Chapter 857: Sacred and Inviolable

The ten-thousand-zhang figure of the Dou Po Cangqiong Body stood firm in this realm, and beneath it, Xiao Potian's body finally dissolved into nothingness; in his fading, aged eyes, there was nothing but relief.

After Xiao Potian vanished, silence settled over this chaos; long after, Xiao Yan slowly rose, calming his spirit.

Xiao Potian was different from Xiao Xuan—he had long since died, like the Immortal Emperor; during his great battle with the Heavenly Evil God, his lifespan had already ended, and he could not be revived.

Xiao Yan's eyes regained their calm; he retracted all his power and walked slowly toward the massive Body, gazing at the entirely black Dou Po Cangqiong Body, radiating dark luminescence, imprinting it into his vision.

"So this is the original Body formed by the most primal Cultivation Method of the Dou Qi Continent?"

Gazing upon this ten-thousand-zhang Body, even Xiao Yan was startled—it differed from his own creation; this primal form contained the most ancient, primordial power, even predating the birth of heaven and earth.

Xiao Yan gently stroked the colossal Supreme Body, and an intensely familiar sensation flowed from his palm—it was Dou Qi, the power of the Dou Qi Continent.

From the Body, Xiao Yan seemed to witness the birth and growth of the Dou Qi Continent, and all its events.

"Indeed, the primal Body is not yet fully complete," Xiao Yan slowly opened his eyes, looking up at the colossal Body.

Not just one.

When Xiao Yan created the Burning Flame Body, he realized: all primal Bodies are primal power; the Immortal Emperor, Xiao Potian, Ancestor—they too, after obtaining their primal forms, spent years refining them to become what they are today.

But even this Dou Po Cangqiong Body, or the other five primal Bodies like the Eternal Immortal Body, are still in an incomplete stage—they remain primal Bodies, not yet reaching their ultimate form.

Xiao Yan himself created the unique primal Body, Burning Flame; thus he knew well: Burning Flame had not yet reached its ultimate state, and remained primal.

Dou Po Cangqiong—but Xiao Potian never achieved the final "Dou," "Po," or "Cangqiong." The Immortal Emperor was the same—Eternal Immortality, yet now he was dead, long since turned to dust.

Xiao Yan, possessing a primal Body, had naturally studied the primal Bodies of each God Tribe; through the two ancient Senior Brothers, the Northern Heavenly Dragon Emperor and the Wrathful Mountain Medicine Saint, he learned the specifics of the Five Great God Tribes' five primal Bodies.

The Eternal Immortal Body, the Infinite Radiance Body, the Grand Spirit Saint Body, the Night God Ancient Body, and the Wild God Body—these five primal Bodies were the five original forms created by the Great Thousand World in ancient times, later refined by their possessors into their current forms.

The five primal Bodies correspond respectively to the Great Thousand World's strongest flesh, strongest defense, most profound Spiritual Energy, fastest speed, and strongest power. Aside from the Magic Core God Tribe, the other four God Tribes each possessed unique traits.

That is to say, only when the five primal Bodies merge into one will they become the Ultimate Body, surpassing all within the Great Thousand World, achieving supreme power, becoming the true Sovereign!

This is even more true of the Burning Flame Body—the Burning Scripture can still evolve; as it evolves further, the Burning Flame Body will change, just like the Buddha Fury Lotus—it grows ever stronger!

Xiao Yan did not know if the Burning Scripture could evolve beyond the Supreme Heavenly Sovereign to reach the Sovereign-level Cultivation Method realm, for currently the most powerful in the Great Thousand World were the Thirty-Six Absolute Divine Abilities and the five primal Bodies—all of which were not Sovereign-level methods; no such method yet existed in that realm.

But Xiao Yan was certain: the Burning Scripture could still refine more strange flames to evolve, and he believed it could surpass the Supreme Heavenly Sovereign, surpass the primal Bodies.

Yet making the Burning Scripture surpass the Supreme Heavenly Sovereign would not be easy.

As the saying goes, even the cleverest housewife cannot cook without rice—the Burning Scripture requires strange flames. Since there is no Sovereign in the entire Great Thousand World, there naturally could be no Sovereign-level strange flames; even if Xiao Yan refined all the strange flames in the Great Thousand World, he might still not elevate them to the Sovereign realm.

Thus, the primal Body represents the primal—the world's primal state. Whether it can reach the ultimate depends entirely on the cultivator.

Xiao Yan gazed at the Dou Po Cangqiong Body, his heart filled with mixed emotions; having created the Burning Flame Body, he naturally hoped to gather all fires under heaven, allowing the Burning Scripture to evolve further, to its limit, to its ultimate form! This had always been Xiao Yan's goal.

And Xiao Potian, Ancestor, was the same—he once hoped the Dou Po Cangqiong Body would reach its ultimate form, allowing the Dou Qi Continent to rival, even surpass, the entire Great Thousand World, allowing Dou Qi to match Spiritual Energy, free from forced assimilation.

But he failed.

"Dou Po Cangqiong… truly not an easy task—it requires defeating the Great Thousand World and the Heavenly Evil God."

"First, merge the Supreme Body, refine the Plane Spirit's embryo—right now, we haven't even drawn the first stroke," Xiao Yan sighed helplessly; the ancient Dou Emperor's ambitions were truly vast—to make Dou Qi stronger, to rival Spiritual Energy.

A spiritual soul fluctuation slowly approached the Dou Po Cangqiong Body; as Xiao Yan's spiritual soul gradually seeped into the Body, a joyful, sentient fluctuation emerged from the Plane Spirit's embryo.

Xiao Yan was a native of the Dou Qi Continent and had completed the Inheritance Trial; thus, neither the Dou Po Cangqiong Body nor the Plane Spirit's embryo would resist him.

Moreover, the Plane Spirit had watched Xiao Yan's recent battle—it feared he might simply self-detonate it!

That World-Ending Fire Lotus was terrifying!

Upon receiving the response, Xiao Yan sat cross-legged in Space, manifesting the Dou Po Body; then his gaze sharpened, his hand seals changed—and he self-detonated the Dou Po Body!

As the Dou Po Body self-detonated, an endless torrent of Dou Qi surged forth—these were the Dou Qi Xiao Yan had stored within the Dou Po Body; in both quality and quantity, they were extraordinarily high, rivaling the Dou Qi of a Nine Star Peak Dou Emperor.

The primal form of the Dou Po Cangqiong Body opened its eyes, slightly parted its mouth, and sucked in the boundless Dou Qi; as the Dou Qi entered, Xiao Yan gradually felt a faint connection forming between himself and the primal form of the Dou Po Cangqiong Body.

As previously stated, the first and second stages of primal Body cultivation cannot fully master the true primal Body unless perfected.

Naturally, possessing the Absolute Divine Ability-level Burning Scripture, the Dou Qi Xiao Yan condensed could not be weak; after the ten-thousand-zhang primal form absorbed all the Dou Qi, its ancient Spiritual Energy Sealing Array Runes blazed with brilliant light, fully merging with Xiao Yan and coming under his control.

"Refining!"

As Xiao Yan spoke, the Dou Po Cangqiong Body behind him sat cross-legged, appearing behind him; the Plane Spirit's embryo instantly blazed with light, enveloping Xiao Yan.

In this chaos, time seemed to stagnate, granting him ample time to break through to the Supreme Heavenly Sovereign.

His flesh enveloped by the chaotic light sphere of the Plane Spirit's embryo, Xiao Yan's body trembled; the next instant, he felt as if immersed in a chaotic sea, vast and boundless Dou Qi surging forth, finally condensing into a single, purest beam of Dou Qi light, slowly pouring into his crown.

This Dou Qi was the most primal power of the Dou Qi Continent, imbued with the primordial antiquity of the universe's birth.

Boom!

This chaotic Dou Qi light was the primal force born at the origin of the Dou Qi Continent's plane—vast and boundless; in rank, even within the Great Thousand World, it ranked among the highest-tier powers.

In comparison, the so-called Plane Purification was vastly inferior; yet the Plane Spirit's embryo was so rare that ordinary cultivators gaining even a trace of this primordial power was already a great fortune.

Long ago, Tuoshe Ancient Emperor, though he did not obtain a complete Plane Spirit's embryo, still used his own methods to acquire some primordial chaos power, and upon returning to the Great Thousand World, successfully broke through to the Supreme Heavenly Sovereign.

Tuoshe Ancient Emperor had only obtained scraps—yet still broke through to the Supreme Heavenly Sovereign; how powerful could a complete Plane Spirit's embryo be? Unimaginable.

Feeling the boundless power surge in, Xiao Yan immediately activated the Burning Scripture; his SpiritFlesh trembled, his cultivation pathways opening like ravenous mouths, devouring every ounce of the incoming power.

This power surged not only into every cell of Xiao Yan's body but also enhanced his Spiritual Soul, his strange flames, and his flesh.

The Plane Spirit's embryo was precious precisely because it did not merely elevate one's Cultivation Realm or enable breakthroughs to the Supreme Heavenly Sovereign—it subtly and comprehensively enhanced the cultivator in every aspect.

In merely dozens of breaths, Xiao Yan felt as if he had consumed billions of Spirit Liquid; his heart trembled slightly—he had not expected the Plane Spirit's power to be so pure and infinite, truly deserving of its nature as a spirit born of heaven and earth.

His thoughts shifted, and he quickly stabilized his spirit, sinking deeper into profound cultivation.

In this chaos, time moved slowly; Xiao Yan was not in a hurry, simply allowing the chaotic light to continuously pour in, while his Cultivation Realm surged at an astonishing rate.

Thus, Xiao Yan's flesh sat motionless in the chaos, as if decades had passed; his form remained like a boulder, utterly still—even his breathing gradually faded to nothing.

In the chaos, time stagnated; only the chaotic light continuously poured into Xiao Yan's crown. In such cultivation, time was inaccurate—far more distorted than in the Heavenly Tomb.

At this moment, Xiao Yan himself had not noticed that his Dragon Phoenix Ancient Armor was undergoing a wondrous transformation.

On the Dragon Island of the Grand Void Dragon, within the chamber where Zi Yan slept, a faint chaotic light glowed; within it, a colossal dragon with phoenix wings was undergoing metamorphosis!

Time slipped by—a year passed; since Xiao Yan's return to the Dou Qi Continent, nearly a year and a half had elapsed, and the Life and Death Gate had been open for over a year.

Xiao Yan was not the kind to burn the bridge after crossing; though he had long since gathered sufficient prayer power and awakened the Plane Spirit, he had not closed the Life and Death Gate—within it still lay vast quantities of Secret Treasures and Ruins legacies, left for the cultivators of the Dou Qi Continent.

Of course, the Life and Death Gate has its rules: one can enter only once, and after exiting, one cannot reenter.

During the time Xiao Yan was refining the Plane Spirit's embryo, the Dou Qi Continent remained relatively peaceful, but the Great Thousand World was not.

The reason was simple: the name of the Dou Qi Continent had begun to spread throughout the Great Thousand World.

A year earlier, several members of Jing'an Palace had been defeated by Xiao Xiao, lifted their own Flame Sealing, regained their Spirits, and all reached Nine-Pin Sovereign status; even Su Yuan's Cultivation Realm advanced to Lower Earth Supreme, while his physical cultivation reached the astonishing Upper Earth Supreme level.

Even Xiao Xiao was no match for him.

The result, naturally, was that Xiao Xiao's biological mother intervened: from afar in the Xiao Realm, Cai Lin unleashed a Heavenly Thunder that blasted Su Yuan into oblivion, while the other Jing'an Palace disciples were instantly reduced to ash beneath the thunder.

Xiao Yan and the others had never taken these Reincarnators seriously—even if a Great Perfection Earth Supreme arrived, it would make no difference; had these people not still held some utility, they would have been Corpses the moment they entered the Life and Death Gate.

Xiao Yan had already awakened the Plane Spirit; thus, these Reincarnators had lost all value.

During this time, the entire Dou Qi Continent launched a Trial game to hunt down Reincarnators, with Xiao Xiao, Xiao Cai, and Xiao Lin scouring the world for them, treating it as a form of Cultivation.

Just six months after Jing'an Palace was destroyed, the missing Su Yuan suddenly reappeared in the heavens, bringing with him numerous powerful figures from the Great Thousand World's Jing'an Palace—including two Great Perfection Earth Supremes—who declared their intent to conquer the Dou Qi Continent.

Yet, barely had the Great Thousand World's Jing'an Palace forces appeared when a high-grade Master Spirit Array, hidden beyond the Dou Qi Continent's heavens, instantly engulfed and obliterated every single one of them, including Su Yuan; though the two Great Perfection Earth Supremes survived the Spirit Array, they inexplicably succumbed to a deadly poison, their bodies melting into toxic sludge in mysterious deaths.

From then on, the Dou Qi Continent gained fame across the Great Thousand World, becoming an untouchable Lower Plane.

You have to know, a Perfected Earth Sovereign was already comparable to a Demon Emperor of the Extraterritorial Evil Clan, second only to a Demon Emperor—no, second only to a Demon Emperor; such a figure had died without the slightest explanation, directly poisoned to death, and there was even a high-level Grandmaster Spirit Array guarding them.

The Jing'an Palace was a super force in the Great Thousand World, with a Heavenly Sovereign seated within, comparable to a not-weak Demon Tribe among the Extraterritorial Evil Clan, yet the result was total annihilation in a single encounter.

Even if an entire branch of the Extraterritorial Evil Clan came, it would make no difference from delivering themselves as a meal.

This occurrence in a Lower Plane was clearly unusual; after all, in an ordinary Lower Plane, a Perfected Earth Sovereign or Demon Emperor would already be at the level of a god or ancestor, capable of controlling the entire Lower Plane.

Yet the result was instant annihilation.

And at this moment, in the Xiao Realm, Xiao Ding, Xiao Li, Hai Bodong, Tian Huo, and others watched with solemn expressions the armies appearing beyond the heavens.

"I never expected that after only half a year of peace, they've come again." Xiao Ding shook his head helplessly.

"Demon Bone Tribe." Xiao Li's eyes narrowed, his gaze piercing through the heavens, seeing the blood-red characters "Demon Bone" carved on the army's banners.

The Extraterritorial Evil Clan had come!

Today I went to get my glasses fitted a little late.

(End of this chapter)