Mortal: I became invincible after becoming sworn brothers with Han Li.

The black-robed cultivator laughed twice and slowly landed from the air, clearly very satisfied with his attack.

"Brother Blood Poison's strength is indeed beyond the reach of these Yang family members. I truly admire him greatly!"

Qian Chong was surprised and overjoyed that the Blood Poison had actually broken the Yang family's secret technique with a single blow, so he hurriedly stepped forward to offer his congratulations.

Blood Poison was quite pleased with this, and with a hint of arrogance on his face, he snorted and said.

"However, the Yang family's secret technique is indeed quite remarkable. After taking a hit from my Black Demon Cone, they only suffered some injuries. Otherwise, they would have died from this attack without the Qian family even having to lift a finger."

Qian Chongying inwardly scoffed, but outwardly smiled and agreed.

"Alright, these people are yours now. I need to go find those two beauties... Hahaha!" Blood Poison's eyes gleamed with lust as he chuckled wickedly.

Just as he walked up to the Yang Qingqi and Yang Qinghan sisters, leering and extending his wicked hand, a man's angry shout suddenly came from behind him.

"How dare you, you brat!"

As the last "dare" was finished, Blood Poison's expression suddenly changed, and he turned around with lightning speed to release a circular shield-like defensive artifact.

As soon as the round shield returned to its original size, a golden spear thrust forward, unleashing a deafening roar that sent both the shield and the blood poison flying several meters away before finally coming to a stop.

Blood Poison looked with a somewhat solemn expression toward the direction from which the golden spear had flown. He saw a middle-aged man dressed in a blue robe with gold trim flying toward the spot at an extremely fast speed.

The visitor was none other than Yang Jingshen, the head of the Yang family, who had just returned from the secret realm.

At this moment, he held a golden spear in his hand, looking angrily at Yang Taizhong and the others who had collapsed to the ground spitting blood, his eyes filled with murderous intent.

"Who are you? How dare you ruin my plans?" Blood Poison narrowed his eyes slightly and said to the newcomer in a rather unfriendly tone.

"Brother Blood Poison, this man is Yang Jingshen, the head of the Yang family!"

Upon seeing the newcomer, Qian Chongying immediately used his blood poison to identify him, while simultaneously staring warily at Yang Jingshen.

Seeing that the attack had actually repelled the blood poison, he thought the other party had really broken through to the mid-Foundation Establishment stage, and he was shocked. But when he scanned the area with his divine sense, he found that the other party was still at the early stage of cultivation, and he breathed a sigh of relief.

Even so, he still found Yang Jingshen's strength somewhat unbelievable. He had fought against him before and, although he was no match for him, he wasn't far behind. But now, several years later, Yang Jingshen's strength had reached such a level, which made him feel a little jealous and resentful.

"Oh? You're Yang Jingshen, the head of the Yang family? You do have some strength, but in the end, you're just an early-stage cultivator. Even if you come back, you can't save the Yang family!" Blood Poison said with a sinister laugh.

After saying that, he waved his hand sharply at Yang Jingshen, and a black light flashed through the air. He actually took out a black demon cone again and attacked the other party.

Yang Jingshen had noticed the mid-Foundation Establishment cultivator in the arena long ago, so the moment the cultivator launched his attack, he released his defensive magic weapon, the "Iron Diamond Shield," and simultaneously activated his spiritual energy shield.

"Bang!"

With a cracking sound, Yang Jingshen's magic weapon successfully blocked the black demon cone of blood poison, but a large dent was formed on the surface of the "Iron Diamond Shield".

"A top-tier defensive artifact?" Blood Poison frowned, clearly not expecting the other party to possess a top-tier artifact.

However, a sense of greed immediately arose in his heart. Since the other party was able to purchase a top-tier defensive magic weapon, it meant that they had at least a thousand spirit stones on them. As long as he killed them, the magic weapon, spirit stones, and the two sisters would all become his possessions.

"Brother Qian, now that the main character has returned, let's not stand on ceremony and greet him together!" Although Blood Poison was greedy, he was not arrogant enough to fight the other party alone, so he shouted to Qian Chongying and then took out a curved sword magic weapon and attacked Yang Jingshen directly.

Qian Chongying frowned inwardly, but now that things had come to this, he had no choice but to take action. Only by joining forces with Blood Poison to kill Yang Jingshen could he protect his own and the Qian family's interests.

So he flipped his hand and summoned his magical longsword, and with a swift movement, attacked Yang Jingshen from the side.

Seeing two Foundation Establishment cultivators attacking at the same time, Yang Jingshen did not dare to be careless. Although he was angry, he knew he could not act rashly, so he turned around and flew away into the distance.

"Don't let him escape!" Qian Chongying shouted, and chased after him with Xue Du.

The Qian family disciples who remained there had already received Qian Chongying's orders, so they did not leave. Instead, they raised their magical weapons and charged at the injured Yang family members once again.

Seeing this, Yang Taizhong and the others had no choice but to grit their teeth and fight the Qian family disciples. Fortunately, they had just taken some pills and outnumbered the enemy. As long as they joined forces, they should be able to withstand the Qian family disciples' attack without much trouble.

At the same time that the Yang family was facing this calamity, Li Yunfan, who was far away in the depths of the Yang family's secret territory, had also reached the final moment of refining the spiritual fire.

Sitting cross-legged at the entrance of the magma cave, absorbing the magma energy and the rich fire spiritual energy within, Li Yunfan encountered almost no obstacles in refining the yellow spiritual fire.

Over the past three months, he has refined 99% of the yellow flame, leaving only a wisp of flame.

He opened his eyes, took out a pill from his storage bag, and put it in his mouth. The spiritual power consumed by refining the spiritual fire in his body was rapidly recovering.

A moment later, Li Yunfan closed his eyes again and began to refine the last wisp of yellow spiritual fire.

Within the dantian, only a wisp of burning yellow flame remained in the fireball formed by the Purple Nether Heart Fire, while below the Purple Nether Fireball, a pale yellow sea of ​​fire was burning fiercely.

He focused his mind on his dantian, channeling his spiritual energy into the purple fireball, enveloping the last wisp of yellow flame. The flame burst into flames a few times, seemingly resisting the spiritual energy surrounding it, but it no longer possessed the power it once had. Facing Li Yunfan's spiritual energy, it was like an infant facing an adult—utterly no match.

In less than a quarter of an hour, Li Yunfan completely refined the last wisp of yellow spiritual fire. The Nine Revolutions Burning Heaven Technique circulated rapidly within his body, and the spiritual power in his dantian surged wildly into the yellow sea of ​​fire.

The flames, replenished by spiritual energy, instantly rose up. The divine sense plunged into the flames, imprinting its own unique mark. From then on, the flames were at his command, as easy as his own arm.

He took a deep breath, inhaling a large amount of spiritual energy into his body. With a wave of his right hand, several pills flew out of his storage bag and he swallowed them all.

Li Yunfan is finally about to break through to the later stage of the realm!