Chapter 2239: The Spiritual Tide Is Coming!

Having journeyed with Teacher Kong through storms and trials, there was little I hadn't witnessed...

Supreme-grade Divine Origin Pills—each one took them a month or two to refine—yet he downed over a hundred in one go, not only unharmed but with time to savor the flavors, even commenting on pineapple and apple... Why not pig kidney, hairtail, or durian?

Ziyuan Ancient Sage and the others suddenly felt they didn't want to talk to this fellow anymore.

That wasn't a stomach; it was a pill-devouring machine!

Just as they were stewing in frustration, they saw the young man looking at them with eager anticipation: "Besides... Divine Origin Pills, are there any pills with even more spiritual energy? Like 'Dan Kings' or something? If so, I can buy or borrow them... I'll repay you once I break through to Emperor..."

"No more..." Ziyuan Ancient Sage shook his head.

The teacher had said to follow him as leader, so pills were naturally at his disposal, but... aside from Supreme-grade Divine Origin Pills, they truly had nothing more advanced.

"When Teacher Kong... broke through, he must have needed vast spiritual energy too. Where did he get it?" Zhang Xuan asked curiously.

Teacher Kong, like himself, likely found Supreme-grade Divine Origin Pills only enough to reach the peak of Divine King. So how had he managed to break through to the Emperor realm?

"The Spiritual Tide!" Ziyuan Ancient Sage nodded. "It comes once every ten years. When it arrives, all kinds of treasures appear. The teacher and I made rapid progress during the tide forty years ago!"

Zhang Xuan suddenly understood.

He had heard of this before but knew no details.

Still, he could imagine.

Each tide saw countless Sealed Divine Kings and Divine Kings fall, which alone showed how many treasures it held—treasures even Sealed Divine Kings couldn't resist.

Even Emperors struggled to keep their composure.

Otherwise, they wouldn't have snatched away so many of his students.

"How long until this Spiritual Tide arrives?"

"The Spiritual Tide roughly comes once every ten years, but the exact time is uncertain—sometimes delayed by two or three months, sometimes early. Normally, there's at least half a year left, but... with the Nine Heavens Enfeoffment just now shaking heaven and earth, the Fifth Tide is likely not far off..."

Ziyuan Ancient Sage looked up at the sky and said.

Though irregular, the Spiritual Tide could be influenced by special events. The Nine Heavens Enfeoffment had stirred such commotion, drawing vast spiritual energy into the sky, easily becoming a prelude to the tide.

Zhang Xuan breathed a sigh of relief.

Supreme-grade Divine Origin Pills were of little use to him; he would have to wait for the Spiritual Tide and find a way to obtain more treasures.

After more conversation, Zhang Xuan stayed for two days, reading all of Teacher Kong's books and the cultivation techniques of the others before taking his leave.

His soul had reached the peak of Sealed Divine King, his true energy the peak of Divine King; only his physical body remained. According to Little Yellow Chick, once he returned, the Undying Lava Pool could fully restore it, so there was no need to delay.

With the Yellow Chick, he didn't even need a teleportation array; it could easily tear through space to reach any destination.

After a few breaths, the two of them and the chicken returned to Lingyuan Heaven.

"Welcome back, Emperor!"

Before they even reached the Undying Emperor's palace, Fire Feather Sealed Divine King and the others had received word and were waiting.

"Go prepare plenty of spiritual-energy-rich pills—the more, the better..."

Little Yellow Chick waved a wing.

"Yes!" Fire Feather Sealed Divine King and the others withdrew.

An hour later, they returned, each carrying countless precious medicines.

The Emperor himself had spoken; how could they refuse? The wealth of Sealed Divine Kings left Zhang Xuan dazzled.

Though there were no medicines to advance him further, there was more than enough to refine several hundred Supreme-grade Divine Origin Pills.

Gathering the medicines, Little Yellow Chick led Zhang Xuan into the palace, and before long, they arrived at a seemingly dried-up deep pit.

Inside the pit, lava churned, and waves of heat assailed them.

Yellow Chicken's palm trembled, and countless spiritual medicines scattered down in a special manner.

In midair they exploded into countless streams of spiritual energy, sweeping into the lava.

Chirp!

As the medicines entered, the blazing flames instantly transformed into enormous phoenixes, galloping and soaring, as if they might fly out at any moment.

Yellow Chicken pointed a finger, and a few drops of essence blood fell into it.

Whoosh!

The phantom of the phoenix grew even taller, exuding a pressure of bloodline birth.

"Master, the Undying Lava Pool is ready. Go in..."

Yellow Chicken smiled slightly.

Zhang Xuan leaped and jumped into it.

Sizzle sizzle sizzle!

As soon as he entered the lava pool, he felt countless pure forces surging into his body along his acupoints, and the blood flowing in his veins roared incessantly with this power.

He sat cross-legged, suspended in the air, absorbing continuously.

His physical body advanced rapidly, visible to the naked eye.

Early Divine King.

Mid Divine King.

Late Divine King.

...

Early Title Divine King...

Two hours later, the roaring power in the lava pool subsided, and Zhang Xuan's ever-improving physical body finally stopped.

"With just my physical body, I am already comparable to a peak Title Divine King..." His eyes lit up.

This bout of cultivation had brought great progress to his physical body, directly from early Divine King to peak Title Divine King.

That is to say, at this moment, with just his physical body, he could fight against a peak Title Divine King and even easily defeat him!

Of course, his strongest aspect now was not his physical body, but his soul power!

With Nine Heavens Title King, relying solely on his soul, even nine peak Title Divine Kings of the same rank might not be able to withstand him.

After finishing his cultivation, he released his clone.

Having cultivated in the Undying Lava Pool, it too had smoothly reached peak Title King.

As for the Cruel Person, his cultivation was far too slow and would be of no use in the short term, so he continued to be sealed in the Book of Heavenly Dao.

His cultivation had reached its limit; without a spiritual energy tide, he could not break through in a short time. Zhang Xuan was about to deduce a new sword technique based on the insights from his mind when he saw Little Yellow Chicken appear before him.

"Young master, the Cloud Flood Emperor of Cloud Flood Heaven has invited the Eight Emperors to the Tide Sea!"

"Tide Sea?"

"It is the birthplace of the spiritual energy tide. Each time, the tide spreads across the entire Divine Realm, but to find the most precious treasures, one must enter here!"

Little Yellow Chicken said.

"Is the spiritual energy tide about to begin?" Zhang Xuan sensed something amiss.

"According to calculations, barring accidents, it will start within two days..." Little Yellow Chicken nodded. "So, the Cloud Flood Emperor has asked the various emperors to bring their people there to prepare in advance."

"Let's go!" Zhang Xuan stood up.

The spiritual energy tide... had finally come!

Perhaps he could take this opportunity to break through Title Divine King in one fell swoop, or even... Emperor!