Refining the Ancestral Symbol, Mid-Spirit Realm!

Upon entering the black hole formed by the Devouring Ancestral Symbol, Xiao Yan's vision was instantly filled with darkness—an extremely pure darkness. There was no light, no sound, no wind, nothing at all; everything was swallowed up, as if the entire world was reduced to a deathly black.

Xiao Yan did not attempt to use the Heavenly Flames for illumination.

Because he knew very well that it was completely meaningless.

Even though he went all out in the Devouring Ancestral Symbol's territory, the final result was that his soul power and Dou Qi were drained by the Devouring Ancestral Symbol.

Compared to the life-threatening experience and excruciating pain of being burned by the Heavenly Flames when devouring Heavenly Flames, the inheritance test of Devouring Ancestral Symbol was undoubtedly a very novel challenge for Xiao Yan.

For Xiao Yan, absorbing the Heavenly Flames is now a piece of cake.

The Great Sun Separation Fire Body is still too excessive.

It's another day to praise the creator of the Great Sun Separation Fire Body.

If it were an ordinary person, entering such a "dark room" would inevitably make them feel flustered and uneasy.

But Xiao Yan wouldn't.

He sat down directly on the ground, and then...

Great Sun Separation Fire Body, activate!

It wasn't that he himself was using the Great Sun Separation Fire Body; at this moment, Xiao Yan was entirely in the form of a soul entering the black hole world formed by the Devouring Ancestral Symbol, while his physical body was still outside.

He was practicing his Three Thousand Wind Lightning Body.

Or perhaps describing it as "Three Thousand Lightning Fire Body" would be more vivid.

Now, his clone not only possesses the power of the Void Wind and Lightning, but has also begun to absorb some of the power of the Heavenly Flames.

Xiao Yan doesn't need to bring the Heavenly Flames into the Devouring Ancestral Symbol; the power of the Heavenly Flames stored in the clone will activate on its own and begin to temper the clone according to the operating method of the Great Sun Separation Fire Body.

To gain the approval of the Devouring Ancestral Symbol, one must undergo trials and tribulations that ordinary people cannot endure.

Since we can't get out anytime soon anyway, we might as well focus on our cultivation.

As for enduring darkness and loneliness?

Hilarious! Isn't this a paradise for meditative practice?

Without any outside interference, opening my eyes revealed only endless darkness; now I had no choice but to focus on my cultivation.

Having lost all means of perceiving the outside world, time seemed to stretch on endlessly. Xiao Yan remained silent, focusing solely on cultivation.

He frowned and opened his eyes after an unknown amount of time.

It wasn't that he couldn't continue cultivating; it was that the power of the Heavenly Flames stored within his clone had run out.

Xiao Yan's gaze swept across the darkness, and after a moment of contemplation, his eyes suddenly lit up:

"Hey, I have an idea!"

Not for a moment did it grieve over the depleted Heavenly Flames; immediately, the omnipresent Devouring Power took over the Heavenly Flames of the Three Thousand Lightning Fire Body!

Xiao Yan attempted to draw upon some free-floating Devouring Power, refining it with Heavenly Flames until it was transformed into pure energy with devouring properties. Xiao Yan then injected this energy into his Three Thousand Lightning Fire Body.

It actually worked!

"Hahaha, I've succeeded again!"

Xiao Yan thought he was truly a genius, to have come up with such a bizarre idea.

Now Xiao Yan was even less inclined to leave, and he immediately began to concentrate on cultivating in this dark world.

He didn't know how much time had passed, but in any case, Xiao Yan felt the Three Thousand Lightning Fire Devouring Body, which he had forcibly tempered to the level of Three-Star Dou Zong, and finally smiled with immense joy.

"Cool!"

Xiao Yan stood up with a loud laugh, waved his hand to store the clone into the sea of consciousness between his eyebrows, and then strode forward.

It's time to end this tedious assessment.

"The Way of Devouring is nothingness, emptiness, transformation, and containment!"

Even though his voice was being swallowed up, Xiao Yan's thoughts were still captured by the young Symbol Spirit of the Devouring Ancestral Symbol.

As Xiao Yan moved forward, a dazzling white light suddenly shone behind him, and at the same time, a door and carpet made of white light appeared.

"Doing all this?"

Xiao Yan raised an eyebrow, not even glancing back, and walked deeper into the darkness.

The eyes can lie.

The heart will not.

He knew exactly what he was there for. He hadn't even seen Ancestor Symbol yet, and they thought they could just let him leave after showing him a door?

Are you kidding me?

Sure enough, the moment he took another step, the light behind him collapsed, and the darkness, like shattered glass, exploded outwards with a crack.

After the dark world collapsed, a soft light emanated from it. The shattered fragments of darkness transformed into countless stars. Xiao Yan stood on the Milky Way, gazing at the ancient black runes before him.

The Devouring Ancestral Symbol floated silently, and on the runes, a blurry figure could be faintly seen.

Xiao Yan knew very well that this was the Symbol Spirit of the Devouring Ancestral Symbol.

If he can see the Symbol Spirit, it means that he has successfully gained the approval of the Ancestor Symbol.

Amidst the dazzling starry sky, gazing at the ancient runes ahead, Xiao Yan's face lit up with joy.

This trip was totally worth it!

Not only did he successfully maximize his Three Thousand Lightning Fire Devouring Body, but he also gained the approval of the Devouring Ancestral Symbol Spirit. It was a win-win situation!

What would be an unbearable, dark world for others, Xiao Yan found sweet and delightful.

The wholehearted dedication to cultivation and becoming stronger is truly exhilarating.

Feeling the power contained within that clone, which was comparable to Three-Star Dou Zong, Xiao Yan couldn't help but smile.

The test for Devouring Ancestral Symbol is still too outdated.

They're still using the same old tricks.

The result was that Xiao Yan easily subdued him!

"Call!"

Xiao Yan breathed out with some relief, feeling incredibly happy.

Looking down again, I found that my body, which was formed from my soul, had actually become more solid.

Although Xiao Yan's soul power remained the same in quantity, in terms of quality, Xiao Yan felt that his soul power was now comparable to that of a senior Eighth-Grade Alchemist like Old Yao.

"Interesting. It has even made my soul power more resilient and solid than before. Is this the power of the Ancestor Symbol?"

Xiao Yan looked surprised. Indeed, there were not many methods of soul cultivation in the Dou Qi Continent, and many soul Dou Technique had long been lost. However, the Tianxuan Continent had many methods of cultivating spiritual power. Presumably, the Master of Devouring was very knowledgeable about this. After leaving, he could ask him for advice.

However, in this case, I must have stayed inside the Devouring Ancestral Symbol for quite some time.

It should take at least two or three months, right?

Looks like we need to hurry.

With that thought in mind, Xiao Yan suppressed the turmoil in his mind and focused his attention back on the ancient runes filled with mystery in front of him.

Upon closer inspection, Xiao Yan realized that the faint shadow on the rune was none other than the Master of Devouring, shrunk countless times.

Clearly, although this Devouring Ancestral Symbol is ownerless, it is, after all, formed from the remains of the Master of Devouring. Therefore, the image of the Symbol Spirit will naturally resemble the Master of Devouring. However, once Xiao Yan refines it, the Symbol Spirit will naturally transform into Xiao Yan's appearance.

Xiao Yan stood before the Devouring Ancestral Symbol and bowed respectfully to it.

After all, it is the legacy of the Master of Devouring. Having inherited this favor from our predecessor, we should naturally show him the respect and reverence we deserve.

Faced with Xiao Yan's respect, the Devouring Ancestral Symbol was clearly quite satisfied. After Xiao Yan up, the illusory Symbol Spirit directly extended its hand to him.

This is the final step in the process of recognizing the Lord.

Seeing this, Xiao Yan smiled and reached out, his two illusory hands clasped tightly together. Instantly, the figure of the Symbol Spirit began to tremble and change, eventually transforming into an image exactly like Xiao Yan's. However, unlike Xiao Yan, the Symbol Spirit's eyes had no whites, only pitch black like black holes. But it did not appear eerie; instead, it possessed a strange and bewitching charm.

Immediately afterwards, the ancient runes that had been floating in mid-air drifted out, carrying a strong Devouring Power, and crashed straight into Xiao Yan, merging into his brow.

"Boom!"

As the Devouring Ancestral Symbol entered Xiao Yan's brow, a powerful Devouring Power erupted from his body. One after another, huge black holes condensed under the action of the Devouring Power, devouring the surrounding brilliant starry river and shattering it into pieces. The scene was as if the sky and earth were collapsing!

Within the collapsing world, Xiao Yan sat quietly cross-legged before countless black holes, letting the surrounding black holes rise and fall, and the stars rise and fall, his rock-solid body showing no sign of wavering.

At that moment, the Symbol Spirit transformed into a beam of light and shot into Xiao Yan's soul sea.

"Laugh!"

After the Symbol Spirit entered Xiao Yan's sea of consciousness, the Devouring Ancestral Symbol finally began to exert its power. The powerful Devouring Power suddenly erupted in the sea of consciousness, Devouring Ancestral Symbol transformed into a black hole, frantically devouring the soul power in the sea of consciousness.

Just a few breaths later, Xiao Yan's soul power, which permeated his sea of consciousness, was completely swallowed into the black hole.

After absorbing those soul powers, the black hole not only did not stop, but instead unleashed an even more intense Devouring Power!

The next moment, pure soul power began to emerge from that starry river. This soul power was the most primal soul power of the Devouring Ancestral Symbol, and it was now continuously pouring into Xiao Yan's sea of consciousness.

With such a powerful infusion of soul energy, Xiao Yan's soul sea was almost immediately filled with the abundant soul energy, and then swallowed up by the black hole once again.

Xiao Yan could clearly feel that his soul power was beginning to surge at an extremely terrifying speed!

According to the old rules, Xiao Yan would never dare to accept so much soul power, because it would directly shatter his soul sea.

But now there's no need to worry about that anymore.

With the Devouring Ancestral Symbol as his Life-Bound Spirit Talisman, as long as he has enough soul power to infuse, he can cultivate all the way to the peak of the Spirit Realm, or even the peak of the Heavenly Realm!

As for the Emperor Realm, even with the Ancestor Symbol protecting them, considering that the Ancestor Symbol is currently only in its infancy, although it has stabilized its state by merging with their own soul, it is still somewhat difficult to withstand such terrifying power.

Furthermore, this wasn't the first time Xiao Yan had dealt with such a surge in soul power; he had some experience.

Three full days later, Xiao Yan finally finished refining the Ancestor Symbol and devouring the soul power.

The Ancestor Symbol in its early stages has limited soul power, so Xiao Yan's refining and recognizing it as his master can be considered a mutually beneficial arrangement.

Xiao Yan provided the vessel and energy source for the Ancestor Symbol. With normal cultivation, it could gradually grow and reach the complete form.

The Ancestor Symbol resides within Xiao Yan's soul sea, or Mud Pill Palace. Unless a powerful being with Emperor Realm Soul intervenes, no one can influence Xiao Yan at the soul level anymore.

In addition, the Ancestor Symbol itself possessed a spirit, and the relatively abundant soul power contained within it directly helped Xiao Yan's soul realm break through to the Mid-Stage Spirit Realm in one fell swoop!

In other words, Xiao Yan is now capable of refining Eighth-Grade Pill and becoming a true Eighth-Grade Alchemist!

"That's fantastic!"

Xiao Yan stood up, his eyes filled with barely suppressed joy.

A fifteen-year-old Eighth-Grade Alchemist?

Who else?!

As Xiao Yan's emotions fluctuated, ripples spread across the space formed by the Devouring Ancestral Symbol.

The test is over, and the mission of this space is complete.

The spatial barrier gradually faded, and the interior of the Devouring Divine Temple could be vaguely seen. Without the slightest hesitation, Xiao Yan waved his hand and used the power of the Devouring Ancestral Symbol to completely erase this inheritance space.

On the platform inside the Devouring Divine Temple, the somewhat ethereal figure of the Master of Devouring sat beside the black hole. As the Master of Devouring, he naturally knew everything Xiao Yan had done in the inheritance space.

As he watched the black hole slowly fade and the soul within it become noticeably more solid, a satisfied smile appeared on the Master of Devouring's face.

He was very satisfied with this successor.

Because setting aside the legacy he left behind on the Tianxuan Continent, and the Devouring Ancestral Symbol whose successor is unknown, Xiao Yan, who has now accepted the Devouring Ancestral Symbol formed from his remains, is his only successor.

The black hole faded completely, eventually transforming into a beam of black light that flew into Xiao Yan's brow. The ancient, dark runes flickered briefly there before disappearing.

Xiao Yan's soul has finally returned to the Devouring Divine Temple.

Upon seeing the Master of Devouring watching him with a smile, Xiao Yan, in his soul form, bowed deeply to the Master of Devouring.

The Devouring Ancestral Symbol was of great help to Xiao Yan, and he would need the Master of Devouring's help to Spirit Ascension power and learn some martial arts. Xiao Yan naturally did not mind treating him with the respect due to a teacher.

"Thank you so much, senior!"

Xiao Yan said respectfully.

Faced with Xiao Yan's gratitude, the Master of Devouring simply smiled faintly and nodded at him.

Seeing this, Xiao Yan smiled, then turned around and merged back into the physical body, opening his eyes.

Feeling his body stiff from not moving for so long, Xiao Yan felt somewhat helpless. He then activated the Great Sun Separation Fire Body, using his internal Dou Qi and bloodline to restore his vitality, while pretending not to have thought of anything, and stood up.

As a result, his stiff legs wouldn't obey him at all, and Xiao Yan fell forward.

Under normal circumstances, he would definitely fall face-first into the ground, getting bruised and battered.

However, as expected, the next moment, Xiao Yan's face was enveloped in two familiar, soft, fragrant breaths.