Among all the heavens, I, Xiao Yan, did not use any cheat codes.

Chapter 72: Combat Power Soars, Heading South

What seemed like an insurmountable barrier between life and death was easily shattered like a thin sheet of paper in the face of Xiao Yan's indomitable will.

We must return victorious, not defeated!

This is Xiao Yan's will! In his martial arts cultivation, he has even condensed what is called "fist intent".

To put it bluntly, they are hotheads and reckless fools who, once they get carried away, disregard life and death, and charge forward without hesitation.

The next moment, endless flames manifested around Xiao Yan, which were his thoughts. The huge thoughts fluctuated, and there was no sense of gloom at all. They were upright and open.

Powerful thoughts rippled through the mountain, and together with the flames formed from Xiao Yan's blood and qi, they stirred up countless primordial energies of heaven and earth.

A powerful thought surged, manifesting everything Xiao Yan had learned, and finally coalesced again into a crimson Flame Emperor's Dharma Body.

Amidst the surging flames, countless Dao patterns emerged, and Xiao Yan's insights continued to grow. His breakthrough brought a qualitative leap to the Ghost Immortal realm, and his lifespan soared to new heights. Within his dantian, with each wisp of life essence he refined, his divine soul grew stronger.

Even if the physical body dies, the soul will remain immortal. If someone could completely destroy his physical body and prevent him from being reborn, he could directly use the Divine Refinement Technique to create a new body for himself.

"I wonder how many restrictions I'll have in the world of Shrouding the Heavens." Xiao Yan touched his nose, and with a thought, his Dharma form returned to his body, and his aura surged wildly.

If any ghost immortal dared to cause him trouble at this moment, Xiao Yan wouldn't even need to lift a finger; he could simply unleash his aura and burn the opponent's soul to ashes.

"The old man has finally taken off this time," Xiao Yan chuckled.

Yao Chen, relying solely on his powerful soul, possessed strength approaching that of a Dou Zong. If he were to cultivate the Yang Shen Technique, Xiao Yan dared not imagine how strong he would become.

Theoretically speaking, the Yang God Technique has limitations and requires undergoing a tribulation of lightning here. However, there seems to be a tribulation of lightning in the Dou Qi Continent as well, which is also a manifestation of some principle of heaven and earth. I wonder if it can be replicated to some extent. I don't need to have the full essence, just a slight increase would be enough.

Anyway, he'll try refining high-level pills when he gets back. If that attracts a lightning tribulation, he'll let the old man go to heaven and get struck by lightning.

He could even make sarcastic remarks from below, making the old man say every day that his brain circuitry was so bizarre it was like being struck by lightning.

Looking around at the mountainside that had been burned with a hole hundreds of feet deep, Xiao Yan clicked his tongue repeatedly. Firelight flowed in his hand, the five elements interacted, and divine power surged, filling the area back with solid flames, just like ordinary soil and stone, without any supernatural features.

Of course, this is just what it looks like. It contains countless Dao patterns. This is a super-sized, special form of Buddha's Wrath Lotus. Normally it looks like a mountain, but when it really explodes, wow!

With a flash of fire, Xiao Yan's figure disappeared and appeared in the secluded valley.

More than half a year has passed since he went into seclusion.

Six months of reflection allowed him to completely shed his superficiality.

With a quick thought, he found four foxes: one old and three young. To his surprise, the White Ape King, Bai Ziyue, who had already left, was among them.

"Brother Xiao is truly a genius." Bai Ziyue's face was full of amazement.

Xiao Yan blinked. In just half a year, the other party's soul and blood energy had increased significantly. The three little foxes had even reached the threshold of controlling objects. The one who made the most progress was the old fox. The old fox was well-read and had reached the realm of manifesting in the past six months.

"We are very grateful to Mr. Xiao for bestowing the magic and the great cauldron he left behind," the old fox said gratefully.

Before going into seclusion, Xiao Yan forged a large cauldron and left it in the valley, then gave Bai Ziyue and Hong Yi each a small gourd.

They were all high-grade products that he had re-refined using mass alchemy methods. The one given to Bai Ziyue was the complete version, while the ones given to the other two were versions that could be re-filed.

The foxes and Hong Yi are still too incompetent.

As for the method he gave to the foxes, it was a basic cultivation method he compiled based on his own knowledge, after combining some methods provided by Bai Ziyue.

Specifically targeting these alien races, they followed the path of refining essence into qi and then transforming qi into spirit.

Overall, their combat strength isn't that strong, but the advantage is that they can be developed quickly as long as they have the resources, greatly accelerating the progress.

"Of course, there are also the extraordinary phenomena of heaven and earth caused when Brother Xiao broke through in seclusion." Bai Ziyue smiled brightly. During Xiao Yan's six months of seclusion and breakthrough, extraordinary phenomena of heaven and earth occurred one after another.

If this place hadn't been sealed off with layers of barriers long ago, it would have been mistaken by outsiders as a great treasure, attracting powerful figures to covet it.

At first, Bai Ziyue was thinking of going to Yujing City to cause trouble, but he happened to witness Xiao Yan's extraordinary transformation when he returned by chance. So he decided not to go far and instead left some thoughts behind to wait here at any time.

I'm just waiting to have some soup.

Especially in the last two days, Bai Ziyue was overjoyed, with five-colored divine light and strange phenomena all over the sky.

It's a pity that he didn't specialize in the path of fire, otherwise he would have definitely gained great insights.

Even so, they have all had considerable effects.

After catching up, Xiao Yan suddenly remembered something. If nothing had changed, Hong Yi should be off fighting pirates by now.

The pirates have some good stuff.

With his mind racing, Xiao Yan looked at Bai Ziyue again. Since the group of experts hadn't yet pursued Meng Shenji, the sect leader of the Zhen Gang Sect naturally wouldn't want to undergo corpse liberation and reincarnation.

However, it is advisable to make some preparations in advance.

If he can obtain the core techniques of the True Gang Sect, he can gain some insights from them.

Blinking, Xiao Yan suddenly remembered that it was also because of his butterfly effect that he saved the life of that old fox, Tu Lao.

Without his intervention, this group of foxes would have migrated to the Yuan Tu Kingdom and died tragically at the hands of an old bastard.

Since that's the case, then let this old man offer a salute to the birth of the king.

Xiao Yan neither remembered nor cared what the so-called ancestor's name was. It didn't matter; he was just a skeleton in a tomb, none of them were any good.

However, as a second-stage Ghost Immortal, his thoughts, which were as solid as physical objects, were a great thing.

It can enhance one's divine soul through direct refinement and can also be fed to others.

"Oh, right, Brother Xiao, Brother Hong has gone to suppress bandits." As if remembering something, Bai Ziyue suddenly mentioned.

He also helped Hong Yi deal with some troubles.

"He seems to have gotten into some trouble, and I've helped him fend off quite a bit of it," Bai Ziyue said.

He could tell that Xiao Yan was restless and about to stir up trouble.

"Hehe, thanks, Lao Bai. I'll go check on Lao Hong to see if there's any progress." Xiao Yan waved his hand. If he's lucky this time, he might be able to get his hands on one of the three supreme scriptures of the Great Zen Temple, now a fragment of the Tathagata Sutra.

The Great Luo Sect, which was investigating Hong Yi, was no better; they trafficked women and abducted children. Xiao Yan naturally wouldn't let such scoundrels live.

He needs a master to verify his level of skill!

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