53: The Primordial Demon of Eternal Calamity

The infant's crying stopped abruptly.

Immediately after, a pillar of black-gold light, ten thousand times more blinding than the scorching sun, violently shattered the dome of the Purple Heaven Palace and pierced straight into the depths of the firmament.

"Boom!"

Tianyan City's clan-protecting array couldn't even last for a single breath; like a layer of fragile window paper, it instantly shattered into a sky full of flowing light.

The world changed color.

The originally clear noon instantly turned into eternal night.

In the darkness, the phantom of a giant azure lotus slowly bloomed in the Void Realm, its roots anchored in Chaos and its petals supporting the stars.

Then, nine blurry phantoms of Immortal Kings stepped through the river of time and space, slowly bowing their noble heads toward the infant still in swaddling clothes.

Ten Thousand Immortals Paying Homage!

Azure Lotus Rooted in Chaos!

"Sss—"

The infant suddenly opened her small mouth and took a sharp breath from the Void Realm.

This inhalation was as if a Primeval Taotie had opened its bloody maw.

The liquid Spiritual Qi within Purple Heaven Palace instantly dried up.

Next were Tianyan City, Wanbao City... The essence of heaven and earth within a radius of ten million miles transformed into visible tornadoes, frantically pouring into that tiny body.

Vegetation withered, and spiritual springs dried up.

Even the Cultivators in secluded meditation discovered to their horror that the spiritual power within them was leaking out uncontrollably!

"Holy shit!"

Su Xuanchen watched the little fellow in his arms, who was only the size of a palm yet like a bottomless pit, his eyelids twitching wildly.

"Daughter, stop your Divine Ability!"

"If you keep inhaling, your father's meager savings will be sucked dry by you!"

But it wasn't over yet.

That devouring force was still spreading, even touching the Origin of the earth veins of the Sacred Ruins Continent.

Su Xuanchen's expression changed.

This wasn't giving birth to a child; this was giving birth to an ancestor!

If she were allowed to keep inhaling like this, the entire Sacred Ruins Continent would become a dead land.

"No, I have to leave!"

"This place can't withstand her commotion!"

Su Xuanchen did not hesitate for a moment.

He held the child with one hand and tore through the Void Realm with the other.

"Lingshuang, rest peacefully!"

"I'm taking this little fellow to the sky to 'eat' her fill!"

Before his voice even faded.

A beam of starlight soared into the sky, instantly disappearing into the depths of the vast starry sky... above Wanbao City.

Dark clouds pressed down on the city, and Devilish Qi surged to the heavens.

The sky, which had become slightly calm because of Su Xuanchen's departure, was suddenly torn open by a withered, skeletal hand.

"Jie jie jie..."

A burst of tooth-aching, eerie laughter echoed throughout the city.

A black-robed old man, exuding an aura of decay, stepped out from the crack.

Old Man Black Devil.

A Half-step Saint King who had lived for eight thousand years, his Lifespan was nearing its end, and he had long since gone mad.

His clouded eyes stared fixedly at the aftermath of the vision that had just subsided below, his eyes filled with greed and madness.

"A supreme treasure!"

"It's definitely a Heaven-Defying supreme treasure being born!"

"That aura... it even surpasses an Emperor Weapon!"

"As long as I obtain it, I can live a second life and even prove my Dao to become an Emperor!"

Boom!

He raised his hand and pressed down hard against Wanbao City's defensive array.

"You little brats of the Su Family!"

"Hand over the treasure!"

"Otherwise, I will slaughter Wanbao City today and use your flesh and blood for Alchemy!"

"Crack!"

The Ninth-rank Saint Array, the Zhou Tian Xing Dou Great Array, actually let out an overburdened wail before this crazed Half-step Saint King.

Inside the city, countless Cultivators trembled.

Half-step Saint King!

In this era where Great Saints do not appear, an old monster of this level is a walking natural disaster!

"Noisy."

A cold voice, devoid of any emotion, abruptly sounded in Old Man Black Devil's ear.

"Swish!"

A pitch-black blade light silently sliced through the sky-filling Devilish Qi, aiming straight for Old Man Black Devil's throat.

Fast.

Extremely fast.

Old Man Black Devil's pupils constricted, and his body twisted strangely, narrowly avoiding his vital points, but a bloodstain was still carved onto his cheek.

"Who?!"

He retreated a thousand feet, looking forward with suspicion and uncertainty.

He saw a man dressed in black, his face as cold as iron, holding a broken blade and standing quietly in the Void Realm.

Su Jie.

He was like a lifeless killing machine, without a trace of a living person's aura, only the most pure and extreme intent of death.

"Su Family Forbidden Ground. Trespassers will die."

Su Jie raised his broken blade, the tip pointing directly at the center of Old Man Black Devil's forehead.

"Begone."

A single word.

Domineering and direct.

Old Man Black Devil was stunned for a moment, then laughed out of extreme anger.

"A mere Saint Ninth Layer Puppet dares to challenge me?"

"You're looking for death!"

He roared, his withered hands suddenly forming seals.

"Devilish Light Wheel, sacrifice!"

Buzz!

A black wheel, a thousand feet in diameter and forged entirely of white bones and vengeful souls, appeared out of thin air.

The wheel spun, emitting shrill cries of ghosts and howls of wolves.

A terrifying wave truly belonging to the "Saint King" level erupted with a bang!

To seize the treasure, Old Man Black Devil actually burned his already meager Lifespan, forcibly raising his combat power to the Saint King Realm!

"Shatter for me!"

Rumble!

The Devilish Light Wheel, like a primeval demon mountain, smashed down toward Su Jie with world-destroying power.

Su Jie remained expressionless.

Instead of retreating, he advanced, his entire body burning with pitch-black Tribulation Fire, as his broken blade slashed out a black rainbow that pierced through heaven and earth.

A head-on clash!

"Bang—!"

Amidst the earth-shaking sound of the collision, Su Jie's figure fell like a meteor, smashing heavily into the ruins of Wanbao City.

The ground split apart, and dust rose in all directions.

After all, it was true Saint King-level power; even Su Jie found it difficult to contend with it head-on.

"Hmph, overestimating yourself."

Old Man Black Devil didn't even glance at the ruins, his gaze turning back toward the Purple Heaven Palace.

"The treasure is mine!"

His figure blurred, turning into a black light as he prepared to charge into the Su Family's heartland... Beyond the heavens, in the desolate starry sky.

There was no air, no sound, only coldness and silence.

But at this moment.

This Star Domain was boiling.

The light of countless stars was forcibly stripped away, turning into magnificent rivers of stars that frantically poured into the female infant in Su Xuanchen's arms.

The little fellow had stopped crying by now.

She opened her large dark eyes, curiously observing the brilliant starlight around her, occasionally sticking out her little tongue to lick the drifting essence of the stars.

"Burp~"

She let out a full burp.

At that instant.

The System notification sounds in Su Xuanchen's mind rang out frantically, like a pot boiling over.

[Ding! Congratulations to the host for the birth of your first offspring!]

[Detecting offspring's Physique...]

[Warning! Warning! Taboo Physique detected!]

[Physique confirmed: Myriad Tribulations Indestructible Primordial Demon Body (Immortal Physique Embryo)!]

[Evaluation: A Natural Demon Fetus, indestructible through myriad tribulations, feeding on the disasters and tribulations of the heavens. At Major Achievement, one can tear apart an Immortal King with bare hands and trample upon Reincarnation!]

Su Xuanchen's hand shook, and he almost threw the child.

An Immortal Physique?!

And a Demon Body that sounds so brutal?

Is this some kind of mutated, upgraded version of Gu Lingshuang's "Myriad Tribulations Indestructible Body"?

[Ding! Triggered the "Father's Status Rises with the Child" talent!]

[Congratulations to the host for obtaining the same Physique reward: Myriad Tribulations Indestructible Primordial Demon Body!]

[Congratulations to the host for obtaining an Emperor Scripture: "Zhou Tian Star Emperor Scripture" (Complete Version)!]

[Congratulations to the host for receiving a Cultivation Empowerment...]

Boom!

Su Xuanchen felt an indescribable heat flow instantly surge from his spine to the crown of his head.

Pain!

Heart-wrenching pain!

Every one of his cells was disintegrating and reorganizing.

His blood, which originally flowed with the power of the stars, now turned dark gold, exuding an ancient, noble, and extremely domineering aura.

It was the perfect Fusion of demonic and divine nature.

"Roar—!"

Su Xuanchen couldn't help but roar toward the heavens.

With this roar, the sound waves vibrated in the vacuum, actually shattering several nearby meteors.

Saint Sixth Layer... Seventh Layer... Ninth Layer!

Break!

Saint King Realm!

Bottleneck?

Non-existent.

Before that massive System reward, the so-called cultivation Bottlenecks were like they were made of paper.

His aura soared all the way, rushing directly to the Peak of the Saint King First Layer, even reaching the legendary "Extreme Realm" in every minor stage!

Power.

Endless power.

Su Xuanchen clenched his fist, feeling that he could now explode a star with a single punch.

"So this is a Saint King..."

He lowered his head and looked at his daughter in his arms.

The little fellow was blinking her large eyes at him, suddenly grinning and revealing her pink gums.

"Fa... Father."

Her voice was crisp and childish.

But these two words were like two bolts of lightning striking Su Xuanchen's heart.

Speaking right after birth?

And... he sensed it.

The spiritual power fluctuations within this little fellow were actually more terrifying than those of Old Man Black Devil just now!

Saint Ninth Layer!

A Saint at birth!

A Prodigy...

Su Xuanchen swallowed hard and gave that chubby pink face a big kiss.

"As expected of my seed!"

Just then.

"Rumble!"

The starry sky overhead suddenly split open.

A blood-colored sea of thunder, covering the entire Star Domain, appeared out of thin air.

Saint King Tribulation!

And it was the legendary, most terrifying "World-Destroying Demon Lightning Tribulation"!

This was the Heavenly Dao refusing to allow a Heaven-Defying Prodigy to be born, intending to descend lightning punishment to obliterate them.

At the same time.

Su Xuanchen's heart skipped a beat.

A strong sense of crisis came from the direction of Wanbao City.

It was a connection through Bloodline.

Someone was messing with his home!

"Looking for death!"

The affection in Su Xuanchen's eyes vanished instantly, replaced by a sky-surging killing intent.

He looked up at the Lightning Tribulation that was brewing a world-destroying strike, a hint of impatience flashing in his eyes.

"I don't have time to waste with you."

He performed a shocking action.

He opened his mouth.

And took a sharp breath toward the sea of thunder covering the Star Domain.

"Heaven Swallowing!"

Myriad Tribulations Indestructible Primordial Demon Body, innate Divine Ability—Devouring Myriad Tribulations!

"Boom!"

That sea of thunder, which was enough to strike a normal Saint King to death, was actually sucked into his stomach in one breath, like a whale inhaling water.

"Burp."

Su Xuanchen let out a full burp accompanied by electrical arcs.

The Lightning Tribulation entering his body didn't harm him; instead, it turned into the most pure energy, instantly stabilizing his newly broken-through Realm.

"Let's go, daughter."

"Let's go home and kill some people."