Chapter 172: Peak God King, Number One in Fighting for Five Thousand Years

"No need!"

Zhang Xuan shook his head proactively. Seeing the mix of doubt and unease on Jiang Heng's face, Zhang Xuan knew the items he had given were too precious, making the other party overly anxious, so he explained further.

"I am quite curious about the God King, especially that secret technique of his known as the number one in fighting over the past five thousand years. I am very curious and wish to study and discuss it with the God King."

Jiang Heng's expression relaxed slightly. If Zhang Xuan had asked for nothing and suddenly brought out so many things for the Desolate Ancient Jiang Family, it would truly make one doubt reality.

Being good to an excessive degree did not conform to common sense, making it very hard for them to believe.

Seeing the other party relax a bit, Zhang Xuan continued further: "Moreover, the God King's cultivation is peerless throughout the ages. To be able to advance even further in an era like this, his cultivation experience and insights also make me quite curious. I wish to discuss them with him; I am also about to reach that threshold and wish to understand it in advance."

These words moved Jiang Heng even more, and even his gaze changed.

God King Jiang Taixu was extremely weak, but they had rescued the God King and had learned part of the situation from the God King's own mouth.

The current God King had advanced further on his original Zhandao Realm, breaking through that barrier of the Saint Sage Realm.

This was also one of the reasons why the Jiang Family was willing to pay a huge price to save the God King.

A living Saint is truly a heaven-shaking and earth-shattering figure.

And if God King Jiang Taixu had not broken through, having lived for five thousand years, even with the God King's lifespan and numerous life-extending spiritual objects, he would have reached the end of his life in the Severing Dao King realm and would have had no chance to live longer.

Saving him would have been a complete loss, and only the descendants of the Jiang Family God King would exhaust every effort and cost to save him.

Now hearing that Zhang Xuan was also approaching that realm, Jiang Heng's expression was somewhat shaken.

He was a figure who truly knew this secret.

And it did not stop there. After a slight pause, Zhang Xuan added: "Furthermore, later on, I wish to refine a furnace of powerful medicinal pills, which may require many Holy Lands and aristocratic families to join hands to collect the relevant materials..."

What Zhang Xuan spoke of was the Strongest Bloodline Optimization Fluid. After severing the Dao, he prepared to use the powerful bloodline optimization fluid to leap up several tiers in cultivation strength in the shortest possible time.

Then, having made sufficient preparations, when he was about to approach the Saint Sage Realm, he would use the Origin of the Great Accomplishment Saint Body.

That was a true opportunity to soar into the sky, and he needed to grasp it firmly in his hands.

"If the Senior has any need for help, this Junior will certainly do his utmost, and my Jiang Family will also do its utmost to provide a return."

Jiang Heng promised solemnly.

Zhang Xuan's expression remained unchanged, but in his heart, he knew this hurdle had been cleared directly.

He was too much of a stranger to the Jiang Family, and giving such precious gifts all at once had made the Jiang Family, from top to bottom, feel a bit uneasy and unsettled. Now, after saying these things, their hearts were immediately put back at ease.

In reality, Zhang Xuan's act of saving the God King was more because he had a bit of a liking for God King Jiang Taixu.

Giving away these things was actually of no consequence to Zhang Xuan.

In any case, the Undying Divine Medicine would ripen in two years, and he could pick a batch of fruit every two years; furthermore, Zhang Xuan could easily create a large batch of fake Nine-Turn Immortal Pill Residual Pills.

But while these materials were not overly precious to Zhang Xuan, placed in Beidou and the Zhetian World, they were items of unimaginable value.

Giving them away easily and casually would make others quite anxious and restless, especially when the relationship had not reached that point. Now that Zhang Xuan had spoken this way, both sides could be considered somewhat settled.

Even before this, Zhang Xuan had not approached the Dragon Transformation Pool too closely, because there was a hidden, powerful force shrouding the surroundings; any slight movement would have led to being directly suppressed.

Now, even that force had completely dissipated. It was clear that the powerful figures lurking in the dark, who were manipulating Transmitted Saint Weapons or even Extreme Dao Imperial Weapons, had eliminated their hostility toward Zhang Xuan at this moment.

"Sigh, the interactions between people!"

Zhang Xuan sighed slightly, but he also knew that in this world, it was not easy for various figures to trust each other. Deception and intrigue were the norm in the Cultivation World; the overall Cultivation World was more like the Dark Forest in the Three-Body World.

Figures like God King Jiang Taixu and the various Great Emperors of the Human Race were the legends, the hymns of the Human Race that shone across the entire Time River.

But most people were ordinary; interactions between them relied on benefits and various human favors.

Zhang Xuan had now given the other party a reasonable human favor and a process for interaction.

"However, this is not bad either. After the God King truly wakes up, the subsequent situations can be discussed directly with the God King."

"Whether it is the Strongest Bloodline Optimization Fluid or the Fighting Secret Technique, I can discuss them with the God King."

Zhang Xuan claimed to be plotting for the top-tier techniques, but he would not take them directly from the God King; it was more to put the hearts of the many Jiang Family members at ease.

In any case, Zhang Xuan currently possessed the Secret of 'Row', one of the Nine Secrets, and could directly exchange it with the God King. Of course, there was no need to say these things now.

Later, if nothing else, even the techniques passed down by the Ruthless Great Emperor specifically for dealing with the Nine Secrets could be used by Zhang Xuan to exchange with the God King.

In fact, with Zhang Xuan's current strength and realm, he would be the fastest at helping the God King recover; after all, his Swallowing Heaven Demonic Art and Indestructible Heavenly Art had reached the peak in their grasp of the Origin, which others simply could not compare to.

But his level of trust with the Jiang Family was still lacking, so he did not step forward directly.

Waiting a little longer was not a big problem.

Zhang Xuan was not impatient. While using the Chat Group's recording function to record the state of Jiang Taixu's recovery bit by bit, he also borrowed the perspective of the Nine-Orifice Stone Man to peer into the process of God King Jiang Taixu's recovery, which was also very effective for his comprehension of transitioning from the Swallowing Heaven Demonic Art to the Indestructible Heavenly Art.

It was even very effective for living out a second life.

Observing carefully, Zhang Xuan could discover further that God King Jiang Taixu's Origin had suffered no small amount of damage during the long years of torture.

After all, the God King had been tortured by a group of terrifying existences like Saints and Saint Kings in Purple Mountain; those were Ancestor Kings from the Taigu era.

Having been tortured for four thousand years, it was a miracle that God King Jiang Taixu had not died and had survived, but that did not mean these four thousand years would not leave marks on the God King.

His Origin could be considered broken; even after surviving from Purple Mountain, he would need a long period of recovery and recuperation.

"From this perspective, after the God King's lover died later, he poured out all his God King Origin to continue the broken path for Ye Fan."

"On one hand, it might be because he already had a death wish and did not want to live on; on the other hand, it was also because his Origin truly had significant scars, and he wanted to cast off the past and welcome a new life..."

A unique realization arose in Zhang Xuan's heart. Of course, this kind of realization was perhaps something only he could understand; others simply could not comprehend it.

After all, God King Jiang Taixu's lover had not yet died, and there was still a long period of time before Ye Fan would have his path continued.

Only Zhang Xuan could see a part of the future scene through this matter.

However, the overall situation had now changed. With the essence of six drops of Undying Divine Medicine flowing into the Dragon Transformation Pool, plus the Nine-Turn Immortal Pill Residual Pill that Zhang Xuan had pinched together with his own hands.

The God King's entire Origin was recovering bit by bit. Zhang Xuan meditated here, and by midnight, the situation finally changed.

Zhang Xuan saw the Origin within the God King's body emitting a faint light. The God King's Origin revived bit by bit, and then that brilliant light reached the Dao Palace through the Wheel Sea, then rushed into the Four Extremes, submerged into the Dragon Transformation, and finally, in the most dazzling moment, rushed into the Sendai, turning into a great sun.

At this moment, Zhang Xuan heard the many members of the Jiang Family cry out in surprise.

"He's awake, he's awake, the God King Ancestor is awake!"

In the Dragon Transformation Pool, God King Jiang Taixu slowly opened his eyes.

He first nodded toward Zhang Xuan to express his gratitude, then glanced at his many descendants, falling slightly silent, especially when he saw that many among them were already white-haired and aged.

When he entered Purple Mountain, his life force was still surging and he was incredibly young, having just lived to be a thousand years old; for a God King Body, he was still in the stage of youth.

As it turned out, when he emerged again, four thousand years had passed, and he did not even know how many of his descendants had already died.

At this moment, even Zhang Xuan found it difficult to evaluate or describe the state of the God King's mind in words.

The God King did not say much, merely glancing at the Nine-Turn Immortal Pill Residual Pill in Jiang Heng's hand and the many Supreme Elders, whispering, "There is no need to continue wasting Essence for me."

Before Jiang Heng and the many Supreme Elders could answer, they saw the Divine Source piled up like a small mountain beside the Dragon Transformation Pool disintegrate silently, then turn into brilliant light and rush into the God King's body.

At this moment, even the Transmitted Saint Weapon could hardly suppress all the fluctuations; the boiling Essence surged into the sky, illuminating half of Shencheng.

Countless people in Shencheng let out exclamations at this time.

"What is happening? How could there be such terrifying divine energy fluctuations?"

"It is the direction of the Dragon Transformation Pool. Is that important figure of the Jiang Family about to recover? Truly terrifying!"

A crowd of people were exclaiming and marveling.

And this was only the aftermath released after the Transmitted Saint Weapon had suppressed a large portion of the fluctuations; the internal changes occurring right here were even more immense and peculiar.

Endless Life Essence gushed forth, turning this place into something akin to a pure land.

Jiang Heng's eyes were filled with hot tears, and the group of Supreme Elders were trembling with excitement.

"The ancestor, the ancestor, has revived!"

And amidst the most brilliant radiance, Zhang Xuan's eyes flashed with light, seeing the scene inside through the endless, dazzling glow.

The withered and frail body of God King Jiang Taixu filled out bit by bit; inside his body, it was as if rivers were roaring, or as if a galaxy were cascading down from the nine heavens. As endless Essence poured into his body, the flesh and blood within filled out his surface, beginning to radiate light.

On his head, black and glossy hair grew rapidly, draping over his shoulders; his originally dark and thin physique grew strong, and it was as if rivers were roaring within him.

It was as if there were a bottomless pit inside his body, with infinite Essence sinking into him.

The essence of the six drops of Undying Divine Medicine fused into the Dragon Transformation Pool turned into brilliant light and sank into his body. Two types of peculiar divine light merged and intertwined within him, and one Great Dao Fragment after another flickered, then merged into the deepest Origin of the God King's body.

But the God King's Origin had been deficient for four thousand years, and it could not be fully repaired in a short time.

If that grain of Nine-Turn Immortal Pill Residual Pill were swallowed, it would likely allow the God King's true physical body to be without leaks and his Origin to be without defects, standing at the true, absolute peak.

But when that grain of Nine-Turn Immortal Pill Residual Pill drifted into the God King's hand, his hand trembled slightly; brilliant light submerged that area, and layer upon layer of seals completely sealed that jade bottle, not a single drop of Immortal Substance leaking out.

Then he flipped his palm, and the jade bottle vanished; the God King did not directly consume that grain of Nine-Turn Immortal Pill Residual Pill.

Boiling light surged to the sky; as the God King recovered further, Zhang Xuan could no longer see the brilliance inside. The Divine Source here had completely vanished, and the Essence was so dense that it even gave one the feeling of being unable to breathe.

And by this time, that Transmitted Saint Weapon could no longer suppress the commotion here at all.

The God King had transformed from a withered, frail skeleton that was almost dead into a youth with a heroic appearance; his spirit was vigorous, and brilliant divine light bloomed in his gaze.

Even the abundant Essence did not just surge from all directions; divine light even cascaded down from the nine heavens—that was the essence of the stars of heaven and earth.

At this moment, countless great figures in Shencheng cast their gazes toward here.

As for the Stone Workshop where the Heavenly Pivot Holy Land originally stood, after the Heavenly Pivot Holy Land disappeared six thousand years ago, this patch of Stone Workshop had become overgrown with weeds, and many trees had even grown.

At this time, the gatekeeper guarding the Stone Workshop at its entrance sighed leisurely.

"Truly a peerless genius!"

The voice was low, audible only to himself; others could not perceive it at all.

And within Shencheng, three decrepit old monsters, whose bodies even exuded the scent of decay, gritted their teeth: "This shouldn't be. According to the news from the Jiang Family, God King Jiang Taixu was already heavily injured and dying; how could he recover so quickly?"

"It must be fake. Perhaps someone is using a Transmitted Saint Weapon to create such a scene, wanting to scare us away."

"Without a Medicine King or divine medicine for recovery, it is absolutely impossible to recover as before in such a short time, and the Jiang Family had people intentionally block such medicine."

"But what if he really has recovered?"

When the three old monsters chatted to this point, they all became somewhat silent.

After thinking carefully, they did not continue forward, and silently, they moved away from another direction in Shencheng.

But there were puppets left in place, controlled by someone to head toward the direction of the Dragon Transformation Pool, but before they could even get close, they were struck by a point of light with a 'bang' and turned into ashes.

Zhang Xuan slowly withdrew his finger, and God King Jiang Taixu also cast his gaze toward that area.

Zhang Xuan smiled: "No matter, just some demons and monsters. The God King has now recovered eight or nine tenths; what follows requires time and years to recover. After the God King finishes handling the matters at hand, you may come to the Heavenly Character One Inn to find me; I shall wait there."

God King Jiang Taixu nodded and replied: "Before long, I shall certainly pay a visit."

As the words fell, a small figure identical to him stepped out from the God King's Primordial Spirit and threw a punch toward the front with a boom.

The void was directly pierced through, and then three short, sharp screams came from afar, with bewitching blood splashing very high.

Zhang Xuan glanced sideways; in that area, there must have been three old monsters with decaying bodies, who were beaten into ashes by that punch.

He did not take it to heart, merely nodding to the God King, and stepped out; a golden light road spread out, leading directly to the Heavenly Character One Inn.

(End of this chapter)