451: upper plane

An endless stream of power gathered towards Chen De, and the system’s prompt sounded in his ears.

“Ding, the innate origin has arrived. The current innate origin is — Azure Brilliance Qi Radiance innate origin.”

“Ding, the host is breaking through to the Demon Venerable Realm!”

“Ding, the host’s seventh Devouring Evolution has begun!”

“Ding, the system has simultaneously absorbed the innate origin as the target for this evolutionary devouring.”

“Ding, there is a fundamental opposition between Evil God Essence and the innate origin.”

“Ding, the system is forcibly merging…”

For a fleeting moment of daze, Chen De felt almost omnipotent.

What were the so-called Lower Plane, what were the so-called Four Profound Heavens, in his eyes they were like fragile bubbles, shattering at a touch.

Unlike Ji Hao and Myriad Gods, who were instantly annihilated upon breaking through, Chen De passed the trial.

Thus, he began the second stage of breaking through to the Demon Venerable Realm — the Immortal Transformation.

His soul, body, and status were undergoing incredible changes at a rapid pace.

Simultaneously, a powerful pushing force surged from all directions, coming from every side.

No, rather than a pushing force, it was more like an expulsion.

It wasn’t trying to push Chen De in a certain direction within the Lower Plane, but rather to expel him from the entire Lower Plane.

It is well known that the distance between the Lower Plane and the Upper Plane has never been a matter of mere distance.

There are no clear boundaries or dividing lines between the Lower Plane and the Upper Plane; the idea of a wall blocking the way is even more absurd.

The entire Lower Plane has no boundaries, and the Upper Plane likewise has none.

Moving in one direction, one would never reach the end, even for an eternity.

And now, Chen De was being propelled by this expelling force, his figure gradually becoming ethereal within the entire Four Profound Heavens.

As for what Chen De saw, it was the entire Four Profound Heavens that began to become ethereal.

He could sense that his connection with the Four Profound Heavens was becoming increasingly tenuous.

This included the black liquid Chen De had left in the Four Profound Heavens and those small worlds; he gradually lost his sensation of it as well.

Suddenly, an idea popped into Chen De’s mind: would the black liquid he left behind go out of control after he departed?

Would it end up devouring the entire Four Profound Heavens?

Surely, it wouldn’t, right?

Although Chen De wanted to continue thinking, the current time was clearly insufficient for him to ponder so much.

During the process of ascending to the Upper Plane, he encountered numerous torrents.

Under the scouring of these torrents, all non-immortal-grade things on his body were reduced to nothingness.

His soul was scoured, his physical body was scoured, his demon power was scoured… everything, everything of Chen De was scoured by this torrent.

In the end, only a very small portion remained.

This scene made Chen De understand that for all those who broke through to the Immortal Realm, ascension was also a trial.

If the speed of immortal transformation was too slow, one might only ascend as mere dregs when reaching the Upper Plane.

At the same time, Chen De also understood why those who ascended could not bring others with them into the Upper Plane by keeping them inside their bodies.

This scouring was so thorough that even immortal-grade existences themselves were scoured through, utterly powerless to resist.

Any person being carried would likely be reduced to nothingness the moment they entered.

Immortal-grade existences, immortal substances, are immune to the effects of changes in laws caused by environmental shifts.

The vast differences in laws and Great Dao between the Upper and Lower Planes mean that, apart from the immortal substances of immortal-grade existences, nothing else could withstand such a transition.

Even if a Mortal Realm being from the Lower Plane miraculously managed to avoid the torrents and reach the Upper Realm, they would disintegrate into primordial particles due to the immense differences in laws and Great Dao.

For normal ascenders, breaking through to the Immortal Realm and ascending to the Upper Plane is already considered the end.

But Chen De was different; his transformation and devouring evolution were happening simultaneously.

The fundamental conflict between Evil God Essence and the innate origin was still being forcibly merged by the system.

So, the current Chen De, although he had broken through, was still in a semi-breakthrough transitional state; although he had evolved, he was still in a semi-evolutionary transitional state.

This state was the most unstable, and he could barely use any power.

However, this state was also the safest state.

Because it is well known that when Chen De breaks through a realm, he can instantly recover to a full state.

Back in the Vortex Forest, even when he was blown into pieces, he still recovered as before.

And now, Chen De was still in a semi-breakthrough state; the breakthrough had not yet ended.

Therefore, the current Chen De was immortal, but also the most powerless.

All his original bloodline skills had already undergone reorganization and had not yet fully formed.

So, Chen De had to quickly find a safe place to hide and wait until the breakthrough was over.

What if he was picked up by some passing Immortal Realm being at this time? He would surely become a specimen for life.

The current Chen De, being in a semi-transitional stage, was stronger than the Mortal Realm but weaker than the Immortal Realm; encountering a true Immortal Realm being meant a hundred percent chance of defeat.

Having made so many specimens in the Lower Plane, he himself did not want to be made into a specimen now.

Therefore, Chen De began searching for a suitable hidden location in the place where he had just ascended to the Upper Plane.

Looking now, the layout of the Upper Plane was completely different from the Lower Plane.

The Lower Plane consisted of small, bubble-like worlds, while the Upper Plane was a cosmic starry sky.

Floating in space, the air was almost nonexistent.

Not daring to linger, Chen De randomly picked a direction and began searching.

Finally, after traveling for several thousand light-years, he found a star burning with blue flames.

According to the knowledge Chen De possessed, under normal circumstances, the colder the star's color, the higher its temperature.

As the saying goes, “furnace fire pure blue,” the “blue” here refers to the color, indicating the furnace fire’s temperature is high enough to appear blue.

The blue star before him likely had a temperature ten times that of Chen De’s previous life’s sun.

And this time, the refuge target Chen De chose was precisely this blue star.

The constant nuclear fusion occurring within it should be able to mask many of Chen De’s fluctuations.

After making his decision, Chen De quickly approached the star.

Although he said he saw the star, in reality, there were still several thousand light-years between them.

Yes, upon reaching the Upper Plane and breaking through to the Demon Venerable Realm, using kilometers as a unit of movement was no longer suitable.

Chen De’s current speed was not very fast, roughly three hundred light-years per hour.

But this was also because he was still in a transitional state; this value should increase significantly after the transformation is complete.

Conservatively estimated, it would be around one thousand light-years per hour.

After several hours, Chen De finally arrived before the blue star.

The temperature here was too high, not even meeting the basic conditions for simple life to emerge.

Within hundreds of millions of kilometers of this center, all planets orbiting it were like scorching fireballs, and their sizes were also immense.