I only reached the Foundation Establishment stage at eighty years old, and then the system appeared.

A dozen days later, the original Black Flame Emperor's cultivation level dropped directly to the Immortal King Realm. Yang Hongbo felt that since he could restore his cultivation level by absorbing flesh and blood, he might as well spare his life for the time being.

Send out several legions to capture demonic beasts and transport them back here for Black Flame to absorb. Once he has recovered to a certain extent, then extract his energy.

Meanwhile, in the Yang family, Yang Hongjing, Yang Hongbo's 42nd younger brother and cousin, was also fortunate enough to ascend to the level of an immortal. Now, he said to his parents, "Father, Mother, I have ascended to the level of an immortal, and I have decided to go out and gain some experience."

"Son, I won't stop you from going out to gain experience, but you're only at the lowest level of the Immortal Realm right now, so don't go too far when you go out."

After traveling millions of miles away from Xianmeng Marsh, Yang Hongjing thought to himself, "Haha, I really escaped! I never imagined that after being imprisoned for millions of years, I would finally be freed thanks to a family in the lower realm."

[It's a pity this body is too weak, otherwise it wouldn't have only absorbed such a small amount of divine soul to advance to the early stage of the Human Immortal Realm.]

[Let's find a place to improve our cultivation first. I, the Black Flame Emperor, will return!]

So Yang Hongjing (Black Flame Emperor) chose a direction and soared into the sky.

At this moment, in the center of the ruins imprisoning the Black Flame Emperor, [Hahaha, I can already feel it! One of my soul fragments has escaped this forbidden zone! Truly, heavens are protecting us!]

[I never imagined this family was so powerful, actually inventing a teleportation array to traverse this restricted area's protective barrier. Haha, even if I'm temporarily treated like livestock and kept by them, I'll accept it.]

[When my divided soul grows stronger and my cultivation improves, and he returns, I will let these guys know why I am called Black Flame!]

While thinking, he absorbed the flesh and blood of the demonic beasts outside the altar. These were demonic beasts whose realm was below Immortal Venerable, captured by Yang Hongbo's immortal army from all over the place.

Whenever Hei Yan's realm recovers to the Immortal Emperor level, the immortal legion waiting outside the altar will call over a group of people to set up a formation simulating a lightning tribulation, and give this guy, who was once called Emperor Hei Yan, a good beating. The energy released will allow a group of low-level immortals to advance.

This cycle repeated itself until the former Black Flame Emperor was numb from being struck by lightning. Although his heart was numb, the pain his soul felt when struck by lightning would not disappear. Every time lightning struck, his body would tremble.

Time flies, and five years have passed. Yang Hongjing (Black Flame Emperor) absorbed the flesh and blood of the demon beast in front of him, who was at the Human Immortal Realm. [Sigh, my foundation is too weak. It took me five years to advance to the early stage of the Earth Immortal Realm. If I hadn't endured tens of millions of years of confinement, I might have gone mad!]

[Huh! Why does that group of immortal soldiers ahead look so much like the ones from my clan? We're hundreds of millions of miles away from my clan, they can't all be from the Yang family, can they?]

(Unfortunately, the person Black Flame Emperor possessed, Yang Hongjing, was in the Lesser Thousand World when Yang Hongbo ascended through the passage. Otherwise, Yang Hongjing would have known that this was also Yang family territory!)

The hundred-strong team, led by a Golden Immortal, had also spotted Yang Hongjing: "Isn't this Master's 42nd brother? How did he end up here? This place is hundreds of millions of miles away from the main city!"

"And he's actually absorbing the flesh and blood of demonic beasts. Don't you think that's a lot like that Black Flame guy's style?"

"You guys continue patrolling, I'll go follow and check it out!"

The Golden Immortal Realm squad leader disappeared into the void and followed Yang Hongjing (Black Flame).

Several days later, Yang Hongjing (Black Flame) discovered a small city ahead, with a population of about a million, the highest level of which was only the high-level Human Immortal Realm.

[Haha, finally found another city! It's only in this kind of area where immortal energy is scarce. Otherwise, in a place rich in immortal energy, this small city would at least have a city lord at the Immortal Lord level. It's truly a gift from the heavens!]

Yang Hongling (Black Flame) immediately searched a range of millions of miles but found no high-level immortals. He then took out a confinement array plate and imprisoned the city.

[Haha, my feast of flesh and blood, my ancestors have arrived!]

Just as he was about to pounce, a Golden Immortal appeared beside him: "Black Flame, I didn't expect you to actually show up!"

Suddenly imprisoned, Yang Hongjing (Black Flame) stared at the other person in surprise: "How did you know I was Black Flame?"

"I also know your name is Yang Hongjing, and you're our master's 42nd brother!"

"Your master? Could it be...?"

"That's right, it's your older brother!"

The Golden Immortal removed the imprisoning array plate and took Yang Hongjing (Black Flame) back to the Immortal Palace at the Ascension Passage, and then returned to Qingmang City via the teleportation array.

When the Yang family saw Yang Hongjing being brought back by a Golden Immortal Realm expert, everyone was filled with surprise.

"Sir, what has Yang Hongjing done wrong?" asked one of Yang Hongjing's cousins.

"Oh, we'll have to wait until I meet with Lord Yang Hongbo!"

Upon receiving the message, Yang Hongbo quickly returned to Qingmang City and met with the two in the family hall.

"My lord, Yang Hongjing has already been possessed by a split soul of the Black Flame Emperor!"

Where did you find him?

"On the territory of the ascension passage, he was about to devour the flesh and blood of everyone in a city when I imprisoned him!"

"Damn! That place is so far away, how could he get there? The Immortal Realm is so vast, it seems the net of Heaven is indeed wide and its meshes are fine, yet nothing escapes it!"

At this moment, Yang Hongjing's parents, having heard the news, rushed over and saw their son being held captive: "Son, what happened to you? Yang Hongbo, what happened to my son?"

"I'm sorry, Uncle and Aunt, he is no longer your son Yang Hongjing. He has been possessed by a split soul of the Black Flame Emperor!"

"Ah! You son of a bitch, Black Flame, you bastard!"

"Yang Hongbo, what should we do? Is there any way to rescue my son?"

"Alas! Uncle, Yang Hongjing's soul has already been devoured by the Black Flame. To kill the Black Flame is to kill Yang Hongjing!"

"Could we just destroy Black Flame's soul and leave my son's body intact? Even if he can only be a living dead from now on, at least he'll still be my son!"

"Alright, I'll have someone handle it. You guys go home and wait."

After Yang Hongjing's parents left, Yang Hongbo summoned Yang Hongzun, who was at the Immortal Emperor Realm, and asked him to deal with Hei Yan's soul, leaving only the 42nd brother's physical body. From then on, he would be confined to his bed.

Yang Hongjing's parents returned home weeping and wailing with their son's body. Although their son was dead, his body remained, so at least they had something to hold onto!

Yang Hongbo used the teleportation array to reach the altar where the Black Flame Emperor was imprisoned, and looked at the Black Flame Emperor expressionlessly.

The Black Flame Emperor had already sensed the disappearance of his divided soul, which had possessed a member of the Yang family years ago. Therefore, he said to Yang Hongbo, "Do you know that someone in your family has died?"

"Yes, I came here because I knew my brother was dead!"

After saying that, Yang Hongbo stopped talking and created a lightning tribulation array above the Black Flame Emperor's head. Immediately, bolts of lightning shot down.

In the past, the Black Flame Emperor's cultivation would only regress to the late stage of Immortal King before the tribulation would stop. Unfortunately, this time Yang Hongbo was a bit angry, so the tribulation continued until his cultivation reached the early stage of Immortal King before it stopped.

All the energy that had dissipated was absorbed by Yang Hongbo, and his cultivation had reached the Immortal Lord realm.

[Haha, that feels great! Looks like I can just come and chop this guy up whenever I want to vent my anger!]

What a pity, Yang Hongjing!