Inside the cave, Xiao Yan's process of refining the remnant soul of the Hei Mu lasted for a full month. Only now has Xiao Yan completely refined and absorbed the remnant soul of the Hei Mu, and his strength has successfully reached the Middle Three-Star Dou Di Stage, just as Xiao Yan had predicted.
The energy within Xiao Yan's internal vortex was gradually being refined to nothing. It seemed that the Emperor Tribulation was about to arrive.
Having successfully advanced to the Dou Di, the Emperor Tribulation should have arrived long ago. However, Xiao Yan has been in a breakthrough phase, which is why the Emperor Tribulation has been delayed. Now that Hei Mu's remnant soul has been completely refined, including the energy within Hei Mu's original Ginseng Spirit Root, Xiao Yan has absorbed it all. It seems that the Emperor Tribulation is about to arrive.
However, just as the last wisp of energy in his body entered his meridians, Xiao Yan smiled again. Since he was in good condition and had such a good opportunity, why not try to break through to the next level?
Perhaps with a bit of luck, he might even be able to break through to the Five-Star Dou Di.
Xiao Yan opened his eyes, a glint of light flashing deep within his dark pupils. Just as the last wisp of energy in his meridians was about to merge into the vortex, Xiao Yan flipped his hand, and a jade bottle appeared in his palm. With a slight tremor, he crushed the jade bottle, and instantly, a rich fragrance of medicinal pills spread out, making people feel refreshed and relaxed.
This pill is indeed a fourth-tier pill, the Ultimate Transformation Pill!
This was obtained from Zhao Xian back then, at the Yan City auction. Zhao Xian was also the first Dou Di powerhouse that Xiao Yan killed!
Without hesitation, Xiao Yan took out the Ultimate Transformation Pill and swallowed it whole. In the blink of an eye, the massive Dou Qi energy that had just disappeared from the Qi vortex became abundant again.
However, just as Xiao Yan Xiao Yan about to enter a meditative state again, he frowned, his eyes darting around, as if he had an idea in mind.
With a thought, the Soul Bead between his brows, which was clearly much larger than before, suddenly trembled violently. A vast amount of Spiritual Strength swirled and condensed within the cave, eventually transforming into nine avatars.
As Xiao Yan's strength increased, the strength of these nine avatars also reached the level of One-Star Dou Di. If they were to merge into one, their power would probably be no less than that of Xiao Yan's main body.
It must be said that as strength increases, the wondrous uses of the Nine Revolutions Avatar Art become increasingly apparent.
With a flick of his finger, nine streams of light flew out from Xiao Yan's Storage Ring, each hovering around the lower abdomen of one of his avatars. These nine streams of light were actually nine Spirit Stone, and all of them were Mid-Grade Spirit Stone!
These nine Spirit Stone were obtained by Xiao Yan from killing the five giant apes in the Ancient Ruins. Each giant ape had two Spirit Stone inside its body, so the five apes together had ten spirit stones. Now, after removing these nine, Xiao Yan still has one spirit stone left. In addition, there are countless Low-Grade Spirit Stone in his Storage Ring. Xiao Yan can now be said to be very wealthy.
Based on this calculation, Xiao Yan's current wealth alone is probably comparable to any one of the Four Great Sects!
After offering up the Spirit Stone, the nine avatars began to cultivate. The milky white light on the Spirit Stone flickered slightly, and then energy pillars condensed, circling the bodies of the avatars several times before finally merging into the bodies of the nine avatars. During this long period of cultivation, the aura of the nine avatars became increasingly powerful.
Compared to Xiao Yan's original body, cultivating avatars is undoubtedly much simpler. Not only are there no cultivation bottlenecks, but the required energy is also more singular. Whether it's Dou Qi or Origin Qi, as long as there is enough powerful energy to support them, their strength can increase rapidly. Of course, no matter how powerful they become, avatars are still just avatars, and their strength can only be balanced with the original body at most. Even so, this is still a considerable help to Xiao Yan now.
With these nine avatars present, they can at least reduce the weight of the nine Dou Di powerhouses on Xiao Yan.
Nine Dou Di —even in the entire Western Region, that's a formidable force. And Xiao Yan alone, with his true form, is able to simultaneously contend with ten Dou Di powerhouses. If word of this gets out, wouldn't the entire continent be shocked?
Seeing that the nine avatars had officially entered a state of cultivation, Xiao Yan also withdrew his attention and divided his mind into two tasks. On one hand, he used the Heavenly Flames to refine the pills in his body, and on the other hand, he also controlled the nine avatars to absorb the energy within the Spirit Stone.
Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, more than four months have passed...
Within Xiao Yan's body, the Ultimate Transformation Pill, under the intense refinement of the Heavenly Flames, rapidly released its pure energy. In the world, massive energies also uncontrollably gathered towards Xiao Yan. After passing through Xiao Yan's body and being refined by the Heavenly Flames, they finally merged into the Qi Cyclone Space within Xiao Yan's body.
At this moment, the Ultimate Transformation Pill, which was originally the size of a longan, was now only the size of a grain of rice, swirling within Xiao Yan's aura. The power of the Ultimate Transformation Pill was about to be completely exhausted, while Xiao Yan's aura had already reached the Mid-stage Four-Star Dou Di!
Almost simultaneously, in the Western Lin Region, the Four Great Clans under the Heavenly Sword Sect finally made their move.
After nearly five years of silence, the young master of the Zhuo Four Great Clans, one of the Zhuo Clan, has broken through to the Early-stage Four-Star Dou Di. Looking at all the younger generation in the Four Great Clans, none of them can compare with him. Of course, this is only on the surface. At least, Bai Zhan of the Bai Clan is no less powerful than him, and may even be a step above him.
But no one knows any of this.
In the Western Lin Region, the Four Great Clans all set off towards the Xilin Mountain Range. Among them, the Bai Clan and the Sun Clan did not send any juniors to participate in this operation. The Bai Clan's reason was that Bai Zhan was still in seclusion. As for the Sun Clan, no one asked, but everyone understood. This made the Sun Clan members quite embarrassed along the way, and they had no choice but to remain silent.
Unconsciously, the Sun Clan, as one of the Four Great Clans but ranked last, has fallen behind the other three families by a considerable margin. Perhaps this is a sign of the Sun Clan's status.
The journey from Western Lin Region to the Xilin Mountain Range took the Four Great Clans a month. This was mainly because not all members of their teams were Dou Di experts. In order to maintain their overall strength, the higher-ups of those families had no choice but to make the most of the journey.
Just as the people from the Four Great Clans arrived at the outer edge of the Xilin Mountain Range, inside the cave, Xiao Yan's Ultimate Transformation Pill was finally refined.
His aura was quite powerful. Upon closer inspection, it was discovered that Xiao Yan's strength had reached the Late-stage Four-Star Dou Di. Moreover, unlike ordinary cultivation, the Dou Qi within Xiao Yan's body was not unstable at all. With the help of the pills, Xiao Yan's strength had been completely stabilized at the Late-stage Four-Star Dou Di!
Finally, the long-awaited Emperor Tribulation arrived...