System Possession, One Sword Shocks the Gods

213: Dragon Breath Tempers the Sword, Stealing the Source CoreThe circular valley was deathly silent, save for the Star Devouring Ancient Dragon’s low, storm-like breathing, which echoed rhythmically; with every breath, it caused the surrounding chaotic Laws to rise and fall like the tides.

Its massive, dark golden dragon body lay prone on the edge of the dark, giant crater, like a mountain range that had existed since time immemorial, radiating a despair-inducing pressure.

Ye Chen hid behind a massive Ore that emitted a faint starlight, his aura nearly merging with the surrounding environment, his heartbeat and blood flow reduced to the bare minimum.

His gaze, like that of the calmest hunter, was tightly locked onto the faint Chaos radiance at the location of the Ancient Dragon’s heart.

A direct confrontation was absolutely impossible; his only chance of survival lay in the fact that this Ancient Dragon seemed to be in a state of extremely deep slumber, perhaps digesting, perhaps healing, or perhaps undergoing some ancient Dragon Clan hibernation ritual.

Its consciousness was dormant, relying only on instinct to breathe.

That Dragon Breath which stirred up the storm of Laws... perhaps that was the key!

The crazy idea in Ye Chen’s mind became increasingly clear—utilize the Dragon Breath!

The Star Devouring Ancient Dragon fed on stars; its Dragon Breath not only contained destructive power but was also mixed with the Star Origin and fragmented Laws it had devoured and refined!

These forces were highly toxic to ordinary Cultivators, but for Ye Chen, who possessed the chaos ancestral talisman and could assimilate all Laws, they might be the perfect cover to temper his own body, mask his aura, and even... approach that fragment!

This was an extremely risky plan.

If he failed to control it and was hit head-on by the Dragon Breath, or if he alerted the Ancient Dragon, he would be instantly reduced to ashes.

But at this moment, there was no better choice.

He took a deep breath, adjusting his state to the Peak.

His Nirvana Sword Intent was restrained within his body, and the embryonic form of his Life and Death Sword Domain formed a thin barrier around him, isolating internal and external sensations.

At the same time, he fully activated the newly acquired Space Annihilation Law Imprint, sensing the patterns of spatial fluctuations triggered when the Dragon Breath was exhaled.

Now!

In the brief gap after one Dragon Breath exhalation ended and a new inhalation began, Ye Chen moved!

He did not rush directly toward the Ancient Dragon’s heart; instead, his figure ghost-like, he traveled against the current along the spatial trajectory left behind by the Dragon Breath, which still retained pure stellar energy and fragmented chaotic Laws!

Hum!

His body seemed to have become part of the Dragon Breath, and a layer of energy fluctuations originating from the same source as the Dragon Breath swirled around him, perfectly blending into this environment filled with the Ancient Dragon’s power!

The Life and Death Sword Domain circulated slightly, quietly assimilating and absorbing those overly violent Law fragments, replenishing his own consumption.

Like a small fish attached to a giant whale, he used the momentum of the flowing Dragon Breath to silently approach the Ancient Dragon’s heart!

The closer he got, the more terrifying that Dragon Might became, as if a tangible mountain were pressing on his chest, even making the operation of the chaos ancestral talisman somewhat sluggish.

The radiance of that bit of Chaos fragment became increasingly clear; it was not embedded in the scales, but seemed to be tightly connected to the Ancient Dragon’s heart, as if it were a part of its life Origin!

This Star Devouring Ancient Dragon was actually using its own dragon heart flesh and blood to nourish this Chaos fragment?!

No wonder the fragment could remain here and vaguely merge with the Ancient Dragon’s aura!

The situation was more complex than expected!

Forcibly seizing it was almost equivalent to directly attacking the Ancient Dragon’s heart core!

Ye Chen’s thoughts raced, but his speed did not diminish in the slightest.

He had to find a way before this Dragon Breath ended!

His gaze was as sharp as a sword as he swept across the area of reverse scales covering the fragment.

Reverse scales were the vital point of the Dragon Clan, having the strongest defense but also being the most sensitive!

Whether he could take the fragment without alerting the Ancient Dragon depended entirely on this!

He suddenly pushed the Space Annihilation Law to its limit, not for an attack, but with extreme precision, like the finest scalpel, slicing a Space Annihilation Trace so minute it was almost imperceptible at the edge where the reverse scales connected to the fragment!

This move was not to cut a physical object, but to briefly sever the subtle energy connection and spatial anchoring between the fragment and the reverse scale flesh!

Just at the moment this connection was severed—

Hum!

That bit of Chaos fragment seemed to sense the homologous chaos ancestral talisman, trembled violently, spontaneously detached from the reverse scale, and turned into a streak of light, about to fly toward Ye Chen!

However, at this very instant!

Thump!!!

A dull heartbeat, like the explosion of a star, suddenly erupted from within the Ancient Dragon’s chest!

Those sleeping, giant dragon eyes, like extinguished suns, suddenly opened!

Cold, tyrannical, and filled with infinite rage at being desecrated by an ant, the Dragon Might erupted like a Universe tsunami, instantly sweeping across the entire circular valley!

The Star Devouring Ancient Dragon had awakened!

It felt it!

It felt the departure of the source core that had been maintained at the core of its heart for who knows how many tens of thousands of years!

Roar—!!!

The deafening dragon roar tore through the Void Realm, carrying monstrous fury that destroyed everything!

Just by being affected by this dragon roar, Ye Chen felt his Qi and blood churning, his Divine Soul threatening to split, and the Life and Death Sword Domain around him fluctuating violently, as if it were about to collapse at any moment!

The Chaos fragment flying toward Ye Chen was also impacted by this terrifying Dragon Might and sound wave, its speed lagging for a moment!

It was too late!

A ruthless look flashed in Ye Chen’s eyes; he knew that any hesitation now meant death!

He no longer hid, erupting his Chaos Limitless Steps and spatial Laws to their limits simultaneously; his figure seemed to traverse a spatial fault, appearing instantly before the hovering Chaos fragment, and he grabbed it!

It was warm to the touch, as if he were holding a beating heart, and the pure, vast power of the Chaos Origin, far exceeding any previous fragment, instantly surged into his body!

Ant! How dare you steal my chaos source core! Die!

The Star Devouring Ancient Dragon was completely enraged; it recognized Ye Chen, this tiny thief!

Its giant dragon claw lifted, covering the entire sky, and with the power to crush stars and destroy all Laws, it slammed down toward Ye Chen!

Before the claw wind even arrived, the terrifying pressure had already caused the ground beneath Ye Chen’s feet to crack and collapse inch by inch!

Escape!

Must escape immediately!

Without a second thought, Ye Chen instantly incorporated the newly obtained chaos source core into his Qi Sea, fusing it with the chaos ancestral talisman!

At the same time, he did not hesitate to burn his essence blood, pouring all his power into the guixu sword and the Space Annihilation Law Imprint!

Chaos as the guide, Annihilation paves the way!

Space—Severing Trace!

He violently slashed out his strongest sword strike toward the descending dragon claw and the incredibly solid spatial barrier behind him!

This sword strike fused all his current power—the Great Accomplishment Nirvana Sword Intent, the embryonic Life and Death Sword Domain, the Space Annihilation Law, and the majestic Origin that erupted after the chaos ancestral talisman had just fused with the source core!

A distorted gray sword qi, seemingly woven from countless spatial fissures and death lines of annihilation, fiercely met the dragon claw and slashed heavily onto the spatial barrier behind him!

Boom!!!!!!

An indescribable explosion rang out!

The moment the sword qi collided with the dragon claw, it shattered inch by inch like an egg hitting a rock, but the extreme power of annihilation and spatial fracture contained within actually caused that massive dragon claw to pause slightly, and a minute, gray-gas-swirling mark appeared in the center of the claw!

And more importantly, the portion of power he slashed toward the spatial barrier behind him successfully tore open a brief and unstable—spatial channel—in the incredibly solid spatial structure!

On the other end of the channel was an unknown, dangerous Star Domain filled with chaotic meteors and destructive energy!

But at this moment, it was the only path to survival!

Puff!

Ye Chen spat out a mouthful of blood, and borrowing the terrifying recoil force of the dragon claw’s strike, his figure, like a kite with a broken string, shot violently into the spatial channel that had just been torn open!

Want to escape?!

Leave the source core!

The Star Devouring Ancient Dragon roared, its other dragon claw suddenly reaching out, ignoring spatial distance, and grabbing directly toward the soon-to-close channel entrance!

Upon the dragon claw, stars flickered and died, Laws intertwined, and the power was enough to crush a small plane!

Seeing the dragon claw about to grab the channel and crush Ye Chen along with the channel—

Just at this critical moment, the chaos source core incorporated into Ye Chen’s Qi Sea, after initially fusing with the chaos ancestral talisman, seemed to be triggered by the Ancient Dragon’s homologous yet hostile power, and suddenly erupted with a wave of resistance, representing the independence and existence Origin of Chaos!

Hum!

This wave was invisible and intangible, yet it caused the Star Devouring Ancient Dragon’s claw to pause slightly, as if it had grabbed onto a slippery Chaos membrane!

It was this insignificant pause!

Whoosh!

Ye Chen’s figure completely vanished into the depths of the spatial channel!

Boom!

The spatial channel completely collapsed and annihilated under the Star Devouring Ancient Dragon’s enraged dragon claw!

Roar—!!!

A dragon roar filled with endless rage and unwillingness echoed for a long time within the Star Burying Valley, shattering countless floating star remains!

In the circular valley, only the enraged Star Devouring Ancient Dragon remained, along with the area of dragon heart reverse scales that appeared somewhat empty after being forcibly stolen of the source core by Ye Chen.

...

In a chaotic Star Domain filled with destructive energy storms, where countless meteorites collided randomly like headless flies.

Thump!

Ye Chen fell out in a sorry state from a suddenly appearing spatial fissure, slamming heavily onto a high-speed flying meteorite, spitting out another mouthful of blood.

His face was as pale as paper, his aura withered to the extreme, his Meridians were damaged in many places, and his Divine Soul was also constantly oscillating due to forcibly pushing all his power.

But he had survived!

Moreover, within his Qi Sea, the chaos ancestral talisman was fusing with that chaos source core at an unprecedented speed, and a power far more vast and closer to the Chaos Origin than any previous time was slowly awakening...

He forced himself to sit up, looking at this strange, dangerous Star Domain, but the corners of his mouth curved into a smile of having survived a disaster.

The Star Devouring Ancient Dragon’s pursuit would likely not stop, and the road ahead remained perilous.

But this time, his gains were equally immense.