People fight and become emperors in advance

Chapter 292 Soul Destruction

[Follow-up to the advance payment: Proceed to the Cold Abyss Islands deep in the East China Sea to obtain it.]

Similar to the ice-attribute artifacts Chen Xiao had previously obtained, the conditions for generating this Frost Essence Crystal seem to be quite demanding.

The good news is that the East China Sea is a remote and sparsely populated area, and apart from the long distance, there is not much danger.

That's why Chen Xiao felt comfortable entrusting this matter to Venerable Tianhuo.

With Venerable Heavenly Fire's strength, half a year would be more than enough time for him to return.

In this way, after Chen Xiao emerges from seclusion, he can seamlessly continue to receive other good things in advance.

"The Frost Essence Crystal is equivalent to a Grade 9 Treasure Pill. It should be enough to help me break through to the second-star Dou Sheng realm. With the Demon Saint's essence blood, I should be able to protect myself even if I face Soul Extinction after I emerge from seclusion this time."

With a silent murmur to himself, Chen Xiao stopped thinking about it, took a deep breath, and directly put the Frost Crystal into his mouth.

"boom!"

The Frost Crystal was like a naturally formed elixir. As soon as it entered his body, Chen Xiao's clothes instantly turned to ashes. Fine purple-gold dragon scales emerged from under his skin, and a vast and indescribable energy surged out of his body like a tide. Eventually, this energy solidified on the surface of Chen Xiao's body into a thick, ice-blue crystal armor.

"Such terrifying energy, and this is only at the Treasure Core level?"

There was no unbearable extreme cold as expected. Perhaps it was because Chen Xiao was already used to it and his strength was far superior to before, or perhaps it was because of the Bone Spirit Cold Flame in his body. The temperature after the Frost Crystal entered his body was completely within Chen Xiao's tolerance range.

However, the immense energy it unleashed far exceeded Chen Xiao's expectations.

He had never taken a ninth-grade pill before, but at this moment he had a feeling that the energy contained in this Frost Essence Crystal was probably comparable to that of even a ninth-grade treasure pill.

Under the impact of this vast energy, Chen Xiao's body trembled.

Inside his body, it was as if he had swallowed several giant dragons whole, causing turmoil and violently assaulting every part of his body and every inch of his flesh.

"Bone Spirit Cold Flame, Yin Yang Harmony Formation, forge them for me!"

With a soft shout in his heart, Chen Xiao quickly formed cultivation hand seals and began to absorb this vast energy, transforming it into the purest battle qi.

At the same time, the Bone Spirit Cold Flame circulated within his body, and a small Yin-Yang Harmony Heaven Array suddenly appeared.

In an instant, black holes seemed to appear in every acupoint of the limbs and bones, frantically devouring the energy raging within the body.

Under this triple refinement, Chen Xiao's realm, which he had broken through less than two months ago, quietly began to rise. Although his speed was not immediately remarkable, it was enough to make countless Dou Sheng powerhouses envious.

Sun rises and moon sets, moon sets and sun rises...

As the morning of the tenth day gradually enveloped the earth, Chen Xiao slowly opened his tightly closed eyes inside the secret chamber. A terrifying chill suddenly shot out from his eyes, and wherever his gaze fell, the recently melted ice reappeared, causing a shocking crack to appear in the walls of the secret chamber, which were made of special materials.

Chen Xiao slowly contracted his abdomen, and a breath of white energy surged from his nose and mouth, coiling upwards like a dragon of energy, before finally disappearing into the world.

Sensing the sudden surge in his strength, Chen Xiao smiled with satisfaction.

Using all three methods together, the speed at which he refined the Frost Essence Crystal was much faster than he had expected.

"I will be able to emerge from seclusion in less than six months!"

Without resting for long, Chen Xiao flipped his hand, and a ball of golden blood immediately shot out and hovered in front of him.

"puff!"

After examining the third of the essence blood, Chen Xiao opened his mouth and spat out a flame that enveloped the golden blood.

This essence blood is actually capable of being absorbed directly. Chen Xiao also has a lot of faith in the Yellow Spring Demon Saint. However, over the years, refining good things first has become a habit.

Moreover, being cautious is not a bad thing.

The essence blood of the demon saint was tempered in the bone spirit's cold fire for two whole hours, yet it still showed no fluctuation.

The strange fire, which was said to incinerate all things, seemed to lose its original power in the face of this essence blood.

Seeing this, Chen Xiao was finally completely relieved. He opened his mouth, and the cold white flame, mixed with golden blood, flashed into his mouth like lightning.

"boom!"

As the golden blood entered his abdomen, a terrifying energy fluctuation emanated from Chen Xiao's body, causing cracks to spread throughout the entire secret chamber, as if it were about to collapse at any moment.

Chen Xiao paid no attention to the external situation. Just as he had done with the Frost Crystal, he once again used the power of the strange fire and the Yin-Yang Harmony Array to begin absorbing and refining it...

...

Zhongzhou Continent.

In the following months, although the Purple Cloud Pavilion did not target the Soul Palace again, the Soul Palace did not have an easy time.

To their surprise, the six ancient races, who had previously been passive observers who only thought about reaping benefits without contributing much, seemed to have suddenly had a change of heart and were now behaving with remarkable enthusiasm.

Each time, without the need for the Pill Tower and other forces to fight, they would quickly eliminate the few remaining branch halls of the Soul Palace.

Of course, the soul essence collected in these branch halls also fell into their hands and was divided up.

After all the branch halls were destroyed, the six ancient races did not stop there and soon set their sights on the Heaven, Earth and Man Halls.

In response, although Hun Miesheng tried his best to gather the powerhouses of the Soul Palace to resist, it was still like a mantis trying to stop a chariot when facing the six ancient races.

The Human Palace and the Earth Palace were destroyed one after another.

The only good news was that the deputy hall masters stationed in the Human Palace and Earth Palace, including the Great Celestial Venerable who had already joined the battle, were spared thanks to Hun Miesheng's timely assistance.

On the 170th day after Chen Xiao went into seclusion, the powerful figures under the command of the six ancient races gathered at the Heavenly Palace, where Hun Miesheng was stationed, without any attempt to conceal their whereabouts. It was as if they were announcing that they would soon take action against the Heavenly Palace.

At this moment, inside that dimly lit hall.

A figure sat high in the main seat. He was dressed in a black robe, and his appearance was nothing special. He could only be described as plain and unremarkable. His hands, which were resting on the armrests, were also somewhat rough.

However, this seemingly ordinary figure, sitting there, caused everyone in the hall to hold their breath, their eyes filled with awe and fear.

In such a setting, the identity of someone with such an impressive entourage is easily guessed.

That is none other than the Lord of the Soul Palace!

Soul annihilates, life is born!
As his name suggests, this Lord of the Soul Hall possesses an unparalleled reputation not only in the Central Continent but also within the Soul Hall itself.

Even though this reputation was built on countless acts of bloodshed!

In that distant era, this Lord of the Soul Palace once massacred dozens of sects in a single night, leaving rivers of blood and corpses strewn across the fields. Even five peak experts with the strength of two-star Dou Sheng perished in his hands.

That night cemented the Soul Palace Master's fearsome reputation and made the Soul Palace the overlord of the Central Plains.

Even the Dan Tower is somewhat inferior.

That's why there's a saying of "one hall and one tower," rather than "one tower and one hall." At this moment, this once infamous figure, whose fearsome reputation once shook the entire Central State, sat quietly in the main seat, his gaze as calm and unwavering as an old monk nearing his end, as if the powerful figures constantly gathering towards the Heavenly Palace didn't exist.

On both sides below, the men in black robes sat ramrod straight, barely daring to breathe, just like elementary school students waiting for their teacher to call their names.

Who would have thought that any one of these figures would be a notorious and fearsome individual?

For example, the Bone Nether Saint, the Blood River Heavenly Venerable, the Bone-Admiring Elder, and so on.

Even from the name, one can get a sense of it.

The oppressive atmosphere lasted for a long time before Hun Miesheng, seated on the main seat, slowly raised his head.

The slightest movement produced a faint sound, yet it was incredibly clear within the hall.

"The clan has ordered that everything should be done with the greater good in mind. There is no need to fight to the death with the six ancient races. After all, the Soul Palace's mission has been completed over the past thousand years."

Most people, including many high-ranking Celestial Venerables of the Soul Palace, only know that the Soul Palace has the mission of collecting the origin of souls, but they are unaware that they actually have another secret mission.

That was the secret deployment of the Soul-Devouring and Life-Severing Array!

This matter is even more secretive than collecting the essence of the soul.

Similarly, Soul Extinction also completed this task long ago.

"According to the clan, since the six ancient races are coming with great force, it's no harm to let them taste some sweetness. Anyway, we can get back a thousand times or ten thousand times in the future. By the way, we can also make them think that our clan's plan has failed, so they will be wary of them and dare not speak out against them."

"However, retreating is not what I want. As the Lord of the Soul Hall, even if I was forced to come here, I have put in a lot of effort over the years."

"Therefore, we can relinquish this final Heavenly Palace, but we cannot allow them to obtain it too easily. In this battle, you need not hold back any longer; I will order you to use your full power!"

"After this battle, we will completely disappear into the darkness. The Pill Tower, the Purple Cloud Pavilion, the Flower Sect, the Burning Flame Valley, and so on, it's time for them to taste the revenge of my Soul Palace! They think that erasing these palaces is the same as eliminating the Soul Palace, but they are sorely mistaken. Wherever I go, there is the Soul Palace!"

"This is my decision. Now, you may freely express your thoughts."

After Hun Miesheng finished speaking, the atmosphere in the hall gradually eased.

The deputy hall master, seated first on the right, was the first to speak.

"Hehehe, the Palace Master is right. The most terrifying enemies are those hidden in the shadows. Our clan's millennium plan is still in preparation, and we can't eliminate the six ancient races yet. But no one cares about these forces in the Central Plains. There's still about a year and a half until the Pill Tower's thirtieth-year event. We can't miss it!"

"Vice Hall Master is wise. I remember that Cao Ying, Xuan Kongzi's personal disciple, is now Chen Xiao's woman from Zixiao Pavilion. She will definitely participate. If something happens at the Pill Gathering, both sides will be very happy!"

"And then there's Yao Chen. He's hiding in the Pill Tower right now, and we can't do anything about him for the time being. But his disciple, Xiao Yan, absolutely cannot miss the Pill Gathering. We can do this and that..."

"Jie Jie Jie!"

"Jie Jie Jie!"

With the deputy hall master speaking first, the group of strange creatures broke their silence and began to express their thoughts.

For a moment, the spacious hall was filled with strange laughter.

...

Beast realm.

Previously, this area was considered the most chaotic region in the Central Continent, but ever since the Pill Tower and the Soul Palace started their feud, the Beast Domain has become relatively peaceful.

The Heavenly Phoenix Clan and the Nine Netherworld Python Clan, in particular, have very stable territories.

Today, Yao Ming arrived at the Yellow Springs Stele as usual.

After glancing at the three ultimate techniques on the Yellow Springs Stele, Yao Ming looked around and sensed that no one was paying attention to this place before imitating the mouth movements on the stele and letting out a few soft roars.

Heaven have mercy! Guarding the Yellow Springs and incurring Heaven's wrath, yet unable to cultivate, this kind of suffering is something outsiders can hardly comprehend.

Unbeknownst to Yao Ming, all his comical antics were being witnessed by the young man who had just arrived.

With a silent laugh, the young man, just like last time, did not disturb the self-amusing Yao Ming, and in a flash, he arrived on the Nether Serpent Vein.

And all of this, from beginning to end, Yao Ming was completely unaware of!

Within the Nether Serpent's veins, the guards remained as strict as ever.

Unfortunately, in the eyes of true powerhouses, these guards are nothing more than a facade.

The young man walked slowly and leisurely into the area, even brushing past the guards several times along the way, yet no one noticed him, as if he didn't exist at all.

Arriving at the entrance to the Nine Netherworld, the young man, as usual, inspected the large array left there.

Seeing that the grand formation had not been triggered, the young man nodded slightly.

However, just as he was about to continue downwards...

Suddenly, an unexpected change occurred!
"Boom!"

The entire Nether Serpent vein suddenly began to tremble, and a violent rumbling sound came from underground.

At the same moment, the energy in this world seemed to be drawn together, surging forth and pouring into the bottom of the Yellow Springs. Then, it suddenly stopped and flowed upstream!

The young man's face lit up with joy, and with one step, he appeared in the void above the Nether Serpent Vein.

Looking into the distance, one could see a graceful figure with closed eyes, enveloped in a rich, nine-colored light, thousands of feet away.

The gathering energy storm swirled above its head, growing stronger and larger, until in the blink of an eye it had become a sea of ​​energy, with a constant howling sound.

The exquisite figure, enveloped in nine-colored light, suddenly changed her hand seals, and in an instant, the rich nine-colored light was completely absorbed into her body.

Along with what was absorbed into the body, there were also tornado-like energies of heaven and earth.

Even a normal human powerhouse, even at the Dou Sheng level, would find it difficult to devour the energy of heaven and earth like this. Yet, that figure with her beautiful eyes closed seemed completely unconcerned, as if she had a bottomless pit within her body, capable of swallowing everything!
"boom!"

In just two or three minutes, all the energy of heaven and earth gathered here was swallowed up.

The next moment, her tightly closed eyes suddenly opened, and an incomparably terrifying aura suddenly erupted, instantly leveling several distant mountain peaks!

Feeling an unprecedented surge of power within her, a long-lost confident smile finally blossomed on Cai Lin's alluring face.

Before she could dwell on it for long, she slightly raised her beautiful eyes and fixed them on the handsome young man standing thousands of feet away.

"I thought I would be ahead of you after this seclusion, but I didn't expect that we would be evenly matched. That's fine, I haven't gotten used to my sudden increase in strength yet, how about you spar with me?"

The young man pondered for a moment. He had only recently broken through to the next level, so this was a win-win situation. He immediately nodded in agreement, "Is there a wager?"

Cai Lin's lips curled slightly as she said, "Anything is fine!"

(End of this chapter)