The SSSSSSSS-level Mad Dragon is released from prison!

Jiang Chen stood atop the flattened mountain.

His aura had been completely concealed, yet beneath his smooth, jade-like skin lay a power capable of tearing stars apart.

"Are you going alone?"

Xiao Ruoye, holding the broken sword, was the first to speak.

"This is insane!"

"Tianji Island is a den of dragons and tigers, a forbidden zone that no martial artist in this world dares to set foot in!"

"With the nine of us working together, we might still have a fighting chance!"

Jiang Chen did not turn around.

He simply raised his hand and gently pressed it against the deserted island beneath his feet.

"Buzz—"

A chaotic light curtain, incorporating nine primordial colors, rose from the edge of the platform.

The light curtain rapidly expanded, eventually transforming into a giant, semi-transparent bowl that inverted the entire deserted island inside.

The surging waves on the sea were silently smoothed out the moment they hit the light screen.

"Wait for me here."

Jiang Chen's voice was calm.

"My sister-in-law..." Shen Suxin looked in the direction of the cabin, her eyes reddening.

"When I come back, I will bring back something that can save her life."

"Big brother, I'll go with you!" Junyao jumped down from the railing. "My bugs can help you find your way!"

"Dirty." Nalanjia frowned, looking at the unknown sea in the distance.

Ye You didn't speak, but simply watched Jiang Chen's back with her pure black eyes.

Jiang Chen smiled.

He turned around, his gaze sweeping across everyone's faces.

"don’t worry."

"I'll be right back."

Before he could finish speaking, the air in front of him seemed to be grabbed by an invisible hand and suddenly torn apart to both sides.

A pitch-black, bottomless spatial rift appeared out of nowhere.

On the other side of the rift was a chaotic void, flashing with electricity.

Jiang-Chen stepped inside.

The spatial rift behind him closed rapidly the moment he entered.

It was as if nothing had happened.

On the platform, only a few women remained, along with an isolated island protected by absolute power.

……

Jiang Chen traveled through the endless void turbulence.

The surrounding area was filled with spatial storms powerful enough to kill even a Nascent Soul stage expert, but these storms would automatically subside when someone approached within three feet of his body.

He could sense it.

At a certain point in the real world, there is a massive, repulsive force that is distorting space.

That is Tianji Island.

He reached out and, in that direction, tore open the barrier of space once more.

The blinding sunlight streamed in.

The salty, damp smell of the sea breeze hit me.

Jiang Chen emerged from the crack and hovered at an altitude of ten thousand meters.

Below, there is an endless, deep blue ocean.

And directly in front of him.

The thick, year-round sea fog, as if receiving some kind of command, was rapidly receding to both sides.

An island appeared before him.

It was a majestic fairy mountain suspended above the sea.

The mountain is thousands of feet high and has a jade-like color all over.

Countless pavilions and towers are built against the mountain, arranged in a harmonious and orderly manner.

Flocks of cranes danced among the clouds, emitting clear and melodious calls.

The spiritual energy, so dense it was almost tangible, formed colorful waterfalls that cascaded down from the mountaintop.

This is Tianji Island.

It is the abode of the gods who govern the flow of the world's fortunes and oversee the myriad aspects of human life.

"when--!"

A long, sharp bell rang out from the mountaintop, echoing through the sky.

Followed by.

Seventy-two beams of spiritual energy, each a different color and as thick as a mountain, shot into the sky from various parts of the immortal mountain.

The beams of light converged in the sky, forming a vast net of light that covered the heavens and the earth.

Above the net of light, runes flowed, and stars vanished.

An ancient, vast, and unshakeable pressure completely sealed off the entire sea area.

Taiyi Island Protector Formation.

It has been passed down for thousands of years and is said to be an absolute defense that even true immortals cannot shake.

"Jiang Chen, a remnant of the Jun family!"

"How dare you trespass on the sacred land of Heavenly Secrets!"

Hundreds of streaks of light rose from all parts of the immortal mountain.

Those were hundreds of elders from Tianji Island, dressed in white Taoist robes and riding flying swords.

They hovered behind the light curtain, shouting angrily at Jiang Chen through that impenetrable barrier.

The leader was an elderly man with white hair, holding a whisk, with a cold look in his eyes.

"Considering that your mother, Luo Qingluan, guarded the 'Return to the Void' for my Tianji Island for twenty years, I will give you a chance."

"Kneel down immediately, cripple your cultivation, and offer up your true dragon destiny!"

"Perhaps I can spare a wisp of your soul, allowing you to enter the Soul-Suppressing Tower of my Heavenly Mystery Island and repent for eternity!"

"Otherwise, I will annihilate you today, body and soul, and condemn you to eternal damnation!"

Jiang Chen remained suspended in mid-air, motionless.

He didn't even lift his eyelids.

To him, the shouting, cursing, and judgments were no different from the cacophony of seabirds.

He is gathering his strength.

The chaotic true energy, which combined nine primal forces and was powerful enough to burst his body, was released without reservation.

"Click...click click..."

His entire skeleton emitted a series of cracking sounds as if it could no longer bear the strain.

On the skin's surface, dark golden dragon scales pierced through flesh and blood, rolled back out, and covered the skin layer by layer.

His body rose into the air out of thin air.

Ten zhang (approximately 33 meters).

Hundred feet.

A thousand feet!

A ferocious dragon head, even larger than the deserted island beneath their feet, emerged from the clouds.

Those golden vertical pupils coldly gazed at the sacred mountain below that called itself a "holy land".

Next came the majestic dragon body, thousands of feet long and covered with dark gold scales.

The dragon has five claws, each claw resembling a mountain range, gleaming with a cold light capable of tearing the sky apart.

This is his true form after his destiny as a true dragon is fulfilled.

"What...what kind of monster is this?!"

Behind the light screen, the elders, who had been so arrogant, instantly lost all color in their faces.

The flying swords beneath their feet emitted terrified cries under this absolute pressure emanating from the level of life itself.

"Quickly! Activate the divine array at maximum power! Suppress this beast!"

The white-haired old man screamed in terror.

The seventy-two beams of light shone brightly, and the net of light covering the sky and earth instantly became incredibly solid.

But it was too late.

The thousand-foot-long dragon that had been coiled in the sky moved.

It did not use any supernatural powers.

It did not release any dragon breath.

It simply lowered its head and, like a meteorite crashing into the earth, slammed its dragon head, comparable to a mountain, fiercely and resolutely into the light net below, which was said to be impervious to all laws.

There was no stalemate.

There was no consumption.

Only crushing.

The moment the dragon head made contact with the light curtain.

"Click—"

A crisp sound, like glass shattering, resounded throughout the heavens and earth.

The seemingly indestructible "Taiyi Island Protector Array," a massive net of light flowing with the power of stars, was now covered with spiderweb-like cracks.

It took less than half a second.

"Boom!"

The light curtain shattered with a deafening roar.

A violent energy shockwave, powerful enough to destroy a nation, swept outwards in all directions with a devastating force.

On the sacred mountain, the dozen or so closest peaks were snapped in half by the shockwave.

Countless palaces and pavilions were reduced to dust in the storm.

The hundreds of elders standing on their swords didn't even have time to utter a scream before they were torn into a cloud of blood mist by the violent torrent of energy.

The entire Tianji Island shook violently.

It looked as if it was about to fall from the sky at any moment.

The dust that filled the sky slowly settled.

The enormous dragon body vanished.

Jiang Chen reverted to human form, his upper body bare, and landed on the dilapidated gate of Tianji Island.

He was covered in blood, and it was impossible to tell whether it was his own or that of the enemy.

Beneath his feet lay the wailing of the disciples of Tianji Island, and the ruins of pavilions and towers scattered everywhere.

Jiang Chen ignored these ants.

He raised his head and looked towards the highest point of the sacred mountain.

Step by step, treading on the ruins, they walked toward the Heavenly Mystery Hall, which stood atop the mountain and represented the supreme authority of Heavenly Mystery Island.