Mythical Era: My Evolution into a Celestial Beast-Chapter 651: A Brutal Battle, Taixu Nether Light Scriptures Sixth Stage (III)

Chapter 651: A Brutal Battle, Taixu Nether Light Scripture's Sixth Stage (III)

The Silver Dragon, now mostly recovered, turned its gaze toward the towering red tree in the distance. Its eyes gleamed with anticipation as it fixated on the hundreds of top-grade divine fruits hanging from the branches.

Hundreds of these fruits... Not even its mother’s treasure vault had this many!

This divine tree was so precious that even during the earlier battle, both sides had instinctively avoided it. Even the Qiongqi, though cornered, hadn’t considered destroying it.

Or perhaps, it simply couldn’t destroy it. The divine tree radiated layers of powerful red light, forming a protective barrier that had effortlessly withstood the aftershocks of their battle.

Half an hour later, now mostly recovered, the three colossal beasts, the Purple Dragon, and the approaching Single-Horned Kun all gathered before the Qiongqi, towering over it with dominance.

Lying in the dirt, the Qiongqi glared up at the Silver Colossal Dragon with deep resentment and fury. Its wounded mouth let out a low, guttural growl.

This damned dragon! If I hadn't been outnumbered, there was no way I would have lost to a mere beginning-stage mythical beast!

However, just as the Qiongqi thought its fate was sealed, the Silver Dragon, Golden-Blue Colossal Dragon, and others exchanged glances before giving a slight nod. Then, with an air of absolute authority, the Silver Dragon let out a triumphant roar.

Roar! I am a dragon king of the Dragon Palace Empire, the great Saixitia. Today, you have displayed strength worthy of my recognition. Now, I give you two choices.

Roar! Submit to the great Saixitia and join the Dragon Palace. If you do, your offense of trying to claim the divine tree will be forgotten. Refuse, and I will kill you and bring your corpse back as a meal for Ao Tian.

Perched atop the Silver Dragon’s head, the Little Purple Dragon was taken aback. Eeya! Eeya! Saixitia, aren’t you going to kill it? The great Yiyi wants to see rivers of blood!

The Silver Dragon paused for a moment. ...Roar! Ao Tian once said that in this world, power is built on alliances. Fighting alone makes it easy to end up like this guy—surrounded and overwhelmed.

Roar! That’s why Ao Tian told us that whenever we encounter a suitable colossal beast, we should consider taming it and expanding the Dragon Palace.

Eeya! Oh, I see.

The Purple Dragon nodded in understanding. Looking at the Qiongqi, which was as massive as a small mountain range, it let out a childish yet authoritative roar. Eeya! Submit to the great Yiyi now! Otherwise, Saixitia will bite you to death!

The Qiongqi froze. They aren't going to kill me?

All they wanted was for it to submit to a dragon of lower level, whose strength barely matched its own? It felt a surge of defiance—after all, it had awakened an ancient bloodline!

Sensing the Qiongqi’s reluctance, the Silver Dragon’s gaze turned ice-cold. It let out a low growl. Roar! So you wish for death instead? Very well, I will kill you and bring your corpse back for Ao Tian's feast.

As a white glow began to gather in the Silver Dragon’s mouth, the Qiongqi, faced with the imminent threat of death, finally let out a low growl. Roar! ...I am willing to join the Dragon Palace.

Seeing the Qiongqi's reluctant submission, the Silver Dragon lifted its head proudly. Roar! Don’t look so unwilling. If the great Saixitia hadn’t wanted to test its newfound strength, you would’ve been dead long ago.

As it spoke, a brilliant light flickered beneath the Silver Dragon’s throat, and suddenly, over a dozen azure-white dragon scales materialized. Each scale was meters thick and over ten meters in size, radiating an unmistakable peak titan-level aura of laws.

Roar! That’s right. If we wanted to kill you, we would’ve done so already. The Golden-Blue Colossal Dragon let out a deep roar as well. Beneath its throat, a similar reverse scale gleamed, and more than a dozen golden dragon scales surfaced, each exuding the same titan-level aura.

As descendants of titan-level colossal dragons, both of them possessed scales of law granted by their mothers.

Over twenty of these scales, capable of unleashing an attack at the peak of the mythical level, converged, radiating an invisible force of destruction. Even the Qiongqi, fearless as it was, felt its heart tremble in awe. Its eyes widened in disbelief.

How is this possible...?

At that moment, whatever resentment the Qiongqi had was completely erased. It was clear now—these two dragons came from extraordinary backgrounds, and they were not to be provoked.

Accepting its fate, the Qiongqi cast an expectant glance at the Purple Dragon, hoping to receive the same miraculous healing as the others.

Perched on the Silver Dragon’s head, the Purple Dragon put its tiny claws on its waist and shook its head. Eeya! Eeya! The great Yiyi is out of energy! You’ll have to recover on your own.

As the Qiongqi slowly absorbed transcendent energy to heal itself, the Silver Dragon let out a deep growl. Roar! What is that divine tree? When will its fruits ripen?

Still weakened, the Qiongqi let out a tired growl. Roar! I don’t know. I only discovered this place a few day-cycles ago. I couldn’t get close to the tree. Every day-cycle, one divine fruit ripens and falls.

Roar! Only one per day-cycle?

The colossal beasts exchanged glances.

Roar! How long until the next one matures?

Roar! Soon, in just a few more star cycles.

A few days, huh? The Silver Colossal Dragon thought for a moment, then turned toward the Single-Horned Kun and let out a commanding growl. Roar! Big Horn, take Yiyi back so it can eat some Icefish and recover. We’ll stay here and guard the fruits.

Roar! Once Ao Tian wakes up, tell it where we are. Ao Tian is smart—it’ll figure out a way to speed up the fruits’ ripening.

Squeak! Squeak! Squeak! No problem!

***

Just as the Silver Dragon defeated the Qiongqi, deep within the void of the collapsed ruins, Chen Chu was reaching the final step of refining the Gate of the Heavens.

Amid the turbulent void, a ten-thousand-meter-tall black stone gate stood at the center, surrounded by four worlds: the Earth World, with its vast expanse of golden plains; the Heavenly Flame World, filled with raging golden flames; the Windstorm World, where black astral winds howled; and the Lightning World, crackling with lightning.

At that moment, the four worlds were slowly converging toward the black stone gate, their fusion causing the entire space to tremble violently, as though the apocalypse itself was unfolding within them.

However, under the suppression of the black stone gate, all of the turbulence was forcibly contained. Eventually, the four worlds merged into overlapping projections, while the black stone gate stood at the core, deep within the fourfold world.

Phew!

Chen Chu exhaled slowly and opened his eyes.

Feeling the four planar worlds, layered across different spatial dimensions and now stabilized by the stone gate, a smile appeared on his face.

Yet, instead of leaving immediately after completing the gate’s refinement, Chen Chu flipped his hand, retrieving a black, transparent crystal the size of a washbasin from his Sumeru Bracelet.

Sensing the immense soul energy contained within the Soul Crystal, a thought echoed in Chen Chu’s mind. Convert to Soul Points.

[You have converted one high-purity Soul Crystal and obtained 3,657 soul points.]

[You have converted one high-purity Soul Crystal and obtained 412 soul points...]

One after another, the Soul Crystals were refined. In the blink of an eye, the soul points on his attribute panel skyrocketed at an astonishing speed, surpassing ten thousand, twenty thousand, thirty thousand...

In total, fourteen mythical-level Soul Crystals and over twenty level 8 and 9 Soul Crystals were refined, yielding an astonishing 63,570 Soul Points.

As his cultivation grew stronger, Chen Chu no longer needed to painstakingly accumulate resources—he could now obtain them in vast quantities with ease.

Consume 60,000 Soul Points to enhance the Taixu Nether Light Scripture to the sixth stage.

In an instant, the massive amount of Soul Points he had just acquired was reduced to 3,570, while an overwhelming surge of boundless energy exploded within him, reaching deep into his very soul.

Boom!

Bathed in the endless enhancement energy, Chen Chu's true soul form emerged—clad in imperial robes, wielding the Soul-Suppressing Imperial Seal, his entire being radiating a dazzling soul aura.