"Roar!!"

The Giant Demon Dragon let out a thunderous roar, baring its fangs and lunging forward with its claws.

"Rip..."

Blood as black as ink splattered across the sky. The Giant Demon Dragon casually tossed aside the shredded flesh wings, its muscles swelling several times more before charging at the bizarre giant with a ferocious momentum.

Qin Shou: "..."

Good grief, where did it learn such cruel moves?

"Boom boom boom..."

The massive body, towering at 300 meters, barreled forward in a ferocious charge. The ground shattered and trembled, and as its claws swung wildly along its path, spatial fissures began to grow and expand rapidly, threatening to engulf Qin Shou.

Qin Shou stepped back, then leapt into the air with a swift and agile flip kick.

"Buzz!!"

As he narrowly avoided the spatial fissures, light energy surged beneath the giant's feet, tearing through space like a meteor streaking across the sky.

"Crash!!"

The giant's form flashed briefly, then vanished. A burst of fiery sparks exploded from the Giant Demon Dragon's skull, spatial fissures cleaving through its Dragon Head, and black blood rained onto the earth, leaving corroded pits in its wake.

"Roar..."

The Giant Demon Dragon howled in agony, its enormous body losing balance but still defiant. Before it could hit the ground, another meteor-like strike descended, dealing another devastating blow to its Dragon Head.

Hovering above its head, the giant floated in the air, its body radiating a shroud of mysterious golden light. Without hesitation, a volley of Light Blades shot down toward the dragon.

"Rumble rumble rumble..."

The earth quaked and collapsed as a wave of soil and dust erupted, burying the colossal 300-meter form of the Giant Demon Dragon beneath the debris.

Amid the billowing dust, the Giant Demon Dragon continued to roar with great vitality. Qin Shou looked up at the sky, then down, touching the energy light on his chest. Vast light energy transformed into a magnificent and enormous bubble, encasing the struggling dragon within.

Now fully capable of controlling various effects of Light Energy, Qin Shou made effective use of them even while in his giant form.

"Buzz..."

Inside the light-energy bubble, hundreds of meters in diameter, the Giant Demon Dragon violently slashed with its powerful claws, repeatedly cutting into the membrane of the bubble while it rapidly healed. However, the speed of healing struggled to keep up with the rate of slicing.

"Off you go!"

With a soft cry, the enormous bubble soared into the skies.

Zapelli Beam!

The bubble shattered in an instant, unleashing a pale golden beam that shot straight into the heavens...

...

Thousands of miles away.

The primordial energy of heaven and earth suddenly turned chaotic. The Sword Saint lifted his eyes to gaze at the faint flicker of golden light far in the distance, his old face growing tense.

Beside him, Lin Ke sensed the disturbance and her delicate face tightened into a serious expression.

"Master, it's a Holy Artifact Master!"

The Sword Saint shook his head. "If my guess is correct, it must be Earth's Demigod Realm expert."

Lin Ke looked puzzled. "Master, how can you be so sure?"

The Sword Saint stroked his beard with a smile. "Recently, I've received news that Earth has given rise to its fifth Supreme Strong warrior—equivalent to the level of a Holy Artifact Master.

They say Earth's fifth powerhouse is only twenty years old, possessing the extraordinary ability to transform into the Light Giant and wield Light Attribute Qi. It must be him without a doubt."

Hearing this, Lin Ke was incredulous.

"Master, you're deceiving me again! A twenty-year-old becoming a Holy Artifact Master? In a few more years, with that person's strength further refined, our Sword Sect will surely face a crisis! How can you still laugh about this?"

The Sword Saint burst into hearty laughter. "My dear apprentice, how has your mind become so dim-witted? Earth's lack of cultivation methods will make it impossible for his strength to continue growing!"

Lin Ke realized the truth, then suddenly seemed to think of something, her face darkening.

"This is bad, Master. If Earth's youngest Holy Artifact Master has already taken action, doesn't that mean Medicine King Cave has begun to move? Shouldn't we...?"

The Sword Saint waved his hand casually. "No rush, no rush. That old rogue plans to act in the Demon World—it's impossible for him to strike early. This must be an accident."

...

Southern Continent's borders.

An elderly man with a hunched figure gazed upward, his murky eyes gleaming with cunning.

"Heh heh heh, exactly as expected—this peculiar Light Attribute Qi directly opposes the overwhelming Demonic Qi here. The Demon World will surely become your graveyard!"

"Don't be careless. If the token gets away, there's nothing I can do to help you."

A cold voice rang out behind the old man.

The elder slowly turned, a mysterious rune-covered medicine jar floating in his hand.

"Don't worry, he won't escape."

...

On the crater-filled earth, Qin Shou sat cross-legged, propping his chin with a blank look as he stared at the sky, watching white clouds slowly reform.

"It's been so long... It should be almost here by now, right?"

As soon as the words left his mouth, fiery "meteors" appeared in his line of sight.

"It's here!"

Qin Shou grinned, pulling out the bowl and chopsticks he'd long prepared. With a flick of his wrist, vast light energy condensed into a massive hand, grasping one of the meteors in mid-flight.

The Light Energy hand gently squeezed, extinguishing the flames to reveal steaming chunks of meat.

Moments before, the Giant Demon Dragon had been obliterated by Qin Shou's ultimate attack, sent soaring beyond the Heavenly Artifact Continent's atmosphere. As the dragon exploded, chunks of its flesh rained back down to the earth.

As one might say of precious ingredients... no cooking method is required.

The meteoric meat chunks, processed uniquely by their high-speed friction with the atmosphere, had undergone an unprecedented food preparation method.

Qin Shou couldn't resist giving himself a big thumbs up for his brilliant idea!

Who's better than me?!!!

Selecting the smallest piece, Qin Shou placed it on a plate. After some thought, he pulled out a knife and fork crafted from Cosmic Meteorite Gold and carefully sliced into it.

"Bleh..."

One slice down, blood trickled out, instantly killing his appetite.

Disaster-level ingredients... truly, not easy to cook through.

At some point, Fang Bao had followed the enticing aroma and arrived beside Qin Shou.

"Haha, hey... Qin Shou, I like my meat medium-rare. How about letting me take care of all this?"

Fang Bao swallowed hard, his eyes glued to the chunks of meat.

Disaster-level monster meat? Who on Earth has ever eaten this?!

Qin Shou responded coolly, stealing a glance at Fang Bao. "No need to trouble yourself."

With that, blazing light energy glimmered in his hands. Channeling it through his knife and fork, he began a second phase of processing.

The aroma became even richer, wafting powerfully through the air, and Qin Shou smiled in satisfaction.

"Hmm, done."

...

After dragging their feet, Qin Shou and his party finally reached a black horizon stretching across the landscape at noon, half a month later.

Inside the ship, Qin Shou peered at the black zone displayed on the virtual map and chuckled. "So this is the so-called Demon World? Looks pretty interesting."

Su Liang frowned. "This is the only route to the Western Continent. If your suspicions are correct, then we must tread carefully. Not every sect has Sword Sect's fear of Elder Long."

Qin Shou waved dismissively. "Relax, I have it all under control."

The Medicine King Cave had never interacted with Earth before, but now they had bizarrely chosen to ally with other sects against Earth. There must be a hidden reason.

This was what truly concerned him.

...

Demon World.

As their disc-shaped spaceship approached the dark territory, sparks erupted inside the ship as mechanical devices rapidly malfunctioned. The ship lost power and tilted sharply, plummeting toward the ground.

Qin Shou had anticipated this, enveloping the massive vessel in vast light energy to shield it from the effects of Dark Energy. The ship's systems gradually regained functionality.

"If it can disable mechanical equipment, it must indeed be Dark Energy!" Su Liang remarked.

Qin Shou shook his head. "Pure Dark Energy wouldn't affect machinery. It must be an unknown phenomenon within the Demon World that's influencing the ship."

As they conversed, the ship officially entered the zone filled with Dark Energy.

"Rumble rumble rumble..."

In pitch-black clouds akin to ink, lightning flashed and thunder roared. Bolts of Dark Thunder occasionally struck the ground, while the gray-brown earth below shimmered with shadows. Dark Monsters hidden in the obscurity grew restless at the arrival of intruders.

Beneath the dark clouds, the ship enveloped in white light moved far slower than before.

Qin Shou noticed and activated the Divine Light Stick on his chest, its brilliance once again enveloping the ship. The stabilizing systems slowly returned to normal.

"Boom..."

As the ship pierced through the dark clouds, its radiant light illuminated the ground below. One by one, Dark Monsters emerged within the beams, howling up at the vessel.

"Ya ya ya..."

The next moment, dark clouds churned as countless Dark Ravens poured out, blanketing the ship and suppressing the light energy.

"Sizzle sizzle..."

Dark Ravens swarmed through the Light Energy Shield in droves, succumbing to the its energy and dropping to the ground in clouds of black smoke, resembling a torrential downpour of black rain.

"Buzz..."

Suddenly, everyone aboard the ship felt a mysterious unease. The Dark Energy abruptly vanished, and the ship seemed to enter another realm.

As the virtual display revealed the barren land below, Qin Shou raised an eyebrow.

"We're here!"

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