Chapter 2241: Small Pet Dies

The phantom in front of the yellow chick shot out from its body, hovering above everyone. Even the Spirit God Palace seemed tiny in comparison.

"This is... Emperor Undying?"

Zhang Xuan trembled, his pupils constricted, and his gaze was complex: "Little Yellow Chick..."

Although he had suspected it before, seeing it with his own eyes still left him utterly shaken.

No wonder this chick, even when it was a gourd, kept claiming it was a divine beast that roamed the God Realm. At the time, he thought it was just boasting... He never dreamed it would be one of the Nine Emperors!

No wonder when he entered the Fallen City in the Firmament, it felt familiar, and the aura of decay had no effect on it at all. It turned out... that was its city!

To have taken an Emperor as a beast pet...

"Wait..." Just as he was feeling shocked, a thought popped into his head, and his body stiffened: "Little Yellow Chick is a new consciousness born after Emperor Undying's death, which is why it easily accepted me as its master. This phoenix phantom in front of me is clearly not. If he doesn't agree... it will be very dangerous..."

Although he didn't know why Emperor Undying could revive after death, Little Yellow Chick clearly had its memories sealed and knew nothing.

It was like amnesia; he took advantage of that to make it his beast pet... Now that the majestic Emperor was awake, surely he wouldn't just go berserk, would he?

As he worried, he saw the giant phoenix in the air turn its head and look at him. Though it didn't attack, immense pressure still bore down on him, as if the heavens and earth were collapsing.

Feeling this pressure, Zhang Xuan's newly promoted soul had no resistance whatsoever. His body involuntarily trembled, as if it was about to be crushed into dust.

"No..."

His true energy surged throughout his body, and his bent spine gradually straightened again.

"I, the Undying Heavenly Phoenix, though known as undying, will still have my soul scattered and my body and Dao perish when facing true destructive blows. It's merely that with the passage of time, I can be reborn from the ashes!"

The phoenix phantom in the air was devoid of emotion, its voice cold: "A reborn life, for self-preservation, will actively seal its memories until its cultivation reaches a certain level, then reopen them... You actually took advantage of my amnesiac state to tame me as a beast pet. This is an unforgivable sin... I, Emperor Undying, have no need for a master! And no one is worthy of being my master!"

With each successive sentence, the majesty in the air grew heavier, and the surrounding space solidified.

Zhang Xuan felt as if he were carrying a mountain. The overwhelming power pressed his spine to bend once more, making him feel like he could collapse at any moment.

When an Emperor gets angry, even heaven and earth cannot withstand it.

"This person actually took advantage of the Emperor's revival to tame it as a beast pet?"

"How audacious! How did he manage that?"

"Indeed, even if the Emperor hadn't recovered his full power, he still possessed imperial aura. To take him as a beast pet, wasn't he afraid of a backlash?"

Feng Hanxue and the other two trembled uncontrollably.

The three Conferred God Kings looked at the young man not far away in disbelief.

The Nine Emperors of the Nine Heavens, each stood at the pinnacle of all life. Even after rebirth, their life essence remained. Their bloodline was something ordinary people couldn't resist. How utterly foolish was this person to take one as a beast pet?

And most crucially... how dim-witted must the will born from the Emperor's rebirth have been to just... agree?

Knowing this was a conflict involving the Emperor, they dared not intervene and remained silent.

"I am Little Yellow Chick, not Emperor Undying! He is my master, and no one can harm him!"

Just as Zhang Xuan felt he could no longer bear it, a roar erupted. He then saw the yellow chick behind the phantom struggling incessantly, its eyes filled with determination.

"You..." The phoenix was stunned. It stopped pressing Zhang Xuan and looked at the chick with a complex expression.

This was its consciousness after rebirth... How could it have been so utterly brainwashed?

One of the majestic Nine Emperors, recognizing a Heavenly God as its master, was simply a disgrace...

"Kill this fellow..."

The phoenix snorted, restraining the yellow chick with its will.

The three Conferred God Kings nodded simultaneously and, with a slight flicker, enveloped Zhang Xuan.

The Emperor had commanded, and they dared not disobey.

"How dare you..." Little Yellow Chick gritted its teeth, its eyes reddening.

Having not awakened its memories, it naturally didn't feel the Emperor's arrogance, and certainly wouldn't allow the other party to kill its master.

"You and I share the same origin. Although I am only a fragment of consciousness now, you are still no match for me..."

The phoenix phantom snorted coldly, and the charging yellow chick was instantly immobilized, unable to move.

The yellow chick was a new will born from Emperor Undying's rebirth, sharing the same origin as Emperor Undying. The latter knew all its secrets and methods, making it easy to trap.

Seeing the three Conferred God Kings surround him, Zhang Xuan was not nervous. Instead, he looked at them calmly: "Whom I take as a beast pet is an Emperor's business. I advise you not to interfere. Otherwise, if you kill me, and the yellow chick recovers its peak strength, you should know the consequences..."

"This..."

The three Conferred God Kings paused.

What he said was true.

The Emperor Undying who commanded them, though his appearance and voice remained, was in reality just a fragment of consciousness preserved within the statue, destined to eventually dissipate.

And the yellow chick was the Emperor who would truly be revived!

If they truly killed its master today, once it fully returned and became Emperor of the world... the three of them would undoubtedly be slain!

Anyone could understand which was more important: the master or the subordinate.

"Hurry up and attack..."

The phoenix phantom, seeing the three hesitate, became furious: "Once I recover my memories, do you think I would still acknowledge anyone as my master?"

The three Conferred God Kings raised their eyebrows again.

They had been with the Emperor for tens of thousands of years and knew his temperament and disposition. Having been supreme for so long, how could he possibly acknowledge an Upper Heavenly God as his master?

It would be a complete joke!

The three unleashed their power, and in the blink of an eye, an energy barrier formed around Zhang Xuan, enveloping him and preventing escape.

Seeing that they were truly about to attack, Zhang Xuan's eyes narrowed.

With Little Yellow Chick trapped by the phoenix's will and unable to move, he was on his own.

Although his soul had advanced to the peak of the God King realm, his cultivation hadn't broken through. Against true Conferred God Kings, he was still outmatched, especially when there were three of them.

"I can only continue to use the Heaven's Path Divination Record..."

His eyes flashed.

In this situation, there was no other option but to use the Heaven's Path Divination Record and try to smash all three of them to death with one book.

However...

The three of them occupied three different positions, effectively surrounding him. If he brought out the Heaven's Path Divination Record, he would also be enveloped and face danger.

Unless... he could get all three of them to stand in the same direction and not too far apart...

*Rip!*

As he was pondering how to achieve this, a ray of energy shot towards him. He swayed and dodged it, but his clothes were torn open on the spot, revealing the pendant Luo Ruoxi had given him on his chest.

With a soft chime, the pendant emitted a warm glow.

The phoenix in the air saw the pendant. Its action of suppressing Little Yellow Chick immediately ceased. It flashed rapidly and appeared before Zhang Xuan: "Little Pet Sisi greets Master..."