Alex broke through to 3-Star Martial Grandmaster not long after. Because his eyes were closed, he didn't see the phoenix's corpse slowly burned to ash. The remaining fire energy started forming a fireball. It was the phoenix's egg in Nelson's mouth.
Alex absorbed it until he felt something wrong. Usually, there would be another Suction Force, in other words, Sherry. But this time, there wasn't such a thing. He stopped his cultivation. At this time, he had reached mid 3-Star Martial Grandmaster. Maybe, he could breakthrough to 4-Star Martial Grandmaster not long after.
But because of this feeling, he stopped his cultivation and opened his eyes. The phoenix was still in its egg form.
