Living in the deep palace

"Boom! Crack!"

As Su Chensheng swallowed the Heavenly Eye that controlled all heavens and operated all laws, the God Realm, the supreme plane that stood above the long river of time and ruled over countless eras in the lower realm, finally ushered in its complete collapse and annihilation.

Without the support of the will of Heaven, the three thousand Great Laws of the God Realm instantly fell into unprecedented chaos.

The sky no longer hung high, but fell in large shards like shattered glass; the earth was no longer solid, its veins fractured, spewing forth destructive void currents. Time began to flow backward, space began to shift, and yin and yang, the five elements, were completely reversed!
The once magnificent palaces and celestial palaces were torn to dust by the storm of laws; the once flowing river of spiritual energy dried up instantly, turning into lifeless ashes.

This is a lifeless apocalypse, the final lament as the world comes to an end.

"Waaaaah—"

In the void, echoes resounded the chilling wails of ghosts and gods. It was the final breath of this world before its death.

However, in this chaotic collapse that was enough to drive all living beings to despair.

The instigator, the man in the green robe who had just swallowed the Heavenly Dao, stood at the edge of the Supreme Divine Stove, which was formed by the folding of the thirty-three heavens. His expression showed no panic whatsoever, but rather the extreme focus and fervor of a gourmand facing a delicious dish that was about to be cooked.

"With the death of the Heavenly Way, the 'kitchen' of the divine realm has lost its rules."

Su Chen stuck out his tongue and licked the trace of Heavenly Dao Origin juice remaining at the corner of his mouth. In his divine eyes, which reflected the eternal desolation, the gluttonous red light was like two magic lamps illuminating the eternal night.

"In that case, rather than letting these leftovers dissipate in the wind and turn into cosmic dust..."

"It would be better for me to be the final chef, to thoroughly boil this crumbling realm into a pot of... [Chaos Reversion Soup]!!!"

"Hun Tian! Add more fire to this body!!!"

Su Chen roared, his voice drowning out the rumble of the collapsing God Realm.

"Yes, sir!!! For the Lord's feast! Burn it!!!"

Above the Eternal Heaven, the Demon Lord of Chaos was already in a bloodthirsty frenzy. He led tens of thousands of demon soldiers, frantically stuffing all the innate divine trees, ancient immortal treasures, and even broken divine artifacts and magical treasures that he had plundered from all over the divine realm into the bottom of the Supreme Divine Stove!
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The already raging Nine Heavens Divine Thunder and Origin Fire at the bottom of the stove, fueled by countless rare and precious materials, instantly surged a billion times!
The dark red flames even licked the remaining void barrier of the divine realm, burning the originally indestructible spatial barrier until it turned red-hot and melted!
"The imbalance of Yin and Yang is perfect for stirring the soup base!"

Su Chen thrust his hands into the void, his two sky-covering demonic hands, covered in chaotic dragon scales, grasping the collapsing [Extreme Yang Heavenly Peak] and [Extreme Yin Earthly Abyss] of the God Realm!
"To the Venerable One— Unite!!!"

Su Chen's arm muscles bulged like a coiling dragon, and the Origin Divine Power at the peak of the sixth realm within his body poured out without reservation!

"Squeak, squeak, squeak—!!!"

Amidst a terrifying friction sound that made one's teeth ache and one's soul feel like it was about to explode, the heavens and earth of the divine realm, which were originally separated by billions of miles, were actually forced together and squeezed into the middle by Su Chen with supreme brute force!
The sky is the cover, and the earth is the cauldron!
The fragments of the divine mountain scattered in the collapse, the floating divine blood and corpses, and the chaotic fragments of the Great Dao Laws were all forcibly squeezed into the giant bronze cauldron located in the center under the terrifying pressure of the merging of heaven and earth!
"Sizzle—sizzle—"

The Taiyi True Water inside the bronze cauldron had long been boiled dry, and in its place was a colorful liquid formed by the melting of all things in the divine realm by the Origin Fire!

But that's not enough!
"This soup is a little undercooked and lacks flavor."

Su Chen frowned slightly as he looked at the turbulent yet still chaotic liquid in the cauldron.

He took a deep breath, and the [Nirvana Divine Heart] and [Lung Divine Treasury] within his chest roared simultaneously!
"Origin Law - Samadhi True Fire, Chaotic Divine Wind!"

"call------!!!"

Su Chen opened his mouth and spat out!
A divine wind, tinged with chaotic gray and carrying dark golden primordial fire, pierced straight into the bottom of the bronze cauldron like a world-destroying fire dragon, intertwining with the original thunder and fire!
"Glug... Glug... Glug..."

Under the intense heat that surpassed the limits of the laws of the divine realm, everything within the cauldron began to undergo a qualitative transformation!

The divine corpse melted, turning into golden oil; the divine mountain collapsed, turning into a thick, sedimentary mass; the magical treasures dissolved, turning into sharp, spicy flavors; even the shattered fragments of space and the turbulent flow of time were forcibly boiled into strands of profound laws by this great cauldron and incorporated into the broth!
Gradually, the originally murky and mixed liquid began to become clear and transparent, eventually transforming into a color that cannot be described by any other color in the world: "chaotic amber"!
"Buzz—!!!"

When the first wisp of steam rose from the cauldron, the entire ruined divine realm stopped collapsing!

The broth vapor in the void manifested extraordinary phenomena of the birth and destruction of countless worlds! Ancient divine dragons roared within the broth vapor, peerless celestial flowers bloomed within it, and countless gods and demons chanted scriptures within it!

This is an unparalleled broth, brewed from the combined essence of an entire era and the entire divine realm!
"It smells so good! It smells amazing!!!"

Below, the Skeleton Lord, who was originally just a skeleton, smelled this fragrance, and two greedy white wisps of smoke actually appeared in his empty nostrils. The soul fire in his eye sockets was also dancing wildly, as if he was about to sublimate on the spot because of this ultimate delicacy.

"My lord... this... this pot of soup... it might even poison Taixu to death, or bring him back to life!" The Hun Tian Demon Lord was so excited that he was incoherent, his saliva flowing down his fangs and corroding the divine stone beneath his feet.

"The timing is right."

Su Chen stood atop the divine stove, looking down at the "divine soup" that had turned into a chaotic amber color. The gluttonous red light in his eyes had completely transformed into a tangible black hole of greed.

He didn't rush to eat, but instead stretched out a finger and gently touched the boiling soup surface.

"Ding."

A ripple spread across the soup, and under that single finger, an unparalleled Daoist charm flowed, capable of turning stone into gold and transforming decay into magic.

"This realm of gods was once high above, looking down upon all living beings as ants."

"Now, it has nothing more than a spoonful of meat soup in my bowl."

Su Chen slowly drew the bone knife from his waist and used the tip of the knife to pick up a piece of the [God King Skull] in the cauldron that had not yet completely melted. It was the only remaining trace of the Judgment God King.

"Old dog, didn't you want to judge me?"

Su Chen grinned at the skull, his gleaming white teeth flashing coldly in the firelight.

"Now, in my soup, do you still feel...comfortable?!"

"boom!"

With a flick of his wrist, Su Chen shattered the skull back into the soup, completely severing all ties to the past.

Then.

He slowly opened his arms. Although the Gluttonous Demon God's Dharma form, which was tens of millions of feet tall, did not manifest at this moment, the shadow behind him had already been projected into the endless depths of the void, transforming into a terrifying shadow capable of devouring galaxies!
"Now that the realm of gods has been destroyed, there is no longer any need for this world to exist."

Su Chen suddenly lowered his head, and the gaping maw of the abyss slowly opened towards the bronze cauldron that contained the essence of the entire God Realm!

"Today, I, the Venerable One, will—"

"Drink up this sky! Dry up this earth!!!"

……

"The Law of Origin: Devouring Eternity!!!"

boom------------!!!!!!

With Su Chen's furious roar that shattered the Taixu Extreme Wall, the Chaos Returning to Origin Soup, which had accumulated the essence of the God Realm for billions of years and was brewed from the flesh and blood of countless gods and laws, in the bronze cauldron, boiled completely!
"Splash splash splash splash—!!!"

That was no longer the sound of flowing water, but the rushing of the Great Dao and the roar of the laws!

The murky amber-colored broth transformed into an immense torrent, hundreds of millions of miles thick, stretching across the heavens and the earth, like an ancient celestial river flowing upstream, relentlessly pouring into Su Chen's gaping maw! "Glug... Glug... Glug..."

Su Chen swallowed hard.

Every sip of this soup feels heavier than the entire world!
The first sip, carrying the pure and ethereal energy of the early days of the divine realm, cleansed the last trace of worldly defilement from his soul.

The tenth bite, mixed with the resentment and unwillingness of billions of gods, was crushed by his domineering primordial will and turned into a whetstone to hone his Dao heart.

The hundredth mouth was the spatial origin after the collapse of the thirty-third heaven, which transformed every cell of his into an independent Sumeru world.

The thousandth bite...

As the massive amount of divine essence entered his body, Su Chen's body began to undergo a terrifying transformation that could not be described in words!
"Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!"

The original brilliant, chaotic, glassy color of his skin began to fade little by little!
It didn't become dim, but rather became—nothingness!
It is an absolute "emptiness" that is also an all-encompassing "existence".

If someone were to look directly at Su Chen's body at this moment, they would find that what they see is no longer a person, but a deep, boundless, endless [Origin Black Hole] that devours all light and laws!
His presence is disappearing rapidly, yet he is also omnipresent!
"Boom-thump-thump-"

The heartbeat within Su Chen's chest was no longer a thunderous drumbeat, but had transformed into a kind of [Great Dao Rhythm] that was completely synchronized with, and even subtly surpassed, the pulse of this great universe!
With each beat, this broken cosmic barrier trembles and cracks, as if this small pond can no longer contain the giant Kun that is about to transform into a true dragon!
"Not enough! Not enough!!"

The gluttonous red light that had been in Su Chen's eyes had disappeared, replaced by a gray-white that seemed to disregard the ages and see through everything.

He looked at the last layer of soup remaining in the cauldron, grabbed the edge of the bronze cauldron—which was larger than the stars—with both hands, lifted it directly above his head, tilted his head back, and made an extremely bold—"pouring out" motion!
"Give me—not a drop left!!!"

Boom!!!

The last slurry of the chaotic soup, along with the remnants of laws scraped off the cauldron, was all poured into Su Chen's mouth in one go!
"Gurgle!"

As he swallowed the last mouthful of soup, Su Chen abruptly threw the bronze cauldron in his hand aside.

"when!!!"

The giant cauldron crashed into the void, emitting a long, resonant hum.

Su Chen, meanwhile, floated quietly above the ruins of the divine realm that had been completely reduced to nothingness.

He closed his eyes.

The entire world fell into absolute silence at that moment. The wind stopped, the thunder ceased, and even the movement of the stars in the distant void seemed to freeze.

Take a breath.

Two breaths.

Three breaths.

suddenly!

"Crack!"

A faint, yet clear, crisp sound emanated from Su Chen's body.

That was the sound of some ancient shackle being shattered!

"boom------------!!!!!!!"

The next instant, an indescribable, nameless, and irresistible terrifying aura suddenly erupted from Su Chen's seemingly ethereal body!
This aura no longer belongs to "divine power," nor to "celestial power," nor even to "spiritual power"!
This is the power of the Great Dao! It is the primordial power that creates and destroys everything!
Su Chen slowly opened his eyes.

In his eyes, his left eye manifested a new universe in the making, while his right eye manifested an old world collapsing. Life, death, illusion, and destruction—all within a single thought!
He gently raised his hand, looking at his palm which had completely transformed into the color of [Origin of Nothingness], and a faint, detached smile appeared on his lips.

"Is this... the Seventh Realm?"

"The supreme position of the Great Dao, the other shore of the physical body."

Su Chen whispered. Although his voice was very soft, the void of this lower universe began to collapse and shatter on a large scale because it could not withstand the weight of the laws contained in that whisper!
He was like a giant forced into a small glass bottle; even the slightest movement of his finger could threaten the destruction of this world.

"The pond in this lower realm is ultimately too shallow."

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

He had devoured all the finest ingredients in this universe, even the Heavenly Dao itself. This body, which had just broken through to the seventh realm, was currently in a state of extreme hunger, yet had nothing to eat.

"Lord, Lord..."

In the distance, above the Eternal Heaven, the Demon Lord of Chaos and others knelt on the ground, trembling like leaves. They didn't even dare to look directly at Su Chen, because the absolute suppression of his life level made them feel as if they were facing a vast, blazing sun; even a single glance would blind them.

"Get up."

With a wave of his sleeve, Su Chen released a gentle force of the Great Dao that lifted up the demons.

He turned around, his back to the God Realm that had been completely reduced to ruins, his gaze like two sharp swords piercing the sky, pointing straight at the very edge of this universe—the [Cosmic Crystal Wall] that separated the lower realm from the endless void.

"My little ones."

Su Chen's voice once again rekindled that familiar, exhilarating arrogance and greed.

"The birds in this cage have already eaten everything."

"Then we should go outside this cage... and see the wider world!"

Su Chen took a step forward, his figure instantly traversing billions of light-years, appearing directly in front of that indestructible cosmic crystal wall.

He didn't use a knife or his fists.

He simply raised his right foot, which was covered in the color of the origin of nothingness, and gently kicked the crystal wall that had imprisoned all living beings for countless epochs!
"Open the door for me!!!"

"Boom boom boom boom boom ————————!!!!!"

A terrifying roar that made the entire multiverse take notice!
The supposedly insurmountable cosmic crystal wall was instantly blasted open by Su Chen's kick, creating a huge hole with a diameter of millions of miles!
A completely different [Void Gale], carrying an aura that was more ancient, more vast, and more dangerous, howled and surged into the hole!

Through the hole, Su Chen saw a breathtakingly dazzling [Void Star Sea]. There, countless world bubbles, the size of the lower realm, floated; ancient behemoths, their sizes comparable to galaxies, roamed freely; and countless unknown gods, demons, and delicacies roamed freely!

"Ah……"

Su Chen took a deep breath of the fresh air from the void, and the smile on his face instantly turned extremely ferocious and fanatical.

"So many...so many new ingredients!"

"Eternal Heaven! Set sail!!!"

"Follow me into this vast void—let's feast to our hearts' content!!!" (End of Chapter)