From Five Animal Exercises to being hailed as a saint and ancestor

After feeding all the subdued outer disciples an antidote made from three kinds of spiritual herbs, Xuan Yuanpo sat cross-legged to the side, silently regulating his breathing.

At the same time, they kept a vigilant eye on their surroundings, waiting for everyone to awaken from their coma and the effects of the infection.

He was concerned about Yao Mengkang's safety and also worried about the situation of Su Xiaoman and the others in the inner courtyard.

I just hope the medicine will take effect soon.

Meanwhile, deep within the even more desolate and eerie Silent Soul Abyss, Yao Mengkang's figure was cautiously traversing a barren, black forest.

He restrained his aura to the extreme, each step as light as a feather, his sharp eyes scanning his surroundings.

If someone could trace back the path he took after entering this place, he would find that the journey was by no means smooth.

Not far behind him, along the path, there were still several scattered fluctuations of pure soul power that had not completely dissipated, as well as a lingering, sharp aura of intent in the air.

It was a soul beast shaped like a giant python, with a soul body so condensed it was almost tangible. It had once attacked from underground, but its core was shattered by a finger strike containing the intent to destroy stars.

Those were tiny, flickering soul shadows, like will-o'-the-wisps, rushing forward fearlessly, only to be crushed by him with a single palm strike, his immense spiritual power combined with the profound intent of the bear.

There was also a huge soul beast whose aura was comparable to the late stage of the Spirit Sea Realm, and whose body was surrounded by the phantom of a painful human face. He was forced to use the Cloud Splitter Blade, infusing the blade with the intent of a fierce tiger and the power of stars. After dozens of rounds of fierce fighting, he barely managed to cut it down!

Along the way, he encountered and killed no fewer than ten soul beasts whose strength far surpassed that of the outer areas!

With each kill, the vast and pure soul source made his soul become more refined and stronger, like rain after a long drought, and the range of his divine sense gradually expanded.

The massive amount of Soul-Silent Breath, enough to drive ordinary cultivators mad instantly, became the Chaos Stone Bead's "food," which it greedily absorbed, making the gray luster on the surface of the stone bead seem to intensify.

He could clearly sense that the concentration and "toxicity" of the ghostly aura here were several times more terrifying than in the area he had been in before the teleportation!

Without the stone bead, he probably wouldn't have been able to hold on for even a moment.

Midway through, he even caught a glimpse of a soul beast lurking in the black valley.

The pressure emanating from him was so strong that his soul trembled, and he felt that it was no weaker than that of Qin Feng, the youngest elder of Qinglu Academy!

He was drenched in cold sweat and didn't dare to breathe.

With perfect concealment of his own aura and a keen sense of perception far surpassing that of his peers,

Only then was I able to slip past it unnoticed, like a gecko, and my heart still pounds when I think about it.

Therefore, Yao Mengkang was on high alert at this moment, and his actions were extremely cautious, not daring to be careless in the slightest.

This area is fraught with danger, far more so than one might imagine.

However, there are unexpected events in the sky, and misfortunes and blessings for people.

Just as he cautiously rounded a bend made of huge piles of bones, his body suddenly froze!

No more than a hundred feet ahead, the gray mist dissipated on its own, revealing a soul beast standing there like a small mountain!

This spirit beast has a strange shape; its overall outline resembles a majestic giant bull.

It is composed entirely of extremely condensed gray-black mist.

Four hooves trod on dark flames, and two pale green soul flames burned in a pair of empty bull eyes!

The aura emanating from him was vast, heavy, and filled with the scent of violence and death, clearly indicating that he had already stepped into the threshold of the Yuan Dan realm!

The moment Yao Mengkang saw it, the bull-shaped soul beast seemed to sense it as well.

The enormous head suddenly turned around, and the ghastly green soul fire instantly locked onto Yao Mengkang, the uninvited guest!

It was discovered!

Without any hesitation, their energies collided and exploded in an instant!

"Moo—!"

A deep, resonant roar, not transmitted through the air but directly shaking the soul, resounded!

The bull-shaped soul beast stomped its front hooves on the ground, its body surrounded by swirling gray mist, like a runaway death chariot, charging towards Yao Mengkang with a terrifying aura that could crush everything!

Wherever it passed, space seemed to distort slightly, and the immense pressure of its soul pressed down on Yao Mengkang like a real mountain!

There is nowhere to retreat, nowhere to escape!

A fierce glint flashed in Yao Mengkang's eyes, knowing full well that at this moment, the only option was to fight to the death!

He suddenly drew the Cloud-Splitting Blade from his back, and his 100,000-foot spiritual sea within his body circulated wildly at an unprecedented speed, with boundless spiritual power surging into the blade like a river bursting its banks!

"Rising Waves!"

He dared not hold back in the slightest, and immediately unleashed his strongest Layered Waves technique!

The Cloud-Splitting Blade emitted an excited hum, and starlight shone brightly on its blade.

A brilliant, condensed blade of energy, as radiant as a cascading silver river, tore through the darkness and fiercely met the charging, deathly giant bull head-on!

"BOOM—!!!"

The blade's energy collided violently with the gray mist bull's body! A terrifying energy storm instantly exploded, lifting the surrounding ground several feet and tearing the withered trees to shreds like straw!

Yao Mengkang felt an irresistible force coming from the blade, his tiger's mouth split open, and blood instantly stained the hilt. He was thrown backward uncontrollably as if hit by a meteorite. He felt a sweet taste in his throat and almost spat out a mouthful of blood!

The bull-shaped soul beast's charge was only slightly slowed down.

The gray mist on its body surface rippled violently, dimmed slightly, and then let out an even angrier roar before charging forward again!

The difference in their levels is too great!

This soul beast's power and the solidity of its soul body far surpass any opponent Yao Mengkang had encountered before!

Yao Mengkang gritted his teeth, tapped his feet repeatedly, and performed the Deer Dance steps.

His figure moved like a ghost within the limited space, slashing and chopping with the Cloud-Splitting Blade.

Alternating between the Starry Sky Realm and the Five Animal Realm, one can only leave wounds of varying depths on the opponent, failing to inflict a fatal blow.

Every collision and trampling by the other party put him in grave danger.

If it weren't for his solid foundation and the fact that the spiritual power provided by his 100,000-foot spiritual sea far exceeded that of others of the same level, he would probably have been exhausted and defeated long ago!

However, just as the commotion from this intense battle spread, another unexpected event occurred!

Perhaps it was attracted by the pure soul power fluctuations and the battle aura.

From the surrounding gray mist, pairs of greedy, chaotic soul flames began to emerge!

More than a dozen soul beasts of varying strengths were attracted from all directions.

They let out hoarse howls, like sharks that have smelled blood, and began to approach the battle!

Ahead stood a terrifying bull demon, seemingly on the threshold of the Yuan Dan realm, while all around were menacing hordes of soul beasts!

The situation instantly became extremely critical!

Yao Mengkang's heart sank to the bottom, but his eyes grew colder and more determined.

"You want my life? Not so easy!"

He gritted his teeth and made a bold decision!

Since we can't avoid them, let's make use of them!

He stopped dodging the attacks of the bull-shaped soul beasts and began to consciously steer the battle towards the weaker soul beasts that had been attracted to it!

When the bull-shaped soul beast charged forward again, Yao Mengkang ducked and instead of slashing straight down with his Star Blade Qi, he cleverly redirected some of its power to a leopard-shaped soul beast that was about to pounce on him!

"Pfft!"

Caught off guard, the leopard-shaped soul beast was torn to pieces by the combined force of the sword energy and the aftershock of the bull demon's impact, its pure soul power exploding outwards!

Yao Mengkang pushed the stone bead in his body to its limit, resisting the bull demon's attack while forcibly diverting his attention, like a whale sucking in water, instantly absorbing most of the pure soul source after the leopard-shaped soul beast had dissipated!

It was as if my soul had been injected with a powerful stimulant, sweeping away all my fatigue and invigorating me!

Even the spiritual energy that was consumed was restored!

"it works!"

Yao Mengkang's eyes flashed with a sharp light!

He completely abandoned his plan to fight head-on and began to maneuver in the chaotic battle, combining the agility of the Five Animal Techniques with the sharpness of the starry sky conception to the extreme.

He sometimes leaped like a nimble deer, dodging the Bull Demon's deadly trampling;

Sometimes they climb like monkeys, using the broken skeleton terrain to maneuver around;

The flashes of the blade were like shooting stars in the night sky, always managing to either annihilate the weak soul beasts that pounced at the last second, or to use their force against them, guiding the Bull Demon's attacks to accidentally injure his "teammates"!

He uses war to sustain war!

They continuously kill and absorb the weak soul beasts that are attracted, using their soul sources to replenish their own consumption, strengthen their divine soul, and maintain a high level of fighting spirit and condition!

Suddenly, this desolate place became "lively".

The roar of the Bull Demon, the howls of the Soul Beast, and the ghostly figure wielding a knife, constantly dancing on the edge of death, created a tragic and bizarre scene.

The initially one-sided situation was actually turned around little by little by Yao Mengkang through these unbelievable tactics!

From being completely suppressed at the beginning, to struggling to hold on, and now... there is a hint of a balance of power and a confrontation between the two sides!

His terrifying endurance provided by his 100,000-foot spiritual sea was on full display at this moment!

The immense spiritual power seemed inexhaustible, supporting him in this high-intensity, death-defying dance that teetered on the edge of a knife!

The Cloud-Splitting Blade hissed, and stars shone in the sea of ​​consciousness.

Yao Mengkang's eyes were like those of a lone wolf in the cold night—cold, focused, and filled with an indomitable fighting spirit!

This was a battle where the odds were heavily against each other.

The outcome is still uncertain!