Chapter 1 Huangfu Xiao Comes to Question?

Huangfu Xiao? Coming to question? What's going on?

Everyone except Chu He and his daughter looked bewildered.

They only knew that the Zhushen (Gods) Palace and the Lingxiao (High Heaven) Palace had close ties, but they didn't know what happened last night. So, when they heard that Huangfu Xiao had come to the Zhushen Palace to question them, they were immediately filled with doubts.

If this had happened on a normal day, it would have shocked them silly and been absolutely explosive news.

But today… after what just happened, even the Zhushen Palace was razed to the ground. Compared to that, Huangfu Xiao's questioning seemed less shocking.

Chu He had known that Huangfu Xiao would come, but he didn't expect him to come so quickly.

"Palace Master Huangfu, what happened last night was just a misunderstanding. I can explain it clearly, but I have important matters to attend to right now and can't get away. When I'm done with this, I'll definitely give you an explanation."

Chu He said loudly towards the horizon, his voice quickly spreading across the sky.

Huangfu Xiao's voice came from beyond the heavens, from the world outside the Zhushen Realm. It wasn't difficult to do; many martial artists from ancient martial sects could do it.

With Huangfu Xiao outside, Chu He wasn't afraid of him at all, since he couldn't get in anyway.

"You scoundrel, Chu He, are you going to be a coward? You can hide now, but you can't hide forever! I'm giving you one more chance. Come see me immediately, or don't blame me, Huangfu Xiao, for turning against you!"

Chu He's dismissive attitude aroused Huangfu Xiao's anger.

Upon hearing this, Chu He immediately didn't want to bother with him.

Who are you yelling at? I'm giving you some face by calling you Palace Master Huangfu. If I didn't, do you think I'd even pay attention to you?

He directly said to his daughter, "Qingluan, don't pay attention to them. Let's go down and see what's going on."

The only mounts that could still fly were Chu He's Fire Phoenix and Chu Qingluan's Qingluan, so only the two of them could go down to investigate.

"Yes, Father."

Chu Qingluan nodded, then stroked Qingluan's head. The Qingluan understood and flapped its wings, flying down into the abyss.

Then Chu He also flew down on the Fire Phoenix.

Chu He's silence made Huangfu Xiao even angrier.

"You scoundrel, Chu He, do you not even have the tone to talk to me? You want to be a coward, but I won't give you the chance!"

His voice, mixed with anger, came again, and this time, it was accompanied by a loud 'thump'!

"What's that sound?"

"Could it be that Palace Master Huangfu is attacking the Realm Gate?"

The Realm Gate is the connection between the Lesser or Middle Thousand Worlds and the Greater Thousand World.

Without the owner's consent, it requires super strong strength to forcibly break through the Realm Gate.

For martial artists, it would require at least a Martial Honored One.

After hearing the loud 'thump', an elder of the Zhushen Palace said with disdain, "Huangfu Xiao, don't waste your energy. With your strength, you can't break the Realm Gate!"

"Heh heh, you say I can't open the Realm Gate? Today, I'll show you if I can open it or not…"

Huangfu Xiao sneered, and then, there was another loud 'thump'!

And this time, the entire Zhushen Realm trembled.

The elder's expression changed drastically, uncertain and surprised. "Could it be that Huangfu Xiao has broken through and been promoted to Martial Honored One?"

Thump—

The Zhushen Realm shook again. It seemed that the Realm Gate would soon be broken.

The elder was greatly alarmed and quickly shouted into the abyss, "Palace Master Chu, please come back quickly! Huangfu Xiao is about to break the Realm Gate!"

His voice echoed in the abyss, but he didn't receive Chu He's response for a long time.

The Chu family father and daughter had long since flown off to who knows where.

…

At this time, at the bottom of the Jiu Yi Abyss, the turbulent underground river had burned out, and the flames were gradually extinguished.

The surroundings had turned into scorched earth, and the ten-thousand-meter-high wutong tree had been burned to ashes, not even a speck remaining.

Chen Xiao's figure had long since disappeared, perhaps already turned to ashes like the wutong tree in the flames.

The Underworld Phoenix finally landed on the ground. Its eyes swept around domineeringly, like a king inspecting its territory.

Its fierce eyes revealed a hint of satisfaction. The intruder's aura had finally disappeared. This world ultimately belonged to it alone.

But when it wanted to fly back to the wutong tree, it suddenly realized that the wutong tree had been burned away by it.

"Screech—"

This time, its cry carried a shrillness.

At the same time, the scorched earth beneath its feet suddenly trembled.

"Screech!"

The Underworld Phoenix screamed in fright and flew up.

The scorched earth that had just trembled slightly actually stood up, like a human figure.

Crack—

A sound like a breaking pill shell rang out. Then, the scorched earth rustled down, revealing a strong figure from within.

"Screech!"

The Underworld Phoenix was shocked. Even its cry was filled with doubt.

Because it didn't understand why the human who had been burned to the point of having no aura had come back to life!

That's right. After the scorched earth fell, the person revealed from within was Chen Xiao.

At this time, he was standing naked in this world.

The clothes on his body had long been burned to ashes. The only things left were the Yin-Yang Jade hanging on his chest and the Yitian Sword floating beside him!

His skin looked as delicate as a newborn's, but as sturdy as an ancient statue.

Just now, he had died, and died countless times.

But after each death, he came back to life, again and again.

He had experienced true tempering!

Each time he died and was reborn, his body would undergo a transformation, but at the same time, he would experience great pain.

Each time, he thought he was dead this time, but after a moment, he came back to life.

However, what followed was another burning death. That kind of pain, which pierced the heart and bones, was indescribable to outsiders!

In the end, Chen Xiao even hoped that he would not come back to life again.

Of course, none of that mattered now.

What mattered was that he had finally survived.

And he was a hundred times stronger than before!

This was his own rebirth through fire.

Chen Xiao slowly opened his eyes. He looked at the Underworld Phoenix, his eyes as indifferent as water, with no hatred in his gaze.

He wouldn't thank this dead bird, and he wouldn't hate this dead bird. He only knew that he wanted to kill this bird!

To let it also feel the same pain he had felt.

Chen Xiao intended to burn this Underworld Phoenix to death…