Chapter 342

Chu Yang's words once again stirred up a stormy sea in Gu Yuan's heart.

Chu Yang's meaning was clear: he wanted to back Xiao Yan, so that the Gu clan would treat Xiao Yan equally, considering only the feelings between Xiao Xun'er and Xiao Yan, without involving the forces behind them.

In other words, to set aside sectarian prejudices!

But for the Gu clan, whether to keep the Dou Emperor bloodline pure or for the clan's benefit, it was almost impossible to marry Xiao Xun'er off to Xiao Yan.

Unless Xiao Yan grew to a point where even the Gu clan could not ignore him.

But at least for now, Xiao Yan doesn't have that weight!

And Chu Yang's final sentence made Gu Yuan's heart sink to the bottom of a valley.

Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame! The fourth-ranked strange fire on the Strange Fire List, it can be considered one of the Gu clan's treasures of the clan!

Most importantly, when Xiao Xun'er was very young, Gu Yuan used a special secret method to fuse the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame with her.

If forcibly severed, it would undoubtedly have a great impact on Xiao Xun'er, even damaging her foundation.

Whether from the clan chief's perspective or a father's standpoint, Gu Yuan absolutely does not want such a thing to happen.

"Chu Emperor... this..." Gu Yuan looked embarrassed, what should I say?

At that moment, Xiao Xun'er interjected: "If the Chu Emperor needs it, just take it!"

Chu Yang glanced at her, nodded, and said: "I also only need a wisp of the primordial fire seed; I don't need you to completely separate the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame."

"Besides, I will help you protect your foundation."

"Of course, since it's an exchange, I won't take advantage of the Gu clan."

"I will leave behind a ninth-grade golden pill!"

Gu Yuan's expression instantly became remarkable; he had thought Xiao Xun'er would suffer damage to her essence from this, but he didn't expect that they would instead gain the advantage.

After all, compared to a ninth-grade golden pill, a wisp of the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame's primordial fire seed is really nothing.

"Chief Gu Yuan, what do you think of my proposal?" Chu Yang looked at him with a smiling, narrowed gaze.

Gu Yuan hastily clasped his hands and said: "Thank you, Chu Emperor!"

Chu Yang smiled and said: "The proposal I mentioned refers to the matter between Xiao Yan and your daughter."

Gu Yuan fell silent for a moment, then nodded and said: "Please rest assured, Chu Emperor, my Gu clan will definitely not interfere again in the affairs of Xun'er and Xiao Yan."

After Gu Yuan left, Chu Yang took Xiao Xun'er into the room, absorbed the primordial fire seed of the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame, and protected her foundation; for him it was not difficult.

Merely half an hour later, Chu Yang refined the primordial fire seed of the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame into his fire spirit power.

Together with the earth spirit power previously evolved through the Heart of the Earth, the five spirit powers have all been fully upgraded.

Pushing the door open, Fu Yang looked at Xiao Xun'er still standing in the small courtyard, took out a jade bottle and handed it over, teasing: "Are you afraid I'll default on my debt?"

Xiao Xun'er hastily shook her head: "Xun'er dare not; I just have a question I'd like to ask the Chu Emperor to clarify."

Chu Yang raised his eyebrows: "Ask away!"

Xiao Xun'er hesitated a moment, then asked: "I know Xiao Yan brother and the Yunlan Sect have already turned swords into silk, but the Chu Emperor's friendship with him seems far from reaching the level of friends."

"If that's the case, I don't know why the Chu Emperor would help him."

Chu Yang narrowed his eyes and instantly saw through Xiao Xun'er's thoughts.

This young lady clearly doesn't trust him, fearing he may have other motives toward Xiao Yan, so she risked possibly drawing his displeasure to ask this question.

"Rest assured! I only need Xiao Yan to grow quickly, then have him do some things for me."

Chu Yang said softly: "If I truly had some scheme against him, or wanted to harm him, do you think it would require such elaborate effort?"

Xiao Xun'er pursed her lips, then gave a graceful bow: "Xun'er thanks the Chu Emperor on behalf of Xiao Yan brother!"

Chu Yang waved his hand, said no more, and Xiao Xun'er then took her leave.

…………

Soul Palace.

As soon as Dou Qi Chu Yang entered, he saw everyone gathered around a table, on which lay a black crystal.

His eyes lit up slightly, he hurried over, and after everyone finished sharing, he exclaimed with delight: "This... this thing is actually a plane spirit!?"

Magic Chu Yang spread his hands: "I also find it somewhat unbelievable that a plane spirit would become manifest."

Xianxia Chu Yang sighed: "To be precise, this is merely the 'remnant' of a plane spirit."

"Surely in ancient times on the Douqi Continent some great catastrophe occurred, causing the plane spirit to disappear, and the reason someone sealed off the Douqi Continent from the Great Thousand Worlds is likely precisely because of this!"

Dou Qi Chu Yang nodded and asked: "This thing is also merely the 'stillborn' of a plane spirit; perhaps after gestating for tens of millions of years in the Dou Qi world, it could be reborn as a plane spirit."

"But right now... it seems to have no use!"

Marvel Chu Yang shrugged: "As it stands now, that's indeed the case; aside from being able to influence the Dou Qi world to some extent, this thing has no other use."

"However... I have some ideas about it, but I need you to put them into practice."

"Oh?" Dou Qi Chu Yang raised his eyebrows; they had already completed the sharing, but he was unaware of this, evidently just thought of by Marvel Chu Yang.

Marvel Chu Yang stroked his chin: "Perhaps we could try using this black crystal as the core of the Supreme Sea, or fuse it into the Supreme Dharma Body!"

"This way, perhaps the Supreme Sea or Supreme Dharma God could, to some extent, receive energy support from the entire Dou Qi plane!"

Hearing his words, everyone's eyes lit up; Ming Empire Chu Yang clapped and said: "Great idea!"

"Now we can be certain that this thing poses no harm to us."

"So merging it into the Supreme Sea or Supreme Dharma Body, whether it works or not, will not produce negative effects."

Dou Qi Chu Yang nodded: "When the time comes I'll give it a try; I happen to have some ideas about the Supreme Dharma Body, but there remains a key problem, perhaps this black crystal can solve it!" Hokage Chu Yang pondered: "Are you thinking of making the Primordial Martial True Body manifest as the Supreme Dharma Body?"

Dou Qi Chu Yang laughed: "Indeed, if successful, even if the five primordial dharma bodies were combined, they could not compare to our Supreme Dharma Body!"

"However, the biggest problem is that Primordial Qi has a special nature, essentially quite different from spiritual power."

"So I suspect that Primordial Qi likely cannot condense into the Supreme Sea, and thus naturally cannot possess a Supreme Dharma Body."

Upon hearing this, everyone understood Dou Qi Chu Yang's meaning.

"If we can use the black crystal as a medium to condense Primordial Qi into the Supreme Sea, then through the Supreme Sea we can manifest the Primordial Martial True Body as the Supreme Dharma Form!"

In the end, when one reaches the realm of Heavenly Supreme, the Supreme Law Form must ultimately merge with the flesh, which is the so‑called human‑law unity.

Since Yuanwu's life originally acts upon Chu Yang's body, separating it out and materializing it as a Supreme Law Body, then returning to flesh through human‑law unity, seems rather redundant.

But the others' thoughts resonated, and they instantly understood Dou Qi Chu Yang's intention.

Let the Yuanwu True Body "go out for a spin", then return to flesh via human‑law unity; by then the Yuanwu True Body's power will inevitably be multiplied! To give a simple example, the process is like "gilding"—the gilded Yuanwu True Body will far surpass its current state.

"That's a good method, but it all depends on the black crystal being effective…"

Super God Chu Yang picked up the black crystal, toyed with it for a moment, then tossed it to Dou Qi Chu Yang, and added, "If the black crystal has no effect, perhaps I can try to find another way for you in the void!"

Dou Qi Chu Yang raised an eyebrow, "Has Karl already linked to the void?"

Super God Chu Yang shook his head and said, "Not yet, but it should be soon…"

"Unfortunately, the secret of Ascension hasn't been fully uncovered yet; otherwise, with your influence on the Douqi Continent, rapidly gathering Faith Power wouldn't be difficult."

In fact, Super God Chu Yang has already obtained partial Ascension system data through He Xi, and with these data he can create genes capable of bearing Faith Power.

Of course, without locating an Ascension site, how to gather and absorb Faith Power can only be studied by themselves.

But when the Soul Palace research team analyzed the data, they found that the resulting genes were not applicable to them! More precisely, they were not applicable to the Yuanwu True Body! A conflict with the Yuanwu True Body would greatly diminish the value of the Ascension system.

Unless Faith Power gathers to a terrifying magnitude, it cannot match the direct boost to combat power that the Yuanwu True Body provides.

Therefore the Soul Palace research team has been seeking a solution; there are now some leads, but it still requires time.

Moreover, some of the key points are hard to overcome, so the pressure ultimately fell on Super God Chu Yang.

Because from any angle, one must locate an Ascension site and fully uncover the Ascension system's secrets before it can be further refined.

Dou Qi Chu Yang smiled and said, "This matter isn't urgent; after all, establishing a dynasty in Central Continent and spreading its influence across the whole continent still takes time."

Why does he want Tang Huo'er to establish a dynasty in Central Continent? Gathering the power of the entire Douqi Continent and cooperating with the Cloud Storm Sect to prepare for the march into the Grand Thousand Realms is just one purpose.

A more important reason is to gather Faith Power! It is to ensure the dynasty's rise proceeds smoothly and encounters no obstacles while gathering Faith Power, which is why he personally takes Tang Huo'er to visit the major forces.

"Putting that aside, the Soul‑Devouring Tribe's bloodline has great research value, and we speculate that the Soul‑Devouring Tribe may not be purely an Outer Evil Tribe!"

Stormy Chu Yang's eyes lit up as he said, "It seems more like a race born from humans of the Grand Thousand Realms merging with the Outer Evil Tribe, resulting in some genetic mutation!"

"If we can obtain the Soul‑Devouring Tribe's innate abilities, combined with the effect of extreme matter, the Yuanwu True Body and Breath of the Source, even the Soul Ascension Technique and Treasure Refinement Technique, will all be further enhanced!"

Dou Qi Chu Yang nodded; he also knows the importance of the Soul‑Devouring Tribe's bloodline.

After all, the Soul‑Devouring Tribe's devouring ability is practically tailor‑made for them! In a sense, the Treasure Refinement Technique and Soul Ascension Technique enhance the flesh or the Four Sacred True Spirits through refinement and devouring.

Just this alone is enough to demonstrate the compatibility of both with the Soul‑Devouring Tribe's bloodline.

If the infinite scalability of Breath of the Source is combined with the devouring effect, it's unimaginable! "The Klein bottle issue also needs to be put on the agenda; I will mainly be responsible for researching this…"

Marvel Chu Yang said gravely, "If the Klein bottle cannot affect us, its value will be greatly reduced."

As the only person who used the Klein bottle's power at the outset, Dou Qi Chu Yang shook his head with a wry smile, "It's not that easy; we are travelers, and to jump out of the timeline is like using the entire world as a reference point!"

"Thus, altering the time that affects us is tantamount to changing the temporal flow of an entire world!"

Marvel Chu Yang smiled indifferently, "Even if we can't solve this problem in the short term, we might discover other uses for the Klein bottle."

………….

Douqi Continent, Ancient Realm.

In the same small courtyard, Chu Yang manipulated the Power of the Five Spirits in his hand; even though it was a subtle force, it manifested as Mixed Heaven Five Absolutes, still emitting waves of destructive aura.

Now the power of Mixed Heaven Five Absolutes is already close to the Supreme Sword Art, yet its consumption is far less terrifying than that of the Supreme Sword Art.

Moreover, Chu Yang has advanced to the early stage of Six‑Star Dou Saint; his strength now, even compared to the ancient Dou Emperor, is by no means inferior!

It is worth noting that during his visits to the major forces, Chu Yang did not slack off on alchemy; he merely mixed ingredients and refined pills.

Thus, it neither provokes celestial phenomena like refining elixirs of grade eight or higher, nor does it fail to continuously enhance the Four Sacred True Spirits.

Now Ao Ting, the Divine Dragon True Spirit, has his "progress bar" at seventy percent.

The other three true spirits are at forty percent.

If this trend continues and sufficient ingredients are supplied, Chu Yang will soon be able to use the Soul Ascension Technique to fully transform the Four Sacred True Spirits.

After upgrading, any one of the Four Sacred True Spirits, taken out casually, would be comparable to a Dou Emperor! "Lord Chu Emperor, the clan chief requests an audience!"

A stunningly beautiful, slender, youthful girl radiating vitality walked into the courtyard and respectfully reported to Chu Yang.

Seeing the girl's somewhat thin clothing, Chu Yang was momentarily speechless, waved his hand and said, "Let her in!"

He naturally understood Gu Yuan's scheme; it was clear he wanted to use Chu Yang's stay in the Ancient Realm to devise every possible way to forge some connection between him and the ancient tribe.

This includes, but is not limited to, luring him with beauty, or having under‑talented individuals occasionally appear here, attempting to become Chu Yang's disciples.

Just a few days ago, Gu Yuan somehow obtained some furnace‑body physiques suitable for dual cultivation, as well as some alluring beast‑maid hybrids with ancient exotic bloodlines.

Such tactics are countless; even Chu Yang couldn't help but feel a bit impressed… (End of chapter)