Xiao Yan had once again accomplished an unimaginable feat. Of course, things unimaginable for anyone else now seemed somewhat par for the course for him.
After emerging from seclusion, Xiao Yan rode that momentum and had a brief spar with Yan Jin.
They were still within the Origin Return Realm, after all, where a major clash would have been inadvisable, so both held back their strength to avoid causing too great a disturbance. The entire process was also quite simple, ending completely in a mere twenty breaths or so.
All of this was merely the explanation the Origin Return Manor's senior ranks gave its ordinary disciples.
The actual result was this: after twenty breaths, Yan Jin was already feeling tremendous pressure. Had he persisted any longer, clear signs of defeat would have shown.
An emperor realm soul was terrifying indeed!
After raising his soul to this realm, Xiao Yan had become the fourth person in the Continental Allied Army to possess an emperor realm soul. Although his own strength was still at the Eight-Star Dou Saint level, he now fully possessed the strength to cross the gap in stars and fight a Nine-Star Dou Sheng!
Afterward, to test his strength, Xiao Yan even proposed switching places with Zhukun and going to monitor the Extraterritorial Evil Clan's movements himself.
After all, as a Nine-Star Dou Sheng expert, Zhukun had been taking turns on surveillance duty with Soul Heavenly Emperor and Gu Yuan without a break. Xiao Yan now had considerable confidence as well. Zhukun had initially wanted to refuse, but after seeing Xiao Yan in person, he put his mind at ease and stayed in the Origin Return Manor to recuperate.
According to the Origin Return Manor's Dou Sheng experts who had been nearby at the time, Zhukun gave Xiao Yan