“Little Rooster, wait inside for a moment while I collect my thoughts.” Seeing that Little Rooster was fine, Lin Fan relaxed slightly. As for what had happened inside the Celestial Crucible, Lin Fan felt somewhat puzzled. He had no idea what had occurred, yet he sensed changes within himself, which definitely required a thorough examination.
Firstly, his cultivation level hadn’t changed much—it remained at the early stage of Divine Entry. This left Lin Fan perplexed. If his power hadn’t increased, how could a mere gesture from him cause the void to shatter? It was simply inconceivable.
“Huh…” While inspecting his inner self, Lin Fan noticed something unusual about his blood. He could distinctly feel his blood continuously absorbing the essence of heaven and earth, and within every drop, it was as though a miniature universe existed—though this universe was shrouded in gray haze, revealing no clear signs of anything extraordinary.
At that moment, his pores opened, drawing in a surge of celestial energy.
“Ding! Congratulations, experience increased by ten thousand.”
Lin Fan’s expression shifted in shock. Gaining experience without battling monsters or consuming pills? It was simply impossible!
Even a Grand Heavens expert needed to consciously absorb energy with their primary consciousness. Yet Lin Fan’s experience was increasing every second automatically, as if he were merely idling—this was incredibly powerful.
Lin Fan deeply admired this ability. With it, his future would surely be filled with success.
At this moment, Lin Fan looked at his right hand. Something was definitely off with it—when had it become like a Qilin arm?
Just then, his arm suddenly emitted a red glow.
“Oh no, it’s that thing.” Lin Fan was immediately startled. The arm refined by the Celestial Crucible had somehow ended up on his right hand.
A bit nervous, Lin Fan quickly pulled up his status panel to check. Eventually, he found the issue.
“Eternal Arm: Origin unknown, invincible, currently in a damaged state.”
“Eternal Arm?” Lin Fan was just about to lift his right hand to stroke his chin when he quickly stopped himself in alarm. He couldn’t risk another void collapse that might shatter his jaw.
The arm seemed to understand its limits, realizing it couldn’t overpower him and had finally surrendered. However, this initial fusion was somewhat uncomfortable. It seemed he needed to learn to control its power.
At this moment, Lin Fan noticed another issue—his back felt itchy. He scratched it but didn’t feel anything unusual.
However, with his system, no demon or anomaly could escape Lin Fan’s detection. He continued scanning his status panel and soon found the problem.
“Celestial Scripture: The first words in heaven and earth, containing supreme power, currently in a damaged state.”
…
What did this mean? Why were both items in a damaged state? Even if the Celestial Scripture was incomplete, it should at least show some effect.
“Oooooo…” At this moment, Little Rooster, still in the midst of rebirth, crowed again.
Feeling quite displeased at being left aside and ignored, the little rooster was reminding Lin Fan that it had just risked its life to save him. How could Lin Fan not help it out now?
“Little Rooster, don’t rush. Let me figure this out first.” Lin Fan shouted toward the eggshell before falling into deep thought again.
The Celestial Scripture must be extremely powerful, but Lin Fan had yet to discover its use. However, his immediate priority was to control his right hand.
Otherwise, with every slight movement, the heavens would collapse—who could survive that?
Lin Fan focused his mind, solidified his energy, and slowly raised his right hand.
“Boom!”
Lin Fan winced in frustration. The moment he lifted it, the space before him shattered again. If not for the void’s natural healing ability, Lin Fan might have shattered the entire sky.
Lin Fan continued experimenting, gradually searching for a way to control it.
“Boom!”
“Boom!”
…
The void seemed fragile, continuously shattering. Yet Lin Fan slowly began to understand—the arm was only temporarily uncooperative. As time passed and the arm fully integrated with him, he would gain control over it.
Understanding this, Lin Fan finally relaxed. What surprised him even more was that his “Indestructible Demon Body” had evolved into “Eternally Indestructible.”
In Lin Fan’s memory, during that final moment of total collapse, it was the evolution of the “Indestructible Demon Body” that had saved his life.
Sometimes Lin Fan wondered if he truly was the destined protagonist of this world. No matter how recklessly he acted, no matter how dire the life-threatening situations, he always managed to turn the tide. It was like a novice challenging the ultimate boss at the peak of the world and somehow defeating it through bizarre circumstances, instantly becoming a legendary master.
How could this Eternal Arm be so powerful? Why hadn’t it destroyed him initially? This was something that couldn’t help but raise suspicions.
Suddenly, Lin Fan’s eyes lit up. Could it be that he carried some kind of “idiot’s halo”?
The more he thought about it, the more plausible it seemed.
Thinking about Little Rooster, Lin Fan felt even more convinced. After all, Little Rooster was a descendant of an ancient ferocious beast, yet after being taken in by Lin Fan, its intelligence seemed to have regressed into idiocy, completely lacking the majesty of an ancient beast.
“Sigh…”
After reaching this conclusion, Lin Fan didn’t care whether it was correct or not—he simply believed his own reasoning.
Looking at his right hand, Lin Fan couldn’t help but nod approvingly. He was invincible…
His future life could only be described in eight words:
“Challenge the strong recklessly, exploit the weak ruthlessly.”
Then, Lin Fan stood up, dusted off his pants, and prepared to rescue Little Rooster.
“Heh, the right hand really is different now—even patting my pants hurts a bit.”
The gloomy mood from earlier had now turned into pure joy.
Phoenix rebirth, rising from the ashes.
Lin Fan was well aware of this process. Thinking about what Little Rooster would look like after rebirth, Lin Fan felt a little excited.
“Little Rooster, don’t panic. I’m coming to save you now.” Lin Fan took out the Life Seed.
He had studied this seed for a long time without uncovering its secrets. But for Lin Fan, regardless of its future usefulness, saving his Little Rooster was the priority.
Lin Fan held the Life Seed in his right hand. The seed, as if alive, trembled slightly, seemingly aware of what was about to happen.
“Crack!”
With a crisp sound, the hardest Life Seed instantly shattered, transforming into a river of life flowing into the eggshell.
“Oooooo…” At this moment, Little Rooster inside the eggshell seemed to sense something and joyfully crowed.
“Boom!”
In an instant, raging flames erupted.
“Oooooo…” A crowing cry echoed through heaven and earth.
Within the raging flames, a figure radiated dazzling brilliance, as if everything in the heavens and earth would pale in comparison.
Lin Fan gazed excitedly at the figure within the flames.
A phoenix—true phoenix.
Little Rooster had finally transformed from an ugly duckling into a swan. Its majestic wings, slim and elongated body, and flaming tail exuded an overwhelming dominance, as though all beings in heaven and earth knelt before it.
Though the true form was still obscured by the flames, Lin Fan was convinced—Little Rooster had evolved.
And beneath the phoenix’s talons, an ancient tree, seemingly connected to heaven and earth, surged upward like the king of all trees, exuding majesty and power.
“Little Rooster, I knew you wouldn’t let me down.” Lin Fan clenched his fists in excitement, his exhilaration indescribable.
“Oooooo…” Little Rooster joyfully crowed.
Lin Fan waited eagerly, but the moment the flames vanished, his excitement instantly turned into shock.
“This… this…” Lin Fan was completely stunned, feeling like dying on the spot.
Little Rooster was still the same Little Rooster. The only difference was that it now had a tail—though barely noticeable.
Leaping into the air, Little Rooster seemed to be stretching its long-dormant body. Its not-so-impressive talons stretched out midair before it landed on Lin Fan’s shoulder, rubbing its head against Lin Fan’s cheek affectionately.
“Oooooo…”
Lin Fan’s high expectations were instantly shattered by Little Rooster’s current appearance.
A featherless chicken… with one additional tail.
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