured, even if they don't die!

"What should we do now?"

The Southern King was shrewd after all. Although he was trembling with fear, he forced himself to calm down immediately.

He glanced down at the falling meteor in the ruins below.

"Su Chen must have been seriously injured by the backlash from the Haotian Mirror! This is when he is at his weakest!"

"Should we..."

The Southern Heavenly King made a throat-slitting gesture, a fierce glint flashing in his eyes.

Take advantage of his illness and kill him!
however.

As soon as he made the suggestion, the other three shuddered and instinctively took a step back.

"Go if you want! I... my essence is too badly damaged, I can't move!" The Eastern Heavenly King clutched his chest, his eyes darting away.

"I...I also need to go back to seclusion to heal my injuries immediately, otherwise my cultivation level will drop." The Western Heavenly King even took out a flying boat, looking like he was ready to run away at any time.

Are you kidding me?
Go down and finish them off?

Who knows if that madman was faking it?
The ferocious way that thing had bitten through an imperial weapon had become a psychological trauma for them. If they charged down and that thing opened its mouth to bite again, without the Haotian Mirror protecting them, what would they use to block it? Their heads?
Moreover, the Longevity Imperial City also contains a grand formation and a million-strong army of immortals...

"A bunch of trash!"

Looking at his three terrified colleagues, the Southern King cursed inwardly, but then he glanced at his empty left sleeve and thought about Su Chen's despair-inducing physical strength...

He also got scared.

"That's enough... Don't pursue a desperate enemy."

The Southern King gave himself a way out.

"The Haotian Mirror flew back to the Lingxiao Palace on its own, which will surely alarm the Heavenly Emperor. This level of prodigy is beyond our ability to handle."

"Go back and apologize."

"We hope that His Majesty will show leniency, considering our years of hard work and dedication, even if we haven't achieved anything significant..."

After saying that, the four of them, like stray dogs, took off and fled back to the depths of the Heavenly Realm without looking back, not daring to utter a single harsh word.

……

[Ruins Realm, Immortal Imperial City]

Boom——! ! !
A deafening roar shook the earth.

Su Chen crashed into the central square of the imperial city like a meteorite.

The hard, divine metal ground was smashed into a giant crater thousands of feet deep, and the terrifying shockwave leveled all the surrounding buildings.

"Daozu!!"

"Quickly! Save the Emperor!!"

Lady Skeleton and Giant Spirit One, who had been waiting below for a long time, rushed into the deep pit like madmen.

The smoke cleared.

At the bottom of the pit, Su Chen was lying in a "spread-eagle" position.

At this moment, his appearance was extremely miserable.

His entire body was shattered, his chest was caved in, and his once enormous mouth was now a bloody mess, with half of his jaw missing. The once dense chaotic energy around him had become extremely thin, as if it would dissipate with a gust of wind.

But he didn't die.

She was even...laughing. (End of Chapter)