Chen Ping lay on the ground, feeling the life force continuously draining from his body. He gazed at the Soul Devourer’s hideous face drawing ever closer, brimming with triumph and killing intent, and listened to the renewed, even more frenzied cheers from Hun Sha and the others in the distance. A chill settled deep in his heart.
Was this it? Was he truly going to die here?
Unwillingness!
Despair!
Anger!
All these emotions burned and raged within him like the fiercest poisonous fire.
Did he still have any trump cards left?
The Dragon Slaying Sword?
The Chaos Fire Lotus?
No, against the Soul Devourer, whose condition had nearly fully recovered and whose strength was unfathomably deep, these seemed insufficient.
No!
There was still one thing!
Something he had almost forgotten, yet it had always lurked in the deepest part of his bloodline, a power born alongside the Chaos Immortal Force: the True Dragon Bloodline!
That supreme divine dragon power bestowed by his father!
In the Sixth Heaven and the Ninth Heaven, this power had saved him from peril multiple times, displaying inconceivable might.
But after arriving in the Tenth Heaven, perhaps due to his cultivation advancing or the allure of the Chaos Fire Seed, this power had remained dormant. He had rarely even tried to activate it deliberately.
Now, under the extreme threat of death and the flames of unyielding anger, with both his Chaos Immortal Force and Chaos Fire Seed suppressed to their limits in this desperate situation, the long-dormant True Dragon Bloodline seemed to sense its master’s call and indomitable will. It abruptly awakened!
“Roar—!!!”
A majestic dragon roar, as if from the ancient wilderness and traversing endless space-time, exploded without warning from the deepest part of Chen Ping’s soul!
This roar was not emitted through his throat but resonated directly in the laws of heaven and earth and the divine souls of all living beings!
Immediately afterwards—
“Boom—!!!”
Centred on Chen Ping, an indescribable surge of terrifying vital blood energy, as if capable of propping open the heavens and suppressing all eternity, mixed with the purest Chaos aura and a faint yet supreme dragon might, erupted violently!
The Soul Devouring Chains that bound him, which even Chaos True Fire could barely burn through, shattered inch by inch under this sudden, domineering impact of blood energy. They crumbled like ice meeting blazing sun, turning to ashes!
The horrific wounds on Chen Ping’s body began healing at a visible speed under the cleansing surge of this vital blood energy, rich with boundless life force and creation!
Broken bones reconnected, shattered organs regenerated, rotting flesh sloughed away, and new skin emerged with a faint jade lustre and phantom dragon scales!
Even more astonishing, the bottleneck at the peak of the Ninth Grade Human Immortal realm in his body, already solidified to its extreme, quietly developed its first crack under the impact of this power from the deepest essence of life!
“Crack…”
A faint fracturing sound echoed in Chen Ping’s dantian, meridians, and even the depths of his soul.
Then came the second, the third… countless dense cracks!
Outside, the heavens and earth changed colour!
Above the headquarters of the Myriad Souls Demon Sect, the perpetual thick demonic clouds were forcibly dispersed by an invisible force!
In their place, rolling seven-coloured auspicious clouds gathered!
Within those clouds, dragon shadows faintly shuttled, Dao sounds resounded, and infinite pure spiritual energy of heaven and earth, as if summoned, surged madly from all directions towards Chen Ping’s location, forming a massive spiritual energy vortex!
Celestial Immortal realm!
He was about to break through to the Celestial Immortal realm!
And it was in this desperate situation, using the True Dragon Bloodline as the trigger, forcibly charging through!
“What?!”
The triumphant smile on the Soul Devourer’s face froze instantly, transforming into extreme shock and disbelief!
He sensed it! That terrifying bloodline pressure suddenly erupting from Chen Ping, making even his own soul tremble!
And the heavenly phenomena and spiritual energy tide it triggered!
This was clearly a breakthrough to the Celestial Immortal realm, and an extremely rare one with such profound foundations that it invoked celebration from heaven and earth!
How was this possible?!
This boy had clearly been at the end of his rope. How could he break through at this moment?!
And this bloodline aura… so… terrifying?!
It even made this ancient demon, who had devoured countless powerful beings, feel a trace of… dread from the very hierarchy of life?!
“Stop him! He absolutely cannot be allowed to break through!”
The Soul Devourer reacted instantly, killing intent surging to its peak in his eyes!
He abandoned all mockery and restraint. His hands swiftly formed seals, demonic essence and soul force erupting without reservation as he unleashed one of his strongest killing moves available!
“Soul Devouring Burial of Heaven!”
A massive pitch-black demonic void, as if capable of swallowing the entire heavens, condensed above his head. It emitted a terrifying suction force and aura of death that could annihilate everything, about to completely devour and obliterate Chen Ping, who was at the critical moment of breakthrough and unable to move!
However, just as the black demonic void was about to descend—
“Roar—!!!”
Chen Ping’s eyes snapped open! Within his pupils, no longer human eyes, but two golden vertical slits burning with Chaos flames!
Cold, majestic, overlooking all under heaven, like a divine dragon soaring the nine skies, gazing down upon ants on the ground!
A terrifying aura over ten times stronger than before erupted violently from him, as if an ancient slumbering giant dragon had fully awakened!
This was no longer mere Human Immortal power, but carried a trace of authority over heavenly laws, vast dragon might, and Chaos origin: Celestial Immortal power!
He had succeeded!
In the brink between life and death, with unyielding will igniting the True Dragon Bloodline, he forcibly shattered the Celestial Immortal barrier and stepped into a new level of life: First Grade Celestial Immortal!
Though only just entering the First Grade, the qualitative transformation in power, initial mastery over heavenly laws, and the terrifying foundation from combining True Dragon Bloodline with Chaos Fire Seed caused his actual combat strength to soar instantly to an unimaginable height!
Facing the incoming Soul Devouring Burial of Heaven demonic void, Chen Ping did not even draw the Dragon Slaying Sword.
He simply raised his right hand slowly, clenching it into a fist.
Upon the fist, Chaos Immortal Force, Chaos True Fire, and True Dragon vital blood perfectly fused, condensing into a single point!
Then, he punched towards the heaven-obscuring black demonic void!
“Chaos · Dragon Flame Shatter!”
A fist beam of Chaos colour laced with brilliant golden light, seemingly composed of countless miniature dragon shadows and flame runes, roared forth!
Wherever the fist beam passed, space shattered inch by inch, laws retreated. The demonic void proclaimed to bury heaven and earth exploded and annihilated like paper before this fist beam containing the supreme dual forces of destruction and creation!
The fist beam’s momentum undiminished, it smashed fiercely towards the Soul Devourer, whose face was filled with shock and caught completely off guard!
