Yellow Springs Demon Saint

"Bone Emperor Splits Heaven!"

Determined to strike first, Great Heavenly Venerate's unusually chilling shout suddenly rang out. The space above Xiao Chen's energy clone rippled violently, and a massive Bone Blade carrying an eerie aura tore through the void, descending from afar toward the clone. Whoosh! As the strange Bone Blade swung down, an unusual ripple spread out and shot toward Xiao Chen's clone like lightning.

"A soul attack? Laughable."

Boom! An invisible soul storm burst from between Xiao Chen's brows and collided with the ripple from the Bone Blade in midair. In the end, both were annihilated. Seeing Xiao Chen effortlessly shatter the soul ripple, Great Heavenly Venerate flashed forward and appeared beneath the enormous hundred-zhang Bone Blade in the sky. Black mist surged from his palm, transforming into a giant hand that grasped the hilt. With a cold shout, the Bone Blade tore through space and arrived above Xiao Chen's head in an instant, hacking down with an incomparably terrifying sharpness!

"Interesting."

Xiao Chen could sense that the Bone Blade actually targeted the soul.

If a one-star Dou Saint had faced this move, they would likely have been severely wounded even if they did not die.

The enormous Bone Blade rapidly enlarged in Xiao Chen's pupils. He suddenly pressed both hands against the void, and nearly a hundred huge magma pillars shot out from the torn space, crashing fiercely into the Bone Blade!

At this moment, Xiao Chen's clone—or rather, the lingering remnant thought he had left behind in the Xiao Family—possessed only about the strength of a one-star Dou Saint.

Of course, if Xiao Chen's true body had not been held back, this clone's realm would have been far stronger.

"Hmph!"

His attack blocked, Great Heavenly Venerate snorted coldly. The huge Bone Blade lightly swept across, and the hundred-odd magma pillars actually exploded apart. Even the violent flame energy deep underground was forcefully suppressed by that slash.

"Heh heh, Xiao Chen, you old monster. This Bone Blade of mine was forged from the bones of ten thousand people. Countless souls were sacrificed to it. As long as its blade wind touches your body, you will suffer the agony of ten thousand souls devouring you!"

Great Heavenly Venerate held the Bone Blade sideways and said in a sinister tone, "Today, I shall use it to destroy this clone of yours."

"A mayfly trying to shake a tree. You overestimate yourself."

Though he only had the strength of a one-star Dou Saint, not just any stray cat or dog could act so wildly before him.

With a sweep of his hand, four flames appeared before him.

Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, Green Lotus Core Flame, Sea Heart Flame, Fallen Heart Flame.

"Little Fellow, lend me the Heavenly Flame within your body."

Suddenly, Xiao Chen's voice rang out in Xiao Yan's mind. Before he could agree, the Wind Fury Dragon Flame within his body had already vanished.

However, the soul imprint within it had not been erased. At the same time, an immense amount of information appeared in his mind.

"Five Wheels Separation Fire Method!"

"Five kinds of Heavenly Flames? How is that possible?"

In truth, once one reached the Dou Saint level, Heavenly Flames no longer inspired much fear. Only the top five Heavenly Flames could pose a threat to them.

As for those ranked outside the top ten, they could not harm them in the slightest.

Even so, it was difficult for anyone to control two Heavenly Flames at once. Forcing control over them would do more harm than good.

"Since you have such faith in that rotten Bone Blade, let me break it for you!"

Xiao Chen's hand seals changed like lightning. As they did, the five Heavenly Flames before him immediately expanded, transforming in an instant into five enormous fire spirits—a wolf, a leopard... a flood dragon, and others. They floated in the sky, connected with one another, and rapidly formed a massive flame formation. In the Five Wheels Separation Fire Method, if four of the Five Spirits were condensed from Heavenly Flames, their power would already rival a Heaven-tier Dou Technique. Yet Xiao Chen had condensed all five from Heavenly Flames. Five kinds of Heavenly Flames, including the top-three Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame—even if it was merely a sub-flame—had completely pushed the Five Wheels Separation Fire Method to its ultimate limit!

"Woooo!"

The five fire spirits rapidly fused, becoming a gigantic thousand-zhang fire wheel in the blink of an eye. The fire wheel spun madly, and even space collapsed completely at this moment, pitch-black like the gaping maw of a beast.

"Little Fellow, watch carefully. This is the true power of Heavenly Flames."

Salt City was protected by a spatial barrier personally arranged by Xiao Chen's true body. No one below the seven-star Dou Saint level could possibly break it.

"Hmph, a mere remnant-thought clone dares to be so arrogant."

Great Heavenly Venerate gave a sinister smile. Black energy surged from within his body, transforming into hideous souls that screamed miserably as they continuously rushed into the Bone Blade. As those countless souls poured in, streaks of crimson gradually appeared over the Bone Blade's pale surface, like dark bloodstains...

"Soul Annihilation Slash!" As those eerie bloodstains appeared on the Bone Blade, a trace of solemnity surfaced on Great Heavenly Venerate's face. He suddenly waved his hand, and the enormous Bone Blade hacked fiercely toward the fire wheel floating in the sky.

"Break for me!" A flush rose on Great Heavenly Venerate's face. Wherever the Bone Blade passed, space crumbled, and even the ground beneath the thousand-zhang sky was forcefully cut open with a deep ravine hundreds of zhang long.

"Turn!" Sensing the ferocity of Great Heavenly Venerate's slash, Xiao Chen changed his hand seal. The fire wheel abruptly shifted direction and spun madly. Then, like a bladed disc spanning the sky, it shot forth with a howl, colliding head-on with the enormous Bone Blade.

Clang! The instant they collided, an earth-shaking boom erupted within the sealed space. A towering energy storm swept wildly outward, and even the enormous black hall collapsed from the impact.

Clang! Terrifying energy ripples swept wildly across the sky. Even the spatial barrier covering the area shook with violent waves, and faint cracks spread across it...

Bang! At the point where the energy storms met in the sky, the storm jolted violently. The massive fire disc was blasted back, rapidly spinning as it grew fainter and fainter until it completely dissipated. As the fire disc vanished, the enormous Bone Blade also shot backward from the storm and crashed heavily onto a mountain peak. The terrifying force instantly shattered the mountain into ruins, while the Bone Blade lay powerless amid the rubble...

In this direct clash, neither side had gained much advantage. Both had suffered damage.

"This Bone Blade truly is rather strange..."

The flame formation above Xiao Chen's head slowly dissipated, turning back into five flames that he swallowed into his body in one gulp. He looked with surprise toward the pale Bone Blade. At the instant of contact, he had sensed an unusual ripple silently emanating from within it. This ripple was extremely damaging to the soul. If not for the protection of Heavenly Flames, he would certainly have suffered a considerable loss.

"As expected of someone who required the clan leader to act personally. A remnant-thought clone is already this powerful." In the distant sky, Great Heavenly Venerate's gaze toward Xiao Chen carried an added trace of gravity.

A remnant thought left behind by a nine-star Dou Saint was actually so terrifying. It truly made his heart tremble.

Fortunately, he was only facing a remnant thought. If the true body were here, he would run as far away as possible.

More precisely, though, a one-star Dou Saint would not even have the chance to flee before Xiao Chen.

"After cultivating for hundreds of years, I finally fused my body with the Bone Emperor Blade. Today is the first time I have used it against an enemy, so I shall use you as an offering to the blade!"

The gigantic Bone Emperor Blade hung across the void. Great Heavenly Venerate's face appeared on its blade, and he gave a strange laugh as he watched Xiao Chen's increasingly illusory and transparent figure. Countless dense bloodstains slowly spread across the pale blade, like the blood vessels of a human body...

Whoosh! The instant Great Heavenly Venerate's voice fell, the Bone Emperor Blade shuddered and vanished without a trace.

Huu...

A long breath slowly left Xiao Chen's mouth. His expression gradually turned solemn as he brought his hands together and rapidly formed one complicated hand seal after another. As his seals changed, the soul power between Xiao Chen's brows suddenly burst from his body, becoming a huge phantom that enveloped him.

The hand seals slowly froze in place, while Xiao Chen's entire body became increasingly transparent.

"Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath!" As his voice fell, the huge phantom slowly opened its enormous mouth, and a terrifying soul shockwave swept out like a storm!

Bang!

The moment this terrifying sonic soul shockwave spread, nearly seventy percent of the Soul Hall experts in the area froze instantly. Then, with a bang, their bodies turned into nothingness. Both their souls and bodies were reduced to nothing beneath the soul shockwave...

Clang! Great Heavenly Venerate sensed the powerful soul shockwave as well. Yet the instant he noticed it, before he could form any defense, the soul shockwave had already struck the blade...

The enormous Bone Emperor Blade was sent flying backward. As it flew away, an elderly figure shot out from within the blade in a miserable state, vomiting a mouthful of blood. Great Heavenly Venerate had actually been forcefully blasted out of the Bone Emperor Blade by Xiao Chen!

"Yellow Springs Finger!" Seeing Great Heavenly Venerate forcibly shaken out of the Bone Emperor Blade, Xiao Chen seized the chance to strike while he was down, disregarding his increasingly illusory body.

He suddenly pointed forward, and a gigantic energy finger condensed into existence before brutally pressing down upon Great Heavenly Venerate's body. The terrifying force instantly caused his body to explode, turning one arm into a mist of blood...

"Yellow Springs Palm!" Having succeeded with one strike, Xiao Chen showed no mercy. He struck out with another palm, and a massive energy palmprint formed once more, slamming into Great Heavenly Venerate's body. His body shot down from the sky like a cannonball and smashed fiercely into the ground. The terrifying aftershock blasted a huge crater hundreds of zhang wide into the earth.

Three moves—the Yellow Springs Demon Saint's three great ultimate techniques. Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath wounded the soul, while Yellow Springs Finger and Yellow Springs Palm destroyed the flesh. In Xiao Chen's hands, the three ultimate techniques had been executed to perfection. Their power could only be described as horrifying.