Chapter 2180: Spiritual Source Heaven

After the excitement, he couldn't help feeling a bit inferior.

Having arrived in the Divine Realm over a month ago, he had only cultivated to the peak of upper-grade Heavenly God, inferior even to a 'chicken'...

The thought made it hard to breathe with pain.

Was his talent really that poor?

It seemed he would have to spend more time on cultivation—if talent was lacking, effort would make up for it! He had to break through to Divine King as soon as possible; otherwise, being outdone by a chicken in cultivation speed would be utterly humiliating.

This chicken had followed him since the Saint Son Hall in the Master Teacher Continent, through the Kunxu Realm, the Firmament, and up to now... always outperforming him. Anyone else would have felt inferior long ago.

"Just woke up... burp!"

Twisting its neck, the little yellow chicken patted its round belly with its wing and looked over with slight concern: "You won't blame me for eating that guy, will you..."

Previously, the two of them had been through many battles, and because of such sneaky eating, it had been warned many times.

"It's fine, eat as you please!" Zhang Xuan waved his hand. "If it's not enough, next time someone comes to kill me, you can eat them all!"

If the yellow chicken hadn't woken up, he might have had to use the Book of Heaven's Path. Although the enemy was eaten by the chicken, at least a major threat was eliminated.

Divine Kings were rare now, but there would be plenty later. As long as he wasn't picky, he could eat freely.

"Thanks, boss!" Chuckling, the little yellow chicken pouted its beak, then suddenly opened its mouth and spat out a sword: "This is that guy's weapon. I've erased the soul imprint on it. Just refine it and awaken its spirit..."

It had swallowed the Divine King in one gulp earlier, along with his weapon.

Taking the longsword, Zhang Xuan quickly refined and awakened its spirit. He then looked at the little chicken again and nodded inwardly.

Truly worthy of being a companion who had traversed three realms with him—it had a conscience.

This Divine King-level divine weapon could not be refined without erasing its original artifact spirit. Now that it was refined and re-awakened, the weapon's consciousness was completely subservient to him, and his combat power would surely increase rapidly, taking a big leap.

With this divine weapon and the three sword techniques he had comprehended, he might even be able to fight a Divine King again!

"From today on, you shall be called... Divine King Sword!" Zhang Xuan said, looking at the longsword that emitted a dragon's roar.

Woo!

The dragon roar faded, and the sword's spirit seemed a bit dazed.

I am a Divine King-level sword with dignity. Others are named Douqiu, Yanwu, Dulong, Anxiao, Yuchang, and the like—names that sound aloof and domineering... And I'm called 'Divine King'? What does that mean?

Can you be any more perfunctory?

"Not satisfied?" Zhang Xuan stroked his chin. "Since the little chicken gave you to me, how about... Chicken Sword?"

Ao ao wu!

The longsword nearly fell to the ground and dared not complain further.

Divine King Sword it is!

At least it's better than that name.

Having settled on the name, he practiced a few sword moves and found it indeed handled smoothly, allowing him to exert all his strength. Zhang Xuan nodded in satisfaction.

Although this battle was somewhat dangerous, the gains were substantial. Not only did he gain experience fighting a Divine King, but he also acquired this chicken... oh, no, Divine King Sword!

Combined with the newly comprehended 'The silkworm spins until death, the candle sheds tears until it turns to ashes,' he could truly contend with ordinary Divine Kings, or even slay them!

More importantly, he confirmed that his current physical body possessed extraordinary regenerative abilities, no weaker than his clone!

As long as his soul wasn't destroyed, even if his head were cut off, he could probably recover easily.

It could be called an undying body!

"Could it be... that the energy I absorbed contained the little yellow chicken's blood?"

A thought struck him.

Over the years, countless experts had cultivated in the Yueqing Pool of the Qi family, but none had ever been known to possess an undying body like his. They didn't, but he did, and so easily...

Could it be related to this chicken?

This chicken, when it was still a gourd, had bathwater that could heal injuries, even stronger than Heavenly Dao true energy. In the Firmament and the Divine Realm, it had been blown to pieces multiple times, yet each time it revived without a scratch...

Thus, although he didn't know exactly what species it was, he could be sure that ordinary injuries couldn't harm it at all, and might even make it stronger!

Die once, grow stronger once!

Back in the Yueqing Pool, when it exploded into powder, the energy he absorbed contained its blood, which formed the golden threads in his muscles and granted him similar abilities.

Therefore, during the fight with the Divine King, although he was injured, he didn't feel his cultivation drop; instead, he grew stronger as the battle progressed.

"By the way, little yellow chicken, can you... take human form now?"

Unable to contain his curiosity, he asked.

Normal divine beasts could take human form upon reaching lower-grade Deity. Powerful upper-grade Deities, or even Heavenly Gods at their peak, like Ao Hua before.

Ao Hua, a core disciple of the Cloud Flood Heaven, was at the upper-grade Heavenly God realm and had transformed into a human form with no external difference.

Now that this guy was a Divine King, he should be able to transform into a human form smoothly, right?

"I haven't tried, but it should be possible..."

Looking down, the little yellow chicken said hesitantly.

It wasn't sure if it could transform.

"Give it a try!" Zhang Xuan smiled slightly.

The little yellow chicken responded, focused its mind, and activated the power within its body.

Whoosh!

Its chicken body suddenly shook, and the next moment, a sturdy, slender figure appeared before him.

"I did it! I can really transform..." The little yellow chicken was ecstatic, but before it could finish, it saw its master holding his forehead in exasperation, looking as if he'd seen a ghost.

"What's wrong? Am I... not handsome in this form?" The little yellow chicken was stunned.

It had fantasized about transforming into a handsome guy to spite its master.

Now that it succeeded, why this expression?

Full of doubt, it reached for its neck and froze: "My head... why didn't it change?"

At this moment, its body had transformed into a human form, but its head was still that of a chicken.

From a distance, it looked like a monster with a chicken head and a human body.

It had hoped to look handsome after transforming, but now with a chicken head... handsome my ass! Any beauty who saw it would probably run away in fright...

"Better not transform. Just stay a chicken..." Zhang Xuan said helplessly.

Knowing that this form would scare people to death, the little yellow chicken, though frustrated, reverted to its chicken form and landed back on Zhang Xuan's shoulder.

"Let's go!"

Having dealt with the Divine King who had ambushed him, he didn't linger. He found an injured divine beast, healed it, and then rode it onward.

"That Divine King was a rogue cultivator..."

During the battle, he had secretly observed with the Library of Heaven's Path and learned that the Divine King was just a rogue cultivator from the Nether Soul Heaven.

Thinking about it, it made sense. Major families and powers had foundations; they wouldn't dare attack him knowing the Qi family was protecting him.

After all, even the Beauty Pill wasn't worth risking a family's rise or fall.

Knowing he was a rogue cultivator, Zhang Xuan understood that the ambush was motivated by greed. Now that the man was dead, his background would dissipate, and there was no need to worry.

After this experience, he encountered no further dangers and soon arrived at the teleportation array.

Atop the mountain stood dozens of tall pillars, each hundreds of meters high, blocking all surrounding spiritual energy. The teleportation array was in the middle.

The Great Teleportation Array involved spatial laws and required absolute stability of the surrounding spiritual energy, so pillars were used to shield the area.

Before reaching the array, he had the divine beast land. Zhang Xuan didn't reveal his ability to fly and walked forward step by step.

"Great Teleportation Array. Please present your teleportation token!"

A squad of guards blocked the way.

Zhang Xuan looked at them with a serious expression.

There were about a hundred guards, each at the upper-grade Heavenly God level. Even a Divine King rushing in recklessly might not gain an advantage.

It seemed the Nether Soul Heaven placed great importance on such teleportation arrays, no wonder obtaining a token was so difficult.

He handed over the token. The lead guard confirmed it and respectfully cupped his hands: "Young Master Zhang, this way, please!"

Those who could obtain such tokens were all top experts of their respective realms, so even the guards dared not offend them.

Following closely, he soon arrived at the teleportation array.

It wasn't a traditional array but rather a series of room-like passages.

"May I ask which realm Young Master Zhang wishes to go to?"

"I want to go to the imperial capital of Spiritual Source Heaven, the Spiritual Source Imperial City!" Zhang Xuan nodded.

"Please take the portal to the south..."

The guard pointed.

Zhang Xuan nodded and strode over with the little yellow chicken.

He pushed open the portal and entered.

Behind the door was a rotating light screen. He stepped into it, and the token emitted a beam of light, enveloping him and the chicken. The next moment, the world spun, a special force enveloped his body, and with a 'whoosh,' they vanished.

The spatial teleportation of the Great Teleportation Array was indeed more formidable than the small arrays in places like Night Abyss City. Even though Zhang Xuan was at the peak of upper-grade Heavenly God, he still felt his body nearly tearing apart.

When he opened his eyes again, he appeared before another portal. He circulated his power to heal his injuries, pulled the door open, and stepped out.

Guards verified his token again before allowing him to leave.

"This is Spiritual Source Heaven?"

As he walked out of the array, Zhang Xuan asked a nearby guard.

"Yes, over there is the Spiritual Source Imperial City of Spiritual Source Heaven," the guard replied.

Zhang Xuan looked and was stunned.

This so-called Spiritual Source Imperial City was completely different from the Nether Soul Imperial City. The latter was a huge city on the ground, prosperous and vast, while what appeared before him was a massive crater like a volcanic caldera.

Formed by a depression in the ground, it was over a thousand kilometers in diameter, with no end in sight and unknown depth. His divine sense couldn't approach it.

Above the crater floated a city made of enormous rocks, suspended quietly in the air.

"The entire Spiritual Source Imperial City is floating?"

Zhang Xuan was astonished.

The Nether Soul Heaven also had floating estates, but they belonged to a single family or faction. Now, an entire city was floating in the air...

Truly terrifying!