Chapter 2126: Little Yellow Chicken Revival

The temple, suppressing the black vortex above it, was like a wooden stopper plugging a drain. I had always wanted to investigate it before, but my cultivation was too low to approach. Now that I’ve become a true god, even though the black currents are terrifying, I don’t need to fear them too much!

Flying straight, I covered a distance that would have taken two hours to traverse in just a few minutes.

The massive temple reappeared before me, with black mist swirling constantly and cracks appearing everywhere in space.

Upon reaching the top of the vortex, I immediately felt unique forces tearing at me, as if trying to pull me in.

"Let's go in and see!"

My divine power surged, enveloping my entire body. With a slight sway, I immediately entered.

The shattered space around the vortex continuously tore and lashed at me. Even powerful false gods couldn't withstand it, but for me now, it wasn't difficult.

Before me was a dark passage, its destination unknown.

However, it gave me a feeling of abundant spiritual energy, making me want to investigate further.

"Could this be... an entrance to the God Realm?"

Recalling the Master Teacher Continent in the Kunxu Realm and its passage to the Firmament, Zhang Xuan didn't rush, but paused instead.

That passage was guarded by the Hundred Schools of Thought to prevent mercury spiritual energy from penetrating. Whether it was a seal or something else, it bore the shadow of Master Kong.

The one before me was similar.

The temple behind was guarded by Master Kong's will, and the divine energy I previously acquired was also extracted by Master Kong from here.

Furthermore, after my will replaced Master Kong's in guarding the temple, I understood the rules: anyone who could defeat my will would also obtain a wisp of divine energy.

Unfortunately... my will was too strong; Zhao Ya and the others at the same cultivation level couldn't defeat it. Otherwise, I would have had them collect it long ago.

"I should go back and make arrangements first, then return to investigate..."

Seeing that the vortex couldn't harm him in his current state, Zhang Xuan didn't rush to enter further. Instead, he swayed and flew out.

Since I had been fighting Master Kong, Zhao Ya, Han Jianqiu, and the others must have been terribly worried. I needed to return quickly!

Flying back to the barrier, it didn't take long to return to the Transcendent Hall headquarters.

With a thought, I disguised my aura as that of a false god.

Breaking through to godhood would involve a heavenly tribulation; disguising my cultivation might postpone it.

With a gentle grab of my hand, the space previously sealed by the divine being ripped open, and I stepped through.

When I reappeared, I was above the Heaven-Connecting Stone.

Identifying the direction, I tore through space once more.

The next moment, I appeared above the Star Pursuing Palace.

Seeing that no heavenly tribulation had descended, Zhang Xuan breathed a sigh of relief and looked around.

The battle between the Transcendent Hall, allied with the Mystic Mirror Sect and the Ethereal Immortal Sect, against the Four Great Clans had completely ended, leaving countless corpses on the ground.

"Teacher, you're back?"Sensing his aura, Zhao Ya and the others excitedly rushed forward, each of them thrilled.

Seeing that while his many disciples were dishevelled, they weren't significantly injured, Zhang Xuan also breathed a sigh of relief. "What was the outcome?"

"Sect Master Bai of the Mystic Mirror Sect and Sect Master Gu of the Ethereal Immortal Sect have been captured by us, and the others have surrendered. These two great sects are virtually defunct! As for the Transcendent Hall, with their Hall Master and Sect Master fighting you, they couldn't resist any longer and were all captured!" Zhao Ya explained.

With Hall Master Kong pursuing Zhang Xuan, the remaining forces were like scattered sand.

Zhao Ya and the others had all reached the False God realm, and wielded False God-level weapons. Even with numerous powerful cultivators, the three sects couldn't resist. Moreover, with a hundred thousand true immortals also joining the battle, the situation quickly became one-sided.

As a result, the experts from the three sects were almost entirely wiped out, and the remaining forces, knowing they were no match, all surrendered.

"Good, it's resolved!" Zhang Xuan sighed with relief.

The Four Great Clans and the marine life forms certainly comprised mostly cultivators below the Immortal Monarch realm, so there was no need to worry about them. What concerned him most were the False God experts. However, with Zhao Ya and the others breaking through, and him personally having slain over a dozen False Gods after entering the Firmament, they were no longer a concern.

After asking a few more questions and learning that while the Four Great Clans had suffered considerable losses, they weren't as severe as he had imagined, Zhang Xuan finally relaxed.

"Did you collect the Little Yellow Chick's ashes? I want to personally pay my respects..."

The Little Yellow Chick had died for him. If it hadn't stopped Master Kong, he wouldn't have been able to successfully purify the divine energy and ultimately break through.

"We did collect them, but..."Knowing the teacher's affection for the beast pet, Zhao Ya and the others had gathered the ashes as soon as the battle ended.

Zhang Xuan frowned. "But what?"

"These gathered ashes are still burning..." Zhao Ya said with a wry smile, pointing forward.

Zhang Xuan quickly looked and indeed saw a golden-yellow flame burning continuously in the air not far away.

It seemed that this was the exact spot where the Little Yellow Chick had been killed and incinerated by Master Kong's clone.

Swaying his body, Zhang Xuan arrived before it and immediately frowned.

Although the flame before him wasn't large, he could clearly sense life being nurtured within it.

"Could it be... the Little Yellow Chick isn't dead?"He couldn't help but be stunned.

It had been cut into dozens of pieces by Master Kong's clone's sword and then burned by flames for so long. Let alone an Immortal Monarch, even a true god would surely have died... How could he sense a divine being being nurtured?

As he wondered, an altar suddenly appeared beneath the flames.

It was the same one he had brought from the Master Teacher Continent with Wu Chen.

Numerous wisps of black qi spread from the altar and burrowed into the flame.

The flame grew even larger. Originally only the size of a football, it now reached about an adult's height, then spread out to form a fireball over ten meters in diameter.

The black qi increased.

"Young Master, this is a transfer between altars..."Wu Chen and Du Qingyuan arrived simultaneously.

"Altar transfer?" Zhang Xuan was puzzled.

"It's a spatial transfer between two identical altars, just like how it allowed you to enter the temple before..." Wu Chen explained.

Previously, Zhang Xuan had specifically sought out this altar from the Master Teacher Continent to enter the temple, intending to use a special method for transfer between two altars.

However...

"Wasn't the altar destroyed by Master Kong's clone..." Zhang Xuan began, but before finishing, he suddenly paused, "Could it be... the one from the City of Emptying?"

There was only one such altar in the entire Firmament; otherwise, he wouldn't have spent time specifically returning to the Master Teacher Continent for it.But... there was still one in the City of Emptying!He and Du Qingyuan had gone there personally.

"It's indeed the Qi of Decline..."Thinking of this, he quickly looked, and sure enough, the black gas emanating from the altar was the Qi of Decline, and it was even purer than what he had seen before, somewhat similar to the corrupted divine energy the skeleton had given him.

"Could it be..."A thought suddenly emerged. Just as Zhang Xuan was about to tear open space to re-enter the City of Emptying and investigate, the vast flames before him suddenly exploded. A Little Yellow Chick stretched, then walked out from within.

"Little Yellow Chick..."His eyes lit up, and Zhang Xuan quickly approached.

The creature before him wasn't much different from before, still covered in fluff, resembling a chick freshly hatched from its shell. However, its cultivation had reached the true God realm, just like his own.

"You broke through..."He was filled with disbelief.

Previously, he had fed it vitality pills, used False God blood... countless methods, but none had caused its cultivation to advance even a bit. How was it possible that this time, after being slain by Master Kong's clone, it not only didn't die but directly crossed two major realms to become a god?

His own rapid progress was due to hard work and talent... but this chick, apart from eating, knew nothing else... How could it progress so quickly?

"Yep!"Flapping its wings, the Little Yellow Chick looked smug.

"This... have you recovered any memories?" he couldn't help but ask.

"No!" The Little Yellow Chick shook its head.

"Alright!" Zhang Xuan rubbed his temples.

He had worried and grieved for it for so long, yet he never expected this fellow, after being chopped into mincemeat, not only didn't die but directly advanced to become a god. Could this be the so-called "breaking and then establishing"?

One must know that even a clone wouldn't survive being cut into so many pieces.

"Advancing to godhood requires divine energy. The Qi of Decline absorbed by the altar just now should be the same as the one the skeleton gave me..." Zhang Xuan mused.

The aura given to him by the skeleton in the City of Emptying was identical to the one just transferred by the altar.

The Little Yellow Chick must have used this to break through the False God realm's shackles and advance to its current state.

However... this substance carried extremely potent Qi of Decline, which even gods found hard to resist.

It was precisely because of this that Master Kong's clone was designed to be severely injured and easily suppressed.

He had used the sacrifice of a hundred thousand true immortals to purify it, successfully absorb it into his body, and thus break through his own shackles...

But the Little Yellow Chick hadn't purified it; it had absorbed it directly...

"The Little Yellow Chick's bathwater can neutralize the corrosion of the Qi of Decline... Could it be that these corrosive forces have no effect on it at all? Or are they even greatly nourishing? Is that why it was so insistent on eating that skeleton..."His eyes gleamed as Zhang Xuan speculated.

In the City of Emptying, the Little Yellow Chick had repeatedly clamored about being hungry and wanting to eat the skeleton.

At that time, the skeleton was too strong, so he didn't dare let the chick act recklessly... Now, it seemed, this fellow might actually have a way to restrain the opponent and the Qi of Decline.

Looking at it this way, this creature before him was likely not just an ordinary chick. It was highly possible it was indeed a remarkably powerful super divine beast!

It was a pity its memories were lost; otherwise, he could have helped it advance quickly, giving him a powerful backing when he reached the God Realm.

But... everyone else's backing was powerful gods, and his was a chicken... it didn't sound very good when spoken aloud.

"Oh right, Master, I think I've found my method of advancement..."As Zhang Xuan was inwardly lamenting, the Little Yellow Chick suddenly waddled over, its face full of mystery, and transmitted its voice.

"Method of advancement?" Zhang Xuan's eyes lit up. "Tell me more..."

"Last time, I went from having no strength to becoming an Immortal Monarch because I was scorched by the Nine-Headed Fire Phoenix Beast. I was burned alive and turned to ashes. This time... it seems similar. Could it be that I need to be burned by flames to dramatically increase my strength?" the Little Yellow Chick asked.

"This..."Zhang Xuan's eyes lit up. "It really is possible! No... should we try it?"