Mythical Era: My Evolution into a Celestial Beast

Only after venting its fury and bloodlust did the Destructive Dragon Emperor slowly exhale a searing breath, drawing in its power with a single thought.

The surrounding Endbringer Sun began to collapse. The golden flames, thunderbolts, and corrosion laws detached and dissipated into streams of light that flowed back into the Dragon Emperor's body.

Unlike the compressed fireball the Great Sun ability created, which would explode upon contact with an enemy, the Endbringer Sun formed by the fusion of three laws was a true destructive sun. So long as the Dragon Emperor willed it, the sun could hang eternally over the sky, burning the heavens and boiling the seas.

This ability also retained its explosive characteristic. It could instantly exhaust the origins of golden flame, thunderbolt, and corrosion laws to create a world-ending explosion. However, the ancient void creature just now hadn't been qualified to witness that moment.

As the Endbringer Sun vanished, the Dragon Emperor's surroundings formed a zone of darkness and destruction fifty thousand kilometers in diameter, where space continued to collapse and reform endlessly.

The land within the zone had vanished entirely, leaving behind a void large enough to hold several Blue Planets. The land surrounding the massive pit crumbled outward in all directions, layered in concentric patterns of waves that stretched over hundreds of thousands of kilometers.

By the time the Silver Colossal Dragon and the others sensed the battle had ended and flapped toward the dark zone, looking battered and disheveled, the Dragon Emperor had already returned to its normal size of 6,100 meters. It held a black mountain of a carcass in its claws and devoured it in great gulps. With each bite, a massive hollow was carved out.

Within that gaping maw filled with razor-sharp fangs, the ancient creature's scorched scales, resilient flesh, and dense bones were all crushed into nothingness. Thanks to its Dark Realm Devourer ability, the Dragon Emperor didn't even need to chew; it could simply swallow everything whole.

The scene was so brutal that even the Single-Horned Kunpeng and the others felt a chill rise from the tips of their tails.Too terrifying.

As the Dragon Emperor devoured the ancient creature, its stomach, which had evolved into a world of its own, became like an apocalyptic furnace, refining the flesh at astonishing speed. In the next instant, a burst of energy so intense it thrilled even the Dragon Emperor exploded within its body.

Boom!

Boundless biological energy containing principle particles erupted, and every cell of the Dragon Emperor split madly. Bones grew, and muscle expanded.

Crack! Crack!

With ample energy surging through it, the Dragon Emperor's newly ascended body began to expand at a visible rate. Its scales were forced apart by rapidly growing muscle, producing sharp cracking sounds.

How is this possible? Thunder Fiery is already an ancient titan!The Golden-Blue Colossal Dragon was utterly shaken by the sight, unable to comprehend what it was seeing. It never imagined that even after becoming an ancient lifeform, the Dragon Emperor's immense growth potential would still persist.

Or perhaps, after breaking through to the ancient titan level, the Dragon Emperor's rate of evolution had become even more terrifying. In the past, the Dragon Emperor could only grow rapidly by converting the biological energy found in the flesh of mythical colossal beasts, titans, and some ancient titans whose bodies hadn't fully been infused with principles.

Now, with its strength ascending further, the Dragon Emperor's devouring ability, amplified by the Dark Realm Devourer, had also evolved. It was no longer limited to consuming flesh alone.

Whether it was heavy material from metal-rich ore veins, mythical-grade resources, or even ancient titans whose true forms had been completely fused with principles, all of them could now be devoured.

The Golden-Blue Dragon could already foresee that the Dragon Emperor's growth would only accelerate from here. It could even rival its own leap from the mythical to the titan level.

Perhaps before long, the Dragon Palace would give rise to a true-spirit-level beast. Then they might genuinely have a chance to dominate the vast world, because the Dragon Emperor's combat strength was simply too overwhelming.

***

As the Golden-Blue Dragon reeled at the Dragon Emperor's monstrous evolution rate, the returning human expeditionary force was also filled with either stunned silence or burning excitement.

The force had been at a standstill for half a day. A distorted black hole hovered before them, forcing them to stop. At the center of the hole—spanning thousands of kilometers—stood a demon god, three-faced and eight-armed, towering at 1,700 meters. The pressure of its presence was so domineering that the surrounding space continuously collapsed under its weight.

From time to time, golden-red lightning flickered over Chen Chu's body, exploding outward. The destructive aura that came with it was enough to make even experts like Heavenly King Jiuyou break out in cold sweat. Even the three Heavenly Feathered divine kings looked incredibly grim.

From the occasional golden-red lightning arcs, they sensed a level of danger strong enough to injure even them. That level of power was what shocked them the most.Such a small, fleeting spark of lightning can actually pose a threat to beings like us?

Compared to the astonishment of those heavenly kings, chief gods, and divine kings, the human cultivators aboard the battleships were visibly excited, loudly discussing what they were witnessing.

On the deck, a middle-aged man looked on with anticipation. "He's already 1,700 meters tall. Do you think Lord Divine Might can push through to the middle stage of the heavenly king level in one go?"

Beside him, a youth clad in crimson armor shook his head. "Unlikely. Have you all noticed? Compared to half a day ago, the lightning flickering around him's decreased, and his aura's growth has slowed as well."

"That's true." Several nearby cultivators nodded thoughtfully.

A woman sighed softly. "Still, even this much is already astounding. After all, he only broke through to the heavenly king level a few days ago."

"Exactly!" Immediately, the nearby cultivators began to nod in admiration. They couldn't even imagine how great Chen Chu's talent had to be to achieve such progress.

There was no need to mention his heaven-defying combat power of slaying a demon god at the beginning stage of the heavenly king level. Even his cultivation speed was unreal. He had just broken through, and now his cultivation was already surging toward the middle stage.

Such monstrous growth completely violated the natural rule that advancement slowed the further one climbed in cultivation.

On one of the battleships, Gabriella seemed a little dazed. "Luo Fei, you know... every time I see His Majesty's cultivation skyrocket like this, it just feels unreal to me. Do you think anyone in this world could really possess talent to this degree?"

From inside Mech No.1, Luo Fei's calm voice replied, "Isn't that exactly what's in front of us?"

Gabriella paused, then wryly smiled. "...Fair enough."

As West Meng's top genius, someone once second only to Chen Chu in talent on the path to divinity, Gabriella's presence in this expeditionary war had been quite underwhelming. She had hardly made a mark at all. However, that was normal; after all, she was only at the peak of the Eighth Heavenly Realm. In a decisive war between two civilizations, surviving was already a sign of good fortune.

In the violently compressed space, the golden-red lightning around Chen Chu had finally vanished, and his rapidly rising aura gradually began to stabilize. "Still one step short, huh?"

His true form had reached 1,800 meters tall. Just as the evolutionary energy from the Dragon Emperor's feeding began to intensify and feed back to him, Chen Chu opened his eyes. His gaze was calm and majestic, like that of a god overlooking all living beings.

This time, the Dragon Emperor's breakthrough into the ancient titan level had produced an astonishing form of feedback. The evolutionary energy that surged back carried the power of the Chaotic End Principle.

With the tempering of this principle and the abundance of evolutionary energy, Chen Chu's cultivation soared. He only needed to refine his true form, and he was now just one step away from reaching the middle stage of the heavenly king level.

All this was only the growth brought by his True Demon God Form. Another unexpected change left Chen Chu slightly surprised. As he thought of it, Chen Chu lowered his gaze slightly. In his left hand, he held a massive black seal, now scaled up to nearly a hundred meters in diameter, wreathed in nine coiling dragon patterns.

The white galaxy once inside the seal had dissolved, transforming into a misty sphere of light filled with a faint ancient and primordial aura, like the origin of all things.

Over the past two days, Chen Chu had been refining the Soul-Suppressing Imperial Seal, attempting to integrate the blank primordial principle contained within it.

After two days of effort, he had nearly completed the initial refinement. The next step would be to infuse it with one of the forces under his control, like planting a seed, so that this blank primordial power could evolve into a rule aligned with his design.

Initially, in Chen Chu's plan, this principle would fuse with the Vacuum Annihilation divine ability, evolving into a second strength-type principle that could further enhance his physical strength and destructive potential to the pinnacle.

Alternatively, he had considered fusing it with his Temporal Reincarnation supreme divine ability. If successful, it could evolve into the complete principle of the Mark of Temporal Reincarnation, refining the technique and breaking the limitation where his time-based true form couldn't improve along with his cultivation.

However, all of this was theoretical, which made him hesitate. After all, divine abilities would naturally strengthen as his cultivation improved. However, if he infused them into a blank principle and the resulting evolved principle turned out to be ordinary in nature, it would be a downgrade rather than an enhancement.

At that critical moment, the Dragon Emperor's breakthrough had disrupted his meditative state. The surge of evolutionary energy from that breakthrough directly interrupted his cultivation process.

As his cultivation soared and his True Demon God Form surged under the tempering of the Chaotic End Principle, the Imperial Seal was also caught in the surge. A strand of Chaotic End power burst open the primordial principle within, inducing world creation and completing its transformation.

Now, the embryonic primordial principle within the seal had evolved into a realm suspended between illusion and reality, giving birth to a principle power completely opposite to the Chaotic End.

This world-creating principle was extremely high-level and powerful, but it was not the second supreme strength or time principle that Chen Chu had originally intended.

He didn't even know how to react to that. "...Forget it. Maybe this principle is what suits me best after all." As he spoke, the Imperial Seal slowly floated up and was caught by a hand behind him. Instantly, the surrounding heavens seemed to sink, and all of creation subtly froze in place, suppressed by the invisible power radiating from the seal.

The evolution hadn't even fully completed, and yet the force was already this powerful. Chen Chu couldn't help but feel a hint of anticipation.

Counting the Supreme Strength embryonic principle he had already mastered, along with the Eight Desolations Creation Halberd—now fused with a pseudo-world-level weapon—and the Soul-Suppressing Imperial Seal, which had just begun to evolve its own principle, Chen Chu now wielded two principles and one weapon with world-level potential.

Among these, Supreme Strength was forged from one supreme law and five high-level laws. Once fully perfected, it would at minimum reach the supreme level.

Perhaps it still fell short of the Dragon Emperor's Chaotic End in level, but the foundational amplification it provided could potentially reach thirty-fold. Combined with his arsenal of divine abilities, weapons, and the Imperial Seal, Chen Chu felt his foundation was becoming alarmingly deep.

Suppressing the waves in his heart, Chen Chu exhaled slowly, then withdrew his True Demon God Form and transformed into a stream of light, reappearing several thousand kilometers away.

The instant he emerged in the sky, everyone present felt as though the heavens had suddenly darkened. Even the bright moonlight was obscured by his silhouette, leaving only a long-haired youth standing alone, filling the world.

Chen Chu calmly said, "Sorry, everyone. I had a sudden insight earlier and delayed our journey."

The late-stage divine king with the highest cultivation recovered and courteously replied, "There's no need for apologies, Lord Divine Might. Arriving sooner or later makes no real difference."

He then laughed. "Besides, we're allies now. Your cultivation breakthrough is a gain for all of us. If you were to break into the divine king level in one leap, that would be even better, hahahaha!"

Chen Chu couldn't help but smile faintly. "You jest, Lord Ilombe. Breaking through into divine king in one step? That's far too exaggerated."

At this point, even though Chen Chu hadn't yet formally reached the middle stage of the heavenly king level, not even a late-stage divine king would dare treat him with the slightest disrespect. He was now regarded as their equal.

Between jokes and pleasantries, Chen Chu greeted the other two Heavenly Feathered divine kings, along with Luo Fei and Heavenly King Xuanwu. Then the expeditionary group resumed its journey.

***

Meanwhile, on the Dragon Emperor's side, it had nearly finished devouring the ancient creature. Its body had swelled by more than 700 meters, reaching over 6,800. Its wings of light now spanned 1,500 meters.

Lying comfortably on the Dragon Emperor's vast, broad back were the Silver Dragon and the Golden-Blue Dragon.

Because the Dragon Emperor had only slumbered for about ten days, the bloodline within their bodies was still slowly transforming under the power of the time fish. Compared to the Dragon Emperor, the Silver Dragon's evolutionary speed was relatively normal. Just a minor bloodline enhancement would require it to sleep for one to two months.

The Dragon Emperor soared through the dark void of the Chaotic Region at blinding speed, crossing tens of thousands of kilometers in a single flicker.

The Kunpeng, still clutched in its right claw, wriggled its body and squeaked,Thunder Fiery, I want to lie on your back too! Being carried like this feels so uncomfortable!

Get lost. I don't like having a male lying on my back.