When Constantine sacrificed another demon god in an attempt to forcibly awaken the Primordial Ancestor...

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At the edge of the Chaotic Starfield, which spanned hundreds of millions of kilometers, a planetary body over fifty thousand kilometers in diameter shattered into fragments. Amid the blinding flare of the explosion, a golden-black colossal beast stood tall.

Roar!

Along the route through the Chaotic Starfield, the Destructive Dragon Emperor, having devoured a divine object and grown even larger, roared. Its body was like a streak of black light, tearing through the raging storm ahead.

Boom!

As the Dragon Emperor burst out of the forbidden zone that severed heaven and earth, the invisible suppressive principles and the power that twisted laws instantly dissipated. At the same time, from the thousands-of-kilometers-long rift behind it, one colossal beast after another flew forth.

Ao Tian, we're finally out!The Silver Colossal Dragon roared with excitement.

Every other beast's spirit was also filled with elation. They couldn't help it; the chaotic expanse they had just crossed had been far too dangerous, filled with ancient threats that could grievously wound or even kill an ancient titan, like the planetary body that the Dragon Emperor had shattered with a single strike only moments ago.

At this time, the Deep Sea Dragon Turtle, its body over a thousand meters long and surrounded by a yellow Earth Domain, flew up before the Dragon Emperor, whose standing shoulder height exceeded seven thousand meters like a mountain range, and roared with excitement.Thunder Fiery, how long until we reach the battlefield? I can't wait to tear apart a demon god!

Hearing this, even the Dragon Emperor momentarily fell silent, withdrawing its gaze from the dark, all-encompassing barrier at the horizon. It let out a deep growl.Let's go. Without those forbidden zones in our way, we will reach the battlefield soon.

Boom!

A black-and-red domain spread from the Dragon Emperor. It enveloped the entire beast army and drove them into subspace, crushing space in the process.

As the Dragon Emperor disappeared, a terrifying will awakening within the rolling demonic qi tens of millions of kilometers away faintly sensed its gaze.

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On the Forbidden Zone Battlefield, Constantine's blood sacrifice of a demon god, aimed at forcibly awakening the Primordial Ancestor, caught everyone off guard. Even Tyretis, who was engaged in battle with Chen Chu, turned to glance toward the demonic domain a million kilometers away where black demonic qi surged, its eyes revealing a murderous frenzy.

"You damn fools!" Qi flared from Tyretis, shaking the void. All eight arms gripped the hilt of the Demonic Saber of Darkness, and the saber's entwined dark saber qi surged violently.

Boom!

The saber light, a thousand kilometers long, detonated space, carving a pitch-black chasm that spanned from sky to earth, forcing Chen Chu back with a single slash. The razor-sharp force shredded the land below, forming fan-shaped rifts tens of thousands of kilometers long. Such destructive might made even the Celestial King, commander of the battlefield, narrow his eyes.

Yet after forcing Chen Chu back with that slash, Tyretis didn't pursue him. Even its murderous intent dispersed entirely.

Bang!

Space shattered, and an expressionless Tyretis tore through space to appear on the front lines. The moment its hundred-thousand-meter-tall true form arrived, the terrible aura entwined around it made Tolstoy and the other divine kings instinctively take a step back.

"Tyretis, what do you think you are doing?" Karotis, who was blocking it, instinctively gripped its saber in caution, as the other demon gods turned to warily watch.

Tyretis snorted coldly. "Naturally, I am here to welcome the Primordial Ancestor's return."

The ritual had already begun, and the Primordial Ancestor's will was reviving. Even Tyretis couldn't stop it now, and dared not attempt to.

Bang!

At the edge of the Nine-Heavens Palace, space shattered, and Chen Chu's eighty-thousand-meter-tall true form descended with halberd in hand. The burning Dark Star Dragon Emperor Form radiated an oppressive heaviness. Coupled with the pressure of two supreme principles twining around him, it made the demon gods' eyes twitch involuntarily.

Yet, for the moment, Chen Chu and the Human Alliance, as well as the demon gods, made no move. They stood tens of thousands of kilometers apart, locked in a tense standoff. Around the demon gods, the black qi roiled like dense fog, each wisp carrying a faint, nearly imperceptible aura. Most troubling of all was the steadily growing oppression, or rather the principle power, that only ancient-level beings could perceive.

It's over!

Despair appeared on the faces of Tolstoy and the others. According to their agreed timetable, only two star-hours had passed since the battle began. The true spirit named Thunder Fiery wouldn't arrive for another day. By then, the Primordial Ancestor would already be fully revived and slaughter every one of them. Even Tarodell, the divine king who had earlier revealed its semi-true-spirit-level strength, now stood solemn within its golden world.

Just then, a voice that was both like the ripple of principles and like a wireless signal rang slowly in everyone's ears. It was the Celestial King's aged voice. "Everyone, prepare to retreat. I am ready to destroy this entire world to halt the Primordial Ancestor's advance."

Destroying this world and unleashing the full might of the forbidden zone had been the contingency plan from the very start, meant for the moment the situation became most dire. When the destructive power born from the fall of a primordial colossal beast erupted, even the Primordial Ancestor would be unable to cross it. Said preparation meant joining forces to tear up the more than one hundred thousand kilometers of land surrounding the Nine-Heavens Palace, taking all of their forces and withdrawing as the apocalyptic nuclear weapons detonated.

Chen Chu shook his head slightly, his voice sounding in everyone's ears. "Celestial, don't be hasty. There's something off about the Ancestor's condition; we can still fight on. Thunder Fiery has already crossed the last forbidden zone. It's expected to arrive in half a star-quarter[1]."

Within the black demonic qi that had flooded the battlefield of the forbidden zone for a million kilometers around, Chen Chu noticed with his far keener perception that the faint principle power permeating it was being drawn away. The terrifying aura Tolstoy and the others sensed was merely an illusion created by the manifestation of the principle power.

All of that extracted principle power was surging toward the Purgatory Demon Clan's deep rear, tens of millions of kilometers away, where an aura that shook space and time was reviving. However, the speed of revival was somewhat slow. It didn't descend instantly as imagined.

Chen Chu's words made everyone pause, then reveal astonishment in their eyes. Faerie King Xuntian instinctively asked, "Your Excellency Divine Might, is it true that the colossal beast will arrive in half a star-quarter?"

Chen Chu nodded slowly. "This is not something I would joke about. If Thunder Fiery's army arrives first, we will attack from front and rear together and wipe out these demon gods and their legions. If the Primordial Ancestor revives first and the situation turns against us, then we retreat without hesitation."

At his words, Tolstoy and the others pondered briefly, then nodded slowly, agreeing to the proposal. The Primordial Ancestor's condition truly seemed amiss. Whether it was because it had slumbered too long, or because the injuries spoken of in legend had yet to fully heal, it hadn't descended at the first possible moment.

Compared to Chen Chu, who could only perceive it faintly, Tyretis, who was a Purgatory True Demon and a semi-true-spirit, could sense it far more clearly. "The Primordial Ancestor's true form is over there!"

Standing amid the surging black demonic qi, Tyretis turned to look toward the depths of the demonic domain, its gaze piercing over forty million kilometers to the center. There, space-time had collapsed into a twisted node, like a black hole tens of thousands of kilometers across. Within the domain shrouding billions of kilometers, endless principle power was manifesting, gathering like substance into that black hole. Within it stood a colossal, indistinct figure, surrounded by chaotic time power.

Sensing this scene, Tyretis' gaze turned icy cold, sweeping over the demon god priest Constantine, who stood beneath the altar tens of thousands of kilometers away. The Primordial Ancestor was exceedingly cautious. Thousands of years ago, when it had fallen into slumber, no one had known the location of its true form; not even the demon gods like Tyretis were trusted with the information.

Its chosen place of revival was not the Purgatory Demon Clan's Ancestral Court, but rather a node of twisted space-time. It was an extremely rare hidden realm. Should the Primordial Ancestor revive one day, no one seeking to interrupt the process could pinpoint it, such as now. Even if Tyretis were to tear through space at all costs, it couldn't approach the reviving Primordial Ancestor, and could only watch helplessly as it awakened bit by bit.

Beneath the altar, the dark-golden rune at Constantine's brow glimmered. His consciousness, wrapped in the altar's strange power, roared and shook, returning once more to that dark starry void, the whole of which was twisted. Strands of dark-red, tangible principles appeared out of nowhere, pouring endlessly toward the colossal body deep in the starry sky.

As these origins returned, the massive figure's aura grew ever stronger, the invisible force it exuded making the starry sky itself tremble. Moreover, space-time warped around that colossal figure, and hazy phantoms radiating powerful wills were also converging back. These were the soul wills the Primordial Ancestor had scattered into the river of time before slumbering.

Seeing this and feeling the Primordial Ancestor's ever-growing aura, Constantine's eyes filled with fanatical reverence. "Primordial Ancestor, your loyal and humble servant welcomes your return."

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