Claiming the Throne of Gods, Starting from the Rebirth of Nezha
Chapter 205: Becoming an Independent Immortal

Chapter 205: Chapter 205: Becoming an Independent Immortal

Shen Gongbao thought Nezha had already left, so seeing Nezha sitting cross-legged here, he couldn’t help but feel a bit fearful.

Although Nezha was his junior apprentice, he hadn’t forgotten that previously, on that night by the campfire, he had drawn his sword on him, wanting his life.

"I must give it a try."

Thinking this, Shen Gongbao steeled himself and continued walking forward.

Yet after crawling forward another ten feet, he suddenly felt his head was hanging in mid-air.

...

When Shen Gongbao got closer, Nezha also saw him.

He was amazed that Shen Gongbao could still move around with just a head, not knowing what magic this was. But just when he intended to speak, he noticed that the Jiao Dragon, previously motionless and wary, suddenly leaped out, biting Shen Gongbao’s head, and dragged it away over the riverbank pebbles into the woods.

Then from the woods came the sound of angry shouts and the dragon’s roars.

Without mana, the physical body reduced to just a head.

Nezha couldn’t imagine how Shen Gongbao would defeat this four-legged snake.

But what he couldn’t imagine even more was that Shen Gongbao, even with just one head, could make it here, only to get eaten by a mere Jiao Dragon.

After a while, a bloody ball rolled out of the woods, half of its face eaten away.

It stumbled toward Nezha, like an evil spirit.

"Dear Master Uncle, what happened to you?"

Shen Gongbao opened his eyes, his vision blurred, yet he could still see Nezha’s faint smile.

He smiled back, "Ah, everything was in my plan, but I hadn’t accounted for a four-legged snake interfering, so I bit it to death. Well, my dear nephew, do you know it?"

"I don’t know it."

Shen Gongbao suddenly asked, "You wouldn’t want to avenge it, would you?"

"How could I? It wanted to eat you, of course, you could eat it in response, that’s only fair."

Shen Gongbao asked again, "You really are a good person. But since we’re from the same sect, why didn’t you save me when I got taken by the Jiao Dragon?"

"Master Uncle, you jest. Just the other day in the Fir Forest, you drew your sword and tried to kill me."

"I see, that’s fair then." Shen Gongbao murmured.

He suddenly raised his head and asked, "Is this the Ten Thousand Yellow Springs? Might I also take a dip?"

Nezha said, "Of course you can, but what benefits are you willing to give me in return?"

"Once I get out of the Fir Forest, I’ll treat you to a drink."

Upon hearing this, Nezha looked at the bloodied Shen Gongbao and found it amusing, so he had Zi Chen manifest a green light to protect his primordial spirit, sighing, "That must be the finest wine in the world."

Seeing Nezha agree, Shen Gongbao was overjoyed.

He immediately performed a soul out of body, a golden little man many times more refined than Nezha, with facial features and details, left a golden trail in mid-air and plopped into the water.

The spring water was icy and bone-chilling, yet the primordial spirit felt exceptionally comfortable soaking in it.

Shen Gongbao groaned just like Nezha had earlier.

He was already at the Golden Immortal Realm, though due to breaking through too quickly, his foundation was somewhat unstable, but his primordial spirit was strong enough.

The facial features were distinct, even sporting a long beard, looking exactly like his physical body.

Curious, Nezha asked him, "Master Uncle Shen, without a physical body, can your primordial spirit continue to exist?"

"Lucky for you, you managed to cultivate the Nine-Pattern Divine Pill. Senior Brother Taiyi really treated you like a loose cultivator, raising you without teaching you anything."

Nezha laughed, "Haha, if he had taught me all the skills from Qianyuan Mountain Golden Light Cave, Spirit Pearl would have even less chance against me."

"You outer heaven demon, but your character is truly amusing. Considering you’ve let bygones be bygones and saved my life, I’ll tell you a secret: Spirit Pearl is not dead yet."

Spirit Pearl isn’t dead?

Nezha recalled Spirit Pearl, whose heart had been blown open by the Qiankun Bow, bleeding out completely, dying kneeling on the shores of the East Sea.

Could it be that even such could be saved?

Nezha thought, would it not be like the story, with Taiyi Zhenren using lotus for his body?

Yuanshi Tianzun even approved of himself joining the Divine Enthronement battle. What more does he want to do?

Shen Gongbao laughed, "Dear Nephew, you truly are a good person. I am really grateful to you, and I will certainly repay you."

"I sincerely hope that the next time I see you, Master Uncle, it would be to repay me, not for revenge."

"Dear Nephew, you jest."

Nezha knew Shen Gongbao wasn’t someone who knew how to repay kindness, and he didn’t intend to kill him here. But he wondered, with just a head left, seeing himself here and daring to come in anyway, does he have some tricks he hasn’t used yet?

Now, it was Nezha’s turn to be wary of Shen Gongbao.

Zi Chen secretly transmitted, saying, "You at least have to soak in this spring for ten days and nights, and Shen Gongbao’s primordial spirit is even stronger, so it needs to soak even longer."

Shen Gongbao also realized this problem, that the Ten Thousand Yellow Springs wasn’t a place where one could just dip in and then leave unchanged.

He also asked Nezha, "Dear Nephew, the Ten Thousand Spirit Treasure Tree can’t be held off for too long, and the two sides aren’t far apart, should the battle over there end and come here, we would be done for."

Zi Chen secretly transmitted again, Nezha listened, then replied, "Rest assured Master Uncle, I have laid a barrier here with a Holy Artifact. Whether it is Lu Ya or that black shadow, they would perceive this place as usual, not seeing either of us."

Shen Gongbao nodded, "If Lu Ya wins and only has the physical body, this place within eight hundred miles, if he searches inch by inch, it might take till next year to find us. If the black shadow wins, he will surely scan the forest with inspiration and, using the prohibition, would deem we’ve already left."

So the two soaked in the pit Nezha dug until the next day.

Early the next morning.

The sun appeared like a brilliant shrine on the horizon.

Not far away, Lu Ya paced step by step closer.

Primordial spirits do not need to breathe.

But both Shen Gongbao and Lu Ya couldn’t help but hold their breath and focus.

Especially Shen Gongbao.

He had previously withdrawn the Four-direction Banner, almost putting Lu Ya to death in an instant. If caught, Shen Gongbao did not think the other would let him off like Nezha did.

And as for Nezha, Zi Chen transmitted, "The shadow did not die."

The black shadow isn’t dead?

Lu Ya isn’t dead?

Could it be the two of them reconciled somehow?

Nezha was puzzled, and indeed the Saint-level prohibition set by Zi Chen was formidable. Lu Ya circled here twice, then left with a cold expression.

As soon as the two breathed a sigh of relief, on the third day, the fourth day, Lu Ya came back again.

Nezha thought: Shen Gongbao was right, though unclear about what happened between Lu Ya and the black shadow, without mana, Lu Ya could only search the forest inch by inch.

And Lu Ya knew, if he really searched like this, he would not make it in time.

He could only rely on guessing, guessing where Nezha might be.

Ten days later, Nezha took a deep breath, his primordial spirit returned to his body, and as his eyes opened, two bright beams shot out from them.

He opened his hands, and his body had not changed in the slightest, yet felt completely different from before.

This feeling was as if he could mobilize every cell, orchestrating any movement he wanted, as if infinite energy was within him, no longer fearing wind, frost, rain, or snow, even when the soul was out of body.

Loose Immortal Realm.

He was now almost at the Loose Immortal Realm level that Ao Bing was at when he first encountered him.

"Having only realm, without primordial spirit techniques, the barriers of the Immortal Path are still incomplete, Master Uncle, you see, I saved your life, nor do I want you to owe me a favor as a junior generation. Why don’t you teach me some of the Heavenly Venerate Sect’s primordial spirit spells?"

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