According to Hun Dai'er's original plan, once the Soul Realm was sealed, not only would outsiders be unable to enter, but those inside would be unable to leave. Restoring the spatial passage would take at least a dozen years, and that would give her more than enough time to accomplish what she wanted. As long as she successfully broke through to Dou Di, the Gu Clan and the others would no longer pose any threat.
Hun Dai'er's plan had been flawless. Without the piece of Tou She Ancient God Jade in her possession, no one outside could possibly open the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion, much less obtain the origin qi needed to break through to Dou Di. Yet for all her calculations, she could never have imagined that Xiao Yan could travel to another world and use its energy to achieve his breakthrough.
Moreover, never mind that she was still a considerable distance from the Dou Di realm-even if she successfully reached it, she would be nowhere near a match for Xiao Yan. After all, he had already defeated the Alien Demon Emperor head-on, whose strength surpassed that of an ordinary Dou Di, even before obtaining the Eight Ancestral Symbols.
With the power of the Spatial Ancestral Symbol, Xiao Yan teleported directly from the Ancient Realm into the Soul Realm. Dense streams of white mist then spread silently, enveloping the entire Soul Realm in an instant. Had Hun Tiandi still been alive, he would probably have recognized it at a glance: this was Nightmare Sky Mist, one of the Purifying Lotus Demon Sage's signature techniques.
In his previous life, Xiao Yan had coveted this technique, but unfortunately, he had never obtained it. Thus, when subduing the purifying lotus demon flame in this life, he had deliberately used a soul-searching secret