MTLNOVEL Chapter 886: Breaking Through at the Edge of the Chaotic Region
In the pitch-black, deathly silent void, the Destructive Dragon Emperor streaked through the darkness. It measured over 4,150 meters long, with a wingspan that stretched beyond 8,000 meters.
Golden flames blazed across its massive, blade-like wings. The air holes at the edge of its wings released searing bursts of heat, rippling outward like shockwaves from a roaring engine. From a distance, it looked like a pair of magnificent golden wings of fire cutting through space, radiating a dazzling brilliance.
Through countless evolutions, the Dragon Emperor's form had become increasingly different from both eastern and western dragons, evolving into an entirely new species. When the Dragon Emperor stepped into the true spirit level in the future, and its principles become recognized by the mythical world, its very existence would be woven into the fabric that governed reality itself.
At that point, under the influence of its principles, many powerful beings with compatible traits would instinctively begin to evolve toward a similar form, just like how snake-like creatures, such as pythons and centipedes, evolved into dragons, and how apes evolved into mythical creatures such as Zhu Yan[1]
At that moment, two colossal dragons lay sprawled across its back. Its massive tail was clenched tightly in the jaws of the burly Single-Horned Kunpeng. Though their injuries appeared fully healed, the two colossal dragons showed no intention of flying on their own. They simply lounged on top of the Dragon Emperor's back with idle expressions.
Stimulated by the life aura naturally emanating from the Dragon Emperor, their bloodlines became more active, and their purification process accelerated.
Even the Kunpeng, for once, displayed some rare cleverness. Earlier, it had latched onto the Dragon Emperor's leg with its jaws, using the excuse that its bloodline was still transforming and it needed to "cuddle."
Hearing that, the Dragon Emperor nearly slapped it off in disgust. In the end, it only reluctantly allowed the Kunpeng to cling to its tail after realizing that the creature would enter a semi-dormant state during its bloodline evolution and be unable to fly.
As for the Little Purple Dragon, after consuming a Chaotic Crystal and a silver fish, its size surged from twelve meters to twenty. At the same time, a phantom of a six-hundred-meter-long Divine Purple Dragon appeared behind it.
That phantom was actually the Purple Dragon's true form. Born as an innate sacred lifeform with an emperor-level life rank, the Purple Dragon reached the quasi-mythical level the moment it hatched, despite carrying congenital flaws. Because of those flaws, its aura at the time gave the illusion that it was only a pseudo-emperor.
Otherwise, as a descendant of a primordial colossal beast, it should have been a mythical-level colossal beast from the moment it hatched under normal circumstances. During the time it spent following the Dragon Emperor, the Purple Dragon absorbed a vast amount of god-level resources. Nourished by the life aura of a heavenly-tier colossal beast, it had stepped into the mythical level while still in slumber.
The journey that followed passed without incident, with no discoveries or surprises along the way. At the Dragon Emperor's steady cruising speed, holding at one hundred times the speed of sound, they swiftly covered more than five million kilometers.
A little over a day passed, and the bodies of the two colossal dragons and the Kunpeng had grown to over 1,200 meters in length, stepping into the late stage of the mythical level.
Those silver fish didn't just contain a wisp of creation principle that could purify bloodlines and make lifeforms more ancient, they also held immense amounts of energy.
Even though the Dragon Emperor had consumed half of them, the remaining half was still enough to massively boost the strength of the three beasts.
Furthermore, due to the bloodline purification effect, during this round of slumber and growth, they also fully absorbed the energy from the many top-grade and law-level divine treasures they had devoured earlier, including the Chaotic Crystal Cores.
The Dragon Emperor estimated that after fully digesting this harvest, and with its assistance, there was a high probability their bloodlines would awaken a third top-level innate ability each. After all, their bloodlines had already undergone a major enhancement previously.
On the third day of flying, after traveling nearly ten million kilometers and passing through several "ordinary" forbidden zones scattered across the dark void of space, the Dragon Emperor was suddenly blocked by an endless field of white flames.
They radiated such searing heat that they burned through space itself, forming a terrifying, semi-liquid translucent substance. Any mythical colossal beast that entered it would be instantly reduced to ashes. However, this was nowhere near enough to stop the Dragon Emperor. Its massive body transformed into a streak of gold-and-black light and shot straight into the flames.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
At a hundred times the speed of sound, the white flames, as if in solid form, surged madly toward the Dragon Emperor. They collided with the golden flames surrounding its body, erupting in explosive bursts of energy. The powerful aura of destruction instantly jolted everyone riding on the Dragon Emperor awake.
The Silver Colossal Dragon blinked groggily at its surroundings and growled,Ao Tian, haven't we reached the edge of the Chaotic Region yet?
The black mane atop the Dragon Emperor's head whipped wildly in the wind as it flew at extreme speed. Its gaze was cold as it looked ahead and growled in reply,Not yet, but I can feel we're close.
Bang!
As the two colossal beasts exchanged low growls, the Dragon Emperor suddenly felt its body lighten. It had broken through the region of white celestial fire. At the same time, the dark void they were in was now replaced by a vast, undulating mountain range stretching for several thousand kilometers, with its widest parts spanning over a thousand kilometers. The entire range was a dark-golden color.
Beyond the mountain range was a vast plain, covered in dense undergrowth dozens to hundreds of meters tall. Wild grass reached more than ten meters high, stretching all the way to the horizon.
Across that massive plain that spanned over a hundred thousand kilometers, countless massive mutated beasts roamed in herds. Overhead, birds with wingspans of several hundred meters, resembling luan birds[2], occasionally soared through the sky.
In that instant, all four colossal beasts were struck by an overwhelming aura of primeval wilderness. After being accustomed to the pitch-black void of dead space, the rich life aura outside instantly excited the Silver Dragon.Ao Tian, we made it! We've crossed the Chaotic Region!
Yes, we've finally made it through!The Dragon Emperor echoed with a rare note of emotion.
Because the passage linking the Blue Planet's ocean depths to the mythical world was too narrow, the Dragon Emperor had no choice but to fly directly to this location to support the Federation's frontlines. If not for the link between Chen Chu and the Dragon Emperor, which allowed directional tracking, the colossal beast empire's support plan would have been fundamentally impossible to carry out.
The Space-Time Summoning Secret Art that allowed Chen Chu to call forth the Dragon Emperor's true form was best reserved as a final measure. Each time the Dragon Emperor was summoned across time and space, sustaining its presence demanded an immense amount of energy. Chen Chu would become little more than a power source, unable to fight himself, which meant losing a crucial combat force.
Just as the Dragon Emperor was quietly reflecting, a high-pitched dragon cry rang out. The Golden-Blue Colossal Dragon had already taken off, soaring eagerly toward the lands beyond the Chaotic Region.
Saixitia! I saw a beautiful field of flowers at the base of that mountain. Let's go take a look!
The Silver Dragon quickly gave chase.Wait for me, Thorsafi! The great Saixitia wants to be the first to blast all those flowers to pieces!
Their words made the corner of the Dragon Emperor's mouth twitch.How had these two developed such destructive personalities? Shouldn't one pause quietly before a beautiful field of flowers and admire the scenery instead?
As the two colossal dragons flew off, the Dragon Emperor fell into a moment of contemplation.
Based on the information available, the Chaotic Region appeared to be an irregular, narrow ellipse. It was divided in the middle by a spacetime destruction rift that extended for hundreds of millions of kilometers.
On one end, bordering the territory of the Azure-White Colossal Dragon and its kin, the Chaotic Region stretched about 4 million kilometers deep. The transcendent energy in that area was dense and violent, filled with countless natural treasures and dangerous forbidden zones.
The other end was over ten million kilometers wide, but the environment was harsh and lifeless, resembling the dead, black void of outer space. Its edge was sealed off by a forbidden zone of celestial fire that spanned tens of thousands of kilometers.
Only titan-level colossal beasts could cross that searing heat unharmed. Even so, beyond it lay nothing but dark, empty space, completely devoid of transcendent energy or any valuable resources. This was why, even after crossing over ten million kilometers, the Dragon Emperor and its group only encountered one beginning-stage ancient colossal beast, and that true spirit creature.
This side of the Chaotic Region could be effectively abandoned. There was no reason to waste time searching for powerful colossal beasts that probably didn't exist there.
When the time came, they only needed to sweep through the region on the chaotic sea side to conquer all of the mythical beasts, titans, and ancient titans. After that, the expedition could begin.
Lost in thought, the Dragon Emperor, with the Kunpeng still dangling from its tail, soon passed through the invisible barrier marking the edge of the Chaotic Region.
Boom!
The moment the massive black-and-red colossal beast, whose power had long reached the ancient stage, arrived, heaven and earth trembled. Infinite transcendent energy surged toward it from every direction.
Even the very laws of this world began to rise and fall with the Dragon Emperor's breath, forming brilliant light bands of gold, black, blue, and purple that stretched across thousands of kilometers.
Now freed from the magnetic fields of the Chaotic Region, something deep within the Dragon Emperor stirred. A mysterious force surfaced, and a powerful wave of drowsiness washed over it.
It was about to break through. With its evolutionary talent, as long as the Dragon Emperor reached the peak of its current level and had accumulated enough power, it would naturally evolve into the next stage.
Fortunately, the mountain range below was a transcendent heavy-metal ore vein, and the surrounding area gave off no sense of threat. It was an ideal place for the Dragon Emperor to slumber and break through.
With that thought, the Dragon Emperor stopped hesitating. It folded its wings and descended onto a towering dark-golden peak over ten thousand meters high.
Boom!
The colossal beast, over four thousand meters long and nearly a quarter the height of the mountain, landed with a thunderous crash. The entire mountain range shook violently, and the peak, harder than alloy, collapsed instantly, sending up a thick cloud of dust.
At the same time, an invisible force erupted and blasted away the Kunpeng, who was still stubbornly biting the Dragon Emperor's tail. The Kunpeng slammed into a nearby mountain thousands of meters high, shattering it with a loud crash.
Between the dust and shockwaves, the black-and-red colossal beast slowly turned its head and let out a deep, commanding roar.Big Horn, I'm going to sleep and break through. You and Saixitia keep watch over the area.
Boom!
Stones exploded in all directions as the Kunpeng shot into the sky, visibly excited.Thunder Fiery, you're finally going to become an ancient titan! No problem! We'll guard the area. We'll eat anyone who dares come within ten thousand kilometers.
As one of the Dragon Emperor's loyal followers, it knew that the stronger its leader became, the better their lives were, especially since this boss had always been loyal and fair, never mistreating its followers. Ever since tagging along with the Dragon Emperor, the Kunpeng had lived a dream life, enjoying a big feast every three days.
The Dragon Emperor glanced at the two colossal dragons happily blasting the flower fields down below, shook its head, and then stopped suppressing the drowsiness rising from within. It slowly lay down.
Boom!
In an instant, a wave of invisible energy swept out from the Dragon Emperor, blanketing the entire mountain range and covering a radius of ten thousand kilometers.
The light bands surrounding the Dragon Emperor shone even brighter before dispersing and transforming into countless sequence chains of laws that merged into the world. At that moment, a majestic dragon roar echoed through the void.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The mountains around the Dragon Emperor began to shift under the force of the breakthrough. The rocks turned semi-liquid and gradually enveloped its body, forming a new mountain over twenty thousand meters high and stretching for more than ten kilometers.
At the same time, the rest of the mountain range, spanning thousands of kilometers, began to rumble and tremble. The crust shifted and warped, rising and falling with the Dragon Emperor's every breath.
Such a massive upheaval immediately caught the attention of the two colossal dragons, who looked up at the trembling golden dark mountain range.
Thorsafi, Ao Tian is breaking through to become an ancient titan,the Silver Dragon said excitedly.
The Golden-Blue Dragon slowly nodded and gave a quiet hum of acknowledgement. Its gaze was calm as it looked toward the mountain range, which was now merging with the world itself, transforming in perfect harmony with the natural laws.
This was the power of an ancient colossal beast, a being that had risen above the very laws of heaven and earth. Wherever it resided, the environment would respond, reshaping itself to adapt to its presence.
As for the Dragon Emperor's terrifying growth, none of them, not even the Golden-Blue Dragon, felt surprised anymore.
***
In the Eternal Divine Region, on the seventeenth plane, Chen Chu slowly opened his eyes at the center of a dark-golden domain that stretched over four thousand kilometers and had nearly swallowed half of the Mingled Copper Mountain Range. Within his gaze, a vast world appeared to turn in quiet motion.
Sensing the drowsiness from his "other half," Chen Chu, now over eight hundred meters tall in his True Demon God Form, spoke slowly. All three of his faces merged into a single, resonant voice. "So, it's finally about to break through over there too."
Once the Dragon Emperor broke into the ancient titan level, its combat power would leap forward once more. The ten already perfected high-level laws would manifest into powerful principles, and with the potential of its heavenly-tier bloodline further unleashed, its strength would become terrifying.
At the same time, Chen Chu himself was only a step away. His True Demon God Form was on the verge of completing its final transformation. With this in mind, Chen Chu slowly closed his eyes again. A terrifying aura, as dense and heavy as a neutron star, began to spread from his body, making the entire plane tremble.
Though the Dragon Emperor's realm was higher and it was about to break through to the ancient titan level, Chen Chu's current human form was not inferior in power to the colossal beast.
The monstrous body of a colossal beast, enhanced without limit, had been fused with five high-level laws, one supreme law, and four divine abilities refined to their peak and on the verge of conceptual transformation. For a human to match such a level of power, Chen Chu could only be described as a true monster.
Just as the Dragon Emperor began its breakthrough and Chen Chu entered his final stage of transformation, three massive legions emerged a million kilometers away in the Eternal Realm. They stretched across thousands of kilometers, advancing from the three great Purgatory Empires. The demonic qi they released silently spread across the land, casting a shadow over the entire world.
"Are we certain that girl appeared on the tenth plane?"
In a palace seething with demonic qi, Zuo Mo stared coldly ahead. There, a warped black mirror hovered, and within it, a Heavenly Feathered being with silver light wings bowed respectfully.
1. Zhu Yan is a mythical creature from Chinese mythology, particularly found in classical texts like theShan Hai Jing(Classic of Mountains and Seas). Its form is often ape-like. ☜
2. Luan birds are mythical birds from ancient Chinese mythology. It is often associated with auspiciousness, nobility, and divine presence. It is said to appear during times of peace when a virtuous ruler is in power. ☜