Nirvana Stele

Tou She Ancient God's mindset had collapsed. A thousand years of planning, a thousand years of waiting, had only resulted in a thousand years of failure.

He had gone to great lengths to possess the girl's body, only to discover that she was merely an avatar.

"Decode the seal!"

Ye Qianqian made a hand seal, and the clone in the distance immediately changed, slowly dissipating.

"No, you can't do this! I don't want to perish like this! I am Tou She Ancient God!"

The will of the Tou She Ancient God within the clone roared in terror, yet it struggled to regain control of the clone.

"Puff"

The clone vanished instantly, leaving behind a Fire Lotus Seed and a ball of light that appeared to be the will of a soul floating in the void.

If I'm not mistaken, then the Fire Lotus Seed represents the life's worth of energy of Tuoshe.

As the clone relayed the information back to the main body, Ye Qianqian's physical strength and Dou Qi level also increased accordingly.

With 30 billion units of physical strength and the power of a five- Dou Sheng, he had almost crossed a major threshold and entered the realm of intermediate Dou Sheng, making him comparable to Hun Miesheng, the master of the Soul Hall.

Besides, the energy essence of the Tou She Ancient God, the Fire Lotus Seed, has not yet been fully absorbed. If it is absorbed, it will only be a matter of time before he becomes a one- Dou Di.

With these thoughts in mind, Ye Qianqian formed another hand seal, creating a clone. She said to the clone, "Take this Fire Lotus Seed and refine it here, striving to advance to the Dou Emperor Realm."

"Hmm," the clone nodded, "But what should we do with that mass of Tou She Ancient God's will?"

Ye Qianqian glanced over and saw that the ball of will energy was hurriedly escaping from the statue world, afraid that Ye Qianqian would catch up with it.

How could Ye Qianqian let this unsettling element escape? She hurriedly chased after it.

With the loss of the Tou She Ancient God's energy, the entire Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion underwent earth-shattering changes.

A subterranean world trembled violently, radiating brilliant, magnificent, and colorful light from the surface, reaching straight to the heavens.

This was emitted by the Fire Lotus Seed of Tou She Ancient God, but it was quickly covered up by Ye Qianqian's clone.

However, this shocking change not only stunned the entire Jia Nan Academy, but also caught the attention of other Ancient Families.

"It is the Origin Qi"

Far away in the Soul Domain of the Central Continent, the Hun Tiandi suddenly opened his eyes from his cultivation and immediately sensed the fluctuation of this Origin Qi.

"Someone, summon Elders Hun Tu, Hun Sha, Hun Jing, and Hun Yan here."

Soon, four elders appeared before the Hun Tiandi. These four were all Seven-Star Dou Saint, and were none other than the Soul Clan Four Demon Saints.

"Four elders, have you sensed it?" Hun Tiandi asked.

Hun Tu said, "Clan Leader, we have indeed sensed this fluctuation of Origin Qi. This is the first time in thousands of years that we have felt Origin Qi fluctuations. We will immediately go and investigate its location."

This Origin Qi of heaven and earth is the key to becoming Dou Di Battle Emperor). However, every time a Dou Di Origin Qi is created, a portion of this primordial energy diminishes. Now that they can sense the Origin Qi again, could it be that the Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion has been unearthed?

The Hun Tiandi nodded and said, "We must investigate quickly and try to get ahead of the Ancient Clan and other families. We can't let them get there first."

The Tou She Ancient God Jade is no longer that important. With the emergence of Origin Qi, who cares about the Ancient Emperor Jade? Whoever gets this Origin Qi first will be able to control the world.

At the same time, Gu Yuan, the Clan Leader of the Ancient Clan, along with the Clan Leader the Lei, Yan, Yao, Shi, and Ling clans, also sensed the appearance of the Origin Qi and ordered the entire clan to mobilize its resources to find the location of this Origin Qi.

This subtle change caused chaos among all the high-level combat families on the entire Dou Qi Continent.

Meanwhile, Ye Qianqian chased after the will energy of the Tou She Ancient God, flying swiftly throughout the underground world. That energy was extremely slippery, repeatedly evading Ye Qianqian's pursuit, but under the perception of Emperor Realm Soul, it was still discovered every time.

Just then, the will disappeared into a deeper part of the earth with a whoosh.

Ye Qianqian was quite curious and went forward to investigate. It turned out that there was an underground world beneath the cave.

This underground passage is quite similar to the one I had back in the Lion Underworld Sect.

Ye Qianqian had no choice but to carefully walk inside.

Below was still a dark void, so dark that one couldn't see their own hand in front of their face, and the aura emanating from this dark world felt very familiar to Ye Qianqian.

"This aura is exactly the same as You Ruo's back then."

Ye Qianqian tensed up, her heart pounding with fear as she walked, because the deathly aura within was accumulating more and more.

This corrosive power of death began to seep into her skin little by little, causing her body to develop traces of ulceration. If it weren't for the protection of the Life Fire, her body would probably have been completely corroded away by this deathly energy.

After walking for an unknown amount of time, Ye Qianqian suddenly saw an astonishing scene in the distance.

The energy cluster of Tou She Ancient God's will seemed to be drawn in by something, constantly being devoured by that power, emitting bursts of buzzing sounds before disappearing completely.

What exactly was it that devoured the will and energy of Tou She Ancient God?

She hurriedly went up to check, only to discover a mysterious black inscription in the distance.

This scene seemed familiar, exactly the same as the one in the Lion Underworld Sect, except that the name on the inscription was not "Years Stele" but "Nirvana Stele".

Upon entering the inscription, one finds a string of poems written on it as well.

There is birth and death, and death without birth.

There is no birth but death; once dead, there is no birth.

Heaven may die, and earth may not live.

All men must die; there is no birth!

The poems above are somewhat esoteric and difficult to fathom, yet they convey the feeling of death approaching.

Ye Qianqian gasped. Could this thing, like the Years Stele, be suppressing a powerful being from beyond the heavens?

No wonder You Ruo appeared here in the first place; she had been guarding the location of this inscription all along. Could You Ruo be the clone of the powerful being within this inscription?

"By the way, could there be something good inside this inscription?"

Ye Qianqian suddenly remembered that last time at the Lion Underworld Sect, she took out ten Divine Venerate Bead from the Years Stele, which had the excellent effect of instantly making someone a Dou Zun.

So, this inscription should also mention beads made from materials produced by Dou Zun expert, right?

With trepidation, she slowly brought her hand closer to the Nirvana Stele. In an instant, the deathly aura on the Nirvana Stele began to rise continuously, starting to corrode Ye Qianqian's physical body.

Ye Qianqian felt excruciating pain as the skin on her hands peeled off rapidly, revealing the white bones beneath.

She hurriedly mobilized the Life Fire within her body to repair her damaged flesh while simultaneously resisting the invasion of death energy.

"Caught!"

A hand reached behind the Nirvana Stele and immediately grabbed two beads the size of walnuts. One side of the beads was engraved with the character 'God', and the other side with the character 'Saint'. They were actually Divine Sacred Bead that could easily make people saints.

Ye Qianqian was overjoyed and, once again enduring the pain, reached her hand into the tombstone.

She caught two more Divine Sacred Bead.

Judging from the inscription, this one is much better than the Years Stele; it's like Divine Sacred Bead that you could just grab at will.

If she were to collect all the beads inside, wouldn't she be able to create an army of Dou Sheng)?

After grasping the beads three more times, he now had ten Divine Sacred Bead in his hand.

"Snap!"

Just then, a tiny crack suddenly appeared on the Nirvana Stele, startling Ye Qianqian into quickly withdrawing her hand.

She seemed to recall the events at the Lion Underworld Sect, where she had caused a great disaster by capturing ten Divine Venerate Bead, which was why she had released Leng Bingyan.

"No, I can't repeat the same mistakes." Ye Qianqian took the ten Divine Sacred Bead and hurriedly left this world.

Unbeknownst to her, the cracks on the inscription on the tombstone had been widening since she left, and strange female laughter was emanating from within the inscription.

After leaving the Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion, Ye Qianqian flew towards the exit of the Heavenly Incineration Qi Tower.

Suddenly, I heard a sad song again. It turned out to be the impromptu singing king, Heavenly Fire Venerate, performing a heartfelt song once more.

Ye Qianqian slapped her forehead; she had completely forgotten about the elderly man left behind. She quickly suppressed her cultivation level and transformed into Da Dou Shi.

"Come back quickly, I can't bear this alone, please come back..."

The singer Yao Tianhuo sat in the small open space, singing his self-composed tune with great sorrow. Seeing that the outside presence never appeared, he was heartbroken. Was he really going to die here?

"Huh? They're here!"

In an instant, Yao Tianhuo sensed a faint aura approaching him, giving him immense hope and anticipation.

Who goes there?

Upon seeing Ye Qianqian's strength as Da Dou Shi, Yao Tianhuo, sitting upright on the ground and adopting the posture of a superior being.

He was Dou Zun expert in his previous life, so it was only natural for him to show off his power in front of a Da Dou Shi.

Yao Tianhuo said, "Little child, I am the Heavenly Fire Venerate, who once roamed the Dou Qi Continent. Your presence here can be considered a destiny between us."

Yao Tianhuo smiled smugly, waiting for Ye Qianqian's dumbfounded expression, but to his surprise, Ye Qianqian's reaction the next moment took him by surprise.

"Oh my god, a ghost! How scary!" The shameless Ye Qianqian screamed in terror and punched Yao Tianhuo.

"Thump!"

The overwhelming brute force shattered space, directly weakening Yao Tianhuo's soul to a mere fraction.

Yao Tianhuo never expected this situation. Seeing that Ye Qianqian was still going to attack him, he hurriedly took out the seedling of the Fallen Heart Flame and his Storage Ring, presenting them to Ye Qianqian like treasures.

"M-M-M-My Lord, please don't kill me! I... I... I... I'll give you all my equipment..."