Chen Chu had wanted to test whether he could take the Chaotic Bronze Bell without exposing his true cultivation level. This was why he didn't care much when the Heavenly Silver-Winged Ant, Darius, interrupted his opportunity to be chosen by the bell. Shi Feirou had already led the imperial guards to block the entrance anyway, so he only needed to restrain the other guardians and join forces with the remaining two to crush the Silver-Winged Ant.

As for the Divine Star-Ring Race, as long as Ximen Jianfeng didn't want to offend him, it wouldn't reveal the truth about Chen Chu's level. Even if word eventually spread, it would be well after the battle ended.

However, the intensity of today's fight still made Chen Chu reveal his true level.

Nuliel and the others froze in shock as golden gates appeared one after another behind Chen Chu. With each gate that formed, the glow deepened. By the time the tenth gate appeared, it had become a dark golden hue. Thick purple dragon-shaped chains coiled around the gates and rattled endlessly, as if restraining something terrifying within.

"Kill him!" Nuliel, who had been fighting side by side with Chen Chu just moments ago, suddenly roared in fury. Its roar trembled with fear that even the other two powerhouses could sense.

Chen Chu was only a cultivator at the middle stage of the true spirit level, but his combat strength could match a primordial star. This wasn't even his peak; he hadn't even ignited his origin to enter his explosive state. What kind of monster was this?!

Floretia, with the form of a golden dragon-man, lifted its head and let out a thunderous roar. A dazzling golden light burst forth, transforming the surrounding space into a golden world that stretched for hundreds of millions of kilometers.

High above that golden world, a massive dragon's head emerged. It spanned ten million kilometers and was crowned with nine pairs of fearsome golden horns. The head dove down and merged into Floretia's body with a deafening crash.

Boom!

Floretia's aura surged dozens of times over. Its true-emperor bloodline strength erupted, igniting into blazing golden flames that engulfed its body. The massive spear in its hand trembled, and the dragon scales along the spear's shaft opened up like a divine dragon radiating primordial power.

At the same time, the Heavenly Silver-Winged Ant, Darius, whose true form had been left broken and frail, suddenly flared with light. Silver lightning flashed in its eyes as a gleaming stinger shot out from the tip of its tail. This ten-thousand-kilometer stinger, forged from some unknown material, appeared in front of Chen Chu in milliseconds. Its aura radiated a suffocating sense of death.

Meanwhile, Nuliel's body erupted with dark purple markings as its roar split the void. Burning the power of its true emperor bloodline, it transformed into a towering obsidian giant. A second head grew from its shattered shoulder, and its back tore open with four more arms bursting forth. The million-meter giant roared as all eight arms came together, wielding the fully awakened Shadow God-Slaying Saber. The saber was now in a state that was covered in black flames, and with one swing, it split the heavens across a billion kilometers.

Chen Chu's power was so terrifying that it forced the three guardians, whose combat powers matched the level of primordial stars, to unleash their most explosive attack. If they didn't kill Chen Chu, or at least severely wound him, the attack he was about to release would be devastating.

However, it was already too late. When their combined strikes engulfed him, an explosion of unimaginable power erupted. The entire Heavenly Pool Forbidden Zone shook violently.

Boom!

Ten dragon phantoms burst forth from behind Chen Chu. Among them, a massive dark-golden World-Ending Heavenly Dragon, stretching ten thousand kilometers long, roared as it merged into him.

At the same time, golden-white light erupted from him. From afar, it looked like a white sphere of light had detonated with Chen Chu at its center. The light sphere expanded endlessly, devouring everything it touched. Energy, matter, even the fractured principles of heaven and earth were all reduced to nothing, leaving behind a million-kilometer ring of absolute darkness.

Before that expanding sphere of light, Nuliel's black saber light, Floretia's golden spear that tore through spacetime, and Darius's silver stinger overflowing with killing intent were all obliterated. The light consumed their attacks completely. Then, it swallowed the three of them whole.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The heavens surrounding the three guardians shattered, and their principle domains collapsed. The light sphere sent them hurtling away. As they flew through spacetime, they tore through countless world fragments, carving out passages billions of kilometers long in the chaotic currents of spacetime before finally coming to a stop.

"How... how can he be this strong?!" Blood dripped from Nuliel's lips as it stared in disbelief at the blinding light surging in the depths of the void.

Even now, Chen Chu's power was still climbing. The explosion from him entering his strongest form had shattered their combined attacks and hurled them aside. This human was terrifying, far too terrifying. Realizing this, the hearts of the three guardians, each the strongest in their own race, were gripped by fear. Cold sweat streamed down as they felt an endless darkness rushing to consume everything.

Snapping out of its daze, Nuliel spun around. Its form dissolved into a shadow, trying to escape. A middle-stage true-spirit level cultivator whose explosive power rivaled a primordial overlord, even surpassed many of them, was a threat that had to be reported.

Nuliel's Shadow War God Race had been long-time enemies of the human race, and Chen Chu's power had now already reached a state where he had become a threat to their survival. He had to be eliminated before he reached the primordial level. Once he stepped into that level, no one would be able to stop him.

Though not driven by the same fear, Floretia and Darius also turned to flee. With the Ten-Fold Heavenly Gates opened, Chen Chu was far beyond what they could handle. However, when the three began to dissolve using their secret arts and divine abilities, a voice rumbled across the void.

"Trying to run? Too late."

Billions of kilometers away, Chen Chu's colossal form loomed in the void. It stood over a million meters tall, covered in dark purple scales. Horns jutted from his brow, and a dragon's tail stretched hundreds of thousands of meters behind him.

His base strength had multiplied more than eight hundred times, amplifying the supreme Principle of Strength to an unimaginable limit. Every divine ability he possessed grew stronger along with it, their power surging in response to the deepening principle.

This was the most dangerous thing about divine abilities. They had no true limit; the stronger the cultivator became, the more power the ability could unleash. In the end, it could even evolve into a power on the level of pure concepts, existing as a fundamental concept that governed reality itself.

Boom!

Chen Chu disappeared in a flash. With the Realm-Walking Divine Step, his figure vanished from sight and appeared billions of kilometers away. When he reappeared, spacetime caved in on itself, forming a vast hole ten million kilometers across.

At the center of the hole, Chen Chu brought his palms together. Golden-white lightning coiled between his palms, forming a spear of light. Then, with a sharp thrust, he hurled it forward.

Bang!

Darius, hiding deep within the layers of spacetime in a different point in time, let out a piercing scream. Its massive body was torn apart by the golden-white explosion from the spear.

Then Chen Chu vanished again, and reappeared in a world engulfed in black flames. It was as if he had stepped into another dimension. In this dimension, Nuliel had transformed into a form made of black flames. It stared at Chen Chu in horror.

Boom!

Before Nuliel could react, a white supernova erupted. The explosion consumed the dimension, erasing everything within it. Even Nuliel, who had already fused with its principle, was completely annihilated.

In the next instant, far away, in a boundless world, a golden dragon head rose above the river of time. In its mouth, the over eight-hundred-thousand-meters tall Floretia stood, majestic and fierce.

However, its expression turned into fear as Chen Chu appeared in front of it. "Divine Might City Lord... My Eternal Golden Race has always been on good terms with humanity. I will leave at once. I will not fight for the Chaotic Bronze Bell."

Chen Chu looked at Floretia and coldly responded, "That doesn't matter. What matters is that you know too much."

His palm, enveloped in white lightning, formed a seal faster than Floretia could react and imprinted it on its head.

Boom!

The river of time trembled, and Floretia's enormous golden dragon head shattered into nothing. The shockwave tore through the transparent river, setting it into violent turmoil as it appeared within the forbidden zone for all to see.

Upon the river's surface, a lone figure walked against the current of time. His presence radiated an oppressive might, as if he alone could seal the heavens. Seeing this, three ancient-titan-level aliens who were still in the forbidden zone stared in disbelief.

Before these three aliens with rabbit ears could react, a pure white bolt of lightning streaked for ten million kilometers.

Boom!

All three aliens turned to ash in its light. Their divine souls and wills vanished completely, leaving no trace behind. Killing these aliens who were at the ancient titan level was one thing. However, the three guardians, each comparable to a primordial star, were far more difficult to destroy.

Their realms had already reached the primordial threshold. Their life force was immense, sustained by the fountain of life that allowed them to restore their life force and rebuild their true forms in an instant. The only way to kill them outright was to instantly erase their divine souls, their wills, and the very principles that anchored their existence. However, even a primordial sovereign couldn't accomplish this.

Within the chaotic torrents of the forbidden zone, three spots of light–gold, black, and silver–flared. The three guardians reappeared billions of kilometers apart; their auras were now weak and unstable, and their true forms had been reduced to a fraction of their original size.

Chen Chu's power was simply too overwhelming. When their true forms were destroyed, the sheer force of his will had burned away parts of their divine souls and even fragments of their principles. As soon as they rebuilt their true forms, each of them fled in a different direction.

"Too slow."

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