248: Chapter 248 Mid-stage of Fusion

Ling Hao stepped forward and reached out to grasp the crystal core.

The moment his fingertips touched it, a surging power of Chaos Origin poured into his body like a breached flood!

The Chaos Dragon Infant let out a heaven-shaking dragon roar, its dragon body swelling as it greedily devoured this power of the same source!

His cultivation base began to climb!

Peak of Early Integration Stage, half-step Middle Stage of Body Integration,

"Crack!"

A soft sound came from within his body, as if some shackle had been broken.

Middle Stage of Body Integration!

But Ling Hao did not stop.

Because the energy within the dragon source was too vast; even after breaking through to the Middle Stage of Body Integration, less than thirty percent of it had been consumed.

The remaining seventy percent was still pouring in endlessly; if he did not guide it, his Meridians would be burst open!

"System! Absorb the dragon source with full power and convert it into the power of Origin!" Ling Hao shouted inwardly.

[Detected that the host is absorbing the "Ancestral dragon source"]

[dragon source quality: Exceeds current System analysis range???]

[Current absorption progress: 32% ... 45% ... 61% ...]

[Warning: dragon source energy is too vast! Host's Meridians are at full capacity! It is recommended to immediately guide the excess energy to strengthen the Physical Body or replenish the Chaos Dragon Infant!]

Ling Hao gritted his teeth and guided the excess energy toward his limbs and bones.

The Desolate Heaven Battle Body operated crazily, fusing the power of the dragon source inch by inch into his flesh, bones, and Meridians.

Dark golden dragon scale phantoms appeared on his skin, his bones became tougher, his Meridians wider, and even his blood took on a faint golden hue.

The Chaos Dragon Infant was also undergoing a transformation.

Its dragon body expanded from ten zhang to fifteen zhang, more complex space-time runes appeared on its scales, and what was reflected in its dragon eyes was no longer the simple scene of the creation of the world, but...

Ling Hao "saw" it.

He saw a Chaos Ancestral Dragon so vast it was indescribable, coiled within the endless Chaos Qi currents.

The Ancestral Dragon's body was Chaos itself; with every breath, new worlds were born, evolved, and destroyed within its dragon breath.

Those were the memory fragments of the Chaos Ancestral Dragon.

"Descendant, one who inherits my Bloodline," the Ancestral Dragon's voice echoed in his Sea of Consciousness like ancient thunder, "This dragon source is the final gift I leave for you. Refine it, and you will be able to inherit my complete Legacy."

"But you must remember, the true enemy... is not the Heavenly Dao... but..."

The vision ended abruptly there.

The Ancestral Dragon's voice dissipated, and Ling Hao's consciousness returned to reality.

The absorption progress of the dragon source stopped at 89%.

The remaining ten-plus percent of energy did not continue to pour into his body but slowly retreated back into the crystal core.

The crystal core was no longer suspended; instead, it drifted actively toward his Dantian, hanging side-by-side with the source of time and the heart of origin.

The Chaos Dragon Infant let out a joyful dragon roar, swimming around the three "hearts," greedily absorbing the energy dissipated by the three.

Three hearts.

The source of time, the heart of origin, and the Ancestral dragon source.

Ling Hao looked inward at his Dantian, and an indescribable shock surged in his heart.

The source of time was left to him by Emperor Huangtian, containing the Origin of time rules.

The heart of origin was the power of creation born when the world first opened.

The Ancestral dragon source was the Bloodline gift left to him by the Chaos Ancestral Dragon.

Three energy cores existed simultaneously in his Dantian, resonating with each other and forming a kind of miraculous balance.

The energy they dissipated was absorbed by the Chaos Dragon Infant, allowing the dragon infant to continue growing even while in slumber.

[Ancestral dragon source refinement progress: 89%]

[Remaining 11% energy sealed in the crystal core, to be refined after the host's cultivation base breaks through to a higher Realm]

[Host's current cultivation base: Middle Stage of Body Integration (stabilized)]

[Chaos Dragon Infant evolution: Infancy → Growth Stage]

[Desolate Heaven Battle Body evolution: Minor Achievement → Major Achievement]

[Obtained new ability: True Form of the Ancestral Dragon (can briefly Incarnation into the Chaos Ancestral Dragon, combat power increased fivefold, lasts thirty breaths, consumes a large amount of power of Origin)]

Ling Hao slowly opened his eyes.

In that instant, he felt as if he had become the center of the world; the three cores in his Dantian were like three scorching suns, each emitting light of different colors.

They were not stationary but rotated slowly along some mysterious trajectory; every time they intersected, a wisp of brand-new, fused energy dissipated and was happily swallowed by the Chaos Dragon Infant.

On the dragon infant's body, the space-time runes became increasingly clear, and it even began to autonomously outline Dao patterns that Ling Hao had never seen before.

That was the Chaos Ancestral Dragon's understanding of the essence of the Universe, far exceeding any records in current literature.

In Ling Hao's eyes, a Chaos vortex swirled in the left, and nine-colored brilliance intertwined in the right.

His aura was more than twice as strong as before he entered the cave; every gesture carried a hint of "ten thousand laws following" charm.

"Young Lord!" Ling You's voice came from behind, "You... have broken through?"

Ling Hao nodded and turned to look at him.

"Not only that." He raised his hand, and a dark golden dragon scale phantom appeared in his palm, "I have obtained the complete Legacy of the Ancestral Dragon. From now on, there will be no more Bottlenecks on my path of cultivation."

Ling You gasped.

"Then what about Chenxing Palace?"

"We will attack as planned." Ling Hao's lips curled slightly, "And we will attack faster and harder."

He put away the dragon scale phantom and took one last look at the half-human, half-dragon statue and the murals on the stone wall.

Although the statue was incomplete, one could still see the posture of that "person" with their head held high toward the sky.

His face was blurred, but that unyielding will spanned the ages and was deeply imprinted in Ling Hao's heart.

"Emperor Huangtian?" Ling Hao whispered.

He suddenly understood that this statue might not be carved in the image of the Ancestral Dragon, but rather Emperor Huangtian, who had inherited the Ancestral Dragon's Bloodline.

The Ancestral Dragon bestowed its Bloodline upon Emperor Huangtian, and Emperor Huangtian used it to fight against the Heavenly Dao.

But in the end, Emperor Huangtian fell.

And the dragon source remained in the cave in the Southern Region, waiting for the next successor.

And he was that successor.

"Let's go." Ling Hao turned and walked toward the outside of the passage, "It is time to go back; Lord Chenxing is still waiting for us."

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The void heaven-escaping shuttle set off again, traveling eastward.

This time, Ling Hao did not meditate.

He stood before the porthole, watching the mountains and rivers rushing past below.

The cultivation base of the Middle Stage of Body Integration, the blessing of the True Form of the Ancestral Dragon, the Three Talents Suppressing Domain of the three star lord tokens, and the resonance of the three cores: the source of time, the heart of origin, and the Ancestral dragon source.

He had the confidence to take Chenxing Palace within one hour.

"Ling You." Ling Hao spoke up.

"Present."

"Pass an order to Xiao Yi to make a bigger commotion in the Desolate Bone Plain in two days to hold back Star Lord Yinghuo. Pass an order to Ling Xiao to take five hundred Loose Cultivators and proceed first, set up a formation on the outskirts of Chenxing City, and block the retreat path. When I arrive, we will attack the city directly."

"Yes!"

Ling You acknowledged the order and left.

Ling Hao closed his eyes, and the three tokens flew out from his sleeves, hovering in front of him.

Silver, gold, and earthy yellow radiance intertwined, and the Three Talents Suppressing Domain unfolded silently.

He sank his Divine Sense deep into the tokens and began to refine the rule imprints within them.

This time, with the blessing of the dragon source, the speed of refinement was several times faster than before.

The core imprints of the three tokens were all replaced by his Chaos imprint.