Chapter 312

Xiao Yan let out a roar, his spiritual pressure surging to the heavens, radiating overwhelming arrogance, utterly fearless—especially his Soul Force, which was utterly tyrannical, like a ferocious tiger descending the mountain.

Even if he bled out on the spot, Xiao Yan would fight on—he had never been a man to retreat!

Even when facing the Gu Clan, he had never once considered retreating!

"Asura Soul-Cutting Technique—"

"Shen Yuan!"

In that instant, Xiao Yan formed a hand seal; though his lips never opened, his voice echoed throughout the entire space.

In an instant, terrifying Soul Force seemed to dominate heaven and earth, and the operation of the Burning Decree gave the sensation of gathering all the power of heaven and earth into this single point!

Although Xiao Yan's Soul Force had reached Common Realm perfection—equivalent to that of a Seventh-Rank Alchemist—Soul Force Rank differs from Cultivation Realm; without matching cultivation, even possessing Soul Techniques and Soul Cultivation Methods could not unleash their full power.

After all, Soul Force still required a physical vessel, and a Soul Body was far weaker than the living form.

At this moment, relying on the Burning Decree and Elixirs, Xiao Yan's Cultivation Realm shattered through Dou Huang! The Earth Rank Advanced Grade Soul Technique finally revealed its terrifying nature.

Xiao Yan had already cultivated the second layer of the Asura Soul-Cutting Technique, but he had never been able to activate it—not only because his cultivation was still too weak, but also because the Asura Soul-Cutting Technique was considered an "unpopular Soul Technique" even among the Soul Sovereign, so much so that even they refused to cultivate it.

Shen Yuan could even drive the cultivator into despair, causing them to lose their mind!

With a thunderous boom, the sky suddenly turned dark; in that instant, from the depths of the Nine Underworld, an ancient, incomprehensible divine demon rose.

At this moment, the earth beneath Xiao Yan was melted into a pool of darkness by Void Swallowing Flame; the power of its subsidiary flames raged wildly across heaven and earth!

The terrifying Soul Force, cloaked in Black Flame, unleashed devastating power that crushed the entire space—as if a great demon long asleep had awakened, and with its awakening, the world would sink into the Shen Yuan, with no one able to resist!

Boom! Boom! A continuous roar filled the air; at Xiao Yan's location, a terrifying high-temperature whirlwind formed—a dark tornado shooting straight into the heavens, Black Flame raging furiously around him, crackling with sharp snaps as thick lightning bolts split the clouds above.

At this moment, Xiao Yan resembled a demon, a natural disaster; this terrifying calamity appeared as if it would destroy heaven and earth, tearing apart anything that stood in its path.

With a resonant hum, at this instant, Xiao Yan's eyes snapped open—his eyes had changed: his sclera drowned in Black Flame, his pupils turned blood-red!

At this moment, Xiao Yan's eyes were no longer like black pearls, but a pair of terrifying, blood-red eyes; the instant they opened, anyone who saw them felt their soul scatter, their Spiritual Soul dragged into endless hell!

It seemed as if all souls would be devoured, sending chills down the spine and terror into the heart!

From afar, the terrifying Black Flame surrounding Xiao Yan took the shape of a colossal Swallowing Spirit—once a tiny Swallowing Spirit, now grown into a massive one!

Unlike the Swallowing Spirit released by Tun Yuan, the Swallowing Spirit conjured by Void Swallowing Flame was not only enormous, but also wore a crown!

At this moment, Xiao Yan seemed to have transformed into a giant, his size nearly matching that of the monstrous Tun Yuan.

Those with weak willpower would likely collapse to their knees instantly, prostrating themselves as if bowing before a supreme sovereign!

With a whoosh, at this moment, the Swallowing Spirit conjured by Void Swallowing Flame unfurled a pair of sky-shrouding Black Flame wings—when opened, they seemed to blot out heaven and earth.

This scene struck deep into Xiao Yixian's heart.

"Is Xiao Yan possessed by a demon king?!" Seeing this, the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King's face turned pale with fear—this Xiao Yan was so unfamiliar, as if he were no longer himself, almost like he had lost his mind!

What kind of Dou Technique is this?!

"Swallow it!!" Xiao Yan roared directly, his hands turning into claws, black lightning flashing beneath his feet, the dark flame wings slamming violently—combined with the power of the Heavenly Flame Sovereign, Xiao Yan's Cultivation Realm surged to true Dou Zong!

Faster than the blink of an eye, the colossal Swallowing Spirit shot into the sky, its massive demonic form, forged from Black Flame, opened its bloodied maw and swallowed the entire cluster of small Swallowing Spirits whole!

"The Swallowing King—this is unquestionably the power of my clan's sovereign! How dare you devour my clan's sovereign!! Unforgivable!!" Seeing this, Tun Yuan's eyes turned crimson—he could not accept that his most proud, most revered Swallowing King had been devoured, and worse, that his power had been stolen!

This scene was utterly unbearable for this former Swallowing Spirit Elder.

One palm severed mountains and rivers; two palms shattered space. With his human face and insect body, Tun Yuan opened his mouth, revealing sharp fangs; as his palms struck toward Xiao Yan, the power of a Dou Zong shattered the very fabric of space, shaking heaven and earth—each blow caused the entire space to tremble with a deafening crack.

A Dou Zong is a Dou Zong—his power cannot be erased by Secret Techniques or Elixirs!

But at this moment, Xiao Yan was blinded by rage—he fearlessly charged straight at the Dou Zong's power, opening his mouth to bite!

With a thunderous crash, the Dou Zong's palms were seized in the colossal Swallowing King's jaws—but still, they were deflected, shoved back several steps.

Xiao Yan's power surged as if he had been granted divine aid; though he could not fully resist the Dou Zong's might, even after being struck, he would still tear off a piece of flesh.

The two locked in a brutal struggle—the Void Swallowing Flame's monstrous form bit into Tun Yuan's body, unleashing the Swallowing King's power to devour Tun Yuan's Bloodline Power.

But how could a Dou Zong like Tun Yuan simply submit to being bitten? Countless tiny Swallowing Spirits erupted from his body, swarming toward the Black Flame, as if determined to swallow Xiao Yan and Mao Wu whole!

Boom! Boom! A continuous barrage of explosions echoed—not only did heaven and earth shake, but space itself trembled.

Neither side would yield!

From afar, it looked as if a mass of Black Flame collided with a mass of Black Mist, devouring and destroying each other!

Both sides tore at each other relentlessly, annihilating the opponent's Swallowing Spirits and converting them into their own power!

While all watched the mutual devouring between Xiao Yan and Tun Yuan—wondering who would consume the other entirely—the Nether Poison Senior, who had been waiting for Xiao Yixian to surrender and unleash her Eternal Calamity Poison, suddenly flickered a gleam in his eyes.

"Hahahaha! If you had truly reached Dou Zong, this battle might have been yours—but you're still far too weak!" Tun Yuan laughed harshly, endless tiny Swallowing Spirits pouring endlessly from his body; the terrifying Swallowing Spirit power had already drowned the Swallowing King formed by Void Swallowing Flame.

Tun Yuan had not only absorbed Ling Tian's Dou Emperor Bloodline, but also the Dou Emperor Bloodlines of all the other Dou Emperor Family disciples Ling Tian had tricked into coming here—all now bound to him.

Moreover, the gap between Dou Zong and Dou Zun was simply too vast!

In the past, Xiao Yan had indeed been able to fight across levels using his Strange Fire and Burning Decree—but that was only in the early stages.

Even with a Heavenly Rank Cultivation Method, at the level of Dou Zun, the effectiveness of Heavenly Rank methods weakens.

The gap between Dou Zun and Dou Zong is like a heavenly abyss—nothing like the difference between Dou Huang and Dou Zong; this chasm cannot be bridged even by the Burning Decree and Strange Fire.

Xiao Yan had even unleashed the Five-Ring Fire Method—but even this Strange Fire could not significantly affect Tun Yuan.

At this moment, Xiao Yan's blood-red eyes suddenly trembled, his pupils contracting as he sharply turned to look behind him!

"Xiao Yixian, you—"

The Lion King and the smaller one had been poisoned unconscious by Xiao Yixian without anyone noticing.

At this moment, Xiao Yixian stood behind Xiao Yan, her body wrapped in a mass of ink-green flame—Xiao Yan knew: it was the Netherworld Poison Flame!

Xiao Yixian's aura continued to surge; her once-purple hair had turned completely white, clad in a black robe, her snow-white hair strikingly beautiful yet tragic.

Xiao Yixian fully unlocked her Eternal Calamity Poison Body, absorbing the Netherworld Poison Flame and the lifetime's accumulated Poison of the Nether Poison Senior into herself.

The Eternal Calamity Poison Body grows more terrifying the more violent the poison it absorbs; the Rank-Twenty Netherworld Poison Flame combined with the poison left behind by a dead Dou Zun—such poison would surely kill even a Dou Zun!

"Don't grieve for me—this is the fate of those who bear the Eternal Calamity Poison Body; it's only a matter of sooner or later." Xiao Yixian smiled faintly—a smile so tragic and beautiful, so heartbreakingly captivating.

The dazed Xiao Yan snapped back to awareness, his eyes instantly blazing crimson—he erupted with all his might, desperate to turn the tide and completely devour Tun Yuan.

But this is not an animation; love and courage cannot enhance one's strength.

Xiao Yixian gently raised her hand, and seven-colored poison light surged from it; the light struck Hun Wu Zi's body, causing it to rapidly collapse and revealing the countless tiny Ling Clan members within.

"Aaah!! You! You're seeking your own death!"

Xiao Yixian's Cultivation Realm was undoubtedly at Dou Zun level, and her Eternal Calamity Poison could kill those Ling Clan members from afar.

Countless Ling Clan members died as swiftly as burned paper.

Weakened by Xiao Yixian's assault, Hun Wu Zi launched a counterattack; with a whoosh, terrifying Black Flame instantly engulfed him, like a massive black hole, then—shoo! —collapsed into a single ball in an instant.

All phenomena vanished—the darkness, the demon king—just as if nothing had ever happened, leaving only a palm-sized Black Flame slowly burning in midair.

Seeing Xiao Yan's bewildered expression, Xiao Yixian unexpectedly let out a soft laugh. She felt no fear of death.

Xiao Yan reached out to touch Xiao Yixian, but the terrifying Spirit-Flesh Poison Flame violently flung his hand away—his slightly tanned hand instantly turned jet black!

Xiao Yixian said nothing more; such a minor poison could surely be dispelled by Xiao Yan's strength.

With a sweep of her sleeve, a crack appeared in space; the unconscious Great and Little Purple Crystal Wing Lion King and Zi Yan floated slowly toward them.

"I'll send you away from here. Not long before the Eternal Calamity Body can no longer bear it and triggers a Poison Explosion—everything within a hundred li will become a dead zone."

Xiao Yan's eyes burned red, filled with tears; his fists clenched tightly, nails digging deep into his SpiritFlesh without feeling a thing.

"Hehehe, if you can't even handle an Eternal Calamity Body, how dare you claim the right to refine the Emperor Pill with me?"

At that moment! As Xiao Yan was helpless, a strange laugh echoed in his heart—it was Hun Xu Zi's voice!

"The Void Swallowing Flame's Sub-Flame has evolved into Earth Sub Flame. Think carefully—it's a sub-flame derived from the second-ranked Strange Fire on the Strange Fire Ranking."

Xiao Yan's eyes sharply narrowed; he had no time to ask Hun Xu Zi anything else. His heart jolted as he suddenly stared at the Void Swallowing Flame's Sub-Flame nearby!

At this moment, Mao Wu had not reverted to his black cat form—he remained in pure flame form, quietly burning.

"Earth Sub Flame! Mao Wu, you've evolved!" Void Swallowing Flame's Sub-Flame has ranks—from possessing Spirit, to Earth Sub Flame, to Heavenly Emperor Fire.

After devouring the massive Ling Clan, Mao Wu finally evolved! His current power is certainly no weaker than any lower-ranked Strange Fire!

"Meow!" Hearing Xiao Yan's call, the slowly burning Black Flame rose upward; a black cat leapt out of the flames, landed on Xiao Yan's head, scratched his chin with his hind legs, and even licked his fur.

Though his appearance hadn't changed at all, Xiao Yan felt that the Void Swallowing Flame's power was now bottomless!

A smile instantly spread across Xiao Yan's face as he looked at Xiao Yixian, who still didn't understand what had happened.

Unexpectedly, it had turned out to be a bright turn after darkness!

If I hadn't desperately devoured Hun Wu Zi from the start, Xiao Yixian would have had to Self-Detonate to destroy it—but because she didn't Self-Detonate, the Void Swallowing Flame was able to fully devour the Ling Clan and evolve into Earth Sub Flame!

All of this happened because I never retreated at the start!

Miracles require the courage to do foolish things to come into being!

This chain of events gave Xiao Yan a plan!

"Forgive me, Xiao Yixian."

In perfect mental sync, Mao Wu instantly merged into Xiao Yan's body, Earth Sub Flame enveloping him completely.

Under Xiao Yixian's stunned gaze, Xiao Yan took the Poison-Resisting Pill he had prepared in advance with his left hand, then thrust his right hand through the Spirit-Flesh Poison Flame and wrapped his arm around Xiao Yixian's slender waist—and then… he kissed her.

"Mmm! Nngh!" Xiao Yixian's eyes widened—she had been taken advantage of! Even as I'm dying, you still take advantage of me—are you even human?!

Instantly! The Ling Clan's power activated, and the counterattacking Spirit-Flesh Poison Flame began to be devoured by Mao Wu—even some of the Poison from the Poison Lord was absorbed by the Void Swallowing Flame's unique devouring power.

Xiao Yan immediately activated the Burning Decree, preparing to Refine the Spirit-Flesh Poison Flame within Xiao Yixian's body!!!

This technique of Refining a Strange Fire through a kiss—if Yao Zun were still alive, he'd surely clap and raise his thumb, shouting "Amazing!"

But it truly could work, because the Spirit-Flesh Poison Flame had not yet been fully Refined by Xiao Yixian, unlike Han Feng, who had fully Refined it and imprinted his Spiritual Soul upon it.

Xiao Yixian's Eternal Calamity Body merely absorbed the Spirit-Flesh Poison Flame as poison.

If the Eternal Calamity Body were to erupt at Dou Zun level, then as long as part of the ingested Poison was diverted and suppressed below Dou Zun, the Eternal Calamity Body would not erupt prematurely!

The Void Swallowing Flame's devouring power before evolution couldn't even consume a Dou Zun's Flame Sealing—but now, after evolving into Earth Sub Flame, its power had finally manifested!

"Mmm!" Xiao Yixian's body stiffened, her hands gripping her dress—her first kiss was gone!

(End of Chapter)