No! The soul vanishing on its own, without being devoured by the "Chaos Immortal Spirit," meant that the life force of the Pangu Supreme's external body had been completely extinguished.

Pangu had been refined! Nie Kong's eyes snapped open.

Inside the colossal mountain peak, the figure of Pangu Supreme was gone, and the cross-legged figure of Chongxu slowly emerged from the crimson mist within. At this moment, Nie Kong's expression inevitably shifted slightly.

The aura emanating from Chongxu within the giant peak had more than doubled compared to before, reaching an inconceivable level. Refining Pangu had pushed his power infinitely close to the Grand Unity realm.

"Bang!" The "Blood Prison Sword King Tree" Dharma Form, manifested by Chaos Divine Power, shot out violently from Nie Kong's body. A dense storm of sharp, blood-red sword shadows instantly annihilated the net of fire encircling him.

With almost no hesitation, Nie Kong fled into the distance. Against the former Chongxu Supreme, Nie Kong had confidence in trading blows, but facing the current Chongxu Supreme, Nie Kong stood no chance.

He could only choose to temporarily avoid his sharp edge. Fortunately, the "Chaos Immortal Spirit" was already secured, eliminating the worry of Chongxu Supreme evolving into a true Grand Unity Celestial Venerable.

If he could continuously absorb the aura of the "Chaos Immortal Spirit" for cultivation, perhaps in just a few years, Nie Kong could regain the strength to contend with Chongxu. Nie Kong's speed was blinding, the distance between him and the mountain peak increasing rapidly.

Ten miles... twenty miles...

fifty miles... In the blink of an eye, Nie Kong was already over a hundred miles away.

At this point, his rapidly moving form suddenly stilled, completely merging with the void. No matter how fast he traveled, he could not outrun the spread of the Supreme's spiritual sense.

To evade Chongxu's scrutiny, he had to conceal himself first. Fortunately, Nie Kong's Chaos Divine Power was inherently an artifact for concealing aura, and with the infusion of vast Void Power, its concealment effect became even more miraculous.

Once Nie Kong merged with the void, all his aura vanished, as if he had never existed in the "Void Secret Realm." Inside the fiery red mountain peak, the figure of Chongxu Supreme grew clearer, every minute detail visible. Moments later, the giant peak compressed and shrank, sinking into the center of Chongxu's brow.

"...Little fellow, you can't escape..." Chongxu Supreme smiled faintly, his immense spiritual sense surging in all directions. Wherever it passed, even the void shuddered violently.

Whoosh! Suddenly, Chongxu Supreme vanished from his spot.

Several seconds later, he reappeared a hundred miles away, his right arm instantly plunging into the void. When Chongxu Supreme’s arm separated from the void, a figure sitting cross-legged emerged beneath his palm.

This figure was none other than Nie Yu. "Hm?" Chongxu Supreme frowned slightly, slapped down with his right palm, and with a 'bang,' Nie Kong's figure vanished without a trace.

"Interesting. It’s an incarnation..." "The incarnation is gone!" Several hundred miles away, Nie Kong, long merged into the void, drifted forward languidly, his speed only half of his full sprint.

However, while concealing his form and aura, this was the fastest speed he could maintain. Almost the instant Chongxu Supreme struck, Nie Kong sensed the disappearance of the first "Medicine King Incarnation" he had condensed.

"Now, I have already deployed eighteen 'Medicine King Incarnations'! Let's see how you find me now!" Nie Kong smiled internally, and another figure separated from his main body, floating quietly in the void—this was the nineteenth "Medicine King Incarnation" Nie Kong had just condensed.

Although that little fellow Xiang Xiang wasn't nearby, Nie Kong, in coordination with the "Purple Luo Phantom Spirit Incense," could still deploy most of the body-sharing skills the little one had grasped. Previously, he could only condense one "Medicine King Incarnation" at a time; he couldn't form a new one before the old one dissipated.

But since the little fellow had taken physical form, this restriction was gone. Furthermore, the time required to condense a "Medicine King Incarnation" had drastically shortened.

Most importantly, the "Medicine King Incarnations" no longer required precious medicinal herbs as anchors. Before long, the twentieth "Medicine King Incarnation" appeared, followed by the twenty-first, the twenty-second...

the twenty-sixth... the thirtieth...

Nie Kong did not head for the exit of the Secret Realm but drifted aimlessly within the "Void Secret Realm," weaving left, right, front, and back. He understood clearly that to prevent his escape, a large portion of Chongxu's attention would be focused on the exit.

Rushing there now would be tantamount to walking into a trap. "Bang!" "Bang!"...

The residual shockwaves of shattering incarnations were continuously captured by Nie Kong. However, Chongxu Supreme's speed in finding the "Medicine King Incarnations" was slightly slower than Nie Kong's speed in condensing them.

By the time Chongxu Supreme shattered the thirteenth incarnation, the number of "Medicine King Incarnations" separated from Nie Kong had already reached thirty-six. He, who was previously to the front-left of Chongxu Supreme, had quietly shifted to the rear-right, the distance between them stretching to at least a thousand miles.

Logically, this distance should have been safe enough, especially with over twenty incarnations confusing Chongxu Supreme's senses. The longer Nie Kong stayed here, the more "Medicine King Incarnations" he would condense.

But for some unknown reason, Nie Kong did not feel much security; instead, his brow furrowed tighter and tighter. In the unseen currents, a formidable, irresistible crisis seemed to be approaching him.

Nie Kong felt uneasy and subconsciously separated more of his soul, hiding it within the "Purple Luo Space." The little fellow clearly felt no sense of crisis, merely pouting and wailing loudly, "Waa, waa!" Upon sensing Nie Kong's soul entering, the little one's crying didn't stop; instead, it grew louder, his pitiful appearance making him look like a kitten abandoned by its master. Nie Kong felt a major headache coming on.

The little fellow was practically screaming, "I'm hungry," etched across his face. Ordinary people eat food when hungry; Xiang Xiang eats medicinal herbs when hungry.

But this "Chaos Immortal Spirit" needed soul power to eat. Given the recent lesson of Pangu Supreme being refined, Chongxu would never be fooled again—where could he find souls for it to devour?

Fortunately, although the little one was starving, he remained within Nie Kong's soul without consuming it; otherwise, Nie Kong wouldn't even have time to weep. "I need to quiet this little one down." Nie Kong racked his brains, yet his movements never paused.

In an instant, another "Medicine King Incarnation" separated. "The incarnations are increasing more and more..." With a 'bang,' shattering the sixteenth incarnation, a trace of undetectable coldness finally appeared in Chongxu Supreme's eyes as he murmured, "I intended to play with you casually, but you are proving uncooperative.

This game should end now!" As the words fell, Chongxu Supreme suddenly transformed into a fiery red mountain peak, which then expanded outward at a speed that even spiritual sense could barely follow.

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