I'm Invincible, I Do as I Please (5000)

Days flow by slowly, like a river.

The fervor of the Great Thousand World gradually subsided.

To put it bluntly, a continent corrupted by Demonic Qi has very little value and is essentially a barren and impoverished land.

Although occasionally powerful individuals discover rare and precious materials, their gains are ultimately limited and they are not as wealthy as their "hometown".

I'd rather go back to my hometown and guard the gate.

Of course, those forces possessing the power of the Heavenly Sovereign generally maintain some strongholds in areas rich in Continental Power, which are guarded year-round by Earthly Sovereign.

These Earthly Sovereign naturally receive generous rewards—they are basically granted the title of the Son of the Continent, which helps them advance their progress to become Heavenly Sovereign.

Besides these, there are also some powerful individuals who have devoted themselves to the Endless Fire Domain.

After all, Xiao Yan possesses numerous Spirit Art and supernatural abilities, enabling him to refine enviable Pills, and his various flames can help people break through bottlenecks.

Most importantly, Xiao Yan was never stingy with his subordinates.

He can learn Spirit Art and supernatural abilities at will, and he doesn't even hold back the Flame Mantra that Xiao Yan himself cultivates. This alone is enough to make countless people envious.

This is a generous offer that drives all independent cultivators crazy.

The primary reason for independent cultivators is to seek peace and quiet, and the secondary reason is the fear of not being valued if they join a major power. However, the treatment provided by the Endless Fire Domain has made independent cultivators receive enough attention that they can put their peace and quiet aside for the time being.

Sometimes, it's good to be in charge—the guidance and resources needed for cultivating Spirit Art and supernatural powers can be earned by doing things to contribute points.

As a result, the Endless Fire Domain flourished, and continent after continent was incorporated into its Endless Fire Domain. In the end, it directly occupied 20% of the Great Thousand World.

In other words, in terms of area, Xiao Yan occupied half of the territory ceded by the Outer Realm Evil Clan...

Mandala is very uneasy now.

Mandala originally founded the Great Luo Heaven Domain in the Northern Region of the Tian Luo Continent. Later, when the Great Thousand World launched a major counterattack against the Outer Realm Evil Clan, she joined without hesitation and survived by chance, eventually occupying a continent.

Later, Flame Emperor Yan fought against the Outer Realm Evil Clan. Although he did not completely exterminate them, he was still unparalleled in the world.

The Mandala then threw itself into the Endless Fire Domain.

Surprisingly, the true form of the Mandala is an Ancient Mandala Flower. The Derivation Art and the corresponding Life Spirit Flame are very suitable for its physique, and can perfectly suppress or even gradually dissolve the curse within its body.

Moreover, because the Mandala is Ancient Mandala Flower and is quite precious, one can exchange some pure Essence Blood, which is medicinal Medicinal Herbs, for contribution points...

Although it was somewhat embarrassing, Mandala quickly accumulated a large number of contribution points and obtained a Life Spirit Flame Seed, so she no longer had to worry about the curse.

However, the fact that they could always provide the medicinal liquid from the Ancient Mandala Flower eventually attracted the attention of the upper echelons of the Endless Fire Domain.

A woman of the Heavenly Sovereign level broke through the void and arrived, wanting to buy Mandala flowers from Mandala.

The woman was extremely beautiful, with a pair of mysterious and noble purple-gold eyes. Under the gaze of those purple-gold eyes, it seemed that even heaven and earth would submit.

The woman wore a purple-gold robe, on which Dragon Phoenix danced as if they were alive, faintly revealing an extremely terrifying bloodline suppression. Her slender body was curvaceous, and her long purple hair cascaded down like a waterfall, casually draped behind her, revealing a wild aura, yet also a wild and unrestrained beauty.

Mandala was uneasy because the woman seemed to have seen through her true form. Her delicate nose twitched slightly, her eyes gleamed, and she seemed to swallow hard...

"I originally brought a Life Spirit Flame Origin Fire Seed comparable to that of Heavenly Sovereign, intending to exchange it for that Ancient Mandala Flower. In retrospect, I was at a slight disadvantage, but now it seems that it won't be so troublesome..."

The woman's lips curled up slightly, revealing a meaningful smile, her eyes filled with aggression.

"Senior! I am also a member of the Endless Fire Domain!" Mandala felt like she had become a dish, and every part of her body was trembling.

"Heh, I'm still the mistress of the Endless Fire Domain!" The woman raised an eyebrow, reached out and grabbed, instantly destroying the disguise of the Mandala, revealing the little girl inside.

"Not ripe yet?" the woman remarked casually. The surrounding space suddenly shifted, and she found herself in a medicinal garden. "Xiao Yan! Something terrible has happened! This Mandala flower has become a spirit!"

Mandala felt a moment of dizziness. The dignified woman suddenly flew into a man's arms like a dove returning to its nest. After the man rubbed her head, she made a happy gurgling sound in her throat.

This man was clearly the Lord of the Endless Fire Domain, Flame Emperor Xiao Yan. His appearance was rather ordinary, at least not as handsome as a woman's beauty. However, there was an aura of dominance between his brows that made Mandala feel a chill and dare not look at him closely.

After her attention was diverted, Mandala discovered that this space was filled with a vast array of rare and precious Medicinal Herbs. Countless Medicinal Herbs with demanding growing conditions were crammed together, enveloped by clusters of emerald-green flames, and even the land seemed to radiate a faint green light.

Mandala easily recognized the Life Spirit Flame and was amazed by the scale of this medicinal garden.

However, Mandala could not smell any Medicinal Fragrance, and it was only through the Netherworld connection with the same source of flames that she could perceive the life force of the Life Spirit Flame.

"The Mandala flower, once fully grown, might be able to break through to the Saint Grade Heavenly Sovereign, but its growth cycle is extremely long, and the difficulty of achieving full growth is immense. As for its medicinal value... not much has been discovered yet, but it tastes very good when used to make tea." Xiao Yan said softly, holding the throwing a tantrum, Zi Yan.

To be honest, if Zi Yan hadn't liked drinking it, this girl really wouldn't have been able to earn so many contribution points.

However, Zi Yan wouldn't go so far as to bury the little girl in the ground just for her own appetite, picking her leaves and petals to soak in water every day—if it were just a flower, it would be fine, but after she transformed into a human, Zi Yan would still care a little.

Mandala lowered her head and bit her lower lip, saying, "If there is a sufficient Life Origin, I can provide Essence Blood every day... just like the Medicinal Herbs here."

Xiao Yan pinched Zi Yan's cheek and laughed, "Look how scared you've made that little girl."

"How was I supposed to know she was Mandala flower in human form!" Zi Yan opened her mouth and bit down.

After teasing Zi Yan, Xiao Yan stared intently at Mandala, frowning slightly. Then, he reached out and pointed, and a wisp of fire suddenly appeared, instantly removing the curse from Mandala's body.

"Although you have joined the Endless Fire Domain, you are not a core member overall. The Endless Fire Domain will not force you to do anything. Moreover, although the Ancient Mandala Flower is rare, you are not the only one. You can easily buy one with two Heavenly Sovereign Pills."

"The Ancient Mandala Flower is something from a very distant era, and it is probably hard to find one still alive. Therefore, you are exceptionally rare."

"So, are you willing to become a core member of the Endless Fire Domain? I will do my best to nurture you to the Saint Grade Heavenly Sovereign. In addition to serving the Endless Fire Domain, you will also need to cultivate a Mandala Garden. Hmm... the kind without intelligence."

Mandala's pupils contracted sharply, and her breathing faltered. The few words contained so much information that her brain protested and wanted to refuse to work.

Mandala understood the gist of it: this mistress liked to drink Mandala flower tea, and Flame Emperor discovered that he had sentience, so... he planned to cultivate himself into Saint Grade Heavenly Sovereign, just so he could make tea for his wife?

Mandala felt as if she had just figured things out when her brain went blank again.

Xiao Yan wasn't in a hurry for the little flower to give an answer. Instead, he and Zi Yan casually picked some fruit to eat in the vegetable garden.

With the Life Spirit Flame, these spiritual fruits are all well protected, free from any dust or pests, and their energy is extremely pure. Picking one will allow another to grow back, so there's plenty to go around!

As for cultivating Mandala to the Saint Grade Heavenly Sovereign, that is certainly not a joke.

The Ancient Mandala Flower is also a rare treasure. Even Earthly Sovereign Realm cultivator is only the size of an eleven or twelve-year-old child. Only Spirit Grade Heavenly Sovereign cultivator can grow into a teenager, Immortal Grade Heavenly Sovereign Realm cultivator into a young adult, and Saint Grade Heavenly Sovereign into a mature adult.

In other words, she herself has the potential to break through to the Saint Grade Heavenly Sovereign. As long as she doesn't die young and brings out her talent, it's a sure thing.

As long as Xiao Yan provides her with shelter, she won't die young. As for how to utilize her talent...

As long as the Spiritual Power within her body circulates and condenses the Life Spirit Flame as fertilizer, and then she reaches out and grabs, gathering the Spiritual Power of heaven and earth to water the Sovereign Spirit Liquid, she doesn't need to worry about anything else; it Guild Master on its own.

It's like getting a Saint Grade Heavenly Sovereign for free.

Xiao Yan was completely overwhelmed by the victory.

However, Mandala seemed unable to understand Xiao Yan's thoughts and fell into deep self-doubt from which she could not extricate herself.

The little girl glanced at the vegetable garden with a mixture of surprise and uncertainty, then looked at Zi Yan with envy, and occasionally shook her head and sighed. It was unclear what she was thinking, but her Spiritual Power fluctuations were completely unstable.

After a long silence, Mandala took a deep breath and timidly said, "Flame Emperor, I am willing to become a core member of the Endless Fire Domain, but I also have a small request."

Xiao Yan his chin, signaling Mandala to speak directly.

"I am actually a member of the Ancient Heavenly Palace. The Heavenly Emperor, the master of the Ancient Heavenly Palace, regarded me as his own son, and I also respect him as my father. However, the Ancient Heavenly Palace was destroyed by the Outer Realm Evil Clan. The Heavenly Emperor sacrificed his life to seal away the invading Heavenly Demon Emperor."

"I would like to ask Flame Emperor Yan to completely annihilate the sealed Heavenly Demon Emperor, and for the traitor of the Ancient Heavenly Palace, the Upper Earthly Sovereign Lu Heng, to issue a kill order."

Xiao Yan fell into deep thought, and the long-buried memories in his mind were gradually awakened.

After the destruction of the Ancient Heavenly Palace, it formed a ruin. It appeared in The Great Ruler, but unfortunately it appeared too early, when Mu Chen was only Sovereign.

One of the nine emperors of ancient times, Heavenly Emperor in the Late-Stage Saint Grade Heavenly Sovereign, established the Ancient Heavenly Palace, which had no other Heavenly Sovereign besides him.

The Second Grade consists of five palace masters with the potential to become Heavenly Sovereign, but even if they break through, they will only reach the Spirit Grade Heavenly Sovereign.

The Dou Technique of the Dou Qi Continent have similar counterparts in the Great Thousand World, known as Divine Arts and Divine Powers. These are divided into Lesser Divine Arts, Greater Divine Arts, Quasi-Perfect Divine Arts, and Perfect Divine Arts. Then there are Divine Powers that surpass Divine Arts, which are divided into Lesser Divine Powers, Greater Divine Powers, Perfect Divine Powers, Quasi-Peerless Divine Powers, Peerless Divine Powers, and Thirty-Six Peerless Divine Powers.

The Heavenly Emperor cultivated one of the Thirty-Six Peerless Divine Abilities of the Great Thousand World, "One Qi Transforms Three Pure Ones," which allows him to split into three, each clone possessing the same combat power as the original body without incurring significant losses. Even so, he still couldn't defeat the Heavenly Demon Emperor.

Although that Heavenly Demon Emperor was also one of the top ten beings among the Outer Realm Evil Clan, possessing nine demonic hearts, which was almost equivalent to nine lives, the Heavenly Emperor's One Qi Transforms Three Pure Ones was also three Late-Stage Saint Grade Heavenly Sovereign. As a result, he destroyed seven demonic hearts, leaving only two. Unable to continue, he could only sacrifice his life to seal them.

Of course, if we have to explain it, perhaps the Heavenly Emperor has just broken through and established the Heavenly Palace. He is feared by the Outer Realm Evil Clan and has not yet reached his peak.

At that time, the Heavenly Emperor lacked sufficiently powerful means of attack, so much so that destroying the Demon Heart required a massive amount of Spiritual Power to obliterate it.

If the Heavenly Emperor had a Heavenly Flames, it would be much easier to fight, right?

Xiao Yan shook his head, banishing those strange thoughts from his mind, and nodded to Mandala, saying, "Okay."

The anxious Mandala breathed a sigh of relief upon receiving Xiao Yan's affirmative answer.

Mandala knew that the Great Thousand World and the Outer Realm Evil Clan had now made peace, and the Flame Emperor's position was basically equivalent to the commander of the Great Thousand World. His personal action to kill a Heavenly Demon Emperor might have a negative impact on the situation.

Clearly, Mandala's cultivation level is too low, and she has some misunderstanding of the true situation.

The next moment, a terrifying phantom that stretched to the heavens and the earth suddenly appeared.

This phantom seemed not to exist in this world. No one could sense the Spiritual Power fluctuations of the phantom, yet its actions could be clearly seen.

"The ruins of the Ancient Heavenly Palace should be in the Great Luo Heaven Domain where you were before, right?" Xiao Yan looked into the distance and asked softly.

Mandala nodded. She had originally planned to cultivate in the Endless Fire Domain for a while before returning, but now that she wanted to become a core member of the Endless Fire Domain, she had to say goodbye to the past.

Just when Mandala thought Xiao Yan would tear through space with her, the phantom suddenly moved.

The phantom slowly raised a large hand, and the space in front of it became completely illusory, as if it had never existed.

Distance lost its meaning at this moment. The giant hand of the phantom pierced through endless space, almost spanning half of the Great Thousand World, and reached out to grab the Great Luo Heaven Domain. When it withdrew, a Small World had appeared in its palm.

However, no spatial fluctuations or Spiritual Power fluctuations were emitted, and no Heavenly Sovereign were alarmed by this great action. Apart from the people on the two continents who witnessed it, no one else knew what had happened.

It was as if the phantom was truly just a phantom.

Mandala stared wide-eyed at the world in the illusory palm—a gourmet version of an Ancient Heavenly Palace.

The phantom suddenly flashed and then disappeared, and the Small World that had been captured also vanished, as if it had just been a hallucination of the Mandala.

But in front of the Mandala, there was another figure.

He was a man dressed in a blue robe. He was handsome, tall and imposing, with a graceful and composed demeanor. He exuded an indescribable sense of oppression, like the majesty of an emperor, inspiring awe and respect.

This is exactly what the Heavenly Emperor looked like in Mandala's memory.

The Heavenly Emperor held a crystal-like longsword in his hand. The sword looked unusually ancient, like a rough blade, but the points of cold light reflected from the crystal sword were enough to cause the space in the vegetable garden to tremble slightly, clearly containing a terrifying power.

The crystal sword was stuck at the feet of the Heavenly Emperor, where there was a pitch-black head about half a zhang in size. The head was already decayed, and the black skull could be vaguely seen through the flesh.

At the same time, an aura that shared the same origin as the Mandala was instantly injected into its body, causing its aura to surge.

Mandala actually just a split entity, a lower-level Earthly Sovereign. Her true form was sealed in the ruins of the Ancient Heavenly Palace. Her former strength was at the Great Perfection Earthly Sovereign. Xiao Yan saw it at a glance and casually pulled it out to help Mandala merge with him.

A few breaths later, an aura rose from Mandala's petite body, swirled in the vegetable garden for a moment before returning to her body, and then slowly receded inward.

Clearly, this was originally the power of the Mandala, and now that it has been restored, it is not difficult to control.

"Flame Emperor..."

With her power returning, Mandala also noticed the Heavenly Emperor -like figure before her, whose aura seemed a bit off. Just as she was about to speak to warn him, Xiao Yan raised his hand to stop her.

With great interest, Xiao Yan raised his hand and gripped the Heavenly Emperor Sword, which could only be lifted by those with Undying Golden Body. The sword flew backward and landed in Xiao Yan's hand.

And the decaying head turned to dust and slowly dissipated.

"Tsk, such a powerful figure has actually emerged in this Great Thousand World..."

After the Heavenly Emperor Sword left his body, the figure resembling the Heavenly Emperor slowly opened his eyes, a demonic light flashing in them, radiating a fierce aura.

Xiao Yan ignored this so-called Heavenly Demon Emperor, raised his hand and patted the Heavenly Emperor Sword twice. A flash of Glazed Radiance appeared, and the ancient sword body immediately became much brighter.

"I've imbued the Heavenly Emperor Sword with an Immortal Origin to prevent it from shattering. With the Heavenly Emperor Sword in hand, you can freely enter and leave the Ancient Heavenly Palace," Xiao Yan said casually before tossing the Heavenly Emperor Sword to Mandala.

Mandala was quite surprised, not expecting that Xiao Yan didn't care at all about this top-grade sacred artifact that even Saint Grade Heavenly Sovereign would be envious of. However, after thinking about it for a moment, she suddenly understood. Holding the Heavenly Emperor Sword, she followed the fluctuation and headed to the Ancient Heavenly Palace, wanting to revisit the place.

Mandala didn't know was that there was also a remnant of the Heavenly Emperor waiting to reminisce with her, and a traitor named Lu Heng, bound hand and foot and with his cultivation sealed, waiting to be dealt with by her.

After Mandala left, the Heavenly Demon Emperor thought that this unfamiliar powerful figure would say something to him, but he found that he could not move at all. His body slowly rose into the air, and then floated to a certain limit before exploding in the sky.

It was as if it had been set on fire like a firework.

On his deathbed, this Heavenly Demon Emperor, whose name had not even appeared, faintly heard an extremely arrogant declaration.

"In the ruins of the Great Thousand World, if the demonic soul of the Heavenly Demon Emperor is sealed, simply send the information to my Endless Fire Domain, and I, the Flame Emperor, will personally come and annihilate him."

The simple words instantly resounded throughout the Great Thousand World, reaching the ears of every living being. Even the huddled Outer Realm Evil Clan were found by the voice and heard every single word.

It seemed that the location of every Outer Realm Evil Clan was always under the control of the Flame Emperor, and of course, their lives were also under his control...

Though late, it arrived.