"You can come to the Central Plains Palace now. I will apply to the higher authorities to allow you to bathe in the Soul Devouring Life-Severing Array."
Each branch hall has a Soul-Devouring and Life-Severing Array, but it is smaller than the one that covers the entire continent. The largest of the three Heavenly Gang Halls stores extremely strong blood energy and soul power.
Bathing in the Soul Devouring Life-Severing Array once is extremely beneficial to a Dou Zun, just like swallowing a Zunji Pill, with a certain chance of increasing one star of strength.
"Thank you, Heavenly Venerable." The Three Serpent Elder was overjoyed.
He had thought that the Nine Heavens Venerable would confirm the information or reward him according to the instructions of the higher-ups, but he did not expect that he would be given the opportunity to bathe in the Human Palace Soul Devouring and Life-Severing Array.
In comparison, the reward he gave to "Guardian Vulture" seemed rather stingy; he should try to compensate him more when the opportunity arises.
"Hmm." Demon Rain ended his telepathic communication with Elder Three Serpents.
The scroll in front of the latter spontaneously combusted and turned to ashes.
The Three Serpent Elders showed no remorse and, after making some arrangements, set off for the Central Plains Human Palace.
At the same time, the Nine Heavenly Venerable found the Three Heavenly Venerable and told him the information he had learned. The latter understood and contacted the Palace Master, Soul Extinction.
"Canaan Academy, Fallen Heartflame, Thunder Clan Elder Mang Tianchi, Flame Clan Nine Abyss Mansion Master"
After learning the "truth," Hun Miesheng offered a few words of praise, and then mobilized the Void Devouring Flame Sub-Fire within his body to communicate with the Void Devouring Flame Main Body.
"Lord Devouring Flame, the truth behind Soul Extinction's demise has been uncovered."
As the Soul Extinction recounted the entire process, a faint sense of emotion welled up within the Void Devouring Flame.
He chose Hun Mieqing simply because the latter had good talent and wanted him to help transport the essence of his soul.
Unexpectedly, the other party encountered a strange flame on the way, and in order to retrieve it, ultimately perished.
For a peak Dou Zun, a strange fire ranked outside the top ten is indeed not very attractive, unless one is an alchemist.
"It's a pity you've already perished, otherwise I could have resurrected you."
"If I ever reach the Dou Di level, you will also become my descendant and be completely resurrected."
"pity."
The Void Devouring Flame burned away this strange emotion and said calmly, "You did very well. Refine the sub-flame I gave you well, and I will help you purify your Soul Emperor bloodline."
"Furthermore, the Soul Clan's grand plan requires patience. You can have the people from the Soul Palace cause some trouble for the Flame Clan and Thunder Clan in the Central Continent. The mere Chamber of Commerce can't stir up any big waves."
Hun Miesheng immediately replied "Yes," his eyes gleaming with excitement.
For them, descendants of the Dou Di, bloodline level is fundamental. Once the clan mark is activated, it will affect everything, including combat power and talent.
He was extremely satisfied with the reward from the Void Devouring Flame.
After ending the conversation, Hun Miesheng bestowed another reward upon the Three Venerables and also entrusted them with the task of dealing with the Flame Clan and Thunder Clan merchant guilds.
After accepting the mission, the Three Heavenly Venerables shared a portion of their reward with the Nine Heavenly Venerables, saying, "I didn't expect the Palace Master to bestow upon you the Void Devouring Flame for body tempering. Perhaps you can use this to break through to the ninth star of the Dou Zun realm."
"When the time comes, you should go to the Northwest Continent and destroy the Nine Abyss Prefecture. This will also serve as a warning to the Yan Clan."
Nine Heavens Venerable Demon Rain immediately agreed, thinking that after the Three Serpent Venerable Elder broke through, he would be sent to deal with the Nine Abyss Palace.
In the Northwest Continent, the Soul Palace can be abandoned, but other forces cannot attempt to seize it.
This matter has been temporarily resolved.
Zhang Yuan was unaware of all of this.
For the next five months, he spent his free time traveling with Xun'er and the other girls in the Black Corner Region, occasionally eliminating some fools, while also consolidating the development of the Nine Abyss Prefecture.
Most of the time was spent refining magical weapons and pills, which were then sold at auctions in the name of the Nine Abyss Palace. If the Abyss Guards or Abyss Envoys had the convenience, they could even purchase magical weapons on a custom basis.
Driven by various benefits, the Black Emperor Sect took the initiative to approach him, expressing their desire to join their ranks.
The auction house of the Black Emperor Sect has always been the number one in the Black Corner Region, but it is powerless against the Nine Abyss Mansion. This is the terrifying aspect of the monopoly of "battle weapons".
Zhang Yuan did not refuse, accepting the resources offered by the other party and making the Black Emperor Sect Master a Xuan-rank Abyss Guard.
Not only that, the two elders, Su Qian and the three Dou Zong, as well as some Dou Huang experts from Canaan Academy, also agreed to become Abyss Envoys.
"Cousin, it's done."
Zhang Yuan was preparing to refine the Breakthrough Pill when the visualization diagram sent him a message: Xiao Yan had contacted him through the Nine Abyss Token.
"Five months, that's a bit slower than I expected."
The Sea Heart Flame was a strange fire that had already been tamed, and Xiao Yan quickly completed its refinement and absorption using the Burning Technique.
Originally, it took him two years to refine the Fallen Heart Flame, but a large part of that time was spent fighting the Fallen Heart Flame in the Lava World, rather than directly devouring it like this. Moreover, his strength reached the Dou Huang level after devouring the Sea Heart Flame, and his Burning Technique was of a higher grade, so the Fallen Heart Flame had to submit.
"Shh."
Zhang Yuan put away the alchemy cauldron and several medicinal herbs, and with a thought, he instantly teleported in front of Xiao Yan.
At this moment, the void around the latter trembled slightly, and the aura it emitted was infinitely close to that of a Dou Zong.
Through continuous refinement of the Sea Heart Flame and the Fallen Heart Flame, his strength increased dramatically in less than half a year.
Once he stabilizes this realm, he can use the power of the Azure Netherworld Dragon Blood to break through.
"What rank has the Burning Technique evolved to?" Zhang Yuan asked directly.
He remembered that in the original trajectory, the Burning Technique was initially a low-level Yellow Rank technique. After Xiao Yan devoured the Purple Flame, the technique evolved into a mid-level Yellow Rank technique. Then, after devouring the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame, it evolved into a mid-level Profound Rank technique. After devouring the Fallen Heart Flame, it evolved into a low-level Earth Rank technique. Finally, after devouring the Three Thousand Burning Flames, it evolved into a high-level Earth Rank technique.
Then, it devoured the Bone Spirit Cold Flame and evolved into a quasi-heavenly-level cultivation technique.
Then, after devouring the Sea Heart Flame, it finally evolved to the low-level Heaven Rank.
The Sea Heart Flame was devoured by Xiao Yan slightly faster than the Three Thousand Burning Flames, making it slightly inferior.
However, the further one progresses in a cultivation technique, the more difficult it becomes to evolve. Zhang Yuan felt that Xiao Yan's answer would not disappoint him.
"Just reached the advanced level of the Earth Rank." Xiao Yan's face revealed an undisguised smile.
"As expected." Zhang Yuan nodded in satisfaction, then said, "Let's set off then."
"There are some decent opponents there, which can help you solidify your cultivation level."
"After six months, you can try to break through to the Dou Zong level."
This speed of power enhancement is faster than riding a rocket.
But Zhang Yuan didn't find it surprising or strange at all.
Xiao Yan's speed of increasing strength was already quite fast, and he became a Dou Di at the age of thirty-eight in the "Dharma-Ending Era".
Now that he has the help of someone who knows the plot and has cheat codes, he should at least be on par with Dongzi, who has obtained the inheritance of the Earth Supreme and the sacrifice of the Ice Spirit Clan's genius in the Great Thousand World, right?
"I'll do whatever my cousin says." Xiao Yan naturally had no objections.
Zhang Yuan nodded and led him to the inner courtyard of Canaan Academy, while also summoning Zi Yan, who had already broken through to the sixth level, and Qing Yanjing, who had the strength of a Dou Zong.
"Sister Jing, if you were to set up a teleportation array now, what would be the maximum teleportation distance?"
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"With limited materials at hand, I can only set up a level four teleportation array right now, with a maximum teleportation distance of 100 miles in radius," Qing Yanjing replied.
Zhang Yuan nodded slightly, waved his hand to tear through the void, and brought Qing Yanjing, Zi Yan and Xiao Yan to the bottom of the Burning Heaven Refining Qi Tower. He then said, "Sister Jing, you can set up a teleportation array here. That should be enough."
"Okay, wait for me for a quarter of an hour." Qing Yanjing nodded slightly and began searching for a suitable spot to set up the array.
At this moment, Xiao Yan walked to the front of the dark cave, looked down at the lava world below, and instinctively frowned.
Taking a deep breath of the scorching air, Xiao Yan turned to Zhang Yuan and said, "Cousin, I feel a call coming from the depths of this lava world."
Xiao Yanzi has now reached the peak of the Dou Huang realm, and his soul has also broken through to the Spirit Realm, enabling him to refine seventh-grade pills. Therefore, he has already felt the summons outside the lava.
“You’ll feel the call, that’s right.” Zhang Yuan patiently explained, “Deep within this lava world, there is a Fallen Heart Flame, as well as the remains of its previous owner. We’re going there next.”
Xiao Yan blinked and asked curiously, "Cousin, how do you know so much?"
“Relying on this,” Zhang Yuan summoned the Xuanhuang Flame and continued, “I told you that the Xuanhuang Flame contains a world within it that can devour the memories of a soul. I have devoured the memories of a seventh-tier magical beast, so I happen to know about this.”
It's not hard to make up a reason, and Xiao Yan has no way of verifying it anyway.
"Do you know the specific information about the previous owner of the Fallen Heart Flame?" Xiao Yan asked curiously.
Of course I know, but I can't say.
“I don’t know about that.” Zhang Yuan shook his head: “That seventh-order magical beast only approached the area where the corpse was located. It can be confirmed that the powerful person was a Dou Zun before he fell, and there may still be a soul imprint left, similar to the situation of Yao Lao back then.”
"If this is true, as long as that Dou Zun is of decent character, we can use the method that Yao Lao originally wanted to use to help him be reborn. You also have enough strange fire, so it will be easy for Yao Lao to refine an eighth-grade pill after he comes out of seclusion."
"With the remains of a half-saint and a Dou Zun, he should be able to reach the level of a half-saint after his resurrection."
Xiao Yan suddenly realized why Zhang Yuan had suggested trying to recruit a half-saint; that explained it all.
Indeed, if they rescued the remnant soul of the Dou Zun from the lava world, helped him recover his condition, resurrect his body, and enter the level of a half-saint, it would be only natural for him to join the Nine Abyss Palace to serve.
"Then what about the peak Dou Sheng you mentioned?" Xiao Yan asked again, genuinely curious about this matter.
Zhang Yuan reached out and patted Zi Yan's head, and said with a smile, "That's just a guess of mine. It's not something I'll do now. I'll talk about it later."
Xiao Yan felt aggrieved, but he couldn't bring himself to be tough on his cousin.
A quarter of an hour later, Qing Yanjing finished setting up the teleportation array and said to Zhang Yuan, "As long as you put the magic core into the jade platform at the center of the array, you can activate the teleportation and teleport to other arrays within a radius of a hundred miles."
"The greater the distance, the greater the consumption. If it is a hundred miles away, it will require a sixth-order magic core."
A sixth-tier magic core is the life essence of a magical beast comparable to a Douhuang-level expert, so the teleportation fee is incredibly expensive.
However, unless there's an emergency, you don't necessarily need to use the teleportation array.
Zhang Yuan took out a sixth-tier Nine Abyss Token and placed it on the high platform as a coordinate for soul perception.
He wasn't afraid of getting lost in the lava, since many people now possessed the Nine Abyss Token, and he had countless soul coordinates.
But place the coordinates directly above to make it easier for him to locate them!
"Walk."
Zhang Yuan beckoned Qing Yanjing and the other three to escape into the lava.
Xiao Yan released the Fallen Heart Flame, preparing to form a special energy barrier around the four of them to isolate them from the lava invasion.
As soon as the flame barrier appeared, it seemed to sense some kind of summons and quickly dived downwards at a speed far exceeding that of an ordinary Dou Huang powerhouse.
However, Zhang Yuan and his three companions were no ordinary people, so this speed had no effect on them at all.
The vast, endless world of lava was a deep crimson, while the azure flames rapidly descended, and in the blink of an eye, a quarter of an hour had passed.
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