146: The secrets of this world are about to break through to the Nascent Soul stage!
Visible to the naked eye, thousands of strands of Imperial Dragon Qi descended, like golden Divine Dragons, firmly protecting him and forming an absolute defense!
At the same time, wisps of profound Primordial Violet Qi spread out from his body surface, enveloping his entire being in a hazy purple light.
The Primordial Chaos Nascent Soul operated to its extreme!
Having done all this.
Chen Xu took one last look to the south.
That was the direction of Zhongzhou, the Family he had personally established, and all his concerns.
A trace of tenderness flashed through his eyes.
But in the next second, he took a deep breath, stopped looking back, and, like a burning meteor, leaped toward the Guixu Demon Eye below that was swallowing the heavens and earth!
Plop!
His figure was instantly swallowed by the pitch-black vortex... falling! Endless falling!
The moment he entered the Guixu Demon Eye, Chen Xu felt an irresistible, terrifying suction force.
acting upon his body.
The surroundings were no longer seawater, but a Void Realm that was utterly chaotic.
Countless streams of distorted Space-Time Turbulence, like incomparably sharp blades.
were frantically slicing at his body from all directions!
This power was enough to instantly tear even a Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasure into shreds!
However, the moment this Space-Time Turbulence struck Chen Xu's body!
Clang! Clang! Clang!
It actually produced bursts of ear-piercing metallic clanging!
Sparks flew everywhere!
Chen Xu's Primordial Chaos Nascent Soul was unbelievably powerful!
The Space-Time Turbulence, which was strong enough to rip apart the Physical Bodies of Late Nascent Soul Stage Great Cultivators.
surprisingly couldn't even leave a white mark on him!
He simply endured the Void Realm Storm capable of destroying everything.
and continued to fall toward the deeper parts of the vortex!
As he went deeper, the surrounding light completely vanished.
plunging him into darkness.
At the same time, strange whispers began to sound within his mind.
ringing wildly in the depths of his Divine Soul.
"Give up..."
"Struggling is futile..."
"Become one... with us..."
"Eternal peace... awaits you..."
These voices originated from the beings swallowed by the Guixu Demon Eye across countless eras.
They were the residual unwillingness and resentment left behind.
They were like Maggots Clinging to Bone, penetrating everywhere, trying to erode Chen Xu's Dao Heart and drag him into the abyss of madness.
However.
Chen Xu's gaze remained indifferent.
His mind was as firm as an Eternal Bedrock, without the slightest ripple.
"A bunch of Lonely Ghosts, daring to act presumptuously before this Lord?"
He snorted coldly, and the human emperor seal suspended above his head suddenly burst forth with golden light!
"Aung!"
A Dragon Roar of the Imperial Dao that shocked the Divine Soul erupted violently!
Golden sound waves swept out like a tide!
Wherever they passed, the strange whispers abruptly ceased!
All resentment and distracting thoughts were instantly shattered and completely purified under this supremely tyrannical Imperial Dragon Qi!
The entire world became quiet... The descent continued.
The space here was completely disordered.
During the descent, scenes of Bizarre and Kaleidoscopic Imagery began to appear before Chen Xu's eyes.
He saw an Immortal Land ten thousand times vaster than Zhongzhou.
Above the sky, True Dragons pulled Immortal Carriages, Phoenix Birds danced holding Auspicious Clouds in their mouths, and countless powerful Cultivators, Flying on Swords, roamed freely across the heavens and earth.
That was a truly flourishing Grand Era of Cultivation!
The Spiritual Qi was so dense that it transformed into rivers.
surging endlessly across the land!
The scene shifted.
The Apocalypse arrived.
An indescribably vague giant hand reached out from beyond the heavens, obscuring the entire firmament!
Every palm line on that hand was like a bottomless canyon.
It slowly pressed down.
There was no earth-shattering noise, only silent annihilation.
That prosperous Immortal Land collapsed and shattered inch by inch beneath the giant palm, like a sandcastle!
Countless powerful Cultivators were not even ants beneath that giant palm, instantly turning into dust!
Chen Xu's pupils suddenly contracted!
He knew that this was the Origin of The Cage!
This world was struck and crippled by a terrifying, unimaginable existence.
with a single palm, and then Sealed!
The scene shattered again.
Chen Xu's descent finally reached its end.
He felt his feet lighten, and the terrifying suction force abruptly vanished.
He landed on Solid Ground.
Chen Xu slowly opened his eyes and looked around.
He was stunned.
This was actually a space without water.
Above his head, Space-Time Turbulence slowly rotated like a Cosmic Nebula, while beneath his feet was a dead, boundless Gray Land.
A thick layer of Gray Dust covered the ground.
Chen Xu squatted down and picked up a pinch.
The dust felt cold to the touch, had no weight, and seemed like it would scatter with a single breath.
His Divine Sense swept over it, and his heart suddenly sank.
This was not dust at all!
These were the residues left behind after countless beings, countless mountains and rivers, countless Magic Treasures... all tangible things, had their spirituality and Laws ground away!
This place was the graveyard of the entire world!
Chen Xu slowly stood up.
His expression instantly became solemn.
His Divine Sense, which had been suppressed for a long time, was released without reservation at this moment, wildly spreading toward the depths of this dead space!
One thousand miles!
Five thousand miles!
Ten thousand miles!
Just as his Divine Sense reached its limit, his body violently shook!
His gaze instantly shot toward the distant horizon!
He saw a massive black shadow, as huge as a mountain, silently standing there amidst the endless Gray Dust.
It was indistinct, seeming to merge entirely with the surrounding Dark Space.
An ancient, deathly silent, yet supremely majestic and terrifying aura emanated from the black shadow, causing Chen Xu's Divine Soul to tremble slightly, even from ten thousand miles away!
Found it!
He could almost certainly conclude that the mountain-like black shadow.
was the core node of the entire Great Cage Array!
Without the slightest hesitation, his figure moved, turning into a streak of light and speeding toward the distant horizon.
This space had no distinction between up, down, left, or right, nor any sense of time passing; the only reference point was the gigantic black shadow drawing closer.
As the distance closed, the shock in Chen Xu's heart grew stronger.
Too big!
The outline of the black shadow continuously magnified in his vision, starting from a mountain.
gradually transforming into a shadow that obscured the heavens and earth.
When Chen Xu finally arrived nearby and hovered in mid-air, he was completely stunned by the sight before him.
This was not a mountain or a building at all.
It was a skeleton!
The Giant Skeleton of a giant maintaining a cross-legged sitting posture!
This skeleton had been sitting here for an unknown number of years, yet its bones were still crystal clear, seemingly carved from Divine Jade, radiating an immortal and indestructible Divine Radiance.
Even though its owner was dead, just a wisp of aura naturally overflowing from the skeleton.
made Chen Xu feel difficulty breathing.
He had no doubt that this skeleton, when alive.
was definitely a Supreme Existence that surpassed the comprehension of this world!
The Giant Skeleton sat cross-legged in the Gray Dust, its head alone comparable to a Grand City.
A single finger was like a mountain range.
Chen Xu was far too insignificant before it.
What shocked Chen Xu the most was the giant's posture.
His left hand formed an ancient Dharma Seal, resting on his knee, while his right hand was spread open, pointing straight toward the chaotic and twisted Void Realm above his head!
That posture was full of unwillingness and fury, as if, in its final moment before death, it was still questioning the Heavens and the giant palm that had struck down from beyond the sky!
He was fighting against the Heavens!
Chen Xu's gaze followed the skeleton downward.
finally resting on the giant's chest.
There, a Broken Spear deeply pierced His chest!
The spear was rusty and looked unremarkable, yet it emitted a terrifying “Power of the Cage” that originated from the same source as this space.
It was precisely this broken spear, like a nail, that firmly pinned this inherently immortal Divine Skeleton here, suppressing all of its divinity and grinding away its vitality.
It was the Core Array Eye of the Great Cage Array!
Chen Xu carefully examined the giant's skeleton, finding that its bone structure and facial features were exactly the same as the Human Race.
This caused turbulent thoughts to surge in his mind.
Could it be that the Human Race of the Ancient Era.
were all such heaven-supporting giants?
He took a deep breath, suppressed the distracting thoughts in his heart, and blurred his figure, attempting to fly onto the giant's shoulder to observe the broken spear up close.
However, the moment he approached within a hundred zhang of the skeleton!
Buzz!
The Black Broken Spear stuck in the giant's chest suddenly trembled!
An invisible, terrifying pressure violently erupted, fiercely washing over Chen Xu!
Chen Xu's expression changed; he felt as if he had been struck by a star, and his entire body flew backward uncontrollably, his Qi and blood churning within him.
He forcibly stabilized his figure, his gaze toward the broken spear filled with solemnity.
The pressure that merely leaked out was already this terrifying!
Chen Xu did not rashly approach again.
He hovered in the distance, golden light flashing in his eyes, his Primordial Qi operating to its maximum.
It was at this moment that a bold idea appeared in Chen Xu's mind.
Since this giant was so powerful in life, he must have been a Human Race Sage.
And since he carried the human emperor seal and possessed Imperial Dragon Qi, perhaps... he could gain His recognition?
Thinking of this, Chen Xu no longer hesitated!
With a thought!
"Aung—!"
A Dragon Roar erupted violently from within his body!
The human emperor seal, which had been suppressing the depths of his Purple Mansion, turned into a brilliant golden light, flew out from his glabella, and was suspended above his head!
Vast and boundless Imperial Dragon Qi descended.
The golden light instantly dispelled the surrounding darkness and deathly silence!
The moment the human emperor seal appeared!
A sudden change occurred!
On the crystal-clear, jade-like bones of the Giant Skeleton, which had been dormant for countless years, faint Golden Patterns actually lit up!
These patterns seemed to be Bloodline Marks branded deep within the bones, and at this moment, they actually produced a faint resonance with the stimulation of the Imperial Dragon Qi!
"It really works!"
Chen Xu was overjoyed!
He no longer hesitated, and, with the human emperor seal above his head, flew toward the Giant Skeleton once more!
Buzz!
The Black Broken Spear once again erupted with terrifying pressure, even more violent than before, as if intending to completely crush Chen Xu, the challenger, into dust!
But this time, Chen Xu was not repelled!
The thousands of Dragon Qi scattered by the human emperor seal echoed the golden patterns emerging on the skeleton, forming a golden light screen that actually managed to forcibly withstand the black pressure!
Chen Xu's body endured unimaginable pressure with every step forward.
He felt as if a great mountain was pressing down on him!
But his eyes were resolute, and step by step, he resisted the terrifying pressure.
Forcing his way to the summit!
Finally, his feet landed firmly on the giant's head, which was as wide as a plaza!
Standing here, he could feel it more clearly.
The indomitable Battle Intent remaining in this skeleton, and the unwillingness and sorrow that had been suppressed for countless ages!
Chen Xu's gaze swept around, and soon.
He was drawn by a faint light at the giant's glabella.
He quickly walked over.
He saw a pale blue Soul Fire, only the size of a fist and seemingly ready to extinguish at any moment, faintly flickering on the giant's brow bone.
The Soul Fire was extremely dim, like a candle flickering in the wind.
It seemed ready to completely dissipate in the next second.
But Chen Xu could sense an ancient and profound consciousness within it.
It seemed to have long since exhausted all its power.
It could not speak or make any response.
It had merely relied on a trace of obsession to desperately hold on through the immeasurably long years, preventing complete annihilation.
It was as if it were waiting for the arrival of a successor.
Chen Xu watched this soon-to-be-extinguished Soul Fire, his heart filled with mixed emotions.
He slowly reached out his hand, wanting to touch it.
But just as his fingertip was about to touch the Soul Fire, the pale blue Soul Fire seemed to sense something and violently trembled.
Immediately afterward, it actually drifted toward Chen Xu's fingertip on its own accord.
Under Chen Xu's astonished gaze, the cluster of Soul Fire merged into his body just like that.
Boom!
The instant the Soul Fire merged into his body, Chen Xu's mind exploded as if a star had been thrown into it!
Countless fragmented images flooded into his mind!
He saw an ancient Immortal Land, ten thousand times vaster than Central State and the entire world combined.
Above the sky were thousand-zhang Divine Beings with double wings on their backs.
They commanded thunder and lightning, patrolling the heavens and the earth.
On the earth, although the Human Race's bodies were not as heaven-reaching and earth-standing as the Divine Skeleton "Cang," every one of them had Qi and Blood like a Dragon, capable of moving mountains and filling seas with a mere wave of their hand!
That was a truly glorious and prosperous Grand Era!
Spiritual Qi was so dense it turned into surging rivers, and Heaven And Earth Treasure could be seen everywhere.
Even the most ordinary Mortal could live for three hundred years!
However, outside this Immortal Land... was a dark Void Realm shrouded in endless Devilish Qi.
Within the Void Realm, countless terrifying Demon Race members exiled from the "Upper Realm" were imprisoned!
They were prisoners!
And the Human Race living on this Immortal Land were... the Jailers!
They were responsible for guarding these Demon Race members and suppressing this cage for generations!
Chen Xu saw that his ancestors were once proud of this!
They were the Watchers destined by the heavens!
But the scene suddenly changed!
The apocalypse arrived.
The Ascension Channel connecting to the "Upper Realm" suddenly closed one day without any warning!
By an invisible Barrier that they could not break no matter what.
Completely sealed off!
They were abandoned!
The Jailers who guarded the Demon Race instantly became prisoners in this gigantic cage!
Panic, despair, anger!
After countless years of attempts and failures, the ancestors of the Human Race.
Finally understood a cruel truth.
They, along with the Demon Race, were completely abandoned in this place of exile named the "Sin Blood Realm"!
Never to be reincarnated!
Unwillingness!
Why should this be!
Why must they sacrifice everything for the peace of the Upper Realm.
Only to end up like this!
Thus, the former Mortal enemies, the Jailers and the prisoners, united under shared despair.
Chose to join forces!
They wanted to counterattack the Upper Realm!
They wanted to break this unjust destiny!
The scene shifted once more!
Chen Xu saw a heaven-reaching, earth-standing figure, who was precisely the owner of this Divine Skeleton—Cang!
He was the strongest leader of the Human Race in that era!
He gathered all the power of the entire Sin Blood Realm: the Human Race, the Demon Race, and tens of thousands of living beings.
All united in purpose!
They condensed the power of the entire world into a Heaven-Piercing Beam of Light, powerful enough to tear apart stars.
And fiercely blasted it toward that invisible Barrier!
They were going to fight their way into the heavens!
However, just as the beam of light was about to touch the Barrier.
The sky cracked open.
A giant hand slowly reached out from the fissure!
That hand, with a gentle swipe.
Caused the beam of light, which was powerful enough to destroy the world, to quietly vanish like a candle flame!
Immediately afterward, a pitch-black Spear shot out from that hand.
Pfft!
A single spear pinned the strongest individual of the Human Race down from the sky!
Firmly nailing him to the very end of Guixu!
The owner of the giant hand, the high and mighty "Jail Warden," withdrew his palm without even sparing them a second glance.
The fissure in the sky slowly closed.
This was the Heavenly Dao of this realm!
This was the so-called "Heaven and Earth are ruthless"!
Jailers should know their place!
Even if they are abandoned, even if they are forgotten.
They are absolutely forbidden from having any thought of resistance!
Any attempt to break the cage will be deemed "Heaven-Defying," and will incur "Heavenly Punishment"!
At this point, Chen Xu understood.
He understood completely!
The so-called severance of the Soul Transformation path, the so-called Decline of Spiritual Qi, the so-called Tribulation of Dao Dissolution... were not natural evolutions at all!
It was that damned Heavenly Dao enforcing its rules!
It was destroying all hope in this world!
It was ensuring that this prison remained a Death Qi-ridden, lifeless cage forever!
And "Cang"'s fate was even more tragic.
He did not die on the spot.
That Broken Spear not only pinned down his Physical Body, but also planted a Restriction upon his Divine Soul.
It also planted a Restriction.
Imprisoning him here for eternity, making him suffer the endless agony of his Divine Soul being torn and ground down, day and night!
For a full ten thousand years!
Ten thousand years of torture!
Only today did he finally exhaust his last trace of Divine Soul Power.
And completely vanished.
And this cluster of Soul Fire that merged into Chen Xu's body was his final obsession, his final gift!
"My... descendant..."
A weak thought echoed in Chen Xu's mind.
"Inherit... my dying wish..."
"Break... this damned cage!"
"For the Human Race... carve out a... Heaven-Reaching Immortal Path!"
The moment the thought faded, the cluster of Soul Fire completely burned away!
Boom!!!
A surge of Origin power that Chen Xu had never felt in his life.
Exploded violently!
That was the last trace of power remaining from "Cang," an Ancient Divine Being, after enduring ten thousand years of torment!
But this power was still vast like the sea!
It frantically poured into Chen Xu's Limbs and Bones, scouring his Meridians, and refining his Physical Body.
And infusing his Primordial Chaos Nascent Soul!
Crack! Crack!
Cracking sounds continuously echoed from Chen Xu's body.
His skin cracked inch by inch, and golden blood seeped out.
Only to be instantly repaired by the majestic Origin power!
Destruction and rebirth were fiercely unfolding within his body!
Too strong!
This power was too strong!
Chen Xu was horrified!
He realized that although most of the energy within this Divine Skeleton had been lost over ten thousand years.
The remaining portion was still vast enough to instantly explode ten.
Or even a hundred Late Nascent Soul Stage Great Perfection Cultivators!
Just a trace that leaked out caused his cultivation, which had already reached the peak of this realm.
To show signs of loosening again!
Feeling the tragic solemnity and unwillingness of this Human Race Ancestor, and the mountain-heavy trust he bestowed before death.
The fury in Chen Xu's heart was completely ignited at this moment!
Raging fury!
Jailer?
Cage?
Sin Blood Realm?
To hell with your Heavenly Dao!
To hell with your Jail Warden!
Although I, Chen Xu, am a Transmigrator!
My Family and my Clansmen will thrive and multiply on this land!
Who dares to block our path!
Who dares to make us slaves for eternity!
Whoever it is, I will kill them!
If Heaven dares to block me, I will... be Heaven-Defying!
Just as Chen Xu's killing intent boiled and he made this Tremendous Vow!
Buzz—!!!
The black Broken Spear, stuck in the giant skeleton's chest and suppressing this place for countless ages.
Suddenly began to tremble violently!
It sensed Chen Xu's hostility!
It sensed "Cang"'s Spirit of Resistance, which was about to dissipate but had been rekindled!
Boom!
A black pressure erupted violently!
The pressure materialized into a black storm, fiercely rushing toward Chen Xu, who was standing on top of the Divine Skeleton's head.
Crushing down upon him!
It wanted to eliminate this new variable!
It wanted to completely snuff out this spark of resistance!
"This is bad!"
Chen Xu's expression drastically changed!
He could feel that the Broken Spear contained a trace of "Upper Realm Power" that transcended this realm's Laws!
That was the power of the Jail Warden!
With his current cultivation, trying to withstand it head-on would mean certain death!
The Origin power within his body was still running amok.
If he didn't channel it soon, he would be exploded alive!
The deadly external attack had already arrived!
Life and death hung in the balance!
Yet, in this desperate situation.
Not only was there no fear in Chen Xu's eyes.
But Battle Spirit surged up again.
He suddenly raised his head, staring intently at the black storm that pierced the heavens and the earth!
Then he burst out laughing: "Perfect timing!"
This was the moment he had been waiting for!
The power within his body had reached a critical threshold!
The invisible, intangible, yet truly existing "ceiling" above his head—the Soul Transformation Barrier!
Under the scouring of "Cang"'s Origin power, it had become precarious!
All he needed was an opportunity!
All he needed was the final spark!
And the attack from this black Broken Spear was the best catalyst!
Great wealth is found in danger!
He, Chen Xu, was betting everything!
"Senior!"
Chen Xu roared toward the sky, his voice echoing throughout the entire space!
"Today, I borrow your indomitable Battle Soul, I borrow your ancient Remnant Body!"
"To help me, Chen Xu..."
"Break Through the Realm! Open the Heavens!"
He released all control over the magnificent Origin power within his body!
He deliberately guided that destructive power, sending it frantically crashing toward his Purple Mansion Dantian, toward his Primordial Chaos Nascent Soul, and toward that indestructible Soul Transformation Barrier!
He smashed it forward fiercely!
Right here, right now!
Charging into Soul Transformation!