Living in the deep palace

"You can say no."

"But the Heavenly Emperor has already issued a kill order. Without my protection, you will be torn to shreds by those crazed Fifth Realm cultivators in the Heavenly Domain within three days."

"and……"

The Void Ancestor pointed to the void behind Su Chen.

There, the Demon Lord of Chaos, Meng Po, Giant Spirit No. 1, and their subordinates were still unconscious and sealed.

"Your loyal subordinates, and even your immortal realm, will... vanish because of your refusal."

This is a naked threat.

But Su Chen knew that this was reality.

"I go."

Su Chen raised his head, his face revealing neither joy nor anger.

"But I have a condition."

"explain."

"After this is done, I want freedom." Su Chen stared into the eyes of the Void Ancestor. "True freedom. You and the Heavenly Emperor must no longer interfere with any of my cause and effect."

"make a deal."

The Void Ancestor agreed so readily that Su Chen became somewhat suspicious.

"As long as you bring out the Emperor God's Decree, this vast starry sky will be your fiefdom. Neither the Heavenly Emperor nor I will ever set foot here."

"it is good."

Su Chen nodded.

"Then please, senior... release the seal on my subordinates."

The Ancestor of the Ruins waved his hand casually.

hum!
A streak of purple light swept across.

The Hun Tian Demon Lord and the others, who had been lying unconscious on the meteorite, suddenly trembled and woke up.

"Kill!! For the Dao Ancestor!!"

As soon as Giant Spirit No. 1 woke up, it jumped up with its axe in hand, clearly still in the moment of the battle in Heaven.

"Dao Ancestor! Beware of the Heavenly Emperor!!"

Meng Po also looked anxious, and the white bone staff in her hand shone brightly.

However, when they saw their surroundings clearly, everyone was stunned.

A quiet starry sky, a dazzling Milky Way.

There was no smoke of gunpowder, no shouts of battle, and no terrifying Heavenly Emperor.

There was only one figure, a slightly desolate man in a green robe, Su Chen, and a mysterious man in purple whose face was obscured.

"The Dao...the Dao Ancestor?"

The Demon Lord of Chaos cautiously asked, "Where...where are we?"

"Go home."

Su Chen turned around, a tired but warm smile on his face.

"The war is over."

"We... survived."

Upon hearing this, the demon generals exchanged bewildered glances, then erupted in cheers of relief at surviving a calamity.

But only Su Chen knew the truth.

War has never ended.

It's just a different battlefield and a different opponent.

"Su Chen, go."

The figure of the Void Ancestor began to slowly dissipate.

"The entrance to the ancient god's ruins is in the center of the forbidden zone. Remember, your time is running out."

"Although the Heavenly Emperor cannot enter, he is already trying to infiltrate this place."

"do not let me down."

As the last wisp of purple aura dissipated, this star field returned to complete tranquility.

Su Chen stood at the edge of the meteorite, looking at the deep, forbidden zone of the starry sea, his eyes gradually becoming profound.

"The Emperor's Decree..."

"A ticket to the other side..."

Su Chen gently stroked his chin with his fingers.

"Old man, did you think I went there to get something for you?"

"Since only I can enter this treasure vault..."

Su Chen's lips curled up once again with that familiar, greedy smile that belonged to a "glutton."

"Then how can you guarantee that when I come out..."

Is there anything left in there for you?

"Hun Tian! Form the ranks!"

Su Chen suddenly turned around, his aura changing, transforming from that dejected chess piece back into that domineering Longevity Dao Ancestor.

"I'm here!!"

Although the demon generals were confused, they immediately straightened their backs upon sensing the return of their leader.

A new journey has begun.

Su Chen pointed to that dark, forbidden area.

“There is a super large tomb there.”

"A sixth-realm ancient god is buried inside."

"Tell me, do you want to taste... what does the flesh of the Sixth Realm taste like?!"

Upon hearing this, the eyes of the Demon Lord of Chaos and the others instantly turned green.

Consuming the Sixth Realm?!
Although I don't know what happened, this sounds...f***ing exciting!
"think!!!"

"I am willing to die for my lord!!"

"Okay! Let's go!!"

With a wave of his sleeve, Su Chen led this demon army, which had just crawled out of the pile of corpses in the Heavenly Court, like a pack of hungry wolves, towards the forbidden zone of the star sea that had been silent for billions of years.

This time.

He is no longer a manipulated madman.

He wanted to be a...sober plunderer.

……

【The vast starry sky, the desolate starfields】

When the millions of demons fully awoke from their stupor and completed their reorganization, an aura that made the entire universe tremble inevitably dissipated.

This is a dimensional crushing victory.

The Azure Star Sea is, after all, merely a lower universe on the edge of the "Great Thousand Worlds." Although its territory is vast, its laws are not stable. The army under Su Chen's command, however, is a terrifying legion that fought its way out of the Avici Hell and devoured a third of the Heavenly Court's resources.

There are six warriors at the level of Great Luo Golden Immortal (Hun Tian, ​​Meng Po, Ju Ling, Fu Xiu, Meng Yan, and Lie Kong), and tens of thousands of Golden Immortals.

"Crack...knock..."

Su Chen keenly heard the surrounding starry sky creaking under the strain. Countless black spatial rifts, like spider webs, spread outwards from them.

Several distant stars, unable to withstand the pressure, flickered and seemed about to go out at any moment.

"My lord, this place... seems too fragile."

The Demon Lord of Chaos (King of Prisons) restrained his demonic aura and spoke cautiously. He felt that even a sneeze from him could extinguish the entire star system in front of him.

"We are too strong."

Su Chen stood atop the white bone imperial chariot, his gaze profound.

"Pass down the order: the entire army shall self-seal."

"Suppress your cultivation at... True Immortal Realm."

“This is my hometown, and I don’t want it to be ‘bloated’ by me.”

"Yes!"

At Su Chen's command, the millions of demon soldiers simultaneously unleashed their secret techniques.

The soaring malevolent energy quickly receded, and the terrifying pressure receded like a tide.

The mournful cries of the starry sky finally ceased, and the shattered spatial rifts began to slowly heal.

"Let's go."

Su Chen gently tapped the armrest.

"Go to the restricted area."

The massive black fleet transformed into streaks of light, silently traversing the sea of ​​stars.

Along the way, Su Chen saw some familiar star fields.

He saw the direction of the former Taiyi Dao Palace, which seemed more prosperous than before, with faint traces of Golden Immortal auras emanating from it.

Clearly, in the years since his departure, the starry sky has also ushered in its own golden age.

"Dao Ancestor, is that your sect? Should we...?" Meng Po noticed Su Chen's gaze and asked in a low voice, "Should we also leave some of our inheritance, or bestow some good fortune upon them?"

Su Chen remained silent for a moment, then shook his head.

"No need."

"I am now burdened with great karma and am being watched by two Sixth Realm experts."

"It's better to cherish the memory than to meet again." "If we go, it will probably bring them not good fortune, but... utter destruction."

Su Chen withdrew his gaze, his eyes hardening again.

"Only by letting go can one achieve longevity."

"Full speed ahead!"

……

[Deep within the starry sky, a forbidden zone of the cosmos]

This is the absolute death zone of this universe.

Even at the height of the Celestial Sea's power, no one dared to venture deep into this place. Legend has it that none who entered, not even the supposedly invincible Golden Immortal Supreme, ever returned alive.

It's like a huge scar, stretching across the center of the universe.

When Su Chen's fleet arrived at the edge of the restricted area, everyone was shocked by the sight before them.

That was a... black hole.

However, it is not a black hole in the ordinary sense of astrophysics.

It's too big.

With a diameter exceeding 10 billion light-years, it occupies the entire field of vision. It floats there silently, neither rotating nor accreting, yet it exudes a deathly aura that would freeze even the souls of the most powerful immortals.

Even more bizarre is the shape of this black hole.

It is not round, but rather has a slightly sunken oval shape with a narrow crack in the middle.

From a distance, it looks like a tightly closed... eye.

A dead eye belonging to a god.

Even Su Chen was terrified and felt a sense of panic.

"This is... the ancient god's ruins that the Ancestor of Ruins spoke of?"

"How terrifying!"

The Demon Lord of Chaos swallowed hard; even from a great distance, the demonic energy within him trembled uncontrollably.

"What terrifying death energy... a billion times purer than the deepest hell."

"This is not death energy."

Su Chen stood at the bow of the ship, the [Withered and Flourishing Branch] within his body was issuing frantic warnings.

"This is... annihilation."

"It is the ultimate state of nothingness after life comes to an end."

Su Chen stretched out his hand, and in his palm, the [Origin Dao Fruit] glowed slightly, emitting a faint blue light, resisting the omnipresent law of annihilation.

"Without the protection of the Origin Law, even a fifth-realm expert would be assimilated into nothingness in an instant."

"No wonder the Ancestor of the Ruins and the Heavenly Emperor couldn't get in."

"Because their path is already set, too strong, and too rigid. Forcing their way in will only trigger a stress response in this 'eye,' ultimately leading to mutual destruction."

"but me……"

Su Chen stared at the crack in the center of the black hole.

“I have mastered the origin, the beginning of ‘life’. For this world full of ‘death’, I am the only… variable.”

"The giant has encamped here."

Su Chen turned around and gave the order.

"The rules inside the restricted area are special; a large army would be unable to maneuver effectively inside."

"Hun Tian, ​​Meng Po, you two come in with me."

"Everyone else, form the 'Eternal Life Sealing Array' to seal off this star field! I don't want a single fly to get in, nor do I want any news to get out!"

"Yes!!"

The millions of demons quickly dispersed, completely surrounding the edge of the forbidden zone.

Su Chen, accompanied by two trusted confidants, transformed into three streaks of light and headed straight for the enormous "eye of the black hole".

……

The closer you get to the black hole, the stronger the sense of oppression becomes.

When the three arrived at the crack, even a Great Luo Golden Immortal like the Hun Tian Demon Lord was already pale, and every step he took required a massive amount of magical power to resist the pressure.

"My lord, look!"

Suddenly, Meng Po pointed to a floating boulder at the entrance of the crack and exclaimed in surprise.

It was a black boulder of unknown material, which had remained intact for hundreds of millions of years.

Two lines of text are carved on the boulder.

The handwriting is messy and unrestrained, exuding an indomitable fighting spirit, and even after countless years, it still stings the eyes.

The first line of text is:
"Since you have seen the ancient god, why don't you kneel? Bah! I won't kneel! — Remains of the Skeleton Lord."

The second line of text is:
"The road ahead is blocked, is turning back the right path? No, I'm determined to continue down this road! — Chen Shengliu"

boom!
The moment Su Chen saw those two lines of text, it was as if a bolt of lightning struck his mind.

hum!
Having once devoured the remnant memories of Chen Sheng, memories surged into his mind in an instant, none other than those he had previously possessed.

It was Chen Sheng and Hai Zun battling it out. In a split second, Chen Sheng laughed loudly, pulling a void space into his immortal aperture universe, and mocked Hai Zun.

"Skeleton Lord, oh Skeleton Lord!"

So what if you're better than me?

"kill me!"

"This legacy will never be yours again, because I have perished, and you will never be able to enter my Starry Sea World!"

boom!
The next scene shows the Skeleton Lord, filled with rage, attempting to use his power to forcibly seize a corner of the universe within the dying Chen Sheng's body, in order to take away this relic.

But he was outmaneuvered by Chen Sheng.

From then on, the mighty Skeleton Lord, a powerful figure in the fifth realm, was suppressed for countless years by the starry sky left behind by the fallen Chen Sheng, unable to escape...

And before that.

Su Chen saw it all clearly in this sinking memory.

When Chen Sheng fell, terrifying light burst forth from this legacy site, and each of them pulled out a residual image from the bodies of Chen Sheng and Hai Zun.

Cold words also echoed.

"Two challengers!"

"Projection captured, trial to begin!"

This was something Chen Sheng had no memory of after his fall. But at this moment, by a twist of fate, Su Chen arrived here and resonated with this place, thus catching a glimpse of it.

It turns out that Chen Sheng and Hai Zun, both at the fifth level, had already embarked on the path to the sixth level, an opportunity they had both longed for.

Unfortunately.

Judging from this, they did not successfully pass the level and obtain the inheritance!
……

“Soul Sovereign… Saint Chen…”

Su Chen's fingers gently stroked the cold stone carving.

"So...you've been here before."

"really."

"This is the sixth realm opportunity that you two were fighting over in your respective domains. I never expected that, after all this time, I would still end up here..."

Su Chen muttered to himself.

He felt the presence of the ruins here.

I have a vague understanding of it.

The projections of the Skeleton Lord and the Star Saint are probably still trapped in the trial, neither alive nor dead.

These are terrifying rules!

Rules unique to the Sixth Mirror!
The Heavenly Emperor's Law, the Void Ancestor's Dao, and this is the third path of the Sixth Mirror's rules! Just like the creator of all things, the omnipotent God...

"Judging from the tone of your message, you don't seem to be in despair, but rather... ready to conquer?"

"The Corpse Lord refuses to kneel before the Ancient God, and the Star Saint seeks to continue the broken path."

"Good! What a courage!"

The slight fear of the unknown in Su Chen's heart vanished instantly under the encouragement of these two lines of text.

He laughed loudly, and a dazzling azure-gold divine light erupted from his body.

"Since you two seniors dare to venture here, what do I, Su Chen, have to fear?"

"I will walk the path you did not finish!"

"I'll take what you didn't get!!"

Su Chen took a step and arrived directly at the very center of the black hole rift.

"Origin - Open the Gate!!"

Om-! ! !
The Origin Mark between Su Chen's eyebrows suddenly lit up, and a beam of light full of vitality and creative power slammed into the crack.

It's like a key being inserted into a rusty lock.

clack clack...

A tooth-grinding scraping sound rang out.

That "eye," which had been tightly closed for countless epochs, slowly...

opened.

Countless years have passed.

The third challenger, Su Chen, has finally arrived! (End of Chapter)