Chapter 3060: The Foodie

Hee hee hee!

In the unknown domain, filled with the laughter of a small child, still so innocent and pure, it was truly dedicated. It clung to Ye Chen, grasping at strands of his faintly visible laws, devouring them with great delight.

Though tiny, its appetite was enormous. It didn't just eat laws; it also consumed lifespan. In the blink of an eye, Ye Chen lost a hundred years of his life, swallowed without a trace.

That made sense—since it could eat rules, it could certainly eat lifespan, including origins, bloodlines, and primordial spirits. It could likely devour those too.

"That's enough. Go cool off over there."

Ye Chen raised his hand and tossed it away, then quickly retreated, deliberately keeping his distance. If it kept eating, he might end up completely gone.

Now, looking at the child's laughter, it felt inexplicably chilling. Its face was already grotesque and not scary on its own, but what was terrifying was that it paired sheer frightfulness with an utterly innocent appearance. Who could know what kind of face hid beneath that child's mask?

And just what was it, exactly?

This question had crossed Ye Chen's mind a thousand times. With his peak Heavenly Emperor experience, he had never heard of any existence that could eat rules.

Hee hee hee!

Thrown aside, the child wasn't angry at all. It still laughed happily, its chubby body waddling back toward Ye Chen, with drool—more like streams of light—dripping from its mouth. In its eyes, Ye Chen wasn't a person at all, but a deliciously tempting candy.

Seal!

Ye Chen shouted firmly, using eternal force to summon four eternal light pillars that formed a cage, trapping the child inside.

The little one was quite amusing, lying on the ground like a puppy, sniffing around. Only when it reached the eternal light pillars did its eyes light up. It hugged one and started gnawing, devouring the pillars chunk by chunk. To it, the so-called seal seemed like nothing more than a decoration.

Ye Chen frowned, aiming his left eye at the child and unleashing Tian Zhao.

Instantly, black flames ignited on the child. These weren't ordinary flames; they were a forbidden fusion that would gradually dissolve anyone it struck into the cycle of reincarnation.

But the child was exceptional. It simply lifted a hand, tore off the illusory flames, balled them up, and popped them into its mouth.

Ye Chen's mouth twitched slightly. Since he had first used Tian Zhao, it had been countered in many ways, but having it eaten outright was a first.

As he watched, the cage of eternal light pillars was already half-devoured by the child. The little one's appetite was insatiable, and it wasn't picky at all.

Seal!

Ye Chen said calmly, invoking an immortal technique to form a cauldron from the Dao, pulling the child inside. Fierce flames raged within the cauldron, born from his primordial spirit, as he tried to refine the child.

The little thing, however, was having a blast inside, leaping and splashing about in the sea of fire. It wasn't content to just cause chaos; it stuck to its old habits, eating everything in sight. Ye Chen's primordial spirit flames couldn't harm it—in fact, they were being eaten—and even the cauldron formed from the Dao was chewed through with a massive hole.

It eats absolutely everything!

Ye Chen muttered to himself, growing more convinced his suspicions were correct. The little one could eat rules, lifespan, Dao principles, flames, and even eternal things. It seemed anything that existed, whether real or illusory, was fair game.

He was certain that if he took the child out and gave it enough time, it could devour the primordial chaos, the ancient paths, the myriad heavens, cultivators, mountains, rivers, including the sacred demons, curse demons, heavenly demons, and even the Heavenly Dao—everything would turn into a blank void, just like this unknown domain.

That was why he felt a chill running down his spine. In a certain sense, the child was more frightening than the Heavenly Dao itself!

Compared to it, the Taotie clan of the Devouring lineage were mere novices. When it came to eating, this little thing was the true master of all.

Thinking of devouring, a gleam flashed in Ye Chen's eyes. The child could eat, and he could swallow. If he devoured the child, he might gain its ability to eat everything. That would be a game-changer—once out, he wouldn't need to fight sacred demons or destroy the Heavenly Dao; he could just eat them all.

And indeed, he tried it. The vortex of the Devouring Heavenly Magic appeared, yanking the child, who was still munching on the primordial spirit flames, straight in.

But Ye Chen had underestimated it. The child was pulled into the vortex, yet he couldn't swallow it. Not only that, the vortex itself was bitten to pieces by the child.

Ye Chen, the Heavenly Emperor, refused to believe it was impossible. He used the Dream Dao to drag the child into a dream realm, hoping to study it there.

Reality once again confirmed his guess. The child that ate everything could even consume the illusory dream. As a result, Ye Chen suffered backlash; the dream was his creation, and now it was riddled with holes, leaving him anything but comfortable.

For the first time, Ye Chen paused, stroking his chin and narrowing his eyes into slits as he reassessed the child.

That plump little thing was constantly showing off its appetite, eating anything and everything without ever getting full. If there were an eating broadcast, the child would be second to none—the King of Heaven himself wouldn't dare claim first.

"How about a chat?"

Ye Chen sent out his divine sense, trying to communicate. Sealing it didn't work, and swallowing it failed, so his only option was to get friendly. An existence like this was no wise enemy; pulling it over as an ally seemed more practical.

But the child's response left him with a stomachache. The divine sense he sent was gobbled up in one bite.

"Don't be like that. Let's chat."

"You're the most dominant type I've ever seen."

"Want to become sworn brothers?"

Ye Chen persisted, sending one divine sense after another, flattering and coaxing with every word. As long as he could communicate, he didn't care about losing face.

Yet the child had only one reaction: eat. It devoured Ye Chen's divine sense and even his words.

Ye Chen took a deep breath.

From all this, he reached a conclusion: it was just a glutton! Besides eating, nothing else got through. It was single-minded about devouring anything not from the unknown domain, whether rules or Dao principles—nothing escaped its maw.

By now, in this unknown domain, everything except Ye Chen—the sealing cage, the Dao-formed cauldron, the remnants of the dream realm—had been eaten clean by the child.

Naturally, the child turned its gaze back to Ye Chen, licking its lips, truly treating the Heavenly Emperor like a piece of candy.

Zheng!

Ye Chen said nothing, manifesting the Eternal Sword and activating his bloodline limit, preparing to spar with the child. Communication would be best, and recruiting it as an ally even better. If that failed, he'd have no choice but to eliminate it.

Such an existence was fine here, but if it got out, their universe would be eaten into a second unknown domain.

As he spoke, the child was already upon him.

"I don't hit kids lightly."

Ye Chen said, swinging the Eternal Sword downward. It was a peak Heavenly Emperor strike, utterly devastating. Fortunately, this unknown domain had no mountains or stars; otherwise, they would have been obliterated into dust by his sword.

"And no one dares hit me lightly either."

If the child had intelligence and could speak, it would surely say something like that—you little brat, how dare you strike me.

Indeed, it had the capital to say so.

Ye Chen's sword, though world-shattering, fell short against the child. It was like striking indestructible immortal iron, sparking and clanging.

Crack!

The Eternal Sword shattered on the spot, and Ye Chen was shaken back, stumbling, with his arm's bones and blood exploding from the impact.

In contrast, the child was completely unharmed.

Shock filled Ye Chen's eyes. He knew the child could eat, but he hadn't realized it was this tough.

Beyond the shock, there was embarrassment. Since reaching the peak of Heavenly Emperor, this was his first battle. If judged by this single move, he had lost miserably.

But it got worse. The child wasn't just tough and able to eat; it could fight too. With a casual wave of its small hand, it sent Ye Chen flying eight thousand li sideways.

It was a good thing no one else was here; otherwise, they would be stunned. That was Ye Chen! The supreme figure of the sacred body lineage, a genuine peak Heavenly Emperor, yet he was so easily overpowered by a child.

"What a freak."

Ye Chen steadied himself abruptly, blood trickling from his mouth, his expression grave. He didn't know what the child was or how to define its level; he only knew it was terrifyingly frightening.

This strangeness was such that even the true Ancient Heavenly Court Empress probably couldn't match it.

Hee hee hee!

The child giggled nonstop, its voice childish and tender, toddling forward with unsteady steps. Plump and round, it looked adorably fierce, with no trace of malice or killing intent on it—just like an ordinary child from a common household.

Yet, this very child was terrifying enough to overpower even a Heavenly Emperor sacred body.

And its laughter—now, it wasn't just chilling; to Ye Chen's ears, it carried a supreme demonic power that could disrupt the mind.

In an instant, a myriad of thoughts raced through his mind as the child approached again.

Ye Chen retreated swiftly, performing a Dao with one hand, manifesting a sun in the vast void, its eternal light radiating, and a full moon, its pure moonlight cascading, intending to obliterate the child with them.

Seeing this, the child stopped chasing Ye Chen and giggled, rushing straight for the sun and moon.

The so-called eternal light and pure moonlight had no effect on the child; instead, it devoured them strand by strand. Even the sun and moon Ye Chen had manifested vanished without a trace.

"No weaknesses?"

Ye Chen furrowed his brow deeply. The child had no roots, no source, no Dao, no rules—not even memories or a primordial spirit. Calling it a blank slate wasn't an exaggeration.

In its presence, all of Ye Chen's laws, including his cultivation, combat power, Dao, bloodline, and origin, seemed utterly useless. In this regard, it surpassed even the Heavenly Court Empress.

Buzz!

As he watched, the child grew even more playful, scribbling in the void with its small hand, sketching out a sun and a moon of its own. They hung in the ether, forming the most brilliant colors. Whether sunlight or moonlight, it was incredibly radiant, illuminating every corner of the unknown domain.

Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!

Golden blood sprayed forth, stark and piercing. Ye Chen's Dao techniques were ineffective, but the child's sun and moon were overwhelmingly powerful. Every beam of light was like an indestructible sword, piercing Ye Chen's indestructible sacred body with gruesome bloody holes.

"This place isn't safe to stay."

Ye Chen used Dream Escape to flee toward the exit. He couldn't figure out what the child was, but perhaps the Empress knew.