Fighting: Practice makes it real, start with a poisonous body.

"Lord Patriarch!"

"Do not--!"

The piercing cries, like the mournful cries of a cuckoo weeping blood, echoed wildly across the fiery realm.

The Yan Clan members watched in disbelief as Yan Jin's mangled body lay in a pool of blood, his eyes wide with shock and bloodshot.

Their gazes toward Su Yun high above were filled with bone-deep hatred, as if they wanted to devour him alive. However, their bodies, pinned to the spot by the oppressive power of the Star Extinction Sword Intent, could not even move. They could only let despair and anger churn wildly in their chests.

Su Yun ignored this, his expression as indifferent as a block of ice. He simply raised his hand and waved it gently at the beast army below.

"Kill, leave no one alive."

Those four cold words became the death knell for the Yan Clan.

"kill!"

The massive beast army roared with bloodlust, surging towards the Yan Clan like a flood bursting its banks. Already weakened and weakened by the Star Annihilation Sword Intent, the Yan Clan members were utterly powerless to resist and could only helplessly allow the slaughter to descend upon them.

"Boom--!"

High in the sky, the golden phoenix fire of the phoenix warriors was like a sky full of shooting stars. Each flame that fell could take the lives of several flying disciples of the fire clan.

The Northern Dragon King swung his massive dragon body, sweeping across the area. The Yan Clan's palace collapsed like paper, burying countless elderly, weak, women, and children who had been hiding inside. Their desperate cries were quickly drowned out by the roars of the beastmen.

Countless enormous ferocious beasts rampaged through the Flame Realm. A giant rhinoceros covered in rock armor strode forward with heavy steps, cracking the ground wherever it passed and easily crushing the Flame Clan disciples into mincemeat.

"what!"

Several elders of the Flame Clan mustered their last ounce of strength, unleashing all their holy power as they charged towards the Beast Clan army, hoping to buy their people a chance to survive. However, they had only taken a few steps when they were struck by several black palm prints casually unleashed by the remnant soul of the Medicine Emperor. Their bodies instantly shattered into a bloody mist, leaving not even a fragment of their remains.

The crimson rocks were stained dark red with blood, and the air was filled with a strong smell of blood and burning. Countless severed limbs were scattered everywhere, and desperate cries and shrill screams intertwined to form a tragic elegy for the end of the world.

Su Yun hovered high in the sky, coldly surveying the carnage below, his face expressionless, as if the horrific scene before him had nothing to do with him. Only when the resistance of the Yan Clan completely vanished, leaving only sporadic cries of agony, did he slowly turn around and fly towards the core palace of the Yan Clan.

This crimson palace was the power center of the Yan clan. At this moment, the palace doors were broken and the interior was in a mess, clearly indicating that a fierce battle had just taken place.

Su Yun walked straight to the throne in front of the main seat in the hall, the place where Yan Jin had once sat. It was carved from a single piece of red gold and decorated with exquisite flame patterns.

He sat down without any hesitation, leaned back slightly, and then raised his right hand. A flash of light appeared in his palm, and a jet-black jade pendant engraved with mysterious runes appeared in his hand.

"Buzzing—"

Holy power was slowly poured into the jade pendant, and the Soul-Guiding Jade instantly lit up with a faint black light. The runes on it seemed to come alive and began to flow rapidly.

Su Yun closed his eyes and, with the help of the Soul-Guiding Jade, probed the movements in the direction of the Pill Domain. After a moment, he opened his eyes, a knowing glint in them.

"The progress isn't slow..." Su Yun muttered to himself, "Very good. Now it's up to you, Gu Yuan. Don't let me down."

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Dan Domain, the core council hall of the Dan Tower.

A hurried figure burst through the hall's protective barrier, stumbling into the room, his face ashen: "Urgent report! The Yan Clan... the Yan Clan has been wiped out!"

"what?!"

Everyone in the hall was shocked. Xiao Yan suddenly stood up, his eyes filled with disbelief. He quickly stepped forward and grabbed the arm of the messenger disciple: "What did you say?" The messenger disciple swallowed and said quickly: "It's the son of the Dragon and Phoenix! He led a massive army of hundreds of millions of beastmen to launch a strong attack on the Flame Realm. Even the Flame Clan's protective formation could not stop him."

Chief Yan Jin fought desperately, even using the last vestiges of the Yan clan's power, but was still killed by Su Yun with a single strike of Star Annihilation Sword Intent. The entire Yan clan... was slaughtered, with not a single survivor!

“Slaughtered them all…” Old Yao gasped, his aged face filled with horror and anger. “Such ruthless methods! This demon has gone to such lengths to exterminate them!”

The old man Shennong's holy power fluctuated slightly, his brows furrowed, "The Yan Clan has a profound foundation, yet they couldn't even hold out for half a day... The strength of the Dragon-Phoenix Son is even more terrifying than we expected."

Xiao Yan clenched his fists, his knuckles turning white, his heart burning with rage.

Although the Yan Clan was no good either, he found it hard to accept that they had ended up in such a state.

What alarmed him even more was the terrifying combat power and expansion speed of the Dragon-Phoenix Son. If this continued, the entire Central Continent would probably be swept away by the Beast Race before the Pure Lotus Demon Saint was even resurrected.

"This demon is utterly depraved!" an elder of the Dan Tower shouted angrily.

"Anger is useless."

Shennong the Elder took a deep breath, his tone heavy: "Now we should be more worried about ourselves... It seems that the resurrection of the Pure Lotus Demon Saint will be accelerated."

The sigh was filled with helplessness and a sense of urgency. The Dragon-Phoenix Sons were moving too fast, pressing forward relentlessly, leaving them no room for hesitation. Otherwise, they would suffer the same fate as the Flame Clan.

Xiao Yan remained silent for a moment, then slowly shook his head, a resolute glint in his eyes: "It seems this is the only way. Even if reviving the Pure Lotus Demon Saint is fraught with risks, it is still better than having the Dragon and Phoenix Sons defeated one by one, resulting in their deaths and the extermination of their clans."

The old apothecary nodded and said in a deep voice, "We should not delay. We should go find Gu Yuan now and urge him to complete the array inscription as soon as possible."

The group reached a consensus and, without further delay, got up and flew towards the secluded cultivation hall that the Pill Tower had arranged for Gu Yuan.

Inside the secluded meditation hall, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth converged into a visible band of light, encircling the hall.

Gu Yuan sat cross-legged on the array platform in the center of the hall, his holy power flowing around him. His complexion was much better than before, clearly indicating that the healing pills provided by the Pill Tower had taken effect.

The old ancestor of the Pill Tower and Xiao Xuan's soul sat on either side, both with their eyes closed and their minds focused, their bodies enveloped in a faint halo of light.

Upon seeing Xiao Yan and the others enter, Gu Yuan did not open his eyes, but simply said indifferently, "I already know about the destruction of the Yan Clan."

The old man Shennong said in a deep voice, "The threat of the Dragon-Phoenix Child is imminent. We hope you can speed up the process of inscribing the array patterns."

"Don't worry, I want to revive the Pure Lotus Demon Saint as soon as possible even more than you do."

Gu Yuan's lips curled into a cold smile, then his expression hardened, and he quickly formed a hand seal. A strange black light shone from his fingertip, containing a rich array power—the very source power of the resurrection array.

"rise!"

Gu Yuan let out a low shout, and the black light at his fingertips transformed into two slender strands of light, which flew toward the ninth-grade golden core and Xiao Xuan's soul respectively.

The light filaments move at extremely high speeds, landing precisely on the target, and then begin to rapidly move and intertwine.

The two beams of light seemed to come alive, continuously outlining mysterious patterns on the surface of the ninth-grade golden core and around Xiao Xuan's soul.

These patterns twisted and intertwined, seemingly chaotic, yet they subtly conformed to some kind of heaven and earth rule, emitting a faint, eerie light. Each stroke consumed a tremendous amount of Gu Yuan's holy power, and fine beads of sweat gradually seeped from his forehead, his face turning slightly pale.

"Buzzing..."

On the body of the Pill Tower Ancestor, the originally brilliant golden light intertwined with black array patterns, and the energy fluctuations of the golden core became increasingly strange, faintly resonating with the physical body of the Pure Lotus Demon Saint high above. (End of this chapter)