Purple Destiny Rising

Chapter Four, The First Battle of Chaos

Looking at this area within a hundred miles free of chaotic energy, Cangtian couldn't help but marvel at the power of the Dao, and couldn't help but think of the immense magical power required for Pangu to cleave the primordial world.

After a moment of reflection, he sat cross-legged again, suspended in the air, absorbing the surrounding chaotic energy to meditate and recover. In no time, the hundred-mile stretch of sparse chaotic energy became substantial thanks to his cultivation, and within minutes it was indistinguishable from other places, demonstrating the richness of spiritual energy within this chaotic realm.

However, not just anyone dares to absorb this chaotic energy for cultivation. If a mortal comes into contact with even a trace of chaotic energy, they will be assimilated by it in an instant. Even a Great Luo Golden Immortal can only absorb a trace.

However, there are always exceptions.

For example, the Three Thousand Demon Gods were born from chaos and thrived in it. Even later Great Luo Golden Immortals had to be careful when entering chaos, as it was full of disasters.

Within it lie countless chaotic undercurrents; those who are not part of the chaos, and who lack the protection of supreme treasures, face a near-certain death if they encounter them. Even deeper within the chaos lie hidden bolts of chaotic lightning, capable of causing considerable harm even to the three thousand demon gods.

However, the Heavenly Emperor is different. He is formed from primordial purple lightning and is not afraid of any lightning in the world. Instead, he can absorb it and release it.

The chaotic energy was absorbed into the body of the heavens and refined, transforming into pure primordial lightning that returned to the dantian. It then flowed out of the dantian, circulating through the meridians for thirty-six major cycles, and was finally absorbed by the purple primordial lightning in the dantian, repeating this process repeatedly.

It takes several years just to meditate and recover one's energy; time is truly worthless.

Having recovered his strength over the past few years, Cangtian stood up, stretched, and cracked his bones. He shook his neck and twisted his waist from time to time to loosen his muscles.

Just as things were reaching their c****x, Cangtian suddenly felt a chill run down his spine, a sense of unease creeping into his heart, as if he were being watched by a monster or wild beast.

He suddenly realized that his recent cultivation of supernatural powers had likely caused a great disturbance, attracting three thousand demon gods from the chaos, though he still did not know exactly how many.

Cultivators with supernatural powers are always aware of their opportunities and tribulations. This is why so few cultivators with great supernatural powers perish. Therefore, when a great tribulation comes, they will try to avoid it if possible. Only when they cannot avoid it will they sacrifice themselves to overcome it. For example, the great tribulation of the witch and demon in the prehistoric world and the war of the gods. Many cultivators had no hope of avoiding it, so they entered the tribulation to seek that sliver of life. However, very few of them survived.

In an instant, Cangtian was ready to fight. His purple Taoist robe billowed up as he secretly gathered his strength, and purple lightning surrounded his body as he activated his Purple Thunder True Body.

Just as he was on high alert, he felt a gust of evil wind rushing from behind him. He knew something was wrong and, without turning around, immediately formed a mysterious hand seal with both hands.

A gray current of energy swept across the sky, instantly severing it in two, but without a trace of blood. In an instant, the two pieces of the body transformed into a bolt of purple lightning and vanished into the chaos. Why? It was precisely because...

The heavens used the technique of shrinking the earth to an inch, and left a mental clone in the original place to take its place, thus escaping the calamity of life and death.

Standing a thousand meters away, Cangtian was greatly alarmed upon seeing the clone in the original location. "It seems this newcomer is hostile, attacking immediately and possessing considerable strength. I must be careful. However, judging from this attack, the enemy appears to be only one, which is fortunate. I should fight it. If I flee instead, I will never be able to escape the influence of my past life's personality, making it difficult to achieve the Great Dao in the future." This thought flashed through his mind for only a moment before he immediately regained his composure.

Where the monster had stood was now a gigantic creature, over ten meters tall, with wolf ears and a dog's head. Two thick fangs protruded diagonally from its mouth, making it resemble a giant dog, though its belly was enormous, nearly six-tenths of its body size. Black vapor spewed from its mouth, and it sat in the air, exuding an imposing aura. It was none other than one of the three thousand Chaos Demon Gods.

Cangtian's expression was grave as he faced off in a battle formation. He secretly gathered his true essence in his eyes, where purple lightning flickered within his purple pupils before disappearing. A short message appeared in his mind: "Early stage of the Great Luo Golden Immortal."

Having already used his supernatural powers to ascertain their strength and realm, he realized these powers were nothing special, merely unorthodox methods. However, his expression grew even more grave. Within the chaos, each individual was a formidable foe, possessing their own unique supernatural abilities and secret techniques, making them extremely difficult to deal with. Strike first, or suffer the consequences; he had already learned his lesson and wouldn't repeat the same mistake.

Purple lightning flashed in his hands as he rapidly formed mysterious hand seals at a speed imperceptible to the naked eye. Instantly, a bolt of purple lightning the size of a bucket descended from the depths of chaos—the strongest lightning technique the heavens could currently unleash—Nine Heavens Purple Lightning, its target the giant dog.

The giant dog bared its teeth, looking up at the sky with a calm and composed expression, as if it didn't care about the lightning strike at all. The lightning struck in an instant, but the heavens did not relax for a moment. They knew that although a single bolt of purple lightning had the power to seriously injure a Great Luo Golden Immortal, it was not confident against three thousand demon gods.

Sure enough, Zi Lei was only a few meters away from the giant dog when the dog suddenly opened its huge mouth and looked up at the sky. The mouth was pitch black, without any color, as if even light would be swallowed up. The word "black hole" came to mind.

The purple lightning bolt, undiminished in speed, struck the giant dog's mouth squarely without a sound or a ripple. It vanished into the dark maw as if a stone had sunk into the ocean, disappearing mysteriously.

Cangtian frowned, his heart filled with horror. "Could it be that it was eaten?" He knew that the power of this lightning bolt was indeed considerable, but now he saw it being resolved so easily, and he couldn't help but feel a little anxious.

"Since Taoist arts are useless, let's settle this with brute force," he thought to himself. Suddenly, purple lightning surged and churned all over his body, growing thicker and thicker, from the size of a thumb to the size of an arm until his entire body was enveloped in lightning—he was pushing the Purple Lightning True Body to its limit. With arms outstretched and feet moving with mysterious steps, he charged towards the giant dog, a flash of lightning illuminating the scene.

The figure had vanished into the chaos.

In the blink of an eye, his body had traveled from a thousand meters away to the giant dog's side. Immediately, he gathered his left hand, clenched his five fingers, and his entire arm seemed to solidify into a cone on his fist. This was a technique that used the principle of breaking through a surface with a point, which enhanced the penetrating power and had a miraculous effect in breaking through defenses.

Without saying a word, he punched the giant dog hard in the temple.

"Clang..." A series of crisp sounds, like shattering glass, rang out as the lightning cone broke apart.

The force of the punch, "Thick fur," continued unabated, landing squarely.

"Ouch, that hurts! I didn't expect bones to be so hard... Oh no!" Cangtian suddenly turned around and saw...

The giant dog immediately turned around, opened its huge black mouth, and bit back at the sky, only to see that the huge mouth had already covered it, waiting for the mouth to close so it could swallow it whole.

If that lightning-swallowing divine power had been swallowed by it, it would surely have died here with resentment.

Just then, a flash of inspiration struck him. Seeing the fist still hovering over the giant dog's head, he immediately had a brilliant idea. He transformed the fist into a claw, gripped the fur tightly with one claw, and pulled with one arm, shifting his entire body ninety degrees. As soon as he completed this action, the giant dog's jaws snapped shut. Without looking back, Cangtian used his Shrinking Earth technique to leave the giant dog's side.

"What a powerful beast! Even Taoist magic and supernatural powers can't subdue him!" Cangtian's face was pale, and his lips twitched.

Looking to the side, he saw that most of the right arm was gone, with purplish-gold blood still flowing from it—a section had been bitten off during his dodge. Wisps of black energy swirled around the severed arm. He immediately pointed his left hand at the severed arm, and a bolt of lightning shot out, severing the remaining half of the arm. As soon as the severed arm fell, it transformed into a wisp of black energy and flew towards the giant dog opposite him, merging into it.

Thinking to himself, "It seems the situation is not good. I have to escape. The gap is too big. He lost an arm in just a few dozen seconds." Seeing that he was no match for them, he decided to retreat.

He immediately used the "Scattering Beans to Form Soldiers" technique to hold off the enemy, while his main body waited for an opportunity to use the Purple Lightning Escape to escape. Hundreds of identical mental clones appeared around him, surrounding the giant dog.

Just as he was about to use his escape technique to leave the place, he found that the giant dog was not attacking him but instead pounced on the nearest clone. He felt strange and immediately stopped to take a look. However, he was still prepared to flee far away if things went wrong. He couldn't risk his life.

The giant dog charged into the crowd, devouring people like a ravenous beast. In no time, it had devoured most of the clones surrounding it, leaving them no chance to self-destruct.

The clone, which was a little further away, shot out a thin gray thread from its mouth and killed him; it was the same move that had just ambushed Cangtian.

"Hahaha... I see... I understand now," Cangtian laughed loudly. "So it was just a demon god whose intelligence had not yet been awakened. No wonder."

Upon learning that the giant dog was merely an unintelligent demon god, he was overjoyed; "Watch how I slay you, you beast!" He immediately created more than a hundred clones to surround the giant dog and distract it.

Seeing that the number of people had increased instead of decreased, the giant dog stopped and barked wildly, causing waves of air to ripple around it. Then, it opened its mouth wide, holding a dark vortex within. The vortex spun rapidly, and the chaotic energy around it surged toward it like a tide. In just a few seconds, the suction force increased rapidly, and the clones around it that were close enough to it could not resist the vortex's suction force and were sucked into it and disappeared.

The suction force continued to rise, and the number of clones around it increased from one to two to five or six, with more and more clones being sucked into it.

"Oh no, that beast seems to want to swallow all the clones at once. I have to find a way to stop it, or I won't be able to escape either." Cangtian hurriedly searched for a solution, but there was no time to think about it. He could only stall for as long as possible.

"Drink, Dharma Form Heaven and Earth!" In an instant, Cangtian's body, which was originally a little over one meter tall, transformed into a giant over a hundred meters tall, along with his clones.

Hundreds of giants, each a hundred meters tall, suddenly appeared from the chaos, their power terrifying.