Zhou Jiyao not only survived, he was even still conscious.
He saw Chen Jing rush in front of him the instant the explosion erupted, unleashing his xiantian true qi at full strength and devoting a full eighty percent of it to protecting him.
As for the remaining blast and raging flames-
Chen Jing took them all head-on with his own body.
Zhou Jiyao was scared witless on the spot.
The force of an explosion like that rivaled an all-out strike from someone at the pinnacle of Xiantian, to say nothing of the searing flames.
Yet Chen Jing weathered the explosion.
Apart from losing his clothes and suffering some wounds that split the skin and flesh on his back, his voice remained strong and full of vigor, as though he had suffered no serious harm at all.
Was he even human?
Little did he know that, tempered by qi of earth sha, Chen Jing's physique was now little different from that of a ferocious beast in human form.
Moreover, his calamity-crossing physique provided toughness and resistance to fire.
The Western Rong King's blood qi might have seemed stronger than his, but when it came to how much punishment their bodies could withstand, Chen Jing was more than his match.
But what drove Zhou Jiyao to even deeper despair was this.
He had taken the Origin-Burning Death Powder to end his own life and accompany Jiang Wanrou to the Yellow Springs.
Yet Chen Jing had not only protected him through the explosion with xiantian true qi, but also planted a palm against his Danzhong acupoint.
Taiyin frost chill force poured into him without cease.
In moments, it rapidly cooled Zhou Jiyao's boiling Twelve Standard Meridians and Eight Extraordinary Meridians.
The Origin-Burning Death Powder was, by its very nature, a poison of supreme