Blood Locks Heaven and Earth, Chaos Gates Open

The instant the hollow, icy whisper from the Outer Realm fell, the entire world changed beyond recognition.

The sky, which Frieza's imperial might had stained gray and white, darkened once more. Thick, lifeless gray-black mist seeped down from gaps in the clouds high above. It was not as surging or domineering as an energy storm, but its erosion was silent and insidious. Wherever the mist passed, mountains and rivers lost their color, plants withered, the earth lost its vitality, and even the dust carried on the wind fell completely still.

This was the power of Chaos from the Outer Realm.

It belonged to none of this universe's laws. It followed none of the martial energy systems. Its sole purpose was to devour life, grind away at origins, and tear apart the barriers between worlds.

Every hair on Lin Chen's body stood on end. Needle-like pains pulsed deep in his soul. The Chaos consciousness locking onto him was not violent, yet it was everywhere, seeping into every crack, as if it could see through his flesh, bloodline, and soul.

At last, he understood the full extent of this scheme that had spanned ten thousand years.

The Chaos Race had lain low and bided their time for all these years, not because they feared the Saiyan Clan, nor because they dreaded Frieza, the ruler of the galaxy.

They had been waiting.

Waiting for the last bloodline of the Saiyan Clan's Ancient Origin to awaken completely, waiting for this one-of-a-kind anchor of heaven and earth to take full shape.

Ordinary power and ordinary lifeforms could never touch the core laws of the universe's barriers, let alone become the foundation of a passage between two worlds. Only an altered bloodline bearing the will of the ancient Saiyan ancestors and sealing the clan's origin could forcibly pry open this universe's shield.

Ten thousand years ago, the ancestor had sealed the bloodline's spark with his dying breath precisely to prevent this possibility. But no one had imagined that fate would turn once more, and that ten thousand years later, Lin Chen's breakthrough in a desperate situation and the full awakening of his bloodline would coincide with the Chaos Race's long-planned ultimate scheme.

He had become the only hope of saving his clan—and the only key to ushering in the end of the universe.

"So that's how it is... It was all a trap."

Lin Chen sighed heavily inside. A bone-deep chill rose from his feet to the crown of his head.

Frieza's pursuit, the army's encirclement, the awakening of fate, the arrival of the prophecy—all those seemingly coincidental trials and desperate situations had been pieces in a carefully laid game, set in motion by the Chaos Race. They had used Frieza to slaughter the surviving Saiyans, forcing those who remained to break through their limits again and again, gradually ripening the final Origin Anchor.

Once the anchor fully matured, the war between the two worlds would begin, and the galaxy would fall.

High above, Frieza's expression shifted dramatically for the first time. His face had been full of arrogance, with his anger still simmering.

He narrowed his crimson eyes slightly, staring fixedly through layer upon layer of atmosphere at the gray-black Chaos mist spreading through outer space. As a naturally born emperor at the pinnacle of this universe, his awareness of the laws of heaven and earth far surpassed that of ordinary martial artists.

At that moment, he clearly sensed the laws governing the surrounding space being forcibly rewritten.

The energy pathways, the order of heaven and earth, the very course of this star region's workings—all were being forcibly eroded, stripped away, and replaced by an unfamiliar, domineering power that transcended this universe.

"Power from the Outer Realm?"

Frieza murmured, and for the first time, his voice lost its absolute confidence and held a hint of doubt.

He had roamed the North Galaxy for hundreds of years and fought across countless distant star regions. He had seen countless strange races and mysterious abilities, but never a power that could silently devour even the laws of space.

Earlier, when Lin Chen had called him a pawn, he had scoffed and dismissed it as the nonsense of an ant. But now, witnessing the Chaos Barrier take shape with his own eyes, he felt a crack appear in the arrogance that had remained unchanged for ten thousand years.

Could it be... that he had truly spent half his life waging war, annihilated the Saiyan Clan, and ruled countless seas of stars, all while someone else controlled him like a puppet?

The thought had barely arisen when it ignited a towering fury in Frieza's usually cold and haughty heart.

He could be defeated, surpassed, challenged—but he absolutely could not tolerate the possibility that his life's ambition and conquests had been nothing but groundwork for someone else from beginning to end.

"You wretched trash from who-knows-where, and you dare lay claim to my territory?"

The pale energy around Frieza erupted into a frenzy. He released the full force of the imperial pressure he had kept in check. Gale-force winds swept across the sky, tearing apart most of the dark clouds already corrupted by Chaos.

He stopped looking at Lin Chen. His crimson eyes turned toward the pitch-black depths beyond the atmosphere, brimming with murderous intent.

To him, Lin Chen was now a secondary threat.

Compared to an altered Saiyan bloodline on the verge of maturity, the true deadly danger was this race from the Outer Realm—one capable of overturning the laws of the universe and scheming against him from the shadows.

The Golden Full-Power Super Saiyan floating nearby looked utterly grave.

"The Chaos Barrier has formed. With Lin Chen's bloodline as its anchor, the entire Earth is locked at the heart of the passage," he said quickly and gravely. "None of our three sides can leave now. Frieza's star region, our bloodlines, and Earth's living beings have all become sacrifices for Chaos to open the gates."

The apocalyptic scene recorded in the ancient books ten thousand years ago had come to life before their eyes.

The black-haired Saiyan, Kallen, clenched his fists. Violet flames surged violently around him, and his eyes were full of regret and helplessness.

He had pursued the prophecy and sought out his fate, believing he was saving his clan. Only now did he realize that he had spent half his life unwittingly advancing the enemy's plan. If he had not investigated things along the way and deliberately hastened the bloodline's awakening, perhaps the catastrophe of this day could have been delayed for countless years.

"This is no time to dwell on the past!"

Lin Chen abruptly came to his senses and forced down the turmoil and heaviness in his heart.

Events had taken an abrupt turn, and the situation was changing by the second.

The three sides, once locked in a fight to the death, had been forced onto the same dead-end path in the face of the impending apocalypse.

He, Kallen, and the Golden Super Saiyan were the locked bloodline anchors. Frieza was the invaded overlord of the universe. The entire Earth was the eye of the barrier.

Their fates were intertwined.

Once the Chaos Race opened the passage, Earth would be the first to fall, followed by the remaining Saiyan bloodlines, and finally the entire galaxy would be devoured by Chaos. Frieza's imperial ambitions would be reduced to nothing as well.

"Let's join forces."

Lin Chen looked up, his gaze cutting through the chaotic air to meet Frieza's eyes. His voice was steady and resolute.

"Set aside our grievances, our clan's hatred, and the Empire's conquests for now. With Chaos invading, we're all prey. None of us can stop the passage between worlds from opening alone."

His words laid bare the truth.

Frieza was proud and domineering beyond measure. He had never once joined forces with anyone, and he would be even less willing to fight shoulder to shoulder with the Saiyan remnants he had hunted for years.

His crimson eyes fixed coldly on Lin Chen, still simmering with murderous intent, but he did not strike.

Reason told him that Lin Chen was right.

The Chaos mist continued to seep through, and life in the world was rapidly fading. The barrier beyond the atmosphere had already developed fine cracks visible to the naked eye. These were no breaks caused by an energy bombardment; they were a collapse of the laws themselves, an irreversible disintegration.

If they kept fighting among themselves, everyone would be worn down by the barrier before the Chaos Army even arrived.

"Interesting."

After a moment of silence, a cold curve lifted the corner of Frieza's mouth.

"An ant asks this king for peace, then wants to stand beside this king in battle? In ten thousand years, your Saiyan Clan has never been granted such an honor."

"We can join forces."

His tone shifted abruptly, his voice cold as ice.

"But once this battle is over, Earth will be wiped clean, and every Saiyan remnant will be brought to justice. Today's alliance will not atone for your clan's sins."

His attitude remained forceful; he yielded not an inch.

But he had accepted the alliance.

The situation reversed in an instant.

Before the oncoming apocalypse, sworn enemies who had been bent on killing each other were forced into the most fragile and dangerous of temporary alliances.

"Kallen, hold back the Chaos mist in the airspace and slow the barrier's spread!"

"Senior, you have the greatest strength. Guard the cracks in the barrier high above and stop the power from the Outer Realm from seeping through!"

Lin Chen wasted no time. He assigned each of them their roles, his voice ringing with resolve.

"As the bloodline anchor, I'll hold the central formation on the ground and use my own origin to suppress the barrier, slowing the passage's formation! Frieza, your energy has the greatest destructive power. Focus on the cracks at the barrier's core and forcibly grind away the laws of Chaos!"

With life and death at stake, he set aside all personal feelings and coordinated everything with the utmost calm.

No one wasted a word.

Kallen's violet flames surged as his full 8,700 battle power spread out, transforming into a barrier of energy that covered the airspace above the entire forest, blocking the falling Chaos mist from eroding the earth.

The Golden Super Saiyan flashed away. A golden light shot skyward as he took position at the thinnest part of the atmosphere. The power of his Full-Power Super Saiyan form layered over itself, solidifying space and forcibly stabilizing the ever-widening cracks in the barrier.

Frieza moved slightly and appeared in the center of the barrier high above in an instant. Pale energy gathered in his palm, and he unleashed his full power, hammering it into the barrier's dark patterns.

BOOM!

Heaven and earth shook.

On one side was the Universe Emperor's domineering destructive energy, on another the Full-Power Super Saiyan's steadfast defense, and on the third the pure-blooded Saiyan's lockdown of the airspace.

The three sides' top fighters struck at once, forcibly holding back the ever-expanding Chaos Barrier.

The situation stabilized—briefly.

Lin Chen drew a deep breath, stepped into the center of the land, and sat cross-legged.

He deliberately released the seals on his bloodline, no longer suppressing the Ancient Origin. The searing power of his ancient bloodline flowed through his meridians and throughout his body. The Super Saiyan aura, which had only taken rudimentary shape, unfurled completely. His battle power steadily climbed from 6,500, and the light of his bloodline shot skyward, forming a golden pillar that plunged deep into the heart of the formation beneath the earth.

Using himself as the lock and his bloodline as the seal, he reversed the suppression of the Chaos Anchor!

In his sea of consciousness, the will of the Ancestral Remnant Soul fully awakened. Its boundless, ancient power merged with Lin Chen's aura.

"With my final bloodline, I shall seal the anchor of heaven and earth and delay Chaos from opening the gates!"

His low cry rang through his mind. The golden pillar of bloodline light suddenly blazed brighter, and the gray-black Chaos patterns spreading across the ground were forcibly driven back, suppressed, and dimmed.

The danger outside was temporarily contained, but the sense of crisis in Lin Chen's heart did not weaken. It grew stronger.

For he could clearly sense that deep within the Chaos beyond the atmosphere, that hollow, unfamiliar consciousness remained utterly unruffled.

Their efforts to block it, suppress it, and reverse the suppression all seemed to be proceeding exactly as it had anticipated.

It even seemed... to be deliberately letting them stabilize the situation.

"Something's wrong... Something's not right!"

Lin Chen's mind tightened, and cold sweat instantly soaked his back.

If the Chaos Race's goal was simply to break through the passage, the four of them working together to suppress it had already delayed its progress significantly. The enemy should have been doing everything in its power to break through and disrupt them.

Yet the Chaos energy from beyond the heavens continued seeping in at an unhurried pace. That hollow consciousness continued to watch coldly, without the slightest agitation.

What were they waiting for?

The next moment, the Ancestral Remnant Soul's urgent warning exploded in his sea of consciousness:

"Disaster! We got the barrier's core wrong!"

"The Chaos Portal doesn't need to be blasted open all at once! Their true goal is to use the energy clash between the four of us, drawing on the Saiyan bloodline, Super Saiyan Origin, Emperor Energy, and pure Saiyan battle energy—the four greatest powers in the universe—as fuel, then burn through the universal barrier from the other side!"

"Our combined suppression isn't plugging the breach... It's helping them blast through to the other world!"

Lin Chen's pupils contracted sharply, and his mind went blank.

Every act of suppression, every attempt to block and resist, had been part of the Chaos Race's scheme from the very beginning.

The violent collision of four completely different supreme powers, each strong enough to shake the universe, produced an explosive force that could shatter the laws—far greater than Chaos power alone.

Their desperate efforts to protect everything had become the final key to unleashing the apocalypse!

At that very moment, the cracks in space that had been spreading slowly overhead suddenly widened at a terrifying speed!

CRACK—!

A sharp shattering sound rang across heaven and earth. Countless fissures instantly spread across the entire firmament.

In the pitch-black depths of the Outer Realm, an enormous dark maw stretching for tens of thousands of miles slowly opened its eyes.

Cold, lifeless, barren Chaos energy poured through the fissure like a breached floodgate, surging into this universe.

Then the hollow will of Chaos that looked down upon everything spoke once more, its voice echoing through the heavens with the indifference of the end of all things:

"Four Origins assembled... Fuel prepared."

"This universe... is now officially registered as part of Chaos."

Lin Chen looked up at the torn sky and the slowly opening black hole of doom. His heart stopped.

Even worse, he could clearly sense that deep within the black hole, countless dormant troops of the Chaos Race had awakened.

And at the very front of the army, a terrifying Chaos King Shadow beyond all comprehension slowly opened his eyes and fixed his gaze on Earth—and on Lin Chen, the perfect sacrificial anchor...