Living in the deep palace

Su Chen suddenly clenched his five fingers together.

boom--! ! !
The [Emperor's Decree], which was said to be able to control the entire ancient god ruins and represented supreme authority, exploded under the dual crushing force of Su Chen's palm, which was comparable to divine metal, and the Origin Fire!

Golden powder filled the air.

The pair of golden eyes in the void let out an incredulous roar, then collapsed like a mirage.

in reality.

Su Chen slowly opened his hands.

In his palm, only a pile of dull, lifeless rubble remained, drifting away in the wind.

"..."

The whole place was dead silent.

The Skeleton Lord's chin slammed to the ground once again.

"It's...broken?"

"You...you crushed the Emperor's Decree?!"

The voice of the Skeleton Lord was as sharp as a rooster being strangled.

"Master! Father!! That's the only key! Without it, how can we get to the Divine Court? How can we control this body? It's all over!!"

"key?"

Su Chen dusted off his hands, his expression eerily calm.

"If a key opens a door but locks you inside, then you might as well not have that key."

"As for how to get to the Divine Court..."

Su Chen raised his head and looked at the dome of the main hall, his gaze seemingly piercing through layers of flesh and blood, reaching the distant core of the brain.

"The road is made by walking, not by asking for it."

"Since I didn't have the key, I took the door apart."

"If there's no road, I'll carve one out!"

The moment Su Chen finished speaking.

hum-

The entire Imperial Palace suddenly trembled violently.

This tremor is not a harbinger of collapse, but rather a kind of... resonance.

The divine palace, which had dimmed after the Emperor God's Decree was shattered, has now lit up again.

Moreover, it is no longer that artificial gold, but a deep, rustic dark gold.

A desolate, grand, yet no longer aloof thought slowly rose from the depths of the temple, echoing throughout the main hall.

[...Those who do not kneel may bear my weight.]

[...Those who break the order reveal their true selves.]

[...Cardiovascular center, access granted.]

At this moment, all the chains of rules vanished. The once unattainable divine throne descended automatically, landing right in front of Su Chen.

"This……"

The Skeleton Lord was dumbfounded.

"What...what's going on? The Emperor's Decree was shattered, yet it gained recognition?"

"This shrine doesn't know when to back down!"

Su Chen looked at the divine throne in front of him, a playful smile curving his lips.

"It seems that this ancient god was quite arrogant in his lifetime."

"The Emperor's Decree he left behind was both a trap and a test."

"Those who want to be dogs only deserve to be puppets."

"Only those who dare to smash the dog leash deserve to inherit his... pride."

Su Chen did not sit down.

He stepped onto the throne, turned around, and roared at his still-stunned subordinates:
"What are you all standing there for?!"

"Access granted! Alert deactivated!"

"Now, this place is ours!!"

"According to the previous plan... move it now!!!"

With Su Chen's command, the solemn and dignified atmosphere of the Emperor God Palace instantly changed.

"Yes, sir!!"

The Demon Lord of Chaos was the first to react. As a demon, he was inherently plundering. He had previously been wary of the rules here, but now that Su Chen had endorsed him, why should he be polite?
"Men! Move out!!"

"Anything that's shiny is a treasure!!"

boom!
Thousands of demon guards, whose physical powers had been partially unsealed, charged into the sheepfold like a pack of hungry wolves.

"This floor! It's paved with 'stardust'! Dig it up! Don't leave a single piece!"

Giant Spirit One wielded his enormous axe, no longer to chop people, but to become the most professional demolition worker. With each swing of his axe, he could pry up a large slab of divine stone floor, several meters square, which would then be quickly stuffed into storage bags by his underlings.

"The dragon statue on this pillar... seems to be a living dragon soul sealed?"

Meng Po floated to a Primordial Divine Pillar, her eyes gleaming with green light. "What a treasure! If I extract it and refine it into my Other Shore Flower, it will definitely evolve into a Ghost Emperor Weapon!"

She stretched out her withered, ghostly claws and forcefully pulled the still-struggling dragon soul out of the pillar, stuffing it into her sleeve.

"That lamp! That lamp is made of 'Ten Thousand Year Divine Whale Oil'! It can burn for ten thousand years without going out!"

Ba Shan led a group of natives from the Desolate Bone City. Although they didn't understand any laws or treasures, they had an instinctive craving for "light" and "heat." One by one, they climbed the high wall like monkeys and pried off all the ever-burning lamps embedded in the wall.

"Crack! Boom!"

The once magnificent and resplendent Imperial Palace, representing the highest majesty of the ancient god's heart, was now filled with dust and clanging noises.

Less than half an hour.

The outer hall has been emptied.

It really is "emptied out" in the literal sense.

Three layers of plaster were scraped off, revealing the dark red flesh underneath.

The Skeleton Lord, floating in mid-air, watched this scene, his soul twitching.

"They've gone mad...they've all gone mad..."

"This is the ruins of an ancient god! A place where countless powerful beings make pilgrimages!"

"You...you're nothing but locusts!!"

Although the Skeleton Lord was cursing, his actions betrayed him.

He was secretly drifting to a corner of the main hall, where there was a seemingly inconspicuous incense burner.

"Hehe, these clueless brutes. This incense burner is a replica of the 'Soul Gathering Cauldron.' Although it can't compare to the Divine Refining Crystal, it's enough for me to live in."

The skeleton had just reached out his hand, ready to take the incense burner away.

Snapped.

A large hand suddenly pressed down on the incense burner.

When the Skeleton Lord looked up, it was Su Chen.

"Master...?" The Skeleton Lord chuckled awkwardly, "I thought this thing looked tattered and worthless, so I thought..."

"Who says it's worthless?"

Su Chen looked at him with a half-smile, "The incense ash in this incense burner is the residue left after the ancient god's soul burned, also known as 'soul ash.' That is a top-grade soul tonic."

"You want to keep it all for yourself?"

"No, no, no! I wouldn't dare!" The Skeleton Lord was so frightened that he quickly withdrew his hand. "Master, please! Please!"

Su Chen didn't stand on ceremony and put away the incense burner. He then tossed a piece of "soul-nourishing wood" that he had just pried off a pillar to the Skeleton Lord.

"Take this; it's more useful to you now."

"I'm going to use that incense burner to refine medicine."

The Skeleton Lord held the Soul-Nourishing Wood that radiated warm soul power, and immediately beamed with joy.

"Thank you, Master! You are wise and mighty!"

Su Chen ignored his flattery and turned to walk towards the deepest part of the main hall.

With the exterior decorations removed, the Imperial Palace revealed its true core.

Below the original location of the throne, a huge pool appeared.

The pool was not large, only about ten zhang in diameter.

But there was no water inside.

There was only a pool of viscous blood, radiating a dazzling golden light...

【The Blood of the Ancient Gods】.

This is the most refined part extracted from this enormous heart over billions of years. Every drop of blood contains terrifying energy enough to cause a true immortal to explode and die. It lies there quietly, its surface without any ripples, but the surrounding space is constantly distorting and collapsing, as if it cannot bear this weight.

"This is... the final treasure."

Su Chen stood by the blood pool and took a deep breath.

Just a breath of blood vapor made every cell in his body cheer and scream.

That was the [Origin God-Demon Body]'s extreme desire for evolution.

"Gudu."

The Demon Lord of Chaos and the Corpse Lord also came over, staring at the pool of golden blood with wide eyes and drooling.

"My lord, this... this pool of blood, if taken out, would be enough to buy half of the Azure Sky Star Sea!" Hun Tian said, trembling.

"purchase?"

Su Chen shook his head, a hint of fanaticism flashing in his eyes.

"This thing is priceless."

"Because it is the final piece of the puzzle leading to 'physical sanctification'."

Su Chen turned around and looked at everyone.

"Hun Tian, ​​take men and guard the entrance to the main hall."

"No matter what happens, you are not allowed to come in."

"Lord Hai, please protect me and keep an eye on this pool to prevent the energy from dissipating."

"Master, what are you going to do?" The Skeleton Lord had a bad feeling. "This blood energy is too violent. Even a fifth-level cultivator wouldn't dare to directly..."

Before he could finish speaking, he saw Su Chen start taking off his clothes.

He revealed his well-developed muscles, which looked as if they had been cast from divine metal.

"What?"

Su Chen walked to the edge of the pool, grinned, and his smile was so wild it sent chills down one's spine.

"Of course... take a bath."

"Wash away my mortal form, forge my divine body!"

Pfft!
Amidst the horrified gazes of the crowd, Su Chen leaped into the pool of ancient god's heart blood—enough to forge divine weapons—as if he were jumping into his own bathtub!
Chapter 757 Physical Reconstruction, Divine Blood Tempering
“Sizzle, sizzle—!!!”

The moment Su Chen jumped in, there was no splashing sound, but instead a piercing screech like a red-hot iron being thrown into ice water.

Immediately following was a nauseating smell of burning.

That was the smell of Su Chen's flesh being instantly carbonized by the high temperature of divine blood.

"what--!!!"

Even someone as resolute as Su Chen couldn't help but let out a low growl at this moment.

pain!
It hurts so much!
This is not an ordinary burn, but a devastating reorganization at the genetic level.

The golden divine blood, like a living drill, relentlessly penetrated Su Chen's body through his pores and wounds. It ruthlessly destroyed Su Chen's original cellular structure, attempting to assimilate him into a part of the ancient god.

In just a moment.

Su Chen was completely charred, and you could even see his white bones underneath.

"Master!!" the Skeleton Lord cried out in alarm. "Come out quickly! This blood contains the 'Rejection Law'! Your physical body can't withstand it! People will die!!"

The Demon Lord of Chaos and the others were also in a panic, trying to reach out and pull him back, but they were repelled by the golden light that erupted from the pool.

"Don't...come any closer..."

Su Chen's hoarse and broken voice came from his charred throat.

He clung tightly to the rocks by the pool, his fingernails already broken, his fingers deeply embedded in the sacred stone.

"This little pain... it's nothing!"

"Rejection?"

Su Chen's eyes, which had long been burned out and were now just two small blue flames, burned with a frenzied fighting spirit.

"That's an excuse for the weak!"

"Origin Dao Fruit... Spin for me!!"

"Gluttony of Chaos... Eat it all!!"

Om-! ! !
On the brink of life and death, Su Chen's potential was completely squeezed out.

The [Origin Dao Fruit] located at the heart erupted with an unprecedented azure light. This azure light, carrying the authority of "creation," quickly enveloped Su Chen's tattered body.

Destruction and rebirth achieved a delicate balance at this moment.

The blood of the ancient gods is causing destruction, while the power of origin is repairing it.

Every act of destruction is a process of removing impurities from the mortal body.

Every restoration is an evolution infused with divinity.

Click!Click!
As time went by, Su Chen's bones began to undergo abnormal changes.

The bones, originally as white as jade, gradually turned a dark gold color after being soaked in divine blood. The bone marrow was replaced with golden divine marrow, and with each hemostasis, the flowing blood was no longer bright red human blood, but demigod blood with a pale gold tinge.

His internal organs are also undergoing reconstruction.

His heartbeat slowed down, but each beat was like a muffled thunderclap, making the entire hall reverberate.

one day.

Two days.

Three days.

……

Seven days have passed.

The water level in the blood pool dropped by half.

Meanwhile, the black shell on the surface of the "charred man" that was originally floating on top began to crack.

"Ka... Ka..."

As the last piece of charred skin fell off.

A brand new, near-perfect body was displayed before the crowd.

That was no longer a mortal body of flesh and blood.

Every inch of her skin shimmered with a jade-like luster, beneath which faint, dark golden divine patterns could be seen flowing.

His muscles weren't exaggerated, yet they possessed an explosive, powerful beauty. His long, ink-black hair cascaded over his shoulders, each strand as strong as steel wire, capable of cleaving through the void.

What's most terrifying is his aura.

He sat quietly in the pool of blood, without making any movement.

But the space around him twisted and collapsed on its own because of his presence. It was as if this world could no longer contain the existence of this physical body.

【Origin God-Demon Body - Ancient God Form (70%)】.

Achieved!

Swish!
Su Chen suddenly opened his eyes.

A dark red halo has appeared deep within the originally azure-gold pupils. That is the mark left after devouring the origin of the ancient god—[The Might of the Ancient God].

"call……"

Su Chen slowly stood up.

As he stood up, the remaining half pool of divine blood seemed to be summoned, transforming into a golden dragon that automatically coiled around his body before being completely absorbed into his stomach and sealed away.

"This feeling……"

Su Chen clenched his fist.

No magic was used; it was purely physical strength.

boom! !

The air was blasted apart, and a visible white shockwave exploded instantly, blasting a hole a hundred feet in diameter into the dome of the main hall!

Sunlight (divine light from within the ancient god) streamed down through the cave entrance, illuminating Su Chen as if he were draped in a golden armor.

"This...this is..."

The Demon Lord of Chaos and the others were already kneeling on the ground, trembling with fear.

This wasn't because Su Chen's pressure was deliberately targeted at them, but rather an instinctive suppression at the level of life.

It was like a rabbit seeing a real dragon.

"The divine...divine bones are complete?!"

The skeleton floated in the distance, its soul trembling violently.

He could see that Su Chen, in terms of physical strength alone, had completely surpassed him and Chen Sheng back then!
Even... even when facing the resurrection of a true ancient god, they can still go toe-to-toe with each other for several rounds in terms of physical strength!
"It's not over yet."

Su Chen examined his body and shook his head. (End of Chapter)