Chapter 417 - 174: Control

The Void Space was a dim, gray expanse.

Chen Yu looked around, his gaze quickly locking onto a statue in front of him.

He sensed an aura emanating from the statue, identical to that of the Celestial Demon Blade.

’Is this the space inside the Celestial Demon Blade?’

The thought surfaced in Chen Yu’s mind. His expression turned grave as he looked at the statue before him.

’A weapon this destructive is bound to have some kind of catch.’

The fact that it could harm him across dimensions and spacetime was proof enough of the Celestial Demon Blade’s terrifying power.

Chen Yu approached the statue and stared at it.

For some reason, Chen Yu felt as if the statue were alive.

After staring at the statue for a good while, Chen Yu suddenly exploded into action. His fist, like a striking dragon, shot out and slammed into the statue.

A brilliant flash of light erupted from the punch, and the imprint of his fist slammed into the statue.

He had unleashed the very limit of his power with this punch.

It was a blow powerful enough to make an entire world tremble.

CRACK!!!

Upon impact, a crack appeared on the statue before him.

A wisp of gloomy aura seeped out.

’Hm? It didn’t shatter!!’

Chen Yu was shocked to see that the statue had only a thin crack.

His punch held world-shattering power, yet it had only managed to leave a hairline crack on the statue.

Sensing the gloomy aura seeping from the statue, a glint appeared in Chen Yu’s eyes as he unhesitatingly unleashed a second punch.

BOOM!!!

Another punch at his absolute limit exploded forth. It shook the statue and widened the crack, but still, the statue held.

’This thing... is tough!’

Chen Yu’s heart trembled. He immediately threw a third punch.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!!

The light from his fists illuminated the void, the terrifying aura of their power shaking the Void Space.

Punch after punch rained down, and the cracks on the statue multiplied.

BOOM—!!!

After one hundred punches, the statue could no longer withstand his power and shattered with a deafening boom.

A flash of black light erupted, and an ethereal silhouette materialized before him.

The silhouette’s face was indistinct, but it radiated an incredibly terrifying aura.

Its Divine Power was as suffocating as a prison!

Even his True God Body couldn’t help but tremble slightly.

Gazing at the silhouette, Chen Yu straightened his back. His own aura erupted in an instant, meeting force with force!

But in that very instant, the silhouette suddenly dissipated. His vision went black, and a moment later, he found himself back in the Chaos.

The Celestial Demon Blade hovered quietly in midair, its terrifying aura completely gone. It was a world of difference from the sharp, menacing presence it had before.

As Chen Yu reached out and gripped the hilt, his shoulders trembled from the strain.

Heavy!

Extremely heavy!

Even with his immense strength, he found it slightly difficult to hold.

The moment he gripped the Celestial Demon Blade, Chen Yu felt an incredibly terrifying power contained within.

FWOOSH—!!

With a light swing, a cataclysmic slash of light suddenly swept forth.

The blade’s energy tore through the Chaos for millions of miles, leaving an indelible scar like a heavenly abyss.

His eyes lit up at the sight.

This power... it’s immense!

With this blade, he could even slay a True God!

VMMMM—!!!

At that moment, however, the Celestial Demon Blade in his hand suddenly began to vibrate. It transformed into a streak of black light and fused onto his arm.

A tattoo of a small, black blade appeared on his arm.

???

Chen Yu stared, stunned.

’What’s going on?’

It took a long moment for Chen Yu to snap out of it as he stared at the pattern on his arm.

As he looked at the pattern, he felt a mysterious connection to it.

A single thought, and in the next instant, the pattern on his arm vanished. The Celestial Demon Blade reappeared in his hand.

’Hey, this is pretty neat!’

Chen Yu was delighted as he looked at the Celestial Demon Blade that had reappeared in his hand.

He tried again, and the Celestial Demon Blade once more transformed into the pattern on his arm.

It moved with his will.

He could wield the Celestial Demon Blade with a mere thought.

It was extremely convenient, hidden on his person!

’It seems I’ve earned the Celestial Demon Blade’s acknowledgment...’

Chen Yu thought of the statue in the Void Space.

If he hadn’t been strong enough to break the statue, he likely would have been trapped there forever.

Now that he had earned its acknowledgment, he could truly unleash the Celestial Demon Blade’s power.

’I wonder what tier of weapon this is...’

It wasn’t as if Chen Yu had never seen a True God’s weapon before. He had seen Feng Miaotian’s, for instance.

A True God Flying Knife!

But he felt that the Celestial Demon Blade seemed even more terrifying than Feng Miaotian’s True God Flying Knife.

He still had a vivid memory of the blade’s power from when the ginseng doll had summoned it.

If it was this powerful on its own, how immense would its might be if he were to actively wield it?

If someone with the power of a True God were to wield it, the might of the Celestial Demon Blade would be even more horrifying!

A single slash could end the world!

That would be an easy feat.

An ultimate slash... even a True God would likely die if they tried to block it head-on!

He knew this from personal experience. His Tier Two True God Body was still aching.

’My luck is pretty good.’ Chen Yu thought, looking out at the endless Chaos with a brilliant smile.

Not only had he obtained the Cosmic Divine Medicine he needed, but he had also acquired a weapon with off-the-charts destructive power.

With the Celestial Demon Blade, he could rest easy in the Outer Domain.

Even against a True God, he had a good chance of slaying them with the Celestial Demon Blade and his own power.

’First, I need to find a place to refine and absorb the Cosmic Divine Medicine.’

Calming himself, Chen Yu’s figure flickered and, in the blink of an eye, vanished without a trace.

—

Outer Domain battlefield, the lands of Chaos.

Chen Yu arrived on a huge Void Island.

It was like a continent unto itself.

Mountain ranges stretched on, with no end in sight.

Chen Yu landed on the peak of a great mountain on the island. After sensing his surroundings and confirming his safety, he broke open the mountainside and ventured deep within, arriving in a massive cavern.

A wave of Qi swept out, sealing the entrance behind him.

The dim cavern was plunged into pitch-black darkness.

This, however, did not affect Chen Yu in the slightest.

Once he was certain he was safe, he took out the Divine Pattern Celestial Ginseng.

It glowed with a green light.

The Law Divine Patterns on its surface flickered in and out of sight.

He swallowed it in one gulp and immediately began circulating his Celestial Destiny Skill to absorb the Divine Pattern Celestial Ginseng.

Refining a Cosmic Divine Medicine was a monumental task. Even he could not possibly absorb it in an instant.

He needed time to use the Divine Medicine to manifest his own Law.

A layer of faint light spread from his body, enveloping him completely.

Chen Yu threw himself completely into the refining process, and time trickled by.

...

Time passed quickly on the Outer Domain battlefield.

A month passed in the blink of an eye.

In the Outer Domain’s starry sky, two figures materialized.

A man and a woman. They were none other than Feng Miaotian and another middle-aged True God.

"Are you sure the direction you gave him was right?" the middle-aged True God asked Feng Miaotian, his brow furrowed. "It’s been so long. How come there’s been no sign of him?"

Feng Miaotian gazed into the depths of the starry sky, her expression indifferent. "What’s the rush? His life force is stable. He won’t die."

The middle-aged True God: "..."

He felt a sense of helplessness as he looked at Feng Miaotian’s nonchalant expression.

’Not in a rush? If that guy croaks, the responsibility will be enormous.’