After quite a while, the Silver Dragon finally arrived at Evan Chu's side, panting with awe. "Young Lord, why did you stop? This time, Silver Dragon has truly witnessed your flying speed—it's just too fast! Even the Shadow Heavenly Dragon can't compare to you!"
"Silver Dragon, do you see that cluster of energy up ahead? Is that a Chaotic Qi Mass? Why isn't it just chaotic turbulence?" Evan Chu asked, his tone serious and full of anticipation.
The Silver Dragon elder looked toward the spot Evan Chu pointed out, and his face instantly changed. "Young Lord, hurry and get out of here! That's definitely a Chaotic Qi Mass! This thing is even scarier than chaotic turbulence. If it doesn't move, it stays put, but once it starts, its speed is far faster than yours—by a huge margin!"
And there's something special about the Chaotic Qi Mass—devouring! It can swallow you whole, making you a part of itself. In this spatial black hole, it's the most terrifying existence there is. Just our luck, huh!
"So that's how it is? That's perfect! Silver Dragon, you just wait here and watch—see how your Young Lord absorbs this Chaotic Qi Mass!" Evan Chu said, excitement blazing in his eyes.
The truth is, Evan Chu had a reason for his bold words. The instant he laid eyes on that Chaotic Qi Mass, a bizarre feeling swept over him—as if he needed it more than anything, as if it was calling out to him. It felt so intimate, so familiar, like an old friend who'd been waiting for him for countless years.
He wasn't blind to Silver Dragon's warnings, but that strange feeling made him crazy enough to want to try anyway. Maybe, just maybe, if he could absorb the energy from this Chaotic Qi Mass, he'd break through his current realm—or even change his entire physique!
Hearing Evan Chu's declaration, the Silver Dragon elder instantly grew anxious. "Young Lord, you can't! This Chaotic Qi Mass really is terrifying—if even I went in, it'd be nine deaths out of ten! Please, think twice before you act!"
"Just wait here—I know what I'm doing! Trust me!" Evan Chu cut off any more words, his figure flashing as he shot straight toward the distant Chaotic Qi Mass.
The Silver Dragon elder wanted to stop Evan Chu, but he was too late. All he could do was watch, helpless, as Evan charged into the far-off Chaotic Qi Mass. He could only wait here, praying for the miracle Evan had spoken of.
As soon as Evan Chu got close to the Chaotic Qi Mass, a surge of powerful suction yanked him in, his body completely beyond his own control. The instant he entered, he was hit by a feeling—like he'd come home. It was so real, so comfortable, so soothing that every pore in his body opened wide in response.
Inside, Evan found that the energy within the Chaotic Qi Mass was truly Chaos Qi—so pure it might be the purest energy between heaven and earth. His body started absorbing it all on its own, and the sensation was indescribably blissful.
Suddenly, the Chaotic Qi Mass started moving, shooting around at insane speed. Far in the distance, Silver Dragon watched, heart pounding with worry. If Evan Chu died here, it would be a sin he'd carry for eternity. If only he hadn't brought Evan to chase after this Chaotic Qi Mass, maybe none of this would have happened.
But soon, Silver Dragon noticed something strange—the Chaotic Qi Mass was fast, but it never left a range of several dozen li, just racing around in circles. Every now and then, it would flash with a burst of white light.
He had no clue what Evan Chu was experiencing inside. His own divine sense couldn't get near—the moment he tried, it was bounced back, making his mind ache terribly. All he could do was wait, and hope Evan Chu would come out alive.
Right now, every meridian in Evan Chu's body was bursting with Chaos Qi. At first, it felt great, but soon he realized the flow wouldn't stop—Chaos Qi kept pouring in endlessly, swelling him up until the pain was unbearable.
This feeling was just like back in the blood pool of Divine Dragon Valley—if this Chaos Qi kept flooding in, he'd explode and die for sure. But he couldn't stop it at all, and that started to make him seriously anxious.
Evan Chu desperately circulated the Chaos Qi through his meridians, trying to ease the agony. But as time crawled by, more and more Chaos Qi flooded in, making his meridians and dantian ache and swell, like his body was about to burst wide open at any moment.
If only he could break through to the early God-Venerable Realm right now—the pain would ease up so much! But the breakthrough just refused to come. Evan Chu's willpower was monstrous, enduring suffering no ordinary person could handle, but even so, his meridians started snapping under the relentless flood of Chaos Qi.
He wanted to stop, but it was impossible. 'Am I really going to die here?' The thought flashed through Evan Chu's mind, bitter and unwilling.
Little by little, Evan Chu's muscles began to split and tear, golden blood seeping out in slow trickles. His clothes fell apart without him even noticing, and after several hours, every muscle was ripped open—his whole appearance had become utterly monstrous and savage.
Nearly all his meridians had snapped, his bones and internal organs shattered. The only things left untouched were his dantian and the God Infant inside his sea of consciousness. At this moment, Evan Chu felt so desperate he wanted to cry but had no tears left.
Slowly, Evan Chu slipped into unconsciousness, completely unaware of anything that happened next. Meanwhile, the Silver Dragon elder was wracked with pain and guilt—Evan had been inside for half a year already. If he were still alive, he should've come out long ago.
At this moment, the Chaotic Qi Mass finally stopped again. The Silver Dragon elder didn't dare leave, so all he could do was wait—wait for a miracle to happen.
If anyone could enter the Chaotic Qi Mass right now, they'd be shocked—Evan Chu was wrapped in a cocoon of white light, all his muscles turned transparent, his bones and meridians clearly visible, his skin smooth as jade and even paler and softer than a girl's.
The cocoon of light kept spinning slowly, sending streams of energy into Evan Chu's body, tempering him in the strangest way.
No one knew how much time passed before the cocoon stopped spinning and slowly faded away, leaving only Evan Chu floating in the Chaotic Qi Mass—which was now much thinner than before, if you looked closely.
Right then, Evan Chu slowly woke up. He opened his eyes, stretched lazily, and his bones crackled with explosive sound. He grinned and said, "This time, I really did come to the right place! I can't believe I actually broke through the Ninth Layer of the Starforge Body in a situation like this!"
Now I've actually become a Chaos Body! But did my cultivation realm break through too? Evan Chu couldn't help but look inside himself to check his condition...