Chapter 280: The Ice Phoenix

“What race are these things? I’m afraid even some deities would flee in terror upon encountering them.”
Chen Xiao shook his head slightly. While deities might fear them, he wasn’t afraid at all. These insects were already a plague in the universe—wherever they went, even planets could be completely devoured, turning starfields into utterly lifeless wastelands.
Since Chen Xiao had run into them, he naturally wouldn’t stand by. Though he wasn’t a sage, he couldn’t help but feel restless if he ignored such a situation.
With a wave of his hand, he unleashed the Primordial Spiritual Flame.
“Squeak! Squeak!”
Faced with the Primordial Spiritual Flame, the insects finally let out fearful cries. Although this was space, devoid of any medium for sound transmission, their cries seemed to be transmitted through mental impulses, which Chen Xiao could easily detect.
“As expected. Though these insects can devour everything, their strength is utterly weak… Burn them!”
Whoosh!
For the first time, the Primordial Spiritual Flame was displayed before all things in the universe—a raging ice-blue flame that frantically drew on Chen Xiao’s divine power, transforming it into fierce flames.
“Damn it! This Primordial Spiritual Flame is even more monstrous than those insects…”
Chen Xiao felt that wherever the flame passed, not only those dark insects but also the free-floating energies in space were devoured, turning into insignificant traces that merged into the flames.
“Do these insects even possess a trace of the Primordial Spiritual Flame’s properties?” In that moment, Chen Xiao was slightly stunned. He realized that after killing these insects, the remaining energy left behind formed trails comparable to the divine laws within a true god’s body.
Of course, this was only possible because there were hundreds of millions of these insects.
“Still, these insects seem to be a scourge wherever they go…” Chen Xiao’s eyes lit up slightly.
In the next instant, with a thought, he retracted the Primordial Spiritual Flame back into his body. Tens of thousands of stronger insects were still floating weakly in space, on the verge of death.
With another wave of his hand, the spatial power from his Main God Space surged forth, instantly enveloping these remaining insects and drawing them into the space. These insects no longer had the will to resist, so they couldn’t stop being consumed by the space.
“I’ll keep you for now; you’ll be useful later,” Chen Xiao said, a malicious glint in his eyes.
Within the Main God Space, there was infinite power of divine laws—enough to devour them and strengthen them immensely. Once they grew strong enough, he could simply throw them at any faction that annoyed him…
“Elemental Gods of the Land of Origins, it’s best you don’t provoke me… Hehe…”
In the next instant, Chen Xiao moved, tearing through space to head toward the Land of Origins.
The Land of Origins was countless billions of light-years away from Earth. Even the Lian Shang clan had taken decades to reach Earth from there.

But these descendants of the guardians in the world of supernatural powers, after going through the bloody battles in those 108 arenas, were all intermediate Void Gods or even cultivators at the Domain realm. Yet they already possessed the strength to fight against gods. Naturally, they could find ways to navigate through the cosmic space and reach the Continent of Origin quickly.
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“A planet made of ice?”
Chen Xiao was stunned upon seeing the scene before him. Before him lay a huge planet, which seemed to be a star—immensely large, with many planets orbiting around it. However, unlike ordinary stars that were extremely hot and composed of flames, this planet was entirely made of extremely cold ice, that is, solid water.
Two blue lights flashed in Chen Xiao’s eyes. Water could be considered his primal force. Although his power now was that of the Chaos Supreme God, allowing him to transform into any attribute at will, the primal spiritual flame in his dantian was still the primal flame of water!
Chen Xiao’s mental energy instantly spread out as he began to examine the galaxy centered around this ice star.
“Hmm, everything has two extremes. No one says stars must be hot. Well, existence must have its reason.”
Chen Xiao murmured to himself. Then, with a wave of his hand, he unleashed the power of his primal spiritual flame again, determined to devour this ice star alive.
Such a star matched the power of his primal force perfectly, making it easy to transform.
Earlier, Chen Xiao had already checked and found no life in this galaxy, so he could devour it without hesitation.
But when his primal spiritual flame approached the ice star, suddenly, a terrifying force ripple spread from the star, pushing the primal spiritual flame back.
“What’s going on!?”
Chen Xiao was shocked. He horrifiedly realized that this part of the cosmic space was restricted by some inexplicable terrifying force, cutting him off from the Supreme God’s realm.
“Could it be the domain of the Primordial Spirit God?!“ Chen Xiao was terrified. Now, even the domains of true gods could no longer trap him—only the domain of a high-level Primordial Spirit God could confine him and isolate him from the Supreme God’s realm.
Boom…
Suddenly, it seemed as if an unimaginably massive life form was awakening on that frozen star. Terrifying life fluctuations radiated from the planet, even more powerful than the Dark Supreme God Chen Xiao had encountered before.
“I can smell the scent of the primal spiritual flame… and also the scent of that old qilin…”
A pleasant female voice came from the ice star. The voice wasn’t loud, but it directly pushed through space, transmitted through vibrations within it.
The moment Chen Xiao heard the words “primal spiritual flame,” he could no longer stay calm. His face turned extremely pale.
The primal spiritual flame was synonymous with the arch-enemy of all gods!
If this existence recognized the primal spiritual flame, then there was no way Chen Xiao could survive this time.

Chen Xiao focused all his mental energy, and the primordial spiritual fire in his dantian began to burn fiercely, boosting his mental power as he tried his best to communicate with the Main God’s Space. Yet, this space seemed to have turned into steel-like hardness—no matter how hard Chen Xiao tried, he couldn’t sense the existence of the Main God’s Space. “Am I going to die here?” Chen Xiao gritted his teeth but didn’t give up. “Hmm, the heir of the primordial spiritual fire…” Boom! In the next moment, a terrifying sound erupted from that ice star, causing cracks to appear everywhere in the surrounding space. An incredibly huge ice phoenix, nearly half the size of the planet, slowly raised its head. A phoenix! The legendary divine beast, on par with Xuanwu! The Green Phoenix Fire Phoenix Chen Xiao had seen before was merely an ordinary divine beast with a trace of phoenix bloodline—completely incomparable to this true ice phoenix. Seeing the ice phoenix raise its head, Chen Xiao calmed down. He simply watched it without saying a word. Chen Xiao could sense that although it recognized the primordial spiritual fire, it showed no intent to kill. This completely reassured him. “The primordial spiritual fire has arrived… The Heavenly Map… Are the Heavens about to awaken?” The ice phoenix’s tone was filled with age, crisp and pleasant yet carrying the aura of an elder who had lived through countless eras. “The Heavenly Map… Senior, are you referring to this?” At this point, Chen Xiao also decided to take a risk. He released a slight surge of his mental power from his sea of consciousness, unleashing the aura of the Purple Sky Shadow. “Hmm, indeed the Heavenly Map… Little one, you’re very good.” A hint of relief flashed in the ice phoenix’s enormous eyes. It raised its head, looked up at the sky, and said, “Protect them well. No matter where you go, never let them be exposed. Anyone who knows about the primordial spiritual fire or the Heavenly Map must be eliminated.” “Must be eliminated…” Chen Xiao pondered for a moment before recalling the Dark Main God Montsta. Montsta was now undoubtedly dead. Then who killed him? Could it also be because he learned about the primordial spiritual fire? “That’s right. The existence of the Heavenly Map is of utmost importance. Under no circumstances should the current gods know about it, otherwise, you’ll be in grave danger…” The ice phoenix nodded and said, “It seems there’s also a powerful source of strength within you, merging with your soul. But that’s not necessarily a bad thing.” The ice phoenix seemed to sense the Main God’s essence within Chen Xiao. It pondered for a while, then closed its eyes to calculate, but came to no conclusion. “Alright, little one. In short, the primordial spiritual fire must not be displayed so openly. With the Heavenly Map within you, you represent the hope of the heavens—no accidents are allowed… But your strength is still too weak.” A blue light flashed in the ice phoenix’s eyes, and two strands of water-based primordial energy merged directly into Chen Xiao’s body. Boom!

In an instant, Chen Xiao’s soul was elevated once again, ascending to the heavens. In that same instant, she progressed from the fourth level of Zi Xiao Heaven to the ninth level, becoming a powerhouse at the pinnacle of the domain realm.

The next moment, the main divine entity moved slightly, and five more domains were released from it, directly adding to Chen Xiao’s existing domains.

Chen Xiao was utterly shocked! In just one instant, her strength had risen from the fourth level of the domain realm to the ninth level—what kind of power was this? Could it be that this Ice Phoenix was the main divine being?!

Chen Xiao raised her head in astonishment, staring at her in disbelief.

“Alright, little one. This is all I can help you with. From now on, it’s up to you to ascend from mortal to god… I sensed the presence of that old Qilin within you; you must have been nurtured by him… If I interfere too much, it might upset him.”