Chapter 141: The Embryo

When Shadowwing saw this short sword, his eyes lit up. Without hesitation, he grasped it in his hand. In an instant, his once pure white robe turned pitch black, and he seemed to transform into a shadow, able to hide in darkness at any time. The seals on his body also unconsciously loosened. This was the special effect of this short sword.

“What do you four think?” Chen Xiao turned to look at the other four ninth-level ablers and said with a cold smile.

Seeing Shadowwing reaping benefits, how could those four refuse? They immediately knelt before Chen Xiao and pledged their loyalty.

Chen Xiao was extremely satisfied. He casually threw four weapons that matched the attributes of those four and said, “From today onward, you will be the four guardians of the Hidden Hall of the Glory Temple. Hide in the shadows and protect the temple. The hidden hall—behind light lies darkness, doesn’t it? Sometimes, when the world is too bright, some darkness is needed to balance it.”

After processing the information from Chen Xiao, the four showed expressions of disbelief, their gazes toward him becoming strangely peculiar.

Chen Xiao ignored the five of them. As he turned, he saw Floating Cloud and Ten Thousand Tigers looking at him pitifully. Instantly, he understood what was going on.

With a wave of his hand, a pair of gloves and a long sword flew toward Ten Thousand Tigers and Floating Cloud respectively.

Floating Cloud grabbed the long sword, examined it, and then said excitedly, “Indeed a treasure refined from a Void God— a Void Divine Artifact! In my Heavenly Dragon Palace, there was only one such artifact back then.” He then discarded his original long sword.

Chen Xiao slowly walked over to the three hundred puppets formed from blood-colored fiends. These creatures no longer had any blood color on them; they had turned gray, like decaying corpses. Moreover, after Floating Cloud’s refinement, these three hundred puppets had lost their original appearance. Although there were still slight differences on the surface, they were now largely identical.

“Ten Thousand Tigers,” Chen Xiao turned to him and said, “Find a way to quickly craft three hundred sets of full-body armor to arm them. I don’t want the world to see necrotic puppets in the Glory Temple.”

Ten Thousand Tigers nodded in agreement.

“Also, ask Floating Cloud to forge the armor directly onto these puppets, ensuring no flaws are exposed.”

On the other side, upon hearing this, Floating Cloud threw himself backward onto the ground.

By now, Chen Xiao had sorted out all aspects of the temple. Stedley, as the head of the temple, would appear before the public, spreading divine radiance and recruiting followers. Shadowwing and the other five were responsible for the Hidden Hall, guarding the temple and striking immediately if anything threatened it. Ten Thousand Tigers would handle other forces outside the temple. As for Floating Cloud, he would be the trump card of the Glory Temple, staying within the temple and spreading divine miracles.

As for issuing divine scriptures, various oracles, and manipulating followers, that was Mu Mu and the others’ forte—leave it to them.

Now, a faction entirely under Chen Xiao’s control has taken initial shape. The only thing lacking is Chen Xiao’s own strength. Although he is already quite strong and considered a powerhouse in the world of supernatural abilities, he is only at the fifth level. In this world, there are many others like Damangxius who could easily kill him before he even has time to run.

“Young master, is now the time for us to soar to new heights?” Stedley asked, his face glowing with excitement.

“Soar to new heights? No, our strength isn’t enough yet. Though we’re not short of top-tier fighters, any faction must start from the ground up. Our foundation is still weak.”

Chen Xiao exhaled and said, “In the next few days, Fuyun should use his powers a few more times to create miracles and attract more followers. Of course, if other realms are attacked by waves of evil spirits, you can go there directly.”

Fuyun nodded.

“The temple isn’t fully established yet, so its main task for now is to fully support the Black Tiger Gate, absorb smaller supernatural factions, and search the secular world for those who have awakened supernatural abilities.”

Chen Xiao’s mind worked rapidly. His brain, constantly nourished by the power of the Supreme God, allowed him to instantly analyze the current situation and determine what to do and what not to do.

He still hadn’t fully understood the true strength in the world of supernatural abilities, so he didn’t dare to expand the temple’s influence rashly. He needed to build a solid foundation; otherwise, it would burst like a balloon once it reached a certain size.

When Chen Xiao had enough strength and fully understood the essence of this world, that would be the time for him to truly show his prowess.

As for the information about the world of supernatural abilities that Yingyi and the others knew, Chen Xiao ordered them to organize it systematically before using it as a reference.

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Everything was proceeding smoothly according to Chen Xiao’s plan. Whether it was the secular world absorbing smaller supernatural factions or within the Glory Temple, nothing unexpected happened.

And just as Mo Changli had predicted, the first city in the world of supernatural abilities had taken shape. In the Yanhun Realm, a vast area hundreds of miles across had become a sunny zone, attracting all sorts of supernatural beings, zombies, and ghosts. Many powerful families also set up bases there.

Transportation arrays leading to other realms were established one after another.

The markets and residences here expanded countless times over, gradually taking on the form of a city.

Mo Changli, the nominal ruler of the Yanhun Realm, didn’t intervene, as he couldn’t stop it anyway. Chen Xiao was also happy to see this development and naturally wouldn’t interfere further.

This sunny zone was created by the gods and blessed by them. As the place dedicated to the Glory God, the Glory Temple was the de facto ruler of this realm, and no one dared to challenge that.

As for other factions settling here, although it served to monitor the temple, it was necessary for the realm to truly prosper and become the center of the entire world of supernatural abilities.

That’s right—this was exactly the outcome Chen Xiao wanted: to make the Sunshine Zone of the Flame Soul Realm the core of the entire supernatural world, acting like a brain-like entity. This aligned perfectly with Mo Changli’s plans.
In fact, Chen Xiao had an even grander project in mind: to unify the supernatural worlds on Earth. The Glorious Temple and the Sunshine Zone of the Flame Soul Realm were merely the first steps.
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Everything outside had nothing to do with Chen Xiao. At this moment, he was in seclusion on a beautifully scenic island in the Thousand Souls Realm.
After the incident with the floating clouds, the two Ye Dragons became even closer to Chen Xiao, treating him as one of their own without any hesitation. Chen Xiao’s status as the master of the Thousand Souls Realm finally became truly deserved.
Within Chen Xiao’s mind sea, golden forces of faith continuously flowed into his soul and mental energy. The Zhou Tian Ming Gu Method was operating at full capacity, constantly transforming those forces of faith into star energy and integrating them into his soul.
Chen Xiao wasn’t in a hurry to break through to a higher level; instead, he focused on strengthening his foundation, ensuring that his strength, elevated by the forces of faith, remained firmly at level five.
Finally, his mental energy stabilized at the peak of level five, and the golden forces of faith once again enveloped his entire soul, gradually enhancing his mental power.
Boom!
Suddenly, a loud explosion rang out in Chen Xiao’s mind sea. His soul and mental energy underwent their most primal transformation, rising from level five to level six.
Although his mental energy had reached level six, he didn’t stop practicing or rush to advance further. Instead, he used the forces of faith to continuously temper his soul.
The Zhou Tian Ming Gu Method was originally a technique for cultivating the soul, and now, combined with the forces of faith that could directly act on the soul, it became even more effective.
Chen Xiao’s soul was tempered time and time again, becoming extremely resilient.
After an unknown amount of time, Chen Xiao slowly opened his eyes. His realm had now stabilized at the early stages of level six—he was a true powerhouse at level six, without any instability.
Chen Xiao stood up, waved at the two Ye Dragons, then muttered to himself, “Ah, before I worried about Huaxia currency, and now I’m troubled by star coins. Keeping subordinates costs money, maintaining a temple costs even more, and uh… there seems to be another place in the Netherworld that costs money… I thought those three super-tier supernatural beings in the United States already had a lot of wealth—hundreds of millions of star coins…”
Chen Xiao shook his head. With a wave of his hand, white, lightweight water appeared beneath his feet, lifting his body into the air. Now that he had reached level six, he could use this lightweight water to fly freely in the sky.
“The mineral veins in the Thousand Souls Realm… hehe, I’m here.”
With a smile on his face, Chen Xiao headed straight to an area where a large mineral vein had already been surveyed.
“Roar!”
As soon as Chen Xiao appeared above this mineral vein, an angry roar came from below. A terrifying beast with three heads and a length of fifty meters poked its head out, roaring angrily at Chen Xiao.
This three-headed beast was at level eight and had monopolized a large mineral vein for itself.

Although Chen Xiao wasn’t very strong in its eyes at the moment, he carried the aura of the Ye Dragon, forcing this ferocious beast to be vigilant.
“Three-headed guy, Ming Lan is injured—do you also want to take advantage of this?”
Chen Xiao had seen this three-headed beast before. It had appeared by the Thousand Souls Lake when the blue Ye Dragon, whom Chen Xiao named Ming Lan, was injured, clearly aiming to strike and kill Ming Lan.
“Roar!”
The three-headed beast couldn’t understand Chen Xiao’s words and only kept roaring angrily.
“Suo Hen, kill it and leave its body,” Chen Xiao said coldly.
“Yes, young master.”
With Chen Xiao’s growing strength, Suo Hen could now exert the power of the peak of Level 9. Dealing with such an Level 8 beast was a piece of cake for him.
In one move, Suo Hen severed the three heads of the beast. With a wave of his hand, Chen Xiao sent out a stream of green water that absorbed the beast’s life essence to replenish the Xuanwu Egg in the Main God Space.
At that time, the Xuanwu Egg had already recovered 15% of its strength after absorbing the life essence from the corpse of a long-dead divine beast. Although that divine beast was a dragon, it had been dead for a long time, and most of its life essence had been lost.
Chen Xiao waved his Star and Moon Staff, activating the Spirit Subversion Spell to bring the large mineral vein beneath his feet to the surface before storing it in the Main God Space.
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