(Fifty-Nine) Still Imminent

Just as the Hun Tiandi was determined to wait for the enemy to tire themselves out, Xiao Yan quietly broke through to the Emperor Realm Soul in the Heavenly Tomb.

The Energy Body named Xiao Xuan dissipated, Tou She Ancient God Jade of the Xiao Family, after going through a roundabout journey, returned to Xiao Yan's hands.

However, Xiao Yan had no interest in the Tou She Ancient God Jade and focused all his attention on refining the Nihility Devouring Flame.

The Nihility Devouring Flame is no ordinary Heavenly Flames. Xiao Yan's current Heavenly Flames can even suppress the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame, but it is only on par with this part of the incomplete origin. In addition, Xiao Yan's strength is only at the Mid-stage Six-star Dou Sheng, making it extremely difficult to refine.

Even if Xiao Yan were to refine a Ninth Grade Profound Pill as an aid, he would almost certainly fail.

Fortunately, Xun'er helped share the burden.

Although Xun'er had only recently broken through to the Six-star Dou Sheng, with the aid of the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame to temper her Dou Qi, and having also fought a great battle with the North Dragon King, her Dou Qi condensation level was now even a notch higher than Xiao Yan's.

With Xun'er's help, the two took turns enduring the scorching heat of the Nihility Devouring Flame, using their own Heavenly Flames to continuously erode its power and remaining will.

In the end, Xiao Yan successfully refined and fused the Nihility Devouring Flame, and the Heavenly Flames vaguely reached the peak of the Dou Sheng level. If it weren't for the lack of some key element, he probably could have directly broken through to the Emperor level.

During this process, Xun'er also used the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame to refine a portion of the Nihility Devouring Flame's origin, gaining a wisp of Devouring Power that can devour all things.

For the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame, the Space Power of the Nihility Devouring Flame was not a difficult thing to deal with; only the Devouring Power was the key to suppressing the purifying power.

It can be said that a fragment of the Nihility Devouring Flame's incomplete origin allowed both of them to achieve a qualitative leap.

After completing the refining process, neither of them rushed to leave the Heavenly Tomb. Instead, they began to absorb the extremely dense World Energy and earth within the Heavenly Tomb, using their Heavenly Flames to temper their physical bodies and Dou Qi, trying their best to eliminate the superficiality brought about by the surge in strength...

When the two emerged from seclusion, Xiao Yan had already reached the Late-stage Seven-star Dou Sheng, Xun'er had also broken through to the Early-stage Seven-star Dou Sheng. Apart from the strong members of the Gu Clan, there were only a handful of people on the Dou Qi Continent who could reliably defeat the two of them.

Especially Xiao Yan, after he started the Heavenly Fire Three Profound Transformations, was even able to unleash combat power at the level of Nine-star Dou Sheng for a short period of time.

As the two stepped out of the Heavenly Tomb, Gu Yuan immediately sensed spatial fluctuations and two much stronger auras. He then approached them, a smile appearing on his weary face.

"Uncle Gu Yuan, how is the situation now?" Xiao Yan was still worried that the Xiao Family would be wiped out by the Soul Clan, and his tone was somewhat impatient.

"It's like we were fighting and negotiating with the Soul Clan at the same time!" Gu Yuan pondered for a moment and then gave a general account of what had happened during this period.

Seeing that Xiao Yan made no move, the Soul Clan began to harm the Xiao Family.

At the same time, the Soul Hall withdrew entirely to the Soul Realm. The Gu Clan tried their best but only managed to wipe out most of the Soul Hall's lower and middle-level elders and protectors. They only managed to kill two Dou Sheng- level experts.

If we want to engage in a more decisive battle with the Soul Clan, we must go to the Soul Realm.

However, the territory of each Ancient Race is filled with the marks left by ancient Dou Emperor. The marks left by Yao, Shi, and Ling Clans are fine, but the marks left by the Soul Clan are enough to make Gu Yuan take them seriously.

Then the Hun Tiandi will be unstoppable.

The two sides were deadlocked. Xiao Yan himself declared that he would not compromise with the Soul Clan and went into seclusion, cutting off all contact. The Soul Clan could not really kill all the Xiao Family, otherwise it would be as if they had captured them for nothing.

After a period of stalemate, Gu Yuan thought of the underground of the Jia Nan Academy and proposed to exchange the location of the Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion for the Xiao Family.

Although the Nihility Devouring Flame itself knew where the Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion was, the Hun Tiandi was worried that Gu Yuan would again drag the Yan Clan Lei Clan together to fight the Soul Clan. Therefore, he proposed that the Soul Clan and the Gu Clan first destroy the Lei Clan Yan Clan.

Gu Yuan readily agreed and made a pact with the Hun Tiandi to act together. However, apart from their armies running around, the two clans made no other moves.

The Dou Di Mark preserved by the Yan Clan and Lei Clan are also enough to give Nine-star Dou Sheng a run for their money.

Half a year passed in this way. The Soul Clan stopped harming the Xiao Family, and the Gu Clan stopped attacking the Soul Clan. The two sides were in a strange balance.

However, both sides were well aware that this peace would not last long. The Hun Tiandi could not stand idly by and watch Xiao Yan and Xun'er continue to grow, and Gu Yuan was also wary of the Soul Clan's several Divine Bloodline.

All that's needed is a spark, and the two races will erupt into a full-blown war.

"We cannot accept fighting in the Soul Realm, and the Soul Clan is not capable of attacking us." Xiao Yan tried his best to remain calm and think things through.

"That's true, but I've recently found a strong enough outside help that might be able to break the deadlock." Gu Yuan's lips curled up slightly.

When Gu Yuan sensed the danger underground, he tested it with Tuoshe Ancient Emperor Jade Fragment and found that it did indeed react. He then realized that it was the location of the Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion.

While the Soul Clan retreated into a complete huddle and the Gu Clan was unable to attack, Gu Yuan not only waited for Xiao Yan and Xun'er to cultivate, but also tried to find out where the Old Dragon Emperor of the Ancient Void Dragon Clan had gone.

In ancient texts, the Great Completion stage of the Ancient Void Dragon Emperor of the Void is basically equivalent to the Peak Dou Saint, and the Dragon Emperor Bloodline is on par with the Divine Bloodline of Ancient Race.

Gu Yuan then inquired about some things with the Ancient Void Dragon Clan and learned that the Old Dragon Emperor had gone to find the Dou Emperor Inheritance.

Considering that Zi Yan somehow Inner Courtyard of the Jia Nan Academy, Gu Yuan had a guess— the Old Dragon Emperor went deep into the Underground World of the Jia Nan Academy, but because he did not have the Tou She Ancient God Jade, he could not activate the inheritance and most likely died inside.

Therefore, Gu Yuan planned to take Zi Yan to the Underground World of the Jia Nan Academy again, and bring the Tou She Ancient God Jade the Xiao Family to see if they could find the remains of the Old Dragon Emperor so that Zi Yan could inherit his power.

I don't expect Zi Yan to reach the Peak Dou Saint; as long as she can contend with Nine-star Dou Sheng, that would be a success.

Xiao Yan naturally had no reason to refuse. When he joined forces with Zi Yan, they would be able to exchange blows with the Hun Tiandi.

Gu Yuan left quickly and returned quickly; in less than a day, he led Zi Yan Gu Yuan to the Ancient Realm.

They also brought back a burly, purple-haired middle-aged man.

"Now we are confident that we can conquer the Soul Realm." Gu Yuan smiled happily, "This is Zhu Kun, the previous Dragon Emperor of the Ancient Void Dragon, Peak of Nine-Star Dou Sheng, and also Zi Yan's father."

Zi Yan frowned when she heard the last sentence, but didn't say anything. Zhu Kun kept glancing at Zi Yan, and when he saw that she didn't refute him, a genuine smile instantly bloomed on his dignified face.

"I never expected to be betrayed by Tou She Ancient God, causing my daughter to suffer so much and bringing about changes in our clan..."

"I must thank you for your help. In return, I will stop the Soul Emperor's Dou Di Mark..."

"As for the Tou She Ancient God's Inheritance, based on my research over the years, there are two parts in total, so we are not worried about uneven distribution."

Zhu Kun expressed his opinion.