Returning Laden with Treasure

The Devouring Realm unfolded once more, and six pitch-black holes emerged from Xiao Yan's body, like six gigantic maws ready to devour their prey, instantly engulfing all the remaining Ancient Human Puppet.

A terrifying Devouring Power surged forth from the black hole, transforming into countless jet-black chains that entangled the gray-white figures that were about to turn and pounce.

"Roar!"

These puppets possess extremely high combat instincts. Sensing impending danger, they all let out low roars, their various Dou Technique flashing as they tried to break free from the shackles of the devouring chains.

In an instant, energy surged within the hall, and booming sounds filled the air.

However, how could an ordinary Dou Zun Puppet possibly contend with the Devouring Ancestral Symbol, which was powered by the Master of Devouring?

The pitch-black chains were like a persistent, insidious infection; no matter how the puppets struggled or attacked, they could not be broken. Instead, they tightened their grip and began to frantically devour the energy within them, penetrating their bodies to devour the Soul Mark that controlled their actions.

"Give me the town!"

Xiao Yan's eyes narrowed, and the black rune between his brows shone brightly, causing the power of the Devouring Realm to suddenly intensify.

At the same time, he formed hand seals, and his powerful soul force, carrying an invisible flame that burned fiercely, surged out like a tide. Combined with the Devouring Power, it precisely pierced the brow of each human puppet.

"Click... click..."

A series of subtle cracking sounds rang out as the imprints deep within the souls of those Ancient Human Puppet were forcibly erased.

After losing the "chip" that powered them, the murderous red light in the eyes of these puppets quickly dimmed, their struggles weakened, and they eventually stood frozen in place, like machines without power.

"Receive!"

With a wave of his sleeve, Xiao Yan Devouring Realm, and then Xiao Yan imprinted the Soul Mark on the dozen or so out-of-control Ancient Human Puppet, stuffing them all into his Storage Ring.

"Call..."

After finishing all this, Xiao Yan let out a light breath. What he had just done seemed easy, but in reality, it wasn't difficult at all.

The Master of Devouring is still too powerful.

Even an incomplete Primordial Spirit could still easily suppress these Dou Zun Puppet with the power of the Ancestor Symbol.

"Senior brother is amazing!"

Mu Qingluan couldn't understand the mystery behind it, and assumed it was all Xiao Yan's doing. She immediately looked at him with admiration and couldn't help but clap her hands in praise, looking like a little fangirl.

Queen Medusa and Xiao Yi Xian exchanged a glance, both seeing the smile and pride in each other's eyes.

These are their men!

You won't find another man as outstanding as him anywhere else on the entire continent.

Zi Yan also wanted to share in the pride with her two older sisters.

Even now, she's still sitting at the children's table with Xiao Yan's three young disciples, and can only pout and feel a little resentful.

When will she be able to become best friends with Sister Cailin and Sister Xiao Yi Xian for a lifetime?

Elder Zhu Li stroked his beard and nodded, his opinion of Xiao Yan rising even higher.

This child is not only exceptionally talented, but also possesses a variety of ingenious methods and a decisive character; he is destined for greatness.

Venerable Skyfire was already numb. Although he had reached the peak of the First-Turn Dou Zun Peak, he was self-aware and knew he couldn't defeat Xiao Yan.

Honestly, this is pretty discouraging.

But he also knew that this might be the truth.

Anyway, he's no longer really surprised by any of Xiao Yan's amazing performances.

"Next up is the Dou Saint Skeleton."

Xiao Yan didn't even glance at the ten orbs of light, but instead locked his gaze directly onto the jade-white Dou Saint Skeleton in the center of the hall.

He stepped forward and walked toward the stone pedestal.

Without the obstruction of the Ancient Human Puppet, the journey was naturally unimpeded.

However, when Xiao Yan approached the Dou Saint Skeleton, he suddenly stopped.

If it were him in the past, he could only rely on his memory to know that some restrictive mechanisms had been set up in the space near the Dou Saint Skeleton.

But now that Xiao Yan has dragon bones, he is no different from the Ancient Void Dragon. Therefore, he immediately noticed that the space around the Dou Saint Skeleton was very strange!

With a flick of his sleeve, he summoned the Devouring Heavenly Corpse, which, at Xiao Yan's command, reached out to grab the Dou Saint Skeleton.

Just as the Devouring Heavenly Corpse's hand was about to touch the skeleton, the space there indeed showed a slight writhing, which then transformed into countless extremely sharp spatial spikes, piercing fiercely into the Devouring Heavenly Corpse's hand.

However, the Devouring Heavenly Corpse was protected by the Devouring Power, and these spikes could not penetrate its defenses at all.

Even if the defenses are breached, there's no blood left in Devouring Heavenly Corpse for this Dou Saint Skeleton to absorb!

"Hehehe!"

Xiao Yan grinned and let out a strange laugh like that of an elder of the Soul Hall. He then instantly activated his Clan Mark and launched the Heavenly Fire Three Profound Transformations with a single click, causing his aura to surge dramatically.

Immediately afterwards, the Fallen Heart Flame rose from his palm, transforming into an invisible fire dragon that rushed towards the Dou Saint Skeleton, engulfing it!

At the same time, Xiao Yan even used the Devouring Realm to seal himself and the Dou Saint Skeleton together.

A 1v1 octagonal cage duel has been forcibly initiated!

According to the normal plot, the Dou Saint Skeleton will absorb the blood of the Soul Hall's Five-Star Dou Zun, the Old Ghost Zhaixing, and then revive. With a roar, it will kill a large number of powerful people exploring the ruins. Even Dou Zun expert were not spared. If the Old Ghost Zhaixing hadn't run away quickly, he would probably have been seriously injured.

After absorbing the lifeblood of many powerful figures, he single-handedly withstood the combined attack of several Five-Star Dou Zun level experts. With a single Great Heaven Creation Palm, he routed many powerful figures in the Central Plains, who fled in terror.

However, at this moment, not only did the skeleton fail to obtain those few drops of blood to activate the remaining soul imprint within it for an attack, but it was also directly pulled into Xiao Yan's home field to fight.

Furthermore, with the Fallen Heart Flame, which is specifically designed to counter soul power, striking first, even though it realized something was wrong and proactively activated its remaining soul imprint to fight back, the Dou Saint Skeleton couldn't cause any trouble in Xiao Yan's hands.

Xiao Yan's eyes were cold, and his hands moved in different hand seals. Within the Devouring Realm, the Devouring Power surged, and countless black chains wrapped around the jade-white Dou Saint Skeleton from all directions, firmly binding it.

The soul fire that was about to ignite in the skeleton's eye sockets flickered violently under the scorching heat of the Fallen Heart Flame, emitting a silent hiss.

"Senior, since you are already dead, there's no need for you to rise from the dead. I will carry forward your Great Heaven Creation Palm, and as for your remains, I will requisition them!"

For Old Yao's sake, Xiao Yan didn't mind being the bad guy. Seeing that the remnant soul imprint was still putting up a stubborn resistance, the Devouring Ancestral Symbol pattern between his eyebrows began to flash violently, and an even stronger Devouring Power erupted, like countless fine black needles, piercing into every joint and every bone of the skeleton, making it unable to control its body to fight back.

"Refine!"

With a low shout from Xiao Yan, the Fallen Heart Flame surged, transforming into an invisible fire cauldron that enveloped the entire skeleton.

The Heart Fire consumes the soul, and the remaining will of the Dou Sheng within the bones was gradually and completely refined amidst the wails.

"Farewell, senior!"

Xiao Yan cupped his hands in greeting, and without any psychological burden, withdrew the Fallen Heart Flame and the Devouring Power that had invaded the skeleton's body, then carefully put the skeleton away completely.

Although he knew that the Great Heaven Creation Palm was located on the ribs of this skeleton, Xiao Yan was not in a hurry to obtain this Dou Technique.

Once Old Yao is resurrected, he will most likely be able to master this Dou Technique directly, and then he can pass it on to me.

As for cultivating this Dou Technique, does it require tempering the meridians in the palms?

Xiao Yan didn't care.

With his current physical strength, even if he can't withstand the Great Heaven Creation Palm, at most his palm will be blown to pieces.

The bones can't possibly be the problem.

After all, it is Dragon Transformation Bone from the last essence of Ninth Tier Ancient Void Dragon skeleton, so its strength is beyond doubt.

It seems like all it takes is to shatter your palms a few more times before you can perform this technique.

Having obtained the Dou Saint Skeleton, Xiao Yan withdrew the Devouring Realm and turned to look at the ten floating orbs of light.

He raised his hand and activated his Devouring Power, quickly breaking the seal on the ball of light and pulling out all the scrolls inside.

Upon closer inspection, as he had expected, all the Cultivation Methods and Combat Skills were of the Advanced Earth Tier. Although there were no Heaven Tier techniques, it was still a substantial harvest.

"Elder Zhu Li, I'll take these Dou Techniques with me for now, and make a copy for the Ancient Dragon Clan later."

Xiao Yan unceremoniously stored these Dou Technique into his Storage Ring, explaining with a smile.

"Alright, thank you Elder Xiao."

Zhu Li ceremony with Xiao Yan. These Dou Technique were nothing to the ancient Ancient Dragon Clan, which had a rich history.

But Xiao Yan's actions clearly showed that he genuinely considered the Ancient Dragon Clan as one of his own. If he were to politely decline, it would only seem like a distant gesture.

We're all family, there's no need to speak like strangers.

Xiao Yan was quite satisfied with Elder Zhu Li's quick agreement. He didn't treat the Ancient Dragon Clan as outsiders, so naturally the Ancient Dragon Clan wouldn't treat him as an outsider in return. When they wanted any Dou Technique, cultivation methods, medicinal herbs, or rare treasures, he wouldn't be polite.

However, now that this matter is settled, Xiao Yan has no intention of staying here any longer. He is eager to go back and help Old Yao be resurrected!

So he said with a smile:

"This trip can be considered complete; it's time for us to head back."

Elder Zhu Li nodded upon hearing this, and with a wave of his sleeve, Spatial Strength surged, leading everyone away from the ruins.

Outside the Bone Mountains, the void suddenly cracked open, and Xiao Yan and his group appeared.

"Many thanks to Elder Zhu Li Zhuli for his help this time."

Xiao Yan cupped his hands in greeting.

"Elder Xiao, you're too kind. This trip was solely for Princess Zi Yan's sake. The Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit is of great significance to our clan. Just for that alone, you are already a great benefactor to our Ancient Dragon Clan. Moreover, we are now considered family, so helping each other is only natural."

Upon hearing Elder Zhu Li stroked his beard and said with a smile.

If the original Xiao Yan was an indispensable and powerful ally for the future of the Ancient Dragon Clan, then the current Xiao Yan is second only to Zi Yan as the future hope of the Ancient Dragon Clan.

Regardless of whether Xiao Yan is a descendant of the Ancient Void Dragon or not, since even their ancestor has acknowledged Xiao Yan and given him his last bit of power, he is indeed a member of the Ancient Dragon Clan.

Besides, Elder Zhu Li could see Zi Yan's feelings for Xiao Yan. With the dragon bone, the future Dragon Emperor's approval, and the possibility of Xiao Yan becoming the Empress of the Ancient Void Dragon Emperor, he was undoubtedly one of their own!

Xiao Yan was naturally unaware that Zhu Li had already mentally labeled him as Empress Xiao. He nodded with a smile, thinking that there might be some unexpected situations during the refining of the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit. To be on the safe side, he decided to trick Elder Zhu Li into going back as well.

In any case, if something really happens, East Dragon Island has a way to send a message to Elder Zhu Li.

"Elder Zhu Li, regarding the matter of refining the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit, I still have the same idea as before: to refine it back at the Danta to avoid any leaks. However, since neither Zi Yan nor I know much about this Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit, I would like to ask you to come to the Danta for a while. Once Zi Yan has successfully refined the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit and can steadily improve her strength, you can then return to East Dragon Island to take charge of the overall situation."

Xiao Yan pondered for a moment, then spoke seriously.

After hearing Elder Zhu Li began to ponder it in his heart.

In fact, what Xiao Yan said hit the nail on the head.

The Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit is of great importance, and the refining process would indeed be quite risky without anyone protecting it.

Although he trusted Xiao Yan's abilities, as he said, they didn't understand the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit. Although he himself didn't understand it particularly well, as an elder of the Ancient Dragon Clan, even if he didn't know much about the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit, he could at least judge Zi Yan's condition and think of ways to solve the problem if something went wrong.

With him by your side to look after things, it's definitely easier to ensure everything goes smoothly.

"Elder Xiao's considerations are indeed thorough. In that case, I will accompany you on your journey to the Danta."

Zhu Li stroked his beard and nodded in agreement.

However, before returning to the Pill Danta, they needed to inform Venerable Feng about the Starfall Pavilion. Since it was on the way anyway, Xiao Yan quickly decided to take everyone back to the Starfall Pavilion first.

Led by Elder Zhu Li, the journey was swift, and they returned to the Heavenly Star Mountain Range where the Starfall Pavilion was located in just three days.

Space tore open, and Xiao Yan and his group appeared in the sky above the Heavenly Star Mountain Range. Xiao Yan took out his token, activated the seal of the great formation, and led everyone inside.

Venerable Feng sensed the spatial fluctuations and immediately came out to greet them.

"Xiao Yan! Did your trip go smoothly?"

Venerable Feng immediately noticed that Xiao Yan had made further progress, but he couldn't discern anything from his aura, so he asked curiously.

"Uncle Feng, the trip went smoothly. Not only did we find the body needed to revive Master, but we also made other gains." Xiao Yan smiled and cupped his hands, then his expression turned serious. "By the way, let me introduce you. This is Elder Zhu Li of the Ancient Void Dragon Clan, Half-Saint level expert."

Xiao Yan spoke, Zhu Li behind him.

Half-Saint?! Ancient Void Dragon?

Upon hearing this, Venerable Feng's pupils contracted, and he was greatly shocked.

But he quickly regained his senses and bowed to Elder Zhu Li a junior:

"Feng Xian greets Elder Zhu Li."

Elder Zhu Li waved his hand dismissively and said with a smile:

"No need to be so polite. Young friend Xiao Yan is now an elder of my Ancient Void Dragon Clan. In fact, I should be grateful to you and that Venerable Yao for cultivating such an outstanding disciple and helping my Ancient Dragon Clan welcome back Princess Zi Yan."

These words actually made Venerable Feng a little embarrassed.

After all, he only gave Xiao Yan a few pointers on the application of Spatial Strength during those few days at the Danta. To be honest, he didn't really train him much; it was all thanks to his brother Chen's excellent teaching!

But why did Xiao Yan become an elder of the Ancient Void Dragon Clan?

He couldn't help but look back.

"Uncle Feng, we'll discuss the details on the way. I plan to return immediately to begin resurrecting my teacher. Would you like to come with me to the Danta?"

Xiao Yan is now eager to return home and can't wait to go back immediately.

After the Old Yao is resurrected, he plans to start integrating the Central Plains and making contact with the Ancient Eight Clans.

After all, apart from the Lei Clan, with whom he hasn't had any contact yet, he has romantic confidantes in the other clans. He can't let the Soul Clan wipe out his girlfriends' families.

Otherwise, wouldn't all those years of suffering have been for nothing?