445: Chapter 445 Devouring Heaven and Earth! These are all my great tonics!

Stars shattered, and the Void Realm collapsed.

The combined strike of thousands of heroic spirits of past Great Emperors converged into a brilliant, colorful ocean of energy that reeked of death, mercilessly submerging Xu Chen's tiny body.

Piercing divine light illuminated the entire Nine Heavens void.

Turbulent, violent Law currents even carved deep gouges into the massive bronze pillars surrounding the temple.

Standing atop the high altar, the Ancient Divine Venerable looked down at the center where the destructive energy raged. A look of cold condescension appeared on his illusory face, woven from the rules of the Heavenly Dao.

Even if the Forbidden Taboo Demon Emperor from the last epoch were here in her prime, this strike would have ground her bones to powder.

The Divine Venerable was just about to look away and sink back into slumber to repair his damaged Origin.

"Buzz—!"

A low, heavy, eerie roar, sounding as if it came from the very beginning of the Universe's birth, echoed from deep within that boiling ocean of energy.

Immediately following that, a scene appeared that made the Ancient Divine Venerable's scalp tingle.

That mass of destructive energy, sufficient to destroy thousands of Great Worlds, did not explode and disperse as expected. Instead, it was collapsing frantically toward a single point in the center at a speed that defied logic.

It was a cosmic black hole so deep that even light could not escape it.

The edges of the black hole shimmered with purple-gold Grandmist divine light, like a gaping abyss ready to devour anything. The Law attacks launched by the thousands of Great Emperor Spirits were like clay oxen entering the sea the moment they touched the black hole; they were swallowed clean without even causing a ripple.

The ocean of energy dissipated.

Xu Chen stood in his original spot, completely unharmed.

Not even the corner of his robe was ruffled as he slowly and methodically cracked his neck.

"Only this much force? It's not even enough to qualify as an appetizer for this Emperor."

Xu Chen looked up, a predator's greed flickering in his purple-gold eyes. The cosmic black hole on his chest did not close; instead, as the Hongmeng Heaven-Swallowing Art operated frantically within him, it expanded rapidly against the wind!

A hundred feet, a thousand feet, ten thousand feet!

In the blink of an eye, that black hole transformed into a purple-gold abyss that covered half of the Central Divine Domain.

A terrifying suction force that made the Laws of the Myriad Realms wail swept out from the depths of the black hole, firmly locking onto the thousands of Great Emperor Spirits in the sky.

"Since you're finished attacking, now it's this Emperor's turn to dine."

Xu Chen laughed wildly, stomped his feet hard against the white jade floor, and shot into the sky, actively charging into the Formation of spirits.

A burly Great Emperor at the very front, holding a broken Gentian Bright Silver Spear, was the first to be caught by the black hole's gravity. He instinctively raised his spear to resist the suction.

"Crack!"

The moment the spear touched the edge of the purple-gold black hole, it shattered directly into iron filings.

The burly Great Emperor's proud Star Armor, along with his remnant body reshaped by the Heavenly Dao Origin, cracked inch by inch under the crushing weight of the Hongmeng Heaven-Swallowing Art.

"Riiip—"

Accompanied by a sound like tearing cloth, this former Lord of the Heavens who once suppressed an era was forcibly compressed, purified, and turned into a golden streak of pure Great Emperor Origin, which Xu Chen swallowed in one gulp.

As the Great Emperor Origin entered his body, the Heaven-Defying property of the Hongmeng Heaven-Swallowing Art, which ignored Law boundaries, triggered instantly. The violent energy was immediately refined into the most docile Hongmeng Creation Qi, merging into Xu Chen's limbs and bones.

"Comfortable!"

Xu Chen exhaled a breath of turbid air laced with golden light, feeling all thirty-six thousand pores of his body open up.

[Ding!]

In his Sea of Consciousness, the System's silent panel flickered rapidly.

[Successfully devoured Great Emperor Dao Fruit Remnant Body *1.]

[Converted into pure Hongmeng Origin; host's critical point foundation has increased.]

Having tasted the sweetness, Xu Chen's movements became even more unbridled.

He was like an Ancient Tyrant Dragon charging into a flock of sheep; every punch and every tear was accompanied by the fall of a Great Emperor Spirit.

A Daoist-robed old man holding a Taiji Eight Trigrams Map tried to prop up a defensive Formation. Xu Chen slapped down, crushing both the man and the map to pieces; with a sweep of the black hole, they were all turned into a meal.

A cold and elegant female cultivator carrying a blood-colored Flying Sword on her back activated a sword Formation to strangle him.

Xu Chen neither dodged nor avoided it, letting the Flying Sword strike his body and send sparks flying. He reached back, grabbed her neck, crushed it on the spot, and sucked in the dispersing Dao Fruit Origin.

A massive pure-blooded Black Tortoise attempted to endure with its indestructible shell.

Xu Chen closed in directly, grabbed the edges of the shell with both hands, and used his powerful Physical Body strength to rip it in half. Before the rich True Spirit blood and Qi could spill, they were swallowed by the black hole.

These beings, who had commanded the winds and clouds in their respective eras and stood at the apex of the Universe, were now like ripe cabbages in a field before Xu Chen, left to be harvested at will by his sickle.

The Ancient Divine Venerable stood on the altar, completely stunned as he watched the tragic scene of slaughter below.

His illusory face began to twitch violently.

This was the foundation he had spent endless ages accumulating bit by bit!

To awaken them, he had even forcibly severed his own Heavenly Dao Origin!

He had originally hoped to rely on these thousands of Great Emperor Spirits to wear Xu Chen down to death.

As it turned out, not only did they fail to harm a single hair on the opponent's head, but they had instead become great tonics for someone else's mouth!

He could clearly perceive that as more spirits were devoured, the Aura on Xu Chen, which was already at a critical point, was becoming increasingly unfathomable.

That feeling was like a constantly expanding cosmic singularity that could trigger an ultimate explosion to rewrite the rules of heaven and earth at any moment.

"Stop! Stop for Us!"

The Ancient Divine Venerable let out a roar of shock and anger. He frantically manipulated the Heavenly Dao Scepter in his hand, trying to cut the control runes on those spirits to let them return to slumber.

"Meat that's been served on the table, how can there be any reason to take it back?"

Xu Chen's cold laugh pierced through the void and exploded in the Divine Venerable's ear.

Xu Chen's hands quickly formed seals in front of his chest, and the purple-gold black hole that covered half the Divine Domain expanded frantically once more.

"Devouring Heaven and Earth!"

A majestic suction force capable of reversing the starry rivers erupted with a bang.

This time, the black hole no longer captured them one by one but directly transformed into a purple storm that swept through heaven and earth.

The remaining thousand-plus Great Emperor Spirits didn't even have room to resist before being swept into the center of the storm like falling leaves.

Dense sounds of explosions occurred one after another deep within the black hole.

It was a wonderful concerto of over a thousand Great Emperor Dao Fruits shattering simultaneously.

A massive amount of golden Origin was like an inverted waterfall, continuously washing through Xu Chen's Meridians. His bones emitted a brilliant jade-like luster, and the sound of blood rushing through his vessels even drowned out the sound of the spatial turbulence outside the temple.

[Ding! Warning!]

[Massive Origin infusion detected!]

[Host's current foundation has completely overflowed the absolute critical point of the Emperor Realm!]

[The barrier to transcending the Heavenly Dao rules and stepping into the Realm of Transcendence is now as thin as a cicada's wing.]

Xu Chen sucked the last wisp of spirit Origin into his nose and let out a satisfied burp.

He withdrew the purple-gold black hole from his chest and landed back on the white jade stone bricks.

At this moment, Xu Chen was surrounded by nearly physical purple-gold divine light. The pressure emitted by his entire being even forced cracks into the space of this Central Divine Domain.

He looked up, his deep, bottomless eyes locking onto the Ancient Divine Venerable on the altar, who had already begun to tremble slightly.

"Are your trump cards all played out?"

Xu Chen casually pulled the zhu xian sword embryo from the ground, the blade pointing diagonally at the floor as he walked toward the altar step by step.

"Thank you for your hospitality. This Emperor is quite satisfied with these pre-meal desserts."

With every step Xu Chen took, his Aura rose another level. That overbearing arrogance that did not respect heaven, did not fear gods, and viewed all things as food was like a heavy hammer, ruthlessly striking the Divine Venerable's ancient heart.

"Now, it's time for you, the main course, to be served."