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Inside the ancient tombstone, Xiao Yan looked at Xiao Xuan, whose body had become somewhat ethereal but whose face held a gentle smile, and his nose felt a little sore.
He couldn't help but say, "Ancestor, I hope you can preserve your useful body. In your current state, it's not impossible for you to be resurrected."
Xiao Xuan was startled. He had already resolved himself to die, but hearing Xiao Yan say this, he hesitated slightly again: "Do you have a way? Tell me."
"I cannot reveal the source of this information; it's an agreement I have with him… However, through certain channels, I learned that the Dou Emperors disappeared from this World because they went to a plane called the Great Thousand World.
"There, Dou Emperor is not the end; there are even more powerful realms. If one can successfully stand at the peak of the Great Thousand World, then let alone a remnant soul, even with just a trace of true spirit, resurrection is possible," Xiao Yan replied.
The smile on Xiao Xuan's face remained gentle: "Did the Dou Emperors disappear because they left? That doesn't exceed my expectations… After all, such existences are difficult to fall."
"So the place they went is called the Great Thousand World…"
Xiao Xuan sighed, his voice still the same as before. He didn't press for how the information was obtained; he just smiled and asked:
"Are you sure?"
Xiao Yan shook his head: "No."
Xiao Xuan shook his head slightly: "No one can guarantee whether this is true, and to go to that World, you must first break through to Dou Emperor…
"Just keep this hope and continue to work hard… As for me, resurrection is best, but not being resurrected doesn't matter… I'm tired. To see such an outstanding junior like you take over the burden of continuing the Xiao Clan, I have no regrets even if I die."
"All right, stop thinking about all these things. Refine and absorb it."
Xiao Xuan flicked his finger, and the Soul Origin transformed into a halo, slowly floating down. Brilliant light continuously emanated from it, like a warm sun.
Feeling the vast soul power within the halo, Xiao Yan solemnly said, "Xiao Yan will definitely reclaim the glory that belongs to the Xiao Clan."
He took a deep breath, bowed deeply to Xiao Xuan, then glanced at Xun'er, who had a faint smile on her face, nodded to her, and stepped into the halo.
Xiao Xuan said to Xun'er, "Let's go outside and give him a sufficiently quiet environment."
Xun'er had no objection. Looking at the brilliant halo, the smile on her face grew even wider. She knew that if Xiao Yan succeeded, his strength would undergo a tremendous leap.
Leaving the tombstone space, Xiao Xuan stood at the top of the giant stone tablet, looking at the desolate silence in the distance. He murmured:
"If there were still time, I wouldn't mind waiting a bit longer, waiting for you to truly reach a realm beyond Dou Emperor…
"But there's no time. The Soul Clan is stirring, and the Xiao Clan has placed everything on you, so I can only help you as much as possible… Competing with Hun Tiandi for the Dou Emperor opportunity is not an easy task."
In the tombstone space, Xiao Yan felt as if he were in an endless ocean. The waves formed by the Soul Origin constantly surged and roared.
His Heaven Realm mid-stage soul was as tiny as an ant in this ocean.
His eyes were filled with undisguised shock… He hadn't expected the Soul of the Heavenly Tomb's body to contain so much Soul Origin power. Fortunately, it had no rationality at all and couldn't perfectly unleash this power; otherwise, even his Ancestor might not have been able to deal with it.
Xiao Yan couldn't help but wonder if the Soul Hall, which had spent a thousand years capturing soul bodies everywhere, had collected as much Soul Origin as this.
In the original work, Xiao Yan absorbed the Soul of the Heavenly Tomb's Soul Origin when his own soul had already reached the Heaven Realm Great Perfection, but now he was only at the Heaven Realm mid-stage.
To prevent the gap from causing him to be unable to break through, the Soul of the Heavenly Tomb, replaced by Amon's will, specifically devoured more energy bodies. The Soul Origin gathered here now was even more than what Xiao Yan absorbed in the original work!
Xiao Yan took a deep breath, sat cross-legged on the surface of the ocean, and began to absorb this terrifying soul power.
He could sense that in this halo formed by the Soul of the Heavenly Tomb's Soul Origin, the flow of time was faster than in the Heavenly Tomb.
However, even so, he was still not very confident that he could absorb all this Soul Origin before the Heavenly Tomb closed. No other reason: there was too much!
"Meng!" Qing Meng suddenly popped out and sat on top of Xiao Yan's head.
He used his right index finger knuckle to push the bottom edge of his monocle, a serious expression on his face. Scratching his butt, he slapped down, and flames ignited, burning Xiao Yan's hair clean off.
Xiao Yan's mouth twitched. He was about to grab this restless fellow from his head when he saw Qing Meng open his mouth wide, take a deep breath, and suck in a large amount of Soul Origin.
These soul powers, after being refined by the Fallen Heart Flame within Qing Meng's body, flowed down its butt to Xiao Yan's head and seamlessly merged into his soul.
"Uh… it can do that?" Feeling his soul continuously growing stronger, Xiao Yan was slightly startled. Although he really wanted Qing Meng to move to another spot, he thought about it and swallowed his words.
Qing Meng going on strike and throwing tantrums with him wasn't a one-time or two-time thing. If it didn't cooperate now, resulting in no "acceleration cheat" to help refine the Soul Origin, that would be bad!
Hmm, as long as it's willing to work…
Xiao Yan selectively ignored the fact that he was bald again and fully immersed himself in cultivation.
…
In the third layer of the Heavenly Tomb, Hun Xiao and Hun Yu cautiously poked their heads out of a window of a house half-buried underground.
"That was too scary just now. I didn't expect such a monster to exist in the Heavenly Tomb… Did you see all that Soul Origin?" Hun Xiao said with a look of awe.
"What a pity, if we had known about this earlier…"
"Knowing earlier wouldn't have helped… To get those Soul Origins, you'd have to first get past Gu Yuan. After entering the Heavenly Tomb, you'd then have to face Xiao Xuan and that monster at the same time. Even the Clan Leader would probably be powerless," Hun Xiao interrupted.
Hun Yu was silent for a moment, then smiled: "You're right, this is not something we can covet."
"Sigh, it seems all our clan's predecessors have been cleared out by Xiao Xuan; we can't find a single one… Otherwise, they could have helped us get some energy cores," Hun Xiao said with regret.
Hun Yu looked at a nine-star Dou Venerate-level energy body in the distance and frowned:
"We probably need to be more careful from now on. Look at those energy bodies; the madness in their eyes has disappeared… A rational person is much harder to deal with than a mad beast."
Hun Xiao was startled, then burst into curses: "Damn Xiao Xuan, just go die!"
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