Arranging the Ancestral Symbols, the Great Heavenly Demon King! Emperor Yuan Meets the Flame Lord
"Flame Lord?"
Xun'er and the other women all looked up at the point where the complex and intertwined lava rivers finally met.
There, the magma power, condensed and compressed by the array, transformed into a special magma lake thousands of feet wide. The heat emanating from it was enough to instantly turn a Dou Zun expert into ashes.
At the very center of that lava lake floated a Xuan Miao jade coffin, seemingly cast from a piece of crimson crystal. The coffin was open, and inside lay a person.
Women like Ya Fei Feng Qing'er, whose strength is not yet sufficient, are currently in seclusion to cultivate.
The girls who were able to travel with Zhang Yuan were all at the Sovereign Realm, stronger than those at the Reincarnation Realm and Dou Sheng Realm.
Their gaze easily pierced through the light emanating from the lava, clearly seeing a tall, handsome young man dressed in luxurious robes.
The young man's eyes were closed, and an invisible air of majesty emanated from his brows. His long, fiery red hair resembled a blazing flame, giving him the aura of an incarnation of fire, a being of Wan Huo.
"We both wield fire, but his strength surpasses that of my useless older brother," the Fire Spirit commented.
"That's normal," Zi Yan said with a smile, standing behind Zhang Yuan. "The Eight Ancient Lords are teachers with the strength of Perfect Earthly Sovereign."
"My Yan Clan is still descended from Dou Emperor, it's just a pity that the lineage has been broken," Fire Spirit sighed.
"Actually, you can't defeat this Flame Lord right now," Zhang Yuan said. "The Eight Ancient Lords have all mastered the Ancestral Symbol to a certain extent. The Ancestral Symbol is formed from the rules of this world and is also a channel for the strong to comprehend the Supreme Power."
"To some extent, the Eight Ancient Lords are now in human form as Ancestral Symbol, but some core techniques still require the aid of Ancestral Symbol to be used."
"So although this Flame Lord is only at the peak of the Triple Reincarnation Stage, which is similar to Nine-star Dou Saint, he is stronger than you, an Eighth-Grade Supreme. If he had the Flame Ancestral Talisman would be even stronger."
Upon hearing this, the Fire Spirit was not annoyed. Instead, it asked, "Where is that Flame Ancestral Talisman? Can I obtain it and study it?"
The Fire Spirit, formed from the rules of flames possessing Supreme Power in a Lower Plane, felt that if it could comprehend them, it could quickly reach the level of the Earthly Sovereign.
"The Flame Ancestral Talisman already has a new owner, but I'll get it for you," Zhang Yuan said without hesitation. "Giving him a Heavenly Flames as a legacy will actually be more beneficial."
The Eight Ancestral Symbols and the Heavenly Flames of the Dou Qi Continent are both products of heaven and earth, and each has its own merits and demerits.
There are only eight of the Eight Ancestral Symbols, among which the Flame Ancestral Talisman is also unique.
After mastering the Plane Embryo, Zhang Yuan had to retrieve the Eight Ancestral Symbols, as they were the most suitable "weapons." Of course, it was fine to keep them for his women to protect themselves.
And the Heavenly Flames can become the private property of the Flame God Hall, just like the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame in the Ancient Clan and the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire in the Burning Flame Valley, and can be passed down from generation to generation.
"My husband is so good." Fire Spirit let out a string of laughs, her eyes alluring and seductive.
"I'm heartbroken. I thought I was the most special one." Zi Yan took out an Ancestral Symbol and played with it as if she were manipulating space.
This is the Space Ancestral Talisman. Zhou Tong asked Ying Xuanzi to pass it on to Zhang Yuan as a gift of gratitude for saving his life.
Although Zi Yan is now Dragon-Phoenix, her bloodline of the Ancient Void Dragon has not disappeared but has been strengthened. Obtaining the Space Ancestral Talisman will allow her to better control the power of space, and comprehend the laws of space, enabling her to become stronger even faster.
"I'll use the Thunder Ancestral Talisman myself. I'll give the Devouring Ancestral Talisman Devouring Ancestral Talisman to Cai'er later; it's a good match for the Nine-Colored Sky Swallowing Python. The Dark Ancestral Talisman can be given to Qing Tan in the future; it's a good match for the Black Sky Clan. I'll leave the Ice Ancestral Talisman for Huanhuan."
"We cannot favor one over the other. The Life and Life and Death Ancestral Talisman can be given to Qingzhu. As for the Primordial Talisman, you can discuss it yourselves. Whoever wants it can keep it. If no one uses it, I will keep it in the Bodhi Realm to facilitate people's comprehension and use of the Primordial Force to strengthen their physical bodies."
Zhang Yuan already had a plan in mind regarding the ownership of the eight Ancestral Symbol.
The women nodded. They would discuss such matters privately, and there was nothing sordid about it.
"Go!"
Zhang Yuan flicked his fingers and shot out the Emperor Flame -Flame that he had separated from his hand.
The crimson jade coffin floated silently on the lava lake. Although it was not large, it contained extremely terrifying power, which was what enabled the massive lava formation to operate.
Emperor Flame Yan landed on the array's core, unleashing boundless flame power that made the tens of thousands of feet-long array even more dazzling, while simultaneously highlighting the darkness of the space below.
This enormous magma array, spanning hundreds of thousands of feet, bound a dark space like chains. The darkness there was only gradually illuminated by the Emperor Flame, revealing an extreme and profound darkness, imbued with an eerie quality.
This formation, built in the Molten World, actually divides the world into two halves: the upper part is the lava plaza, and the lower part is the dark world. It is clearly sealing something away.
"This great formation is refining and suppressing something, but it seems to be struggling a lot. What is it?" Qing Yanjing asked curiously.
Yun Yun, who was the weakest of the women at the moment, looked down into the darkness and felt a chill rise from the depths of her soul, making her feel somewhat uneasy.
"This is a Demon Suppressing Prison," Zhang Yuan explained. "The Demon Suppressing Prison was set up by the Symbol Ancestor during the Battle of Heaven and Earth to trap and refine Alien Demons. It was suppressed by powerful clans and forces."
"Some forces, in their efforts to suppress the Demon Suppressing Prison, have been infiltrated and greatly weakened; this is just one tragic glimpse into the ancient war."
"The Flame Lord is suppressing a Demon Suppressing Prison, but it's not very large."
Upon hearing this, the women were all quite surprised. They could sense how terrifying the power filling the dark space below was; even though they were at the Sovereign Realm, they felt a headache coming on.
"You say the Flame Lord is stronger than me, yet he has been unable to completely refine a small Demon Prison even after nearly ten thousand years, relying on the great formation?" Fire Spirit in surprise.
According to Lin Xueyao, the Alien Demons are a very backward branch among the Outer Realm Evil Clan, and they don't even rank highly.
But the level they've shown so far is perhaps a bit too strong.
"Two reasons," Zhang Yuan explained. "During the ancient war, the Flame Lord was severely injured and almost perished, needing to be reincarnated. Fortunately, the Devouring Lord saved him."
"He is here to suppress the Demon Prison, but he is also slowly healing himself with the help of the formation."
"Although this Demon Suppressing Prison is small in scale, it houses a terrifying creature."
"The Great Heavenly Demon King!" Ling Hanyi's pupils shrank as she exclaimed, "Is that the mount of the Demon Emperor, the Great Heavenly Demon King, whose strength is second only to the Heavenly King Hall?"
Having just eliminated a Great Heavenly Demon at the Yuan Sect, she knew a little about this monstrous creature.
"Hmm." Zhang Yuan nodded. "So, we still need to use some methods."
Splash!
As Zhang Yuan finished speaking, the light on the lava array below grew increasingly intense and began to shrink.
The deathly, eerie darkness began to tremble, emitting countless low, rattling sounds of chains, causing the space above to shake violently.
However, under the suppression of the shrinking formation, the dark space also visibly began to shrink.
"Roar!"
A sharp sound rang out from the depths of darkness, powerful enough to shatter a soul beneath the Heavenly Realm.
The darkness seemed to come alive, writhing wildly and transforming into a gigantic, ten-thousand-foot-long dark hand that slammed directly into the stone coffin at the center of the magma array.
Although the magma array was shrinking, the power on it was becoming more and more solid, as firm as a rock, blocking the giant hand's attack. Countless molten lava flowed along the "chains" and merged into countless massive black chains thousands of feet long.
These obscure and complex runes now glowed with a fiery red light.
"Roar!"
With a series of roars, the formation shrank to a size of ten thousand feet, and the dark space was compressed to an extremely small size.
At this moment, the man inside the crimson jade coffin slowly opened his eyes, looked at Zhang Yuan with surprise, and asked, "Senior, are you a powerful expert at the Ancestral Realm?"
With a casual move, he strengthened the Spirit Array beneath him, allowing him to recover another 10-20% of his injuries, which had already healed by 50-60%, and also annihilated all the demons within the Demon Suppressing Prison, except for the Great Heavenly Demon King.
He could only have achieved this level of skill at his peak, when he was playing at full strength.
"I cannot be called a senior. Flame Lord is a man of great righteousness, so you may address me as Emperor Yuan." Zhang Yuan said, "As for strength, you are considered Lower Ancestral Realm, not as strong as the Perfected Ancestral Realm the Ancestral Realm back then, which was the Symbol Ancestor of the Ancestral Realm."
A strange light flickered in Flame Lord's eyes; he seemed to understand Zhang Yuan's words, but not quite.
But Zhang Yuan was already very familiar with this situation and directly pointed out a finger.
Upon receiving the soul's message, the Flame Lord immediately gained an understanding of the Great Thousand World and all its affairs.
"So it turns out that the teacher comes from a world called Great Thousand World, the Abyssal Demon Clan are Outer Realm Evil Clan, and Outer Realm Evil Clan are the enemies of Great Thousand World. Junior Sister is also from Great Thousand World."
The Yan Clan gained many insights and understood many things they couldn't understand before.
"Emperor Yuan, according to you, I have taken the wrong path?" Flame Lord's mouth tasted bitter.
Actually, the Devouring Lord mentioned this matter back then, saying that it's not true that one can gain explosive power by undergoing tribulation.
However, in order to fight against the Abyssal Demon Clan, they hadn't thought it through, and only now do they realize that it was a temporary measure by the talisman master.
"There's no need to worry about Flame Lord," Zhang Yuan chuckled. "Back then, you were somewhat forced to grow too quickly, but you were later severely injured and on the verge of death. After nearly ten thousand years of slow recovery and rebuilding, your foundation is now solid, and there's not much difference between you and someone normally cultivating the Reincarnation Realm."
"You once possessed the Ancestral Symbol. As long as you obtain enough Supreme Power in the future, you can transform the Wheel of Reincarnation and transform it into a Dharma Body that suits you in the Great Thousand World. The Earthly Sovereign will definitely not be your end."
Upon hearing this, the Flame Lord, being a powerful figure himself, immediately composed himself.
He looked at Zhang Yuan and asked in confusion, "Emperor Yuan, with your strength, you could easily suppress the Great Heavenly Demon King. Why did you spare his life?"
The Earth Array has been reinforced, so even if he leaves temporarily, he is not afraid that the Great Heavenly Demon King will run away and cause trouble, but he did not do so.
The formation could also help him heal, and he wanted to kill the Great Heavenly Demon King completely.
But originally, it didn't need to be this complicated!
Zhang Yuan must have had a deeper meaning in doing this.
Moreover, he sensed a familiar fluctuation emanating from Zhang Yuan.