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The original meaning of all laws and the profound simplicity of the Great Way, as expounded in "The Original True Explanation", has a great auxiliary effect on the cultivation of all techniques.

Following Zhu Chen's advice, Xiao Yan activated the "Original True Explanation," imitating himself as an existence sharing the same origin as the Different Flame.

Soon, the strange fire on the stone pillar regarded it as one of its own kind and began to resonate with it.

After a while.

Seeing that the time was right, Xiao Yan immediately reached out and summoned a golden flame source from the stone pillar. Then, he activated the "Burning Technique" and slowly absorbed it into his body.

The process of refining the strange fire this time went much more smoothly than Xiao Yan had imagined.

The violent energy became unusually docile when it touched the primal Daoist aura surrounding him.

The fusion speed was several times faster than before!
"It really works!"

Xiao Yan was overjoyed.

To avoid any unforeseen complications, he immediately sped up his movements, beginning to draw upon the second and third sources of the strange fire...

With his full concentration, Yao Lao protected Xiao Yan, his Emperor-level soul power spreading out and instantly enveloping the entire Strange Fire Plaza.

Lin Dong and Naruto also circulated their Yuan Power and Chakra, standing on the perimeter of the plaza, ready for battle.

Han Li was not idle either.

He dared to come here on his own initiative this time because he had made thorough preparations.

When Xiao Yan first started refining those strange flames, he had already begun "defense" work in the square.

His figure moved swiftly along the edge of the Strange Fire Plaza like a ghost, and wherever he passed, array flags and spirit stones were precisely driven into the ground or into the void.

The array flags and spirit stones connected with each other, quickly outlining the contours of arrays that were either concealed, defensive, or offensive.

As the light flashed, layers of invisible barriers appeared out of thin air on this strange fire plaza.

What's even more remarkable is that after setting up these magic arrays, Han Li took out a large number of humanoid puppets of various shapes from his storage bag and placed them all at the key nodes of the arrays and around the perimeter of the plaza.

There were at least several hundred of those densely packed puppet figures at a glance.

Zhu Chen was originally not interested in Han Li's trash puppets.

But when he caught a glimpse of the weapons in the puppets' hands out of the corner of his eye, his expression froze for a moment.

He was astonished to discover that these puppets were all holding metal artifacts that shouldn't exist in the cultivation world!

"Holy crap!"

Zhu Chen couldn't help but swear.

When Han Li finished his 'work' and returned, he immediately inquired about the origin of these items.

"Brother, this item is called a 'portable laser cannon,' and it's a batch of puppet weapons that I previously purchased from my sixth brother."

Han Li looked at the puppets and calmly explained, "According to my sixth brother, these weapons do not require spiritual power to operate and can be used by ordinary people. They are quite powerful and can greatly enhance the combat strength of my puppets, which may be very effective in dealing with miscellaneous soldiers."

Although I had already guessed the answer in my heart.

However, when Han Li said these things in person, Zhu Chen couldn't help but be surprised.

That kid Luo Feng actually wholesaled guns and cannons to the cultivation world; he's really something.

Just as Zhu Chen was in shock, Han Li carefully took out a humanoid creature from his storage bag, its entire body shimmering with a mercury-like luster.

Zhu Chen's pupils shrank: "The Silver Guardian? Luo Feng gave you this too?" Upon hearing this, Han Li immediately showed a shameful smile: "Big brother has a good eye. I did borrow this from my sixth brother in secret before I left. It is said that the Silver Guardian has an extremely strong ability to protect its master and an amazing defense. When encountering insurmountable danger, releasing it can greatly save one's life."

As he spoke, he reached out and gently patted the silver-clad guard's shoulder.

The latter stood silently behind him, like the most loyal guard protecting his master.

Zhu Chen looked at Han Li's series of life-saving preparations, which could only be described as "outrageous," and his lips twitched almost imperceptibly.

It seems that Luo Feng only managed to obtain two usable Silver Guardians on Earth.

Han Li managed to borrow one of these?
……

Inside another passage of the Ancient Emperor's Cave.

While Xiao Yan was busy refining the origins of those strange flames...

Soul Emperor and Gu Yuan and the others have already followed the traces they left behind to a place in ruins.

This place used to be a huge magic array, but it has been destroyed.

The dozens of stone statues on both sides of the magic circle were now shattered on the ground, their broken edges smooth as mirrors, as if they had been instantly destroyed by an extremely powerful force.

Void Devouring Flame stepped forward to examine one of the broken stone statues, then said solemnly, "This is the 'Ancient Stone Statue Array.' This array will activate when it senses life force. Each of these statues possesses the strength of a peak Dou Zun. If they form a battle array, they are enough to annihilate Dou Sheng below three stars."

The Soul Emperor's gaze sharpened slightly as he said, "I didn't expect those people to actually break into this cave."

Void Devouring Flame stood up, his tone unusually solemn: "These stone statues were destroyed in a single blow. To be able to do that, the attacker's strength... must be at least a Seven-Star Dou Sheng, or even higher!"

"What? A Seven-Star Dou Sheng?"

"How can this be?"

The words of Void Devouring Flame were like a boulder thrown into a calm lake, instantly causing a huge uproar among the powerful members of the eight ancient clans.

Yan Jin, the patriarch of the Yan Clan, exclaimed, "When did such a powerful figure emerge on the continent? Besides our few families, who else is a Dou Sheng of five stars or higher?"

Lei Ying, the patriarch of the Lei Clan, looked even more grim: "Could it be some reclusive old monster? Or... is it that Xiao Xuan, who disappeared many years ago, left behind a backup plan?"

His words caused even Gu Yuan's expression to change slightly.

The Medicine Clan Chief, Yao Dan, pondered, "No matter who it is, they are clearly ahead of us, and their strength is beyond our imagination. Soul Emperor, you didn't mention before that besides us, there is another being eyeing this Ancient Emperor's Cave!"

The Soul Emperor remained silent, his heart also filled with astonishment and doubt.

Void Devouring Flame's judgment is rarely wrong. There are only a handful of experts above the Seven Star Dou Sheng level on the entire continent, and almost all of them are here.

This sudden change completely disrupted his plans.

"Discussing these things now is pointless. Whoever is leading the way, daring to covet the ancient emperor's legacy is an enemy of us. Let's catch up and everything will become clear!"

After a moment of silence, the Soul Emperor suddenly uttered a harsh statement.

Although the eight ancient clans had different intentions, the allure of the Dou Di inheritance had overwhelmed everything else.

After hearing the words of the Soul Emperor, the other clan leaders exchanged glances and then made their decisions.

They bypassed the destroyed stone statue formation, then accelerated and flew directly into the depths of the cave.

...(End of chapter)