The Primordial Chaos Sovereign

The Blood That Defied Heaven

Silence filled the room.

A suffocating silence.

Armstrong stood motionless after hearing Briana’s story. The cold wind drifting through the guild hall windows felt heavier than before.

For the first time, he truly understood what kind of path he had stepped onto after the time he had spent with Briana.

This was no longer cultivation.

No longer revenge.

No longer survival.

This was war against the ruler of the Southern Domain itself.

Against a being who controlled the Laws of Heaven.

Briana stood before the window quietly, her icy blue eyes staring into the distant night sky.

“The moment you continue walking beside me,” she said softly, “your life will never belong to you again.”

Armstrong frowned slightly.

“You say that like I ever had a choice.”

A faint smile appeared on Briana’s face.

“Fair point.”

Then her expression became serious again.

“There’s something I need to confirm.”

She turned around and began walking deeper into the guild.

“Follow me.”

The deeper they went beneath the mercenary guild, the colder the air became.

Armstrong could feel terrifying ice Laws surrounding the underground passageways. Ancient blue runes glowed across the walls while layers of frozen spiritual energy filled the tunnels.

After nearly fifteen minutes of descending, they finally reached a gigantic black gate.

The gate was covered in ancient symbols. Even looking at them made Armstrong’s head ache slightly.

Briana placed her hand against the gate.

Crack…

The enormous doors slowly opened.

The moment they entered, Armstrong’s breathing stopped briefly.

At the center of the chamber stood a massive altar made entirely of dark blue ice.

And floating above it…

…was a single drop of blood.

Even after countless years, the blood radiated terrifying pressure.

The surrounding space distorted endlessly around it.

It felt alive.

Armstrong unconsciously took a step back.

“What… is that?”

Briana’s eyes narrowed slightly.

“A relic left behind by my master.”

Her voice became lower.

“A treasure the Crimson Emperor himself would slaughter worlds to obtain.”

She slowly walked toward the altar.

“How my master obtained it… even now, I still believe it was nothing short of a miracle.”

The icy light illuminated her face as she stared at the floating blood droplet.

“This…”

“…is a sealed primordial drop of blood from a Fourth-Tier Grade Twenty-Two Sovereign Primordial Bloodline.”

Armstrong’s pupils shrank.

Briana continued slowly.

“Heaven Breaker Ape.”

“The First Rebel.”

The chamber trembled faintly.

“During the Primordial Era, it challenged Heaven itself. It nearly destroyed the structure of cultivation.”

Armstrong felt chills run down his spine.

Briana’s voice echoed through the frozen chamber.

“The Laws of cultivation were rewritten afterward specifically to prevent another existence like it from ever appearing again.”

She looked directly into Armstrong’s eyes.

“This bloodline possessed power beyond imagination.

Absolute physical strength capable of crushing celestial beings barehanded.

A Heaven-Breaking Domain that dismantled Laws themselves.

And most terrifying of all…”

Her voice became colder.

“It was immune to suppression.”

“No Heavenly Tribulation.”

“No karmic punishment.”

“No bloodline domination.”

“Nothing could force it to kneel.”

The chamber became silent again.

Armstrong stared at the blood with disbelief.

“So why are you showing me this?”

Briana remained quiet for several moments.

Then she spoke.

“Because your bloodline is strange. I noticed it long ago. There are three terrifying seals suppressing your bloodline.”

Armstrong’s eyes widened slightly.

“Three seals?”

Briana nodded slowly.

“Not ordinary seals. Each one contains power beyond anything I’ve ever seen.”

“Whoever sealed your bloodline… feared what you would become.”

A dangerous look appeared in her eyes.

“And I want to know why.”

She stepped aside from the altar.

“Touch it.”

Armstrong looked toward her.

“That’s it?” He asked

“That’s it.” She answered

He hesitated briefly before slowly walking toward the floating blood.

The closer he got, the heavier the pressure became.

Boom.

Boom.

Boom.

His heartbeat started accelerating violently. The blood droplet trembled.

Briana’s eyes narrowed instantly.

“It’s reacting already…”

Armstrong slowly stretched out his hand. The moment his finger touched the frozen relic,

BOOOOOOM!!!

A terrifying shockwave exploded across the entire chamber.

The altar cracked instantly.

The ice Laws sealing the room shattered one after another.

“What?!”

Briana’s expression changed drastically.

The blood droplet suddenly released a blinding golden-red light.

Not toward her.

Toward Armstrong.

The entire chamber shook violently.

The frozen relic exploded into countless pieces.

And before Armstrong could react, the drop of blood shot directly into his forehead.

“AHHHHHHHHH!!!”

A horrifying scream erupted from Armstrong’s mouth.

He collapsed onto the ground instantly.

Veins bulged across his body violently as crimson-gold energy spread through his flesh like wildfire.

Crack!

His bones began breaking apart.

Again.

And again.

And again.

“Arghhhhhhh!!”

His skin tore open before rapidly regenerating.

Blood poured endlessly from his body.

His muscles twisted unnaturally while terrifying power erupted from within him.

Briana stared at the scene in complete shock.

“How…?”

That was the only thing she could say.

The Heaven Breaker Ape bloodline…

Accepted him.

No.

Not accepted.

It was as though it had found its rightful owner.

BOOM!!!

A terrifying aura burst from Armstrong’s chest. Briana’s eyes suddenly widened.

The mark beneath his heart was loosening.

One of the seals.

“It’s unsealing…”

Her breathing became unstable.

The bloodline inside Armstrong was devouring the Heaven Breaker Ape essence completely.

Not rejecting it.

Not merging carefully.

It was devouring it.

Like a predator consuming prey.

Briana suddenly felt cold.

A terrifying realization appeared in her mind.

“That’s how…”

“That’s how he becomes stronger…”

Her pupils trembled slightly.

“He devours bloodlines…”

The more powerful the bloodline consumed…

…the more the seals weaken.

Fear slowly crept into her heart.

If Armstrong continued growing this way…

What would he eventually become?

Her fingers trembled faintly.

“But wouldn’t that make him a monster…”

“…just like the Emperor?”

For the first time in centuries, Briana felt genuine hesitation.

Even fear. She looked at the screaming Armstrong lying in a pool of blood.

Right now…

She could kill him.

Before whatever was inside him fully awakened.

Before it became uncontrollable.

Her hand slowly rose.

Cold killing intent flickered briefly in her eyes.

But then, she remembered the two years she spent training him.

His stubbornness.

His determination.

The way he looked at her not with fear… but trust.

Her hand slowly lowered.

Briana closed her eyes briefly.

“It’s a gamble…”

A bitter smile appeared on her face.

“A dangerous gamble.”

She looked toward Armstrong again.

“But I’ll see it through to the end.”

BOOOOOOM!!!

Suddenly, an even more terrifying aura exploded from Armstrong’s body.

The chamber walls shattered instantly.

The first seal broke.

Crimson-gold light erupted into the heavens. An ancient phantom appeared behind Armstrong.

A Gigantic Ape.

Its body towered between heaven and earth.

Its eyes burned with endless rebellion.

The mere sight of it caused the surrounding Laws to distort violently.

Crack.

Crack.

Crack.

The chamber’s spiritual formations collapsed one after another.

Briana’s breathing became heavy.

“So this is…”

“…the aura of a Sovereign Primordial Bloodline…”

Armstrong’s body slowly floated into the air.

Faint golden markings spread across his skin.

His muscles became denser.

Sharper.

More terrifying.

Even unconscious, he radiated overwhelming dominance.

A faint ape-like mark appeared briefly in his eyes before disappearing.

Then, everything suddenly became silent. Armstrong’s body fell back onto the ground.

The terrifying aura disappeared completely.

Only the sound of his weak breathing remained.

Briana stared at him silently.

His bloodline had awakened.

One seal had been removed.

Yet even now…

They still didn’t know what his true bloodline actually was.

And somehow…

That frightened her more than anything else.

Far away from the Solartin Empire.

Beyond countless kingdoms.

Beyond ancient sects and forbidden regions.

Powerful existences suddenly opened their eyes.

Within an ancient forbidden land, a giant chained creature roared toward the heavens.

Inside a golden palace floating above the clouds, an old man dropped his tea cup in shock.

In the endless abyss beneath the Northern Sea, crimson eyes slowly opened in darkness.

And within the Crimson Imperial Palace,

The Emperor suddenly stood up from his throne.

BOOOOOOM!!!

Terrifying Imperial pressure filled the heavens instantly.

His golden eyes stared toward the distant west.

“…Impossible.”

For the first time in centuries…

There was shock on his face.

Then slowly, a smile appeared.

Cold.

Dangerous.

Excited.

“The Heaven Breaker Ape…”

His voice echoed across the silent palace.

“So…”

“…another rebel has appeared.”