Chapter 23: Warning

Within the void space, black flames roared.

Suddenly, a strange low laughter echoed.

"Hehe~"

The main body of Hun Huzi sat cross-legged in the center of the void space, an excited smile appearing on his lips, unable to be suppressed. He was increasingly looking forward to the future of Yao Yan. He was curious whether by integrating the bloodlines of the eight great fighting emperor clans into his own body, could Yao Yan break through the bottleneck of the Dou God?

The power of the Dou God's bloodline was a good thing. It was the foundation that the fighting emperor clans had inherited for thousands of years, and it was the fundamental reason for the strength of the fighting emperor clans' powerhouses.

Its blessing to cultivation talent was unimaginable to outsiders.

To outsiders, a Dou king or Dou emperor could be considered strong, dominating a region. But for the fighting emperor clans, a fighting king was just the starting point of cultivation, just 'coming of age.'

The core members of the fighting emperor bloodline, with not a low concentration, could cultivate to become Dou venerables at the least. As for those with extremely high bloodline concentration, as long as they had abundant cultivation resources, cultivating to become Dou saints was not difficult at all. Moreover, in this process, there was no so-called bottleneck, just smooth progress all the way.

"Swoosh~"

Suddenly, the endless black flames in the void surged wildly, causing the space to twist and collapse under the burning of the black flames. However, this phenomenon lasted only a moment. With the appearance of a figure shrouded in black flames, all the turmoil in the void space subsided, even the originally violent black flames became docile.

The person who came was none other than the true form of Void Devouring Flame. His eyes, which seemed capable of devouring everything, coldly stared at Hun Huzi, and said coldly, "You've been making too much noise lately."

Void Devouring Flame knew everything Hun Huzi had done. It's because this void space was the manifestation of his Emperor Flame, and members of the Soul Clan could shuttle through various spaces using it. That's why Hun Huzi could communicate using the communication jade card to travel to the Medicine Realm.

Not to mention just the Medicine Realm, even the territories of the major fighting emperor clans were accessible.

Void Devouring Flame was born in the void and was a special flame. Besides its strange devouring attribute, it had reached an unbelievable level of control over spatial power, just like a fish in water. If it weren't for this special characteristic, it wouldn't have been able to escape from the ancient Emperor Tuo's cave mansion.

But this uniqueness, to this day, was known to very few outsiders, because he was a Dou saint himself.

A Dou Saint could control spatial power, a Dou Venerate could tear space and open up spatial channels, and as for a Dou saint, they could already create their own spatial world...

Of course, this required years of planning and preparation.

"Lord Void?" Hun Huzi looked at the newcomer, his smile fading as he stood up to greet him.

Void Devouring Flame coldly stared at Hun Huzi, his voice icy and calm, "Temporarily abandon your plans. The Stone Clan and the Spirit Clan have already noticed something. If there are any more incidents with other clans, it will cause too much commotion. Don't let small matters affect the overall situation."

Hun Huzi had previously only dealt with some minor characters, and no clan would deliberately investigate the whereabouts of a branch member, especially those with very low bloodline concentrations, which they wouldn't even care about. After all, the descendants of each clan had reached the level of tens of millions after thousands of years of development, with a large number.

But this didn't include the core members of each clan, especially those descendants with extremely high bloodline concentrations.

The other party not only touched a genius descendant of the Stone Clan but also quietly refined an eight-star Dou Venerate from the Spirit Clan. The impact of this incident could be imagined, especially since the other party was a fighting Venerate of the Spirit Clan.

In the current era where there were no Dou saints, Dou Venerate were absolute rulers. Wanting to quietly kill an eight-star fighting venerable, unless a fighting saint-level powerhouse took action, there was an unwritten rule among the fighting saints not to casually attack weaker individuals.

Hun Huzi undoubtedly broke this unspoken rule.

"...I handled it cleanly."

Hun Huzi's gaze flickered slightly as he explained in a low voice.

The intensity of the black flames in Void Devouring Flame's eyes increased, and an invisible pressure caused the black flames in the void space to instantly wilt. He stared at Hun Huzi and coldly warned, "Suspicion does not require evidence, especially at this crucial moment. I don't want any accidents to happen, and this is also the intention of the Soul Emperor!"

"I understand, Lord Void."

Hun Huzi felt the suffocating pressure and broke out in a cold sweat on his forehead, hurriedly responding.

Void Devouring Flame eased the pressure and continued, "I know what you're thinking. You want to use that kid to try the path Xiao Xuan took back then. But unfortunately, this is destined to be a road to failure. Breaking through the bottleneck of the Dou God doesn't rely on the power of the Dou God's bloodline alone. If it were possible to break through solely with the power of the bloodline, do you think the Soul Emperor would have waited until now?"

At this point, a hint of mockery appeared on Void Devouring Flame's face, as if mocking the delusions of the world.

Because the Soul Emperor tried this path back then, with his assistance, the Soul Emperor refined vast bloodline power, even from the eight clans' fighting emperor bloodlines, but still failed in the end. That's why the Soul Emperor watched Xiao Xuan's attempts without intervening.

The strongest opponent led the entire clan onto an irreversible path, a cause for celebration.

Only when the current strongest Xiao Clan is destroyed can the Soul Clan truly reach its peak.

If the Xiao Clan were still around, the Soul Clan wouldn't dare to plan so recklessly against the other clans, even establishing the Soul Hall to harvest the souls of the entire continent of martial energy.

"This..."

Hun Huzi fell silent, feeling as if he had been doused with cold water in an instant. His mind cleared up significantly. Indeed, he had been somewhat 'obsessed' with Yao Yan recently, even nurturing an unrealistic expectation.

Void Devouring Flame calmly said, "Give it up. Trying to break through the bottleneck of the Dou God with these means won't work. The paths that the Soul Emperor has tried over the past thousand years have all failed. The only chance to break through the fighting emperor lies in the ancient Emperor Tuo's cave mansion."

Speaking of Emperor Tuo's ancient cave, the black flames in his eyes suddenly surged, and there was an uncontrollable anger in his heart. This sudden change in emotion also puzzled him immensely. He still couldn't understand why. Whenever he thought of Emperor Tuo's name, his emotions would be out of control.

It always felt like he had lost something after escaping from Emperor Tuo's cave mansion all those years ago, leaving him feeling empty inside.

Perhaps this was also the reason why Void Devouring Flame had been instigating the Soul Emperor to open Emperor Tuo's mansion.

It's not just because of the inheritance there, but also to reclaim his own past.

Hun Huzi nodded, speaking solemnly, "Understood, I will temporarily abandon this plan. However, that kid has extraordinary talent and exceptional alchemy potential, with the potential to reach the level of a ninth-grade alchemist. He's worth cultivating, and perhaps there will be a place for him in the future."

"It's your affair..."

Void Devouring Flame casually left these words behind, transforming into a wisp of black flame and merging into the void space, disappearing without a trace.

Clearly, this pinnacle powerhouse of the continent of martial energy was not interested in such matters because after a thousand years of planning, everything was nearing its end, and everything was already well-prepared. Having one more ninth-grade alchemy grandmaster wouldn't affect the final outcome.

"Emperor Tuo's ancient cave mansion."

Hun Huzi's gaze flickered, and after a moment, he slowly closed his eyes. However, those few words still lingered in his mind. He naturally knew that there was a chance to become a God in Emperor Tuo's mansion, and even knew that there was an Emperor-grade embryo pill inside. But there was only one, and it couldn't be replicated.

Who could resist the temptation of becoming a God!

...

On the other side,

Yao Yan naturally knew nothing about this. At this moment, he was leisurely walking out of the Shen Nong City.