199: Father's classroom, the world as a sacrifice

Chu He's figure appeared beside Chu Tian without any warning, as if he had been standing there from the very beginning.

The palm he pressed onto Chu Tian's shoulder transmitted a warm and vast power, instantly smoothing out the rampaging Chaos Power within Chu Tian's body and returning his about-to-combust Origin to a state of calm.

"Father!" Chu Tian was both surprised and overjoyed.

"Step back and watch closely."

Chu He's voice wasn't loud, yet it clearly reached the ears of every child.

Hearing this, the five siblings immediately ceased their attacks and retreated rapidly, handing the battlefield entirely over to their father. Each of them held their breath, staring forward without blinking, not wanting to miss a single detail of what was to come.

They knew that their father's "live teaching" had begun.

At this moment, Demon King Fenyang's world-destroying self-detonation attack had reached its peak. His ten-thousand-zhang demonic body had transformed into a black demon sun, hotter and more terrifying than a real sun. The destructive energy it radiated caused the surrounding Void Realm to twist and collapse.

"Hahaha! Let's all die together! You ants!"

Demon King Fenyang's crazed will roared from the core of the demon sun.

However, facing this life-risking strike capable of destroying a Star Domain, not a single ripple appeared on Chu He's face.

He merely lifted his eyelids and gave the massive black demon sun a faint glance.

Then, he extended a single finger.

He tapped lightly toward the demon sun that was on the verge of exploding.

"I say, time shall stop here."

Words Manifest as Law!

Time seemed to have been paused at this very moment.

That incomparably violent black demon sun, which was about to erupt with endless destructive power, froze eerily in the Void Realm. The demonic flames burning on its surface, the churning energy, and even Demon King Fenyang's crazed will at its core all became still.

The entire world seemed to have turned into a static painting.

Only Chu He and the members of the Chu family, whom he had excluded from the effect, could move freely.

"This..."

Chu Batian and the others stared at this miraculous scene in stunned silence, their minds going blank.

With a single word, he froze the self-detonation of an Integration Realm Devil King?

What kind of mighty power was this!

They had thought that after a year of bitter cultivation, the gap between them and their father had narrowed considerably. But now they realized that the gap, far from narrowing, had become even larger—so large that even looking up at him felt exhausting.

"Look clearly."

Chu He ignored the children's shock. His voice, like a morning bell or an evening drum, resounded in everyone's Sea of Consciousness.

"Against this kind of enemy, your tactics weren't wrong. Control, weaken, find flaws, and then strike for the kill. However, your execution was riddled with holes."

As he spoke, he walked slowly toward the frozen black demon sun.

"Batian, your strength is great enough, but every one of your attacks is just blasting power out in a straight line. It's simple and crude, devoid of any technique. Real power is like this."

Chu He reached out and pressed his hand lightly against the surface of the black demon sun.

He didn't use any Divine Ability; he merely mobilized pure Physical Body strength. Yet, this power formed a tiny, high-speed rotating vortex in his palm.

Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle—

The indestructible shell of the demon sun was silently drilled through like tofu by this spiral force, creating a deep hole.

"Power must be concentrated at a single point. You must understand rotation and penetration. Only then can you bring your destructive potential to its peak."

Watching this, Chu Batian was lost in thought, his eyes flashing with sudden realization.

"Ling Xi." Chu He's gaze then fell upon a certain spot in the deep hole. "Your sword pursues nothingness and the certain kill, which is good. But you've overlooked a fundamental point: any defense has its energy nodes and structural weaknesses."

He held his fingers together like a sword and made a light slash toward a specific point within the deep hole.

Crack!

With a crisp sound, the entire massive black demon sun actually split open from the inside, a huge fissure appearing as its stable energy structure was instantly destroyed.

"Seeing through weaknesses is more important than blind attacking. Your Innate Sword Heart should be used for this."

Chu Lingxi's delicate body trembled as if a new door was slowly opening before her.

"Chu Ce, your Formation trapped him, but it also trapped yourselves. The true Way of Formations is to channel the power of heaven and earth for your own use, turning the world itself into a cage, rather than using a few flags."

As Chu He spoke, he gave his sleeve a wide wave.

The stars of the entire Blood Refining Star Domain seemed to receive his summons, casting down billions of starlight threads that resonated with the Zhou Tian Star Dou Formation Chu Ce had previously laid out.

The power of the Formation instantly surged by more than tenfold!

The star cage, which had originally been somewhat unstable, became more solid than ever before.

Chu Ce watched, completely mesmerized.

"Yuning, your Words Manifest as Law is not a prayer, but a command. You must make the Law obey you, rather than you catering to the Law."

"Chu Tian, your Chaos Power is strong. But you only understand destruction and have forgotten creation. The cycle of creation and destruction is the true essence of Chaos."

Chu He's voice continued to echo in the children's hearts, pointing out the way and resolving their confusion.

Finally, he walked to the front of the black demon sun and looked at the frozen Primordial Spirit of Demon King Fenyang at its core, which was filled with terror and resentment.

"As for how to end him..."

In Chu He's palm, a slowly rotating black-and-white taiji diagram emerged once more.

Yin-Yang Great Millstone!

"Your attacks are too scattered. You must learn to gather everyone's power into one place, transforming it into a single, purest, unstoppable strike."

He looked at the children and said slowly, "Just like this."

The Yin-Yang Great Millstone in his hand was lightly pressed against the black demon sun.

There was no world-shaking explosion, no heaven-destroying light.

That black demon sun, capable of destroying a Star Domain, along with Demon King Fenyang's demonic body and Primordial Spirit within, was silently decomposed and obliterated under the slow rotation of the Yin-Yang Great Millstone, eventually turning into a fist-sized Integration Realm Dao Fruit containing incredibly pure energy.

Chu He casually put away the Dao Fruit and released the restriction on time.

In the Void Realm, only the dying blue planet remained, along with a group of stunned God-Sons of the Chu family.

"Alright, the 'Examiner' has been dealt with." Chu He clapped his hands as if he had only done a trivial little thing. "Now, it's time to handle this 'nourishment'."

His gaze turned toward the wailing Tianlan Realm.

Su Qingxue snapped out of it, and looking at the planet where Laws had collapsed and life force was severed, she said regretfully, "Husband, it's beyond saving."

"Who said I was going to save it?"

A mysterious smile appeared on Chu He's face.

"The residual Origin of a dying world, along with the Soul Power of countless beings returning to heaven and earth after dissipating, is top-tier fertilizer for the World Tree."

"Today, I'll let you see how we, the Chu family... 'eat' a world!"