After a long while, he looked at Jiang Yun ahead and sighed, "Well, my mission has finally come to an end…" There was a faint sense of relief in his tone.
No matter the outcome, he had ultimately fulfilled the last wishes left by Tuo She Ancient Emperor when he departed. A miraculous feeling of release arose in his heart.
Reflecting on when Jiang Yun first entered, and their interaction, Tuo She Ancient Emperor's heart was still filled with amazement and regret.
Jiang Yun had entered this inheritance space as early as the encounter at the Ancient Emperor's cave. He could have forcefully taken it with his formidable strength. However, after Jiang Yun learned that Tuo She Ancient Emperor had information about the Emperor of Ten Thousand Flames, he restrained his forceful intentions and made a bet with him instead.
The bet was on the outcome between Yun Yi and Xiao Yan, and from the results, it was clear that he had the upper hand.
"Really wish I could see you break through to that level, but it seems there's no chance now!" Tuo She Ancient Emperor looked at his gradually becoming illusory body and sighed in regret.
Back when he broke through to Dou Di, he had only stopped at Supreme Heavenly Level and had not broken through the barrier of the heavens. He did not know if he succeeded after going to the upper realm. At least in the memory left behind, Tuo She Ancient Emperor had not crossed that barrier, so failing to see Jiang Yun's ultimate results left him with a touch of regret.
Jiang Yun was unaware of Tuo She Ancient Emperor's lamentations; he was currently immersed in the vast energy within his body.
At the moment the Fire Lotus Seed entered his body, Jiang Yun's body turned crimson immediately, with immense energy spreading in his body at a frightening speed.
In just a blink, Jiang Yun's meridians were filled to the brim with this energy, emanating a greedy sensation from within.
Jiang Yun dared not slack off, controlling the Holy Magic Flame within him, his cultivation technique running wildly, absorbing the immense energy in his body.
As he entered the cultivation state, his body gradually descended into the colorful magma underneath.
Boom!
The colorful magma surged up immediately, the terrifying energy ripples spread to every corner of this space. If a weaker Dou Saint came here, they would be consumed by the extremely pure source energy.
Centering on Jiang Yun, the magma began to spin, quickly forming a vortex, with a vast amount of source energy pouring into Jiang Yun.
In no time, Jiang Yun's body was shrouded in an energy mist emanating from within, and as time passed, the concentration of this mist increased, finally resonating with the energy within Jiang Yun, forming an energy cocoon, emitting a brilliant glow.
Three days passed in an instant, Jiang Yun sensed the power within him gradually approaching a certain limit, then, at some moment, he transcended that limit.
Within the heart of the stone statue, the once dense Emperor's source had vanished without a trace, along with Tuo She Ancient Emperor's disappearance as well.
With the depletion of source energy, he completely lost his support and dissipated between heaven and earth.
"Sister Little Doctor, Tuo She Ancient Emperor's stone statue has disappeared!"
"Brother Jiang Yun..."
The Little Doctor and Qing Lin, who had been guarding Jiang Yun, saw the disappearing statue and immediately exclaimed, deep worry evident in Qing Lin's beautiful eyes.
"Qing Lin, trust Jiang Yun, he will succeed," the Little Doctor forced herself to remain calm, not thinking about the worst outcome, and softly consoled Qing Lin.
Just as the Little Doctor's words fell, suddenly, a dense emperor's might spread to every corner, the power of the space bowing towards him, even the dust in the space bowing, emanating the supreme might of heaven and earth.
"This is…" Feeling this might, the Little Doctor and Qing Lin disregarded their physical discomfort, looking joyfully towards the source of that might.
"Jiang Yun, he succeeded!"
The might came quickly and left quickly. The next moment, before the two women's eyes blurred, Jiang Yun's figure gradually appeared before them.
"Brother Jiang Yun, congratulations on becoming a Dou Di!"
Seeing Jiang Yun, Qing Lin and the Little Doctor immediately rejoiced, holding onto his arms, their charming smiles blooming.
"Alright, it's time to wrap things up!" Jiang Yun felt the softness between his arms and smiled tenderly.
With that, his arms wrapped around their slender waists, holding them close, their figures gradually becoming blurry in this space.
In Central State, the land already ravaged, an incredibly dense evil aura continually spread in all directions.
In the sky, a massive formation continued to funnel blood-red light towards its center.
Every time people saw the blood-red light flashing, they couldn't help but feel a chill. Each beam of light represented the demise of countless living beings.
Peak experts like Dou Saints vaguely sensed that the aura of destruction within the formation was rapidly expanding to an unpredictable level for them.
Countless people exchanged glances filled with undisguisable fear.
No one knew when this sudden disaster would fall upon them.
"Almost half of the Dou Qi Continent has been polluted, by then…" Xiao Yan raised his head, his face grave, looking at the sky, he whispered slowly.
Beside him, Gu Xun'er supported Xiao Yan with a face full of heartache. Xiao Yan's soul and body were severely damaged, almost crippled. If not for the abundance of high-level alchemists in the alliance and the abundance of nine-grade pills, Xiao Yan wouldn't have been able to stand.
"What will happen then?" Gu Yuan looked at Xiao Yan, unable to resist asking.
Now everyone knew why Xiao Yan's power had suddenly surged.
It turned out he was chosen by the Spirit of the Realm, about to become the Lord of the Realm. With the help of the Spirit of the Realm, it was no wonder his power had increased so rapidly.
There was definitely envy, being the Lord of the Realm. Didn't those extraterrestrial demons crave the Spirit of the Realm?
But that was in the past, now Xiao Yan had been forcibly kicked out of the realm space by Yun Yi, and had lost the chance to become the Lord of the Realm. Now it was their turn to worry about the Spirit of the Realm falling into Yun Yi's hands.
So, hearing Xiao Yan speak up, everyone couldn't help but look towards him. After all, the Spirit of the Realm and the Lord of the Realm were things they heard for the first time, belonging to an unknown domain, with secrets to be revealed by Xiao Yan, who had deep contact with it.
"The Spirit of the Realm naturally rejects outsiders. Seeking its approval is as hard as ascending the heavens," Xiao Yan took a deep breath, looking at everyone, he slowly said.
"Isn't there any way?" Zi Yan frowned slightly, couldn't help but ask. She knew Jiang Yun's background, he was also an outsider, didn't he have a chance?
"No." Looking at Zi Yan, Xiao Yan retracted his gaze. Knowing Jiang Yun's background, remembering the scenes when he first encountered the Spirit of the Realm, he was indeed far behind Jiang Yun.
That's the innate malice of the Spirit of the Realm towards outsiders.
"For outsiders to obtain the Spirit of the Realm's approval, they have to make a significant contribution within the realm. Besides, there's another way, to forcibly corrupt this realm, leaving the Spirit no choice but to submit. Now Yun Yi is using this method."
Hearing Xiao Yan's words, everyone couldn't help but shiver.
"So, when over half of the continent is polluted, the Spirit of the Realm will lose its resistance." Yao Chen glanced at the slowly advancing demonic aura and paled in horror.
"Yes!" Xiao Yan looked at his master and nodded with difficulty.
Hearing this, everyone's faces turned extremely grave. Were they just going to await death?
"Where did Jiang Yun go?" Just as everyone was in despair, Gu Xun'er suddenly looked at Zi Yan, Medusa, and others with burning eyes and asked.
"Whoosh!"
Hearing Gu Xun'er's words, a spark of hope exploded in the eyes of everyone present, making them turn towards the Ancient Dragon Clan's group.
Indeed, Jiang Yun was a person from the Upper Realm. He must have a way. At the very least, he should have a way to leave Dou Qi Continent.
No matter the outcome, this was a way out, better than waiting for death.
Facing the questioning gazes, Medusa and Zi Yan exchanged glances. After a moment of contemplation, Zi Yan said in a deep voice, "Xiao Yun obtained the inheritance of the Ancient Emperor, he has yet to come out of seclusion!"
"The Tuo She Ancient Emperor's inheritance—"
Exclamations erupted among the alliance members, listening in shock to this news. They had wondered why Jiang Yun was absent from the battle. It turned out he had obtained the Ancient Emperor's inheritance.
Suddenly, a lightbulb lit up in Gu Yuan's mind as he remembered the behavior of the Ancient Dragon Clan at the Ancient Emperor's cave back then, and he couldn't help but exclaim, "It was the Tuo She Ancient Emperor's stone statue back then, it contained the Ancient Emperor's inheritance!"
Hearing Gu Yuan's regretful words, everyone couldn't help but feel a pang of regret. They never expected that besides the Emperor's embryo pill, there would be something even more precious.
Many people felt a delayed realization, understanding why the Ancient Dragon Clan was so aggressive back then.
Many gazes bypassed Zi Yan and Medusa, looking at the silent Zhu Kun, their hearts couldn't help but envy Jiang Yun.
Such an important news about the Ancient Emperor's inheritance, Hun Tiandi didn't know about it, the ancient emperor families didn't know about it, but looking at things, only Zhu Kun, the ancient dragon emperor older than everyone, knew about it.
"Hmph!" Seeing everyone's gaze, Zhu Kun couldn't help but snort coldly and said, "The inheritance of the Ancient Emperor isn't so easily obtained. The statue was right before your eyes in the cave back then, but you had no sense of it, meaning you had no fate with the Ancient Emperor's inheritance."
Hearing this, Xiao Yan couldn't help but feel a pang in his heart. Back then, he did have a slight sense of it, meaning it was the Ancient Emperor's inheritance, but he didn't know its secrets.
Taking a deep breath, dispelling his regretful emotions, Xiao Yan looked at everyone and said, "Let's hope Brother Jiang Yun acts quickly, otherwise…"
He didn't finish his words, but everyone knew the implication. For a moment, the atmosphere turned heavy.
"Boom—"
At this moment, from the void space, layers of splendid flames surged out. The fire came from nowhere, burning into nothingness the endless demonic aura it passed.
At the same time, a heavy might spread from the sky across the Dou Qi Continent.
Instantly, everyone in the alliance couldn't help but look up at the sky in joy, their hearts thrilled!
Those who had experienced Hun Tiandi and Tuo She Ancient Emperor's aura knew that only a Dou Di could have such an aura!
Combined with Zi Yan's earlier words, they couldn't help but feel joy in their hearts.
"It's Xiao Yun, he's succeeded!" Zi Yan instantly exclaimed joyfully, lifting her beautiful eyes to the sea of fire, searching for a familiar figure within.
Seeing this, Medusa also showed a breathtaking smile, her eyes soft, looking towards the sea of fire with Zi Yan.
"You brat, not too late, huh?" Zhu Kun laughed, but couldn't help a pleased scold.
"Whoosh!" Before everyone, the figures of Qing Lin and the Little Doctor appeared beside Medusa and Zi Yan. Seeing the two girls, Zhu Kun and others were more certain that it was indeed Jiang Yun who had broken through to Dou Di.
"You guys are still so annoying. Today, with me here, you will not succeed." Amidst the surging flames, a figure cloaked in splendid flames emerged. Jiang Yun looked at the blood-red formation ahead and said sternly.
In the sky, the originally howling demonic aura was subdued by the flames and became quiet. As Jiang Yun's voice fell, a beam of demonic light descended, revealing Yun Yi's figure within.
He looked at Jiang Yun and sighed, "Didn't expect you to gain the Ancient Emperor's inheritance, at the final moment, you stand before me again."
"Indeed, compared to these lower realm ants, only someone from the Great Thousand like you is worthy of being my opponent!"
"To say, you should thank me, right?"
Seeing Yun Yi's smiling face, Jiang Yun's heart moved, he mocked, "Thank you?"
"This world doesn't belong to you. Go back to where you came from." Jiang Yun slightly lowered his eyes and said coldly.
"Don't be hasty. If it weren't for me pushing Dou Qi Continent to this brink, would you have had the slightest chance to gain the approval of the Spirit of the Realm?" Yun Yi didn't care about Jiang Yun's attitude, speaking to himself.
"Don't say you're not aiming for the Spirit of the Realm, it's a shortcut to Supreme Heavenly Level, no one would refuse such an opportunity!"
Having said that, Yun Yi looked at Jiang Yun with a smile, as if they were the same kind of people.
During Yun Yi's speech, Jiang Yun couldn't help but divert part of his mind, starting to communicate with the Spirit of the Realm again.
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