Starting as a stray dog, I embarked on a journey of cultivation.

"Then it's up to you!"

Xuan Kongzi released most of his control over Gou An's body.

Gou An regained control of his body and stopped in mid-air. Instead of fleeing, he went to meet the old man with the primordial spirit chasing after him.

Xuan Kongzi simultaneously condensed two wisps of black energy and attached them to Gou An's legs, increasing his speed.

Upon seeing this, the old man with the primordial spirit snorted coldly, clenched his fist in the air, and all the other flying swords scattered outside gathered in his palm, transforming once again into a golden longsword.

"court death!"

He let out a low shout and swept his sword horizontally!

hum!

A golden sword beam that almost pierced the sky burst forth, causing the air to buzz.

Even when faced with such terrifying power, Gou An did not dodge or avoid it, holding the Divine Iron Hammer with a look of fearlessness in the face of death.

The next moment!

Bang!

The golden sword light struck Gou An's physical body.

But just like before, the sword energy was directly neutralized by the protective golden light that suddenly popped out from Gou An's body.

Such a powerful move vanished in an instant!

"Huh? How can this be?" The old man with the primordial spirit widened his eyes in disbelief.

This could be considered his strongest move, yet it was blocked so easily?

Even a Nascent Soul cultivator wouldn't be able to withstand my sword strike so easily.

Before he could react, Gou An was already close.

"Take this!"

Gou An shouted and swung his fully charged Divine Iron Hammer directly at the old man with the primordial spirit.

The old man's eyes narrowed, and a long sword appeared out of thin air in his hand again, which he held forward to block the attack.

But the moment the divine iron hammer clashed with the longsword in his hand, the old man of the primordial spirit realized that something was wrong, and it was too late to release his power.

The old man felt a terrifying force strike the sword, which then traveled to his right arm and then his entire body.

The next moment!

The old man, whose cultivation level was at the Nascent Soul stage, was thrown like a ball, transforming into a streak of light and plummeting rapidly towards the ground. He eventually crashed into the forest, creating a cloud of dust, and his fate remained unknown.

Gou An also used up almost all his strength from that hammer blow.

He could only immediately put away the Divine Iron Hammer and then swallow a few pills to replenish his strength.

"You really are a hidden master!" Xuan Kongzi seized the opportunity to regain control of Gou An's body. Looking into the distance, he saw that the other Xuan Guards, who had been left behind, were now catching up.

"If we don't leave now, when will we?"

Xuan Kongzi ignored the specifics of the old man's primordial spirit and continued flying towards the distant demon beast mountain range with Gou An.

At the current distance, the Xuan Guards behind them can no longer catch up.

"Haha! I'm finally free!" Xuan Kongzi exclaimed with delight. "These idiots, they still want to catch me?"

"Senior, don't open the champagne too early!" Gou An reminded Xuan Kongzi.

"What is champagne?" Xuan Kongzi asked curiously.

"That's why I told you not to celebrate prematurely; we still have a long way to go to the City of Ten Thousand Demons!"

For Gou An, even if there seems to be no danger, he cannot let his guard down until he is truly safe.

"What's there to be afraid of?" Xuan Kongzi sneered. "I've already overcome the most difficult hurdle, what other hurdle can stop me?"

Before Xuan Kongzi could finish speaking, seven figures suddenly appeared out of thin air in the previously empty sky in front of him.

They were all Xuan Guards with Golden Core cultivation!

"It's actually a teleportation artifact!" Xuan Kongzi was greatly shocked when he saw the spatial fluctuations behind the seven people.

The leading Xuan Guard took a step forward and said bluntly, "As expected, setting up a teleportation point at this location beforehand was effective!"

Another Xuan Guard stepped forward: "Old Demon Xuan, if you're so capable, don't rely on others, come out and fight!"

"Once I figure out how to remove the soul imprint from your body, if you still dare to say this to my face, then I'll be prepared to look at you properly," Xuan Kongzi sneered.

Although he appeared calm, Gou An could sense that he was also somewhat troubled.

After all, both he and Gou An's physical bodies have reached their limits.

Just when we were about to reach the Monster Mountain Range, we were suddenly stopped here. This kind of drop in the value was really disheartening.

"Wait until you're imprisoned back in the Sky-Locking Tower, then let's see if you're still so confident!" After saying this, the leading Xuan Guard immediately shouted, "Form the formation!"

Upon hearing this, the other six immediately dispersed, their spiritual energy connecting them, and flames swirled, forming a wall of spiritual fire.

"Not good!" Xuan Kongzi clenched his fists upon seeing this: "This is the Heavenly Flame Trapping Immortal Formation!"

"What should we do then?" Gou An was at his wit's end and had no strength left to muster for another attack.

"Can you still hold on?" Xuan Kongzi asked curiously.

Gou An immediately denied it: "I can't withstand it anymore. This magic weapon I have is a one-time use item. It can only withstand five fatal attacks, and it's all gone."

Although he could actually withstand two more attacks, he didn't want to expose his trump card directly.

"That's troublesome!" Xuan Kongzi frowned.

Controlling Gou An required him to constantly expend his primordial spirit power, and after such a long period of control, he no longer had much energy left.

Meanwhile, the formation of the seven people opposite them had already taken shape, and waves of fire rolled in the air. If you looked up at the sky from the ground, you would think that a sun had suddenly appeared in the sky.

"I told you not to celebrate in advance!" Gou An couldn't help but complain.

"It's all your fault for jinxing it!" Xuan Kongzi retorted immediately, then said, "This is the Heavenly Flame True Fire, which can burn everything."

"Once trapped, there is no way to escape. If you try to break through the formation, you will be burned to ashes by the Heavenly Flame True Fire."

"Then what are you doing here explaining things? Why don't you run away!" Gou An shouted, trying to warn him.

"Run? Where else can we run to?" Xuan Kongzi looked behind him and saw that the group of Zhi Xuan Guards who had been chasing him were getting closer and closer.

"Sleepy!"

A loud shout rang out.

The flames of the Immortal Array swept in instantly, trapping Gou Zai in the center of the array in a flash.

The seven Golden Core cultivators surrounded Gou An with their hands forming hand seals, and then pushed their palms together.

That day, Yan Zhenhuo began to shrink rapidly, forming a huge fireball that trapped Gou An at its center.

Xuan Kongzi looked at the fireball, shook his head with a helpless bitter smile, and said, "After escaping for so long, it all came to naught in the end!"

Gou An, however, did not give up, stating bluntly, "It's not over yet!"

"It's over!" Xuan Kongzi sighed as he watched the fireball shrink. "If I were in my prime, I might have been able to break through this formation. But now, I can't."

"Isn't it just fire?" Gou An asked, puzzled.

"What do you know? This is the Heavenly Flame True Fire!" Xuan Kongzi emphasized.

"Is it that impressive?" Gou An asked back.

"There are twelve kinds of innate spiritual fire in the world, which have existed since the beginning of time," Xuan Kongzi explained. "Any cultivator who controls one of these twelve innate spiritual fires is a powerful figure in this world."

"What are they?" Gou An asked curiously.

"So you have the leisure to listen now?" Xuan Kongzi sneered.

"Since we can't get out for the time being, hurry up and tell me!" Gou An urged.

"Alright, I'll tell you then!" Xuan Kongzi said calmly, "They are..."

"Sun and Venus!"

"Taiyin Spiritual Fire!"

"Heavenly Flame True Fire!"

"Earth's Fiery Veins!"

"Extreme Cold Ice Flame!"

"Purple Heaven Thunder Flame!"

"Ghost Fire!"

"Ten Thousand Poisonous Flames!"

"Ninefold Demonic Flame!"

"The north wind is blazing!"

"Scorching Soul-Burning Karmic Fire!"

"Azure Sea Flame!"

Gou An was deeply shocked after hearing this.

I never imagined that the Nine Separation Demon Flame technique I learned back then was actually one of the innate spiritual flames!

"Now we're going to be locked up in that Heaven-Locking Tower together!" Xuan Kongzi had already given up: "But once we're locked up, there's probably no chance of getting out."

"I told you, it's not over yet!" Gou An suddenly regained most of his control over his body.

"I've run out of ideas, what ideas do you have?" Xuan Kongzi asked.

"It's just fire!" Gou An chuckled lightly. "It just so happens that I have a special constitution; I've never been afraid of fire since I was a child!"

"Don't talk big!" Xuan Kongzi didn't believe it at all: "You were able to withstand the heavy blow from a Nascent Soul cultivator just now, you must have some incredible magic treasure on you."

"You can say you have superhuman strength because you can smash that old man away with one hammer."

"This is the Heavenly Flame True Fire, ranked third among innate spiritual fires. It is nourished by spiritual energy, and spiritual energy shields cannot block it at all."

"What if I block it?" Gou An asked.

"If you block my way, I'll call you grandpa!" Xuan Kongzi still didn't believe it.

"Good grandson, you must be filial to me from now on!" Gou An suddenly exerted all his strength, and his whole body was ignited with the ghostly blue Nine-Separation Demon Flame.

Upon seeing this, Xuan Kongzi exclaimed, "You, a mere stray dog ​​spirit, can actually use the innate spiritual fire of the demon race?"

"Even so!" Xuan Kongzi changed the subject, "The Nine Separation Demon Flame can't withstand the Heavenly Flame True Flame!"

"Give it a try!" Gou An said, preparing to rush out.

But Xuan Kongzi suddenly seized control of half of the physical body: "Don't do this. If we fail, we'll both die."

"Being locked up in that tower is worse than death!" Gou An said, "Especially you, at your age, and with this escape experience, you definitely won't have another chance to get out."

"What's the point of living like this?"

"..." Xuan Kongzi was at a loss for words.

Gou An regained control of his body and grabbed the black ring on his finger: "If you're scared, then get out here yourself. I'm not playing with you anymore."

"Alright!" Xuan Kongzi seemed to have given in: "If a little demon like you has such courage, how can I be inferior? In that case, the rest is up to you."

"Life and death are determined by fate, wealth and honor are in the hands of heaven!"

After he finished speaking, all of Xuan Kongzi's primordial spirits returned to the Black Ring and returned to peace.

As Gou An watched the fireball shrink smaller and smaller, he could already feel the temperature of this so-called Heavenly Flame True Fire.

Gou An's confidence stemmed from his mixed-elemental physique, which contained half of the attributes of the Heavenly Flame Sacred Body.

Even though it's only half, and may not completely protect against fire damage, it's worth a try.

So Gou An wrapped his right arm with the Nine Separation Demon Fire and then reached into the Heavenly Flame True Fire.

The next second, the Nine-Part Demon Flame and the Heavenly Flame Holy Flame began to burn and devour each other.

However, Gou An's demonic power was weak at this time, and the Nine Separation Demonic Flame that he had transformed was quickly devoured by the Heavenly Flame True Flame, which then burned Gou An's right arm.

In just a moment, Gou An felt a burning pain on his skin, but when he took his hand out, it was only a little red and he was not actually injured.

Upon seeing this result, Gou An's lips curled into a slight smile.

There's definitely potential!