"NO!!!"
Cangmi Holy Son roared again and again, but no matter how desperately he struggled, even burning his origin to forcibly raise his strength, he still could not break free from the bizarre force surrounding him. Such an overwhelming disparity in strength filled Cangmi Holy Son's heart with despair and unwillingness.
"I can't die. I haven't become a Divine Son yet. There are still so many, so many things I haven't done. I can't die!"
Cangmi Holy Son roared inwardly.
A tenacious force of will erupted from him. His body suddenly trembled, briefly breaking free of a fraction of the restraints. His aura instantly surged from the early Divine Sun stage to the peak of the middle Divine Sun stage, only a single step away from the late Divine Sun stage.
"Hahaha!!"
Feeling his strength rise, Cangmi Holy Son laughed excitedly.
Sure enough!
Between life and death lay great terror—and great opportunity!
He was the chosen son of destiny. Surviving a great calamity meant blessings would surely follow. Under ordinary means, slowly tempering himself from the early Divine Sun stage to his current strength would have required at least decades of unceasing bitter cultivation. Yet now, he had reached it in an instant.
Cangmi Holy Son's heart overflowed with excitement.
But before that excitement could fully spread through him, the omnipresent bizarre force around him suddenly intensified by another degree. The tiny fraction of restraint he had broken free from became even more solid in the blink of an eye.
"No, no, no... Break through! Break through for me!!"
The joy on Cangmi Holy Son's face vanished in an instant, replaced by overwhelming unwillingness and despair.
Why?
Why had it turned out like this?
He refused to accept it!
He had clearly broken free of the restraints. He had been