Mythical Era: My Evolution into a Celestial Beast-Chapter 734: Generous Investment Feedback, Preparations Before the Summoning (III)

Chapter 734: Generous Investment Feedback, Preparations Before the Summoning (III)

In the void, nine kings projected their wills upon their thrones, seated to either side. On the central thrones sat Chen Chu and Heavenly King Ariste, guardian of West Meng.

Once Chen Chu finished recounting everything that had happened on the other side of the rift, one of the kings below spoke in a grave tone. "I didn’t expect the Tyrannosaur Race to be so close to the Purgatory Clan’s rear lines. For safety’s sake, I recommend destroying the passage as soon as possible."

Chen Chu shook his head. "The passage can’t be destroyed yet. I still have important use for it.

"Right now, every demon who knew about that forbidden zone is dead. For the time being, the Purgatory Clan won’t know what happened. I’ve also sealed both the tunnel and the passage.

"If a demon king enters, I’ll sense it immediately. At that moment, I’ll detonate the destruction sphere at the passage and obliterate it."

The sphere of flames and thunderbolts that Chen Chu had condensed and given to Yan Ruoyi was still hanging at the entrance on the other side. Contained within it was a strand of divine soul power that stabilized the embedded power of laws. With just a thought, he could ignite that divine soul energy.

For most kings, splitting off a piece of their divine soul like that would be extremely harmful. When it detonated, the destroyed soul fragment would be permanently lost.

However, it was of no consequence for Chen Chu, whose divine soul was vast and boundless, and who cultivated the Taixu Nether Light Scripture.

Xie Chen asked in confusion, "Chen Chu, why are you leaving the passage open?"

Chen Chu smiled slightly. "I plan to go into seclusion to break through to the middle stage of the mythical level. Once I succeed, I intend to venture deep into the Purgatory Clan’s rear territory to see if I can ease some of the pressure on the front lines."

"What!?"

"Disrupting the Purgatory Clan’s rear? No, it’s too dangerous," Xie Chen immediately objected.

Other kings also voiced their opposition. "He’s right. It’s far too risky. With your talent, there’s no need to take such a gamble. Just focus on your cultivation. As long as you continue to grow, you’ll be an enormous asset to our people."

"Exactly. Even Heavenly King Xuanwu and Heavenly King Jiuyou got into trouble when they went deep behind enemy lines. In the end, Xuanwu even had to abandon a beginning-stage heavenly-king-level Dapeng avatar just to escape."

"Your strength is indeed formidable, and you can rival an ordinary great demon king. But if you run into a demon-god-level existence, you might not even have the chance to flee. Those demon-god-level beings wield Cursed Speech. Their words shape the laws of a realm. Only opponents of the same level can withstand them."

None of the kings wanted Chen Chu, the pride of the human race, to take such a risk. If anything happened to him, it would be an enormous loss for humanity, no less devastating than the fall of a supreme powerhouse. Even Heavenly King Ariste joined in to dissuade him.

Chen Chu responded politely. "Don’t worry, everyone. I wouldn’t go unless I were confident in my ability to retreat freely. With my current strength, as long as I don’t encounter a peak great demon king, no one can stop me.

"Besides, my stealth abilities aren’t weak either. As long as I’m careful, not even a great demon king will be able to detect me." As he spoke, Chen Chu activated the Hidden Divinity with a thought. In an instant, his presence vanished.

Even though his projection was still seated before them, it gave off a strange sense of detachment—absent from the present, past, and future—making others subconsciously overlook him.

What an incredible concealment skill.

"I also have the forbidden artifacts from the Council Head, including the Divine Luotian Shadow Talisman, which can instantly teleport me back from millions of kilometers away."

After Chen Chu finished speaking, the other kings fell silent.

At the beginning stage of the mythical level, with strength comparable to the middle-to-late stage of the heavenly king level, mastery of secret arts that could erase his presence, and a forbidden artifact capable of instant return...

Compared to Chen Chu, they suddenly felt like they were fake kings.

Seeing no one object further, Chen Chu continued. "The aftershocks from the mythical surge will continue to weaken. There likely won’t be any more spatial rifts above level 10. I’ll be relying on all of you to protect the Blue Planet. If you need me, you can contact me at any time. I’ll leave a divine soul imprint stone with Ruoyi."

The divine soul imprint stone was a special type of ore that could store a strand of will. When crushed, its paired stone would react, allowing it to transmit messages even during seclusion.

Ordinarily, the seclusion chambers of advanced cultivators were surrounded by isolating runic arrays, making contact impossible—let alone for someone like Chen Chu, who would be cultivating in another planar world.

The meeting continued for a while longer, discussing the situation with the Tyrannosaur Race and some affairs concerning other nations before concluding.

Back at the temporary rift base outside Tiannan City, Chen Chu entered the command post and found Yan Ruoyi hard at work.

As a peak Ninth Heavenly Realm powerhouse and the one tasked with guarding Tiannan City, Yan Ruoyi had a mountain of responsibilities. However, the moment she saw Chen Chu walk in, a smile appeared on her dignified and stunning face.

"Chen Chu, the meeting’s over already?"

"Mhmm. It’s done." As he spoke, Chen Chu sat down on the chair opposite Yan Ruoyi and took out a golden jade box no larger than a palm.

"Ruoyi, can you help me send this to General Li Yi in the southern battlefield? Tell him it’s a gift from me."

"Pure world origin!?"

Seeing the four strands of pure white light swirling inside the golden jade box, and sensing the origin that even the jade box couldn’t fully contain, Yan Ruoyi was startled.

Chen Chu nodded. "General Li Yi has been stuck at the peak of the Ninth Heavenly Realm for many years. When I asked him before, he said he was only four strands of origin away from completing his law transformation."

This was Chen Chu’s gift to repay Li Yi. He had always remembered the favor from this elder, who had once helped him break through to the Sixth Heavenly Realm, and had even used his own military merits to exchange for a top-level secret scripture that helped Chen Chu rapidly perfect his own scripture.

However, Li Yi was different from him. He cultivated a low-level law, and even if he broke through to the king level, his strength would still be average.

Even after gifting Li Yi four strands of origin, Chen Chu still had seventeen remaining. The four he had given came from killing the black Ramapage Ape.

With the pure origin he had accumulated, he could still help three peak Ninth Heavenly Realm powerhouses—cultivated over decades by the Federation—complete their transformations and break through to the king level.

However, there was no need. He himself needed these strands of origin to reinforce his planar worlds and strengthen the Law of Power.

Yan Ruoyi didn’t need any origin, because she already possessed a complete set of dragon laws. All she needed now was for her true form to finish tempering the law, and she would reach the mythical level.

Even Chen Chu felt a hint of envy at that. Compared to how long and hard he had cultivated before breaking through to the king level, Yan Ruoyi could be said to have soared in a single bound.

Still, Yan Ruoyi was a unique case even within the Federation. A complete dragon law was already exceedingly rare, and coupled with her own fractured, deteriorating soul, it had taken her over ten years of soul fusion to achieve it.

Beyond that, she had consumed an enormous amount of soul and life resources. Even a supreme powerhouse would feel pain at such a cost—it had drained the accumulated resources of a heavenly king over several decades.

Afterward, Chen Chu took out more jade boxes, storage rings, and storage pouches and handed them to Yan Ruoyi, asking her to deliver them to Xia Youhui and the others. Originally, he had planned to give these gifts during a meal with those friends to avoid awkwardness, but things had changed too quickly.

Once everything was arranged, Chen Chu entered the planar world to begin his seclusion, hoping to break through to the middle stage of the mythical level before the Dragon Emperor awakened. freeweɓnøvel.com

Holding over 200,000 attribute points, and burning through them day and night, his cultivation would progress at an insane speed. Frantically comprehending the laws of heaven and earth would cause heavy stress and drain on the soul, but he didn’t mind; his soul was strong enough.

"Mom, is Bro still not back?"

Past 5 PM, the two-meter-tall Chen Hu returned from school with a little backpack on his back, his face still lit with excitement and a faint lipstick mark on his cheek.

From the kitchen came Zhang Xiaolan’s voice. "Your brother said he’ll be in seclusion for a few days. He’ll be back Sunday, and then we’ll all go to the countryside to sweep the ancestral graves."

Chen Hu gave a little "Oh."

At that moment, Zhang Xiaolan came out holding a spatula. She frowned when she saw Chen Hu plop down onto the sofa. "Ah Hu, I heard you’ve been going around school these past two days bragging about your brother?

"It’s not really bragging." Chen Hu grinned. "My classmates just keep asking me stuff about big bro. And I only showed Yiyi and the others that photo of me standing on the Tyrannosaur King’s shoulder."

Zhang Xiaolan’s brow creased slightly. "Even though your brother has already become a king-level powerhouse, and the envy of ordinary people doesn’t matter anymore, we still need to keep a low profile."

"Mom, I get what you mean. You’re worried it’ll bring trouble to big bro."

"It’s not just trouble," Zhang Xiaolan said. "Your brother is now the Federation’s number one genius—a mythical king who’s shaken the world. At this level, there are many eyes watching us. In the days to come, a lot of people will hover around you and me. Their motives may vary, but they’ll all be tied to your brother.

“He broke through to the king level in just one year. His future achievements will be far greater, beyond anything we can imagine. That’s why I don’t want us to become a burden that slows him down. Do you understand?"

"I do, Mom." Chen Hu nodded.

"That’s good. Even though you’ve already become an Awakener, you haven’t begun cultivating yet. Compared to the real cultivators, your strength is still lacking. You need to be cautious too."

"Mhmm. I’ll keep a low profile from now on, Mom. Other than fishing, I won’t go anywhere."