Emergence from Seclusion, the Ceremony

Within the Seven-Colored Heavenly Python nest beneath the Nine Nether Yellow Springs were many Sky Swallowing Python souls. If Cai Die could absorb them, it should raise her strength somewhat. She only needed an opportunity now to achieve a breakthrough.

Bai Xiaoxiao cultivated elsewhere within the Nine Nether Yellow Springs. When Xiao Yu brought Cai Die here, she sensed a strange power calling to her. Though Xiao Yu could not sense it, he could detect a faint fluctuation of Soul Power.

"I can sense something calling to me, and it's right below us!" Cai Die stared at a small, pitch-black opening below.

Xiao Yu nodded. "Go down first. I'll bring your sister over in a moment."

Cai Die gave a slight nod. "All right."

Without hesitation, she entered the black hole. Her slender body passed through the opening without obstruction, and Xiao Yu turned his gaze toward Cai Lin beside him.

Cai Lin was still inside an eggshell over a person's height, which faintly shone with nine-colored light. Xiao Yu could sense the aura emanating from within. She had already broken through Dou Zun and even reached Half-Saint, while her power continued to accumulate. That frigid energy was being absorbed from the Nine Nether Yellow Springs!

Xiao Yu did not hesitate. With a flick of his finger, a burst of force bound Cai Lin's eggshell. Then he struck the small opening with his palm and shot downward with Cai Lin in tow.

After descending through the opening, the place below was equally dark. Chaos Flame surged from Xiao Yu's palm, illuminating the surroundings, and he soon found Cai Die, who had entered ahead of him.

By the light of the Chaos Flame, Xiao Yu finally saw that the area was littered with pale bones. They were all snake bones, likely