# Chapter 873: Demon Saint Embryo
The divine crocodile had actually pursued them from the Ancient Yinghuo Star all the way to this world. Everything was becoming increasingly bewildering. Ye Fan even suspected that the eighteen layers of hell suppressed by the Great Thunderclap Monastery had completely opened, and this made him think of that black vicious ghost.
Just what exactly had followed them through the void to the Big Dipper Star Domain? It was truly impossible to say now.
Although they very much wanted to leave the Feather Transformation Immortal Valley immediately, they could not bear to miss the moment when the Demon God Flower bloomed, because only at that instant would its divine effects reach their peak.
This wait lasted half a month. During these many days, the Big Black Dog was the busiest, personally going to dig fine iron ore and refining a flat-bottomed pan, wanting to fry a poached egg.
However, it smashed at the eggshell with a stone slab for half a day without cracking it. Angered, it refined a large pot instead, filled it with water, threw the divine crocodile egg inside, and clamored to eat boiled eggs.
One had to admit, this truly was a divine egg, not inferior to a Phoenix Bird egg in the slightest. The few of them reached the same conclusion — in the future, it could become a Demon Saint!
The eggshell bore powerful Dao patterns and veins, with mysterious law divine chains laid down by someone, protected by heaven and earth. This drove the Big Black Dog mad, and it tinkered for several days without managing to break it.
"Damn it, going against this Emperor? I refuse to believe I can't eat this egg!" It wanted to completely destroy this egg, preparing to throw it into the Divine Maiden Furnace for roasting.
"Pop"
At that moment, the Demon God Flower bloomed one petal, spitting out streaks of auspicious colors. Earth light, fire light, wind light, water light surged together, flowing down in thousands of strands, falling onto the Phoenix Bird divine egg.
A rich fragrance permeated the air. Everyone looked over. Ji Ziyue was even guarding it closely up close, afraid that something might happen to the golden Demon Saint egg.
"Pop"
Another petal bloomed. A thousand auspicious colors, ten thousand rosy clouds, incomparably magnificent, made the Phoenix Bird egg even more brilliant. Various ripples spread, continuously humming softly.
Not far away, the divine crocodile egg that Black Emperor had been tinkering with suddenly shook violently, filled with unwillingness. A cold, resentful, poisonous aura leaked out.
"This is that aura! It killed so many old friends back then. I'll stomp you flat." Pang Bo sensed this aura, his eyes shooting up, and he extended his big foot to stomp wildly.
"Woof, this is this Emperor's fried egg! Don't dirty it for me!" The Big Black Dog bared its teeth in strong dissatisfaction.
"You all keep a close watch and don't let anything go wrong. The Lightning Phoenix Bird's divine egg is at a critical moment. If the divine crocodile gets over here, there will be unnecessary trouble." Ye Fan reminded them.
"This Emperor's handling of matters is something you can rest assured about. This is my food on the plate — how could it escape?" Black Emperor said, borrowing the Divine Maiden Furnace from Yan Yixi, truly wanting to roast it and eat it.
"Pop"
Another Demon God Flower petal bloomed, transforming into a spray of auspicious energy that surged out and submerged into that golden divine egg. From within came chirping and murmuring, like a small child acting spoiled and whispering.
Circle after circle of ripples spread. The entire golden egg became increasingly sacred. Various patterns emerged, all imprinting onto the shell, harmonizing with the Dao.
Everyone was stunned. This Demon God Flower truly had miraculous effects. At this moment, it was imprinting streaks of mysterious Dao sources into the Phoenix Bird egg, refining its blood, bones, and divinity, making them purer.
Black Emperor immediately became envious, jealous, and hateful, wishing it could take its place. Unfortunately, its old arms and legs could not undergo that kind of baptism — it was only effective for young demon spirits.
"Crack!"
Suddenly, the divine crocodile egg split open, and a golden light flew out, charging toward the Demon God Flower, wanting to snatch it and escape!
This sudden change caught no one off guard. Black Emperor was daydreaming and had no defense, not yet having thrown it into the Divine Maiden Furnace.
"Slap"
Ji Ziyue struck out, her slender fingers like jade, pointing at that golden light, blocking its momentum.
What surprised everyone the most was that the Phoenix Bird divine egg also retaliated. Although it had not yet broken out of its shell, it was very spiritual. It suddenly charged up and heavily crashed into the golden light, quite ferociously.
"Chi"
The golden light changed direction, wanting to escape, but it had no chance of success. Ye Fan stepped forward, one foot coming down and stepping on it to the ground.
A piercing, shrill scream erupted, filled with hatred, extremely harsh, as if coming from the Nine Netherworlds. The sound was terrifying.
At this moment, people finally saw its form. It was a golden divine crocodile about half a foot long, without any limbs, very sinister. Its eyes were filled with viciousness, somewhat terrifying, not at all like a newborn cub.
"Even more vicious than those little crocodiles back then!" Pang Bo stepped forward, thinking of the scene where divine crocodiles had drilled in and out of the heads of over a dozen classmates. He was filled with hatred and stomped wildly.
"Meow, this Emperor's poached egg, this Emperor's egg fried rice! How did it come out early? Fine, I'll reluctantly make do with roasted crocodile cub." Black Emperor said.
"You still have the nerve to say that? You almost caused an accident just now." Ye Fan scolded it.
The Phoenix Bird divine egg settled down, landing again at the roots of the Demon God Flower, continuously absorbing Dao power. Countless runes imprinted into the eggshell, making it increasingly translucent. Vaguely, a small thing could be seen moving inside.
Pang Bo subdued this golden little divine crocodile and was about to throw it into the Divine Maiden Furnace when the Big Black Dog suddenly changed its mind. "Right, how did this Emperor forget? This is a rare Demon Saint embryo that's hard to find in the world! It can't be destroyed like this!"
"What do you want to do? Leave a great calamity?" Ye Fan warned sternly. There was absolutely no way he would allow this divine crocodile to be kept.
"Wrong. Would this Emperor leave a disaster? I'm saying that a Demon Saint embryo is excellent material for refining an external incarnation. Take its primordial spirit and replace it, and you can even transform it into your own main body." The more the Big Black Dog spoke, the brighter its eyes became.
The few of them looked at each other, truly unable to imagine what scene a dog turning into a hateful divine crocodile would be.
"Don't destroy it. This is a rare incarnation hard to find in the world. In the future, it can become a Demon Saint. If this Emperor takes it over, one day it will be invincible under heaven!" The Big Black Dog was completely excited, its frustration over not having a young spirit swept away.
The divine crocodile screamed shrilly, but how could it withstand the Big Black Dog's terrifying divine sense? It was just a newborn young spirit and was instantly wiped clean.
Black Emperor's primordial spirit was a miniature little black dog that rushed out from between its brows. Ji Ziyue's eyes filled with little stars, wanting to pet it, which almost made the Big Black Dog spit blood. It quickly entered the divine crocodile's body.
"Wahaha... this physical body is too amazing! In the future, it will definitely become a saint. Add this Emperor's past experience, and advancing to Great Sage and Quasi-Emperor is not a problem!" The golden little crocodile blinked its eyes, emitting the Big Black Dog's arrogant voice, as strange as could be.
"Damn, I find this worm disgusting. I always want to step on it." Pang Bo said, and with a "splat," he stepped on it underfoot.
"Woof, damn it, kid, I'll kill you! Woof, woof, woof!" The golden little divine crocodile wagged its tail, shouting under the sole of his foot.
Everyone laughed together.
"Woof, heaven-damned! That bird egg, absorb slower! Leave some for this Emperor!" The Big Black Dog panicked, struggling out from under Pang Bo's foot. Ignoring settling accounts with him, it charged toward the Demon God Flower, competing with the golden divine egg for Dao energy.
At this moment, the Demon God Flower had fully bloomed, letting down thousands upon thousands of strands of Dao light, all submerging into the golden bird egg, transforming into law divine chains and the most fundamental things about the Dao.
The Big Black Dog's incarnation — the golden little crocodile — charged over and began to absorb along with it, but it was ultimately a step too late. Most of it had been absorbed by that egg, and it only got a small portion.
"Pop"
With a soft sound, the Demon God Flower shattered, turning into powder, scattering with the wind.
At the same time, the golden divine egg cracked open. A small thing murmured, flapping its downy feathers as it flew up, wobbling and swaying, looking very dazed.
Everyone was captivated. This was a little thing the size of a fist, its whole body fluffy, golden and bright, round and plump, full of spiritual energy. It jumped onto Ji Ziyue's arm, chirping nonstop, very affectionate.
"Damn, it's this stupid bird that snatched this Emperor's Dao fruit!" The golden little crocodile stood up on two legs, extremely indignant.
"Crack"
An electric arc flew over, striking its body. The divine crocodile immediately landed belly-up, its whole body smoking, lying there. The little Phoenix Bird was huffing with anger, fluttering down, stepping on its belly, continuously opening its mouth and spitting out electric light.
"Woof, woof, woof..." The Big Black Dog screamed in agony. This physical body really couldn't withstand the torment, after all, it hadn't cultivated. It was so angry it almost attacked with its divine sense. This was too embarrassing — being stepped on by a newborn bird and electrocuted was a first in its life.
"As expected of a Demon Saint egg, even stronger than this divine crocodile." The surrounding people all praised, not a single one sympathizing with Black Emperor.
"That's because it absorbed most of the Demon God Flower's medicinal power! It's infuriating this Emperor!" The Big Black Dog broke free, its divine sense returning to its main body. It extended a big claw and picked up the half-foot-long divine crocodile like a dead fish. "Far from the physical body that Emperor Wu Shi helped me merge with the Dao. It can only be used as an incarnation from now on. Being stepped on by a stupid bird is too boring!"
Sure enough, this bastard was insatiably greedy. Its own main body was so powerful, with its Dao foundation built by Emperor Wu Shi, yet it still wanted to reincarnate and coveted the Demon God Flower. It truly deserved to be stepped on.
"Chirp chirp..." The little Phoenix Bird murmured, its whole body wreathed in golden electric light, looking fluffy and spiritual. It wobbled around Ji Ziyue, very close to her. Heaven and earth essence energy autonomously surged into its body, and the Dao harmonized.
Demon Saint! Everyone was shocked. As long as it could grow normally, it would at least become a Demon Saint. This was the judgment the few of them made simultaneously.
"Although the Demon God Flower has dissolved, its roots are still there. Can we dig them up? Maybe it can bloom again someday." Ji Ziyue said.
"Forget it. This kind of flower can bloom at most once. Back then, the Heavenly Demon Palace raised one and waited a full fifty thousand years without seeing it bloom a second time." Black Emperor shook its head.
Ji Ziyue paid no attention. She personally dug it up and carefully planted it in a jade cauldron. "I believe there are miracles in this world."
The group had lingered here for half a month and finally left the Feather Transformation Immortal Valley. They immediately teleported toward the Ancient Forbidden Land.
The Domain Gate opened, and they appeared in the primeval old forest outside the Forbidden Zone of Life. Standing on a tall mountain, they gazed at the surroundings.
Now, each of them had the Heavenly Eye Penetration ability and could see things at great distances. The nine majestic Sacred Mountains stood in the center of the forbidden zone, clearly visible. They were like nine true dragons coiled in ambush, their momentum majestic, vast and magnificent, connected together, possessing a terrifying momentum that could suppress ten thousand ages!
This was a Forbidden Zone of Life. Anyone who entered would age to death, eventually becoming a handful of yellow earth. No one could withstand the erosion of time. Even the various saints dared not set foot here.
"Boom"
The sound of mountains splitting and earth cracking came. The terrifying Dao resonance was like an entire star domain collapsing, causing this primeval old forest outside the Forbidden Zone of Life to shake violently, with scattered leaves drifting down.
One after another, order divine chains, one after another, heaven and earth laws, strand after strand of Dao light erupted deep within the Ancient Forbidden Land. Hundreds of millions of divine radiance shot up into the sky!
"What? Someone is fighting on the Sacred Mountain!"
"What's happening? Who is that? How dare they do battle inside a Forbidden Zone of Life?"
Ye Fan, Pang Bo, the Monkey, Black Emperor, and the others were all shocked. At this very moment, a heaven-shaking, earth-shattering battle was taking place above the Primordial Abyss, affecting the outside!
A terrifying battle, its power terrifying and boundless, as if reversing time and space.
Tens of thousands of order divine chains pierced through heaven and earth, like a Phoenix Nirvana, shooting out endless brilliant divine feathers, inserted between heaven and earth, dazzling and bright, illuminating the heavenly dome!
Who was this? Ye Fan and the others were all stunned. This was a Forbidden Zone of Life. If cultivators entered, they would immediately be reduced to mortal bodies, unable to use heaven and earth laws. How could such a world-shaking battle erupt here!?