598: Chapter 596 Will He Be Resurrected?

"How is this possible? My great Dominator, you must have misunderstood something. I had died so thoroughly back then, how could I have done anything else?" Phantom Demon said, looking humble and submissive.

"The reason I was able to resurrect stems entirely from my Lord's blessing. That is the supreme power of creation. Although you are no longer in this sequence, as I neared resurrection, some of the harsh conditions naturally decreased accordingly..."

Chu Xuan nodded thoughtfully. "So... when I upgraded Myriad Forms from Rank 3 to Rank 5, I was still restricted and needed items like promotion scrolls to continue upgrading?"

"Yes, that's exactly right." Phantom Demon nodded repeatedly.

"Is that so?" Chu Xuan suddenly asked with a smile. "Could it be that although you were already dead, you had actually retained some lingering consciousness all along?"

At this point, the smile on Chu Xuan's face deepened.

"Judging from your performance in the dream earlier, although you couldn't know the specific situation in the outside world, you could instinctively sense the skill Rank of Myriad Forms. And as the Rank increased, your residual consciousness became stronger."

"When you discovered that Myriad Forms was about to be upgraded to Rank 7, you exerted some influence, allowing me to no longer be restricted and to upgrade directly?"

As Chu Xuan's voice fell, Phantom Demon's slightly blurry face shifted, then it gave a dry laugh. "Your imaginative ideas truly make me admire you. My admiration for you is like a surging river..."

Before Phantom Demon could finish, Chu Xuan suddenly interrupted with a cold laugh. "What nonsense are you spouting?"

Phantom Demon's flattering voice came to an abrupt halt.

A sharp glint flashed in Chu Xuan's eyes. "You don't want to admit it, yet you dare not explicitly deny it. Are you afraid that I will immediately turn hostile and harm you, so you are beating around the bush, testing whether I have truly confirmed it, and then deciding how to answer my question?"

"You really can't be deceived! In front of your wisdom, I am simply like a clumsy worm." Phantom Demon prostrated itself completely.

"As expected of my great Dominator, I truly cannot hide anything from you. Your schemes and intelligence are already far above mine. I really shouldn't have played any tricks on you."

"All the credit for this belongs to you, my friend." Fire of Nirvana erupted from Chu Xuan's palm again as he slowly walked toward Phantom Demon.

"I'm actually a bit curious now..." He looked at the flickering flame in his hand, his tone ambiguous.

"If I kill you one more time now, after I upgrade Myriad Forms from Rank 7 to the max Rank, will you resurrect again and become stronger?"

"No!" Phantom Demon jerked its head up and retreated in terror. "I'm not sure if I can resurrect again, but even if I could live again, it is impossible for me to pose any threat to you, so there is absolutely no need for you to conduct this experiment."

"Since you're not sure, I'll give it a try." Chu Xuan's expression was indifferent as he suddenly stepped in front of Phantom Demon.

"I will! I will still resurrect!" Phantom Demon retreated in fear, wailing loudly. "But you really don't need to kill me again! Because for you, doing this won't yield any benefits. Instead of killing me again, you might as well let me continue to unlock the upgrade restrictions of Myriad Forms for you."

Seeing Phantom Demon's terrified expression, Chu Xuan understood that the opponent was clearly afraid that if he killed it again, he wouldn't perform any more upgrades to Myriad Forms, or might even discard this skill through some method.

Thus, it was trying to stop him through this method of pleading.

Phantom Demon shouted with a bitter face, "Keep me. From now on, I will be forever loyal to you and offer all my value to you without any reservation."

After pleading came enticement; this was adding leverage.

If the situation between them hadn't already reversed, Phantom Demon would have used Intimidation, threats, Heart Bewitchment, or any other possible means to make him continuously upgrade Myriad Forms.

Chu Xuan lowered his eyes slightly.

Phantom Demon's current situation made him think of what [Future Tang Zheng] said in the previous dream.

After transcending oneself, the hidden dangers of the Purifier could be readily resolved, and one could continue on this path. But... could it really be completely resolved?

Kill Phantom Demon again, but if Myriad Forms continues to upgrade, when it reaches the max Rank, the opponent will still resurrect again!

Phantom Demon's ability to resurrect stems from the blessing of the Final Phantom God after crossing boundaries. The temporary authority it originally granted to Myriad Forms had problems from the very beginning.

That strange consciousness originated from the collection of many residual consciousnesses of past Purifiers. And when he first became a Purifier, he had obtained the max Rank Eye of Insight and Forbidden Darkness...

Although the Fire of Nirvana reached Rank 5 directly through sacrificing Heart Bewitchment, the subsequent direct upgrade to Rank 7 came from that same-sourced power...

This last remaining sequence of the world, although preserved, had been polluted by The Gloom and had problems from the very beginning!

Using Phantom Demon's situation to compare with the consciousness within his body, Chu Xuan's thoughts surged, and he thought of a few possibilities.

"I beg you, don't kill me again. I am willing to offer you everything I have." Phantom Demon shouted again, pulling back Chu Xuan's thoughts.

Chu Xuan's gaze fell on Phantom Demon, and he chuckled.

"Just a joke. You don't need to make any guarantees. I won't kill you. After all, I just said that you will always be my friend."

The flame in Chu Xuan's palm did not extinguish. He said unhurriedly, "So, for the next few questions, please answer truthfully. Don't disappoint me again."

"I will definitely tell you everything I know without holding anything back." Phantom Demon promised quickly.

Chu Xuan asked calmly, "Can you still feel that consciousness that is different from mine right now?"

"Yes!" Phantom Demon nodded immediately. "Although he hasn't appeared, I can feel his existence. I can even sense that he is observing our every move. That undisguised hostility and threat make my heart run cold."

Chu Xuan narrowed his eyes and then asked, "Before I became a Purifier, did you feel any traces of this consciousness's existence? Even if it was just an illusion you accidentally thought it was!"

"No!" Phantom Demon replied immediately.

"Then, when I became a Purifier, did you feel it?" Chu Xuan paused, remembering that he had dreamt once before, so he added, "It was that day when I stripped you out of my body."

"Uh..." Phantom Demon hesitated this time. "At that moment when you suddenly became a Purifier, I did indeed feel extremely intense hostility. Back then I thought this hostility came from you, but now that I think about it..."

Chu Xuan asked with an unreadable expression, "So, in your opinion, it was from the moment I became a Purifier that the consciousness in my body appeared?"

"Yes, that's right, exactly." Phantom Demon flattered him again. "All my thoughts have been spoken by you in advance. My admiration for you is endless!"

Then, Future Tang Zheng...

Chu Xuan closed his eyes slightly, recalling every conversation with [Future Tang Zheng] in the dream. Many chat Records appeared in his mind one by one.

Every word, every detail, and... every timing of the messages sent.

Until finally, the image in Chu Xuan's mind froze on the prompt from the last dream, where [Future Tang Zheng] told him to upgrade Myriad Forms to Rank 7.

Although many questions in his heart had not been completely resolved, a vague path had already gradually taken shape in Chu Xuan's mind.

"I think I... understand a little now."

Chu Xuan murmured softly. When he opened his eyes again, his gaze was clear, and his consciousness returned to the outside world.

Under the auxiliary driving function, the white emperor fighter was already hovering high in the sky. The next stop had arrived.

At the same time, Gaga Chicken's voice rang in Chu Xuan's ears, "Boss, we have arrived at Xiamen City."

"Then let's continue."