My Arts Evolve When Perfected

'However, everything is under control.'

'My journey to the Exotic Realm back then brought back countless Cultivation Techniques from Ancient Times. I also learned innumerable ancient secrets, and I was even fortunate enough to inherit a portion of the Dragon Emperor's legacy. Naturally, I am aware of certain things.'

'Even if the enemy's remnant soul could hide within the Cultivation Technique in some inscrutable way, the Dragon Emperor still noticed it. One could say that everything has been part of the plan.'

'The reason I dared to let the Bloodthirsty White Tiger cultivate that mysterious White Tiger Race bloodline reincarnation Cultivation Technique alone was because I foresaw this day. Furthermore, of the Ten Great Demon Marshals, with the exception of the Dream Demon—who, for some unknown reason, lost contact and seemingly perished before reaching Unity—the rest of the Demon Marshals have all completed their cultivation assignments. They went from being ordinary Unity Realm cultivators to achieving Unity in an extremely short time!'

'The Cultivation Techniques they practiced happened to correspond to the former Ten Peak Demon Clans. As long as they obediently followed the instructions in the Cultivation Technique and successfully reached Unity, a pure Peak Demon Clan bloodline would condense within their bodies—be it from the Vermilion Bird Race, Black Tortoise Race, Qilin Clan, and so on.'

'Without exception, after they reached Unity, they all broke free from my soul control. Their bodies have certainly been possessed, taken over by remnant souls with fragmented memories.'

'But this does not mean I am without a backup plan. I did not come here to fight alone.'

"I can also sense the aura of the flawed Celestial Dao. Jiang Qiu has indeed come here as well. It seems I am about to transcend this little Heaven and Earth Pool of Primordial."

Chen smiled faintly and retracted his entire aura. He had already sensed everything; the auras of his old subordinates, the Bloodthirsty White Tiger, the Red Flame Vermilion Bird, and the others, were all within his perception.

None of them were weak. They had clearly made good use of their abilities and obtained enough resources to advance. All of them were at least High Tier Unity Realm, and some were even at the Peak of Unity Realm. They were clearly aiming for Transcendence.

Chen knew very well what they wanted to do. 'Go to the Sea of Chaos, the final destination for all Transcenders. The "heaven" in "Severed Communication" is the Sea of Chaos.'

'It is said that it was the origin of countless races—no, it should be said, the origin of countless worlds. All the Heaven and Earth Pools, large and small, are merely discarded fragments of the Sea of Chaos.'

'Go there, and you will possess eternal life!'

Chen had learned all this from the legacy within his Dragon Race bloodline. Of course, part of it was also due to the Dragon Emperor's legacy; he had accidentally unlocked a portion of it when he traveled to the Exotic Realm back then.

'For example, the reincarnation method I used was given to me by the Dragon Emperor. Otherwise, where in this world could you find such a perfect method of reincarnation? It doesn't weaken you, it allows you to escape the great cleansing of the epoch, and you can even add a little something extra to the process to give yourself a faster start!'

'Furthermore, the Cultivation Technique I have practiced to this day—the one of the flawed Celestial Dao—also came from the Dragon Emperor. You could say it is a method of Transcendence in itself.'

'Unfortunately, the Celestial Dao is flawed. The Flame Spirit Fruit for my Innate Foundation Establishment was devoured by Jiang Qiu. Lacking that good fortune, even though I forcibly raised my Realm to its current level, I am still stuck at the Peak of Unity Realm.'

'This is one of the reasons I cannot achieve Transcendence.'

'Of course, that's only one reason. To achieve Transcendence, something even more important is needed. That thing can only be found now in the Dusk Holy Ruins. Once you leave the Dusk Holy Ruins, you will never find it again.'

'The Dusk Holy Ruins is a blockade set up by a past epoch against future epochs. In other words, if the opportunity within these Dusk Holy Ruins is missed, no one from the Primordial world cluster will ever be able to achieve Transcendence. A complete severance of communication!'

'In fact, this epoch should have already suffered this severance. However, the Dragon Emperor protected the legacy, allowing a supreme Divine Artifact from the previous epoch to remain for one more generation, enabling the birth of one more Transcender.'

'Yes, just one!'

'That one Transcender will inherit the Dragon Emperor's legacy, travel to the Sea of Chaos, and wage war against the All Heavens and Myriad Races of a higher level, and wage war against the God-Demons.'

'But undoubtedly, with all the schemes the Dragon Emperor has laid out, he certainly intends to leave the legacy to me. After all, I, Emperor Chen, am a heaven-blessed prodigy who received a portion of the Dragon Emperor's legacy long ago. I am also the very last pure-blooded successor of the Dragon Race. It is only right that I go to the Sea of Chaos and revive the Dragon Race.'

'Everything is preordained. A person like Jiang Qiu is merely a ripple on the water's surface caused by the wind. I, Emperor Chen, have long since planned everything out, starting from the last epoch, taking numerous powerful experts into my calculations.'

'In the early stages, I did not contend, because it was not yet my time to act. But now, it is time to close the net.'

"The ruins of the Cyan Simurgh Palace... the legendary Divine Artifact that can reverse time and space. Since the Human Race won't take it, it should belong to me."

With a soft murmur, Emperor Chen slowly closed his eyes. He paid no mind to the so-called Dusk Holy Ruins channel, choosing instead to quietly recuperate and build up his aura.

...

"Quite a few familiar faces. All of them old monsters who have reincarnated."

A mighty voice echoed from the other side of spacetime, causing the entire continental ruin to RUMBLE and shake. Countless Cultivators looked over, suddenly feeling a surging aura rushing toward them like a monstrous tidal wave.

Under that pressure, even experts at the Peak of Unity Realm broke out in a cold sweat, their bodies and minds trembling. It was as if ants had encountered a giant bear that enjoyed eating them.

RUMBLE—

A mountain range began to rise for some unknown reason, as if someone were moving it. But as the mountain grew higher and higher, a pair of scorching suns appeared in the sky. Only then did people realize it was actually a colossal giant!

The giant's immensity was beyond description; it was as if the Earth Vein of a Great Realm had stood up. Its mighty pressure bore down on all living things, causing even the most supreme experts from the Primordial world, those who had cultivated to the Peak of Unity Realm, to tremble in fear!

One could only say that even among those at the Peak of Unity Realm, there are vast differences in power.

"The Giant God Race, a Peak Race from the last epoch! They walk the Giant God Dao... Could he be the Giant God King who died fighting alongside the Dragon Emperor?!"

A knowledgeable old Unity Realm expert recognized the powerhouse's identity at a glance. Then, a shocking thought crossed his mind: 'I also heard that fifty thousand years ago, a generation of a Peak Race was annihilated within a few years just for offending a Unity Realm expert. At the time, there were rumors among Cultivators that the members of that Peak Race had all been eaten!'

'It was the work of a colossal giant, one big enough to swallow a small world in a single gulp.'

'Could it be him?'

"Holy shit, the Giant God King of the Giant God Race! He actually managed to reincarnate into our epoch?!"

"This is insane! I've long heard that for some special reason, the previous epoch hadn't yet undergone the Severed Communication. The Cultivators back then were hundreds, even thousands of times stronger than they are now, their methods more powerful. They could even forge Divine Artifacts capable of intimidating the Great Dao!"

"With a reincarnated Peak of Unity Realm expert like him suppressing everyone, how are we supposed to compete for the method of Transcendence?"

"Still thinking about competing for the method of Transcendence? We'll be lucky to get some life-extending treasures. Just not dying here is better than anything!"

"HISS— Look, what's that now!"

A sudden cry of alarm erupted. The Dusk Holy Ruins channel exploded with activity, the excitement no less than when the Giant God King revealed his True Form. The light in one corner of the sky had suddenly dimmed, as if a dark flame had burned away the world's light. A gloomy aura rose, like a realm of ghosts.

A figure with bat-like wings descended from it, meeting the Giant God King's gaze from afar. A vast pressure, like a cold tide, swept across a large swath of the Dusk Holy Ruins. "Giant God King, heh heh, your body isn't as big as it was in your past life. Impure bloodline?"

"Tsk, Undying Night King, your Silent Night Realm doesn't look too dense either. Did you sleep for too long and forget to cultivate?"

The Giant God King snorted coldly, not holding back at all. The mere sound of their simple conversation caused the hearts of some Half-Step Unity Realm experts to pound violently, as if they were witnessing two unfathomably powerful beings probing one another.

Just then, a scorching fire rose from another direction, and a majestic voice burned its way through the air: "Old friends meeting again, why all the bickering? I'm more curious... has that Demon Emperor, Chen, the one with the Dragon Race bloodline, reincarnated and arrived yet...?"