Awakening Doubles Every Day, Accumulating for a Million Years

At this very moment.

Chen Haotian, the Chen Family patriarch who had been awakened from the Divine Source by his descendants, stood with the Chen Family's present-day powerhouses before the Divine Source that sealed Chen Changqing.

Through the crystal-clear membrane of the Divine Source, they could clearly see a young man in azure robes sitting cross-legged within. He was silent as an ancient pine, motionless for eternity like a living fossil.

A million years had left no trace upon him.

He was still the eighteen-year-old youth he had been back then.

However.

Even through the layers of concealment cast by the Divine Source's power, the Chen Family's many present-day powerhouses could still sense the aura of one who looked down upon all living beings emanating from within.

It was a quality possessed only by an expert who had truly swept aside every opponent and stood at the pinnacle of an era. Like a peerless sword sheathed in its scabbard, its edge was restrained, yet no one dared look directly at it.

"Is he... the ancestor from the Chen Family legends, the one who possessed the Chaos Body?"

The current family head, Chen Lingfeng, stood before the Divine Source, his face filled with barely restrained excitement.

As the head of the clan, he was normally steady and composed, yet even his voice trembled faintly now.

An ancient secret had been passed down orally through generations of the Chen Family.

A million years ago, an unparalleled prodigy had been born within the clan. His talent had been high enough to surpass even a Great Emperor and point directly toward the immortal path.

Unfortunately, he had been born at the wrong time. The immortal path had yet to open, and the Great Emperor of that era was still in his prime. Thus, he had no choice but to seal himself within Divine Source and await a prosperous age overflowing with destiny.

Countless Chen Family descendants had wished to glimpse this ancestor's true appearance, yet for a million years, no one had known where the Divine Source was sealed.

That was because Chen Haotian had personally laid down spatial restrictions long ago, concealing the Divine Source within a gap in space. Unless he arrived in person, no one could open it.

Yet in this era, he had been fortunate enough to see this legendary ancestor with the Chaos Body with his own eyes.

With just one glance, he knew the rumors were true—this ancestor was absolutely an ancient monster capable of sweeping through his entire generation!

"So powerful... such terrifying pressure."

Chen Lingfeng took a deep breath and murmured to himself.

Behind him, the Chen Family's Supreme Elders and core elders wore equally stunned expressions.

"This old man has cultivated for eight thousand years. I daresay I have seen quite a few prodigies, yet no one has ever given me such a sense of oppression."

A white-haired Supreme Elder spoke in a trembling voice.

Another clan elder sighed as well. "Those wisps of mist around our ancestor's body must be the legendary Chaos Qi. The Chaos Body, one without equal throughout the ages—I always thought it was merely fabricated in ancient texts. I never expected it to truly exist!"

An extremely senior elder shook his head with a bitter smile. "I thought the three little brats born in our Chen Family's current generation were already monstrous enough. Only upon seeing our ancestor do I understand what a true chosen one is!"

"Indeed. Those three youngsters can be considered top-tier prodigies in this era, but compared to our ancestor, they are simply fireflies before the bright moon. They cannot be mentioned in the same breath!"

Everyone sighed in admiration, their words filled with reverence and awe.

Yet the patriarch, Chen Haotian, turned a deaf ear to their discussions.

From beginning to end, his cloudy yet profound gaze remained fixed on the Divine Source. A rare trace of gratified amusement appeared on his aged face.

In his eyes, no prodigy in this world could compare to Chen Changqing.

So-called sacred physiques and so-called ancient bloodlines... before Chen Changqing, they were merely worthless rabble that could be cut down with a casual stroke.

Others might possess "Great Emperor potential."

But Chen Changqing possessed "Immortal Ascension Potential"!

Gazing at the youthful figure within the Divine Source, Chen Haotian slowly raised his arm and lightly tapped the air with his withered finger.

In an instant, spiritual power as vast as an abyssal sea surged from his body, turning into an incomparably pure beam of light that landed upon the Divine Source's sealing membrane.

"Changqing."

His hoarse, aged voice carried a million years of waiting and anticipation as it echoed through the Chen Clan Ancestral Land.

"Your era has arrived."

"Awaken!"

Within the Divine Source.

Chen Changqing's eyelids twitched faintly, and he slowly opened his eyes.

Buzz—

At the instant his eyes opened, the entire Chen Clan Ancestral Land seemed to freeze in time and space.

The wind stopped, and the clouds fell still!

Falling leaves hung suspended in midair, unable to descend another inch!

Even the spiritual energy in the void ceased flowing...

At that moment—

Because of Chen Changqing's awakening, heaven and earth fell silent, and all things became still!

Even Chen Haotian, a Quasi-Emperor Realm patriarch, could not help but feel his heart tremble.

Facing the pair of eyes that had just opened within the Divine Source, he actually felt as if he were facing some supreme taboo.

His eyes resembled a blazing sun reflecting the stars of eternity, dazzling the entire world. Yet they also resembled an endless expanse of chaos, capable of devouring everything between heaven and earth.

"This kid... something's not right!"

Chen Haotian's pupils suddenly constricted.

As the one who had personally sealed Chen Changqing, he knew better than anyone that Chen Changqing had not possessed such a terrifying aura at the time of the sealing!

Yet now, the aura emanating from Chen Changqing far exceeded his understanding.

This was not suppression in terms of cultivation, but something akin to suppression at the level of life itself.

It was like a true dragon descending before mortals. Even if the true dragon did nothing at all, mortals would still be unable to stop themselves from feeling fear.

"Before the sealing, this kid's presence was strong, but it was still within the bounds of reason..."

"Yet after being sealed in Divine Source for a million years, how has he not been affected by the gradual decline of his vitality? How has he instead become so unfathomable?"

Chen Haotian was astonished, but his face remained calm.

However, Chen Lingfeng and the others behind him possessed nowhere near such composure.

The moment Chen Changqing opened his eyes, the current Chen Family head Chen Lingfeng felt his scalp go numb, as though an invisible sword hung over the center of his brow. With a single thought, the other party could make him perish completely.

This strange sense of palpitations left him utterly incredulous!

One had to know that Chen Lingfeng was now at the Great Sage Realm!

Meanwhile, this ancestor within the Divine Source had been sealed at the age of eighteen, so his cultivation was only at the Transcendent Realm. (The cultivation realms of the Great Desolate Realm are: Body Tempering Realm, Meridian Opening Realm, Qi Gathering Realm, True Essence Realm, Foundation Establishment Realm, Spirit Sea Realm, Elixir Origin Realm, Dharma Form Realm, Domain Realm, Transcendent Realm, Saint Realm, Great Sage Realm, Saint King Realm, Saint Emperor Realm, Quasi-Emperor Realm, Great Emperor Realm.)

Logically speaking, the gap between their cultivations should have been as vast as heaven and earth. Yet at this moment, he felt a fatal threat from the other party.

It was as though, from the instant the other party opened his eyes, his life no longer belonged to him.

The feeling had come from nowhere, yet it was so real that even his breathing became cautious.

"Is... is this the terror of the Innate Chaos Body?"

Chen Lingfeng's heartbeat quickened involuntarily, cold sweat pouring down his forehead.

Beside him, several Chen Family hidden powerhouses who had reached the Saint King Realm were equally tense, as though facing a formidable enemy.

One of the Saint King Realm hidden powerhouses even instinctively took half a step back. When he realized what he had done, his face filled with horror.

Heavens!

He had lived for so long—what kind of scene had he not witnessed?

Yet he had actually been frightened half a step back by the gaze of a Transcendent Realm cultivator who had just awakened?!

What kind of Transcendent Realm cultivator could possess such inconceivable strength?