253: Chapter 253 Rapid Crushing, Stepping into the Chaos Sea

In the deathly silent and cold Outer Domain Starry Sky, four streaks of light were frantically traversing like lightning tearing through the darkness at an incredibly terrifying speed.

It had been exactly seven days since they left the Xuanhuang Great World.

In the lead red streak of light, Gu Hongchen gritted her teeth, her forehead covered in fine beads of sweat.

As a core True Immortal of the Gu Family and a top-tier powerhouse who had lived for countless eons, she felt an unprecedented sense of frustration and unwillingness at this moment.

Over these seven days, her competitive spirit had been piqued, and she wanted to test exactly where Su Xuanchen's limit lay.

"I don't believe that your speed can keep suppressing mine while you're carrying two people!"

Gu Hongchen steeled herself, flipped her right hand, and produced a crimson Immortal Pill radiating violent blood-qi, then tilted her head back to swallow it.

*Boom!*

The moment the Blood-Burning Qi-Exploding Pill entered her stomach, a layer of tangible blood-colored flames ignited around Gu Hongchen.

She even unhesitatingly activated an extremely Origin-depleting Gu Family Flight Secret Technique!

*Whoosh!*

Gu Hongchen's speed suddenly skyrocketed by a full three times at that instant!

The surrounding stars turned into blurred lines of light as she left them far behind. The Void Realm was struck by a series of deafening sonic booms in her wake.

"This time, I should finally be able to force out your limit and make you flustered, right?"

A smug smile played on the corners of Gu Hongchen's lips. She had absolute confidence in her limit speed; even a powerhouse at the Early Stage of the Immortal King Realm would have to go all out to keep up with such a burst of speed.

She turned her head expectantly, wanting to see Su Xuanchen's pathetic, panting state after being left behind.

However...

The moment she turned her head, the smile on her face completely froze.

"This... how is this possible!"

Gu Hongchen's eyes nearly bulged out, her pupils shaking violently!

She saw Su Xuanchen dressed in white as pure as snow, his entire body enveloped in a layer of dazzling Nine Tribulations Immortal Light.

His left arm was around Ji Luanxi's slender willow-waist, and his right hand held Chang Xiyue's jade-like hand, looking as leisurely as if he were strolling in his own back garden.

Golden light flowed beneath Su Xuanchen's feet, and he activated the 'Xing Character Secret,' one of the Nine Secrets, to perfection.

Not only had he not been left behind, but he had also somehow appeared to Gu Hongchen's right, keeping pace with her!

Furthermore, Su Xuanchen hadn't even broken a single drop of sweat; his aura was as steady as a pool of stagnant water, without any fluctuations of intense consumption.

"Miss Hongchen."

Su Xuanchen turned his head and, looking at Gu Hongchen's ghost-stricken expression, raised an eyebrow in an infuriatingly smug manner.

"Why is your speed getting slower and slower? Did you not eat enough before we left?"

He even had the leisure to pull a translucent Spiritual Fruit from his storage ring and casually pop it into Ji Luanxi's red lips.

"Here, Lianxi, have a fruit to quench your thirst."

Ji Luanxi obediently bit into the Spiritual Fruit and gave a sweet smile, her eyes filled with adoration as she looked at her husband.

*Pfft!*

Hearing Su Xuanchen's understated remark, Gu Hongchen felt her chest tighten, and she nearly coughed up a mouthful of old blood on the spot.

Not eat enough?

I even popped a Blood-Burning Qi-Exploding Pill! I even used a secret technique that burns my Origin!

You're carrying two living people and aren't even out of breath, yet you ask if I haven't eaten?!

Gu Hongchen only felt her scalp go numb and hissed in a breath of cold air.

From her initial shock and unwillingness to this moment, Gu Hongchen's mental state had completely collapsed.

She was numb.

Completely and utterly numb!

"Freak... he's simply an out-and-out freak!"

Gu Hongchen roared frantically in her heart. Looking at Su Xuanchen, she no longer had any desire to compete, leaving only deep awe.

She now fully understood.

The man before her was absolutely no ordinary True Immortal!

No wonder he could, with his own strength, forcefully rip off the arm of the Dark Great Realm's Immortal King and nearly kill him on the spot!

Such terrifying foundation and unfathomable strength simply could not be measured by common logic.

Gu Hongchen deactivated her secret technique, and her speed gradually returned to normal.

She looked at the boundless starry sky around her, and a strong, complex emotion suddenly surged in her heart.

"The Xuanhuang Great World..."

Gu Hongchen let out a long sigh, her tone full of emotion and loneliness.

"Since that world-ending battle in ancient times, the rules of heaven and earth have been incomplete, and the Great Dao has broken."

She shook her head with a bitter smile.

"That place has long since become a giant cage trapping Cultivators."

"The lack of Laws makes it so that no matter how hard we True Immortals work, it's difficult to take even half a step forward, let alone see the emergence of a true Immortal King."

Gu Hongchen looked at Su Xuanchen with burning eyes.

"If not for the suppression of the rules of heaven and earth, with Old Ancestor Su's Heaven-Defying Aptitude and foundation, I'm afraid you would have ascended to the position of an Immortal King long ago, or even touched that higher Realm."

Hearing this sentiment, Su Xuanchen only gave a noncommittal smile and did not respond.

Gu Hongchen composed her emotions and pulled out an extremely ancient star map from her robes, carefully comparing it.

"Old Ancestor Su, ladies."

Gu Hongchen's expression became excited, and she announced loudly to everyone.

"According to our current speed, in another three days, we will be able to completely leave this Star Domain and reach the edge of the Chaos Sea!"

At the mention of the Chaos Sea, a frantic light of expectation burst from Gu Hongchen's eyes.

"The Ancient Heavenly Court Ruins! That was a supreme orthodoxy that once ruled over the All Heavens and Myriad Realms!"

She clenched her fists in excitement.

"As long as we can get even a few leftover scraps from inside, perhaps we can break the shackles of the Xuanhuang Great World and find a Heaven-Defying Great Opportunity to Breakthrough to the Immortal King Realm!"

Hearing the words "Ancient Heavenly Court."

Chang Xiyue, who had been silent all along, suddenly trembled.

She stared fixedly at the biluo emperor sword in Gu Hongchen's hand that was responsible for leading the way, her cold eyes churning with extremely complex emotions.

There was expectation, trepidation, and even deeper fear.

Her mind was filled with the figure of the Ancient Empress.

Was the Empress still alive?

Had her sanity been completely consumed by the dark matter of the Boundary Sea?

Was there really a way to save the Empress in these ruins?

Countless thoughts collided frantically in Chang Xiyue's mind, making her breathing rapid and her face turn slightly pale.

Su Xuanchen keenly noticed Chang Xiyue's abnormal state.

He stopped feeding Ji Luanxi, reached out with his broad and powerful hand, and firmly grasped Chang Xiyue's cold, jade-like hand in his palm.

"Xiyue."

Su Xuanchen's voice was low and gentle, carrying an absolute power that soothed the heart.

"I know you are concerned for the Empress's safety."

He looked directly into Chang Xiyue's slightly reddened eyes, his tone extremely serious.

"But the Chaos Sea is fraught with danger, and the Ancient Heavenly Court Ruins' fortunes are unpredictable."

"Your current state is very unstable."

Su Xuanchen gently squeezed her palm.

"Do not pin all your hopes on this single exploration."

"The higher the expectation, the more the despair of falling will be enough to destroy your Dao Heart if things don't go as planned."

Su Xuanchen's voice held an unquestionable overbearing and protective quality.

"No matter the outcome, if the sky falls, I will hold it up."

"You just need to steady your mind, understand?"

Hearing Su Xuanchen's straightforward yet security-filled words.

Chang Xiyue's violently restless heart miraculously calmed down.

She gripped Su Xuanchen's hand back, feeling the burning warmth, and nodded heavily.

"Husband, I understand."

Chang Xiyue took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing the anxiety in the depths of her eyes.

Three days passed in the blink of an eye during the monotonous, high-speed flight.

"We're here!"

Gu Hongchen's excited shout broke the silence of the starry sky.

Everyone raised their heads together, gazing into the distance ahead.

In the extremely distant end of the starry sky.

A boundless gray boundary wall appeared, spanning across heaven and earth!

This boundary wall was grand, as if it split the entire Universe in two.

The boundary wall was filled with extremely violent and chaotic primordial air currents.

Just a single glance from afar brought a terrifying pressure that made one's Divine Soul shudder.

That place was the legendary Chaos Sea, where ten thousand worlds converge and extreme danger lurks!

The fatigue and monotonous boredom of flying without sleep or rest for days were completely washed away by the joy of arrival the moment they saw this gray boundary wall.

Ji Luanxi pointed excitedly ahead.

"Husband! We've finally arrived!"

Gu Hongchen also let out a long sigh of relief, her hand holding the biluo emperor sword trembling slightly.

"Old Ancestor Su, do we charge straight in?" Gu Hongchen asked impatiently.

Su Xuanchen, however, shook his head decisively.

"No rush."

Su Xuanchen stared deeply at the violent boundary wall, his tone extremely steady.

"Even the Heavenly Dao Laws in the Chaos Sea are extremely chaotic; its danger far exceeds your imagination."

"We have been traveling for ten consecutive days. Although our magic power is not exhausted, our spirits are already fatigued."

He directly issued an order.

"Everyone, rest on the spot for half a day!"

"We must restore our essence, energy, and spirit to their perfect Peak state before entering the Chaos Sea!"

Hearing Su Xuanchen's rational arrangement, the impatience in Gu Hongchen's heart instantly cooled down.

She secretly admired Su Xuanchen's steadiness and nodded repeatedly in agreement.

The four of them sat cross-legged in the starry sky tens of thousands of miles from the boundary wall.

Su Xuanchen waved his sleeve and generously pulled out several Top-grade Immortal Pills radiating a dense medicinal fragrance, distributing them to everyone.

Half a day passed in an instant.

*Boom!*

Four powerful auras simultaneously erupted in the starry sky.

After the nourishment of the Top-grade Immortal Pills and half a day of meditation, the four of them had completely restored their states to their prime Peak condition!

Su Xuanchen stood up, his white robes fluttering without wind.

"Go!"

He shouted as the Nine Tribulations Secret Codex surged into operation within him.

A thick, dazzling layer of Nine Tribulations Immortal Light instantly expanded, transforming into an absolute defense light shield that firmly enveloped Chang Xiyue and Ji Luanxi within.

Su Xuanchen took the lead, transforming into a blinding aurora and unhesitatingly crashing headfirst into the gray boundary wall!

Gu Hongchen gripped the biluo emperor sword, activated her full magic power, and followed closely behind.

*Buzz!*

The moment they penetrated the boundary wall, it felt like passing through a layer of viscous mercury.

The moment everyone completely stepped into the Chaos Sea.

A sudden change occurred!

*Bang!*

A terrifyingly intense gravity squeezed in frantically from all directions without warning!

This gravity was actually dozens of times stronger than that of the Xuanhuang Great World!

"Ugh!"

Gu Hongchen, following behind, let out a painful groan.

She felt as if a hundred thousand Primordial Divine Mountains had suddenly pressed down upon her shoulders, and her entire skeleton let out an unbearable series of cracking and popping sounds.

Caught off guard, her body suddenly sank, and she nearly knelt down directly in the Void Realm!

In contrast, Su Xuanchen ahead of her...

He still stood with his hands behind his back, his posture straight as a sword, with not even a corner of his robe bent by the terrifying gravity.

The Immortal Light shield he expanded perfectly isolated the dozens of times gravity, so Chang Xiyue and Ji Luanxi inside didn't feel the slightest discomfort.

"Steady your mind!"

Su Xuanchen spoke in a low voice, his voice echoing in the Chaos Sea.

"There are no fixed Heavenly Dao Laws in the Chaos Sea."

He scanned the surrounding gray, violent air currents with a cold and sharp gaze, warning loudly.

"The denser the chaos qi in a given area, the greater the spatial gravity!"

"Do not be careless!"

Gu Hongchen steadied her form while drenched in sweat, frantically circulating her True Immortal magic power to resist the gravity, nodding with lingering fear.

She took a deep breath and again injected magic power into the biluo emperor sword in her hand.

*Clang!*

The biluo emperor sword let out a sword hum, the azure emperor-light on its blade appearing extremely dazzling in this gray Chaos Sea.

Although suppressed by the violent Laws of the Chaos Sea, resulting in a noticeable slowdown in the speed of the sword's guidance...

The tip of the sword still pointed firmly toward a certain deepest part of the Chaos Sea.

"Old Ancestor Su, the direction the sword is guiding is that way!"

Gu Hongchen gritted her teeth and led the way ahead while withstanding the terrifying gravity.

The four of them maintained a tight formation, following the guidance of the emperor sword as they struggled forward in the gray Chaos Sea.

Visibility was extremely low, and their Divine Sense was firmly suppressed to a range of a hundred zhang.

Su Xuanchen's eyes were like lightning and his spirit highly concentrated, constantly alert for the slightest movement around them.

In this lawless land of the Chaos Sea...

Not only could fatal dangers like Chaos Vortexes and Destruction Storms that could tear apart a True Immortal erupt at any time...

In the depths of the churning gray mist, there were countless unintelligent Chaos Creatures that fought by instinct, their combat power strong enough to easily tear a True Immortal to shreds.

The road ahead was still fraught with danger.