203: Bloodshot eyes descend, the might of the Demon King arrives.

It was massive, so large it looked like a burning blood-colored star. Deep within its pupil were scenes of churning lava and endless purgatory. Just being gazed upon by it caused the Divine-Grade array, jointly set up by Su Qingxue and Chu Ce, to emit an overwhelmed hum. Countless profound runes on the city walls flickered erratically, as if they would be extinguished at any moment.

*Gulp.*

Chu Batian swallowed hard. His Primordial Hegemon Body, tempered a thousand times and strong enough to clash head-on with the Integration Stage, was actually trembling uncontrollably at this moment. It wasn't fear, but a primal shudder born from instinct after his life level was absolutely suppressed.

"So... so strong..." He squeezed out a few words with difficulty through his teeth, feeling as if his Divine Soul was being gripped by an invisible giant hand, making even breathing feel like an absolute luxury.

Beside him, Chu Tian's situation was slightly better. His newly attained Chaos Creation-Annihilation Dao Body spontaneously circulated a gray-gold light, neutralizing most of the pressure. Even so, his expression was more solemn than ever before. If his Divine Thought even slightly touched that demonic eye, it would be instantly shredded by the pure, extreme Laws of destruction and tyranny contained within.

"Father, what kind of monster is... this thing?" Chu Tian asked in a deep voice, his tone carrying a hint of dryness that even he hadn't noticed.

He had never imagined that the might of an Integration Realm Great Perfection powerhouse could be terrifying to this extent. This was no longer a gap in power levels, but a crushing weight of the 'Dao'. The opponent's very existence was warping and overwriting the Laws of this Star Domain.

Chu Lingxi, Chu Ce, and Chu Yuning’s beautiful faces were even paler, and even their hands holding their natal Dao Artifacts were somewhat unsteady. They had just refined the world fruit and their strength had skyrocketed; the lofty ambition of 'the sky is high for birds to fly' in their hearts was crushed into powder by a single glare from this eye.

So, this was what a true powerhouse was? So, the victories they had been so smug about before were really just children playing house in the face of such a being?

An emotion called despair began to spread uncontrollably in the hearts of the children.

However, at the very moment their Dao Hearts were about to waver, a gentle yet supreme aura of great power brushed past them from behind, instantly dispersing that terrifying pressure—which was enough to crush stars—into nothingness.

The children felt their whole bodies relax, as if they had returned to warm land from the depths of a ten-thousand-fathom sea; that sense of suffocation vanished without a trace.

They all turned around in unison and saw the familiar figure of their father, Chu He.

Chu He was still dressed in white, with a calm smile on his face, as if the Blood-colored Demonic Eye before them—which was enough to make the Universe tremble—was merely a slightly larger wildflower by the roadside.

He even held a cup of freshly brewed Enlightenment Tea in his hand. The dense tea vapor swirled, radiating a Dao charm that quieted the mind.

"What, scared already?" Chu He asked nonchalantly after taking a sip of tea, his gaze sweeping over the children whose faces were still somewhat pale.

"Father, we..." Chu Batian scratched his head in embarrassment, wanting to say something but not knowing how to start.

"It's normal to be afraid." Chu He placed the teacup into the Void Realm beside him as if an invisible table were there. "How old are you? How long have you been cultivating? To be able to face the pressure of an Integration Realm Great Perfection without kneeling is already enough to be proud of."

He paused, his tone shifting as a hint of playfulness entered his eyes. "However, just standing is not enough. I didn't bring you out here to be spectators."

"Remember, so-called pressure and so-called Law suppression are essentially a form of mental intimidation. When your heart is strong enough and your will is indestructible, even a god cannot make you bow your head."

Chu He's voice wasn't loud, yet it was like successive hammer blows striking the hearts of the five children, shattering the sliver of despair and self-doubt that had just sprouted within them.

That's right, who were they?

They were the scions of the Chu Family! They were the children of the man standing before them!

Their father dared to blow apart even the Heavenly Dao and could swallow worlds like fruit; what right did they have to feel despair here?

"Father, I understand!" Chu Batian was the first to react. He straightened his back, clenched his fists, and a raging Battle Intent reignited in his eyes. "Isn't it just a monster with a slightly bigger eyeball! Watch me blow it up!"

"Exactly! With Father here, we aren't afraid of anything!" Chu Yuning also nodded vigorously, the spring and autumn brush in her hand emitting a brilliant light.

Although Chu Tian, Chu Lingxi, and Chu Ce didn't speak, the newly reconsolidated determination and Battle Intent in their eyes said it all.

"Mm, now that's more like it." Chu He nodded with satisfaction.

What he wanted to cultivate weren't flowers in a greenhouse, but warriors who could fight by his side and stand on their own. True powerhouses were tempered through adversity and despair.

Just then, the Blood-colored Demonic Eye suspended in the Void Realm seemed to be enraged by the Chu family's 'ignoring everyone else' attitude.

"I found you... remnant of the Dragon God!"

A wave of Divine Thought filled with tyrannical and cruel will exploded in everyone's minds like billions of tons of explosives. This Divine Thought was so strong it even penetrated the array of the Starry Sky Divine City, causing countless Cultivators with lower cultivation inside the city to bleed from their seven orifices and faint on the spot.

"Noisy."

Chu He frowned slightly, seemingly displeased.

He raised his hand and flicked his finger toward that Blood-colored Demonic Eye.

There was no world-shaking momentum, nor any earth-shattering energy fluctuations.

It was just a casual flick.

In the next moment, that massive Blood-colored Demonic Eye shuddered violently. The lava world deep within its pupil churned fiercely, as if it had sustained some unspeakable, heavy blow.

"You...!"

For the first time, a hint of shock and disbelief appeared within that tyrannical Divine Thought.

Immediately after, an even more incredible scene occurred.

The massive Blood-colored Demonic Eye began to warp and shrink at a speed visible to the naked eye. The surrounding Void Realm seemed to turn into a curtain, and the demonic eye was a pattern on that curtain being forcibly 'pulled' out of the Void Realm by an invisible giant hand!

Accompanied by a tooth-aching tearing sound, a terrifying Devil God—ten thousand fathoms tall, covered in burning black demonic flames, and possessing three heads and six arms—was dragged out from the other side of the spatial rift, descending into this Star Domain in a pathetic state.

On one of his heads, there was that very Blood-colored Demonic Eye that Chu He had just flicked. It was currently bleeding golden blood, and his aura had become somewhat erratic.

This Devil King of the Integration Realm Great Perfection had actually suffered a setback before he had even fully descended!