2061 He Knows Me Like I Knows Him, Chu Kuangren’s Ascension



Armament Destruction went through the Primordial Tribulation, but at the end of it, Chu Kuangren appeared.

He appeared with an overwhelming aura that locked onto Armament Destruction immediately.

The scene shocked everyone.

"What is happening? Why is the Immortal King here?"

"I'm confused."

The Three Charities and other great ones spotted something strange.

Li Jun smiled. "The Primordial Tribulation is not over. This is the last test from the Primordial Tribulation and also the hardest. It's the Heart Demon Tribulation." 

Not every Primordial Tribulation had the Heart Demon Tribulation, but one thing was for sure — the Heart Tribulation was a difficult one.

It was much more difficult than the lightning.

"Armament Destruction's heart demon is Chu Kuangren? How surprising."

"What's with the two of them?"

"Hmph. Interesting."

"We the audience can see clearly that the Chu Kuangren is just a copy created by the Great Dao's energy, but Armament Destruction, who is undergoing the Primordial Tribulation, might not know because he's so focused on the battle. He's in trouble now."

The few ancient beings were chatting with each other.

When Armament Destruction saw Chu Kuangren, he frowned. He could instinctively feel that something was not right, but he could not pinpoint the feeling.

"Chu Kuangren, why are you here?"

"To kill you," Chu Kuangren said coldly.

The terrifying killing intent locked onto Armament Destruction. There was nowhere for him to escape.

"Kill me?"

Armament Destruction was stunned for a moment before he cackled. The rage qi on him surged once more.

"Hahaha! You want to kill me? Is it because I'll surpass you when I ascend to Primordial?"

"You are just a clone of mine. How dare you speak to me like that?" Chu Kuangren said. His hand was already on the hilt of the Descendant Self Sword.

An overpowering sword aura together with killing intent erupted.

Armament Destruction, however, did not try to escape. "Very well, Chu Kuangren. I have always wanted to fight you to see who is stronger."

With that, his figure flashed, vanishing on the spot. He brandished the Broke Arm and clashed with the Descendant Self Sword.

"Clank!"

Both of them were pushed back.

They continued to exchange blows.

The longer they fought, the stronger they got.

Each clash destroyed tens of thousands of planets. 

"Armament Destruction Eight Barrens, Blazing Chaos Earth!"

"Green Lotus Art, Divine Universal Supremacy!"

The clash between two powerful attacks crushed the realm.

Chu Kuangren and Armament Destruction were both blasted away by the shockwave.

Then, they clashed once more as if two meteors crashed together.

The battle lasted for three days and three nights.

The shockwaves from their clash crushed the entire galaxy.

"Bang!"

Armament Destruction swung the Broken Arm at Chu Kuangren, blasting him away.

After a tough fight, he finally gained the upper hand. 

A strange rush of excitement washed over him.

He surpassed Chu Kuangren!

"I lost…"

In the end, Chu Kuangren lay down on a planet, exhausted. He looked at Armament Destruction and said, "You win. Kill me now."

Armament Destruction frowned. Something was not right.

"What are you waiting for? Kill me and you can replace me. Then, you can take everything I have. My power, my status, my fame…" 

Before he could finish, Armament Destruction shouted, "Shut up!"

He finally knew what was wrong.

He stared at the so-called Chu Kuangren. "You are not him. You are just a copy created by the Great Dao."

Chu Kuangren was stunned. "What did you say?"

"Trying to play dumb, huh? Cheap copy. Your acting is poor. The real Chu Kuangren would never give up this easily. Even if the odds are against him, he will never compromise and let me replace him because he knows I am me and he is him. We're not the same. 

"I might have a sliver of his Immortal Consciousness, but there's no one in this universe who acknowledges me more than him. You are not him. He knows me just like I know him."

Armament Destruction gripped the Broke Arm tightly and stared coldly at the fake Chu Kuangren.

Chu Kuangren said, "You don't want to defeat him?"

"I want to, but I want to defeat the real him and not you, some cheap copy Heart Demon," Armament Destruction said coldly as he swung his weapon at the Heart Demon.

"Bang!"

The Heart Demon was destroyed.

When Armament Destruction opened his eyes again, the Primordial Tribulation was no more.

There were no signs of his battle with Chu Kuangren's copy as well.

Everything was just an illusion.

To the audience, when Chu Kuangren's copy appeared, the two of them did not fight either. The copy simply stared at Armament Destruction before it disappeared with the rest of the Primordial Tribulation.

"Hmph. He has overcome the Primordial Tribulation," Li Ju said with a smile.

After the Primordial Tribulation faded, Armament Destruction's power skyrocketed and soon reached a new height.

Strictly speaking, he was not exactly in the Primordial Realm yet because he only had one Dao, a very powerful Dao.

"Infinity! My Dao has surpassed the Ultimate and reached Infinity! If I continue to boost this Dao of mine, I won't have to care about the Primordial Realm or the Great Dao! With the Broken Arm, I can be powerful enough to wipe out everything in my way!"

Armament Destruction was enlightened.

He stared at the Immortal World and muttered, "Chu Kuangren, while you're going to fuse three thousand Dao, I'm going to improve my Dao infinitely. Let's see who is stronger."

Back in the Immortal World, Chu Kuangren sensed something while cultivating. He looked into the distant sky and smiled. "Congratulations, Armament Destruction."

Armament Destruction finally found his own path, and Chu Kuangren was happy for him.

After all, Chu Kuangren needed a rival in his path to immortality.

Armament Destruction was a decent rival.

They knew each other well, making them both rivals and friends.

"If you can ascend, why can't I?" Chu Kuangren smiled.

Then, a terrifying aura erupted from his body.

The aura swept across the universe and trembled the world he was in.

Dark clouds gathered above the empire, and it shocked all the ancient beings once again.

"Another Primordial Tribulation?"

"Damn! The clone has just finished his Primordial Tribulation, and the real self is going to challenge it now? Why does it seem like the Primordial Tribulation is like a toy that everyone can get?"

Everyone was rendered speechless.

However, Nuwa, the Three Clarities, and the others found something amiss.

"Brother Chu once said that he wanted to fuse three thousand Daos. There's no way he has completed that goal in such a short time."

"It's not time yet, so why is he challenging the tribulation?"

"Is it because Armament Destruction's success triggered him? Is that why he wants to ascend to the Primordial Realm now?"

"No. He isn't someone this reckless."

Armament Destruction came back to the Immortal World in a flash.

He looked at the Primordial Tribulation in the sky and frowned. "Chu Kuangren, what are you doing?"

He, too, did not believe Chu Kuangren would give up his goal of fusing three thousand Daos.

It was not like him.

While the audience was confused, a red pillar of light burst from the Imperial Palace and shot up into the sky.

On a closer look, the red pillar of light was actually the manifestation of intense vitality qi[1] energy.

A figure in white emerged from the red pillar of light.

It was Chu Kuangren!

His physical body gleamed like porcelain and was as strong as Immortal Metal. Some mystical patterns were flowing around his body, releasing an intense aura.

Li Jun and Yang Mei, both the oldest beings in this universe with the most experience and knowledge, were shocked when they saw Chu Kuangren's condition.

Their eyes widened in disbelief.

"This is…"

[1] We'll use "vitality qi" to replace "qi and blood" from now on.