Chapter 1061

And far away, Cao Ying and Dan Chen, their beautiful eyes fixed on Lin Feng wrapped in deep-red flames, couldn't help but show deep worry on their small faces.

After all, this strange fire this time has reached the half-saint level, its danger far surpassing the previous Three Thousand Blaze Flame Fire and Bone Spirit Cold Fire.

If not handled properly, their men could easily end up with nothing left but bones!

At the same time, Lin Feng sat cross-legged in the gorgeous red magma, and within a radius of several li around his body, an enchanting red strange fire had somehow already permeated.

Yet within this sea of fire, Lin Feng suffered not the slightest injury.

On the contrary, as time passed, the aura emanating from him became increasingly condensed.

Even faintly, there was again a trend of breakthrough.

Of course, because the red lotus karma fire that Lin Feng encountered is overwhelmingly strong, even he now cannot simply absorb it at will.

Thus, under the former's non-stop refinement, two months passed in the blink of an eye.

And during these two months, the one who benefited was not only the former.

For example, Xin Lan, who was at the shallowest part of the volcano, relied on the terrifyingly abundant fire-attribute energy within the Tianmu Shanmai and in one go broke through to the Dou Zun Realm.

However, after that, Xin Lan did not leave here; instead, under the protection of the Imperial Spirit Flame she nurtured and the Blue Heart Imperial Flame, she continued to descend several thousand meters.

Afterward, she frantically absorbed all the fire-attribute energy she could here.

After all, Lin Feng had told her that the energy here would slowly dissipate once the red lotus karma fire's suppression was lost.

Therefore, she naturally needed to absorb as much as possible before these energies dissipated.

After all, why not absorb these energies for free?

And during her cultivation, Xin Lan's soul power also gratifyingly reached the late stage of the Spirit Realm, which many eighth-rank alchemists envy.

After all, the energy within the Tianmu Shanmai inherently has the effect of tempering the soul.

Moreover, Xin Lan and the other women also cultivate the Heaven-rank Soul Cultivation Technique given by Lin Feng.

How could that soul power not surge wildly?

Of course, besides Xin Lan, Yun Yun, who is a bit lower down, also gained enormously.

During this period, she not only advanced from a four-star Dou Zun to a five-star Dou Zun.

Even her soul power, with double support from the Heaven-rank Soul Cultivation Technique and the soul-tempering energy within the Tianmu Shanmai, successfully reached the Spirit Realm!

Of course, Dan Chen and Cao Ying, who are at the same depth as Lin Feng, naturally did not fall behind in strength.

Supported by the surrounding virtually endless rich energy, the two of them successfully progressed from a first-stage Dou Zun to the current peak of the second stage.

Now, they have almost completed the third compression of their internal Dou Qi.

At the latest, within half a month they will be able to break through to the third stage.

As for soul power, since the two women had already reached the great perfection of the Spirit Realm beforehand, they did not manage to break through to the Heaven Realm during these two months.

However, they are now a bit closer to the Heaven Realm.

And while Lin Feng and his wives were desperately raising their strength, Xiao Yan, far away inside the Tian Mu, was also about time to leave.

At this moment, Xiao Xuan was giving his final instructions to this junior of his.

"Xiao Yan, you have now successfully inherited the last Dou Emperor bloodline of the Xiao Clan, and have drawn out the Xiao Clan's purple-gold clan pattern. You can make good use of these. As you said, that kid named Lin Feng also possesses the space talent and dragon transformation of the Taigu Ancient Dragon clan. Now, you only have these things to be able to counter his talents."

"Before the tomb, Xiao Xuan gazed at Xiao Yan at the forefront of the crowd not far away, his face somewhat solemn as he said: 'Whether the Xiao Clan can revive in the future depends on whether you can reach the Emperor Realm. If you can reach Dou Emperor, the discarded bloodlines in the bodies of the remaining Xiao Clan members will regain vitality, and moreover, their bloodline strength will be stronger than at any time during my tenure.'"

"And this is the sole true hope for reviving our Xiao Clan!"

Hearing his ancestor's words, Xiao Yan nodded silently, his eyes full of determination.

Because he knows that his strength is only temporary, and what will become of the Xiao Clan later, no one can say.

Only by breaking through to Dou Emperor and reactivating the Dou Emperor bloodline.

Only then can the Dou Qi strength of everyone in the Xiao Clan be improved.

By then, the Xiao Clan will also gain tens of thousands of years of peaceful development time.

After Xiao Xuan finished speaking, he immediately added a reminder: "Also, you must be extra careful of the Hun Clan; in my lifetime I had many dealings with them, and this race has always been rather mysterious and strange. Even when, under my leadership, the Xiao Clan dominated the Dou Qi Continent, we could only maintain a balance with them."

"Among the eight ancient clans, the Xiao Clan was strongest then, the Gu Clan second, but the Hun Clan is the most bizarre opponent I have ever encountered!"

Saying this, Xiao Xuan's face immediately rose with a thick doubt, as if admonishing but also like talking to himself: "According to some of my guesses, the strength of the Hun Clan is probably greater than that of the Gu Clan."

"And what puzzles me most is that the Hun Clan's inheritance is extremely ancient, even far older than that of our Xiao Clan, yet it seems that their bloodline has never shown signs of exhaustion. This point I have never been able to figure out."

Upon hearing Xiao Xuan's words, the expressions of Xiao Yan and the Gu Clan person beside him both changed slightly.

Especially those youngsters of the Gu Clan, they know better than anyone how strong the Gu Clan is.

Especially over the past thousand years, the Gu Clan's battles with the Hun Clan have basically been more wins than losses.

Therefore, upon hearing Xiao Xuan say that the Hun Clan might be stronger than the Gu Clan, they found it hard to accept in their hearts.

Even, if it weren't for Xiao Xuan's great strength, they might have just gone up and fought them directly.

"The Gu Clan is indeed the most stable among the eight clans today. But the Hun Clan is too mysterious; in this world, the number of people who truly understand them can be counted on one's fingers."

Seeing the reaction of those young Gu Clan members, Xiao Xuan sighed, waved his hand, and said: "Anyway, when you deal with the Hun Clan, just be as careful as possible."

"Of course, the same applies when facing the Lei Clan; after all, you just killed two of their talented youngsters, and they will surely come later to seek revenge."

Thinking of how Xiao Yan went into the depths of the starry sky, adventured to retrieve the Three Thousand Blaze Flame Fire, and then killed the young talents of the Lei and Hun Clans, Xiao Xuan immediately gave Xiao Yan another warning.

Upon hearing this, the latter quickly nodded.

He also knows clearly that his enmity with the Hun Clan, whether due to the feud between the two clans or other personal reasons,

those guys will not easily let him off.

And he, unwilling to yield, naturally will not choose to give up resistance.

What he wants to do is to make this evil Hun Clan completely vanish from the Dou Qi Continent!

As for the Lei Clan, since they want to kill him, he naturally cannot just let them off either.

A few months before entering the Tian Mu, he found that very Three Thousand Blaze Flame Fire of his ancestor in that starfield.

And by relying on some means given by his ancestors, after subduing it, his strength surged, and he easily killed Hun Ya and Hun Li, as well as the two young geniuses of the Thunder Clan who had entered Tian Mu.

Therefore, after he returned, he likewise had to be careful of the Thunder Clan's revenge.

Brother Xiao Yan, the time has come.

At this very moment, Gu Xun'er, who had been silent beside him for a long time, suddenly spoke softly.

Upon hearing those words, both Xiao Yan and Xiao Xuan came to a halt.

Afterward, Xiao Yan fell briefly silent, then clasped his hands before Xiao Xuan and bowed deeply.

Sigh, little one, the future of our Xiao clan rests solely on you. As for these things, you can take them to the Gu clan to fulfill our previous deal.

Seeing this, Xiao Xuan immediately gave a slight smile and spoke softly.

At the same time, he flicked his wrist and tossed out several spatial rings that he had asked Xiao Yan for.

Upon hearing that, Xiao Yan nodded heavily, then reached out and took those spatial rings.

He knew that the items inside those spatial rings were exactly what the Gu clan wanted to take from his ancestor's tomb.

At the same time, this was also the price he had to pay earlier to obtain those three strange fires.

However, thinking of how his painstakingly created or acquired ancestral treasures had been squandered all at once by this prodigal descendant of his, a deep guilt flashed through his heart.

As for Xiao Xuan, seeing Xiao Yan receive the items, he immediately turned his head toward the Gu clan people and said slowly: "You have previously absorbed so many of my energy cores; I don't need you to repay me, just help me pass a message to Gu Yuan."

"Just say that being a person isn't done like that. I won't pursue the other matters anymore, and I currently lack the ability to do so. As long as he helps Xiao Yan obtain two more strange fires ranked in the top fifteen on the list, let bygones be bygones."

"Senior, rest assured, Gu Xun'er will definitely convey these words to my father."

Regarding that request, Gu Xun'er did not hesitate much and immediately agreed.

After all, being able to compel her own father to help her brother Xiao Yan obtain strange fires—such a good thing—how could she possibly refuse?

Of course, whether her father Gu Yuan would be angered into vomiting blood by her was something she chose to forget.

As for the surrounding Gu Qingyang and others, after exchanging a glance, they also did not voice any opposition.

After all, setting aside the power disparity between the two sides, during this period they had absorbed so many ninth-tier energy cores given by Xiao Yan that they felt embarrassed to object.

Even those energy cores were given to them because Xiao Yan, after absorbing too many, had developed an immunity and could no longer absorb them.

But no matter how you say it, their ability to leap up several minor levels in this time was entirely due to taking advantage of others.

Moreover, they could faintly guess in their hearts what the other party meant by 'how to conduct oneself.'

Regarding this matter, he also found it awkward to say anything to the person before him.

After all, if this layer of paper were truly torn open, the only side in the wrong would be their Gu clan.

However, just as Gu Xun'er had promised Xiao Xuan, the surrounding space suddenly underwent a violent fluctuation.

Immediately afterward, the surrounding space tore open a huge rift, a violent suction surged, and in one fierce gulp it swallowed Xiao Yan and the Gu clan entourage, then vanished into the Tian Mu.

At the same time, within a lush mountain range of the Gu Realm, numerous figures hovered in the sky, their gazes fixed intently on that distorted space.

"Elder Gu Yi, today should be the time when the three-year period arrives, right?"

Somewhere in the sky, within the Gu clan formation, one person asked the elderly figure in gray robes beside them.

"Hmm, I just don't know whether those youngsters inside have encountered any danger."

Upon hearing that, Gu Yi nodded lightly, his gaze fixed on the distorted space, his heart likewise feeling a slight tension.

After all, the dangers within the Tian Mu are something he knows extremely well from having gone there in his youth.

If among those few youngsters of their Gu clan they encountered a half-saint-level soul entity, then the Gu clan's loss would truly be enormous.

"I also don't know who will make the greatest progress this time."

After the former finished speaking, another Gu clan elder stroked his beard, narrowed his eyes, and smiled.

"Ah, who can say for sure? It all depends on their own fortunes!"

Sss!

Just as those figures in midair were conversing with each other, this space suddenly ripped open a black spatial rift.

Immediately, several figures flashed out from within and arrived in the space of the Gu Realm.

"They are from the Yan clan; it seems they suffered no loss."

Upon seeing the first to appear, Huo Zhi and Huo Xuan, the surrounding figures also nodded slowly.

Moreover, the two's auras were obviously much stronger than when they had entered the Tian Mu half a year ago.

It seems their gains over those three years in the Tian Mu were not small.

"The Medicine clan people have also come out, and the Stone clan as well."

After the two Yan clan members, other Dou Emperor family members began to appear one after another from within the space.

The auras of these people are all much stronger compared to when they entered the Tian Mu half a year ago from the outside world.

Especially the two young geniuses of the Stone clan, who somehow obtained some fortuitous opportunity, directly leapt from being seven-star Dou Zun to Dou Zun Jian Feng.

Even the distance to that Transcendent Dou Zun is merely half a step away!

Such changes truly excited the Stone Clan elder tasked with escorting their genius, who loudly proclaimed that the Stone clan would flourish.

However, these people do not realize that the reason these two Stone Clan members progressed so quickly is because, when the individuals sent by Xiao Xuan were gathering energy cores, many of those below ninth tier were simply discarded.

And after those two Stone Clan members fortuitously encountered them, they consistently followed behind those half-saint energy core hunters, quietly picking up and absorbing the discarded energy cores.

Thus, they steadily progressed from an unremarkable seven-star Dou Zun all the way up to the present Dou Zun Jian Feng by picking up those castoffs.

Sss!

As the members of the various ancient races continued to fly out, not long afterward, under the gaze of countless eyes on the surrounding peaks, another spatial rift appeared.

Immediately, four figures floated out from within; under the astonished gazes of those around, the moment these four appeared, they suddenly plummeted straight down toward the ground.

Seeing this unexpected situation, a Gu clan elder, quick-eyed and quick-handed, swiftly waved out a gentle force, lifting those four powerless figures.

But only after lifting these four did they realize at that moment that these four figures had completely lost all signs of life.

"This is. Hun clan's Hun Gang and Hun Lei, plus the Lei clan's Lei Haiyun and Lei Biao; these four actually all perished in the Tian Mu!"

Seeing this, the faces of the vast majority of people around changed dramatically, and they exclaimed in astonishment.

Looking at the four corpses floating in the sky, the vast majority of those present were staring at each other.

As for the ancient clan people in the distance, upon seeing this, they secretly felt a bit of schadenfreude.

After all, the ancient clan and the soul clan have always been at odds; now seeing the soul clan members actually buried in the Tian Mu, they inevitably feel a tiny bit of schadenfreude.

And the people from the Yan, Yao, and Shi clans who had spent three years in the Tian Mu, upon seeing this scene, also looked bewildered at the corpses of the Soul and Thunder clan members.

Immediately afterward, they lowered their heads, deep in thought.

After all, although the Tian Mu is dangerous, everyone is clear about it and knows which level of energy entities can be provoked and which cannot.

Unless they were unlucky and directly collided with a half-saint-level energy entity, otherwise no one inside the Tian Mu could have killed these four.

Could it be that these four were so unlucky as to have encountered half-saint-level energy entities?

However, as soon as this idea arose, it was immediately rejected by everyone in their minds.

After a long silence, Huo Xuan of the Yan clan then murmured softly: 'I'm afraid this matter is not simple.'

You mean, Xiao Yan?

Hearing that, Huo Zhi's slender brows twitched slightly, and Huo Zhi spoke thoughtfully.

I cannot guarantee for the Soul clan, but these two Thunder clan members, after entering the Tian Mu, had invited us to act against Xiao Yan. I don't believe Lei Haiyun and Lei Biao would back down and give up.

Upon hearing that name, Huo Xuan nodded lightly and spoke softly.

As soon as Huo Xuan finished speaking, Huo Zhi immediately agreed: 'Indeed, Lei Haiyun and Lei Biao are not the type to back down easily; they were likely counter-killed.'

While speaking, Huo Zhi slightly turned the veiled pretty face, and the gaze swiftly swept over the place where the ancient clan and Xiao Yan were.

Who knows? Anyway, we can't reverse the heavens and resurrect them now; we might as well watch the show. After all, the Soul and Thunder clans won't easily let Xiao Yan off.

In response to Huo Zhi's words, Huo Xuan shrugged, felt a stir, and turned their gaze toward the Tian Mu's exit ahead.