Chen Chu sat cross-legged atop a black divine mountain in the planar world, staring at two floating silver marks before him.

One of them, belonging to a heavenly-king-level time clone, bore a distinct red scar at its center, with a third of its structure shattered.

The world-level demonic saber in Karotis' hand had been immensely powerful. With one domineering strike, it had gravely wounded the time clone, which had only been at the middle stage of the titan level.

However, the damage to a time clone was different from an injury to Chen Chu himself; it directly affected the core mark. If the mark became too fragmented, the time clone would completely disintegrate.

"Time's running out. The final battle might erupt in the next few days. This is the only way." After a moment of contemplation, Chen Chu reached out and crushed the heavenly-king-level mark.

Boom!

The entire planar world trembled. Everything was tinted a transparent silver hue by the endless eruption of time power, as space and time twisted. Just then, the other mark unleashed a powerful suction force, like a black vortex. The surge of time power quickly vanished from the heavens and earth.

The previously dim ancient-titan-level mark now radiated vitality once more, releasing rings of silver light, then transformed into a silver beam that shot into Chen Chu's brow. At once, a strand of hair at his forehead turned silver, giving him an inexplicable air of aged depth and maturity.

In this great battle, Chen Chu had served as the main force. Both of his time clones had also entered the Dark Star World-Ending Form, and faced off against three demon gods, including an imperial ruler. Although the battle hadn't lasted long, the enemy's deep connection to the demonic region granted it endless power, resulting in massive expenditure on their side as well.

Among them, the ancient-titan-level time clone had nearly expended a third of its energy, while Chen Chu, relying on the Mark of Temporal Reincarnation to absorb time power, found the process too slow. After several days, he still hadn't replenished even one-tenth of what the mark had consumed.

Instead of waiting, it was better to shatter the damaged heavenly-king-level imprint, and extract all of the remaining time power to replenish the ancient-titan-level imprint in preparation for the next war.

Of course, there was another reason: After breaking through to the ancient titan level, the time clone Chen Chu had once condensed while he was at heavenly king level could no longer keep up. His next opponents would either be great demon gods or beings at the true spirit level.

While Chen Chu and the others entered seclusion to recover and prepare for the coming war, the entire Forbidden Zone Battlefield became even more active. Above, countless transport aircraft, airships, and colossal beasts moved in formation, transporting supplies and ammunition to every base in a mighty stream.

This time, the Federation had mobilized nearly all of its legions. Along with the Alliance of Gods' dozens of alien legions, over a hundred transcendent-level armies from the Heavenly Feathered Race and the Faeries had also joined. All together, the alliance had assembled over twenty million transcendent lifeforms, all at the Fourth Heavenly Realm or above. Additionally, the humans had ramped up production and overhauled their stockpiled unmanned battle-patterned mechs, forming legions that now exceeded ten million units.

The atmosphere across the forbidden zone was tense and solemn, as if war could erupt at any moment, but the somber atmosphere here didn't affect the Blue Planet in the slightest.

The national tournament had ended, and the top ten from every empire had gathered in West Meng to prepare for the upcoming finals of the Global Martial Arts Tournament. Having reached the Seventh Heavenly Realm, Chen Hu had become a household name after winning first place for East Xia. Over two billion people around the world now knew his name.

Countless were stunned by his youth, with many remarking that his monstrous talent was no less than that of his older brother, Chen Chu. That day, royal families and major clans from across the globe began discreetly investigating Chen Chu's family background, trying to determine whether he had any relatives.

It was one thing to produce one prodigy like Chen Chu or Chen Hu, but two brothers, both with such outrageous talent? That naturally raised questions about their parents' genetics. People wondered just how exceptional their genes must be to have produced two peerless prodigies in one family.

At present, Chen Chu's status had soared to its peak, and Chen Hu was rapidly rising. Talk of marriage alliances was out of the question. Even descendants of heavenly kings felt unworthy. Still, if the brothers were out of reach, then perhaps their direct relatives were not. Even if those relatives lacked exceptional genetics, any children born from unions with the descendants of these mythical kings would almost certainly be Innate Awakeners, right?

While undercurrents stirred across the Blue Planet, deep within the sun, Mech No.1 had grown to over 8,000 meters thanks to abundant energy. Though this size remained insignificant before the sun's 1.3 million kilometer diameter, for beings beyond the mythical level, size often meant little. No.1's aura had become unimaginably terrifying. Behind it, a golden light wheel nearly a kilometer wide had formed, continuously radiating power.

As No.1's strength increased, the biological tissue extending from its heart had nearly completed replacing the original structure, deepening its level of awakening. As a result, it had become far more attractive to the ancient remnant souls scattered along the river of time. In recent days, time and space around No.1 frequently distorted, causing the entire sun to tremble. Three ancient remnant souls had already returned one after another.

Each time one of these ancient souls descended, it was drawn into the Primordial Azure Sky by an unseen force. Within this ancient world, whose creator remained unknown, Luo Fei's will had merged with the entire azure sky. Cold and aloof, she gazed down upon the vast phantoms forming below.

As more and more brandings peeled off from the remnant souls, their traces of power instinctively began to fuse under the condensation of the eternal traits. However, since these power traces had no soul to control them, they couldn't break open the ancient sky or pose any threat to Luo Fei.

***

On the second day of Chen Chu's seclusion, at the center of the Five-Colored Empire, the land had disappeared and space had collapsed, forming a dark, twisted region over a hundred thousand kilometers wide.

There, a dark-golden glowing sphere with a diameter of a hundred thousand kilometers floated like a celestial body, emitting a crushing aura so heavy it warped all surrounding space and time. Suddenly, a roar erupted, its pressure sending tremors through the souls of all lifeforms within a million kilometers.

Boom!

Heaven and earth trembled. The dark-golden sphere rapidly shrank and vanished, revealing a colossal beast whose body had surged to over nineteen thousand meters in length.

After devouring the divine vein that had been condensed by the power of heaven and earth from a true spirit's empire spanning millions of kilometers, the Destructive Dragon Emperor had successfully broken through to the late stage of the ancient titan level, and its body had undergone massive growth.

For colossal beasts, growth of the true form meant all innate abilities and principle powers would strengthen accordingly. Though the Dragon Emperor's body was only nineteen kilometers long, in essence, it was like a boundless mountain or compressed world.

Now, simply by standing still, it passively distorted the surrounding space-time and absorbed light, resembling a true black hole. Any force or matter that came close would be instantly torn apart and destroyed by the energy it emitted. It was a being of unfathomable horror.

In addition to its power increase, the Dragon Emperor's appearance had undergone subtle changes. At the edges of its scales, faint traces of prismatic crystalline material had appeared. Even the dorsal fins along its back now carried faint multicolored patterns. The black mane behind its head, usually floating without wind, had also developed a few strands of color at the tips, almost as if it had dyed its hair.

As the mane danced through the air, the glowing rainbow-colored strands emitted a faint luster, adding a strangely majestic touch to the otherwise terrifying Dragon Emperor. After briefly sensing the changes brought by this growth, the Dragon Emperor let out a low rumble and began to restrain its aura.

Immediately, the heavy pressure that had permeated across hundreds of thousands of kilometers vanished, allowing the surrounding colossal beasts of the Dragon Palace to instinctively breathe easier.

Boom!

The world trembled as the Dragon Emperor stepped forward, crossing tens of thousands of kilometers in an instant and arriving at the edge of the massive fault line.

Ao Tian, you look fierce as hell right now!Having fully absorbed their principle-level divine objects, the Silver and Golden-Blue Colossal Dragons, whose bodies had grown to over 2,100 meters and were now close to the middle stage of the titan level, soared toward the Dragon Emperor, circling it with excited roars.

The Dragon Emperor stood like a towering mountain over the land, cracking the void beneath its feet. It gave a slight nod, and it rumbled with a deep thunder-like growl.Not bad. This time's harvest was quite fruitful.

As it spoke, other colossal beasts began to gather. The seven ancient-titan-level dragon kings arrived, along with the Blade King, whose soul fluctuations had grown even more terrifying.

With the essence of the divine vein the Dragon Emperor had bestowed upon it, the purple-eyed colossal beast, stagnant at peak of the titan level for many years, had finally stepped into the ancient titan level.

Its body was still undergoing transformation, portions of its awareness temporarily housed in its evolving ancient titan form.

King, congratulations on your breakthrough.

Thunder Fiery, your strength has improved a lot this time.

As expected of the king, your potential and talent far surpass ours.

The seven ancient titans and the Blade King all rumbled low in unison, their tones carrying instinctive reverence. Even though the Black Qilin and Ancient Ray-Beast had larger bodies than the Dragon Emperor, none dared to act carelessly in front of it now.

Among all of the dragon kings, only a few dared approach: the Crystalline-Red Colossal Dragon, the Deep Sea Dragon Turtle, Ghidorah, and Zhulong. Yet in front of the Dragon Emperor now, even the Dragon Turtle and the Nine-Headed Dragon, each having grown past a kilometer, looked no more than bugs.

Even Zhulong, which had broken through to the peak of the mythical level and stretched over two thousand meters in length, was only as large as one of the dorsal fins on the Dragon Emperor's back.

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