NOVEL NEXT Chapter 1000: True Name
Above a crater tens of thousands of kilometers wide and ten thousand kilometers deep, Chen Chu's massive body rapidly shrank like a deflated balloon. In the blink of an eye, he returned to his normal form.
Standing mid-air with his black hair billowing wildly, Chen Chu wore a contemplative look. The Purgatory Demon Clan truly lived up to its reputation as an ancient race that had existed for over ten thousand years. Their methods were countless and ever-changing. Had he not been powerful enough, he would have already fallen to their successive assassination attempts.
Since gaining the attention of the Purgatory Demon Clan's higher ups, Chen Chu had already survived three attempts at absolute annihilation. The first was during his time in the Ninth Heavenly Realm, when he was cursed across time and space by a demon god using a forbidden weapon. He only survived because the forbidden weapon gifted by the Primordial King had blocked the curse.
The second occurred during his journey deep into the Purgatory Empire after reaching the mythical level, when he was besieged by three demon gods who even invoked the power of a Primordial Ancestor.
This latest ambush seemed like a narrow escape, but that was only because he had just broken through to the supreme level. Otherwise, even if he hadn't died, he would have been severely wounded.
A deranged divine king who burned everything and fought with the fury of a late-stage ancient titan, along with a true demon's scale imbued with the power of a true spirit. If their target had been the Primordial King, he might very well have perished.
"Wait, no. The Primordial King and the others... Their names..." Chen Chu came to a realization and couldn't help but let out a sigh. He didn't actually know the real names of the Primordial King or the others. Even First Councilor Qian Tian's name was likely a false one.
This time, he had been precisely located and pulled into the supreme planes; clearly, it had something to do with his name. Otherwise, how could the enemy have found and pinpointed him?
It became evident that the three supreme powerhouses of the human race had long noticed this issue and had already erased all traces of their true names. This applied even to Heavenly King Xuanwu and the others.
Because Chen Chu had risen to fame too quickly and too early, he hadn't had time to erase the related information. His name had already been discovered by the Purgatory Demon Clan, even though he usually went by the alias "Chu Batian."
Still, the enemy must have paid a great price this time. Otherwise, they would've already targeted and killed the other human kings one by one.
Chen Chu exhaled slowly. "Looks like I'll need to cultivate a secret art that severs this type of causality-based power."
As he spoke, he summoned the attribute panel. Only now did he finally have time to examine the data from his recent changes.
Realm: Supreme Level(Twelfth Tier, Beginning Stage)
Physique(Origin): 231
Soul(Origin): 205
[True Demon God Form]
- Infant Stage; a primordial lifeform born at the dawn of existence; has surpassed the newborn stage and possesses a complete principle-condensed true form
[Top-Level Divine Abilities]
Vacuum Annihilation
Absolute Force Field
[High-Level Divine Abilities]
Realm-Walking Divine Step
Heavenly Eye of Hidden Divinity
- The influence of primordial aura while creating the principle-condensed true form has transformed this ability; all skills enhanced.
- Face of Truth and Falsehood: Consumes Hidden Divinity power to touch upon the ethereal threads of fate. This ability condenses a hidden pseudo-true name, to which the user's causality becomes connected.
True Void Eye
- The influence of primordial aura while creating the principle-condensed true form has transformed this ability; all traits enhanced.
- Future Vision: When fully activated, the true eye uses psychic power to reflect future events, allowing glimpses into fragmented visions of the future.
- Note: The past is fixed. The future, however, may not be.
[Demon God Combat Skill]
World-Ending Sun
Lightning God Spear
Death Millstone
Soul Chains
Nine-Fold Heavenly Gate
[Divine-Transformation Abilities]
Soul Splitter
Void Death Pupils
[Supreme Divine Ability]
Temporal Reincarnation(+1 Incomplete)
[Principles]
Supreme Power(Intermediate)
Primordial Genesis(Intermediate, soul essence transformation progress: 11%)
- Note: This principle is semi-fused with the user's soul essence, and is temporarily inaccessible.
[Cultivation Art]
Taixu Nether Light Scripture(Seventh Stage, 10%)
[Secret Art]
Space-Time Summoning Mark(Damaged)
- Note: This secret art is currently unusable. It can be repaired by consuming 60,000 attribute points to rebuild the altar structure and restore missing spatial elements.
[Special Marks]
Ancient Duel Mark
Hell's Eye
[True World]
Earth, Fire, Wind, and Lightning(Large plane; true diameter: 11,000 kilometers)
[Equipment]
Eight Desolations Creation Halberd(World Level)
Demon God Dark Era Battle Armor(Pseudo-World-Level)
Attribute Points: 475,200
Soul Points: 3,570
[Avatar]
Azure Heavenly Dragon
Level: Ancient Titan(Middle Stage)
Length: 11,600 meters
Principle: Chaotic End...
Evolution Points: 1,831,480 / 2,000,000
After fully stepping into the supreme level, the attribute panel also underwent an update in response to Chen Chu's rise in power, becoming noticeably more streamlined.
The four major attributes had been condensed into two: physique and soul. The original "Heavenly Dragon" remark was replaced with the label "Origin." This likely referred to the ancient-titan-level beings who had become the origin of the current bloodline. To advance any further, one would need to break through the shackles of heaven and earth.
Even without that, however, the current strength of Chen Chu's True Demon God form was equivalent to the condensed and compressed physique of over two hundred beginning-stage ancient-titan-level colossal dragons.
This was also why, just after stepping into the ancient titan level, his combat power had already neared the peak of the level. When the Nine-Fold Heavenly Gate shattered, he could briefly touch upon the threshold of the true spirit level.
The reason he still fell short of the Destructive Dragon Emperor, which could directly contend with true spirits right after breaking through the ancient titan level, lay in the difference of their bloodlines. The Dragon Emperor possessed a heavenly-tier bloodline, granting it a much higher ceiling. It could ignore the suppression that the principles of heaven and earth inflicted upon ancient lifeforms. In its Chaotic End form, its internal power naturally evolved to the true spirit level.
Otherwise, the sheer difference in quality between their power levels alone would be enough to crush all ancient creatures.
Aside from the changes in physique, Chen Chu's True Demon God Form itself hadn't changed much after condensing the principle-condensed true form and surpassing the newborn stage. Vacuum Annihilation and Absolute Force Field remained top-level divine abilities. However, the previously ordinary Hidden Divinity Eye had now transformed into the Heavenly Eye of Hidden Divinity.
The newly acquired ability Face of Truth and Falsehood made Chen Chu's eyes light up. A faint smile appeared on his face. "Just when I need it."
He had just been pondering how to resolve the issue of his name, and unexpectedly, the Hidden Divinity divine ability that evolved alongside the True Demon God Form had solved it. It directly condensed a true name that belonged solely to him on the level of fate, replacing the traces of his current name in the world. The "pseudo" prefix was because Chen Chu hadn't yet reached the primordial level and wasn't qualified to possess a genuine true name.
Additionally, the Insightful Eye had been elevated into a high-level divine ability. As Chen Chu had once casually guessed, it had gained the ability to glimpse into the future. At present, he could only catch fragments of future scenes for a brief moment. It wasn't full-fledged precognition, so it wasn't as powerful as one might imagine. That also explained the note following it; as long as the destined future had not yet occurred and hadn't become a settled fact, it could still shift at any moment due to an unforeseen accident.
In addition, his cultivation in the Taixu Nether Light Scripture had unknowingly advanced to the seventh stage. Chen Chu only felt that his soul had grown stronger; he wasn't sure whether that advancement was due to the breakthrough in the cultivation art or the influence of the Primordial Genesis principle.
Then there was the broken space-time summoning mark. Originally, Chen Chu had planned to re-cultivate the entire art, but to his surprise, it could be rebuilt. Looking at the notes under the secret art, even Chen Chu couldn't help but smile. The Purgatory Demon Clan had paid a tremendous price this time, sacrificing a late-stage ancient-titan-level divine king from an alien race, while he only needed to expend 60,000 attribute points. Who knew how furious they'd be if they knew this was the outcome.
With a single thought, Chen Chu mentally commanded,Consume 60,000 attribute points and repair the space-time summoning mark.
Even though his current peak combat strength could rival one who had taken half a step into the true spirit level, the Space-Time Summoning Secret Art remained a valuable trump card until the Dragon Emperor physically arrived. The difference between having it and not having it was significant.
As the 60,000 attribute points vanished, a surge of immense enhancement energy rose from within Chen Chu, pouring mightily into the back of his left hand.
Boom!
The incomplete mark, which had been reduced to a few faint blue traces, now flared with dazzling brilliance. Countless runic sequence chains burst forth, revolving and proliferating around Chen Chu.
Soon, a vast, ghostly blue altar reformed beneath his feet. The radiance it emitted distorted space and time. As the space-time summoning mark finished reforming, a colossal golden-black beast on the far side of the Chaotic Region paused mid-step, lifting its head to gaze in his direction.
The mark was repaired, but Chen Chu didn't depart immediately. Instead, he sat cross-legged in the void. The matter of his name still needed resolution. Otherwise, similar incidents would keep occurring, and the next attacker could be an even more powerful being from another race.
"What should my true name be?" Chen Chu murmured, deep in thought.
He had a feeling that this modified true name might become his genuine name when he eventually broke through to the primordial level, so it needed to be an imposing one. The Dragon Emperor's name was Azure. In that case, his true name would be Heaven. When the time came, and the two fused together, he would become the true Azure Heaven.
Boom!
Just as Chen Chu settled on the name in his heart, a faint thunderclap rang out high above the sky, though no one could hear it as it reverberated through the void.