Chapter Ten: The Power of the Terrestrial Immortal Realm, an Unprecedented Craving

As the purple-gold filaments unfurled completely, they surged into Chu Tianchen’s body in an instant.

A violent, peerless energy flooded his first pulse chakra, filling the three-thousand-zhang-wide chakra in the blink of an eye.

The next moment, the second chakra was forcibly breached, followed immediately by the third, the fourth...

In a mere few minutes, all nine pulse chakras were fully opened. Chu Tianchen’s aura soared, reaching the ninth level of the Pulse-Opening Realm.

Yet, it did not stop there. After only a brief pause, his energy surged into the Origin-Channeling Realm. Having opened the Origin Sea, he advanced rapidly: first level, second level, third level... ninth level of the Origin-Channeling Realm.

Then came the Spirit-Channeling Realm: first level, second level, third level... ninth level of the Spirit-Channeling Realm.

Heavenly Martial Realm: first level, second level, third level... ninth level of the Heavenly Martial Realm.

Heavenly King Realm: first level... ninth level of the Heavenly King Realm.

He continued upward—Heavenly Gang Realm: first level... ninth level of the Heavenly Gang Realm!

Even after entering the Heavenly Gang Realm, there was no sign of stopping. Chu Tianchen’s pupils dilated; he felt his power becoming increasingly terrifying, with no intention of halting.

What was happening? Could it be that upon awakening his bloodline and opening his chakras, he was destined to ascend directly to the rank of Martial Grandmaster?

Was the Dragon Emperor’s inheritance, the Ancient Divine Pulse, truly this fearsome?

After his aura lingered at the Heavenly Gang Realm for a quarter of an hour, a powerful force of a Grandmaster suddenly manifested within his dantian. Had he truly become a Martial Grandmaster?

Chu Tianchen had witnessed the strength of his grandfather and the others who were Martial Grandmasters, but he realized that even at the first level of the Martial Grandmaster realm, he was already a match for his aunts and uncles who were at the fourth or fifth levels.

This was simply terrifying!

Boom!
Boom!
Boom!

The origin energy within him roared like a raging sea.

First level of the Martial Grandmaster realm, second level... ninth level of the Martial Grandmaster realm.

Within the span of a single hour, the power brought by the purple-gold filaments had propelled him to the ninth level of the Martial Grandmaster realm, and still, it did not end.

The next moment, before Chu Tianchen could recover from his shock, he felt his dantian undergo a radical transformation. Finally, it condensed into a Golden Core, and he leaped into the Vientiane Realm.

The massive cocoon, hundreds of meters tall, slowly shrank as all its remaining power poured into Chu Tianchen’s body.

Even after reaching the Vientiane Realm, the surge did not stop. It pushed him directly to the ninth level of the Vientiane Realm, and then, into the Venerable Realm.

By now, Chu Tianchen’s initial excitement had vanished, replaced by fear.

Everything about this was far too bizarre.

If this continued, what level would he reach?

He felt his physical body approaching its limit; if he were not careful, he might be torn apart by this overwhelming force. Yet, he was helpless, forced to endure as the energy recklessly ravaged his body.

"Lord Dragon Emperor, are you there?"

Chu Tianchen even began calling out to the Eternal Dragon Emperor in his heart. He was truly afraid.

After his power hovered at the ninth level of the Venerable Realm for a while, another boom echoed. He shattered the barrier and stepped into the legendary realm of the Earthly Immortal!

Only when his aura reached the peak of the Earthly Immortal realm did the process finally come to a halt.

Feeling this destructive power within, Chu Tianchen stood frozen, not daring to move a muscle. He felt that at this moment, a single palm strike from him could obliterate the entire Sifang Forest!

What terrifying power this was!

At that moment, dark clouds gathered in the void, accompanied by howling winds, torrential rain, and thunder.

With every flash of lightning, people seemed to see nine divine dragons circling in the sky, their presence imposing and suppressing all things.

In the Sifang Forest, all the demonic beasts went into hiding. Gu Ming fled frantically, not daring to look back once.

This sudden phenomenon spread outward, covering the Sifang Forest and then engulfing the surrounding cities.

The people in cities like Zhentian City felt this extreme pressure and cast their gazes toward the Sifang Forest.

"What is happening? Have some supreme treasures manifested in the Sifang Forest?"

"This pressure doesn't feel like something a mere treasure could create."

"Could it be that a powerful beast in the forest has made a breakthrough? But what rank would such power require? A tenth-rank beast? That would be comparable to a human in the Vientiane Realm!"

The people in the various cities debated wildly, but not a single person dared to venture into the Sifang Forest to investigate.

On the outskirts of the forest, in a bamboo courtyard, an old woman and two youngsters stepped out of their rooms to watch the phenomenon in the sky.

The two little ones were pale with fright, clinging tightly to the legs of Grandma Yuan.

"Qing'er, Ling'er, don't be afraid. That is your Brother Tianchen," Yuan Minglan said gently.

Looking at the spectacle in the sky, a faint smile appeared on Yuan Minglan’s pale, aged face.

"It seems Chen'er has succeeded," she whispered to herself.

The phenomenon lasted for three hours, spreading across ten thousand miles!

At the same time, experts in the Ancient City of Youhuang, the Yunmengze Valley, the Yunhai Academy, and the Imperial Palace all sensed the anomaly, though they were too far away to fully discern the situation.

By now, Chu Tianchen had reached his limit. He was relying entirely on willpower to keep from losing consciousness.

The massive purple-gold cocoon vanished completely, the celestial phenomenon gradually dissipated, and the Sifang Forest returned to silence.

However, the area for a hundred miles around Chu Tianchen had been leveled to the ground; not a blade of grass remained.

"I... did I just reach the legendary realm of the Earthly Immortal?" Chu Tianchen found it hard to believe.

But the next moment, his aura began to drain away rapidly, and he slowly drifted into unconsciousness.

He did not know how much time had passed when his aura finally stabilized, returning him to the level of a Pulse-Opening Realm warrior.

However, his pulse chakras were now ten thousand zhang wide!

Everything that had transpired was merely the effect of that newborn power, giving Chu Tianchen a preview of the path to ascension and allowing him to experience the terrifying might of each realm.

Especially the Earthly Immortal realm—the power to summon clouds and rain, the ability to control all things.

Chu Tianchen’s longing for that power reached an unprecedented height.

He would cultivate until he reached the Earthly Immortal realm once more, to experience that power of absolute control!

Returning from the Earthly Immortal realm to the Pulse-Opening Realm, Chu Tianchen felt no disappointment; instead, he felt a sense of clarity, as if he could see through everything.

He would turn this experience into his motivation.

What the Eternal Dragon Emperor could achieve, he could achieve as well.

As Chu Tianchen basked in his excitement, he suddenly felt a wave of intense heat. He turned around instinctively, only to see a burning, perfect body pouncing toward him!

The person was none other than Ye Nishang.

Ye Nishang’s eyes were like fire, as if she were ready to devour him whole!