Essence Devouring Art

”There’s no need for resentment. In my hands, it has already realized its true value!”

At the center of the Chaos Storm, Su Chen, as majestic as a descending Ancient Chaos God, gazed down upon Wu Dao with indifferent, chaotic eyes. His voice brimmed with an invincible confidence born from immense power!

Once his Chaos Body was unsealed, the restrictions on his Dantian were lifted. He could command the Extraordinary Abilities of all paths, reenact the creation of Earth, Fire, Water, and Wind, and transform the universal Law of Order into a lawless and disordered Chaos Domain!

Within this domain, wielding the Power of Chaos, he was the supreme, unparalleled ruler of all!

After that gambit, Mo Chen had been reduced to a mere mortal!

Even with the most heaven-defying stroke of Creation, the fundamental gap between them could not be erased!

However, Su Chen wasn’t going to give him any chances!

BOOM!

He stepped forward and clenched his fist!

The Chaos rumbled and spun like a maelstrom.

The power of all that exists converged like a thousand rivers flowing to the sea, gathering in Su Chen’s fist. The profound mysteries of countless Divine Techniques faintly merged within, transforming into a single, chaotic whole!

”Chaos Fist! Kill!!”

DONG—BOOM!!

The instant he uttered the command to kill, the vast Sea of Chaos trembled and surged, crashing down. The power of the boundless Celestial Star Sea seemed to have all converged within this one heavy fist, threatening to smash all of existence back into primordial chaos!

Chaos Fist!

A Chaos Dantian Innate Divine Power!

It was Innate Formless and Unthreatening, its Mighty Power increasing by absorbing Acquired Ten Thousand Paths and Techniques.

During his forty years of Cultivation, Su Chen had comprehended the legacies of various Divine Communication Techniques in Chaos City, blending together more than ten Great All Heavens Divine Techniques and numerous Emperor Scriptures!

When he threw a punch, the Ten Thousand Techniques followed its power, plunging the cosmos into chaos!

It was one of his strongest killing techniques!

To use it now clearly showed his intent to kill, leaving absolutely no room for chance!

”A mere firefly dares to rival the moon’s glow?”

BOOM!

As the Chaos pressed down, Wu Dao’s physique was also completely unsealed.

It was as if an Ancient Barbaric Dragon was roaring within the Chaos. Inside his Primordial Magnetic Dao Body, the Fifty-Fifth Celestial Magnetic Vortex Wheel and the Thousand-Count Dharma Transformation Wheel instantly reactivated to their peak, spinning at incredible speeds!

Endless currents of starlight and Primordial Magnetism shot out from his pores. His body transformed into a colossal source of a Magnetic Field, ripping the Sea of Chaos to shreds!

Then...

Without dodging or evading, he charged straight forward!

BOOM—!!

From the far distance, the Little Thunder King and the other spectators could see it clearly: an Ancient Barbaric Dragon seemed to rise from within the vast Sea of Chaos. As it rampaged forward, it brutally plowed the Sea of Chaos in half!

Within the Chaos Domain, he was not suppressed in the slightest! Instead, he had smashed right through it with the brute force of his physique!

’Is this man a walking, breathing Dao Body?!’

It was an utterly absurd scene, one that made the Little Thunder King feel as if his entire worldview had been thrown on the ground and stomped to pieces!

BOOM!!

In an instant, faster than a thought, that majestic physique which had plowed through the Chaos charged forward without dodging, colliding head-on with the torrent of Su Chen’s Chaos Fist!

The expected explosion of flesh and bone did not happen!

Instead...

When the torrent of the Chaos Fist—a fusion of numerous Divine Communication Techniques—struck Wu Dao’s body, it vanished without a trace, like a clay ox sinking into the sea!

”How is this possible!!”

Su Chen’s pupils suddenly contracted, his face finally showing panic born of disbelief!

He realized in horror that the world-destroying torrent of his Chaos Fist hadn’t harmed Wu Dao in the slightest!

It had become Wu Dao’s sustenance!

A resplendent Starlight Gang Shield had formed around Wu Dao’s body, rapidly expanding and extinguishing the Chaos!

Chaos was supposed to encompass all of existence and every path!

But now...

It was being encompassed and absorbed instead!

It was just that bizarrely absurd!

But how could Su Chen possibly know?

Let’s not even mention Wu Dao’s Primordial Magnetic Dao Body, which was on par with the Great Dao itself. The Primordial Magnetic Power he commanded alone was far beyond what the Power of Chaos could ever hope to match!

The Great Dao gives birth, and all things transform!

From non-existence to existence, every change, every process, is accompanied by the birth of Magnetic Field Power!

Magnetic Field Power.

It is born from the very change that governs how the Dao gives birth to One, the One to Two, and the Two to all things!

To crush the Primordial Magnetic Dao at a fundamental level, one would need true nothingness!

Chaos, the primordial void...

None of it was qualified!

HUMMM—!

As everyone watched in horror, Wu Dao, his body shrouded in the All-Invulnerable Primordial Magnetic Shield, continued to devour the Magnetic Field Power of the Chaos Domain, brutally plowing more than halfway through the Sea of Chaos!

The Chaos Fist torrent Su Chen had unleashed didn’t even cause a ripple; it was completely devoured by the Invulnerable Gang Shield, fueling Wu Dao’s power like pouring oil on a blazing fire!

”Spin!”

Wu Dao’s thunderous voice cracked through the Chaos. The Starlight Primordial Magnetic Gang Shield, which had expanded to nearly fill the Sea of Chaos, began to spin rapidly and then abruptly contracted!

BOOM!!

When the Primordial Magnetic Gang Shield contracted to its limit, all the Power of the Chaos Magnetic Field erupted like a cosmic gamma-ray burst, piercing through the formless Chaos and hurtling back toward Su Chen with even greater ferocity!

A taste of his own medicine!

Using the enemy’s own power to defeat him!

Now *that* was true power!

”Chaotic Void!!”

The chaotic torrent, its Mighty Power now amplified, surged forward like ten thousand frenzied dragons. The alarm bell in Su Chen’s Heart Lake rang so violently it nearly shattered. Without a second thought, he unleashed another Chaos Ultimate Technique!

HUMMM—!

In an instant, it was as if Su Chen had vanished from the world.

Within the maelstrom of the Chaos Storm, Earth, Fire, Water, and Wind—all forms of Energy—were annihilated. It was as if a lightless, colorless, primordial black hole had appeared, turning every tangible and intangible thing it touched into a state of pure, absolute chaotic void!

BOOM—!!

It was like a volcanic eruption striking a pillar that held up the heavens. The entire Infinite Ancestral Hall shook. The instant the reflected torrent of the Chaos Fist struck the black sphere of absolute void, it exploded into a billion-layered canopy of Chaos!

Wherever the ripples passed, everything was annihilated, returning to Chaos!

Billions of twinkling stars were extinguished. They fell and disintegrated into apocalyptic ash, which spread with the rumbling storm until it filled the entire Nine Heavens Star Sea!

The fluctuations of power from their struggle caused the entire Ancestral Land to tremble.

The Energy raining down from the Nine Heavens Star Sea obliterated mountain ranges, shattered one Grotto Heaven after another, and plunged space-time itself into a state of riotous destruction!

”A clash between Daoist Children... So this is their terrifying power!”

Within the Ancestral Land, the various All Heavens Celestial Prides who were fighting over Creation were terrified. The aftershocks alone caused their bodies to crack to the verge of spitting blood. They didn’t dare get any closer to the Star Sea!

They had no idea what level of battle was unfolding within the Chaos-shrouded Star Sea, assuming it was merely a clash between the All Heavens Daoists!

CLANG CLANG CLANG—

While the All Heavens Celestial Prides had their gazes drawn to the battle in the Star Sea, or were blinded by their greed, no one noticed that outside the Boundless Ancestral Land, it was completely empty!

At the blasted-open entrance, countless chains of the Magnetic Field were weaving together, rapidly sealing the breach.

Before long, this Ancestral Land World would be completely cut off from the outside, with no way to the heavens above or the earth below!

Outside the Star Sea, shadowy figures were also shuttling through the void.

They seemed to be taking advantage of the chaotic energy flow in the Celestial Star Sea, which prevented any anomalies from being detected, to construct some kind of peerless Grand Array!

RUMBLE—!

In the center of the roiling, collapsing Chaos Battlefield, as the torrent and the Chaos Absolute Void Domain continued their struggle, Wu Dao monitored the progress of the seals being laid both inside and out. He sneered, his voice booming:

”A turtle shell? I’ll shatter it to bits!!”

SHIIING!!

The Formless Primordial Magnetic Celestial Saber was unsheathed!

Resplendent and magnificent, yet colorless and without light, it hung high above the Sea of Chaos. It slashed down with a deafening roar, severing the Magnetic Field that bound all existence, and the Chaos utterly disintegrated!

”What Divine Technique is this?!”

Outside the Battlefield, the assembled Celestial Prides watched in terror at the Formless Celestial Blade that had sliced the very cosmos in two. They felt as if everything was being severed, exiled, and stripped away—as if their very existence was about to be denied and annihilated!

’Such a gap...’

The hairs on the Little Thunder King’s arms stood on end. He gritted his teeth and clenched his fists, realizing with profound clarity that even among monsters, there were different tiers of power.

Remembering his own arrogant and domineering attitude from just moments before, he was overcome with shame. ’In their eyes,’ he thought, ’I must have looked like a clown!’

「In the depths of the Taiyi Emperor Star.」

’It’s this move again.’

The Slaughter Emperor, who was observing the battle, watched the Celestial Blade tear through the Chaos. He recalled the helplessness his lingering will had felt in the Giant Axe Sacred Land when facing this very blade—the feeling of having power but being unable to use it.

Severing everything, stripping everything away!

No matter how great one’s skills, under this one slash, one would become weak-kneed and powerless, unable to exert even a fraction of their strength.

To this day, the Slaughter Emperor still didn’t understand how Wu Dao had created this slashing technique.

His Dao was too bizarre, too unorthodox.

It seemed as if it wasn’t born from this World at all, yet he had still, unbelievably, forged a path forward with it!

「In the depths of an unknown space.」

Starlight flickered.

The being within it was also observing the battle in the Boundless Ancestral Land.

In the Celestial Blade that Wu Dao had unleashed, It sensed the aura of the Dao. The technique had undergone a metamorphosis, transforming from a mere skill into a limitless, Heaven-Reaching Dao!

If this Dao continues to develop, this slash... even the Strongest Divine Techniques may not be able to compare!

”Twenty years ago, an unknown existence stole the authority of the Great Dao...”

The starlight murmured to itself. Its gaze fell upon Wu Dao, who moved unmatched through the Chaos, and for the first time, its words held a note of praise.

If it was truly Wu Dao’s doing, whether he used a trick or not, this achievement alone was enough for him to be ranked among the many Great Emperor Celestial Venerables since the Heaven Opening.

Because... in the countless eons of the All Tribulations, no one below the level of a Daoist had ever been arrogant enough to steal the authority of the Dao and escape unscathed!

And that’s not even mentioning someone with a Cultivation that hadn’t even reached the Grotto Heaven realm!

...

CLANG CLANG CLANG—

In the shattered, roiling Chaos Battlefield, the moment the Primordial Magnetic Celestial Saber was unsheathed and slashed down, every Magnetic Field was severed, and the Chaos itself was split in two!

The Chaos Absolute Void Domain protecting Su Chen lost its connection to the Qiankun All Things Magnet Field. It wavered on the brink of collapse under the torrent’s assault, and inside, Su Chen was so furious his eyes looked ready to split from their sockets!

’A loser! A piece of trash who lost both his destiny and his Dantian! And he’s actually pushed me this far!’

It was as humiliating as a beggar slapping an Emperor across the face, dragging all his pride and self-respect into a filthy mire to be ground into stinking dog crap!

He took a deep breath. After suppressing the frustrated rage in his heart, Su Chen became calm once more.

’A peasant is still a peasant. He can learn a few clever tricks, but he’ll never turn the tables on me! I am a monster cultivated by Chaos City! The trump cards I possess are beyond anyone’s imagination!’

BOOM—BANG!

In the space of a thought, the Chaotic Void, having lost its supply from the Chaos Magnetic Field, held on for a moment longer before being utterly shattered by the Celestial Blade!

CLANG—!!

But at that exact moment, the sound of clashing Divine Iron tore through the Star Sea. The unstoppable, descending Primordial Magnetic Celestial Saber... had been blocked!

WHOOSH WHOOSH WHOOSH~

Amidst the turbulent, dispersing Chaotic Qi Flow, Su Chen, his hand grasping the Primordial Magnetic Celestial Saber, slowly straightened up.

Behind him, a Mixed-color Lotus covered in Dao Patterns swayed gracefully, its roots sunk deep into the Chaos. Its leaves were larger than stars, and as it bloomed to its first grade, the multicolored divine light of its petals intertwined and soared into the vast cosmos.

EXHALE—

INHALE—

The Mixed-color Lotus, rooted in the Chaos, seemed alive, majestic and utterly sacred. With every breath, it devoured the Essence of the Grand Cosmos, feeding it back to Su Chen through its root system.

In the span of a single thought, Su Chen’s aura, empowered by the Mixed-color Lotus, surged to a whole new level.

The Chaotic Qi Flow erupting from his Chaos Body crushed the Nine Heavens and the Ten Directions. Everyone within the Ancestral Land felt as if the sky itself was collapsing, an unbearable weight settling upon their hearts!

”Mixed Lotus Extreme Path?”

At the edge of the Battlefield, the Little Thunder King’s eyes instantly turned bloodshot. He stared intently at the lotus rooted in the Chaos, which was devouring the Essence of the Grand Cosmos.

He never, ever expected that Su Chen had actually mastered the supreme legacy of Chaos City—a technique that only a Son of Revival was qualified to cultivate!

Mixed Lotus Extreme Path!

One of the ten Strongest Divine Techniques in all the Heavens!

Using the Lotus to carry the Technique, the Extreme Dao to shatter all Limits!

A single-grade bloom doubles one’s combat power!

If it blooms to all ten grades, that’s a tenfold increase in combat power.

Truly unparalleled in the same realm!

And don’t think a tenfold increase is small.

In a battle of life and death, even a sliver of extra power can decide the victor, let alone doubling or multiplying it by ten!

More importantly, as long as one didn’t overreach, the Mixed Lotus Extreme Path had no side effects and would not damage one’s Dao Foundation!

Using the lotus to carry the Dao!

It was like having an extra tool to amplify one’s Dao.

After exerting one measure of force, it would be amplified by the Mixed Lotus into two or even three measures of force, all without causing any harm to one’s own Dao Foundation.