As Chen Chu was swept into the space-time storm and disappeared, blood-red lightning rumbled over the Chaotic Sea, unleashing a world-shattering aura of destruction that blanketed half of the sky.0

The ocean trembled as space shattered. Countless mutated beasts within a thousand-kilometer radius fled in all directions, consumed by panic.0

Bathed in dazzling red light, the Destructive Dragon Emperor—six thousand meters long, standing over four thousand meters tall when upright—loomed motionless like a towering mountain, seemingly frozen and unresponsive.0

Eeya, eeya!?0

The Little Purple Dragon noticed the Dragon Emperor's strange state and flew up to its massive eyes, puzzled.0

The Dragon Emperor’s enormous golden vertical pupils, each as vast as a lake, stirred slightly. Hot air erupted from its nostrils as it let out a deep, slow growl. I… am... fine.0

With a thought, the Dragon Emperor released its enlarged form. The spatial inscriptions glowing on its feathery horns slowly dimmed, and the red light radiating from its body faded along with them.0

The blood-red lightning vanished. As the brilliance...0