Chapter 745

"Ah!!" A group of warriors dressed in identical sect robes, trying to flee, had barely taken a few steps when several energy entities suddenly erupted from the ground. Though each possessed only Dou Zun cultivation, equivalent to the Three Heavens Realm, their overwhelming numbers made them unbearable—a piercing, agonizing scream rang out!

Moreover, the Great Thousand World also recognizes the existence of Soul Bodies, though they refer to them as Soul Spirits; those who died in the Heavenly Tomb with cultivation above the Soul Spirit Realm have a chance to become new energy entities.

"Heaven! All these ghostly things are Three Heavens Realm! So many of them!" Seeing the ghostly entities devouring flesh and blood with ruthless ferocity, everyone around was terrified, instantly turning to flee.

"Run!" In an instant, the vast crowd who had come to profit from the chaos and plunder the Heavenly Tomb found themselves surrounded by its energy entities. All the great sect masters turned and fled—right then, everyone wished they had two more legs, desperate to escape immediately.

"Roar!!"

Xing Tian let out a thunderous roar. Seeing several Soul Spirit Trials, half-Supreme "thieves" attempting to flee the Heavenly Tomb using body techniques, he snatched up several bone spikes from the ground and hurled them violently into the distance. A barrage of bone spikes swept through the air—blood rained down, and countless corpses plummeted from the sky.

After merging with the Imperial Grade Embryonic Pill's sentience, it had developed its own consciousness. Since it had no use remaining on the Dou Qi Continent, it followed Xiao Yan to the Great Thousand World, hoping to fully become a true human.

Unexpectedly, upon arriving, their stronghold was invaded, and he himself had been suppressed by some mysterious Spirit Array Master. Knowing that Xing Tian—or rather, the Imperial Grade Embryonic Pill—had once been imprisoned for millennia within the Ancient Emperor's cave by Tuoshe Ancient Emperor, being suppressed again naturally stirred memories of that time.

Now, he was clearly furious.

The headless Xing Tian stepped forward, blocking the path of all fleeing warriors. He seized dead branches and bone spikes from the ground and flung them violently upward—bone spikes and branches rained from the sky. Wherever the bone spikes swept, blood rained down; every single person was pierced through with a bloody hole, dying in the most gruesome manner imaginable!

"Aaah!" Instantly, the entire Heavenly Tomb became a hellish inferno—countless cultivation experts were slaughtered, their blood staining the entire first layer of the Heavenly Tomb crimson.

Since its construction, this might be the deadliest incident ever to occur within the Heavenly Tomb.

At this moment, whether weak cultivators of the Spirit Wheel Realm or Soul Spirit Realm who had come to profit from the chaos, or powerful cultivators of the Three Heavens Realm or Supreme Minor Trials, under Xing Tian's fury and the relentless biting of countless energy entities from the first and second layers, only death awaited them.

Even if a Supreme had hidden here, they would still die—there was no way to evade Xing Tian's strike.

In an instant, wails of "Father! Mother!" echoed endlessly, agonizing screams rising and falling without pause. Those who had just entered the Heavenly Tomb, only reaching its outskirts, wished more than anything to flee this hell immediately.

Yet throughout it all, Xiao Yan never once looked at them—he seemed utterly unmoved, as if death meant nothing to him, his heart as cold and unyielding as a demon's.

Eventually, the countless Heavenly Tomb energy entities pursued them all the way to the tomb's boundary before halting. When Xing Tian's figure slowly vanished into the gloomy mist of the Heavenly Tomb, the fleeing cultivators were utterly terrified, their souls nearly fleeing their bodies!

Those who survived the massacre and escaped the Heavenly Tomb were exceedingly rare. To seize the Supreme Secret Treasury, over a hundred sects and factions had entered the Heavenly Tomb, with tens of thousands of cultivators inside.

Yet in the end, fewer than a hundred escaped—and most of those who did were cultivators who had entered later.

At this moment, the cultivators who had just escaped the Heavenly Tomb saw the headless Spirit Puppet turn and retreat back into the tomb. Terrified beyond measure, they collapsed onto the ground, their legs too weak to hold them upright.

At this moment, a deathly silence blanketed the entire meteor crater. The distortion of the first layer's space had been shattered; the overwhelming stench of blood lingered long, making anyone who smelled it want to vomit.

"What kind of Supreme Secret Treasury is this?! This is a death zone, a hellish place!"

"What was that black-robed figure? Is he even human—or a living corpse?"

"Who knows? He had no spiritual energy, yet his power was terrifyingly strong."

Instantly, everyone turned pale. Those cultivators backed by great factions from other regions of the Ning Tian Continent grew grimly serious.

"This doesn't seem to be a fallen, shattered continent at all—it holds no treasure, only immense peril."

"Yes, this must be reported to the Palace Master immediately. That black-robed mystery man's cultivation is extraordinarily high—even Master Zhu Ye couldn't match him!"

Several elders exchanged glances, made their decision, and hurriedly departed. Unknowingly, their late arrival—far from the Western Realm—had saved their lives.

Meanwhile, in the third layer of the Heavenly Tomb, after his battle with the Spirit Array Master, Xiao Yan's body gradually grew accustomed to the Great Thousand World, beginning to comprehend certain spatial forces.

Though his Supreme Body had not yet been fully condensed, relying on his understanding of space and certain powers from the Dragon Phoenix Bloodline's ancient Dragon lineage, Xiao Yan temporarily reinforced the space channel of the third layer.

Meow! (╯‵□′)╯

Mao Wu emerged from the space rift and perched on Xiao Yan's shoulder, expressing his displeasure.

Xiao Yan sighed helplessly, ruffling Mao Wu's head with a smile: "Don't act up—you're my trump card. No one plays Jia San and then immediately reveals their King of Spades."

Here in the Great Thousand World, Xiao Yan naturally had to act with extreme caution. After all, life only comes once—he had not revealed Mao Wu's existence.

Mao Wu was now Xiao Yan's strongest trump card. Having long ago devoured Tuoshe Ancient Emperor's fire seed, Mao Wu could unleash a significant portion of its power—when necessary, he would rely on it.

Moreover, Xiao Yan's physical strength was not particularly strong, and his Soul Power had yet to be unleashed. In the Great Thousand World, the concept of Spirit still existed, called Soul Spirit.

Cultivators in the Great Thousand World differed from those on the Dou Qi Continent—they must cultivate their Soul Spirit. There is even a realm called the Soul Spirit Realm, where cultivators can refine the Soul Spirits of Spiritual Beasts to enhance their own Soul Power, and even borrow the essence of Spiritual Beasts for battle.

The realm preceding Supreme is the Soul Spirit Trial. Soul Spirit must be tempered through cultivation to pass—it cannot be bypassed like on the Dou Qi Continent, where Soul Cultivation Techniques can be ignored.

Meow~~~~o(=∩ω∩=)m

Hearing Xiao Yan's explanation, Mao Wu was satisfied—yes, he was the ultimate trump card!

Xiao Yan glanced at Qiao Shihong, who had remained silent since the beginning, and smiled faintly: "Never seen anything this brutal?"

Qiao Shihong swallowed hard and nodded. He was merely a Spirit Wheel Realm cultivator—mass slaughter of tens of thousands, rivers of blood, mountains of corpses, endless screams—he had never witnessed such a sight!

Moreover, Xiao Yan had slain the Six Supreme Lords of the Western Realm! Even Supremes were no more than ants before this man, no different from Spirit Wheel or Soul Spirit cultivators!

He didn't even seem to be using his full strength—he hadn't used spiritual energy or his Supreme Body. It was unimaginable just how powerful this man truly was!

"Brother Xiao Yan is a wise His Majesty—he left behind many things for the continent and elevated its entire strength." A light, melodious voice came—Xun Er walked toward Xiao Yan with a sweet smile.

"Xun Er." Xiao Yan walked beside her and asked: "Is the spiritual energy conversion proceeding smoothly?"

Xun Er nodded lightly: "I've converted part of it. As long as I don't use Dou Qi, I won't be corroded by the Great Thousand World's spiritual energy—but full conversion will still take some time."

Xiao Yan flipped his hand, and a Jade Bottle appeared before him—another storage spiritual artifact, filled with a pool of Supreme Spirit Liquid.

"These Supreme Spirit Liquids should accelerate spiritual energy conversion and bridge the gap between Dou Qi and spiritual energy."

Dou Qi is a lower-grade energy. Though cultivation methods vary and the quality of condensed Dou Qi differs, spiritual energy is inherently superior. Judging from Xiao Yan's battle with the Seven-Star Sovereign, even top-tier experts like Gu Yuan and Zhu Kun, after full conversion, would likely not reach Ninth Rank Supreme Peak—perhaps even falling below Ninth Rank.

When Xiao Yan and Xun Er reached the deepest part of the third layer, Xiao Yixian, Cai Lin, and the others had already emerged from their seclusion. With Cai Lin's sharp eyes, she immediately recognized that Xiao Yan had just fought.

"How are the Great Thousand World's cultivators?" Cai Lin's beautiful eyes flickered with battle intent. As the former Empress who had led the Serpent Empire to rise, she naturally had interest in the strength of the Great Thousand World's cultivators.

Xiao Yan smiled and waved his hand—the treasures taken from Zhu Ye's body tumbled onto the ground. He shrugged: "They've got some tricks. One of the invaders claimed to be a Spirit Array Master—he could use something called Spirit Arrays. If I were his equal, it wouldn't have been so easy—I'd have had trouble."

Xiao Yan recounted his battle with Zhu Ye in detail, sharing his observations.

Upon hearing this, everyone's expressions grew solemn. After all, Xiao Yan was the strongest on the Dou Qi Continent. Though all were Dou Di, everyone knew he was far stronger than Hun Tian Di.

Xiao Yan had always been invincible at his own level—but according to his analysis, if he were a Seven Star Dou Sheng, fighting Zhu Ye might require him to reveal all his trump cards, at minimum using his strongest one—the Strange Fire.

Moreover, Xiao Yan didn't know where Zhu Ye ranked among his peers in the Great Thousand World. The man hadn't even used his Supreme Body—only Spirit Arrays.

"The Great Thousand World is countless times vaster than the Dou Qi Continent. Not only does it possess superior spiritual energy, its population is countless times greater. It's natural that over countless ages, its cultivation system has developed into something far more brilliant." Xiao Xuan said.

On the Dou Qi Continent, the most advanced field was Pill Alchemy—Alchemists were the highest-ranked profession. Sealing Arrays, Spirit Artifact forging, and other arts lagged far behind. Even the Refining Heaven Ancient Formation on the Dou Qi Continent couldn't compare.

"Is this a Spirit Array?" Xun Er picked up one of the ancient, weathered array diagrams—the Three-Feng Altar Sealing Array used to imprison Xing Tian. But this diagram was incomplete, only one-third intact, making it merely a Heaven-grade Sealing Array.

Xun Er's jade fingers gently opened it, and after looking for a while, she could not help but knit her delicate brows slightly. Although Xun Er had never cultivated a Sealing Array, the Gu Clan also possessed a great many ancient Sealing Arrays, and with her intelligence, learning a profession was not difficult. Yet she still found it hard to comprehend the mysteries within.

Xun Er gently shook her head and said softly, "It's completely different from the Sealing Arrays of the Dou Qi Continent. This Spirit Array Master profession in the Great Thousand World should belong to a very top-tier profession — not something an ordinary person can learn."

"Everyone, let's distribute these Supreme Spirit Liquid first. With the help of these Supreme Spirit Liquid, the conversion of Spiritual Energy should be sped up." Xiao Yan opened the Jade Bottle, and with a whoosh, a river shimmering with resplendent light, like a galaxy, surged out from within the Jade Bottle, floating in the air — exceedingly beautiful.

Within the Supreme River were specks of starlight; every point of light was a single drop of Supreme Spirit Liquid, and the entire Supreme River contained Supreme Spirit Liquid on the order of tens of millions.

"What about you, Xiao Yan?" Xiao Yixian, seated to one side, asked aloud.

"I don't need any. I've cultivated a Supreme Dharma Body, which consumed all of my Dou Qi, so I don't need to convert Spiritual Energy." Xiao Yan did not conceal it either — everyone present was one of their own.

Hearing Xiao Yan's words, Xiao Xuan, seated to one side, had a flash of brilliance in his eyes. He knew it was the Heaven-Breaking Art left behind by the Ancestor!

Others were converting Dou Qi into Spiritual Energy — merely a conversion — but Xiao Yan, who had cultivated the Dou Qi Dharma Body, now did not even have Dou Qi within his body!

"Do you need a Heavenly Flame now?" Cai Lin, whose Spiritual Soul was intertwined with Xiao Yan's, knew everything about him, and also knew deeply that Xiao Yan's cultivation could not do without Heavenly Flames. That evolvable Burning Art could likewise evolve within the Great Thousand World.

"Mm, and what I need is a Heavenly Flame that has never been Refined by anyone. I need a place like the Demon Fire Space — a Heavenly Flame space filled with Heavenly Flame energy." Xiao Yan nodded with a solemn expression.

What Xiao Yan needed now was not only Heavenly Flames to let the Burning Art evolve, but also the Heavenly Flame energy of the Great Thousand World to awaken all his Heavenly Flames, transforming the twenty-two kinds of Heavenly Flames into Heavenly Flames of the Great Thousand World.

The Dou Qi of the Dou Qi Continent had to be converted, and naturally the Heavenly Flames as well. Otherwise, even possessing the Spiritual Power of an Earth Supreme, Xiao Yan would still not be in his complete form.

"Everyone need not worry. With my current physical strength and Xing Tian, self-preservation is still no problem. Moreover, the Ning Tian Continent is so vast — I believe this continent will contain Heavenly Flames." Seeing everyone's worry, Xiao Yan waved his hand, the corners of his mouth carrying, as always, that confident, sunny smile.

"Then there's no time to lose. Let's first convert the Spiritual Energy, and then dominate the Ning Tian Continent." Zhu Kun let out a great laugh. As the Old Dragon Emperor of the Taixu Ancient Dragon Clan, upon arriving in the Great Thousand World, he still did not lose that bold spirit.

"Now that all the Supremes of the Western Realm are dead, chaos is bound to ensue. When the time comes, we shall take advantage of the turmoil to unify the entire Western Realm."

(End of this chapter)