Each Harboring Malicious Intent

The Great Thousand World is divided into realms based on the strength of Spiritual Power: Sensing Realm, Spirit Movement Realm, Spirit Wheel Realm, and Divine Soul Realm. One devours the souls of spirit beasts to reach the Three Heaven Realms, then overcomes the Three Lesser Tribulations to break through to the Sovereign and cultivate the Dharma Body. Beyond that, one becomes the Earthly Sovereign and the Heavenly Sovereign.

Aside from the Immortal Great Emperor, the Heavenly Sovereign is the pinnacle of the Great Thousand World, representing the highest realm of Spiritual Power cultivation. Their physical body can be transformed into pure Spiritual Power and merged with their Dharma Body, or they can receive Spiritual Power from a region of heaven and earth to empower themselves.

The Heavenly Sovereign Elixir, which can effectively help Heavenly Sovereign Pill break through their cultivation levels, has an outrageous main ingredient—it requires a Small World as the core for its refining process.

The grade of the Small World determines the grade of the final Pills. To refine a High-grade Heavenly Sovereign Pill that can help break through to the Saint Grade Heavenly Sovereign, one must use Lower Plane that once gave birth to hundreds of millions of living beings, whose life force was cut off after countless years, and whose integrity exceeds 90%.

For example, if one day in the future, the Dou Qi Continent unsuitable for survival and all living beings perish, it can become the main Medicinal Herbs for High-grade Heavenly Sovereign Pill.

The fact that hundreds of millions of living beings have been born proves that this Lower Plane has a sufficiently strong foundation. After the life force is cut off, the various Laws of Heaven and Earth within it are exposed, which can be better refined and help people break through their realms.

The concept of completeness is easy to understand; if it's not complete, the essence is lost and the power is insufficient.

It is easy to imagine how difficult it is to obtain a single main Medicinal Herbs.

At the same time, it is precisely because of the demanding requirements for the main Medicinal Herbs of the Heavenly Sovereign Pill that this Pills, which is enough to drive countless Heavenly Sovereign mad, is extremely difficult to refine.

First, one must possess the cultivation and strength to refine a region of heaven and earth before one has the foundation to refine the Heavenly Sovereign Pill.

In other words, to refine a low-grade Heavenly Sovereign Pill, one must at least have the cultivation level of Spirit Grade Heavenly Sovereign, Mid-grade corresponds to Immortal Grade, and a high-grade corresponds to Saint Grade.

Looking across the Great Thousand World, the number of Saint Grade Heavenly Sovereign is pitifully small. Even including the Divine Beast races, there are only a little over a hundred. As for Alchemist, apart from Xiao Yan, there are only two, belonging to the Pill God Clan and the Ancient Myriad Grasslands, respectively.

Both the Pill God Clan and the Ancient Myriad Grasslands have accumulated over countless millennia, possessing a convincing reputation and exorbitant prices that would make anyone's heart ache.

Moreover, they do not guarantee that a single Medicinal Herbs can be refined into a single pill.

Besides the main Medicinal Herbs, the Heavenly Sovereign Pill also has an alarmingly high demand for Sovereign Spirit Liquid.

The Sovereign Spirit Liquid is obtained by a First- Sovereign who abandons cultivation and secludes himself to condense the Spiritual Power of heaven and earth for a month. It is equivalent to the energy crystallization that One-star Dou Zun in the Dou Qi Continent condenses in a month, but using a higher-level Spiritual Power.

Of course, those with greater strength will find it easier to condense the Sovereign Spirit Liquid.

Although the main Medicinal Herbs of the Heavenly Sovereign Pill's Elixir is Small World, the World Energy contained within it often disappears even earlier than living beings, leaving only the Laws of Heaven and Earth, which is simply insufficient to meet the enormous Spiritual Power required for breaking through realms.

Therefore, in addition to a large amount of auxiliary medicines, the Sovereign Spirit Liquid is needed to replenish the Spiritual Power of the Pills at all times during the refining process.

The lowest grade requires 100 million drops of Sovereign Spirit Liquid, the Mid-grade requires 1 billion, and the highest grade requires 10 billion.

After receiving Xiao Yan's promise, Maha Tian mobilized all the resources accumulated by the entire Maha Clan over the years, trying his best to gather as many Medicinal Herbs as possible. However, he shamelessly dragged it out for a month and only managed to gather enough Medicinal Herbs for nine portions of the High-grade Heavenly Sovereign Pill.

Seeing that Xiao Yan was about to be dragged away by the Green Shirt Sword Saint if the delay continued, Maha Tian finally stopped.

During this month, Xiao Yan also sent a sliver of his soul to the Myriad Monster Continent to contact the Demon Saint Valley.

The Demon Saint Valley Valley Master is only an Upper Earthly Sovereign, far from being Heavenly Sovereign. Faced with Xiao Yan's recruitment, he had no choice but to accept him as a "fellow villager".

After Xiao Yan returned the entire Demon Saint Valley to the Dou Qi Continent, there was still no fixed spatial passage. Instead, he used himself as a coordinate and began to recklessly channel Spiritual Power into the Dou Qi Continent, improving Dou Qi Continent environment and preparing his relatives and friends for their breakthrough to Dou Emperor.

As for the actions of the Maha Clan, Xiao Yan did not care. The main Medicinal Herbs of the Heavenly Sovereign Pill were extremely rare and hard to come by. If the Maha Clan wanted more, they could only buy them from other powerful forces. In the process, everyone knew that he had been refining the Heavenly Sovereign Pill for the Maha Clan.

As for the reward... as word spread, it inevitably evolved into the Maha Clan offering Xiao Yan Eternal Undying Body as payment for refining medicine.

This is the best advertisement, enough to make Xiao Yan take off instantly and gain a reputation equal to that of the other two major alchemy forces.

After the initial shock, the Green Shirt Sword Saint made a promise to Xiao Yan that he would ask Xiao Yan to refine the Heavenly Sovereign Pill for the Sword Domain after the Maha Clan.

Xiao Yan readily agreed. Alchemy itself could also hone his Fire Energy, and a massive number of Heavenly Sovereign were needed to guard the area in order to launch a counterattack against the Outer Realm Evil Clan and reclaim those lost territories.

Through Xiao Yan's research, Dou Emperor powerhouses in the Dou Qi Continent possess the ability to mobilize all the World Energy, laying the foundation for breaking through to the Heavenly Sovereign.

If Xiao Yan were to personally teach them, this foundation would have a high probability of being transformed into strength.

However, the entire Dou Qi Continent may not be able to produce many Heavenly Sovereign. Take the Maha Clan as an example. In addition to the three Saint Grade, there are thirty Heavenly Sovereign in the clan. This is just one of the major powers in the Great Thousand World. It cannot support a very large territory.

If Xiao Yan wants to take over one-tenth or even more of the Great Thousand World, he will inevitably need to communicate with various forces and "poach" some Heavenly Sovereign from their forces to settle here.

This is the real reason why Xiao Yan gave away the Heavenly Sovereign Pill to the Maha Clan for free; otherwise, even if Xiao Yan used it, no one could say anything...

While Xiao Yan was plotting something sinister, in another region of the Great Thousand World, in a giant palace, darkness surged, seemingly threatening to corrupt everything. As the black mist rose, it revealed a cold and sinister aura.

The hall was not decorated with any fancy ornaments, but rather with layers of black stone seats that were strictly hierarchical.

At this moment, on each black stone seat, there was a figure. These figures were surrounded by an evil aura that was intolerable to heaven and earth, causing the space to tremble.

In the center of the grand hall, thirty-two black thrones arched out to both sides. On these thrones sat enormous Demonic Shadow figures, their surging Demonic Qi forming various different demonic statues, radiating boundless and terrifying demonic power.

Under the demonic power of these thirty-two Demonic Shadow, the other shadowy figures in the giant hall all lowered their heads slightly, not daring to look directly at them, showing their awe.

These thirty-two Demonic Shadow were the Patriarch of the thirty-two major clans among the Outer Realm Evil Clan, and their cultivation levels were all equivalent to the Late-Stage Saint Grade Heavenly Sovereign.

At the very center of the thirty-two Demon Thrones, there is a demonic figure engulfed in Demonic Shadow. The flames are quite strange, sometimes as black as ink, emitting a repulsive Demonic Qi, and sometimes radiating a holy and pure white light. The two alternate, displaying boundless power.

This flame was none other than the Saint Demon Flame, a combination of the sacred and the demonic, the primordial fire of the Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor.

Beneath the demonic flames were a pair of cold eyes, revealing deep weariness and doubt.

Since "killing" Xiao Yan, the Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor has begun to investigate the Immortal Great Emperor. He happened to discover that the Grave Keeper Lineage was busy with something, so he decided to infiltrate them.

If it hadn't penetrated, it would have been fine, but once it did, the people between the Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor and the Demon Emperor were numb. Those incredibly familiar flames looked like they were related to Xiao Yan no matter how you looked at them.

In addition, there is the "Great Emperor's Legacy," which means that the Immortal Great Emperor's physical body has been completely preserved. Even the most basic detonation of the Spiritual Power within it would be enough to severely injure the Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor.

Although this confirms that the Immortal Great Emperor is indeed dead, the Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor cannot be happy at all.

If that Great Emperor's Legacy were given to a Late-Stage Saint Grade Heavenly Sovereign for cultivation, there's a high chance they could challenge the Sky Ranking. Even if they only leave their name behind, their descendants would be unstoppable by the current Outer Realm Evil Clan.

Although the Immortal Great Emperor's physical body is immortal and cannot be shaken without the power of Eternal Undying Body, the Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor is still not at ease.

The Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor naturally wanted to completely eliminate this possibility, so he began to investigate the Eternal Undying Body, first targeting those Heavenly Sovereign who had cultivated the Undying Golden Body and participated in the Eternal Gathering.

Before anything could be found out, Xiao Yan, who had just been "killed," suddenly appeared and obtained the Eternal Undying Body.

Therefore, we have today's discussion.

"Is everyone here?" A deep voice rang out from within the demonic flames, reaching everyone's ears.

Myriad Demon Hall, upon hearing the Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor speak first, the Demonic Shadow also let out demonic howls, filled with a chilling intent.

The Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor stretched out his palm, but merely pressed down, and all the Demonic Shadow immediately fell silent.

The Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor is the Patriarch the Saint Demon Clan, and the sealed Heavenly Evil God was born into the Saint Demon Clan.

Therefore, the Saint Demon Clan held a leadership position among the Outer Realm Evil Clan. During the years when the Heavenly Evil God was sealed, the Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor led all the demons.

"The human I personally hunted down last time not only survived, but also obtained Eternal Undying Body."

A calm voice came, and the Myriad Demon Hall became even quieter.

On the throne beside the Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor, a figure shrouded in a black robe slightly raised his head, revealing a pale face, but his pupils were actually rings of black vortexes.

This person was none other than the Dark Heavenly Demon Emperor patriarch of the Heavenly Demon Clan Patriarch.

The Dark Heavenly Demon Emperor's swirling pupils fixed on the Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor, then a hint of surprise appeared on his pale face. "That human... his name seems to be Xiao Yan? Isn't he only Immortal Grade?"

"Yes, and now he is already Saint Grade, and has also inherited the Eternal Undying Body," the Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor replied.

A deathly silence enveloped the Myriad Demon Hall. The strength of the Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor was undeniable. Even if two or three Heavenly Saint Demon Flame Heavenly Demon Emperor attacked together, they might not be able to defeat the Immortal Grade Heavenly Sovereign.

All the Heavenly Demon Emperor fell silent, and the weaker Demon Emperor didn't even dare to breathe.

The final Great Thousand Alliance has only a few hundred years left. If the seal cannot be broken, the Heavenly Evil God will truly die. At this critical juncture, the appearance of such a powerful figure casts a shadow over the hearts of all the Demon Emperor.

"He must die!" A Demonic Shadow figure shattered the silence.

This Demonic Shadow was surrounded by the decaying Corpse Qi, exuding a terrifying aura of death. Even the air turned grayish-white, stripped of all life under the shroud of that Corpse Qi.

This is the Black Corpse Heavenly Demon Emperor Patriarch of the Corpse Demon Clan.

"Difficult to kill," the Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor said calmly.

The Myriad Demon Hall returned to calm, and many Heavenly Demon Emperor began to ponder how to kill this troublesome figure.

"Xiao Yan ascended from Lower Plane to the Great Thousand World and is a Plane Master. Such a person must have a power that spans the entire plane in that Lower Plane."

"In this Great Thousand World, he is all alone, but sooner or later he will bring those people from the Lower Plane here."

"We couldn't find that Lower Plane before, but once Xiao Yan guides his relatives and friends and establishes a fixed dimensional passage, it will be much easier to find it."

"With his own power, it would be difficult for other powerful figures in the Great Thousand World to follow Xiao Yan."

"At that time, Dark Heavenly Demon Emperor and Black Corpse Heavenly Demon Emperor, you two will join me in attacking Xiao Yan. Heaven Slaying Demon Emperor and Heart Demon Emperor, you two will go to that Lower Plane. Heart Demon Emperor, use all your strength to corrupt the Lower Plane and affect Xiao Yan's mind. Heaven Slaying Demon Emperor, protect Heart Demon Emperor's safety."

After speaking, the Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor paused, still feeling uneasy, and continued, "Three more Heavenly Demon Emperor will surround and hunt down Xiao Yan's relatives and friends, injuring them without killing them, forcing Xiao Yan to be distracted and make a move."

The series of deployments left everyone deeply shaken.

To deal with just one person, eight Heavenly Demon Emperors had to be mobilized simultaneously!

"Then it's settled." The Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor waved his hand, and the numerous Demonic Shadow dispersed to return to their clans to handle their affairs.

However, the Dark Heavenly Demon Emperor, who was sitting next to the Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor, remained. In the vast Myriad Demon Hall, only the Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor and the Dark Heavenly Demon Emperor, the two most powerful beings, remained.

However, the Dark Heavenly Demon Emperor looked doubtful and frowned as he looked at the Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor, asking, "Is that enough?"

As a powerful figure second only to the Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor, the Dark Heavenly Demon Emperor clearly understood that if Xiao Yan was truly that strong, he would definitely be able to leave his mark on the Sky Ranking. Once he succeeded in leaving his mark, it would be a different realm, and the eight Heavenly Demon Emperors would be nothing more than sending themselves to their deaths.

"The Heart Demon Emperor has successfully corrupted that Lower Plane. As the Plane Master, Xiao Yan will inevitably be affected. I will also use the Saint Demon Flame to taint his body, causing the Sky Ranking to reject him," the Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor said calmly.

"Then can the Black Corpse Heavenly Demon Emperor and I stop Xiao Yan?" the Dark Heavenly Demon Emperor then asked.

The Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor remained silent for a moment, unsure himself.

Recalling the last time Xiao Yan summoned the Sky Ranking and then ran away without any hesitation, the aura of the Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor became even more subdued.

If Xiao Yan were heartless and abandoned the Lower Plane, they would be completely helpless.

"Even the most cunning person who can become the Plane Master wouldn't disregard the fact that the plane will be destroyed by us," the Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor hesitated.

"I hope so." The Dark Heavenly Demon Emperor's swirling pupils flickered slightly, and then his figure disappeared, leaving only the Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor sitting alone on the throne in the center of the Myriad Demon Hall.

A few breaths later, the Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor suddenly looked up, his eyes filled with determination.

"Xiao Yan, I will not let you become the second Immortal Great Emperor..."

Thinking that Xiao Yan had somehow survived, the Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor couldn't help but lose some confidence, and a crazy idea flashed through his mind.

"If all the Demonic Qi in my body were converted into Spiritual Power..."