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Chaotic void

The chaotic void is boundless, with only eternal annihilation and the occasional stray starlight adorning this eternal darkness.

The Heavenly Demon God, wielding the Immortal Token, traversed the sky.

With each step he took, it seemed as if he stepped on a point in time and space, and with a flicker of his figure, he traversed the endless void.

Countless galaxies flashed past him like streaks of light. Some of these galaxies were teeming with life, some were flourishing with civilizations, and some were dying out. But in the eyes of the Heavenly Demon God, they were nothing more than fleeting clouds in the blink of an eye.

"Where exactly is this Lord of Heavenly Punishment hiding?!"

A deep sense of helplessness welled up within the Heavenly Demon God Lord.

The Immortal Token he held tightly in his hand emitted a faint light, pointing to a distant and extremely remote direction, but that direction seemed to have no end.

The token is a supreme treasure of the Immortal God Kingdom, capable of sensing the aura of those at the same level of immortality. Yet, even so, in this vast and boundless chaotic void, finding someone is still like searching for a needle in a haystack.

The Endless Immortal Realm is too vast.

Its vastness is so immense that even a top-tier god like the Heavenly Demon God cannot measure its immensity with the passage of time.

Ancient texts record that the Endless Immortal Realm existed before the chaos was divided, and its vastness is such that even a being at the level of a Celestial Venerable could not fully comprehend it in a lifetime.

Ten thousand years have passed since I left the Immortal God Kingdom.

Ten thousand years is a long epic of civilizational change and star rotation for mortal beings, but for the Heavenly Demon God, it is just a lonely journey of constant travel.

He couldn't remember how many galaxies he had traversed, nor how many worlds he had witnessed being born and destroyed. Only the stubborn guidance of the token in his hand compelled him to continue onward.

"They're really good at hiding things..."

The Heavenly Demon God muttered to himself, his tone unusually weary.

This ancient god must have put a lot of thought into choosing a hiding place. If even the Heavenly Demon God had such difficulty with his cultivation and speed, then for an ordinary god, let alone 100,000 years, even a million or ten million years, he probably wouldn't even be able to figure out the direction.

Having traversed the chaos for 100,000 years and traversed countless star systems, even the Heavenly Demon God Lord is now unsure of his exact location.

My initial understanding was completely overturned.

Once upon a time, he believed that the forces of the evil god race and the human race were spread throughout the entire chaotic void, and that the endless immortal realm was entirely controlled by the two races.

As the top god-king of the Immortal God Kingdom, all he saw and heard was the scene of the two races at their peak and their civilizations intertwined, as if the entire chaos was under the shroud of the order of the two races.

But this journey of 100,000 years allowed him to see the truth.

In the first tens of thousands of years, he did indeed see quite a few cultivators from both races.

Those flying boats traversing the starry sky, those outposts established at the edge of galaxies, those cultivation grounds carved out in the chaos—everything conformed to his understanding of the Endless Immortal Realm.

However, as they went deeper, the scene began to change.

Around 70,000 years ago, traces of the activities of the two tribes gradually became scarce.

In the last three thousand years, the star systems he passed through were even more desolate—there were no lights of civilization, no aura of cultivators, and even the most basic life fluctuations were hard to detect.

Only chaos.

The most primitive and savage chaos.

The Milky Way flows, stars are born and die, everything operates according to the most ancient laws, as if it has never been touched by any intelligent race.

What alarmed the Heavenly Demon Lord even more was that the number and strength of the chaotic beasts in these desolate star systems far exceeded his expectations.

In the areas where the evil god clan operates, chaotic beasts also exist, but most of them are of limited strength. Only a handful can reach the Heavenly Venerable level, and they are often suppressed and driven away by cultivators of various races, or tamed into mounts and war beasts.

But here, the chaotic beasts are the true rulers.

In the short span of three thousand years, the Heavenly Demon God Lord encountered a total of thirty-seven attacks from chaotic beasts.

These ferocious beasts come in various forms, some like giant whales devouring stars, some like demonic vines entwining the world, and some like invisible shadows, but without exception they are all ferocious and violent, harboring pure killing intent towards any being that intrudes into their territory.

The most dangerous of these was in a distorted star field 20,000 years ago.

That chaotic beast resembled a giant spider, its eight legs shattering the void, and its belly spewing out venom that corroded the Great Dao.

His strength was so great that he had actually stepped into the level of being comparable to the Nine Tribulations Celestial Venerable.

That battle lasted for three whole months. The Heavenly Demon God Lord used all his skills and finally used a single innate divine power to pierce through the core of the ferocious beast and completely kill it.

After the war, it took the Heavenly Demon God a full hundred years to recover his strength.

Since then, he has kept a much lower profile.

In this unknown and desolate land, if there are chaotic beasts that have reached the level of the Ninth Tribulation, who can guarantee that there are not even more terrifying beings lurking in the depths of chaos?

If one were to encounter such an existence, even a top-tier god would find it extremely difficult to escape.

however--

What you fear most is exactly what happens.

Three hundred years later.

When the Demon Lord set foot on a brand new star system, his steps came to an abrupt halt.

An unprecedented sense of terror exploded in his heart, making the hair on his body stand on end and his blood almost freeze.

That was the fear that stemmed from the instinct of life, the trembling of a weak creature in the face of a supreme being—even if he was already a powerful being standing at the top of the endless immortal realm.

The sight before him caused the Heavenly Demon God's pupils to shrink sharply.

At the center of the galaxy, an indescribable behemoth lay prostrate in the void.

It resembles a real dragon, yet it is far more ancient and majestic than a real dragon.

Its size is beyond common sense.

Those ancient stars suspended in the chaos appear as insignificant as dust on a fingertip before it.

Countless stars naturally circled around the behemoth, forming a vast and boundless galaxy, as if it were the center of this galaxy itself, the supreme being worshipped by all stars.

It appears to be asleep.

Every breath causes the galaxy to tremble.

As he inhaled, countless ancient stars were drawn by an invisible force, transforming into pure energy that entered his mouth and nose.

As you exhale, countless stardust bursts forth, reforming and evolving in the chaos to give birth to new worlds and stars.

With each breath, the world is born and dies, and the stars cycle.

What truly terrified the Heavenly Demon God was the terrifying aura that permeated the entire galaxy—vast, ancient, and majestic, as if it had existed since the beginning of chaos, reigning supreme over all paths, with even spacetime distorting and submitting around it.

"Half-step into immortality!!"

The Heavenly Demon Lord made a judgment instantly, and his expression turned extremely ugly.

He was 100% certain that the sleeping chaotic beast before him was a terrifying being who had stepped into the half-step immortal realm.

Although that aura was restrained, the occasional glimpse of its residual power caused billions of miles of void to collapse and countless worlds to vanish in silence.

Such beings are only a hair's breadth away from true immortality.

Even in the Immortal God Kingdom, where the evil god race was at its most prosperous, such powerful individuals were few and far between.

If it awakens—

The Heavenly Demon Lord dared not even imagine the consequences.

escape!
We must escape immediately!

The moment the warning signs appeared, the Heavenly Demon God Lord had already made his decision.

Without any hesitation, without any probing, and without even daring to look twice.

Faced with such a being, any unnecessary action could be fatal.

His figure blurred instantly, and he was about to tear through the void and escape.

however--

The instant he turned around, his eyes, which had been closed for countless years, suddenly opened.

Icy.

Indifferent.

A gaze, seemingly looking down upon ants, traversed the endless void and landed on the Heavenly Demon God Lord.

With just a glance, the Heavenly Demon God Lord felt the surrounding void, spanning billions of miles, freeze instantly.

It's not a drop in temperature, but a solidification of the Great Dao, a freeze of time and space.

His action of tearing through the void came to an abrupt halt, and he felt as if he were trapped in a quagmire.

"Roar--!!!"

The roar echoed throughout the galaxy.

That was not a sound, but the tremor of the Great Dao, the roar of the rules.

The visible sound waves spread out from the giant beast, shattering the void like a mirror wherever they passed. The ancient stars and new worlds surrounding it collapsed under this roar, turning into the most primordial chaotic energy.

The Heavenly Demon God Lord's face turned deathly pale, and he spat out a mouthful of divine blood.

The aftershock of just one roar caused him considerable injury.

Can't wait any longer!
"Burn!"

A resolute glint flashed in the eyes of the Heavenly Demon Lord. He let out a low roar, and his divine blood suddenly boiled. Blood-red lines emerged from beneath his skin, like burning flames.

He was burning his life essence, sacrificing his foundation in exchange for a fleeting moment of extreme speed.

This is a desperate escape technique. Even for a top-tier god, each attempt results in severe damage, requiring a long period to recover.

But at this moment, the Heavenly Demon God Lord had no other choice.

"boom--!!"

Blood erupted.

The Heavenly Demon God's figure completely transformed into a blood-red meteor, instantly breaking through the time-space freeze, tearing through layers of void, and frantically fleeing towards the outside of the star system.

Its speed was beyond reason; it was as if it were burning the very essence of life to fly.

The chaotic beast clearly hadn't expected this ant to possess such decisiveness and methods.

For the first time, a human-like moment of stunned silence appeared in its eyes, which were as bright as the sun and moon.

But the next moment, that moment of stunned silence was replaced by rage.

"Roar!"

The chaotic beast emitted vague mental fluctuations, and its massive body truly moved for the first time.

The dragon's tail swept across, shattering the galaxy.

Its incredibly massive body displayed a terrifying speed completely disproportionate to its size, instantly tearing through the void and chasing after the direction in which the Heavenly Demon God Lord had fled.

A cross-galaxy chase thus begins.

……

half a month later.

At the edge of a desolate galaxy, a crack suddenly appeared in the void.

A staggering streak of blood-red light revealed the figure of the Heavenly Demon God.

At this moment, he was no longer the imposing figure he once was.

The divine robe was torn, revealing a divine body riddled with cracks beneath.

Those cracks were not external injuries, but manifestations of damage to the foundation of the Great Dao. Each one was so deep that bone could be seen, and it was flowing with dim divine blood.

His face was as pale as paper, and his breath was extremely weak, like a candle flickering in the wind, ready to be extinguished at any moment.

The most serious problem is his eyes.

His eyes, which were originally bright and could see through reality, have now become cloudy and dim, a sign of excessive consumption of his vital energy.

"Finally...finally got rid of them..."

The Heavenly Demon Lord uttered these words with difficulty, his voice hoarse and dry.

This two-week chase was the closest he had ever come to death in his cultivation journey.

That chaotic beast, which was half-immortal, was terrifying.

Not only is its strength overwhelming, but its control over the chaotic void is also beyond comprehension.

No matter where the Heavenly Demon Lord escapes to, no matter what kind of concealment techniques he uses, the other party can always find his way back by following the slightest clues.

He was caught up time and time again, and each time he burned his life essence to escape.

In the end, the Heavenly Demon God was almost completely exhausted.

Fortunately, at the last moment, he risked venturing into an area of ​​extremely turbulent spacetime.

The laws of space and time there are completely chaotic, with the past, present, and future intertwined, and even traces of the Great Dao can be erased in an instant.

The chaotic beast seemed to have some reservations about that area. After lingering at the edge for a long time, it finally gave up the pursuit and turned to leave.

The Heavenly Demon God Lord managed to escape by sheer luck.

"Cough cough..."

He coughed up another mouthful of divine blood.

The Heavenly Demon Lord sat cross-legged in the void, struggling to circulate his cultivation technique in an attempt to stabilize his injuries.

But he soon discovered that the severity of the damage far exceeded his expectations. The continuous burning of his essence and blood, coupled with the erosion of his Dao foundation by the aura of a half-step immortal, meant that without tens of millions of years of quiet cultivation, it would be impossible to recover to his peak condition.

Even his cultivation level showed signs of a slight decline.

At this thought, an uncontrollable anger welled up in my heart.

"Evil beast..."

A cold killing intent flashed in the eyes of the Heavenly Demon God.

He, a top god-king of the Immortal God Kingdom, had never fallen into such a wretched state.

Having roamed the endless immortal realm for hundreds of thousands of years, he had never suffered such a miserable fate, even when facing powerful enemies of the same level. Today, he was forced to such a state by a chaotic beast.

"I have noted this matter down."

He muttered to himself, his voice carrying a chilling undertone.

"Once I return to the divine kingdom, I will unite with all the gods to settle accounts with you again."

The flesh and blood of a chaotic beast that is half-immortal is a treasure, and its origin can be used to refine immortal medicine.

"At that time, I will tear you apart, skin you alive, and scorch your soul to avenge this day!"

Of course, that's just harsh talk.

The Heavenly Demon Lord knew very well that, in his current state, let alone taking revenge, even leaving this desolate area safely was a problem.

The most urgent task is to find the Lord of Heavenly Punishment as soon as possible, complete the mission to the divine kingdom, and then immediately return to a safe area to heal.

As for revenge.

That requires careful consideration.

After three long years of recuperation and barely stabilizing his injuries, the Heavenly Demon God Lord finally retrieved the Immortal Token.

The token still emitted a faint glow, pointing in a certain direction deep within the void.

“Heavenly Punishment God, you had better really be there.”

The Heavenly Demon God muttered to himself, a complex emotion flashing in his eyes.

If the mission to the divine kingdom were not so crucial, he would have wanted to turn back immediately.

This desolate land is too dangerous. Even chaotic beasts that are half-immortal have appeared here. Who knows what else is hidden in the deeper reaches?

But with his duties to fulfill, he had no other choice.

Putting aside his distracting thoughts, the Heavenly Demon Lord set off once more.

This time, he moved much slower and was much more cautious.

His divine senses were constantly projected outward, alert to any potential dangers.

Before cautiously entering any galaxy, we would first observe its periphery for a long time to confirm that there were no terrifying beings lurking around.

Time slips away on a solitary and vigilant journey.

In the blink of an eye, another 100,000 years have passed.

This day.

When the Demon God Lord stepped into what appeared to be an ordinary, desolate star system, an unexpected change occurred.

The Immortal Token in his arms suddenly trembled, and the next moment, an unprecedentedly dazzling immortal light burst forth from the token.

The light was so intense that it instantly illuminated the entire galaxy, and even the chaotic void was tinged with a sacred gold.

Even more terrifying, an aura of immortality, pure to the extreme, spread out.

Although the aura was faint, it seemed to contain supreme authority, and its appearance caused the entire galaxy to come to a standstill.

The stars stopped rotating, the chaotic air currents solidified, and even time and space seemed to stand still at this moment.

"This is……"

The Heavenly Demon Lord was first taken aback, then overjoyed.

There is only one possibility for the token to exhibit this unusual phenomenon—

We're getting closer to our goal!

Sure enough, in the next instant, from the depths of the galaxy, an ancient aura that had been dormant for countless years slowly awakened.

The aura was initially weak, but in the blink of an eye it shot into the sky like a volcanic eruption, sweeping across the galaxy.

Vast, boundless, and majestic, it seems to have come from the end of the river of time, carrying the eternal and immortal Daoist charm.

The entire galaxy began to tremble.

Stars shifted, lotuses bloomed in the void, and the sound of the Great Dao echoed endlessly.

In the deepest part of that galaxy, a pair of eyes that seemed to see through the ages slowly opened.

His gaze traversed the endless void and landed on the Heavenly Demon God Lord.

"He has come bearing the Immortal Decree..."

The ancient voice echoed in the void, not through sound transmission, but directly at the level of the Great Dao.

"You come from the Immortal Divine Kingdom?" (End of Chapter)