Nine Serene Yellow Springs

As the strange light pierced his brow, Xiao Ming closed his eyes and used his Soul Power to scan the area. He quickly discovered a fist-sized ball of light floating quietly in the center of his brow.

Xiao Ming's soul stared at the white ball of light, which stood there silently, without doing anything further.

"Is this the remnant image of the Purifying Demonic Saint?"

Thinking to himself, Xiao Ming then channeled his Soul Power and slowly approached the ball of light.

As Xiao Ming approached, the ball of light remained completely still, while Xiao Ming's Soul Power drew closer and closer, quietly condensing into Heaven Realm Late Stage Soul Power.

As it drew closer, and just as Xiao Ming was about to use his Soul Power to envelop it, a white light suddenly shot out from within the ball of light, like lightning, directly striking Xiao Ming's soul!

Seeing this unexpected turn of events, Xiao Ming remained calm. He quickly mobilized all his Soul Power to form an extremely powerful defense in front of him.

However, the seemingly weak white light penetrated the soul defense without any hindrance, and then, under Xiao Ming's watchful gaze, directly entered his soul.

The instant the white light pierced his soul, four words suddenly appeared in Xiao Ming's mind— Purifying Demonic Saint!

"This Purifying Demonic Saint truly lives up to his reputation as the strongest being closest to Dou Di. My soul, at the Heaven Realm Late Stage, is completely helpless against even a remnant image of his."

Opening his eyes, Xiao Ming frowned slightly, but he was not discouraged, as this was something he had expected.

Actually, he wanted to try having the spirit devour the afterimage, but in the end, he gave up.

After all, he didn't need to worry about what the afterimage might do to him. Although the Purifying Demonic Saint was somewhat wicked, he was still a fairly upright person and wouldn't resort to any shameless means. Otherwise, he wouldn't have sealed the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame, using the excuse that the Demonic Flame would harm the continent.

"Speaking of which, if there hadn't been no Origin Qi in the world besides the Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion, this Purifying Demonic Saint would probably have become Dou Di long ago and made a name for himself in the Great Thousand World. Why would he have been trapped on the Dou Qi Continent and ultimately died from the backlash of the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame when his lifespan was about to end?"

Thinking about this, Xiao Ming felt a surge of emotion.

Then, Xiao Ming thought of Zi Yan's father, Zhu Kun, who was still guarding the gate; Xiao Xuan in the Heaven Tomb; and the remnant soul of the Yellow Springs Demon Saint in the Nine Serene Yellow Springs.

"Fortunately, I possess Origin Qi. Even without opening the Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion, I can still Become Emperor."

Of course, Become Emperor requires a lot of energy, but if he really needs to break through, Xiao Ming already has a choice: the Heaven Tomb.

Xiao Xuan once tried to break through to the Dou Di there, but failed due to a lack of Origin Qi. However, his choice shows that it was indeed a good place to break through to the Dou Di.

Of course, it's too early to talk about these things now.

It's best to focus on breaking through to the Three-Star Dou Sheng and then work hard to grow stronger, otherwise the Hun Tiandi won't let him off the hook.

The next day, as soon as the sky began to brighten, Xiao Ming quietly set off alone from Holy Pill City, heading straight for the Beast Region.

Since this wasn't Xiao Ming's first trip to the Beast Region, he was quite familiar with the route. Now that his strength had greatly increased, his travel speed was naturally much faster. What used to take several days could now be completed in just half a day.

After entering the Beast Region, Xiao Ming did not linger and went directly to the area where the Nine Serene Deepground Python Tribe was located.

The Nine Serene Deepground Python Tribe's true headquarters are deep underground, though they also have numerous branches on the surface.

This race has the largest population among the Three Great Tribes, but their large number naturally leads to impure bloodlines.

According to the elders of the Nine Serene Deepground Python Tribe, if things continue like this, the Ancient Bloodline possessed by the Nine Serene Deepground Python Tribe will likely be completely depleted in a hundred years. At that time, the Nine Serene Deepground Python Tribe will be reduced to a situation similar to that of ordinary Magical Beast.

The Nine Serene Deepground Python Tribe has considerable disagreement and strife over this matter, but without the replenishment of Ancient Bloodline, and given their current rate of reproduction, that day will inevitably come.

The Nine Serene Abyss is a major passage into the Underground World, and it is occupied by the Nine Serene Deepground Python Tribe. Therefore, its defenses are quite formidable. However, this formidable defenses are only for ordinary experts. With Xiao Ming's current strength, such defenses are so strong that they cannot even detect his presence.

Xiao Ming's figure appeared on a mountain peak not far from the abyss. He glanced at the seemingly formidable defenses, shook his head, and then waved his sleeve. A dense spatial power spread out, completely enveloping him. Then, with a spatial tremor, he disappeared without a trace.

The Underground World has an extremely complex terrain, but fortunately, Xiao Ming had made thorough preparations for this trip and naturally had a detailed map. Therefore, he arrived in the Underground World in less than an hour, passing through the Snake People Tribe along the way. After about half a day, he finally arrived at the main camp of the Nine Serene Deepground Python Tribe, the Nether Snake Earth Meridian.

The Nether Snake Earth Meridian is the headquarters of the Nine Serene Deepground Python Tribe and a sacred place in the hearts of many Snake People Tribe. As a sacred place, the Nether Snake Earth Meridian is naturally extremely heavily guarded, and even ordinary Snake-People cannot enter it.

"As expected of one of the Three Great Tribes in the Magical Beast World, this mountain range is truly teeming with powerful individuals."

On a mountain peak outside the Nether Snake Earth Meridian, Xiao Ming appeared, gazing at the distant mountains, and muttered to himself.

The Nine Serene Yellow Springs are deep within the earth's veins, but Xiao Ming sensed that there were many powerful figures hidden within these veins, including some at the Half-Saint level. If they were alerted, even Xiao Ming would face some trouble, and might have to unleash a massacre.

Although he had a minor conflict with the Nine Serene Deepground Python Tribe, Xiao Ming's purpose in coming here was not to kill anyone.

These powerful members of the Nine Serene Deepground Python Tribe might be useful to him in the future, so there's even less need to kill them. Xiao Ming needs to be very careful from now on.

Xiao Ming is now a pinnacle existence in this world, and his mastery of spatial power is unparalleled. He can walk in the Void Space, so he traverses space and rushes towards the depths of the Nether Snake Earth Meridian without attracting any special attention along the way.

However, as Xiao Ming got closer to the depths of the Nether Snake Earth Meridian, he could also sense that the Aura of the powerful beings inside were getting stronger and stronger.

On one or two occasions, a strange spiritual sense swept through the space where he was hiding, presumably sensing something amiss based on its familiarity with the area.

Fortunately, Xiao Ming did not reveal this fact; otherwise, with his strength, the Nine Serene Deepground Python Tribe would have had a much harder time.

Using his Heaven-Reaching Ability, Xiao Ming successfully avoided the senses of the many powerful figures along the way, and finally entered the depths of the Nether Snake Earth Meridian without making a sound.