Chapter 1 Rebirth

  Chen Xuan and Lao Li's divine consciousness arrived above Chen Xuan's dantian, Lao Li took a look at Chen Xuan's dantian area and was shocked. How could his dantian area be so large? In the center of the dantian stood an alchemical furnace, its mouth was bottomless, the black hole-like opening looked like the huge mouth of a ferocious beast from ancient times, constantly absorbing the spiritual energy outside, even their own divine consciousness didn't dare to get close, now they felt that their own divine consciousness had a feeling of being sucked in.

  "Is this the change of Tianxu?" Lao Li released a divine sense.

  "I don't know, from the moment of breakthrough, a black whirlwind appeared, and in the end it became this thing. Now I don't even need to sit and absorb spiritual energy, the spiritual energy will be automatically absorbed. In other words, my spiritual power is increasing at every moment without me having to cultivate it."

  "Unexpectedly, Tianyuan Decree is so overbearing." Lao Li also let out a sigh of admiration.

  "Now you can try whether it's true what the book says that everything can be swallowed?" Lao Li continued.

  The two finished speaking and retreated from their dantian. Chen Xuan took out some refining materials and heavenly treasures from his ring, all of which were materials for refining dan. A dark hole appeared on Chen Xuan's chest, and he threw all the materials into it, causing them to disappear instantly.

  The black hole retracted into the dantian, and immediately some spiritual energy was resolved from the black hole. The metal materials on the alchemy equipment were also resolved, and the physical body was completely absorbed by the metal material in an instant. After being filtered through the metal material, the crystal wall of the dantian became even more radiant, and I felt that my physical body had become stronger by a thread.

  Chen Xuan's mouth slowly curved upwards, finally forming a crescent shape, his face filled with excitement, and only now did he feel a little bit of the thrill of being invincible.

  In the past, I absorbed the inner elixirs of those demon beasts, and compared to the spiritual energy of humans and demons, it was simply child's play. From now on, as long as I continue to absorb materials, my physical body will be infinitely upgraded, and there is even a possibility that it can reach the level of a Taoist artifact.

  Chen Xuan savored the thrill of his realm's advancement in the cave, while three or four people rushed towards him from over a dozen miles away.

  "Brother Qi, do you know what caused the spiritual energy void that just appeared in front of us?" a young man asked.

  "I suspect someone has broken through here, but to cause such a commotion, it must be at least a True Martial Realm breakthrough from the Original Martial Realm. At this time, he has just broken through and his spiritual energy is not enough. Now is the best opportunity to catch him off guard when he's at his weakest. Let's go take a look. This is Dan Xuan Men's territory, and their outer sect disciples often come here to train. We should be careful." said Qi Shixiong.

  Less than a cup of tea's time, the four arrived at Chen Xuan's mountain cave. As they approached, Chen Xuan had already sensed it - someone was coming to take advantage of him during his vulnerable period after breaking through. Did they think he was weak and easy to bully? Chen Xuan had just digested all the useless materials, restoring his strength and even increasing it, solidifying his foundation in the Spiritual Martial Realm.

  Chen Xuan arrived at the entrance of the cave, looking ahead at four human figures rushing towards him. They were wearing clothes that belonged to disciples of the Li Huo Sect. Chen Xuan thought to himself.

  During this period of time, Chen Xuan had a good understanding of various schools and factions, and was no longer a novice who knew nothing at the beginning.

  Four people saw Chen Xuan standing at the entrance of the cave, wearing the uniform of a outer door disciple of Dan Xuan Gate. Isn't it that Qi Shixiong said that at least it was a breakthrough from Zhenwu Realm to Yuanwu Realm? Could it be that someone broke through, and everyone was puzzled.

  They also released their divine consciousness, and there were only a few of them around. Except for Chen Xuan, there was no outsider in the cave. What's going on?

  "Was it you who caused a burst of spiritual energy and a true vacuum just now?" one of them asked.

  Chen Xuan glanced at the four of them, all of whom were at the Spiritual Martial Realm level. The strongest among them was that Qi Shixiong, who was at the mid-stage of the Spiritual Martial Realm.

  "This is the training ground for outer disciples of Danxuan Gate, when did you Fire Sect people run to our territory?" Chen Xuan said with a condescending tone.

  "This little brother of yours hasn't answered our question yet, was the scene that just appeared caused by you? We also came here because we got lost and walked in the wrong direction." At this time, Qi Shixiong said politely.

  Getting lost, and he actually used getting lost as an excuse to deceive me, treating me like a three-year-old kid.

  Clear your throat.

  "The scene just now was caused by me. I have just broken through to the Spiritual Martial Realm. Since some of you are lost, please return to your original path."

  Chen Xuan had no grudges or grievances with the other party and didn't want to make enemies, so he opened his mouth to let them retreat on their own. With his current strength, killing them would be as easy as turning over his hand, but Chen Xuan was not a ruthless killer either.

  "Little kid, I didn't think you, a postnatal martial artist, could break through to the Spiritual Martial Realm and have such a huge impact. Hand over the cultivation method you've been practicing and we'll leave immediately."

  "Alas, why are there so many people these days who don't know what's good for them? You're practically asking to be killed. I've already let you leave, but now you want the secrets on me? It seems that being too kind sometimes isn't a good thing." Chen Xuan said to the four of them.

  "You arrogant little brat, you've just barely broken through to the Spiritual Warrior realm and yet you dare to speak so boldly. Let me come and take care of you."

  As soon as he finished speaking, a young man drew his long sword and rushed towards Chen Xuan.

  "Crack!"

  Chen Xuan broke the long sword with one hand and pinched his opponent's neck with the other.

  "Even ants dare to attack me"

  Another crack, the young man's neck was pinched off by Chen Xuan, a black hole appeared on Chen Xuan's chest and swallowed the young man in an instant, leaving no bones behind. The chest returned to calm again, but the young man who had just assassinated Chen Xuan had disappeared. The remaining three people were stunned, they didn't expect that Yuan Shidi couldn't even withstand a single move and was killed, and surprisingly, not even his corpse was left behind.

  "Quickly hand over Yuan Shi-di."

  The remaining three people shouted loudly.

  Chen Xuan ignored the three people, Chen Xuan is now once again feeling the power surge, the tripod furnace swallowed this young man and actually absorbed all his cultivation including memories for me, it's just that Chen Xuan himself is also in shock, didn't expect the tripod furnace to have this function, this is simply naked plundering. My cultivation has doubled again, increased by about another double from before. Even after swallowing a person, my dantian still feels empty and hollow, Chen Xuan thought to himself.

  Having calmed down his excited mood, Chen Xuan looked at the remaining three people again, as if looking at three dead men. Since he had already made up his mind to kill them, he had to thoroughly eliminate them, not leaving a single one alive. This was also Chen Xuan's consistent style of doing things: I won't offend you if you don't offend me, but if you offend me, I will surely kill you.

  "Just now you said what made me hand over my cultivation method, you ran to our Danxuan Gate's territory and asked me for my cultivation method, even if I killed all of you today, no one would take the blame for you, here the mountains are clear and the water is beautiful, you four will rest here forever."

  Chen Xuan and the remaining three people said; then walked out from the entrance of the cave.

  "We'll take him down together, he's just a kid who has barely broken through to the Spiritual Martial Realm, no matter how powerful he is, he can't withstand our three-person attack. Besides, he must be weak from blood loss now," after saying that, the three of them surrounded Chen Xuan in the middle.

  "I'll break through to the Spiritual Martial Realm today and use you few as sacrifices."

  After finishing, the three people attacked simultaneously. A pair of fists and a long sword collided, producing a series of clanging sounds. The three people retreated four or five steps, but Chen Xuan stood still, his strength and weakness immediately apparent.

  "How can this kid's physical body be so powerful, and with just a pair of fists, he can actually clash with our spiritual swords without being injured in the slightest." The three people's eyes were all filled with incredulous expressions.

  "We've drained his spiritual energy, and the spiritual energy he just broke through is definitely insufficient."

  The three of them attacked Chen Xuan again, but this time they didn't choose to launch a fierce attack. Instead, they chose to engage in a battle of endurance, planning to exhaust Chen Xuan's spiritual energy. After all, he had just advanced and his spiritual energy was insufficient, which was a very common phenomenon. But then there was Chen Xuan, this freak who could somehow withstand the exhaustion of spiritual energy. "I'll exhaust you to death," Chen Xuan thought to himself. The current cauldron was constantly absorbing spiritual energy for Chen Xuan at all times, so it would never run out of spiritual energy.

  "Since you want to play, I'll play along with you."

  After breaking through to Lingwu Realm, Chen Xuan's Chi Yan Fist has also increased in power by several times. Today, I'll use the three of you to hone my fist technique.

  "Bang! Bang! Bang!"

  Everyone was knocked back by Chen Xuan's punch, and all three of them had fresh blood flowing from the corners of their mouths, with terror filling their eyes.

  "How can this kid be so powerful, is he just breaking through to the Spiritual Warrior realm? I've been in the mid-Spiritual Warrior realm for two whole years and my spiritual power isn't as majestic as his." That Qi brother said in shock.

  "We retreat, we are no match for this person." Qi Shixiong shouted loudly; the three of them rushed out wildly.

  "Want to leave, give me a smoke."

  A black hole appeared again in front of Chen Xuan's chest, and all the flying sand and gravel in front were sucked in. The three people running in front couldn't move forward anymore and retreated one after another.

  What is this, the three of them actually started burning their own vital energy and rushed forward again. Once the vital energy was burned, their cultivation would also decline all the way down, even dropping several levels. In order to survive, the few people no longer cared about anything else. Chen Xuan increased the suction power of the black hole, and in front of him, it had already become a blank area, with all the trees and rocks being sucked into the black hole. The three of them slowly retreated backwards.

  "No."

  A loud scream, and one of the lowest-ranking disciples was sucked in, Chen Xuan's spiritual power surged again, the black hole's entrance expanded another circle, its suction power increased, even the patterns on the tripod began to clear up a bit. A high-ranking Spiritual Martial Realm cultivator was swallowed by Chen Xuan like that, without even leaving behind any residue. The remaining two people were already scared out of their wits when they saw Chen Xuan swallow someone into his own body.

  "Give it back to me."

  Chen Xuan waved his hand and the last two people were also sucked in. The black hole slowly disappeared, and Chen Xuan was shocked by the scene before him. The surrounding area within a mile had become a blank zone, without even a single blade of grass, all swallowed up by himself.

  Quickly refining the two, Chen Xuan's strength rose again. Unfortunately, even the spiritual instruments on their bodies were absorbed, nothing was left behind, not even a storage ring was left, all were swallowed away. However, my body can now rival that of a spiritual instrument.

  After absorbing the three people, Chen Xuan's body grew a few centimeters taller, his muscles were well-proportioned and lean, without any excess fat; now he looked like a seventeen or eighteen-year-old youth, with a clear facial structure, losing that childishness, gaining a sense of maturity, no longer looking like a fourteen-year-old boy.