Only Cooperation Brings Mutual Benefit?

With the groundwork laid beforehand, Hun Ruoruo acquired her first "test subject" with almost no obstacles.

The key to avoiding Nihility Devouring Flame's control was to ensure that one did not possess a Dou Di bloodline.

As an outsider to the clan, Mo Yu was not only of humble origins and free of attachments, but his loyalty had also reached its peak under the Soul Seal. Calling him the perfect test subject would not be an exaggeration.

Thus, with one willing to strike and the other willing to take the blow, Mo Yu soon began fusing with the Void Flame Seed.

Time flew by, and half a month passed in the blink of an eye.

The Ninth Heavenly Venerable's sudden disappearance, along with the unexplained reduction in manpower at the Ninth Heavenly Venerable Hall, soon drew the attention of the other Heavenly Venerables.

Tiangang Hall, Heavenly Venerable Council Hall.

A slender figure dressed in blood-red robes lounged lazily in his seat, his legs propped atop the round table.

He swirled the wine cup in his hand. Thick, scarlet liquid clung to the transparent walls of the cup, as glaring as fresh blood.

This man was none other than the leader of the Fourth Heavenly Venerable Hall: Blood River.

"Have you heard the news from Old Ninth's side?"

A faint voice sounded. A moment later, a burly man clad in an earthy gray robe slowly emerged from the shadows.

"Heh heh, Fourth Brother is indeed well-informed."

His towering body, a full two zhang tall, dropped heavily into a seat, making the entire hall tremble for an instant. He placed a hand on the table and began tapping it rhythmically.

"Old Ninth has always been ambitious and unwilling to remain beneath the likes of us. This secluded cultivation is probably another attempt