172: Cross-dimensional teleportation, descending upon the Demon Realm

Inside the spatial tunnel was a bizarre and kaleidoscopic scene.

Countless distorted colored light ribbons streaked past rapidly, and the concepts of time and space became blurred and indistinct here.

Chu He used his powerful Integration Realm Laws to prop up a stable golden shield, protecting Su Qingxue and the five children within it to resist the terrifying tearing force from the spatial turbulence.

Even so, the children still felt waves of dizziness. Chu Yuning, who had the weakest cultivation, already had a slightly pale face.

"Keep your minds steady, circulate your Cultivation Techniques, and feel the fluctuations of the spatial Laws. This will be beneficial for your future Breakthroughs into the Void Refining Realm." Chu He's voice rang in everyone's minds like a warning bell, instantly snapping the children back to alertness.

They did not dare to be negligent and sat cross-legged one after another, beginning to follow their father's guidance to try and comprehend this rare manifestation of Laws.

Chu He then turned his gaze toward the end of the tunnel.

He could clearly perceive that this tunnel constructed by Su Qingxue was traversing star systems at an unimaginable speed.

The feeling was very strange, as if his entire being was compressed into a single point and then performed "leaps" across the vast fabric of the Universe at speeds exceeding light.

"Qingxue, you've done well," Chu He praised sincerely.

To be able to research and build such a stable Interstellar Region Teleportation Array in just two hundred years—this wife of his, with her "Myriad Formations Dao Body," was truly terrifyingly capable.

"It's all thanks to the resources provided by my husband and the help of the 'myriad laws celestial map'." Su Qingxue smiled modestly, but the pride in her eyes could not be hidden.

An unknown amount of time passed—perhaps an instant, or perhaps an eternity.

Ahead of the tunnel, a needle-sized white point of light finally appeared.

The point of light expanded rapidly, and an aura of desolation and death, mixed with a thick scent of blood, seeped through from the light.

"We're about to arrive," Chu He reminded them.

Everyone immediately ended their cultivation, stood up, and took a guarded stance.

Boom!

The golden shield suddenly burst out of the point of light, and the scene before them suddenly opened up.

They appeared in a cold and silent void of the Universe.

Looking around, there were only broken planetary remains and floating cosmic dust; not a single star with life could be seen.

The entire Star Domain was permeated with a nauseating smell of blood and resentment, like a giant interstellar graveyard.

"Is this... the Blood Slaughter Star Domain?" Chu Tian frowned. He could feel that the Laws here were extremely chaotic, filled with an aura of destruction and slaughter, making even his "Chaos Annihilation Dragon Body" feel a hint of discomfort.

"That's right." Su Qingxue unfurled the "myriad laws celestial map." On the scroll, a flashing red dot overlapped perfectly with their current position.

"The coordinates match; we've succeeded."

Chu He paid no attention to the surroundings. The moment they arrived, his Divine Thought surged out like an invisible tide, sweeping overwhelmingly in one direction.

Soon, he "saw" his target.

In a patch of void millions of miles away from them, a flesh-and-blood base—more than ten times larger than the star gate in the Xuanhuang Realm—was quietly suspended.

That base was spliced together from the remains of countless planets and the skeletons of giant beasts. Its surface was covered with thick flesh and membranes that were still slightly writhing, as if it were a living creature.

Thousands of Demon Race warships of various sizes, like a swarm of guarding bees, surrounded the base, forming layers of airtight defensive lines.

The entire base was shrouded in a thick blood-colored shield, emitting a terrifying pressure at the Integration Realm level.

And in the deepest part of the base, Chu He sensed an extremely powerful will, filled with tyranny and rage.

The owner of that will had a cultivation level that had reached the Integration Realm Great Perfection, more than a grade higher than the former Demon Sovereign Chong Lou.

Without a doubt, that was the Blood Slaughter Demon King, who had been wounded Across the realm by Chu He at the other end of the star gate!

"It seems the 'gift' from last time is still fresh in his memory." A cold sneer curled at the corner of Chu He's mouth.

He could feel that although the Blood Slaughter Demon King's aura was powerful, it was somewhat hollow and unstable. Clearly, the injuries from being heavily struck by the spatial storm last time had not yet fully healed.

This was undoubtedly good news for him.

"Father, what do we do now? Do we just charge in and kill them?" Chu Batian was already getting impatient, the veins on his hand gripping the sky-opening tyrant axe bulging.

"No rush." Chu He shook his head.

Although he was confident, he was not reckless.

"Qingxue, Chu Ce, the two of you work together to set up a top-tier Isolation Array in this Star Domain as quickly as possible to lock down space and mask the heavenly secrets. I don't want any fish to slip through the net and send news back to the Star-Devouring Demon Clan's headquarters when we strike."

"Yes, Husband (Father)!" Su Qingxue and Chu Ce immediately took their orders.

Su Qingxue summoned the "myriad laws celestial map," while Chu Ce took out his three hundred and sixty-five "myriad heavens killing array flags."

The mother and son—one a formation Grandmaster and the other an Innate Formation Fetus—coordinated with seamless perfection.

Su Qingxue used the "myriad laws celestial map" as the core to stabilize the spatial Laws of this Star Domain, while Chu Ce struck the three hundred and sixty-five array flags into key nodes in the void one by one.

An invisible and colorless array, yet covering a radius of tens of millions of miles, quietly took shape within the time it takes for an incense stick to burn.

From the outside, there was no change in this Star Domain.

But in reality, it had already turned into a dead-end cage where one could enter but never leave.

"Husband, it's done," Su Qingxue reported.

"Very good." Chu He nodded with satisfaction, then looked at Chu Tian, Chu Batian, Chu Lingxi, and Chu Yuning.

"Next, it's your turn."

"Chu Lingxi, your mission is to infiltrate that base, find their energy core and communication hub, and destroy them. Remember, only destroy; do not alert anyone."

"Yes, Father." Chu Lingxi's figure flickered and merged into the void, disappearing from sight.

"Chu Tian, Chu Batian, you two lead a... hm?"

Chu He was about to give an order when his expression suddenly shifted, and a hint of oddness appeared in his eyes.

When his powerful Divine Thought had just swept through that flesh-and-blood base, he had discovered something interesting.

In a giant Blood Pool deep within the base, tens of thousands of Human Race Cultivators were actually imprisoned!

Those Cultivators all had decent cultivation levels, ranging from Nascent Soul to Soul Transformation, but at this moment, they were all locked in chains and soaked in the Blood Pool, their Life Essence and Divine Soul power being continuously drained to serve as "batteries" to maintain the base's operation.

And among those Cultivators, Chu He actually sensed several familiar auras.

"Heh, what a coincidence."

A meaningful smile appeared on Chu He's face.

"It seems that on this expedition, I can also save a few 'old friends' along the way."