Chapter 316: Madness

With the performance of “Death God’s Dance,” the vast laws of the Supreme God instantly filled this space. The Black Pearl under Chen Xiao’s feet was originally a fragment of a Supreme Godly Weapon. Now, empowered by the laws of the Supreme God from “Death God’s Dance,” it immediately displayed a hint of the true power of a Supreme Godly Weapon.

“Power of the Nether Heaven, power of the Chaotic Supreme God—transform!”
Chen Xiao gave a soft command. The fragment of the Nether Heaven within him burst forth with a surge of netherly energy, flowing into “Death God’s Dance.” Meanwhile, the Chaotic Supreme God entity in his mind transformed into a death attribute, releasing the powers of the Four Directions Supreme God.

With these two forces reinforcing it, the Supreme Godly Weapon unleashed immense power. In an instant, its magnificent dance transformed into swirling blades that sliced apart the countless remnants of the Nine-Layer Primordial Spirit God’s avatar one by one. Then, those blades rushed toward the body of the Nine-Layer Primordial Spirit God.

At this moment, Chen Xiao’s face turned pale. His strength was still far too weak compared to the power of the Supreme Godly Weapon. Forcing it to function was like using a baby-sized hammer—utterly incapable of unleashing its true power. If it weren’t for the fragment of the Nether Heaven he possessed, he would likely have been destroyed by the backlash of the weapon in an instant.

Yet even so, all his energy was continuously drawn away by “Death God’s Dance,” leaving him with no strength for anything else.

“Bone-Eating Banner!”
The moment the clone of the Nine-Layer Primordial Spirit God was shattered, he made a quick decision and summoned his true spirit weapon, the Bone-Eating Banner. Under the control of his Nine-Layer Primordial Spirit, the banner began to absorb the Seven-Tiered Pagoda of Kunwu. But the next moment, it abandoned Kunwu and flew straight toward the Black Pearl.

The Nine-Layer Primordial Spirit God grabbed the Bone-Eating Banner and shook it violently in the void, slightly dispersing the immense pressure generated by “Death God’s Dance” before attempting to retreat. Under the power of a Supreme Godly Weapon, he didn’t even dare resist.

“Brother Kunwu, stop him quickly! We can’t let him get away!”
Seeing this, Chen Xiao shouted urgently.

Kunwu wasn’t foolish. Though he was holding back the Seven-Tiered Pagoda, he kept an eye on Chen Xiao’s situation. Without even time to react in shock, he immediately used the pagoda to strike at the Nine-Layer Primordial Spirit God.

“Damn it!”
The Nine-Layer Primordial Spirit God roared in anger. His Bone-Eating Banner trembled again, blocking the blades from “Death God’s Dance,” while he controlled his Nine-Layer Primordial Spirit to counter the pagoda’s attack.

But Kunwu was a true Eighth-Layer Primordial Spirit God. With his true spirit weapon and a full-power strike, he was nothing like the weak Chen Xiao. It was absolutely impossible for the Nine-Layer Primordial Spirit God to block with his primordial spirit alone.

Boom!
A loud explosion echoed in the void. The Nine-Layer Primordial Spirit was shattered by Kunwu’s strike and could hardly reassemble itself. At the same time, the dark mist surrounding the Nine-Layer Primordial Spirit God’s body was also dispersed by Kunwu’s attack.

A woman in black clothes and hair, wearing an elegant dress, appeared on the Black Pearl.

“How is this possible?! It can’t be you!”

As soon as Kunwu saw this woman, an expression of disbelief appeared on his face. He never would have thought that it would be her who came to attack this time.
“Brother Kunwu, who is she?”
Chen Xiao, on the other side, was controlling Death Dance to seal off the surrounding void, preventing this Ninth-Level Primordial Spirit God from escaping. Seeing the expression on Kunwu’s face, he felt a slight stir in his heart before sighing inwardly—this woman in black probably couldn’t be killed this time.
Chen Xiao had already noticed the complex expression on Kunwu’s face, clearly indicating that he had developed feelings for this woman.
“Brother Shang, let her go.” Kunwu, seemingly exhausted, slowly retracted the Seven-Tiered Pagoda into his body and stopped attacking.
“Kunwu, stop acting hypocritically. No matter what you say, I won’t marry you,” the woman in black snapped in response to Kunwu’s words.
Hearing their conversation, Chen Xiao was speechless. With a wave of his hand, he summoned Death Dance back into his body. With the main divine artifact retrieved, the woman in black felt relieved, but she didn’t launch another attack—today’s attempt was doomed to fail, and continuing was pointless.
It seemed Chen Xiao had also figured things out—this woman likely came up with this plan to kill Kunwu because she didn’t want to marry him.
“Huan’er…” Kunwu called out softly, not knowing what to say. Finally, he sighed slightly and said, “If the Destroying Emperor agrees to cancel the marriage, I won’t force you. But our marriage was decided by Emperor Jia and the Destroying Emperor…”
“If you die, won’t our marriage just end?” Huan’er snorted coldly before glancing at Chen Xiao. She knew well that if it weren’t for this young man today, Kunwu would have already died under her Bone-Devouring Banner.
“You woman are truly vicious,” Chen Xiao said with a cold smile after hearing Huan’er’s words. Yet, he was also in great distress.
At this moment, cracks were appearing in the laws of the Primordial Spirit God within his body. Even though the power of the main divine artifact was trying its best to repair them, it couldn’t fully restore them in a short time. After all, Chen Xiao’s strength was still weak, and the backlash from using the main divine artifact was too great.
Now Chen Xiao finally understood that just having the power of the main divine god didn’t mean he could easily control the main divine artifact. To truly wield it, the assistance of the laws of the main divine god was necessary. Similarly, when using the True Spirit Divine Artifact, the laws of the True Spirit God were required—just like Kunwu and Huan’er, whose bodies contained the True Spirit God laws bestowed by the True God King.
But when Chen Xiao used the True Spirit Divine Artifact with the power of the main divine god, that power was so overwhelming that it could ignore the laws and activate the divine artifact, but not the main divine artifact.
Huan’er seemed to be extremely wary of Chen Xiao. After hearing his words, she remained silent.
“Brother Shang, it seems that Emperor Jia and I both underestimated your status… the main divine artifact…”

Kunwu looked at Chen Xiao with a complex expression. Possessing a primary divine artifact meant he was not far removed from even the legendary Supreme God. After all, if a God King obtained a primary divine artifact, his strength would increase exponentially, and such a being would certainly not easily grant it to his heir. Only the Supreme God could bestow such an artifact.

At this moment, Kunwu’s tone when speaking to Chen Xiao also became more relaxed. “Brother Kunwu, please take care of those pawns I set in place earlier.”

Chen Xiao smiled, then immediately absorbed the Black Pearl into his body and left in a flash.

“Uh…”

Kunwu and Huan Er were slightly stunned by Chen Xiao’s actions, not expecting him to leave so abruptly. But by now, Huan Er had stopped attacking. If her true identity hadn’t been exposed earlier, it might have been fine, but now it was revealed to Kunwu and even many hidden experts on Kunwu Island. Acting further would be foolish and could even lead to conflict between the Emperor of Jiāo and the Emperor of Destruction.

…

“Damn it, they’ve noticed me so quickly…”

Inside Chen Xiao’s body, Tianlong Xing and Tianlong Yi unleashed their full power, shuttling through parallel spaces in an attempt to shake off the persistent thoughts clinging to him. But no matter how long Chen Xiao traveled, those thoughts, like persistent parasites, clung tightly to him.

“Damn it, it’s the thought of a True Spirit God…” Chen Xiao could hardly resist using his Origin Spirit Fire to burn away these thoughts. But doing so would reveal his Origin Spirit Fire, turning both him and Shang Weiting into enemies of all the gods in the universe.

The God Kings on the Land of Origins were not like the ordinary God Kings in the universe, who had limited knowledge. Most of them were remnants from ancient times, having experienced the ancient wars and knowing various secrets among the gods, even some matters related to the Supreme God’s domain. If Chen Xiao dared to use his Origin Spirit Fire on the Land of Origins, even the Supreme God deep within the continent would rush out at all costs to crush him.

The God King’s thoughts, which were now closely following Chen Xiao, were countless times stronger than the Emperor of Jiāo’s thoughts he had encountered before. Moreover, there was a huge gap between True Spirit Gods. Someone like the Emperor of Jiāo was merely a newly risen God King after the disappearance of the divine realm, while the one chasing Chen Xiao was clearly an existence that had lived for ages.

“Chen Xiao, I know you’re Chen Xiao. Stop obediently and hand over Death Dance, and I’ll let you keep a remnant of your soul to be reborn.”

That God King let out a cold laugh as his thoughts directly entered Chen Xiao’s mind.

“A follower of the Death Lord?”

Upon hearing this, Chen Xiao immediately realized that this True Spirit God was clearly a creation of the Death Lord placed on the Land of Origins. The Death Lord had also interfered in the world of supernatural abilities and naturally knew quite a bit about Chen Xiao. Now that Chen Xiao had arrived on the Land of Origins and used Death Dance, a God King of the Death faction sensed it.

Chen Xiao and the Death Overlord were now in a fight to the death. Not only did Chen Xiao brutally beat and refine one of the Death Overlord’s avatars to dust, but he also killed his daughter. Now that this True Spirit God had traced Chen Xiao’s location, how could he give up? He arrived in an instant. To avoid harming people like Kunwu, Chen Xiao left immediately, luring this True Spirit God away. “Hmph, leaving me a fragment of my soul? Take care of yourself first.” The power of the Free Heaven surged wildly through Chen Xiao’s body, pouring into his Heavenly Dragon set. The aura of freedom echoed in his heart, allowing him to evade this divine being with almost no effort. Moreover, the World of Superpowers was connected to the Netherworld and mostly consisted of enemies of the Source Continent, so it was not safe for him to reveal his identity as a God King here. “Hmph, I’ll see how long you can escape. Once I catch you, I’ll refine your soul alive.” The True Spirit God was unknown distances away from Chen Xiao, but he didn’t care about the distance at all. In his eyes, the other party was just a minor Spirit God, and the supreme artifact in his hands was stolen from the Supreme God. Unbeknownst to him, You Ru had already died at Chen Xiao’s hands; otherwise, even with ten times the courage, he wouldn’t dare to provoke him. “I can now evade the True Spirit God’s mental detection. If he hadn’t locked onto me just now, I would have escaped long ago… But the other God Kings can’t detect me…” A strange smile appeared on Chen Xiao’s face. He turned and headed deep into the Source Continent. The Source Continent was vast and boundless. No one knew exactly how extensive it was—probably only the legendary Supreme God who created it knew. On the periphery of the continent, by the seas, lay the domain of the Void Gods. Here, as long as one became a Void God, they could dominate a realm and rule a world. But the deeper one went, the more powerful beings there were. The Source Continent was like a giant jungle, with the strongest always lurking in the depths. At that moment, the peace on the periphery of the continent was disrupted. A massive and overwhelming force, filled with despair, rushed in from the sea. Along the way, countless cultivators and superpowered individuals were crushed to dust by this force. “This… this is a divine being! What’s going on? How could a divine being from the sea come to the continent?” A low-level Void God who controlled a city was terrified by the immense force coming from the sky and suffered severe injuries. Even Void Gods couldn’t comprehend what a God King was. Boom! Under the pressure of that overwhelming despair, the entire city was reduced to dust, and all living beings within it became mere relics of history. “This True Spirit God truly treats living beings as worthless.” Seeing the scene before him, Chen Xiao narrowed his eyes slightly. He turned and flew toward a deserted area. “Damn it, this Chen Xiao truly deserves to be called someone who dares to desecrate the Supreme God. After flying for so long, he still has the strength.”

That True Spirit God was filled with hidden resentment, but he had no intention of giving up. If he could capture Chen Xiao and obtain the Death God’s Dance from him, and if the Lord of Death were pleased enough to bestow that divine artifact upon him, his strength would rise once again. At this moment, all that existed in the True Spirit God’s eyes was Chen Xiao and the Death God’s Dance on his body.
“Such persistent stubbornness… I wonder if you’ll still be able to smile in a moment.”
Chen Xiao smiled secretly.
At this point, the chase between the two of them had led them deep into the Source Continent—a realm dominated by gods. Here, even Virtual Gods were nothing but commoners. Of course, with more laws of power here, the chances of a Virtual God breaking through to become a god were far greater than on the edges of the continent.
“A god king…?”
There were quite a few gods inside the Source Continent. The moment the True Spirit God’s presence appeared, they recognized him immediately. Instantly, those gods turned and left—angry god kings were no fun to deal with.
“Hm?”
At that time, inside a magnificent palace, an old man with green eyebrows suddenly opened his eyes. He slowly raised his head and looked toward the eastern sky.
“Friend, you enter my domain with such arrogance. What do you intend to do to me?”
The green-haired old man’s expression was grim as he slowly sent a message to the True Spirit God chasing Chen Xiao.
“Get lost! You’ve delayed my important matters. I’ll make sure you vanish completely and never exist again!”
The True Spirit God snapped angrily, not even giving the green-eyebrowed old man a second glance.
“How arrogant!”
The green-eyebrowed old man roared in fury and took to the air. He was clearly also a god, ruling over a region on the Source Continent and known as a God King. To be rebuked by another True Spirit God like this—if word got out, his face would be ruined.
Immediately, he flew forward and blocked the path of the black True Spirit God.
“You’re seeking death!”
The Lord of Death’s True Spirit God, Black Prison, stretched out his hand, and a gigantic halberd appeared in it. Before the old man could speak, he thrust the halberd straight into the old man’s chest.
Boom!
Black Prison was a peak True Spirit God, his laws of power refined to the extreme. With a furious strike, he shattered the green-eyebrowed True Spirit God to pieces. Instantly, blood and flesh scattered everywhere.
“Thank you.”
Chen Xiao seemed to have anticipated this scenario. With a single hand, he unleashed the Heavenly Dragon Claw, which condensed into a dragon’s claw in mid-air, seizing most of the laws of power from the green-eyebrowed old man.
“Damn it! I don’t care who you are. I, Green Yue God King, will never tolerate you!”
Green Yue God King didn’t know who had taken his laws of power, but in his mind, there was only Black Prison. Fortunately, all the blame fell on him. And Black Prison didn’t explain anything—so long as he captured Chen Xiao and earned the favor of the Supreme God, offending a few True Spirit Gods was nothing.

With a mere thought from the Supreme God, ten thousand True Spirit Gods can be destroyed! At this moment, Chen Xiao simultaneously activated Tianlong Xing and Tianlong Yi, while integrating the just-mentioned True Spirit God law into the Primordial Spirit Fire, using it to refine it. Boom! The moment that True Spirit God law merged with the Primordial Spirit Fire, the latter suddenly transformed into a single focal point. All the primordial pathways within it converged together, and the True Spirit God law within Chen Xiao also began to melt, coalescing into a small primordial pathway that merged into his dantian. The next instant, an ice-blue glow flashed in his eyes—the primordial pathway had replaced the law-based power within him, taking control. “Damn it! Without the True Spirit God law, do I have to rely solely on the Supreme God’s power to activate divine artifacts from now on?” The Supreme God’s power is strength, while laws guide the operation of that strength. Now that Chen Xiao had lost the dominance of the laws within him, it meant the Supreme God’s power would also lose its guidance. …