Published: February 19, 2025
In the depths of the forbidden zone, over ten thousand kilometers deep, a vast void storm raged, affecting thousands of kilometers around.
In this area, a ninth level of heaven expert could fall if they were not careful enough to avoid being swept into the storm, making it extremely dangerous.
Thus, few exploration teams dared to venture this deep; they generally explored along the edges and periphery of the forbidden zone, extending sideways and prioritizing safety.
After all, they were adventurous, not suicidal.
However, at this terrifying void storm area, Chen Chu was like a fish in water, flying low over the shattered land, even passing directly between two intersecting black storms.
Occasionally, a black storm's sweeping arm would pass over him, but it would instantly dissipate, shaking the surrounding space and exploding with qi waves.
Under the impact of the aftershocks from these void storms, a barrier of yellow, gold, black, and blue surrounded Chen Chu, emanating an indestructible and unshakable aura.
The barrier formed by the power of the four realms compensated for Chen Chu's defensive weaknesses, making his defense, despite being at the early stage of the eighth level of heaven, comparable to that of a ninth level expert.
Suddenly, as Chen Chu delved deeper into the heart of the storm area, his gaze shifted to the distance.
Under the watch of his Black-Golden Vertical Eyes, dark energy began to gather tens of kilometers away in the high sky, forming a black light mass that floated amidst the surrounding black storms, which were hundreds to thousands of meters thick.
What drew Chen Chu's attention was the innate aura emitted by that light mass.
"It contains innate runes infused with void power, but unfortunately, it's somewhat incomplete," Chen Chu thought, revealing a look of regret in his eyes.
This was the first resource he had discovered since entering the mythical world, and it was a type of innate rune with special powers; even if it was incomplete, it was enough to allow a cultivator to advance straight to the ninth level of heaven.
However, the area was dangerous, and retrieving it would require summoning the Thunder Flame Emperor Dragon projection to disperse the surrounding void storms with absolute power.
Yet, with the scale of that storm capable of stirring the heavens and earth, if he unleashed mythical-level power here, it could trigger a chain reaction.
Thus, Chen Chu glanced around at the howling storms and then looked up at the white light flashing over a hundred thousand meters above him, his figure moving swiftly deeper into the zone.
Compared to the world origin that was gathering deeper in the forbidden zone, it was unnecessary for him to waste time on this incomplete innate rune; he would come back for it later.
Relying on the piercing insight of his void death eyes to see through the world's essence, Chen Chu quickly traversed the destructive area formed by the void storms.
Roar!
Just as Chen Chu crossed out of the void storm area, the heavens and earth trembled before him, a wave of terrifying mythical-level energy fluctuations erupted, accompanied by a dreadful roar.
Watching the sudden shaking followed by a dead silence up ahead, Chen Chu's expression grew serious.
In another layer of his void reversal eyes, he saw a twisted and slowly rotating vortex spanning the heavens and earth, an intangible substance stirring the space around it.
Simultaneously, a black rune that resembled a blade but wasn't, appeared on Chen Chu's brow.
This rune, which had been dormant for a long time, kept pulsing; an instinct from his mind warned him that he should not advance further, or there would be trouble. The front was a forbidden zone even mythical creatures would find dangerous.
"It looks like I'll have to take a detour," Chen Chu said as his figure flashed, drawing an arc as he traveled several thousand kilometers to bypass the vortex's range.
Following the white light that occasionally flashed overhead, Chen Chu spent the next few days avoiding one danger after another. After slaying two ninth-level behemoths, he arrived at a depth of over fifty thousand kilometers.