Chapter 278: Devouring

Ever since learning what lay above the world of supernatural abilities, Glory City in the Flaming Soul Realm had become Chen Xiao’s greatest concern. What if a corpse of a deity from above fell through this void? If such a mutated deity’s corpse descended, the Flaming Soul Realm would likely be utterly destroyed. Entire areas spanning tens of thousands of miles might turn into a paradise for evil spirits. According to Xi Xi, every corpse of a deity in the sky was at least at the True Spirit God level. How much death energy could a corpse of a True Spirit God generate? Even if a great immortal arrived, they would be overwhelmed. More importantly, Glory City had long been Chen Xiao’s base. If that entity in the sky fell, Chen Xiao would also suffer heavy losses.

Seeing the corpse float above, Chen Xiao hesitated for no moment. He soared upward instantly, reaching the skies above the Glory Temple and entering the void. Located on the edge of the world of supernatural abilities, the Glory Temple was already regarded as a sacred city, a place where deities manifested. Who would dare fly above it? After all, there were Floating Clouds guarding it, along with Yuan Mie nearby—even peak Void Gods wouldn’t dare act recklessly. As for the deities, those in the world of supernatural abilities were mostly absorbed by the Guardians, who knew the situation well and wouldn’t go up to investigate. At this moment, Chen Xiao’s body was hidden in the void, invisible even to ordinary Void Gods.

Chen Xiao flew straight to the edge of the void. “Seal?” He was stunned to find that the entrance to the void had already been sealed with an extremely powerful seal, preventing any corpse from falling through. “Hmph, Chen Xiao, you’ve done such a good job that even I have to clean up your mess. Well, who else but me, a kind-hearted immortal, would do it?” As Chen Xiao was distracted, the voice of the great immortal came through the seal. “Remember, you owe me a favor.” Chen Xiao was speechless. “Ah, it seems I was overthinking… But with a corpse above the Glory Temple…” His lips twitched, and then his body transformed into a trail of nothingness, passing through the seal laid by the great immortal and reaching the sky. With a wave of his hand, he captured the massive corpse, tens of thousands of meters long and now in the form of a pitch-black deity’s corpse, and stored it in his main divine space. After a brief pause, he looked around. In this space, countless corpses of deities were slowly moving toward this vacuum area. At this rate, it wouldn’t be long before the void was filled with these corpses, turning the sunlit region below back into a world of death. Chen Xiao shook his head slightly. With the aid of his primal spiritual flame, his mental energy radiated outward, enveloping those black corpses.

Chen Xiao moved like lightning, constantly shuttling through this space. In just a short while, all the corpses of gods within thousands of miles were gathered by Chen Xiao and placed in the Main God’s Space.

But the next moment, as Chen Xiao’s mind stirred, he noticed that the dark giant ship, now integrated into his dantian, suddenly began to tremble violently, as if trying to break free.

Chen Xiao frowned slightly but did not stop it; instead, he released the divine artifact giant ship.

Boom!

As soon as the dark giant ship arrived, it expanded rapidly, turning into a massive warship ten thousand meters long. The next moment, the ship seemed to gain its own consciousness and slowly set in motion.

Whoosh!

Suddenly, a tremendous devouring force emerged from the ship. Not far away, a god’s corpse stretching ten thousand miles long was instantly swallowed by the ship.

Immediately afterward, the ship stopped moving in mid-air, seemingly digesting something, with gurgling sounds coming from within it.

“Uh… It can even eat this?”

Chen Xiao blinked. He had just wanted to step forward, but the next moment, a terrifying force wave erupted from the ship, pushing Chen Xiao far away.

“So powerful… What exactly is going on?” As Chen Xiao stabilized himself and raised his head again, the dark giant ship had already turned into a shadow and rushed into his body.

“Damn it! It seems the power I currently possess isn’t mine at all—I can’t control it.”

Chen Xiao thought bitterly. Neither the Origin Spirit Fire nor the Heavenly Map was under his control; only the Main God’s essence could be somewhat managed by him.

“However, this dark giant ship seems capable of digesting the energy of death… If that’s the case…”

Chen Xiao’s eyes lit up slightly. If the ship could improve its quality by devouring these god corpses, then one day it would return to the level of a main divine artifact.

After hesitating for a moment, Chen Xiao resumed moving, gathering more god corpses with even greater urgency. Above the skies of this supernatural world, layers upon layers of godly bodies lay scattered like locusts. Although Chen Xiao had cleared the corpses within thousands of miles, those from other areas quickly flowed toward this place again.

“The power of the Main God’s Space… erupt!”

An ice-blue glow flashed in Chen Xiao’s eyes as the spatial power of the Main God’s Space burst forth instantly. With another higher world merged into the Main God’s Space, Chen Xiao’s control over it grew stronger.

In an instant, the spatial power of the Main God’s Space erupted again. Wherever Chen Xiao passed, those god corpses were all gathered and sealed in a deserted world.

The laws of the Main God within the space completely suppressed the spread of this energy of death.

After what seemed like a long time, sweat appeared on Chen Xiao’s forehead. Seeing the large area he had cleared around him, he finally exhaled slowly.

“This also counts as solving a major problem, right? Well, but if we throw these corpses outside… that would be a disaster…”
Chen Xiao shook his head. His special ability crystal card activated instantly, sending him back to the Thousand Souls Realm.
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“Grandpa, I might have to leave Earth for a while,” Chen Xiao said to Chen Jianzhou without any hesitation.
“Leave Earth…” Chen Jianzhou pondered for a moment before saying, “Heh, Earth, including this world of special abilities, is indeed a bit too small—it’s not the right stage for you.”
“Grandpa, I want to ask—what methods do I need to use to find my parents?” Chen Xiao frowned slightly. When he obtained the third piece of the Broken Sky Map, the Great Immortal stopped him, leaving no time to ask.
Hearing Chen Xiao’s question, Chen Jianzhou pondered for a while before slowly sighing and saying, “Your parents aren’t on Earth or in this world of special abilities. If you want to find them, the first method is to seek help from the people of the Huaxia Soul Group, and the second is to go to the Netherworld.”
“The Netherworld?!” Chen Xiao’s eyes turned red instantly. Creatures of the mortal world only reach the Netherworld after death. If he went there to search for his parents, did that mean they were already dead?
“Your parents aren’t dead,” Chen Jianzhou immediately understood Chen Xiao’s thoughts and explained, “Do you still remember that passage leading to the Netherworld at Nanshan Pass?”
Chen Xiao was stunned.
“That passage actually appeared when your parents reached the Netherworld,” Chen Jianzhou said with a sigh. “They were taken away by an existence that shares the same origin as the Broken Sky Map. So, as long as you reach the Netherworld or end up in the same world as your parents, you can use the Broken Sky Map to sense that existence and thus find them.”
“An existence with the same origin as the Broken Sky Map?” Chen Xiao immediately thought of the other eight great heavens mentioned in the Sky Map. Could it be the shadows of those eight great heavens?
His brows furrowed deeply. He didn’t understand how his parents could be related to such things.
“Find the Huaxia Soul Group… Isn’t the Huaxia Soul created by the Great Immortal? Hmm, the Great Immortal seemed to say that only by becoming a Guardian can I find my parents…”
Chen Xiao nodded and then recounted to Chen Jianzhou about the Guardians and what the Great Immortal had said.
“If that’s the case, that great immortalsenior must be right. Go to the Origin Continent and hunt the gods… Hmm, since when have gods become prey…”
Chen Jianzhou shook his head, smiled bitterly, and said, “In that case, follow that senior’s advice. Since he’s willing to support you, he probably won’t harm you.”
Hearing Chen Jianzhou’s words, Chen Xiao nodded. “Grandpa, I’ll hunt down all 108 true gods as soon as possible and bring back their divine essences. But please take care of my friends from the mortal world in the meantime.”

“Don’t worry,” Chen Jianzhou said, laughing at Chen Xiao’s words. “But the waters of the Land of Origins are much deeper than those in the World of Superpowers. In that world, the gods should be bound by the guardians and unable to cause trouble, but that’s not necessarily the case in the Land of Origins.”
Chen Jianzhou began to worry about Chen Xiao instead.
“Grandpa, don’t worry. Even if the Primordial Spirit God comes, he can’t do anything to me. Besides, I won’t go deep into the Land of Origins.” Chen Xiao smiled. “It’s just that I’m worried about the Wan Si clan. If I kill their Primordial Spirit God, Wan Si, they’ll surely come after you for revenge…”
“Hehehe… Don’t worry about that.” Suddenly, a hearty laugh rang out from the void.
“Wan Si is dead, and the destruction of the Wan Si clan is just around the corner. Chen Xiao, go ahead without worry. I’ll take care of everything here.”
The next moment, Ouyang’s figure slowly appeared.