Chapter 644 - 564: Primordial Great Tribulation! Initiated!

Su Yuan's goal, of course, wasn't to become an immortal.

The only reason he said that was because he couldn't be bothered to waste more words on the Venerable of Immeasurable Calamity.

Ideas like using Chaos Qi to create infinite energy, or exploring the universe after becoming an immortal—he simply saw no need to explain any of that to the Venerable of Immeasurable Calamity.

Think about it: once he told the Venerable of Immeasurable Calamity these things, the other party would definitely berate him for defying the natural order.

Even if we took ten thousand steps back and assumed the venerable really did get tempted by these ideas, he would absolutely never abdicate and let another carry them out. He would personally execute the plan.

And the prerequisite for carrying out that plan was Su Yuan's Chaos Body.

So, one way or another, this battle had to be fought. There was no avoiding it.

What else was there for him to say?

"Su Yuan, no one can ascend in this realm."

Sure enough, the Venerable of Immeasurable Calamity's voice rang out like a colossal bell or drum, causing the cosmic space for who knew how many tens of thousands of miles around to tremble nonstop.

"Looks like we've got nothing left to talk about, so let's fight."

Su Yuan spoke calmly.

As he spoke, the hand behind his back waved toward the group of Divinity Transformation Cultivators behind him:

"You all leave first, otherwise the aftershocks from the battle later will injure you."

Hearing this, the alliance's Divinity Transformation cultivators were reluctant, but they understood Su Yuan was telling the truth, so they could only retreat rapidly, leaving via the Teleportation Array set up on the Star River Ship.

The Venerable of Immeasurable Calamity did not stop the Divinity Transformation Cultivators from leaving.

Perhaps in his eyes, these Divinity Transformation Cultivators counted as his assets, worth being squeezed and exploited by all sorts of means; killing them outright would be a waste.

"Now only you and I remain here, Su Yuan. Let me see what abilities you have that give you the confidence to challenge me."

The Venerable of Immeasurable Calamity spoke evenly.

Su Yuan didn't drag things out either. Primordial Spiritual Power poured forth as he unleashed the strongest Primordial Lock he could condense without entering Chaos Spiritual Power mode.

Clatter——

It was as if the crisp sound of Primordial Locks winding and tightening rang out through the cosmic space.

Huge invisible chains sealed the Venerable of Immeasurable Calamity's entire body, biting harshly into his Daoist Robe.

Yet the Venerable's true body did not move at all, as though savoring the effect of this move. Only after several seconds did he speak:

"Primordial Lock—this is the Primordial Divine Technique contained within the Primordial Dao branch I left on Chu Jiang."

"You've mastered this method quite well. Even Wan Chenxin at his peak using this move was far inferior to you."

"At this level, you can indeed be called second under heaven. It's only reasonable you'd develop the thought of challenging me."

There was undisguised appreciation in the Venerable of Immeasurable Calamity's tone, but right after, he shook his head and said:

"Only, as the one ranked second under heaven, the gap between you and me is even greater than the gap between you and a mortal."

"Child, this world is not your turn to rule."

As his words fell, the Venerable of Immeasurable Calamity took a single step forward, and the invisible Primordial Locks shattered inch by inch.

With a body as enormous as his, the span of space he crossed with one step was simply absurd.

With just such a casual step, he closed the distance between himself and Su Yuan to arm's length.

The shockwave from his movement was like a tornado whipping up dust, ready at any moment to blow Su Yuan away.

Yet Su Yuan did not retreat; instead he advanced, reaching out and clenching his hand fiercely toward the Venerable of Immeasurable Calamity in front of him.

Primordial Anchor!

In the next instant, a heavy invisible ship anchor descended, like a Stabilizing Needle suppressing all surrounding Power of Dao.

"You actually learned my Divine Techniques?"

The Venerable of Immeasurable Calamity was surprised.

Because the Faceless Man had fallen and brought back no intel at all, this was the first time he learned that his Divine Techniques had been copied by Su Yuan.

But surprise was all it was. A mere Primordial Anchor couldn't shake him in the slightest.

How could a counterfeit possibly be compared to the genuine article?

Primordial Anchor.

An even heavier invisible ship anchor descended, shielding all the Power of Dao within the Venerable of Immeasurable Calamity's body.

With this, the two of them could no longer seize each other's Power of Dao during the fight.

This was precisely Su Yuan's strategic intent; he had never expected to defeat the enemy using the enemy's own powers.

"Demon Cloud Divine Thunder!"

Su Yuan's gaze sharpened as he summoned tribulation clouds to shroud the sky above the Venerable of Immeasurable Calamity.

Although the tribulation clouds covered only a single enemy, the Venerable's body was so immense that the cloud's scale was forcibly pushed up to the size of a large galaxy before fully enveloping him.

This was the first time Su Yuan had ever unleashed Demon Cloud Divine Thunder at such a scale.

Not only that, he also poured all the Chaos Spiritual Power he could condense into the tribulation clouds.

All for the sake of injuring the Venerable of Immeasurable Calamity with this one move.

Su Yuan's demand truly wasn't high—he only needed to injure him.

Only once the enemy was injured could Su Yuan judge how much strength it would take to actually bring down the Venerable of Immeasurable Calamity.

To put it bluntly, it was to make the boss show his health bar.

Boom——

A bolt of violet-black tribulation thunder leapt out from the clouds. This bolt was thick enough to completely wrap around the Venerable of Immeasurable Calamity, its lightning stretching across several galaxies and illuminating the skies of countless stars.

Su Yuan stared fixedly at the thunder's effect, and soon after, he was delighted to see that wherever the tribulation thunder struck, the Venerable of Immeasurable Calamity's skin was slowly being torn open, revealing the blood-red flesh beneath.

Defense broken!

The Demon Cloud Divine Thunder broke through the defense!

Su Yuan's face lit up with delight.

Of course, he was very clear on exactly how much he was really worth.

The only reason the Demon Cloud Divine Thunder could break the Venerable of Immeasurable Calamity's defense was simply because the tribulation thunder contained the power of Chaos.

Strictly speaking though, the power of Chaos also counted as his power, which meant he did indeed have the ability to break through the Venerable of Immeasurable Calamity's defense.

If you can break defense, you can kill.

"Su Yuan, you've prepared a surprise for me that's completely beyond anything I expected."

When the power of the tribulation thunder was spent and the lightning slowly dissipated, the Venerable of Immeasurable Calamity's heavy voice rang out again:

"You've grasped the power of Chaos. Just on that point alone, you've indeed surpassed me."

"However… Chaos is a double-edged sword. With Chaos in your grasp, you might not bring happiness to the masses of the Cultivation Realm—you might just bring destruction."

"Your power is too great, so do me a favor and go die."

As he spoke, that sky-piercing giant hand of the Venerable of Immeasurable Calamity stretched out, grabbing toward Su Yuan's body.

This grab didn't have the slightest bit of flashy nonsense to it, but its power was beyond question—afraid even Immortal Treasures wouldn't withstand a single grasp.

Facing this move, Su Yuan pulled out a brilliantly colored box, opened it, and released the Chaos Whale.

"You, go block the Venerable of Immeasurable Calamity for me."

Su Yuan ordered the Chaos Whale.

Chaos Whale: "..."

Looking at that hand that could pinch it like a fish fry, the Chaos Whale refused.

But compared to the speed at which the giant hand descended, its escape speed was far too slow—it simply couldn't dodge.

So even though it was unwilling to obey Su Yuan's order, it still had no choice but to grit its teeth and go all out, unleashing a massive amount of Chaos Qi to ram into the Venerable of Immeasurable Calamity's giant hand.

As the two forces collided, Su Yuan took the opportunity to gulp down two mouthfuls of Chaos Qi to recover a bit, then unhesitatingly pulled out of the battlefield, heading upward, toward the Cosmic Boundary Wall above.

When he'd chosen the location of the trap to massacre the Venerable of Immeasurable Calamity's Divinity Transformations, Su Yuan had deliberately set it relatively close to the World Wall.

So he only needed to ascend for less than three breaths before he touched the top of the Cosmic Boundary Wall.

Looking down, that Chaos Whale had already been squeezed by the Venerable of Immeasurable Calamity into a lump of irregular rubber, and the latter raised his head to meet Su Yuan's gaze.

They were a pair of extremely ancient eyes, faintly tinged with exhaustion.

Seemingly realizing what Su Yuan intended to do, the Venerable of Immeasurable Calamity sighed:

"Su Yuan, this was originally a private duel between the two of us. Why insist on bringing in external forces?"

Su Yuan snorted coldly:

"Nonsense. If I don't bring in external forces, how the hell am I supposed to beat you?"

As he spoke, Su Yuan's palm exerted force and blasted a palm-sized hole in the Cosmic Boundary Wall.

That still wasn't enough. Su Yuan directly thrust his hand into the breach, using his hand as a blade as his figure shot forward like lightning.

His palm followed the direction of his advance, carving a long scar across the top layer of the Cosmic Boundary Wall, and that scar kept lengthening.

One meter, one li, ten thousand li, a hundred thousand li, a million li, one light-year, ten light-years…

Boom—

The heavy Chaos Qi was like rainwater pooled on a rooftop, surging madly through the crack in the ceiling.

What had originally been just a narrow fissure was now, under the chaotic flood's frenzied invasion, actually being forced wider bit by bit.

The crack was like an evil Heavenly Eye spanning the heavens above the cosmos, casting a venomous gaze down upon the Cultivation Realm.

"Su Yuan, you…"

Anger finally surfaced in the Venerable of Immeasurable Calamity's eyes.

"Do you know how much overtime your little tantrum is going to make me pull?"

"Overtime? That's not my business. You're the one insisting on working it. If you really don't want to work overtime, Old Deng, why don't you just retire already?"

Su Yuan laughed loudly.

Right as he spoke, one bizarre, gigantic Chaos Creature after another tore out of the Chaos Qi, charging viciously toward the Venerable of Immeasurable Calamity.

They didn't have much in the way of intelligence, but they'd been coveting this blank patch of cosmos for a long time.

Compared to Su Yuan, who had a Chaos Body and felt more like one of their own, the Venerable of Immeasurable Calamity—who had been blocking the cosmic entrance and refusing to let them in—was without a doubt far more suited to be the focus of the Chaos Creatures' hatred.

For these Chaos Creatures rushing to join the battle, Su Yuan was grateful from the bottom of his heart.

Sure, this smelled a bit like driving a tiger to swallow a wolf, sowing endless future trouble—but at least swallow the wolf first.

"A bunch of trash."

The Venerable of Immeasurable Calamity looked at the hundreds, the thousands of Chaos Creatures charging at him, his expression unchanged as he casually reached out and grabbed.

In the next instant, an invisible giant hand enveloped a huge cluster of Chaos Creatures and squeezed them into a lump of rotten flesh primarily composed of Chaos Qi.

Clearly, this was a powerful Primordial Divine Technique that could directly manipulate the Power of Heaven and Earth.

But though this method was strong, the Chaos Creatures were endless, not so easy to kill to the last.

"Su Yuan, are you trying to wear me down to death with the power of Chaos?"

Glancing at his hand, injured from crushing the Chaos Whale, the Venerable of Immeasurable Calamity's tone took on a hint of mockery:

"But why do you think you're the only one who can flip the table, and I can't?"

"You want to drag this out with me? Fine, I'll trigger the Primordial Great Tribulation right now, and we'll see whether I give out first, or those friends and family of yours below the Divinity Transformation Stage give out first."