Battle Through the Heavens: The Beginning of the Dou Sheng Inheritance

In this world, anything even remotely associated with the word "Emperor" is enough to make it a synonym for power.

Whether it's a Dou Di or a Di-grade pill, these are all considered supreme in everyone's eyes, and similarly, a Di-grade soul belongs to this category.

Dou Di (Battle Emperor), Emperor-grade pills, Emperor-level soul.

Of the three emperors, the third one seems more likely given the current state of the continent, since at this level, there is no need to absorb the so-called "original imperial energy".

However, this does not mean that one can easily reach the Emperor Realm. According to Xiao Jue's guess, there were only four people on the continent who had reached the Emperor Realm: Gu Yuan, Hun Tiandi, Zhu Kun, and Xu Wu Tun Yan.

After the Soul Emperor died, Long Yan devoured his remains and broke through to the Emperor Realm. Furthermore, the Void Devouring Flame was also devoured by Xiao Jue. Therefore, the only ones who still possess the Emperor Realm soul are Gu Yuan, Zhu Kun, and Long Yan.

There are also four others, including Long Xiao, who unexpectedly possessed an Emperor-level soul when she broke through to the mid-stage of the Nine-Star Dou Sheng!

Xiao Jue's current soul level is at the Great Perfection of the Heaven Realm, which is only one step away from the Emperor Realm soul level.

However, this small step has caused many powerful individuals to be forever stuck at this point, unable to make any progress no matter how much they cultivate!

As an alchemist, Xiao Jue was well aware of this, having reached the Great Perfection of the Heavenly Realm for quite some time.

Even after so many years, his soul level remains at the Great Perfection of the Heavenly Realm. It feels as if no matter how much he cultivates, he can never bridge the incomparable gap between the Great Perfection of the Heavenly Realm and the Emperor Realm soul.

Xiao Xuan smiled strangely, raised his head, and gazed intently at the misty void. He slowly said, "The soul of the Heavenly Tomb I'm referring to isn't the remnant souls here, but... the soul of the Heavenly Tomb itself!"

Xiao Jue remained silent, thinking about the future. If he could break through to the strongest realm, perhaps he could revive Xiao Xuan, as long as he still existed in his memories.

But then, what difference would there be between me and Xiao Yan? I would still be unable to do what I wanted to do, just like a puppet of fate.

"It is a strange being, a life form formed from the imprints of countless remnant souls since the creation of the Heavenly Tomb."

"You can think of it as the guardian of the Heavenly Tomb, but I think it would be more appropriate to describe it as a jailer."

"It controls this space, and at the same time, it instills in those energy entities the desire to devour each other." Xiao Xuan's gaze was fixed on the void, his expression calm.

He said calmly, "Apart from the energy body here, no one can sense its existence. Even Gu Yuan and the others are unaware of it."

"Don't worry, although it's troublesome, we can still handle it."

Xiao Xuan's body suddenly rose slowly into the air, and as he rose, the misty fog that filled the world quickly dissipated. A terrifying pressure spread from his body, eventually enveloping almost the entire Heavenly Tomb.

Under this terrifying pressure, all the energy entities in the Heavenly Tomb raised their heads and gazed at the direction where Xiao Xuan ascended into the sky. Their originally numb eyes were now filled with excitement.

"Lord Xiao Xuan... is he finally going to make a move against it?!"

Deep within the Heavenly Tomb, the Blood Blade Saint also suddenly stood up, his body trembling as he watched the figure slowly rising into the sky. Although this world allowed them to live in a different form, it was not what they had hoped for.

The souls of that tomb planted a desire to devour each other in their remnant souls, thus turning this place into a world of mutual consumption.

In order to grow stronger, they must constantly devour other energy entities, which, for those who were once human, is not much different from cannibalism.

Previously, the Heavenly Tomb was merely a place for the strong to rest in peace, but ever since the birth of the Heavenly Tomb Soul, this world has become distorted.

There have been people who tried to challenge the soul of the Heavenly Tomb, but they were easily devoured by it. The only one in this space that it can be wary of is Xiao Xuan deep in the Heavenly Tomb.

Long ago, someone pleaded with Xiao Xuan to relieve their suffering, but he ignored them. Over time, the energy beings here could only gradually become disillusioned. Since they could not resist, they could only silently endure it.

And it was precisely because of this that when they suddenly saw Xiao Xuan's actions, their previously numb hearts couldn't help but burn again. They were tired of this mutual devouring; they were human beings, not beasts!

"I had my own mission back then, which is why I needed to stay here. Now that my mission is complete, I will fulfill your petition from back then!"

Xiao Xuan's body hovered tens of thousands of feet in the sky. The fierce gale that was powerful enough to shatter the soul could not get close to his body. He looked down at the earth and his calm voice rang in the ears of all the energy beings.

"Lord Xiao Xuan!"

On the ground, some energy beings that had been fighting suddenly froze, and a flicker of emotion appeared in their scarlet and numb eyes.

Then, trembling, they looked up at the figure standing with his hands behind his back in the sky. In an instant, figures knelt down on the ground!

Xiao Jue's body also rose quite a bit into the air. He watched the energy bodies in the Heavenly Tomb in silence. As an outsider, he didn't know what was happening here, so he naturally couldn't understand their feelings.

However, he could at least see one thing clearly: the soul of this Heavenly Tomb was not likable.

"Boom!"

As Xiao Jue's thoughts flashed through his mind, a deafening roar suddenly erupted from the end of that void space. The roar, like thunder, swept out from the depths of the void, causing many energy bodies in the Heavenly Tomb to tremble violently.

Xiao Jue stared intently at the distant horizon. At this moment, he could faintly sense a soul fluctuation as unfathomable as the ocean suddenly surging forth.

This soul fluctuation was extremely terrifying. Xiao Jue felt as if he was being crushed by Mount Tai just from making contact with it.

However, although the soul fluctuations were terrifyingly strong, they gave him a mottled feeling, probably because they had devoured too many remnants of souls.

In the hazy void, invisible soul fluctuations rapidly condensed. After a moment, the space rippled, and a gigantic face, approximately ten thousand feet in size, suddenly emerged from the void and appeared in the sky. The gigantic face was filled with a cold and eerie expression.

(End of this chapter)