Eternal Heavenly Emperor

The Heaven Devouring Beast tore through space.

This was a desolate planet, currently unfit for any living creature, for it lacked even an atmosphere; it was more akin to a gigantic, sphere-shaped super meteorite than a planet.

Compared to a tenth-class star, this planet was pitifully small, resulting in very weak gravity. The Heaven Devouring Beast easily broke free from the planet's gravitational pull and entered the cosmos.

There were no formations hiding here; terrifying Gang Winds filled the air, capable of easily shredding even a War Emperor to pieces. Thus, the clone of the Heaven Devouring Beast smoothly made its way into the dark cosmos.

Cold and barren, even the nearest planet was billions of miles away, where even light took several minutes to reach.

War Gods could traverse the Star Universe because they could tear open the sparse space within it, spontaneously teleporting through the void, which naturally saved a lot of time.

However, on the planet, since the laws of heaven and earth were stable, and so was space, even a War God couldn't tear it apart—unless it was a Martial Artist who specialized in the Space Law.

How would Chu Hao cross?

The cultivation of the Heaven Devouring Beast had fallen to High Tier War Emperor, so it couldn't possibly tear space.

It didn't matter since the Heaven Devouring Beast didn't rely on tearing space to move. Being a strange beast born from the essence of the universe, it was naturally suited to life in the cosmos. Chu Hao had completely mastered this clone, and with a thought, the form of the Heaven Devouring Beast immediately transformed.

A pair of wings unfurled, truly vast, even larger than the planet below.

The Heaven Devouring Beast could devour a planet in one bite, hence its enormous size was naturally conceivable. At this moment, Chu Hao stopped controlling his own body, letting the Heaven Devouring Beast return to its original size, as large as a planet.

With a flap of its wings, he immediately leaped tens of thousands of miles, like an azure dragon soaring through the sky.

Flying was an instinct for the Heaven Devouring Beast, just as simple as devouring planets.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, he flew towards a distant planet, his speed reaching the extreme in the starry space, even leaving War Gods merely gawking. And this was the speed of the Heaven Devouring Beast while weakened; in its heyday, it could definitely surpass light.

Good, he would reach that planet in no more than a day.

Chu Hao revealed a smile, which appeared rather bizarre on the face of the Heaven Devouring Beast. After a day, he could start devouring that planet, and regaining cultivation at the War God level was almost within his grasp.

The clone and the main body were split from the same soul, hence the enlightenment gained by the clone could be entirely transferred to the main body. One should know that the Heaven Devouring Beast was of space attribute; its natural growth could reach the level of an Immortal Emperor. Therefore, the Heaven Devouring Beast held a complete set of Main Laws, extremely close to the origin of the Great Dao.

As long as the Heaven Devouring Beast grew, Chu Hao would gain insights into the corresponding Space Laws, which was astonishing because Chu Hao's main body was still only a Tenth Tier War Emperor. What would it mean if he could operate the Space Law, even a complete Level Five Space Law?

No wonder Chu Hao was so excited, as the Space Law did not belong to the six elemental laws. It simply couldn't be comprehended through studying the natural world.

Just one day.

He kept flapping his wings, and after a day and night, that planet was fully magnified before him. It was a reddish planet, even smaller than the previous one. If a rank lesser than a tenth-class star existed, this one would probably fall into the thirtieth or fortieth categories.

Yet, Chu Hao was very satisfied.

To the Heaven Devouring Beast, every planet was like Divine Medicine, the larger the planet, the more energy it contained, and the stronger the "medicinal potency." However, this clone had been dead for tens of millions of years, even longer, and its life vitality had long since completely vanished, with its energy essence fading away in the passage of time.

Now that he was resurrected, he was extremely frail, indeed too weak to be nourished. Giving him a large star to devour would certainly result in him bursting.

Even now, he didn't plan to devour the planet all at once, but intended to eat a small bite first, raise his realm a bit, then take another bite, gradually progressing.

Whoosh, his body rapidly shrank, transforming back to the size of a wolfhound as he descended towards the planet.

The thin atmosphere didn't even produce a spark against his body as Chu Hao plummeted down. Upon entering the gravitational field of the planet, Chu Hao no longer needed to fly—the gravity would take care of the rest.

However, if he didn't slow down and directly collided with it, the planet would instantly burst, turning into countless meteorites drifting in space.

The Heaven Devouring Beast was simply too heavy; his body itself was an indestructible weapon.

Before landing, Chu Hao halted his descent. When his body touched the surface of the planet, sizzle, he sank like an iron ox entering water, instantly hitting bottom. Just minutes later, he drilled through the strata and suddenly, a giant fireball, rolling and tumbling, appeared in front of him.

This was the core of the planet, also known as the Star Core, the main diet of the Heaven Devouring Beast.

The larger the planet, the richer the energy of the Star Core, and the more nourishing it was for the Heaven Devouring Beast. Additionally, if a planet possessed precious tool-forging materials or Divine Medicines, that also increased the "nutrition," but this was merely icing on the cake.

Chu Hao opened his mouth and bit towards the Star Core, but he didn't swallow it all; instead, he just nibbled off a small piece.

Boom!

Instantly, his body underwent a profound transformation, as if a torrential avalanche or tsunami was wreaking havoc inside him, threatening to tear his body apart, causing him immense pain.

The main body and the clone were split from one soul, and Chu Hao, who was far away on Sky Martial Star, also suddenly showed an expression of pain, startling Su Wanyue and the other ladies. It was unbelievable for a high-tier martial artist to suddenly clutch their head; it could be a sign of a great disaster.

Chu Hao quickly waved his hands, explaining that the pain endured by the clone was too intense and thus affected the main body; otherwise, the two bodies would operate independently and not influence each other.

The Heaven Devouring Beast clone activated its innate abilities, absorbing the terrifying energy within the star core.

A tenth-class star could nurture Spiritual Energy for countless martial artists to cultivate and could produce Divine Medicine, allowing beings to ascend to the heavens in one step. And all of this originated from the star core that continuously released energy.

It showed just how terrifying the energy contained within the star core was.

However, the problem was that no one could directly refine the star core; its power was uncontrollably violent, much like an opponent's attack, which also contained power, but who could refine it?

This planet was far from reaching the heights of a tenth-class star; therefore, the energy contained in its star core naturally could not compare, and Chu Hao had only eaten a small piece. But even this small piece overwhelmed his high-tier War Emperor realm.

Who would have thought he was the first Heaven Devouring Beast whose realm had fallen to War Emperor?

Luckily, this clone had once been a War God, and its resistance to pressure was impressive. Chu Hao gritted his teeth, persistently absorbing the energy in the star core, converting it into his own strength.

His cultivation immediately began to skyrocket.

For the Heaven Devouring Beast, cultivation had no bottlenecks; it just needed to eat, eat, eat. At a certain point, it would become an Immortal Emperor, able to traverse the cosmos boldly, even fearless against other Immortal Emperors.

Ninth Tier, tenth tier, he paused only slightly, and the clone broke through to War Emperor, then continued to rise, from first tier to second, third, fourth, all the way up to fifth tier before stopping.

To eat a bite and advance seven realms, including one major realm, was an outcome that would shock anyone.

Sure enough, as a strange beast blessed by the cosmos, it was truly favored by heaven and earth.

Chu Hao reflected that his main body had cultivated painstakingly and had encountered great fortunes in the Nether Palace, but it was nothing compared to this. However, the Heaven Devouring Beast had only taken one bite but could still take a second and third bite. Moreover, how many planets were there in the Star Universe?

It was incomparable.

Fortunately, this was his clone. He didn't need to be jealous and even hoped that such abilities could become even stronger.

Sizzling, Chu Hao took another bite.

Sixth tier, seventh tier, eighth tier, ninth tier, tenth tier!

This time, the enhancement was smaller, stopping at the tenth-tier War Emperor and not successfully leaping forward in one go.

The third bite!

Chu Hao took another bite and the power inside his body started to surge wildly, beginning to impact the realm of War God.

Understanding? Unnecessary!

The Heaven Devouring Beast was naturally nurtured by the cosmic laws; its peak represented a Main Law, so as long as its power increased, its realm could naturally rise effortlessly.

However, the energy required to impact the War God was indeed a lot, so much so that even after eating a piece of the star core, Chu Hao felt it wasn't enough to make the leap, and he took another bite.

Chu Hao couldn't help but reflect that it was no wonder there were so few War Gods in the world; the energy needed for this step was truly astonishing. How many spirit stones would it take to support a War Emperor making this leap?

But the Heaven Devouring Beast, being as large as a planet, naturally required far more energy than a regular War God to advance in rank.

One bite followed another, until he had eaten half of the star core, and Chu Hao finally felt the barrier loosening, preparing him to "return" to the realm of War God.

It was strange, he was clearly not a War God, but because the Heaven Devouring Beast had once been a War God, it created this illusion.

Finally, his form trembled; mysterious lights fluttered across his body and the space around him burst, causing the whole planet to tremble. The remaining half of the star core also became extremely unstable, as if it was about to explode.

Chu Hao quickly opened his huge mouth and swallowed the remaining half of the star core.

With that, the planet was completely ruined. Without the cohesion of the star core, the planet would soon disintegrate, turning into countless meteor fragments drifting in the Star Universe.

Chu Hao was then refining the half-piece of the star core.

If it had been before, swallowing half of the star core in one go would definitely have killed him, but now, after advancing to War God, the Heaven Devouring Beast completely returned to its original state. Such a strange beast was naturally capable of swallowing a planet in one gulp, making eating half of the star core entirely trivial now.

In just one day, Chu Hao had refined the half-star core, but his cultivation had only increased by about a half-tier!

That is to say, he would need to devour about ten more planets to reach the peak of War God. (To be continued. If you like this work, please come to Qidian (qidian.com) to cast your recommendation votes and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please visit m.qidian.com to read.)