Chapter 492: Grandfather Comes to Take Him Home

The Terrestrial Fox Black Flame within his body was continuously absorbing the fire energy from outside.

Although he constantly used the refining technique of the Ninefold Elixir Gate’s cultivation method to compress and condense it, its volume continued increasing.

It gradually became larger than his Nascent Soul and occupied his entire Purple Palace. It was on the verge of breaking through the Purple Palace and burning his true body.

This might make him the first Spirit Transformation cultivator in history to be burned to death by his own spiritual flame.

Faced with this completely unexpected situation, Xiao Shou was genuinely at a loss.

With no experience to rely on, he had absolutely no idea what he should do.

Fortunately, he did not feel the slightest sense of danger at the moment. This reminded him of the characteristic of things created through his Creation ability, that they could not harm their creator.

Therefore, he was not particularly afraid.

He simply had no idea what he should do next.

Unexpectedly, just as Xiao Shou was thinking this, the entire mass of Terrestrial Fox Black Flame suddenly trembled and sent a vague consciousness toward him.

"Master... Little Black wants to grow... Please allow... Please allow... Little Black to grow..."

"All right. I allow it!"

Grow? Allow it?

It was already big enough. It still wanted to grow even larger?

Although Xiao Shou did not quite understand what these fragmented words from the Terrestrial Fox Black Flame meant, his trust in it and his trust in his Creation ability made him agree to its vague request without hesitation.

However, after he gave his permission, the speed at which the Terrestrial Fox Black Flame absorbed the surrounding flames, which had already formed a huge flame vortex outside his body, suddenly increased explosively.

In the next instant, the pitch-black flames filling the surrounding area surged into Xiao Shou’s body all at once.

The Terrestrial Fox Black Flame completely enveloped them, and the violently burning flames almost immediately burst out of his Purple Palace, surrounding his entire body in flames.

They continued spreading outward.

It looked as though the pitch-black flames were using Xiao Shou as their fuel and burning into towering flames reaching the heavens.

Xiao Shou, who was at the center of the Terrestrial Fox Black Flame, experienced its temperature for the first time since he had synthesized the Terrestrial Fox Flame.

It was neither scorching nor cold as he had imagined.

Instead, it felt incredibly warm and gentle.

It was as though he were immersed in a place even safer and gentler than his mother’s embrace, making him reluctant to leave.

At this moment, Xiao Shou did not know that if he had been someone burdened with sins and filth, then he would have truly experienced the temperature of the Terrestrial Fox Black Flame.

That temperature could absolutely not be described as warm.

To certain beings, those flames were even more cruel and scorching than the fires of hell.

Xiao Shou knew nothing about this and had never experienced anything like it before.

His greatest regret at the moment was that he had not had enough time to properly experience that gentle warmth.

The intoxicating sensation soon disappeared.

At the same time, he sensed that the flames outside his body were being absorbed back into the Terrestrial Fox Black Flame within his Purple Palace.

After expanding and compressing itself countless times, it suddenly transformed into a tiny flame smaller than a longan and quietly settled down.

...

At this moment, within the endless void, inside a colossal shadow, a voice suddenly rang out.

"This is the aura of a flame... Found it!"

...

Seeing this form, which seemed almost identical to the initial state of the Terrestrial Fox Black Flame when it had first been fusion, Xiao Shou curiously extended his divine sense toward it.

The instant his divine sense touched the tiny flame, which was exactly the same as it had been at the beginning of its fusion, a stream of information immediately flowed into his mind.

[ Terrestrial Fox Black Flame ]

Grade: Tier 7

Description: Originally a pure earth-core flame condensed from the Terrestrial Fox bloodline. It possesses the ability to burn away all sins and impurities on the earth and transform them into earth-core fire for absorption. It can burn away objects one rank higher than itself. After burning away a massive amount of sin and impurity, this earth-core flame has undergone a certain degree of growth. It can now freely choose its targets and burn them completely.

...

"Eh! It doesn’t seem any different from when it was initially at Tier , 6! The only difference is that it gained the ability to freely choose its targets. What does that mean? Could it be that from now on, Little Black can even choose to burn people, objects, and other things without any filth or sins?"

Xiao Shou was just about to send his divine sense toward the Terrestrial Fox Black Flame to confirm whether that was the case.

Suddenly, the space around him changed and became completely sealed. Neither he nor the Star Demon Mother Tree had the slightest ability to move.

A thick, long, furry black tail tore through the realm membrane and pierced through space, directly wrapping around Xiao Shou and dragging him into the void.

Immediately afterward, the spatial seal disappeared and the realm membrane closed.

Only the Star Demon Mother Tree remained, shaking its crown wildly as though roaring in fury. Countless roots tore themselves from the ground and reached in all directions, baring their claws as if desperately trying to find their Creator.

At the same time, Xing Jun and the other Star Demons, who were in a distant city, all sensed their Mother’s anger and quickly flew over.

At this moment, Xiao Shou had no idea how much turmoil the Star Demon Mother Tree and the Star Demon race would cause in their search for him after his sudden disappearance, nor how great an impact this would have on the future.