Xu Yan's Story

The fiery red Palace gates were slowly closing when Yang Tianyou stepped out, his mind filled with complex emotions, having learned many secrets.

Xu Yan True Person, a native of Qingcheng Commandery, comes from a family that has made a living by hunting for generations and has little contact with the outside world.

Moreover, because Qingcheng Commandery is located in the inland area of Qin Province, far from the border, the environment is relatively peaceful, and Demon Beast are not common.

At least for the hundreds of millions of Mortal scattered across tens of thousands of miles, 99% of them have never actually seen Demon Beast. For most of them, such an existence is more like a legend.

Therefore, for the first forty years, Xu Yan True Person lived a relatively smooth life.

Of course, although he has never entered the Immortal Dao immortality, his extraordinary talent has already been revealed.

At the young age of fifteen or sixteen, Xu Yan True Person was able to wrestle with a wild ox, and at eighteen, he once captured a tiger with his bare hands, becoming the most renowned hunter within a hundred miles.

Therefore, at the age of twenty, he was able to marry a beautiful and gentle wife and have three children.

And so, twenty happy years passed.

When he was forty years old, while Xu Yan True Person was out hunting, a Demon Wolf suddenly broke into his home and killed his entire family.

When Xu Yan True Person returned from the mountains in high spirits with his prey...

A bolt from the blue struck suddenly.

At that time, Xu Yan True Person was blinded by rage and did not realize that this Demon Wolf was no different from an ordinary Wild Wolf.

He followed the footprints along the way and went straight after them.

Because this Demon Wolf was only First-Tier Low-Grade wolf, its range of activity was not large. It took Xu Yan True Person a whole day and night to finally find the Demon Wolf's den.

Relying on his immense strength and the Xu Yan True Person, skilled and daring, charged at the beast who had murdered his entire family.

Unexpectedly, the Demon Wolf merely glanced at him disdainfully, then swept its tail, severely injuring him and rendering him unconscious.

When he woke up, he found an old man with a sage-like appearance standing beside him, staring intently at him.

This old man was the Grand Elder of the Three Blazing Flame Palace in that generation. He was passing through Qingcheng Commandery on business.

As they flew over the forest, the Grand Elder suddenly had a sudden inspiration, rescued Xu Yan True Person, and killed the wolf demon, avenging his blood feud.

From then on, Xu Yan True Person embarked on the path of cultivating immortality.

The Three Blazing Flame Palace Supreme Elder accepted him as his last disciple.

As for the reason, it's very simple: Xu Yan True Person actually possesses the legendary Extreme Spirit Root aptitude, a naturally born Yang Spirit Root, and Seeds of Sage Manifestation.

Although it was a delay of forty years, it was nothing to Cultivators with long lifespans.

As for the information that Yang Tianyou and the others had seen before, it showed that Xu Yan True Person had the aptitude of Fire Spirit Root.

It was just Obscuring Technique thrown out by the Three Blazing Flame Palace Supreme Elder, with the aim of protecting this precious disciple.

After that, under his master's guidance, Xu Yan True Person devoted himself to cultivation.

He cultivates Dual Cultivation of Spell and Body, yet his cultivation speed is by no means slow.

He spent the first three years thoroughly studying various Daoist Canon, and began practicing Daoism at the age of forty-four.

At the age of fifty-one, he entered the Foundation Establishment.

At eighty years old, he broke through to the Golden Core.

At the age of two hundred, he advanced to the Nascent Soul.

At the age of four hundred and twenty, he achieved the status of Spirit Transformation.

From then on, the Three Blazing Flame Palace flourished.

However, when Xu Yan True Person 490 years old, a sudden change occurred.

That day, the Xu Yan True Person, who was cultivating, suddenly lost consciousness, and was replaced by a Demonspawn.

This Demonspawn is utterly bloodthirsty, incredibly violent and evil. From the moment it is born, it will Blood Sacrifice all the Cultivators and Mortals of the Three Blazing Flame Palace.

Relying on his disguise Xu Yan True Person, he first gathered all the sect members in the square, then used a pre-arranged Formation to trap them, and finally wiped out all the cultivators in the sect.

During this process, the Demonspawn was also severely damaged by the desperate counterattack of nearly ten Nascent Soul, hundreds of Golden Core, and tens of thousands of disciples from the Three Blazing Flame Palace.

But in the end, he was the victor.

After wiping out Cultivators in the Three Blazing Flame Palace, the Demonspawn used the same method to slaughter the entire Three Blazing Flame City.

Amidst soaring Resentment Qi, he laughed wildly. However, spurred by the destruction of his sect, the previously dormant Xu Yan True Person, whom he had ambushed, regained consciousness.

After a struggle, Xu Yan True Person briefly suppressed the Demonspawn.

Looking at the devastated state of his sect, Xu Yan True Person was overwhelmed with grief, his heart filled with a deep-seated hatred for the Demonspawn.

He moved all the buildings of the Three Blazing Flame Palace, along with the entire Spirit Mountain, into the Secret Realm.

Then, they utilized the power of the Secret Realm, as well as the blood and soul power of tens of millions of people that the Demonspawn had not yet absorbed.

Using the Sect-Guarding Law Treasure magic weapon Fifth-Tier Mid-Grade Three Blazing Flame Furnace, he set up Two Realms Sealing Formation, using himself as the sealing vessel to refine the Demonspawn.

Eight hundred years later, the Demonspawn was already extremely weak, and the power of the Xu Yan True Person was less than one-tenth of what it used to be.

Considering that the lineage of a sect cannot be broken, at least many classic texts must not be lost.

With his limited power, Xu Yan True Person subtly altered the Formation, releasing hundreds of Three Blazing Flame Palace Tokens.

A rule was set that the Secret Realm would open two hundred years later, and only cultivators at the Foundation Establishment or below could enter.

This was to prevent Golden Core Cultivators from breaking the sealing formation.

Having just finished doing all this, Xu Yan True Person breathed a sigh of relief, but unexpectedly, it was precisely his previous actions that released another demon, An Ming!

Unlike Demonspawn, An Ming is born Acquired birth.

It was during these eight hundred years that the Heart Demon, or rather another consciousness, was born from the guilt that Xu Yan True Person felt towards his sect, his hatred for himself, and his despair for the world.

Taking advantage of the moment when Xu Yan True Person's Essence Qi were depleted again due to the alteration of the Formation, An Ming and Demonspawn joined forces and successfully seized control of the body.

After that, An Ming used the Secret Realm Formation to slightly modify some of the rules.

It added bloody rules such as "the token will emit a pillar of light that reaches the sky," which incite cultivators to kill each other.

He then used the Secret Realm Formation to absorb the blood and soul power left behind by the Cultivators after their death, restoring his strength so that the part of the soul he controlled could break free from the Formation's suppression.

Next, he selected a talented cultivator as his Vessel, preparing to possess and be reborn.

Having reached this point, Yang Tianyou already knew the rest, so there was no need for Xu Yan True Person to say anything more.

Looking back at the slowly closing Palace gates, I saw the Xu Yan True Person sitting cross-legged, bound by Chains, his expression sometimes ferocious, sometimes peaceful.

A feeling of sympathy welled up in Yang Tianyou's heart.

No matter which path Xu Yan True Person took, his life would ultimately not have been easy.

If he hadn't encountered the Three Blazing Flame Palace Supreme Elder, he would have died under the claws of the Demon Wolf.

Once he embarked on the path of cultivation, his fate was already sealed.

For a thousand years, Xu Yan True Person had long since figured out the origin of the Demonspawn.

That was actually himself. To be more precise, Xu Yan True Person was actually the reincarnation of Demonspawn, or rather, its vessel.

Before reaching a certain level of strength and realm, the Demonspawn's consciousness Hundun and unclear, but its power continues to grow.

Once the Xu Yan True Person, who serves as the vessel, reaches a certain level of strength, the Demonspawn will suddenly awaken, devour the original consciousness, and take over the body.

This is an extremely evil Demon Dao Divine Ability. According to Xu Yan True Person's calculations, the only one in the entire Lu Wu Realm who has such time and ability is the Heavenly Demon suppressed under White Sky Mountain.

As for how the Heavenly Demon still had the power to unleash his strength while sealed, that's beyond the comprehension of Xu Yan True Person.

After all, the Heavenly Demon was an unparalleled being comparable to Immortals and Gods. He was only sealed away because White Sky Heavenly Lord happened to encounter him when he descended to the mortal realm to undergo tribulation!

The power of that kind of existence is beyond the comprehension of those who have just embarked on the Immortal Dao of immortality.