102: Plunder the world, the golden dragon ascends.

Chu He stood at the edge of the energy well, his consciousness sinking into his mind as he issued a command to the System.

"System, begin plundering this world's Luck!"

[Command confirmed... Beginning to plunder the 'Azure Star' world Luck...]

[Target locked: World Luck core node—Dragon City Dragon Vein.]

[Target locked: World Luck carrier—Invincible in the East.]

Along with the System's cold notification tone, an invisible, terrifying suction force that only Chu He could perceive erupted from his body.

Within the underground space, the churning energy well instantly boiled, but what was being sucked away wasn't that deep-blue energy, but a more Origin-based, more profound existence.

In Chu He's Luck vision, that golden pillar of Luck piercing through heaven and earth began to shake violently. Coiled at the top of the Luck pillar, the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon condensed from pure Luck let out a silent roar of fury.

It felt an unprecedented threat; its massive draconic body writhed, attempting to break free from that terrifying suction force coming from another world.

However, it was all in vain.

Before the Chu Family's Destiny Golden Dragon—which had already reached the fifth rank and fused with the aura of the Primordial Dragon God Bloodline—this native world's Dragon of Luck was like a puny loach.

The golden torrent of Luck, like a river bursting its banks, was forcibly extracted from the depths of the Dragon Vein, turning into an invisible stream that flowed continuously into Chu He's body and was then transmitted through him as a medium to the other end of the System.

"No..."

Kneeling on the ground, Invincible in the East let out a groan of pain.

Although he couldn't see the flow of Luck, he could clearly feel that something extremely important was being stripped away from him.

It felt as if his Soul was being torn away piece by piece; a sense of weakness and loss originating from the deepest part of his life quickly swept through his entire body. His power hadn't diminished, but his "momentum" was vanishing. That "feeling" of being the world's protagonist—where everything went his way and he could turn misfortune into Luck—was drifting away from him.

He looked up, staring at Chu He in horror, finally understanding what the other meant by "taking back everything that belongs to you."

This wasn't plundering resources at all; this was... devouring the Soul of the entire world!

Meanwhile, in the distant Xuanhuang Realm, above the world of the sea of fire on the Fifth Layer of the Heaven-Reaching Pagoda where the Chu Family resided.

That purple Destiny Golden Dragon, originally coiled atop the phoenix tree divine tree and measuring eight hundred zhang long, suddenly snapped its eyes open.

A pure and massive torrent of Luck from a distant world appeared out of thin air, frantically surging into its body.

"Ang—!"

The Destiny Golden Dragon let out an extremely excited dragon roar, causing the entire Heaven-Reaching Pagoda to tremble.

Its size began to skyrocket at a visible rate!

800 zhang... 900 zhang... 1,000 zhang!

When its size broke through the thousand-zhang mark, the purple dragon scales on its body became deeper in color, the profound patterns upon them seemingly coming to life, and the pressure it emitted increased exponentially.

[Ding! Congratulations Host, family fortune value has increased by 50,000 points!]

[Ding! The cumulative family fortune value has exceeded 50,000 points; the Destiny Golden Dragon is beginning its advancement!]

[Advancing... 10%... 50%... 100%!]

[Ding! The Destiny Golden Dragon has successfully advanced! Current Rank: Rank 6!]

[The Destiny Golden Dragon's size has increased to 1,200 zhang!]

[New ability unlocked: fortune furnace!]

[fortune furnace]: Can consume a large amount of Family Luck to put all things (including Cultivation Techniques, Magic Treasures, Medicinal Pills, Bloodlines, and even Law fragments) into the furnace for smelting, purification, and Fusion, with a certain chance of producing higher-rank creations.

In Chu He's mind, a series of System notifications left him feeling exhilarated.

Fifty thousand Luck points!

Just the preliminary plundering of a low-level world had yielded such terrifying gains! This was even faster than painstakingly fathering ten children with SSS-rank Bloodlines!

Moreover, the newly unlocked [fortune furnace] ability was simply Heaven-Defying!

This meant he could fuse some low-rank items with special effects into high-rank treasures. For example, by fusing several Earth Rank Cultivation Techniques, would it be possible to produce a Heaven Rank Cultivation Technique? By fusing several ordinary Magic Treasures, would it be possible to refine a Spirit Treasure?

This was practically a universal upgrader tailored specifically for him!

Just as Chu He was immersed in great joy, the entire Azure Star underwent a massive change.

In survivor bases all over the globe, everyone looked up to the sky in horror.

The color of that blood-red moon was fading at a visible rate, as if it were being diluted. Meanwhile, the other white moon grew dim and lusterless.

Following that, the earth began to shake violently—not an earthquake, but a deeper vibration, as if the planet itself were groaning.

Monstrous waves rose in the oceans, volcanoes erupted everywhere without warning, and the radiation energy that had previously stabilized became violent once more.

An inexplicable sense of panic and oppression welled up in the hearts of all survivors, as if the apocalypse were about to descend once again.

Eden, at the top of the holy white giant tower.

A figure shrouded in Holy Light, whose face could not be seen, suddenly stood up and let out a voice filled with uncertainty: "The world's Origin is wailing... What happened? What on earth happened over at Dragon City?!"

Valhalla, the frozen Hall of Glory.

On the throne, a man as burly as a giant bear opened his golden eyes; he gripped the battle-axe in his hand, feeling the tremors of the earth, and roared in a deep voice: "Who is it that dares to provoke the Hall of Valor!?"

They both realized the severity of the problem and immediately dispatched their most elite scouts to rush toward the direction of the eastern Dragon City.

A storm sweeping across the globe had already begun.