The Poison Sect Bows, an Empire as a Gift! A Soul Hall Protector Attacks

Several days later, Chu Yun Empire, Poison Sect headquarters.

Unlike the peace and tranquility of the Jia Ma Empire, the skies over the entire Chu Yun Empire seemed shrouded in a faint gray-green miasma. The air carried a subtle sweet, fishy stench. Ordinary people who remained here too long would grow dizzy and feel unwell all over.

This was a paradise for poison masters, and a place ordinary cultivators avoided at all costs.

Two figures streaked across the sky. One was held tightly in the other's arms as they silently hovered above the heavily guarded Poison Sect headquarters like deities descending upon the world.

They were Xiao Yao and Xiao Yi Xian.

"Brother Xiao Yao, I have made up my mind. This was what I wanted from the beginning." Xiao Yi Xian looked down at the gloomy sect surrounded by countless poison formations. The fear and confusion once present in her clear eyes were gone, replaced by unprecedented resolve.

Ever since Xiao Yao had planned out her future path, she no longer feared her Calamity Poison Body. She had taken the initiative to come to the Chu Yun Empire, the place where poison masters ran most rampant on the Dou Qi Continent!

She would face her fate head-on. She would turn the Calamity Poison Body that everyone feared into the sharpest sword in her hand, raising her strength as quickly as possible so that she could be worthy of Xiao Yao!

"Since you want it, then I shall give this entire empire to you as a gift, as the foundation for your future cultivation!"

Xiao Yao looked at the determined profile of the girl beside him and smiled indulgently, his words filled with unquestionable dominance!

I like you, so I'll give you an empire!

If others heard those words, they would only think it was the rambling of a madman.

But Xiao Yao had both the strength and the intention to make it happen!

Xiao Yi Xian was sent aside for Grandpa Lu to watch over. Xiao Yao no longer concealed anything. The terrifying pressure of a Dou Zong erupted like an ancient dragon awakening, becoming an invisible storm that crashed down from the heavens!

"Boom—!!!"

The entire Poison Sect headquarters shook violently beneath that pressure! Countless defensive formations laced with deadly poison crumbled in an instant before that vast, abyss-like aura, as fragile as paper!

"Enemy attack!"

"Who dares act so outrageously in the Poison Sect?!"

Two furious, alarmed roars shot into the sky from deep within the Poison Sect!

Two sinister-faced elders clad in black robes stood in the air. Dark green dou qi swirled around their bodies. They were, astonishingly, two genuine Dou Emperor experts!

Then, an even older and more powerful aura emerged. A gaunt old woman holding a snake-headed cane slowly rose into the air and stood at the forefront. Her murky eyes stared fixedly at Xiao Yao, filled with wariness.

Peak Dou Emperor! She had to be the Poison Sect Master!

"Who exactly are you, sir? Even a Dou Zong cannot barge into my Poison Sect without cause. Are you trying to make enemies of the entire Chu Yun Empire?!" the old woman demanded hoarsely.

"Make enemies of the entire empire?" Xiao Yao curled his lips into a disdainful smile. "So what if I am!"

He could not even be bothered to waste another word. Raising his right hand, golden immortal power gathered in his palm and formed a divine spear blazing with fierce flames!

"Immortal Technique · Sky-Burning Martial Display, Azure Flame · Insight!"

With one thrust of his spear, heaven and earth changed color!

The expressions of the two Dou Emperor elders changed drastically! They frantically activated their dou qi and scattered poison powder across the sky, forming two enormous green poison barriers before them.

Yet before that divine spear burning with Golden Flame, every poison technique they took pride in seemed utterly laughable!

"Sizzle!"

The poison barriers were instantly pierced through and vaporized! Golden flames clung to their bodies like maggots burrowing into bone!

"Aaah—!"

Two agonized screams rang out. The two Dou Emperor experts, who could run rampant throughout the Chu Yun Empire, were burned into nothingness by those tyrannical Golden Flames within only a few breaths!

"How dare you, brat!"

The peak Dou Emperor old woman flew into a rage! She slammed her snake-headed cane down, and a foul-smelling torrent of deadly poison surged toward Xiao Yao like a river bursting through its banks!

"Trivial tricks!"

Xiao Yao snorted coldly and neither dodged nor avoided it, allowing the poisonous torrent to engulf him.

He was Taishang Laojun's personal disciple! He cultivated the Great Dao True Explanation of the Alchemy Dao! His understanding of medicinal and poisonous principles had long surpassed the limits of this world!

The poison, capable of easily killing a Dou Emperor, was completely broken down and purified by an invisible force before it could come within ten feet of him!

"H-How is that possible?!" The old woman was horrified!

Xiao Yao answered her by appearing directly before her, along with a seemingly plain fist that contained the cyclical, complementary force of eight terrifying intents, immortal power flowing through it without end!

"Eight Extremes Fist · Collapse!"

"Bang!"

With a dull thud, the snake-headed cane in the old woman's hand snapped in two! Her gaunt body flew backward miserably like a kite with its string cut, blood spraying from her mouth!

One move, and she was severely wounded!

"Today, when I make my move, not only will your Poison Sect fall, but this Chu Yun Empire of yours will also change hands!"

Just as Xiao Yao was about to press his advantage and completely subdue the Poison Sect, an even more terrifying aura suddenly surged into the sky from another direction within the Chu Yun Empire!

"What ignorant brat dares think a mere Dou Zong can overturn the heavens? How dare you boast so shamelessly? Do you take my Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect for nothing?!"

A furious shout like muffled thunder rang out. An old man in an earthy yellow robe, with a sinister face and hooked nose, arrived through the air with a group of disciples. His aura had already firmly entered the level of a two-star Dou Zong!

He was Xie Bi Yan, the former sect master of the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect!

Yet Xiao Yao did not even spare him a glance. He stared fixedly toward the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect, extending his divine sense and, sure enough, detecting that disgusting soul force.

"You skulking rat from the Soul Hall, get out here!"

A vast aura that caused the faces of everyone in Chu Yun to change wildly slowly spread from deep within the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect. Even the members of the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect were uncertain and astonished; they themselves had not known that their sect possessed such a heavyweight figure.

A dense cloud of black smoke suddenly poured forth from deep within the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect, then swiftly flew toward the battlefield like a demon riding clouds and mist. After only a few flashes, it stopped in the sky. The black mist slowly contracted, finally becoming a shadowy figure whose features could not be seen.

Just as I thought. Iron Protector had already arrived. In the original story, the experts of the Chu Yun Empire had been weaker than those of the Jia Ma Empire to begin with. For a newly advanced Dou Zong like Xie Bi Yan to suddenly appear, there had to be Soul Hall backing him in secret, just as they had supported Yun Shan of the Misty Cloud Sect!

Those people were like flies that smelled blood. They slipped in everywhere, always appearing at the most crucial moments to stir up trouble.

"Heh heh, Xie Bi Yan, your Chu Yun Empire really is useless. Someone has fought their way to your doorstep and started shouting threats..." The shadow floated in the air, sweeping its gaze across the sky before letting out a strange laugh.

"But this kid is no easy opponent. Even I must admit that reaching this level at such a young age is truly remarkable. Still, I have carefully cultivated the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect. I cannot let you become the master of the Chu Yun Empire." The shadow smiled, his words revealing considerable wariness toward Xiao Yao.

"Heh heh heh... Boy, for someone so young to possess such strength is truly surprising." Iron Protector's piercing laugh, like grinding metal, rang out. "Unfortunately, you should not have meddled in other people's business. Today, this Protector will pull out your soul and forge it into a soul banner!"

Iron Protector slowly turned his gaze toward Xiao Yao, his eyes filled with greed. With a cold smile, he moved. Amid a clattering sound, pitch-black chains shot out from his body like venomous snakes, twisting and coiling behind him.

Xiao Yao seemed amused. "A mere Human-class protector of the Soul Hall—what makes you think you can harvest my soul? A mayfly trying to topple a tree. You do not know your own limits!"

The black mist covering the shadow's body churned violently as a somewhat low, cold voice resounded across the sky.

"You know the Soul Hall so well? It seems you are an expert from the Central Plains."

"Xie Bi Yan, do not hold back. Attack together!"