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Time was like water; once gone, it never returned, flowing away with extreme speed. Like sand in one's hand—the tighter one tried to hold it, the faster it slipped away.

Time was exactly the opposite.

When one paid less attention to time, it passed incomparably quickly. When one cared more about time, one would discover: damn... time passed so slowly.

Cultivation was the least able to withstand the passage of time.

When someone devoted all their thoughts and focus to cultivation, they paid less attention to the passage of time outside. Relatively speaking, time passed very quickly.

Day after day, Hun Xiu repeated the same things every day. Cultivating, sleeping.

Time passed just like that, yet he himself was unaware of it.

By the time he realized, his injuries had already healed.

Back mountain.

After recovering from his injuries, Hun Xiu returned to the back mountain to cultivate. He had already grown accustomed to it.

Having stayed in his room cultivating these past few days, he had always felt something was off. It was still not as refreshing as the back mountain, and more importantly, it was especially comfortable.

He sat cross-legged atop the back mountain, as Dou Qi from heaven and earth continuously gathered toward him, terrifyingly powerful.

The powerful Dou Qi of heaven and earth howled like a violent gale. At that moment, the entire back mountain could clearly hear its whistling.

The sound was so loud that it resembled the roar of dragons and tigers, making even the heavens tremble. If Hun Xiu opened his eyes now, he would be able to see the gradually "twisting" sky through the howling wind.

As Hun Xiu's hand seals changed, countless streams of powerful Dou Qi entered his body.

Crimson power surfaced over Hun Xiu's body, and a scorching force gradually rose from within him.

The crimson power dyed the sky above the back mountain an incomparably deep red, as though an endless sea of fire churned and blazed within the heavens.

This change drew the attention of the clan's experts. They all turned their gazes toward the back mountain, but not a single one went to investigate.

They knew that the back mountain was Hun Xiu's "cultivation ground." Aside from Hun Xiu and his guard Hun San, no one could set foot there.

Because this was the order of the Clan Head, Soul Emperor.

Soul Emperor stood in the courtyard with his hands behind his back, gazing toward the back mountain. Looking at the reddened sky above it, he murmured, "Have that fellow's injuries healed? He's actually already making a breakthrough."

At the same time, Gu Yuan, who had been playing with Gu Xun'er, also stopped. His gaze turned toward the back mountain as well, and he murmured, "Breaking through to merely a Two-star Dou Emperor has already produced such might. I fear even some breakthroughs to Dou Zong would not cause such a phenomenon. Xiu'er is not simple."

Many people throughout the Hun Clan were drawn by the unusual phenomenon at the back mountain, and an uproar broke out as they discussed it.

As the person at the center of it all, Hun Xiu knew nothing of this.

He remained seated cross-legged atop the back mountain. At this moment, his essence, energy, and spirit were all in a critical state.

Because he was about to break through to the Two-star Dou Emperor realm. Under such circumstances, he had to ensure that his essence, energy, and spirit were all at their peak. Only then could he guarantee a breakthrough to the two-star level.

An endless stream of Dou Qi from heaven and earth gathered toward him, powerful and terrifying. The crimson flames around Hun Xiu grew increasingly vigorous, blazing without end.

Boom...

A tremendous explosion echoed through the entire back mountain, like the sound of the world ending, causing space itself to tremble slightly.

The hand seals in Hun Xiu's hands stopped, and the raging flames around him vanished at that moment. The restless Dou Qi between heaven and earth also disappeared, as did the phenomenon in the sky.

"Phew..."

Hun Xiu slowly opened his eyes and exhaled a long breath of turbid air. Then, a faint smile curved his lips as he said, "Success. Two-star Dou Emperor."

"Third Uncle."

Hun Xiu slowly rose to his feet and called out softly.

"Young Master."

Hun San appeared before Hun Xiu like a ghost, dropping to one knee with great respect.

Hun Xiu nodded faintly and said, "Third Uncle, has anything major happened in the clan recently? How long until the Clan Competition?"

Hun Xiu had no real sense of time. After all, once immersed in cultivation, he viewed time rather lightly.

Powerful experts went into seclusion for years at a time. Ten years, decades, even a hundred years were all possible.

Hun Xiu felt that the time he had spent recovering and cultivating for this breakthrough had been quite short. As for exactly how short?

Hun Xiu had not counted. In any case, it was fairly short, not long.

Hun San said, "Young Master, this cultivation session lasted a total of ten days. There are still three days until the Clan Competition."

"As for major events, there is indeed one in the clan."

"Oh!"

Hun Xiu smiled and murmured, "So ten days have passed. There are still three days until the Clan Competition."

Then he raised his voice and asked, "Third Uncle, what major event happened in the clan?"

Hun San said, "There is one. It concerns the rewards for this Clan Competition, and it has stirred up a great commotion among the younger generation of the Hun Clan."

"Clan Competition rewards?"

Hun Xiu murmured, then asked with interest, "What kind of Clan Competition reward could cause such an uproar throughout the clan?"

Hun San respectfully replied, "Lord Nihility's Sub-Flame."

"Nihility Devouring Flame's Sub-Flame?"

Upon hearing the answer, Hun Xiu's pupils widened in shock.

As one of the strongest contenders for the position of young master of the Hun Clan, Hun Xiu understood that Nihility Devouring Flame held an extremely high status within the Hun Clan.

It was on par with his so-called father, Soul Emperor. In the eyes of some old fellows within the Hun Clan, Nihility Devouring Flame was even more valuable than Soul Emperor, the Clan Head.

The Hun Clan could do without Soul Emperor as its Clan Head, but it could not do without Nihility Devouring Flame.

For the Hun Clan's bloodline to remain so powerful after being passed down to this day, Nihility Devouring Flame had rendered tremendous service.

This was why Nihility Devouring Flame could stand on equal footing with Soul Emperor, the Clan Head, within the Hun Clan. Its prestige even faintly surpassed Soul Emperor's.

There were only a handful of people in the clan who possessed Nihility Devouring Flame's Sub-Flame. Hun Xiu only knew that one old fellow in the clan, a tier-nine alchemist, possessed one.

As for anyone else? He had not heard of anyone having one.

Suppressing the shock in his heart, Hun Xiu continued, "Only first place can obtain Lord Nihility's Sub-Flame?"

Hun Xiu felt this question was rather stupid. If first place could not obtain the Sub-Flame, then who would be qualified to obtain it? But Hun Xiu understood that he had to ask.

What if first place could not obtain the Sub-Flame? Hun Xiu was determined to get it. After all, part of the Fire Devouring Scripture was the Flame Creation Technique.

It could replicate a Sub-Flame until it was as powerful as the original, allowing it to separate from the original and become an independent existence no weaker than the original.