Ninth-Tier Late Stage
This time, it's no longer a small whirlpool.
The entire phantom of the Divine Kingdom behind him transformed into a gigantic Black-and-White Millstone that blotted out the sky, slowly turning.
A supreme, relentless suction force erupted, forcefully drawing the three enormous World Beasts into it.
No matter how the Star-Remnant Giant Python charged, its indestructible body was ground down inch by inch into the most primitive particles under the Millstone.
No matter how fierce the artillery fire of the War Fortress was, the light spear of the law that Annihilation all things was assimilated into the nourishment for the evolution of the Divine Kingdom.
No matter how bizarre the Mental Demon Thoughts were, under the baptism of the pure Life-and-Death Dao Principles, all madness and resentment were purified and transformed into the purest soul power.
This refining process lasted for seven days and seven nights.
Under the relentless grinding of the Life-and-Death Millstone, the immortality of the three-headed World Beast was completely broken, ultimately transforming into three vast, pure Origin Source that surged into the Miniature Universe within Chen Fan's Dantian like a celestial river flowing backward.
Boom!
A roar like the Big Bang resounded from within Chen Fan's body. He could clearly feel that the barrier of his Divine Kingdom had reached saturation, and an invisible bottleneck had quietly appeared.
The opportunity for a breakthrough has arrived!
Without the slightest hesitation, he flashed to a relatively stable Asteroid Belt and casually set up several Warning Formations. Then, he sat cross-legged and guided the immense energy—enough to burst any Late-Ninth Tier —to fiercely rush towards the bottleneck!
"Snap!!"
A sound, seemingly originating from the depths of the soul, rang out.
The Miniature Universe within his Dantian underwent a dramatic transformation.
The territory expanded more than tenfold in an instant, the chains of laws became thicker and more solid, and in the Life-and-Death Cycle, there was a subtle sense of transforming the illusory into the real.
A terrifying aura, far surpassing anything before, surged from Chen Fan's body, only to be instantly contained, not a trace of it leaking out.
Late-Ninth Tier!
The realm has become completely stable.
Chen Fan slowly opened his eyes, the power brought by the breakthrough filling his limbs and bones.
The range of his Divine Thought increased more than a hundredfold.
With a thought, a vast Divine Thought, like mercury spilling onto the ground, swept across this boundless Boundary Sea in an instant.
At that very moment, his extremely keen Divine Thought detected an aura completely different from that of the World Beast.
It was an aura completely different from the chaos of the World Beasts.
In the shadow of the Asteroid Belt, Chen Fan slowly straightened up. The surging power he had just broken through resonated perfectly within his flesh and bones, without leaking out in the slightest.
Late-Ninth Tier.
His Divine Thought, like an invisible tentacle, had already traversed vast distances spanning several Star Domain, precisely locking onto the source of that aura.
Very good, also Late-Ninth Tier.
A barely perceptible smile curved the corners of Chen Fan's lips.
Upon first entering this place, one needs a sufficiently hard whetstone to test the newly sharpened blade.
He showed no further restraint.
With a thought, a Dao Rhythm, containing the perfect Life-and-Death Cycle and resembling the beginning of the universe, surged forth from his body.
This Dao Rhythm, like a supernova suddenly exploding in eternal darkness, transformed into the most dazzling and deadly lighthouse, extending an irresistible invitation to the endless depths of the Boundary Sea.
Another desolate Star Domain in the Boundary Sea.
A hundred-foot-tall sovereign being, composed entirely of seven-colored Crystals and bearing six pairs of ferocious bony wings on its back, was using its crystal claws, sharp as divine weapons, to tear apart the remains of a massive World Beast and devour the Chaos Origin escaping from within.
Just then, its devouring motion abruptly stopped.
Those crimson compound eyes, composed of billions of facets, instantly turned towards the distant Void.
"What a perfect Dao Fruit this is..."
A look of disbelief flashed in the Crystal Emperor's compound eyes.
Immediately, this shock was replaced by endless greed and fanaticism.
It could sense that the owner of that aura was like a flawless prototype of a universe, an irresistible and supreme resource for someone like it who had been stuck at the bottleneck of the Late-Ninth Tier for countless years!
If I can devour him, I might even ascend to the Ninth-Tier Peak!
"Jie!!"
A piercing shriek, powerful enough to shatter even Glazed Crystal, erupted from the Crystal Emperor's mouth, the terrifying sound waves instantly pulverizing several floating Stars fragments into primordial Cosmic Dust.
It discarded the tasteless remains of the World Beast in its claws, and its massive Crystal body suddenly trembled.
"Buzz!!"
It transformed into a prismatic Stream of Light that tore through the Void, carrying with it the ear-piercing roar of countless Crystals rubbing together, and hurtled straight toward Chen Fan's coordinates at a terrifying speed akin to warp drive.
Just a few breaths later.
Above the Asteroid Belt, light and shadow distorted, and a massive shadow obscured the distant, broken nebula.
The Crystal Emperor has arrived.
Its crimson compound eyes were fixed on the tiny figure below, and its voice, transmitted through the laws, was sharp and piercing.
"Human Race? Such a perfect Dao Fruit should not be possessed by a lowly race like yours."
"This should become the foundation for my... promotion!"
Faced with this domineering declaration, Chen Fan simply raised his head calmly, looked at it indifferently, and parted his thin lips slightly.
"Noisy."
One word.
But it was like lighting the fuse of a powder keg.
The Crystal Emperor was utterly enraged!
"Court death!"
It roared, and suddenly raised its right arm, causing countless law crystals to converge wildly, condensing into a colossal spear that reached the heavens and the earth in its palm.
The giant spear swelled in the wind, instantly transforming into a towering mountain range capable of piercing through the Stars. Its tip Guixu with a terrifying, Annihilation light, and carrying a violent sonic boom that shattered space, it was hurled fiercely at Chen Fan!
This attack was enough to force even ordinary Late-Ninth Tier experts to temporarily retreat.
Chen Fan neither dodged nor avoided the attack.
He didn't even use his Innate Divine Ability; he simply slowly raised his right fist.
He unleashed the terrifying power of Late-Ninth Tier cultivator, concentrating all the supreme power of the Miniature Universe within his body into a single point.
Then, he threw a punch!
There are no Daoist methods, no supernatural powers, only the most extreme power!
A golden fist-shaped beam of light, condensed to its fullest extent, like the rising sun, tore through the darkness and met head-on the giant Crystal spear that pierced through the heavens and earth.
Boom!!
Fist and spear collided with a deafening roar in the deathly Void of the void!
An indescribable, earth-shattering roar transformed into a visible white halo that spread wildly in all directions.
All meteorites and dust within a radius of several light-years were instantly evaporated and flattened by this terrifying shockwave, turning into absolute nothingness!
"Click... click..."
Under the Crystal Emperor's gaze, filled with shock and rage, its indestructible giant spear, condensed from the Origin Source laws, began to shatter inch by inch, starting from the tip!
Finally, with a mournful cry of despair, it exploded into countless brilliant Stream of Light, like a dazzling fireworks display, scattering across the Void.
The golden fist beam, after shattering the giant spear, continued its momentum and slammed into the massive body of the Crystal Emperor!