"This is bad, the Chaos Divine Stone is about to shatter. We must help the Chaos Divine Phoenix to be reborn as soon as possible, otherwise the Chaos Divine Phoenix's soul imprint will be in trouble, or even disappear completely. It will be very troublesome for the Chaos Divine Phoenix to revive in the future," said the Undying Dragon God.
As it spoke, it couldn't care less and, using Xiao Qing's body, released more life force.
Furthermore, the Undying Dragon God also deployed the divine artifact, the Undying Dragon Pearl.
The Undying Dragon Pearl could protect the Chaos Divine Phoenix's soul imprint from collapsing.
However, no matter how hard the Undying Dragon God tried, the revival of the Chaos Divine Phoenix was destined to be difficult and required a lot of time.
But the Chaos Divine Stone could not hold on for much longer.
The Chaos Divine Stone was already covered in cracks.
It seemed unable to support the nurturing of the Chaos Divine Phoenix's new body.
It was on the verge of gradually collapsing.
Seeing this, the Undying Dragon God was filled with helplessness. It had no better solution.
As for Zheng Dong, he could not help at all, except to try his best to ensure that the Chaos Divine Fire did not extinguish.
Not long after, the Chaos Divine Stone completely shattered, and a small chick, not even fully feathered, appeared.
It was too small, its eyes were not yet open, and it didn't even know how to eat.
This was definitely not how the Chaos Divine Phoenix wanted to appear after its revival.
Instantly, Zheng Dong and the Undying Dragon God were stunned.
Was this considered a success?
It seemed not.
"Hahaha, the dignified Chaos Divine Phoenix has become like this. I must keep a memento and mock it for the rest of my life," the Undying Dragon God laughed.
Zheng Dong, however, felt something was not right.
"Senior, I'm afraid it won't live much longer!" he said with a frown.
The Undying Dragon God quickly noticed that the Chaos Divine Phoenix, reborn as a small chick, was continuously losing its life force.
It shouldn't be long before this little chick, which had not yet opened its eyes, died.
What to do?
The Undying Dragon God quickly pondered a solution.
Zheng Dong also felt a headache, and after thinking for a long time, he couldn't come up with a good idea.
Seeing the chick's aura growing weaker and weaker, the Undying Dragon God looked at Zheng Dong and said:
"Quick, sign a contract with it. As long as it becomes your pet, it will be protected by your beast-taming space and won't die so easily."
Zheng Dong didn't think much of it. He walked up to the chick and tried to sign a contract with it.
This chick was even smaller than a newly hatched quail. A single finger seemed capable of crushing it.
Zheng Dong carefully held it in his palm and felt its strong desire to survive.
Faced with a choice between life and death, the chick completed the contract with him and became his pet.
Afterward, he took it into his beast-taming space.
The beast-taming space not only allowed pets to grow faster but also enabled them to recover their strength quickly.
Moreover, due to the contract, Zheng Dong could also feel the chick's physical changes and could have Ling'er help it recover its life force.
The chick was born too early and had a fatal flaw in its body, requiring it to continue growing.
Before its physical defects were corrected, its life force would continuously drain, requiring Ling'er to constantly replenish its life force.
With Ling'er's help, the chick gradually recovered and continued to grow.
However, the consumption of life force increased, and even Ling'er found it somewhat unbearable.
Fortunately, this state did not last long.
Once its body was perfected, it would no longer need Ling'er's help.
At this time, the chick had already grown red downy feathers, but its proper feathers had not yet grown.
Like many extraordinary creatures, it was intelligent, but it had lost the memories of the Chaos Divine Phoenix.
Zheng Dong summoned it and brought it before the Undying Dragon God.
The Undying Dragon God looked at the Chaos Divine Phoenix in its chick form and couldn't help but laugh.
"A fallen phoenix is truly worse than a chicken, looking so ugly."
It tried to restore the Chaos Divine Phoenix's memory.
Unfortunately, after trying for a long time, it was useless.
It could only hope that the Chaos Divine Phoenix would regain its memory as it grew older.
Fortunately, the Chaos Divine Phoenix grew very quickly. In less than a month, it could fly on its own.
Its growth level had also increased from the initial Awakening level to the Overlord level.
Perhaps in no time, it would possess the power of the Totem level or even the Quasi-god level.
The current Chaos Divine Phoenix looked more like a little phoenix.
Having lost its memory, it treated Zheng Dong as family and was very affectionate towards him, flying around him and chirping incessantly.
Its demand for resources was also very high. Most of Zheng Dong's fire-element resources went into its mouth.
Seeing it chirping, Zheng Dong knew it was hungry again.
So, he took out the remaining few fire-element resources in his hand and threw them to it.
Afterward, Zheng Dong planned to go collect resources.
Before the world descended into complete chaos and the Abyss Dragon God had not yet revived, he should collect more resources.
Collecting resources in the past timelines would also have an impact on the world, but it would be relatively smaller.
Zheng Dong left the Star God Realm and headed south, entering the territory of the former Star Leaf Kingdom.
The Star Leaf Kingdom no longer existed. Too many different worlds had descended upon their lands, giving rise to hundreds or thousands of Totem Kingdoms.
These Totem Kingdoms not only plundered their resources but also split the Star Leaf Kingdom into dozens of vassal states.
Almost every city of the former Star Leaf Kingdom pledged allegiance to the nearest Totem Kingdom and became its vassal.
These Totem Kingdoms also needed to collect faith power, so they generally accepted their allegiance.
However, the exploitation was severe. Not only did they need to build many temples, but they also had to offer a certain amount of resources.
If they failed to deliver, they would be massacred.
Zheng Dong, passing through this area, naturally did not miss the opportunity to collect resources.
He released his bloodline clones, and these clones went to various Totem Kingdoms to directly acquire their resources.
Now, these bloodline clones were also very powerful, each possessing the combat strength of a High God.
Among them, the Arctic Ice Demon was even holding the divine artifact, the Freezing Ice Cone.
Even if they encountered multiple extraordinary creatures whose growth level reached High God, they were not afraid.
Because of this, Zheng Dong could confidently cause trouble.
His main body headed south and arrived at the strongest totem in this region, the Yellow Stone Totem Kingdom.
The Yellow Stone Totem Kingdom had a large number of Lava Monsters, who liked to collect fire-element resources, which was exactly what Zheng Dong wanted.
When he arrived above the Yellow Stone Totem Kingdom, he saw giant Lava Monsters.
Lava Monsters were creatures made of assembled giant stones, with crimson eyes and what seemed like flowing lava within.
Wherever they stayed, it became very hot.
The surrounding volcanoes, due to their presence, would erupt continuously.
As a result, dense volcanic ash constantly covered the skies of several surrounding Totem Kingdoms.
The former Star Leaf Kingdom's largest natural park, which had multiple volcanoes, had also become their territory.
The largest volcano among them had erupted several times due to their disturbances.
The Yellow Stone Totem Kingdom did not have an absolute leader; whoever was stronger was obeyed.
Currently, the strongest Lava Monster had reached the High God growth level.
It was a mutated Lava Monster, extremely difficult to kill, its entire body could turn into lava and merge with the surrounding volcanoes.
If Zheng Dong wanted to obtain resources from these Lava Monsters, he could only resort to direct action.
Lava Monsters did not build any treasuries or palaces. They spent their days with magma, eating, drinking, and relieving themselves around the volcanoes.
Therefore, Zheng Dong directly brought the Chaos Divine Phoenix to them.
This was because these Lava Monsters were a delicacy for the Chaos Divine Phoenix.
The Lava Monster's life core, the Lava Divine Crystal, was also a good resource.
Without Zheng Dong needing to act, the Chaos Divine Phoenix flapped its wings and flew towards a Lava Monster.
This Lava Monster possessed Totem-level strength, its body burning with scorching flames. It looked at the approaching Chaos Divine Phoenix with disdain.
"I am at least Totem-level, and you, a mere Overlord-level, dare to provoke me."
The Lava Monster let out a roar, glaring angrily at the approaching Chaos Divine Phoenix.
The Chaos Divine Phoenix was not intimidated by its warning. Upon approaching the Lava Monster, it spat out a mouthful of Chaos Divine Fire.
The Lava Monster did not dodge. It opened its mouth and spewed out scorching lava.
Unfortunately, before the lava could reach the Chaos Divine Phoenix, it was burned to ashes by the Chaos Divine Fire released by the Chaos Divine Phoenix.
This surprised the Lava Monster.
It was the first time it had seen such terrifying flames.
It could actually burn its released lava to ashes. This was almost unbelievable.
Before it could react, the Chaos Divine Fire surged towards it.
Sensing danger, the Lava Monster unhesitatingly burrowed into the magma beneath its feet.
The Chaos Divine Phoenix pursued it, wanting to capture the Lava Monster.
Seeing the Chaos Divine Phoenix about to dive into the scorching magma, Zheng Dong quickly stopped it.
The Chaos Divine Phoenix looked back at Zheng Dong, somewhat confused as to why he was stopping it.
However, not long after, it saw the Lava Monster return, bringing more Lava Monsters with it.
Looking at dozens of Totem-level Lava Monsters, Zheng Dong still had no intention of making a move.
The Chaos Divine Phoenix also showed no fear, instead looking excitedly at these Lava Monsters, surprised that there were so many food sources around.
The battle continued. More than a dozen Lava Monsters simultaneously spewed scorching lava at the Chaos Divine Phoenix.
The volcanoes beneath them also erupted, and dense volcanic ash enveloped the surroundings, as if the sky had suddenly turned dark.
Seeing the scorching lava about to engulf the Chaos Divine Phoenix,
The Chaos Divine Phoenix flapped its wings, and instead of dodging, it plunged right into it.
It seemed to transform into a stream of Chaos Divine Fire, rushing into the surging lava, melting it completely and burning it to ashes.
In the face of Chaos Divine Fire, everything could be melted.
Following that, the Chaos Divine Phoenix lunged at the Lava Monsters.
Before these Lava Monsters could react, they were suppressed by a powerful force.
The Overlord-level Chaos Divine Phoenix actually used its domain, the Flame World.
Countless flames rapidly spread outwards, engulfing the dozen or so Lava Monsters, making it difficult for them to escape.
Logically speaking, these Lava Monsters should not fear flames.
However, the flames within the Flame World were all异火 (Yi Huo - exotic fires), extreme flames simulated by Chaos Divine Fire, which caused them significant damage.
Several Lava Monsters were burned, crying out in pain.
The Chaos Divine Phoenix flew in front of them, directly broke open their bodies, and swallowed the Lava Divine Crystals within.
Having lost their life cores, the Lava Monsters did not struggle for long before falling to the ground, eventually being burned to ashes.
Soon, the Chaos Divine Phoenix killed all these Lava Monsters and devoured many Lava Divine Crystals. Its body grew larger, seemingly on the verge of breaking through to the Totem level.
At this moment, more Lava Monsters arrived.
They sensed the anomaly and, seeing the Lava Monsters dying one by one, intended to seek revenge on the Chaos Divine Phoenix.
Roar...
As the arriving Lava Monsters roared in anger, the surrounding volcanoes erupted even more violently.
Streams of scorching magma surged madly from the craters.
This caused many volcanoes to have their tops shaved off by tens of meters.
The Chaos Divine Phoenix was also surrounded by several Lava Monsters that had condensed divine cores.
Seeing this, Zheng Dong decided to intervene.
With the Chaos Divine Phoenix's current strength, it was not yet capable of dealing with these Lava Monsters that had condensed divine cores.
Zheng Dong used his Destiny Domain.
A halo of light, with Zheng Dong as the center, rapidly spread outwards, soon encompassing the Chaos Divine Phoenix and the surrounding Lava Monsters.
Within the halo, nothing seemed to change, but upon closer inspection, it could be felt that everything had changed.
Various laws of power became uncontrollable. The Lava Monsters that had condensed divine cores could not mobilize the laws of power, and their strength dropped by more than half.
At the same time, the power of the Chaos Flames released by the Chaos Divine Phoenix grew stronger and stronger.
Affected by the laws of flame power, the destructive power of the Chaos Flames was even greater than before.
Within Zheng Dong's Destiny Domain, he could strip the opponent's ability to use the laws of power and strengthen his own mastery of them.
Zheng Dong did not intend to attack directly. Instead, he used his domain to suppress the power of the Lava Monsters that had condensed divine cores, giving the Chaos Divine Phoenix an opportunity to win and hoping it would grow through combat.
However, this was not easy. It would take the Chaos Divine Phoenix some effort to kill these Lava Monsters.
After several hours of battle, the Chaos Divine Phoenix finally won.
It was so exhausted that it lay on the ground, unwilling to fly.
Fortunately, its growth level had increased again, reaching the Totem level.
However, it still had not recovered its memory.
Zheng Dong even began to doubt whether the Chaos Divine Phoenix could ever recover its memory.
After dealing with the nearby Lava Monsters, Zheng Dong took the Chaos Divine Phoenix to find more and stronger Lava Monsters.
This not only served to train the Chaos Divine Phoenix but also allowed him to collect resources, ensuring the Chaos Divine Phoenix would not go hungry.
However, after killing hundreds of Lava Monsters consecutively, they were also resented by the Lava Monsters.
The strongest Lava Monster among them gathered all the Lava Monsters and surrounded them, intending to burn them to ashes.
The number of these Lava Monsters exceeded Zheng Dong's expectations, reaching hundreds of thousands, among which there were five Lava Monsters with High God strength.
With so many powerful Lava Monsters, the Chaos Divine Phoenix alone could not handle them.
Zheng Dong had no choice but to act himself.
He took out his Past Blade and severed the heads of the Lava Monsters one by one.
However, these Lava Monsters did not die.
Their bodies quickly merged with the magma beneath their feet, and new heads grew back.
Following that, they began to counterattack.
The ground cracked, and streams of magma surged out, quickly turning the surroundings into an ocean of lava.
The rolling magma churned up monstrous waves, seeming as if they were about to engulf Zheng Dong.
On top of the lava waves stood the strongest Lava Monster, half of its body already merged with the magma, controlling this lava.