Chapter 344: One Year

One year later, Langya Pavilion.

"Time passes so quickly!" Looking at the blood-red aura in the distant horizon that seemed to condense without dissipating, Xiao Han could not help but sigh with emotion.

It must be said that the war with Soul Hall over this past year had thoroughly allowed Langya Pavilion and Heavenly Mansion to see just what kind of formidable power the Soul Clan, the great backer behind Soul Hall, truly possessed.

Within Heavenly Mansion, counting the original members and the many rogue Dou Sheng experts who had joined, there were nearly ten Dou Sheng combatants.

The number of Dou Sheng sent out by Langya Pavilion this time also barely reached ten, and half of that combat power was even above Five-Star Dou Sheng.

The two houses combined for nearly twenty Dou Sheng; this force could already easily slaughter any other super power in the Central Plains.

However, contrary to expectations, in the face of an offensive that could almost be considered them giving their all, Soul Hall displayed powerful governing strength. Not only did they block the attack, but the allied forces were even nearly pushed back.

"Hun Jing..." Xiao Han thought of the actual person in power at Soul Hall during this period.

Although Hun Jing's colleague had been easily beaten half to death by Xiao Han, as one of the four demon saints of the Soul Clan, Hun Jing's strength was not watered down in the slightest; at Seven-Star Dou Saint Late Stage, he possessed extremely strong deterrence on the battlefield.

Just because of this one person, it took two Five-Star Dou Sheng and one Six-Star Dou Sheng sent by Langya Pavilion to barely contend with him, and they were even slightly at a disadvantage.

Although the number of Soul Clan Dou Sheng experts could not compare to the two houses, their cultivation levels were not low; each one could contend with more than one allied Dou Sheng, causing huge trouble.

So much so that after seeing the state of the battle, Xiao Han almost could not help but make a move to slap that old immortal named Hun Jing to death.

Since the battle of the Dou Sheng could not achieve results, the minor advantages on other battlefields were also difficult to influence the overall situation.

Now the two sides were in a stalemate, with the appearance of you attacking a wave today and me giving you a hit tomorrow.

The immense pressure of the war made the logistics of Langya Pavilion unbearable, and added to the conditions originally promised to Heavenly Mansion, Xiao Han could already imagine the scene of him starting to sell off the foundation of Langya Pavilion after the war ended.

The only good news was perhaps the message sent by Xiao Zhan.

The few people he had been optimistic about had now almost successively stepped into the threshold of Dou Sheng, and the number of Dou Sheng experts in the Xiao Clan after its rise had reached an unprecedented eight.

Besides this, what Xiao Han cared about most was the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame that would appear in half a year.

Another thousand-year period was approaching, and the news that the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame was about to emerge had already been quietly circulating among the major powers of the Central Plains.

There were not many Exotic Fire that Xiao Han could look upon with favor; the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame was the only ownerless object among them, and it was also the final piece of the puzzle on the path of Exotic Fire collection for his descendant, Xiao Yan.

Only by subduing the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame would Xiao Yan be qualified to become the successor of the Tuoshe Ancient Emperor; for this, Xiao Han did not mind helping the other party openly within the Demon Fire Space.

However, what gave Xiao Han quite a headache was—Langya Pavilion lacked Four-Star Dou Sheng!

If it were Five-Star Dou Sheng, he could pull out several at will, but for Four-Star Dou Sheng, the only ones who could be mobilized now were the two ancestors brought over by the Xiao Clan, and the strongest was only at the Four-Star mid-stage; they could not exert dominant power.

However, if one added Yao Lao, who had already advanced to Four-Star in Heavenly Mansion, the three of them joining forces would barely be enough to look at.

In the later stages, there would even be ancestor Xiao Chen, whose strength reached Five-Star Dou Sheng; the advantage was with him!

The only thing to guard against now was the Soul Clan making trouble.

Four-Star is Four-Star, but Xiao Han did not believe the Soul Clan would honestly send out Four-Star Dou Sheng to try their luck and leave it at that.

Amidst his thoughts, the figure of Yi Huang appeared in his mind, and Xiao Han could not help but be happy...

"Go to the Demon Fire Space?" Yi Huang looked at Xiao Han with surprised beautiful eyes, great doubt shining in them.

"You shouldn't have forgotten that rule, right." Yi Huang revealed her aura, "Is it really appropriate for me, a Five-Star Dou Sheng, to go over?"

"You are Five-Star?" Xiao Han said "surprised": "Are you a Five-Star Dou Sheng?"

"You are clearly only at the Four-Star late stage."

At this point, how could Yi Huang not understand the subtext of Xiao Han's words; the corners of her mouth twitched.

Indeed, unlike the other Five-Star Dou Sheng of Langya Pavilion, the identity Yi Huang usually displayed to the outside world had always been that of an Alchemy Grandmaster and Vice Pavilion Master, at most with the label of Pavilion Master's wife added.

Even though the battle between Langya Pavilion and Soul Hall had been scorching over the past year, Yi Huang, this high-end combat power at the Five-Star Dou Sheng level, had never once entered the field.

That is to say, the current strength of Yi Huang was unknown to the outside world; others could at most estimate her cultivation to be around Five-Star by referencing the strength of Ye Jianxin, and her being a Four-Star Dou Sheng late stage was not incomprehensible.

Xiao Han was preparing to have a Five-Star Dou Sheng like her go over to provide protection and ambush others.

However...

"Will you handle the accountability from those Ancient Race afterwards?" Yi Huang chuckled lightly. She did not mind making a move; in fact, having rarely made a move for many years, she even felt a bit itchy, but some things still had to be asked.

Xiao Han said calmly: "I will give them a reason for accountability, it just depends on whether they dare to come over."

Yi Huang smiled and nodded, "No problem, I also really want to see the legendary Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame."

………

In fact, it was not just Xiao Han; all the various forces were now beginning to prepare for the battle for the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, and this was no exception even for the warring Soul Hall and Heavenly Mansion.

Due to the preciousness of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, the several forces had already begun to tacitly slow down the intensity of the war; most of the Dou Sheng experts had already returned to their respective headquarters, and those stationed on the front lines rarely engaged in battle.

However, this lively scene had no effect on certain people.

………

Central Plains, Shennong Mountain Range.

The figure of Xiao Xuan suddenly appeared from within it; feeling the several formidable auras in the distance, a look of gratification could not help but appear in his eyes.

"I really didn't expect that the kid could actually send me into the Yao Realm." Xiao Xuan felt secretly pleased in his heart.

In his view, the arrangement Xiao Han mentioned back then should have just been to let him lurk outside the Yao Realm without being discovered.

He never thought that his descendant would successfully let Xiao Xuan mix in by only giving him a Jade Pendant.

This was not a simple matter; as the former Clan Leader of the Xiao Clan, Xiao Xuan naturally knew very clearly that to achieve this result, there was only one point...

The outer barrier and various Prohibitions of the Yao Realm had already been thoroughly understood by his descendant!

Being able to do this, added to Xiao Han's own strength, Xiao Xuan did not doubt at all that Xiao Han possessed the ability to wipe out the entire upper echelon of the Yao Clan, and the other party would not even have time to activate the Protective Clan Array.

However, Xiao Xuan also knew that he was not here to find fault with the Yao Clan now; he only needed to find a place to hide, and with his strength, this little matter was easy and simple!

Just like that, Xiao Xuan sneaked into the Yao Clan without any obstruction; everyone, including the Yao Clan Clan Leader Yao Dan, did not know that a prehistoric beast had quietly mixed into their own backyard at this time.

The Yao Clan operated as usual; perhaps only at the moment of the clan's destruction would they discover such an uninvited guest.