Illusion Realm
Xiao Yan's gaze was completely drawn to the Spirit Transformation Emperor Soul Fruit, a top-tier natural treasure that could be used to break through to the Emperor Realm Soul!
"Of course, if you fail, you may be trapped in the Illusion Realm forever, until you die," the Nether Flame Demon Saint warned.
Xiao Yan looked away, took a deep breath, and said, "This junior has another request."
"What?"
"I hope that you can speed up the time flow in the Illusion Realm. After all, I am still young and my cultivation is weak. It would be a waste to spend too much time in the Illusion Realm for a Spirit Transformation Emperor Soul Fruit that I can't use for the time being."
"How is a hundred years in the Illusion Realm equivalent to one day in the outside world?"
"Thank you for your kindness, senior!"
As soon as Xiao Yan finished speaking, the blurry figure of the Nether Flame Demon Saint suddenly vanished. Then, the wooden table and chairs, the counter and scrolls, and even the small room all disappeared, turning into a milky white mist.
Before Xiao Yan could even react to what was happening, the mist had already engulfed him...
Xiao Yan was hidden ten thousand meters in the air, looking down at the ground.
Xiao Yan felt that he had forgotten many things, only remembering that he needed to break through to the Dou Emperor.
A hundred years ago, Xiao Yan stepped into the Nether Saint Relic, passed the test, and directly received the infusion of the Nether Flame Demon Saint's residual Essence Blood. Afterwards, he refined the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame and the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame.
Xiao Yan is now a Seven Star Dou Sheng, a powerful expert at the Heavenly Realm Great Perfection. However, tragically, Xiao Yan is currently the strongest person in the entire Dou Qi Continent.
Decades ago, in order to unlock the Tou She Ancient God's Inheritance, the Hun Tiandi launched a great war, in which all races on the Dou Qi Continent that possessed Dou Sheng) status participated.
No one knows which side won; all that is known is that they all disappeared in the end, and now, not even a single Dou Sheng can be found on the Dou Qi Continent.
The Xiao Family, no... the entire Wutan City and even the Jia Ma Empire have disappeared. Xiao Yan found his way here based on his memories, only to discover a desert formed by cooled magma.
Looking around, the desert extends from the Jia Nan Academy to dozens of surrounding countries.
None of the people I used to know are still around. The old Old Yao who went to the Central Continent has disappeared without a trace. It is said that he was captured by the Soul Hall. Even the Pill Tower has been destroyed.
After Gu Xun'er entered the Heavenly Tomb after her Coming of Age Ceremony, she never came out again. That time was a pain for all the Ancient Race, and all their descendants perished.
Oh, the Soul Clan might not feel pain. Those two from the Soul Clan aren't even considered Divine Bloodline, they're not even considered consumables.
As for Zi Yan... it is said that the Ancient Void Dragon Clan underwent a change of fortune and was later destroyed by the Heavenly Demon Phoenix in conjunction with the Nine Nether Nether Python.
It's ironic that the Heavenly Demon Phoenix was merely an impure descendant of the Ancient Heavenly Phoenix, and the Nine Nether Nether Python was merely an impure descendant of the Ancient Heaven Snake. As a result, the Ancient Void Dragon, a race that could rival the Heavenly Huang Tian Serpent, was wiped out by two impure Magical Beast races.
Xiao Yan stood frozen in the void, feeling lost and with nowhere to go.
"What kind of bullshit inheritance is this..."
Xiao Yan wanted to curse, but he had no strength left.
"Was the Nether Flame Demon Saint like this back then? He broke through to the Peak of Nine-Star Dou Sheng, but spent many years in seclusion. When he finally stood at the top of the continent, he looked back and realized he was all alone."
After enduring two and a half days of cold winds, Xiao Yan finally tore open the space and left.
Xiao Yan first arrived at the Pill Tower. He had never been here before, only heard Old Yao talk about Pill Tower prosperity. However, at this moment, only ruins remained.
Xiao Yan stopped here, and with every move he made, Space Power surged, rebuilding a Pill Tower.
In the future, Xiao Yan will refine medicine here. Since there is a Ninth Grade Alchemist here, a group of Eighth Grade Alchemist will gather here, and the Pill Tower will naturally be rebuilt.
After that, Xiao Yan began searching for the Small Space of the Ancient Race.
Xiao Yan found three Small Space without much effort. They should be the Gu Clan, the Yan Clan, and the Lei Clan. At this time, the strongest among them was only Nine-turn Dou Zun, and there was not even Half-Saint.
Xiao Yan had no desire to talk to them, and he didn't take much else, only taking the Heavenly Tomb.
Xiao Yan originally wanted to take away the Yan Clan's Heavenly Flames, but he couldn't find it. Perhaps those Heavenly Flames disappeared along with the Yan Clan's Dou Sheng.
Xiao Yan ventured deep into the Heavenly Tomb to explore, only to find that there was nothing there except a group of mindless, wandering Residual Soul.
"Something feels off to me."
Xiao Yan frowned and pondered for a long time, but couldn't come up with anything, so he had no choice but to leave.
Xiao Yan returned to the Pill Tower, fixed the Heavenly Tomb there, and summoned the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame, the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame, the Fallen Heart Flame, the Sea Heart Flame, and the Green Lotus Core Flame.
The Nine-Colored Flame has been merged with the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame, and Queen Medusa... perished along with the Snake People Clan.
The memory stirred up unpleasant feelings, Xiao Yan quickly shook his head, trying to forget it.
After letting out a slightly melancholy sigh, Xiao Yan began to think about how to break through to the Dou Emperor.
In the Dou Qi Continent, Dou Zong experts can use the Space Power, while Dou Emperor experts can use the power of time. For example, the Heavenly Tomb was created by a Dou Emperor, and the flow of time inside it is faster than outside.
If Xiao Yan wants to bring back the people of the past, he must first obtain the Power of Time, which means breaking through to the Dou Emperor Realm.
"Even becoming Dou Emperor isn't enough. To influence the past, one should continue to break through... What's the next realm after Dou Emperor again?"
Xiao Yan scratched his head again, feeling that he should know something, but he just couldn't remember.
"Forget it, why think so much? I should focus on how to break through to the Dou Emperor! No, let alone Dou Emperor, I haven't even broken through to the Peak Dou Saint yet!"
Xiao Yan shook his head, putting all those unrealistic ideas aside...
At this moment, the Nether Flame Demon Saint was a little tired.
The reason is simple: this little guy is just too much of a troublemaker.
Just arranging a suitable reason for his relatives and friends to leave the stage, and erasing the existence of the Dou Emperor Inheritance, has already brought great depletion to the Nether Flame Demon Saint.
Later, he went to the Heavenly Tomb. The Nether Flame Demon Saint had never been inside before, and he thought he could just fool him. But it seemed that he knew what should be inside the Heavenly Tomb and almost realized that it was Illusion Realm!
That can be explained, for example, being born into a fallen Emperor Clan, but where did you get the information about the Dou Emperor and the realms beyond Dou Emperor?
Even the vicissitudes of life in the eyes of the Nether Flame Demon Saint were tinged with weariness. He thought his heart would no longer be troubled, but ever since he met this young man, the turmoil had never stopped.
However, before the Nether Flame Demon Saint could catch his breath, the Illusion Realm encountered another problem— Xiao Yan was creating cultivation techniques and Dou Technique!
The Nether Flame Demon Saint could naturally use Illusion Realm to fool them, but...
"Fine, let me see what kind of Dou Technique you can create, and how it compares to Nightmare Heavenly Mist and Heaven Refining Ancient Array..."
Time passed quickly in the Illusion Realm. Without much thought, the Nether Flame Demon Saint took out a wooden box from the counter behind her.
Inside the wooden box was a mass of milky white liquid, a small amount of Essence Blood left behind by the Nether Flame Demon Saint.
With a flick of his hand, the Nether Flame Demon Saint's Essence Blood was instantly ignited by a milky-white flame, which then billowed out white mist that surged toward Xiao Yan.
"I hope you can finish this before I run out of my Essence Blood..."