Chapter 226: Starting Revenge

Suddenly, a fun idea popped into Chen Xiao’s mind.
In the Main God’s Space, the Xuanwu Egg contained a defective innate spiritual entity used as a substitute for a soul. But since that innate spiritual entity was already incomplete, what would happen if it were placed back into the Xuanwu Egg?
“The divine essence of the Seventh Layer Yuanling God shouldn’t be left unclaimed.”
Chen Xiao sneered inwardly. His mental energy immediately locked onto that space, but suddenly, an inexplicable resistance appeared, blocking his mental energy outright.
“Hm?”
Chen Xiao was slightly stunned. “It doesn’t work?”
This space had always seemed to have some inexplicable connection to him. His mental energy had always moved freely here, but now it was being hindered by some mysterious force.
“The Nine Layers World!”
Chen Xiao’s eyes widened. On the celestial map, the power of the Nine Layers Families came from the vast void and attached itself to his mental energy. Instantly, the previous resistance vanished the moment it came into contact with the power of the Nine Layers World.
Chen Xiao’s mental energy transformed into a giant hand, reaching straight for that divine essence.
“No good!”
The man with the green face, who was confronting those virtual gods and descendants of deities, suddenly changed expression. He turned around abruptly and rushed toward that Yuanling God’s divine essence.
At the same time, two halos emerged from his body, turning into two massive hands that also reached for the divine essence.
“Damn it! Someone is secretly stealing divine essences! Defend it with all your might!”
The man with the green face roared.
The other forty-one Beast Gods also changed expressions upon hearing this. They immediately summoned their own Yuanlings to protect that divine essence.
“Damn it! Forty-one divine essences of the Second Layer Yuanling…”
The descendant of a deity, who possessed the power of a peak virtual god, narrowed his pupils slightly. He raised his hand and retracted his previously released Yuanling, deciding to watch the battle unfold.
Seeing this scene, almost all of the ordinary virtual gods turned around and left. They had initially harbored hopes that these Beast Gods, having been dead for countless years and severely weakened, would only possess the strength of true gods even if revived.
Some powerful peak virtual gods could challenge true gods and even possess the power to kill them.
But now, as these Beast Gods unleashed their full strength, the divine might emanating from their Yuanlings exerted immense pressure on their minds, preventing them from even thinking of resisting.
Staying meant certain death.
Without their Yuanlings to protect them, these peak virtual gods, who had already reaped plenty from this hidden place, turned around and used the virtual god teleportation arrays on the Source Continent to return there.
As for those descendants of deities, they were reluctant to leave. Having been chosen by their families and blessed with Yuanlings, retreating now would likely result in severe punishment upon returning.
Now, seeing someone fighting against these Beast Gods, they were happy to see both sides suffer.
“Damn it! They sensed us!”

Forty-two Primordial Spirit Gods at the Second Layer of the Primordial Spirit Realm, each emitting two primordial spirits—essentially using their full strength. How could Chen Xiao, who was only at the Origin Realm, possibly resist? Almost instinctively, he gave up and fled instantly, leaving no trace behind. If it weren’t for Chen Xiao having obtained the Heavenly Map and forming an inexplicable connection with this space, he would likely have been crushed by the terrifying pressure of those primordial spirits. The forty-two Beast Gods, realizing that their hidden enemy had arrived quickly and left just as fast, were deeply shaken. The once peaceful space was now shrouded in an endless aura of killing intent. “Get out! Or don’t blame us for starting a massacre!” The man with the green face shouted at those descendants of gods. Green scales appeared on his body, and the single horn on his head glowed with a cold light. “Let’s go!” Lou Yu, Xuanyuan Po, and Mo Changqi, seeing this situation, thought for a moment before breaking through the air and leaving. Lou Yu and Xuanyuan Po had already gained enough benefits from this hidden place, so staying there made little sense. As for Mo Changqi, he had no choice but to leave as well once Lou Yu and Xuanyuan Po did. “Three wretches, you’re already scared off.” Disdain flashed in the eyes of that peak-level Void God. “Young Master Feng, what should we do?” A descendant of gods with the same level of Void God power asked cautiously beside him. “Wait. We must obtain this Primordial Spirit Godhood. It’s a pity that our clan’s Earth Book doesn’t match my innate attribute; otherwise…” Although Young Master Feng seemed ethereal and clearly belonged to the Wind attribute, the True Spirit Divine Artifact he wielded was the Earth Book, belonging to the Earth attribute. Though he could activate the shadow of the True Spirit Divine Artifact through his primordial spirit, the mismatch in attributes prevented him from exerting his full power. All the descendants of gods remaining here were at the Void God level. Just as Lou Yu and the others left, the other young masters who hadn’t reached the Void God level also realized this place wasn’t for them and left as well. “We need to find a way to get these guys to fight each other.” Hidden in a corner of the space, Chen Xiao watched the two opposing groups, his mind racing. But neither the descendants of gods nor the forty-two Beast Gods sensed his presence. None of them wanted to take the first move, fearing a third party would profit from it. “Should I just leave like this?” Chen Xiao was unwilling. This Primordial Spirit Godhood was extremely useful to him, and that innate spiritual body could further enhance Xuanwu’s soul, making them even more complementary. “One more time!” Unyielding, Chen Xiao gathered his mental energy again, drawing on the power of the Heavenly Map to approach the godhood. Of course, his target this time wasn’t the godhood itself but the spiritual body beneath it. At this point, the spiritual body hadn’t yet taken shape and didn’t even possess consciousness—it was simply a pure soul entity. Such an entity was highly beneficial for the soul. This time, there were no obstacles, and even the Beast Gods didn’t notice. The only thing connected to them was the godhood, while they were completely unaware of the existence of the spiritual body below.

It was a light and agile spirit entity, its entire body composed of pure light, flawless and white. Chen Xiao grabbed this spirit entity and brought it to the Main God’s Space. At that moment, Shui Miao was healing Chai Yunke, who had suffered severe damage from Montsta’s attack, and his own body seemed to already be in grave condition. “Since Shui Miao isn’t here, I’ll do it myself.” With a smile, Chen Xiao went straight to the Black Tortoise Egg. By now, the egg’s life energy had been replenished, and its soul had returned to its place. All that was left was to wait for the Black Tortoise to form and hatch. But Chen Xiao then took an extremely bold action—he injected another pure soul entity into it. This turn of events was even beyond Shui Miao’s expectations. The colors on the Black Tortoise Egg changed; what was originally black turned black and white. Chen Xiao blinked, looking at the now-colored egg, and frowned slightly. After sensing it briefly and confirming that there were no abnormalities in its life or soul reactions, he finally breathed a sigh of relief. “A black-and-white Black Tortoise Egg… Hmm… The legendary Black Tortoise divine beast controls the power of black Sun Water, a form of water energy even more advanced than the nine types of water energy. It should be completely black, yet now it’s black and white…” After thinking for a moment, Chen Xiao vanished and left the Main God’s Space. “Grab it and run—who can react fast enough?” Determined, Chen Xiao appeared beside the Primordial Spirit Entity. The spatial power of the Main God’s Space surged forth, and with the help of the nine shadowy worlds, it swallowed up the Primordial Spirit Entity. Then Chen Xiao returned to the Main God’s Space and left through it, arriving in the Realm of a Thousand Souls. “…” The gods present stared at each other in shock; none of them had anticipated such an outcome, not even that burly man with the green face. Everything happened too quickly. For the first time, Chen Xiao demonstrated the power of the Main God’s Space to the outside world. Absorbing a divine entity without his own consciousness guiding it was effortless for him. Moreover, in that instant, he released the power of his icy-blue primordial spirit fire, hiding all fluctuations. Even if those beast gods were closely connected to that divine entity, they would never be able to detect Chen Xiao under the protection of his primordial spirit fire. “This little rascal is really mischievous. You’ve taken away the Heavenly Map and mastered the primordial spirit fire—why bother with such a trivial Primordial Spirit Entity?” Suddenly, a faint sigh echoed in that space, but none of the people present noticed it. “Good thing I copied all 108 Primordial Life Seals in advance. Otherwise, all my years of preparation would have been ruined by you…” … “Phew! If it weren’t for that mysterious force suddenly emanating from that space to hide me, I would have been exposed this time.” In the Realm of a Thousand Souls, Chen Xiao sat on a smooth stone slab, secretly feeling lucky. “But that Space of the Heavenly Dragon’s Secret seems to be inseparably linked to that Heavenly Map. What exactly is that Heavenly Map, along with those elusive trails?”

Chen Xiao was filled with deep confusion. “Those people? Who are they?” No matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t figure it out, so he could only wait and ask Shui Miao later. But now, Chen Xiao understood that everything related to the Hidden Treasures of Tianlong had nothing to do with him anymore. He had already gained enough benefits from them, and his strength had improved dramatically. “The Dragon family, the Chen family—now it’s my turn.” Chen Xiao stood up, gazing into the distance, his eyes gleaming with cold light.