100-Year Phoenix Nirvana, Breakthrough to 200,000 Years Upon Exiting Seclusion? Huang Yan: Too Late! Suotuo City!

"Not bad."

Huang Yan nodded slightly, affirming Dugu Bo's comprehension.

"Extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures.

Since Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang already have an established foundation, we shall simply take it and use it."

If not for the fact that time was pressing and would wait for no one.

With Huang Yan's methods and background, even if he were to do it himself, spending a few years building a top-tier force from scratch would not have been impossible.

But thinking of this, Huang Yan could not help but feel quite helpless.

He was the patriarch of the Bright Phoenix clan!

Although on this Douluo Continent, or even looking at the entire Douluo Planet, he was highly likely the only Bright Phoenix left.

But as his cultivation continued to advance, Huang Yan perceived it more and more clearly.

What flowed within his body was not the blood of an ordinary Soul Beast, but the true bloodline of a Divine Beast!

Just a short while ago.

The moment his cultivation officially broke through the hundred-thousand-year threshold.

An extremely intense, instinctive craving, originating from the depths of his soul and bloodline, had swept wildly through his entire body.

That was [Phoenix Nirvana]!

As a Bright Phoenix possessing a Divine Beast bloodline, after breaking through the shackles of the hundred-thousand-year limit.

He had to follow the call of his bloodline and enter a state of extremely profound "Phoenix Nirvana" to slumber and transform.

This was a heaven-sent opportunity!

As long as he successfully completed the Nirvana, when he emerged from seclusion once more.

Huang Yan's cultivation would undergo a terrifying qualitative change, directly leaping across the chasm of a hundred thousand years to skyrocket to the level of a two-hundred-thousand-year Fierce Beast!

For any Soul Beast, this was a heaven-defying fortune that one would dream of and go mad for.

But Huang Yan could not bring himself to be happy at all.

In fact, he felt an immense headache!

The reason was simple.

Once he chose to follow his bloodline and enter the form of Phoenix Nirvana to go into seclusion.

The time consumed by this process of slumber and transformation would be at least one hundred years!

One hundred years!

For a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast with a long lifespan, a hundred years might be nothing more than a nap, a mere snap of the fingers.

But placed on the current timeline where winds and clouds were surging, it was enough for the entire world to undergo earth-shattering changes!

Let alone a hundred years.

Huang Yan knew better than anyone that, according to the existing trajectory of the Douluo Continent.

Even if another twenty years passed.

The so-called "Shrek Seven Devils" would likely have all inherited the positions of gods and flown off to the God Realm!

By then, the landscape of the Douluo Continent would have long been set in stone, and the radiance of the gods would shroud everything.

Even if he emerged with two hundred thousand years of cultivation, what kind of waves could he stir up in a world watched by gods?

The opportunity would have long since passed!

It was precisely because of this that Huang Yan felt time was pressing to the extreme.

He had to, during the limited time he could suppress the instinct of [Phoenix Nirvana].

Use the most decisive and swift means to lay out his own chess game in this era of great contention!

"This junior accepts the order!

I shall go and secure the Beast Academy along with the Meng Family for you, Senior!"

Dugu Bo kowtowed heavily, then rose abruptly.

Having been reborn and seeing his strength greatly increased, he was now in high spirits, having swept away his previous dejection.

Without the slightest hesitation, Dugu Bo transformed into a streak of emerald light.

He shot straight into the sky, leaving the Sunset Forest to execute the first mission since his submission.

Watching Dugu Bo depart.

Huang Yan did not remain idle; he turned and retreated back into the depths of the Sunset Forest.

Building a force required manpower, and even more so, vast resources and a foundation to win over hearts and cultivate loyal followers.

And Soul Bones were undoubtedly the most tempting top-tier hard currency in the soul master world, capable of making people pledge their absolute loyalty!

Over the next few days, the desperate cries of high-level Soul Beasts would occasionally echo from the depths of the Sunset Forest.

Relying on the terrifying strength of a hundred-thousand-year divine beast, Huang Yan began a precise "hunt" for the high-level soul beasts within the forest.

Of course, he did not go on a mindless killing spree or burn all his bridges.

Huang Yan understood this clearly.

If he were to slaughter all the high-level soul beasts in the Sunset Forest, he would create a power vacuum.

This would inevitably trigger a massive earthquake throughout the soul master world.

Once he attracted the attention of Martial Soul Hall or other top-tier factions, and drew those powerhouses to enter the Sunset Forest in droves to investigate, the existence of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well would most likely be impossible to hide.

Although the immortal herbs and top-tier medicinal plants that once grew around the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well

had long since been plucked clean by Huang Yan, roots and soil alike.

He hadn't left a single one for those who came after.

But the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well was, at the very least, his current lair on the Douluo Continent.

It was a rare and precious mimetic cultivation treasure land; how could he tolerate other human soul masters running over to taint or destroy it?

Therefore, Huang Yan's hunting was extremely measured.

He deliberately controlled the numbers, picking only a portion of the high-level soul beasts to target, maintaining the veneer of danger and the ecological balance of the Sunset Forest.

Several days later.

Huang Yan ceased his hunting, stood upon a cliff, and tallied the spoils of his trip.

Looking at the soul bones floating before him, radiating brilliant halos of various colors, a satisfied arc finally curled at the corners of Huang Yan's mouth.

Adding these to the five soul bones he had previously accumulated, the number of soul bones in his possession had now officially broken into double digits!

A full twelve soul bones!

If this were to get out, it would absolutely drive soul masters across the entire continent to madness, and could even trigger bloody conflicts between several kingdoms!

What was even rarer was that among these twelve soul bones, only two were of the thousand-year quality.

The remaining ten were all Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones!

"With these soul bones as a foundation and reserve, the next steps of the plan will be much easier to handle."

With a casual wave of his hand, Huang Yan stowed all twelve of these priceless soul bones into his storage space.

Everything was ready.

Huang Yan raised his head, no longer harboring any hesitation.

Huang Yan maintained his slender, upright human form.

A pair of dazzling, brilliant Bright Phoenix wings suddenly unfurled from his back.

BOOM--!

The wings gave a violent flap, erupting with a deafening sonic boom!

Amidst the howling gale, Huang Yan's figure transformed into a golden streak of light that tore through the sky.

Moving at a terrifying speed, he flew straight toward the direction of Suotuo City!

Before long.

Huang Yan had already arrived outside Suotuo City.

Huang Yan retracted his phoenix wings, donned a low-profile black robe, and slipped into the night, walking into the city.

At this hour, even though it was already night, Suotuo City remained brightly lit and bustling with noise.

The major inns, in particular, were almost entirely packed with young soul masters and their parents.

Releasing his spiritual power to listen in, a sharp glint flashed in Huang Yan's eyes.

"So that's how it is... tonight happens to be the eve of Shrek Academy's enrollment day!"

The timing was perfect!

If one followed the original trajectory of fate, the so-called "protagonist group" consisting of Tang San, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and the others

would likely already be gathered within Suotuo City at this very moment, preparing for tomorrow's enrollment spectacle.

But Huang Yan's target at this moment was not them.