Zhang Xuan had never heard of the Nine Hearts Lotus Leaf before, but the Nine Hearts Lotus Embryo was something that he could not be more familiar with.
It was the God artifact that he had used to forge his clone!
It was precisely due to the Nine Hearts Lotus Embryo that his clone was indestructible, granting it incredible fighting prowess. Even Zhang Xuan, who cultivated the Heaven's Path Divine Art, was no match for it. It was only after comprehending the Pathos of Heavens that he was able to surpass it.
Nine Hearts Lotus Embryo … Nine Hearts Lotus Leaf?
It couldn't be the same type, could it?
With a thought, Zhang Xuan's clone appeared before him.
At this moment, his clone had already reached God King realm pinnacle. His soul energy was flowing freely, and it was not much weaker than the current him.
"Take a look at this lotus leaf!"
Zhang Xuan pointed.
The clone raised his head to take a look, and his eyes immediately lit up. "I don't know what it is, but my body seems to be attracted to it …"
Before he could finish his words, his clone had already begun flying toward the massive lotus leaf.
The lotus leaf seemed to have sensed something as well, so it didn't resist. Instead, its massive body swiftly shrank.
With a slight jolt, his clone landed on the lotus leaf, and it morphed into a budding lotus embryo, ready to blossom at any moment.
Zhang Xuan's eyebrows shot up.
It was the appearance of the Nine Hearts Lotus Embryo when he was forging his clone.
Tzzzzz!
The energy within the lotus leaf continued to nourish the lotus, and the pure white flower gradually turned translucent, as if it would blossom at any moment.
Boom!
Not too long later, a powerful burst of energy burst forth, and a nine-colored lotus flower blossomed, emanating an intoxicating fragrance.
"It's the Primordial Golden Lotus of the Nine Skies!"
God King Liu Yan widened his eyes in disbelief.
"You know of it?" Zhang Xuan asked with a frown.
"Legend has it that when the Nine Skies were created, a Primordial Golden Lotus was born out of the primordial zhenqi to suppress the Five Elements and the Four Extremities. However, before it could mature, it vanished without a trace, resulting in chaos in the world. The Four Divine Beasts became God Monarchs, and they guarded the Four Extremities.
God Monarch Liu Yan was an ancient God Monarch who followed the Empyrean Lord. He had lived for a long time, so he knew more things.
"I thought that the Primordial Golden Lotus had already disappeared from the Firmament, but who could have thought that it would appear here?
He turned around and looked at Zhang Xuan respectfully.
The Primordial Golden Lotus of the Nine Skies was a treasure that even God Monarchs would find difficult to assimilate. Yet, the young man before him had actually managed to forge it into his clone.
Was there a need to be so exaggerated?
If we had known that you were the one who refined it, and that you had so many amazing students, we wouldn't have come to snatch it even if you beat us to death …
It was too much of a scam.
Sizzle!
Zhang Xuan heaved a sigh of relief. He could feel that his clone was growing stronger and stronger as he fused with the lotus leaf, and it seemed to have surpassed the might of a Conferred God King.
It seemed like his clone's fortuitous encounter was much greater than his.
If things went wrong, Xiao Chen might even break through to Sovereign Emperor faster than Xiao Chen, achieving a boundless golden body and becoming truly indestructible.
He had been wondering just what kind of artifact the Nine Hearts Lotus Embryo that his clone wielded was for it to be able to render even a Heaven's Path Divine Art powerhouse helpless against him. But at this moment, he finally understood how fearsome it was!
"I should have known …" Zhang Xuan smiled bitterly.
The Nine Heavens Lotus Embryo contained the name of the Nine Heavens. Under normal circumstances, anyone who came to the Firmament should have known about it. However, no one could have imagined that it would be so heaven-defying.
"With the support of the lotus and its perfect bloom, the Primordial Golden Lotus of the Nine Skies should be able to achieve a breakthrough to the God Monarch realm. However, it might take some time … "
Taking a closer look, Zhang Xuan saw that the golden lotus was growing brighter and brighter. He could sense that his clone had already assimilated the lotus leaf, and he knew that the moment the two energies fused together would be the moment his clone achieved a breakthrough to the God Monarch realm.
He had thought that his clone would never be able to become a God Monarch, but who could have known that he would have such a fortuitous encounter?
"When I first discovered the Nine Hearts Lotus on the Master Teacher Continent, I thought that it was the Nine Hearts Lotus. I thought that it was an immature Nine Hearts Lotus, so I had to nourish it with my Heaven's Path zhenqi to change its color.
Thinking back to the first time he saw the Nine Hearts Lotus Embryo, Zhang Xuan's heart skipped a beat.
Back then, Mo Hunsheng had attached his soul to the Nine Hearts Lotus Embryo, and it had managed to survive for tens of thousands of years.
All along, he had thought that it was his Heaven's Path zhenqi that had hastened the maturation of the Nine Hearts Lotus Embryo, but from the looks of it now, there was a good chance that the Nine Hearts Lotus Embryo harnessed the unique energy that had suppressed Feng Jiuge's cultivation.
It was his Heaven's Path zhenqi that allowed the Nine Hearts Lotus Embryo to recover its original color.
As for how such a powerful artifact could be forged into a clone, it was easy to understand.
Due to the fact that the Nine Hearts Lotus Embryo had been contaminated, the energy it harnessed had been cleansed. This was also the reason why Zhang Xuan, who was only at Transcendent Mortal realm, was able to assimilate it easily.
"The Nine Hearts Lotus Embryo and the Deathless Monarch are both closely related to me. Could it be that … someone is really plotting against me?"
A thought surfaced in Zhang Xuan's mind.
This was too much of a coincidence!
If it had been any other ordinary artifact, he could have just said that he was lucky. However, the Primordial Golden Lotus of the Nine Skies was a treasure that not even God Monarchs could lay their hands on. Yet, he had inadvertently assimilated it into his clone …
To think that he would actually take in a powerful expert like the Deathless Monarch as his tamed beast …
Not only that, the strongest ruler of the Sky of Freedom, God Monarch Lingxi, had also become his girlfriend …
No matter how he looked at it, there was something amiss about all of this.
It was as if there was an invisible hand pushing him forward, pushing him forward step by step, all the way to where he was now.
Zhang Xuan shook his head. He was still unable to figure out the crux of the matter. Thus, he turned his gaze back to the disciples before him.
It had only been a month since he had last seen them, but they had all grown to Conferred God Kings.
"Teacher, these are the treasures we obtained from the Flooding Sea. They might be of use to you …"
Zhao Ya walked up to Zhang Xuan and passed a storage ring over.
Zhang Xuan took a look at it, and he nodded in approval. "Not bad!"
The harvest of his direct disciples was far greater than that of his teacher. With a single glance, he could see more than a dozen treasures that were on par with the Condensed Earth Essence, or perhaps even superior to it.
What was even rarer was that they had gathered so many treasures and offered them to him. Zhang Xuan could not help but feel gratified.
"It seems like I won't have to continue searching for treasures. With these, I should be able to push for a breakthrough to the God Monarch realm …"
Zhang Xuan said with a smile.
These treasures should be more than enough for him to push for a breakthrough to the God Monarch realm.
"Hmm? Wait a moment, weren't you the ones who took the Midnight Flower and Silent Steel? "Zhang Xuan frowned.
The storage ring that Zhao Ya had given him did not contain the Midnight Flower, Silent Steel, or the other treasures that had been taken by someone else before him.
Could it be that other than his direct disciples, there was someone else who could have taken the treasures from those places?
"Midnight Flower? Silent Steel? "
Zhao Ya and the others nodded in agreement. "I have never heard of that name before."
"Could it be that … there are other formidable experts other than you?"
Zhang Xuan asked with a frown.
(Thank you to Alliance Leader Unfocused for your 170,000 yuan tip. I should have added more chapters last month, but I had to head out this month, so I delayed it until now.)
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