As Mu Han roared to the sky, Xiao Yan, whose figure had already disappeared from the teleportation array, slowly curled a cold smile at the corner of his mouth. His hand slowly extended from under his sleeve, and in his palm, a pure white Storage Ring lay quietly.
With a thought, a terrifying surge of Spiritual Strength erupted forth and entered the Storage Ring in his palm.
This Storage Ring was the very Storage Ring that Mu Han originally wore on his finger.
However, while he was being crushed by the power of the Dou Di, Qing Feng Qing Feng secretly took it from Mu Han's hand and used his Dou Di Spiritual Strength to quietly cover up the connection between it and Mu Han.
Furthermore, Mu Han's entire focus was on Qing Feng at the time, so he didn't notice this small detail.
Having acquired the Storage Ring, Xiao Yan was helpless against it. Mu Han's Spiritual Strength had reached the Late Realm of Unity, which was beyond his easy comparison.
Fortunately, Xiao Yan still had the old monster Gu You inside him. Under Gu You's terrifying strength, even the Spiritual Strength of Late Realm of Unity cultivator was nothing in front of him. With just one strike, he easily erased the soul imprint left by Mu Han on Gu You.
And this is precisely the reason for Mu Han's sudden outburst of rage.
After erasing the original soul imprint on the Storage Ring, Xiao Yan did not rush to explore its contents. Instead, he left his own Soul Imprint on it and then put it on his hand.
It wasn't that Xiao Yan wasn't interested in the contents of the Storage Ring; after all, it Storage Ring to a Nine-Star Half-Emperor, something even an ordinary Dou Di would never let go of. Xiao Yan naturally wouldn't remain indifferent. However, his current destination was...
Western Region
The next moment, with a flash of golden light, Xiao Yan and Luo Jin squinted as the dazzling golden light appeared on a square that could hold nearly ten thousand people.
As the golden light faded, Xiao Yan's gaze slowly swept across the plaza. Looking at the crowd on the plaza, a slight ripple stirred in Xiao Yan's usually calm eyes.
Of those present, nearly half possessed strength at the level of Half-Emperor or higher—a number several times greater than the Half-Emperor level experts in the Ancient Wilderness City!
"Is this... the Western Region?"
Looking at the bustling city before him, Xiao Yan slowly smiled, a sense of wonder welling up in his heart. He wondered what level his strength could reach in the Western Region.
As Xiao Yan arrived in the Western Region, at that very moment, at the border between the Central Region and the Southern Region, a towering energy barrier was separating the two regions.
The barrier was so vast that it stretched as far as the eye could see. The golden barrier was like a city wall, indestructible. In fact, even a powerful Dou Di could not budge it in the slightest in the face of this energy barrier!
Meanwhile, within the Central Region, an elderly man who looked somewhat disheveled was leisurely flying towards the barrier.
Looking at the seemingly indestructible barrier before him, a mocking smile slowly crept onto the old man's lips.
A hand, marked by the passage of Suiyue, slowly emerged from beneath the sleeve. The old man brought two fingers together and gently stroked the golden barrier before him, feeling the ancient power that had endured countless vicissitudes. The old man couldn't help but let out a cold laugh.
" Provincial Region Barrier, hehe, it's been so many years since I've touched one. But then again, these things only exist near the continent's border. How many years has it been since I've been to the continent's border? Hehe..."
The old man smiled, a barrier looming before him, his eyes holding a hint of reminiscence.
"Back then, I was just a mere novice in the Origin Return Realm. It's only after all these years that my strength has reached this level. But your shabby barrier, after tens of thousands of years, still has so little power. Heh, you could say things have changed..."
After a low sigh, the old man's mind stirred, and the two fingers that landed on the barrier in front of him were gradually covered with a layer of fiery red energy. This energy was none other than Origin Qi!
As the Origin Qi on the old man's fingers grew increasingly concentrated, a profound aura spread out from them, causing shallow ripples to appear in the surrounding void.
"Hehe, the Provincial Region Barrier, broken!"
With a soft chuckle, the old man's expression suddenly turned fierce. The moment the word "break" left his mouth, his joined fingers suddenly thrust out, and as the Origin Qi on his fingers erupted, a terrifying energy wave swept out.
"Bang!"
With a loud bang, the golden energy barrier in front of the old man suddenly shattered, revealing a hole several meters in size.
Seeing this, the old man smiled slightly, then moved swiftly and crossed the towering barrier.
" The Southern Region... I wonder if that guy is even here. With so many people on this continent, where am I supposed to find him? Sigh..."
As he crossed the barrier, the old man couldn't help but sigh, completely losing the leisurely demeanor he had when he first left the family.
This old man was none other than the one sent by the Great Elder of the Xiao Clan to find Xiao Yan.
Xiao Mingyuan
He originally thought that with his abilities, it wouldn't be difficult to find someone who had just broken through to the Half-Emperor realm and arrived in the Origin Martial Continent. However, the reality was not as simple as he had imagined.
Since leaving his family, he had traveled all over the Central Region, but he still couldn't find the person he was looking for. A month ago, he received another urging from the family's Grand Elder, which made him a little impatient. He then turned around and rushed towards the Southern Region.
The Southern Region is the only way to enter the Central Region, and it is the only place with a teleportation array leading to the Central Region. He believed that if that kid wanted to enter the Central Region, he would have to come here first, which would greatly increase his chances of finding that person.
Unfortunately, he never expected that when he arrived in the Southern Region, Xiao Yan would also happen to be on his way to the Western Region.
Dou Qi Continent
Although Flame Emperor Xiao Yan has left the Dou Qi Continent, the fundamental rule of the continent—survival of the fittest—has not changed.
Cultivation continues, but unlike before, with Flame Emperor as their predecessor, everyone on the continent seems to have become more dedicated to cultivation. The direct result of this is that the average strength of the entire continent is several times stronger than before.
When Xiao Yan set foot in the Western Region, in a remote valley in the northwest of the Dou Qi Continent, everything seemed peaceful on the outside, but once you went deeper, you would find that the core of this valley was covered with a gray-black poisonous fog.
The appearance of the poisonous fog changed the atmosphere of the small valley slightly. Fortunately, due to its remote location, no one came here, and the small animals only walked around the outer edge of the valley, so they were not affected by the poisonous fog.
At this moment, deep within the poisonous fog, somewhere underground, there was a beautiful figure sitting cross-legged at the heart of the fog.
Before her lay a coffin, decayed and stained with poisonous gas. Thick streams of poisonous gas continuously emanated from it, which the beautiful woman absorbed into her body. After refining it, it became part of her power. Under this continuous absorption and refinement, the woman's strength grew stronger and stronger, even breaking through the peak of the Late Nine-Star Dou Sheng Stage and heading straight for the Half-Emperor!
However, this impact seemed to have occurred over a long period of time. Despite her continuous inhalation of the poisonous gas, the expected breakthrough did not materialize.
This woman was never in a hurry. Having cultivated to her current level, she knew how difficult cultivation was. Therefore, the closer she got to the final moment of her breakthrough, the less she could be impatient.
This woman was none other than the one who had given everything for Xiao Yan, even her life—
Xiao Yi Xian!