Chapter 60: Swallowing a Saint-Level Flood Dragon Is What's Truly Satisfying!

Bang! Bang! Bang!!

When Zhang San and the other six Essence Condensation inner disciples were completely devoured by the Chaos Heaven-Swallowing Manual and reduced to ash, only Chu Chen remained in the vast secret chamber. He sat with his eyes closed, a wicked smile playing on his lips.

The mass of energy-composed of spiritual power, life force, soul force, and blood qi-was swallowed into Chu Chen's body in a single gulp, then forcibly refined for his own use!

Having just broken through from the tenth layer of Qi Gathering to the first layer of Essence Condensation, less than an incense stick of time had passed before the opportunity for another breakthrough arrived.

Chu Chen once again sensed the invisible barrier within his body. As long as he shattered it, he would advance once more, and his strength and realm would skyrocket.

"Break for me!"

Without a shred of hesitation, Chu Chen let out a fierce roar. A terrifying, majestic force swept through his entire body, instantly shattering the invisible barrier into nothingness.

The true essence within his body condensed further. His blood qi surged like a dragon, and his aura skyrocketed in an instant.

Second layer of Essence Condensation, broken!

"Hoo~"

After breaking through once more, Chu Chen opened his eyes and stared intently at his hands. Feeling the incomparably pure true essence coursing through him, the corners of his mouth curled upward.

"To swallow heaven and devour earth, forcibly plundering the cultivation and Dao fruits of others for my own use."

"This Chaos Heaven-Swallowing Manual truly is the most domineering cultivation technique in all the myriad realms. There is no equal!"

Chu Chen possessed a top-grade, full-attribute, full-spirit root. His cultivation talent was already unparalleled across the entire Desolate Ancient Continent. His cultivation speed was second to none, save perhaps for the Empress and the monstrous prodigies of the great holy lands.

But because he was living his second life, his cultivation path had been severed and reconnected, forcing him to start over from the Qi Gathering realm.

To catch up to the heavenly prodigies of his generation, he still needed time.

To catch up to the Empress, he needed more than just time; he needed a great fated chance.

But with this Chaos Heaven-Swallowing Manual, let alone his peers, the heavenly prodigies, and the Empress, even those old antiques and living fossils...

Would all be forcefully surpassed and completely crushed by him, Chu Chen!!

However, there was no doubt.

Such a heaven-defying, domineering Chaos Heaven-Swallowing Manual was undoubtedly a demonic technique.

It must be an evil art.

It would surely be rejected by the righteous path.

Even the demonic path.

Would resist it, making it anathema to both the righteous and demonic factions.

Because this technique was simply too heaven-defying!

But Chu Chen was someone who had already died once. Cultivating this Chaos Heaven-Swallowing Manual brought him no psychological burden, nor would he suffer the pangs of conscience or engage in such brainless, idiotic moralizing.

Strength alone was the foundation.

Everything else was illusory!

Though blades and swords were sharp, it was never the weapon that killed, but the hands and the person wielding them!

That being said, if this demonic technique were exposed, Chu Chen would surely be hunted down by the combined forces of the righteous and demonic paths.

It wasn't that the Chaos Heaven-Swallowing Manual was inherently evil, but rather that those "righteous gentlemen" acting under the guise of justice would want to seize it from him. They would always need a righteous excuse; they couldn't just act without justification.

So, before he fully matured, he had to keep a low profile and learn to conceal his edge.

"Swallowing seven Essence Condensation cultivators only let me break through a single layer. Zhang San, you all really are..."

"Pathetically weak!!"

Chu Chen smacked his lips, habitually reaching up to stroke his chin, his face full of lingering desire.

In truth, he knew that Zhang San and the others were not weak. Among Essence Condensation cultivators, they could already be considered skilled experts.

After all, the Divine Flame Emperor Palace possessed a profound foundation. Whether it was cultivation techniques, dharma treasures, pills, or heavenly and earthly spiritual items, they were extremely generous to their disciples, with clear rewards and punishments.

It was simply that Chu Chen's body was too terrifying. Not only did he possess a top-grade, full-attribute, full-spirit root, but the Chaos God Physique was fused into his flesh and blood, and he had also refined the God Phoenix Feather...

He was heaven-defying to the extreme, and his appetite was ridiculously massive.

"Fortunately, there's still a Saint-level flood dragon. It nearly killed me back then. Now, I'll settle both old and new scores together!"

Thinking of that Saint-level flood dragon that had attacked Ye Lingyue and him at Tianyao Gorge, inadvertently activating the Heaven-Swallowing Magic Jar, Chu Chen stuck out his scarlet tongue and licked his lips.

Immediately, the true essence within his body surged out wildly, communicating with the Heaven-Swallowing Magic Jar-this supreme extreme emperor weapon-as he attempted to release the Saint-level flood dragon sealed within.

With his breakthrough in cultivation, Chu Chen's control over the Heaven-Swallowing Magic Jar had also strengthened.

Although he still couldn't awaken the artifact spirit, he could now establish a preliminary connection with this supreme extreme emperor weapon and mobilize some of its basic, simple might.

Rumble!

As his true essence frantically poured into the Heaven-Swallowing Magic Jar, the entire vessel shook violently. Streams of pitch-black qi overflowed from within, filling the secret chamber and interfering with all laws and order. It was extremely domineering.

"Come out for me!!"

Chu Chen roared, his true essence nearly completely drained. His face and neck flushed red, and he was on the verge of exhaustion.

With his strength at the second layer of Essence Condensation, trying to manipulate a supreme extreme emperor weapon-even one he had initially refined-was still...

Too much of a stretch!!

Whoosh!

Just as Chu Chen was about to collapse from exhaustion, a mysterious force suddenly surged from within the Heaven-Swallowing Magic Jar, echoing his true essence and lending him a hand.

Crack!

Crack!

As the sound of shattering space echoed all around, a crimson flood dragon, bound and wreathed in several clumps of black qi, flew out from the jar and soared to the ceiling of the secret chamber.

Its originally hundred-zhang-long, massive dragon body was forcibly shrunk to a mere few zhang under the sealing effect of the black qi overflowing from the Heaven-Swallowing Magic Jar. It looked as though it were bound and imprisoned by bizarre black chains.

"Damned human, how dare you blaspheme a true dragon!"

Rumble!

As soon as the crimson flood dragon appeared, it abruptly opened its lantern-sized eyes, glaring fixedly at Chu Chen below. A terrifying, extreme dragon might burst forth in an instant, shaking Chu Chen's mind and spirit.

Meeting those blood-red dragon eyes, Chu Chen felt as if he had been dragged into a desolate land of erupting volcanoes. The Saint-level flood dragon transformed back into its hundred-zhang body, soaring through the clouds and mist above the nine heavens, churning endlessly.

Hot!

So hot that it felt as if the entire world would be swallowed by an endless sea of fire in the next instant, completely collapsing.

In this desolate world, there was only Chu Chen and this god-like true dragon. There was no Heaven-Swallowing Magic Jar, no one else.

"A mere Essence Condensation cultivator dares to blaspheme a true dragon? Kneel before me!"

Rumble!

Endless dragon might poured down from the nine heavens once more, pressing down on Chu Chen's body and tormenting his spirit, attempting to force his submission.

"Kneel!"

"Kneel!"

"Kneel!!"

......

Chu Chen squeezed his eyes shut, his body trembling slightly. He was like a lone skiff adrift on a vast ocean, on the verge of capsizing.

"I'll kneel to your mother!!"

But just as the Saint-level flood dragon thought it was about to completely destroy Chu Chen's spiritual world and succeed, a furious shout rang out across the desolate expanse.

"A little crawling worm still dares to show off in front of me. I think you're not just stupid, but utterly foolish!"

"Do you not know who the prisoner is! Who the master is!!"

"Back off!!"

Boom!

The desolate world, filled with an endless sea of fire, instantly disintegrated and shattered into pieces under Chu Chen's furious shouts.

When Chu Chen opened his eyes again, he was back in the secret chamber of Chaos Peak. The Saint-level flood dragon was still imprisoned by the Heaven-Swallowing Magic Jar, its nearly hundred-zhang body compressed to a few zhang in size, bound in mid-air and unable to escape.

"Kid, you..."

The Saint-level flood dragon glared viciously at Chu Chen below, speaking the human tongue. As it spoke, flames spewed from its massive maw.

"You are clearly only at the second layer of Essence Condensation. How did you break my mental suppression?"

"Impossible! This is absolutely impossible!"

Mental suppression was an attack technique that acted directly on the spirit. It could cause an opponent's mind to collapse, forcing complete submission or even reducing them to a drooling idiot.

Even if Chu Chen possessed the supreme extreme emperor weapon, the Heaven-Swallowing Magic Jar, it would be difficult to resist spiritual attacks before fully refining it.

But...

"I called you stupid, and you still don't believe it!"

"I don't care if it's mental suppression or some bullshit suppression. I only need to know one thing: as long as I have the Heaven-Swallowing Magic Jar, you cannot kill me!"

Chu Chen snorted coldly twice, looking at this Saint-level flood dragon as if it were a pitiful little crawling worm:

"So-called mental suppression is nothing more than illusions and illusionary realms."

"If that's the case, then what do I have to fear?!"

At these words, the Saint-level flood dragon was momentarily speechless, unable to find a reason to refute. It could only glare with its blood-red dragon eyes, staring fixedly at the tiny Chu Chen below.

"My name is Yanhua, from Tianyao Gorge..."

"Cut the crap. I don't care who you are, and I don't care what your name is."

Before the Saint-level flood dragon Yanhua could finish speaking, Chu Chen impatiently interrupted:

"I'll give you two choices. One, acknowledge me as your master and serve as my mount from now on. Two..."

"Insolent! I am of the noble dragon race! How could I ever serve as a mount for a human cultivator, especially an insignificant Essence Condensation ant like you? If not for this supreme extreme emperor weapon, this king could turn you to ash with a single breath of dragon flame!"

Chu Chen wasn't angry. He stuck out his scarlet tongue and licked his lips, his gaze cold and sinister as he spoke calmly:

"Tsk, tsk. I was actually hoping you'd choose the second option!"

As soon as the words fell, under Yanhua's shocked gaze, Chu Chen suddenly waved his hand. The true essence within his body surged out, instantly enveloping the massive dragon body floating in mid-air:

"Chaos Heaven-Swallowing Manual, devour for me!!"

Boom!!

A terrifying devouring power erupted instantly, beginning to indiscriminately and forcibly plunder the vast energy within the body of Yanhua, a Great Saint-level powerhouse.

The energy was continuously funneled into Chu Chen's body, refined for his own use!

And at the same time, the opportunity for another breakthrough descended once again!!

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