Chapter 277: with translation of chapter title

Obviously, the Wu Clan's recreation of the twelfth Ancestral Witch was surely to prepare for the future great war against the Demon Race.

The ultimate war between the Wu Clan and the Demon Race will inevitably break out.

When that time comes, Mount Buzhou, as the heavenly pillar, will also break accordingly.

Thus Chen Ku let out such a sigh of 'each time less'.

However, upon thinking this far, his earlier doubts resurfaced involuntarily.

What on earth could have happened to cause such a sturdy Mount Buzhou to break as well?!

Gonggong's anger touching Mount Buzhou?!

In his previous life, Chen Ku still believed such a legend.

But in this life, let alone Gonggong alone as one of the twelve Ancestral Witches, even if all twelve Ancestral Witches were combined and charged forward recklessly, they might not be able to directly shatter Mount Buzhou.

How strange!

Truly strange!

But dwelling on these now is useless.

If Mount Buzhou's breaking is the trend of the Heavenly Dao, then various causes will naturally arise to bring it about.

For now, Chen Ku can only restrain his mind and wait to see later.

No longer thinking further, he immediately set out and began climbing Mount Buzhou again.

Revisiting the old grounds, Chen Ku's figure was swift.

Back when he was a Great Luo Golden Immortal, the lingering pressure on Mount Buzhou could not impede his speed.

Not to mention that he has now attained perfection as a Mixed Yuan Golden Immortal.

With the perfect-level Nine Revolutions Mystic Art in motion, the pervasive killing qi was all dispelled, unable to approach.

As for this, Chen Ku didn't even pay attention.

Along the way, compared to his previous trip, he showed a bit more seriousness.

Extending his divine sense outward, he sensed every minute trace of aura in the surroundings.

It goes without saying that the aura of spiritual treasures had vanished completely, obviously having been scavenged clean and no longer existing.

Only occasionally could he sense the auras of some innate spiritual herbs and auspicious fungus.

Although they cannot compare to top-grade spiritual-root immortal fruits, they are better than nothing.

Chen Ku did not simply pass them by; instead, he casually collected them.

At the same time, he was not only sensing the aura of opportunities in this place.

His heaven-defying perceptiveness shone forth, blessings came to his mind, and he was extraordinarily keen.

Chen Ku also continually comprehended each infinitesimal dao rhythm and legal order emanating from Mount Buzhou, and so on.

He hoped to thereby analyze part of the divine might of the ancient Great God Pangu, so as to clearly understand the method of proving the Mixed Yuan Dao.

But in his sensing, it could be said that he gained nothing at all!

Ponderous!

Majestic!

Overwhelming the ages!

Only such a feeling filled Chen Ku's heart, making him feel exceedingly heavy.

That feeling was as if the ancient Great God Pangu had left behind only supreme hegemonic aura and dignity.

But regarding his cultivation, there was not a trace left.

"Ah... suffering, suffering......"

"Could it be that the ages since Great God Pangu passed are too distant?"

"Has the trace of the Great Dao he left been completely worn away by this heaven and earth?!"

Chen Ku walked while sighing wistfully, repeatedly uttering his suffering.

He knew that the Dao once mastered by Pangu was excessively supreme and profound beyond measure.

One could even say it had reached a point where heaven and earth could not tolerate it.

Thus, the Heavenly Dao intentionally wearing it away is also reasonable.

But thus, Chen Ku, who had previously been eager and hopeful for some gain, could not help but feel greatly disappointed.

The Primordial Era knows no years!

In the blink of an eye, another thousand years have passed.

On this day, Chen Ku once again ascended the summit of Mount Buzhou.

Seeing the surroundings empty and desolate, vast and boundless, he somewhat listlessly collapsed onto the ground.

"After all, is it still impossible?!"

"Or perhaps I previously thought too much?!"

By this time, opportunities remained nothing gained.

The clues for proving the Mixed Yuan Dao that he had anticipated were likewise not sensed at all.

Chen Ku could not help but speculate thus.

"Will my idea of using Mount Buzhou to prove the Mixed Yuan Dao ultimately come to nothing?!"

"Or is it that my earlier supposition was mistaken, Mount Buzhou, though the spine of the Great God Pangu, fundamentally contains no profundity of the Mixed Yuan Dao?!"

After a moment, Chen Ku rallied his spirits and once again gazed upward with deep eyes.

"Enough!"

"Since Mount Buzhou yielded nothing."

"Then let us go onward into the Chaos Star Sea and see if we can find any opportunity?!"

This time, venturing out into the world, Chen Ku naturally didn't want to return empty-handed.

Translation: This time venturing out into the world, Chen Ku naturally did not want to return empty-handed.

Even if attaining the Dao seems hopeless for now, he must still seek out some opportunities.

Even if proving the Dao is temporarily hopeless, he still must seek some opportunities.

Having made his decision, he hesitated not at all.

After making the decision, he did not hesitate at all.

He immediately acted, tearing apart space in an instant.

He immediately acted, tearing apart space in an instant.

Then he took a step forward, striding straight into the void, crossing the boundless star sea, heading toward the outside of chaos.

Then he stepped forward, directly entering the void, crossing the boundless star sea, heading toward the outside of the Chaos region.

Back then, Chen Ku needed to rely on his master and uncle's intervention to break the spatial barrier here and enter the star sea.

Back then, Chen Ku still needed to rely on his master and uncle's intervention to break the spatial barrier here and enter the star sea.

Nowadays, he can do it himself with ease.

But now, he himself acting, it has become easy.

This is Chen Ku's growth.

This is Chen Ku's growth.

In the midst of speaking, Chen Ku had already found himself within chaos.

In the midst of speaking, Chen Ku had already placed himself within Chaos.

The aura of chaos surged and roiled like a rolling torrent, immense in momentum, drawing forth the true sound of wind and thunder that echoed, deafening and soul‑stirring.

The Chaos aura surged and churned, like a rolling flood, mighty in momentum, drawing forth the true sound of wind and thunder, deafening, shocking the heart and soul.

The shattered laws intertwined, shaking the void and stirring up turbulent currents in the vacuum—an indescribable horror.

The shattered laws and orders intertwined, shaking the void, stirring up spatial turbulence, indescribably terrifying.

Even other quasi‑sage powerhouses would have to proceed with utmost caution, fearing being swept into the chaos storm.

If it were other quasi-saint strong ones, they would also need to be extremely cautious, fearing being swept into the Chaos storm.

But Chen Ku's expression remained calm.

But Chen Ku's expression remained calm.

Merely a subtle stir of his thoughts, the chaos laws he commanded began to turn.

Merely a faint stir of his heart's thought, the Chaos laws he controlled began to operate.

In the darkness, his own laws resonated with everything outside, forming a kind of mystical resonance.

In the dark, his own laws resonated with everything outside, forming a certain mystical resonance.

With this, Chen Ku became completely immune to the erosion and strangulation of the chaos laws.

By this, Chen Ku became completely immune to the erosion and slaughter of the Chaos laws.

No matter how terrifying and abnormal the chaos storms that swept through, he remained utterly unscathed.

No matter how terrifying and abnormal the Chaos storms swept past, he remained unscathed.

Moreover, the outside of chaos is clearly not comparable to the cosmic star sea.

And this outside the Chaos region is obviously not comparable to the cosmic star sea.

In the blink of an eye, Chen Ku's form traversed hundreds of millions of miles of void, swift as a shooting star.

In just a flash, Chen Ku's figure traversed hundreds of millions of li of void, swift as a meteor.

As far as the eye could see, there was only a vast expanse, boundless and endless!

What the eye could see was only a vast expanse, boundless and endless!

The vastness of chaos is boundless and immeasurable.

The vastness of Chaos is boundless, immeasurable.

Chen Ku couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

Chen Ku couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

"Within chaos, it is so disordered and violent."

"Within Chaos, it is so disordered and chaotic, violently abnormal."

"Yet Pangu the Great God was able to forcefully cleave heaven and earth."

"But back then, Pangu the Great God could forcibly open heaven and earth."

"It is hard to imagine just what tremendous power that would require."

"It is hard to imagine just what tremendous power that required."

"Not bad!"

"Not bad!"

"The more one personally experiences the myriad dangers outside chaos, the more one can imagine how tremendous a feat it was for Pangu to cleave heaven and earth, a deed that shook the ages."

The more one personally experiences the myriad dangers outside Chaos, the more one can imagine that Pangu's opening of heaven and earth was a feat that shook the ages.

"Know that it was not merely casually opening a peculiar space, but creating a true heaven and earth."

You must know, that was not casually opening a peculiar space, but a true heaven and earth.

"In Chen Ku's view, even the present sages, let alone the Dao Ancestor Hongjun, could not achieve that."

According to Chen Ku's thinking, even the present saints, let alone the Dao Ancestor Hongjun, could not achieve that.

"In his sigh, Chen Ku also confirmed his earlier suspicion."

His sighing words also confirmed his earlier suspicion.

"Just how many levels above the Hunyuan realm was Pangu back then?"

"How many levels above the Hunyuan realm was that Pangu Great God back then?"

"The might of a half‑step Dao Sage is far beyond what we cultivators can imagine."

"The might of a half-step Great Dao Saint is truly beyond what we cultivators can imagine."

"This thought even gave Chen Ku a feeling of awe."

This thought made Chen Ku himself feel a bit startled.

"But this is indeed a fact."

But this is indeed a fact.

"Back then, Pangu cleaved heaven and earth precisely to attain the position of a Dao Sage in one fell swoop."

Back then, Pangu opening heaven and earth was precisely to achieve the position of a Great Dao Saint in one fell swoop.

"In other words, had it not been for the Dao's scheming and the obstruction of the three thousand demon gods,"

In other words, if not for the Great Dao's scheming and the obstruction of the three thousand demon gods.

"once he had proven the Dao and become a sage, he would have truly attained the legendary supreme Dao Sage fruit."

Once he proved the Dao and became a saint, it would be the truly legendary supreme position of a Great Dao Saint.

"Although he ultimately failed, it can still be said that he possessed the momentum of a half‑step Dao Sage."

Although he ultimately failed, it can still be considered as having the might of a half-step Great Dao Saint.

"Chen Ku's thinking along those lines is not wrong."

Chen Ku's such thinking is also not wrong.

"In his contemplation, Chen Ku's gaze never wavered; he stared fixedly at every strand of the shattered chaos law order, even sinking his divine sense into the chaos storm."

In his sighing, Chen Ku's gaze did not shift at all, quietly fixing on every thread of the shattered Chaos law order, even letting his divine sense sink into the Chaos storm.

"He was using this to comprehend the profound essence of chaos's origin."

He was using this to comprehend the profound essence of Chaos's origin.

"At a certain moment, a prompt of heaven‑defying comprehension sounded again in his sea of consciousness."

At a certain moment, the voice of the heaven-defying comprehension aptitude prompt sounded again in his sea of consciousness.

"\"You have observed the chaos scene, sensed Pangu's greatness, and your chaos law has risen to 5%! \""

"You, by observing the Chaos scene, feeling Pangu's greatness, have increased your Chaos laws to 5%!"

"As the prompt sounded,"

As the prompt sounded.

"Chen Ku's surroundings instantly gained an even more vast and weighty aura of law."

Chen Ku's surroundings also instantly gained another kind of more vast and weighty law aura.

"That was precisely the chaos law!"

That was precisely the Chaos laws!

"Five percent, compared to sixty percent of the heavenly Dao law, seems scant and hardly worth mentioning."

Five percent, compared to the sixty percent of Heavenly Dao laws, appears indeed scarce, even not worth mentioning.

"But Chen Ku clearly understands how significant that is."

But Chen Ku clearly understands how significant that meaning is.

"How vast and boundless chaos is—how could it be compared to the primordial wilderness!"

How vast and boundless is Chaos? How could it be comparable to the primordial wilderness heaven and earth?!

"Moreover, chaos gives rise to the primordial wilderness; one could say the chaos law is inherently a higher existence than the primordial law."

Moreover, Chaos gives rise to the primordial wilderness; one could say the Chaos laws themselves are a higher existence than the primordial wilderness laws.

"This five percent is already astonishing enough!"

This five percent is already astonishing enough!

"Chen Ku felt great joy in his heart."

Chen Ku felt great joy in his heart.

"\"Chaos law... \""

"Chaos laws, then..."

"\"Heh, it's not exactly a total loss. \""

"Hehe, it's not exactly a total loss."

"He muttered to himself."

He muttered a sentence to himself.

"Although he didn't find any spiritual treasure opportunities."

Although he did not find any spiritual treasure opportunity.

"But the increase in his mastery of chaos law counts as a gain."

But the increase in his controlled Chaos laws can also be considered a gain.

"Not bad, not bad!"

Not bad, not bad!

"After a moment, he suppressed his inner joy."

After a moment, he suppressed the joy in his heart.

His gaze shifted, and Chen Ku prepared to continue deeper in another direction.

However, just then, an abnormal change suddenly arose.

Boom!

Within Chen Ku's body, a vast and unparalleled aura suddenly erupted, shaking everything within a radius of ten million li.

The aura was mighty and boundless, the endless Chaos aura shaken like rolling waves, surging outward.

Chen Ku was startled, hastily calming his mind to look inward.

But then he discovered with astonishment that the source of this erupting aura was none other than the Fragment Treasure Rock he had placed in his sea of consciousness.

This object, from the moment it fell into his hand, had always been utterly silent.

This was the very thing Chen Ku had previously used, attempting to imprison Laozi's Taiji Diagram with it.

Who would have thought that today, without him activating it, the Fragment Treasure Rock would react on its own.

Instantly, Chen Ku became even more astonished.

He didn't even have time to think further.

In the next moment, an even more astonishing scene appeared.

He saw the Fragment Treasure Rock, uncontrolled, fly directly out of Chen Ku's sea of consciousness.

In the blink of an eye, it shot off toward a certain direction within Chaos.

Chen Ku was absolutely certain this was not his doing.

He hadn't even formed a single thought about it.

Summoning!

The Fragment Treasure Rock seemed to have received a summons from somewhere unseen.

Of course, now was not the time to ponder the reason.

Besides, the Fragment Treasure Rock's wondrous powers meant it could not simply be abandoned.

Thus, Chen Ku reacted, without hesitation, setting off in pursuit of the Fragment Treasure Rock.

Divine Foot!

Space Jump!

Flying Body Trace!

Chen Ku employed various speed divine abilities, or space dharma gates, without pause.

And the Fragment Treasure Rock's speed reached an unprecedented swiftness.

As it swept past, it left only trails of afterimages and mingling spiritual light within Chaos.

A thought spans a million li!

Chen Ku himself did not know how long he had pursued, or how far he had ventured beyond the Chaos region.

Visibly, his surroundings had already undergone a drastic change.

Upon first entering Chaos, there had still been some light shining, making the surroundings glow brightly.

But now, Chen Ku's surroundings were nothing but utter darkness.

Gloomy!

Profound!

Invisible!

Moreover, the ancient stillness lingered, giving a sense of eeriness and unease.

Every Chaos storm also whipped up endless gales, capable of destroying an entire world.

Terrifying beyond compare!

By this point, Chen Ku could not help but feel a sense of wariness.

Fortunately, during this pursuit he still kept close behind the Fragment Treasure Rock, not losing trace or aura of this spiritual treasure.

At one moment, the lightning‑swift Fragment Treasure Rock finally began to slow.

In the end, it came to a complete halt, suspended in a stretch of void.

Chen Ku stared, uncertain, looking around.

He had originally thought there must be some hidden expert in Chaos, eyeing the treasure and secretly contending for it.

After all, such occurrences were not uncommon in the Primordial Heaven and Earth.

However, after this scan, Chen Ku saw no trace of anyone, nor sensed even a hint of an expert's aura.

Clearly, his earlier speculation was wrong.

If so, what circumstance could have drawn the Fragment Treasure Rock to fly here?!

Chen Ku extended his divine sense without reserve, carefully sensing.

After a long while, his expression shifted dramatically; he finally gained something.

"This... this place actually has spatial fluctuations?!"

"It seems there is an unknown Chaos secret realm."

Not bad!

Chen Ku also commanded profound spatial laws.

Thus, he could clearly sense that spatial laws were flowing unseen ahead, extremely hard to detect.

Only a Chaos secret realm hidden here could remain unseen yet contain such astonishing spatial fluctuations.

At once, Chen Ku suddenly understood, incredulously gazing at the hovering Fragment Treasure Rock.

"This spiritual treasure... is it intentionally guiding me here?!"

"Hiss... the Fragment Treasure Rock actually has such marvelous uses?!"

Chen Ku felt greatly shocked.

Before, I only knew that this Divided Treasure Rock possessed supreme power to suppress other spirit treasures.

But I never discovered that the Divided Treasure Rock could actually actively sense external auras and even show the effect of guiding me here?!

Truly an unexpected delight!

Chen Ku unconsciously examined the Divided Treasure Rock rising and falling, and then suddenly realized.

That's it!

All this time, I have never carefully studied the mysteries of this Divided Treasure Rock, have I?

What material is this object actually refined from?

Chen Ku couldn't quite see through it!

But after a moment, he couldn't help but chuckle and shake his head.

I really am overthinking this.

There are countless spirit treasures in the world, and most of them are inherently untraceable existences.

What's the use of worrying about these?!

Or rather, only when one's own strength is strong enough to step into a higher level can one possibly trace all those past secrets.

Having gathered his scattered thoughts, Chen Ku no longer paid attention to the Divided Treasure Rock, and instead gazed deeply at this Chaos Secret Realm before him.

The secret realm has not yet opened; everything inside is invisible and cannot be probed.

For a moment, Chen Ku showed a look of contemplation and anxiety.

The Chaos Secret Realm does not necessarily mean an astonishing opportunity.

Likewise, it could also hide unimaginable great danger.

Even, it could be that all this is a trap laid by some powerful expert, which is not impossible.

Only by opening this secret realm can everything be made clear.

If that's the case, should I try to open it and enter?!

Chen Ku fell into silence for a moment, his face solemn, not uttering a word.