Battle Through the Heavens: Purple Heaven Thunder Emperor

Chapter 461 Once I break through, I'll help you break the blockade!

Deep within Xiao Bai's consciousness.

Under the refining effect of the lightning chains unleashed by the lightning talisman, Mo Yuan's soul essence rapidly melted and purified, like ice and snow under the scorching sun.

The violent and negative emotions contained within were completely annihilated by the power of thunder, leaving only the purest and most primal soul energy.

The last drop of the crystal-clear, iridescent liquid of the soul's essence slowly descended along a purple lightning chain.

"Buzz—"

The moment this crystal-clear liquid fell onto the forehead of Xiao Bai's soul, which was sitting cross-legged beneath the talisman, it was like a boulder being thrown into a calm lake!

Xiao Bai's soul suddenly opened its eyes, bursting out with a dazzling light that seemed almost tangible!

An extremely violent and boundless soul aura, like a ferocious beast that had been sleeping for thousands of years awakening, suddenly erupted from within his soul body!

"Splash!"

The entire sea of ​​consciousness trembled violently, and the already vast ocean of the soul was now surging with towering waves!

The power of the soul surged and roared like a tsunami, creating a soul wave thousands of feet high, and expanding wildly in all directions!

The boundaries of the sea of ​​consciousness continued to expand outward amidst the roar, becoming more vast and profound!

A sense of enlightenment, of being in control of all things and seeing the smallest details, welled up in my heart.

The soul's perception increased exponentially, as if in the blink of an eye, it could cover thousands of miles of mountains and rivers, and perceive the most subtle energy flow and rules in the world!

"Heavenly Realm - Perfection!"

As Xiao Bai felt the transformative change in his soul, an overwhelming joy welled up within him.

His original plan was simply to use the Thunder Talisman, his biggest trump card, to lure Mo Yuan's lingering thoughts into his sea of ​​consciousness, and then use the power of the Thunder Talisman to resolve the issue and eliminate this hidden danger.

But to his utter surprise, the lightning talisman did not completely annihilate Mo Yuan's soul. Instead, it refined and purified it in a mysterious way, removing the dross and keeping the essence.

Ultimately, the feedback he received was such a vast and pure soul essence that it helped him ascend to the heavens in one step, directly skipping the late stage of the Heavenly Realm and stepping into the Great Perfection of the Heavenly Realm!

This is a spiritual realm that countless powerful individuals cannot reach even after a lifetime of effort!

He was only one step away from the legendary Emperor Realm Soul!

He withdrew his introspective gaze, slowly raised his head, looked at the ancient thunder talisman above him that had returned to calm, and whispered:

Thanks.

However, the Thunder Talisman remained as immutable as an ancient rock, hanging high in the center of the sea of ​​consciousness. It did not react to Xiao Bai's thanks at all, as if the earth-shattering act of refining the remnant will of the Dou Di and feeding back the soul's origin was just a trivial matter that it did casually.

Xiao Bai stared at the motionless thunder talisman, his lips twitching slightly, speechless.

This guy, even though he's already at the Great Perfection of the Heavenly Realm, he's still so aloof.

However, he had been with Lei Fu for many years and was already used to it, so he didn't care much.

With a thought, the enormous soul in the sea of ​​consciousness slowly became illusory, and finally completely dissipated, returning to the original body.

heat!

An indescribable heat!

It felt as if I had been thrown into a raging furnace of heaven and earth, with terrifyingly high temperatures all around that could burn everything!

Xiao Bai suddenly opened his tightly closed eyes, his sharp gaze instantly sweeping across his surroundings.

What came into view was a vast expanse of black flames, pouring down like an apocalyptic catastrophe!

These flames burn silently, yet they exude an aura of extreme devouring and destruction, as if they could even devour and incinerate light and space!

Above his head, the enormous Bodhi tree was radiating a dazzling, clear, emerald-green light!

These clear lights, like a giant, inverted bowl-shaped light shield, firmly protect the entire body of the ancient Bodhi tree, stubbornly resisting the raging black flames that constantly erode and try to penetrate.

At the boundary between the clear light and the black flames, a constant hissing sound emanated as the energies collided violently, distorting and shattering the space.

"Void Devouring Flame—!"

Xiao Bai's pupils contracted slightly, and he instantly understood his current predicament.

If it weren't for the Bodhi Ancient Tree providing a protective shield of clear light, with his current strength, even just a trace of the black flame released by the Void Devouring Flame would probably have resulted in instantaneous severe injury!

With a thought, his immense soul power, which had just advanced to the Great Perfection of the Heavenly Realm, surged forth like an invisible tide, attempting to penetrate the black flame barrier and investigate the outside world.

However, the moment his powerful soul force touched the outer black flames, it was like a mud ox sinking into the sea, failing to even stir a ripple, before being instantly swallowed and annihilated by the black flames containing the soul pressure of an Emperor Realm expert!

"An Emperor-level Soul—as expected!"

Xiao Bai frowned, his expression turning serious.

The Void Devouring Flame has indeed successfully advanced to the Emperor Realm Soul!

A sense of foreboding suddenly rose in his heart.

Just then, the massive Bodhi tree behind them suddenly began to rustle softly, its branches and leaves moving without any wind.

A feeling of exhaustion and weakness, yet an undisguised joy, reached Xiao Bai's heart.

"You—are awake?"

Although the thought was intermittent, it felt familiar to Xiao Bai; it was the pure and intelligent thought of the Bodhi Ancient Tree itself.

Just as Xiao Bai was about to respond in his heart and express his gratitude to the ancient tree for its protection during this time, a soft, clear light descended from the branches and leaves above his head and enveloped him.

The next moment, a clear image flashed in his mind: a figure completely enveloped in dense black flames, whose face was obscured, stood atop the massive canopy of the Bodhi Ancient Tree!

His feet seemed to be rooted to the protective shield of light, and thick, black flames, like ink, continuously surged from his body.

These black flames, as if they were living things, flowed and spread down his feet and along the surface of the emerald green protective shield.

Wherever the black flames passed, the resilient protective shield of clear light emitted cracking sounds as it was gradually eroded and shattered under the strain.

Melt!

The lush green branches and leaves that came into direct contact with the black flames withered and turned yellow at a speed visible to the naked eye, as if they had been scorched by the fire and lost all their vitality!

However, whenever the clear light in an area is destroyed by the black flames, an even more magnificent emerald green light immediately surges from the tree trunks, quickly repairing the damaged shields and forcing the black flames back.

Right there at the top of the tree canopy, the two sides engaged in a silent yet extremely dangerous tug-of-war!

"The Void Devouring Flame is constantly consuming the ancient tree's potential?!"

Upon witnessing this scene, Xiao Bai's eyes instantly turned cold and focused, and a hint of doubt arose in his heart:

Even if the Void Devouring Flame's soul realm breaks through and its strength greatly increases, the Bodhi Ancient Tree is a divine object of heaven and earth that has survived for countless tens of thousands of years. It has even fought against a true Dou Di without being destroyed. Its foundation is unfathomable. How could it be so passively allowed to let the Void Devouring Flame devour its life force and only be able to barely defend itself?

As if sensing the question in his heart, the Bodhi Tree's spirit once again conveyed a sense of helplessness.

Upon receiving this information, Xiao Bai immediately understood the cause and effect.

It turns out that the Bodhi Ancient Tree had been entangled and eroded by Mo Yuan's lingering Dou Di spirit for tens of thousands of years!

The lingering resentment of Mo Yuan, like a parasite, constantly infiltrated and assimilated the ancient tree's intelligence, attempting to usurp its place.

It is precisely because of this that Mo Yuan's lingering remnant spirit merged with a large part of the ancient tree's soul power, which enabled his soul power to surpass the ordinary Great Perfection of the Heavenly Realm.

After tens of thousands of years of erosion, the Bodhi tree's own intelligence has been worn down to a point of extreme weakness. Although its life essence is still as vast as the sea, the power that its intelligence can mobilize and control is less than half of what it was at its peak!

Furthermore, since the Void Devouring Flame is a different kind of flame, it naturally has a certain degree of restraint against the Bodhi Ancient Tree with its wood attribute.

With the balance of power shifting, the Bodhi Ancient Tree, facing the greatly enhanced power of the Void Devouring Flame, can only rely on its abundant source energy for passive defense and is unable to mount an effective counterattack.

Just as Xiao Bai's thoughts were racing, another, even grander and more intense scene flashed and appeared in his mind: the desolate ancient domain, high above the nine heavens!

Two figures stood facing each other in the shattered void.

Between them, there were no fancy moves, only the purest and most fundamental collision of energy!

An endless tide of energy surged and collided wildly around them, like a dam bursting.

Each clash of energies causes the void within a radius of thousands of miles to collapse and repair itself continuously, in an endless cycle, as if the world is groaning under their power!

"Uncle Gu - Soul Emperor"

Although the energy surge made the image somewhat blurry, Xiao Bai still recognized the two people at a glance.

Something's not right—

Xiao Bai keenly sensed the anomaly, and doubts arose in his mind. "The Soul Emperor's injuries haven't healed, so his strength should be somewhat diminished. But judging from the momentum of their exchange, the two are clearly evenly matched!"

The moment this doubt arose in his mind, the Bodhi tree's message came again, with a clear direction.

Upon hearing this, Xiao Bai's eyes flashed with a terrifying light! "That person in white clothes has my life force on him!"

That's it!

He thought about it again, and his mind immediately became as clear as a mirror!

What a good idea!

What a brilliant scheme to deceive everyone and secretly carry out a plan!

The Void Devouring Flame was frantically devouring the immense vitality of the Bodhi Ancient Tree, and the Soul Clan, using some strange secret method, was able to remotely transmit the extremely pure life energy they had devoured to the Soul Emperor's body!

No wonder the Soul Emperor showed no signs of injury; on the contrary, his aura was even stronger than before!

He is using the original vitality of the Bodhi tree to quickly restore or even enhance his own strength!

Having figured this out, Xiao Bai knew that things couldn't continue like this!

Otherwise, not only will the Bodhi Tree weaken, but the battle outside will also completely turn in favor of the Soul Clan!

He immediately used telepathy to inquire of the ancient Bodhi tree:

"Perhaps you'll conceal your true form back in that separate underground space, just like before? Let's avoid a confrontation for now!"

However, the feedback he received was negative.

The ancient Bodhi tree's sentiment carries a hint of helplessness.

The Soul Clan came prepared this time, using some strange spatial treasure or formation to forcibly sever the Bodhi Ancient Tree and force it to burrow underground, thus firmly imprisoning its massive body here.

Just as Xiao Bai frowned and was rapidly thinking of other ways to break the deadlock, a scene flashed through his mind again!

Tragic! Utterly tragic!

Looking around, earth-shattering battles were erupting everywhere across the entire desolate ancient domain!

The bursts of energy light rose and fell like fireworks, yet carried a deadly intent.

The once ancient and desolate mountain range has now mostly turned into ruins, and countless towering ancient trees that have grown for countless years have been reduced to dust in the energy storm.

Even more shocking was the sight of the corpses of all sorts of powerful and ferocious beasts lying haphazardly across the land!

Their blood stained the earth red, and the air was filled with an intense, thick crimson aura and a pungent stench of blood, as if turning this ancient realm into a slaughterhouse of carnage!

Xiao Bai saw many familiar figures: powerful members of the Ancient Clan, Thunder Clan, Flame Clan, and Medicine Clan, as well as those black-robed figures of the Soul Clan with their cold aura.

Most of these people participated in the previous battle for the Ancient Emperor's Cave.

However, unlike the previous battle where both sides traded blows and had their own offensive and defensive maneuvers, this time the four-race alliance was clearly at a disadvantage!

The reason for this is that most of the powerful members of the Soul Clan are covered with a layer of constantly leaping black flames!

This layer of black flames seemed to have draped them in a powerful energy armor, not only providing amazing defense but also absorbing the opponent's attack energy and replenishing themselves, greatly enhancing their combat power and endurance!

With this shift in power, the four races' strongest members often have to pay a greater price to barely withstand the Soul Race's offensive.

The situation on the entire battlefield is extremely unfavorable for the four-race alliance!

Just then, a fierce battle at the edge of the battlefield suddenly drew Xiao Bai's full attention!

"Xun'er!"

There, a slender figure dressed in a light blue dress appeared, just like a blue butterfly fluttering in the air.

She was surrounded by dazzling golden flames, which were extremely yang and exuded a sacred aura that purified all evil spirits, making her look like a fire goddess descended to earth, with unparalleled beauty!

Her opponent was none other than the Soul Palace Grand Venerable, who had lost an arm but whose aura remained fierce!

In a relatively safe area not far behind Xun'er, Xiao Bai saw Xiao Yixian, Yun Yun, Xiao Qing, Xiao Yan, Tang Huo'er, and others.

Clearly, Xun'er is fighting against a powerful enemy alone, striving to secure protection for them.

"Has he become a Battle Saint?!"

Seeing her composed demeanor when fighting against the Soul Palace Grand Venerable, who was at the level of a two-star Dou Sheng, Xiao Bai's anxiety finally eased a little.

Click...

The scene shattered abruptly. Xiao Bai looked at the black flames flowing on the clear light barrier not far away, his eyes regained their calm, and after taking a deep breath, he suppressed the sense of urgency in his heart, feeling the cultivation within his body that had already reached its natural state.

It's time for a breakthrough!

Otherwise, with his semi-saint level cultivation, he wouldn't even be able to get involved in this battle, let alone be blocked at the door by the Void Devouring Flame!

"Ancient tree, protect me a little longer. Once I break through, I will help you break the blockade!"

Xiao Bai slowly closed his eyes and murmured softly.

As soon as he finished speaking, the ancient tree behind him rustled, and an ancient, weathered thought echoed in his ears:

"good!"

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