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

The giant energy hand moved extremely fast, appearing in that space in the blink of an eye. However, just as the former was about to strike that space, the latter's surging speed suddenly became more intense.

Immediately afterwards, a wave of energy spread out rapidly from it, colliding heavily with the giant palm, and actually shattering Gu Yuan's attack!

The sudden turn of events left almost everyone stunned. Just how powerful was Gu Yuan?

This supreme being of the world, even powerful beings like Lei Ying, Yan Jin, and Huo Ling, who are at the early stage of the Nine-Star Dou Sheng realm, would have to go all out to resist his attack.

However, it was just a ripple, yet it was enough to shatter it.

"This is... a soul fluctuation? How is that possible?"

The shock lasted for a moment. Lei Ying and Yan Jin also came to their senses and exclaimed, "Just using soul fluctuations to repel Gu Yuan's palm strike, how terrifying must that soul power be?"

"Things have changed, set up the formation!"

Not far behind Gu Yuan, the three immortals of the ancient clan also suddenly became solemn. With a low shout, many powerful members of the ancient clan flew out from the surrounding mountains, their battle qi surging and quickly converging.

With the grand formation in place, Gu Dao's expression remained solemn. He shouted, "May I ask who you are, esteemed expert? This is an ancient clan; we are merely escorting someone away and have no other intentions!"

As soon as Gu Dao's voice fell, a spatial passage slowly appeared in the undulating space, and then a figure slowly walked out under the tense gazes of the many ancient clan experts.

"If this is to pick someone up, isn't this a bit too much of a fuss?"

As the figure stepped out of the spatial passage, he immediately saw the newly opened array in the sky and the ancient clan experts waiting solemnly all over the mountains and plains. His expression instantly became excited.

"Xiao Jue?!"

Everyone else was stunned as they stared at the figure that emerged from the spatial passage.

"A powerful expert fought with the clan leader earlier, and here we are..." Gu Dao breathed a slight sigh of relief, waved to let everyone relax, and smiled at Xiao Yan.

However, before he could finish speaking, he saw a look of shock suddenly appear on Gu Yuan's face, and his voice abruptly stopped.

"Were you the one who made the move earlier?"

Gu Yuan stared intently at Xiao Jue, his heart churning with turmoil.

Upon hearing this, everyone, including Xun'er, Yan Jin, Lei Ying, and Huo Ling, froze instantly. However, Xiao Jue's next answer only intensified that stunned silence.

Xiao Jue smiled and said, "That? I'm exceptionally talented, possessing an Emperor-level soul. It's not hard to understand how I could break through to the late stage of a Nine-Star Dou Sheng, is it?"

"An Emperor-level soul! A late-stage Nine-Star Dou Sheng! How is this possible..."

Many eyes stared blankly at the young figure emerging from the spatial passage. Even with Gu Yuan's composure, he couldn't help but look incredulous at this moment.

Although the soul of an Emperor Realm expert is not as terrifying as that of a true Dou Di powerhouse, it is still related to it in some way.

It should be noted that even powerful figures like Yan Jin and Lei Ying, who had reached the early stage of the Nine-Star Dou Sheng realm, or the Void Devouring Flame, who had lived for tens of thousands of years, had never reached this level of soul power before devouring the soul's origin.

They also clearly remembered that before entering the Heavenly Tomb, Xiao Jue's soul was still at the Great Perfection of the Heavenly Realm.

Moreover, his cultivation level was only seven-star Dou Sheng, so how could he have broken through to the late stage of nine-star Dou Sheng?

Looking at the sudden silence around him, Xiao Jue, who had just emerged from the Heavenly Tomb, couldn't help but shake his head. Although only half a year had passed in the outside world, nearly three years had passed for him inside the Heavenly Tomb.

So while others found it unbelievable, he wasn't too surprised. Three years of cultivation, coupled with the vast and boundless soul power of the Heavenly Tomb Soul, had allowed him to reach this realm, which wasn't too hard to imagine.

"How did you do that?" Yan Jin licked his lips and finally couldn't help but ask.

Although they do not specialize in cultivating the soul, they have cultivated for many years. However, their souls are still at the Great Perfection of the Heaven Realm, and they don't know how far they are from the Emperor Realm.

"It was a stroke of good fortune bestowed upon me by my ancestor, Xiao Xuan," Xiao Jue said, without going into too much detail.

Upon hearing this, Yan Jin and Lei Ying were both taken aback, then shook their heads with wry smiles, their admiration for that person reaching its peak.

As expected of the strongest person on the Dou Qi Continent, even after so many years of death, he still possesses such terrifying abilities.

Among the five supreme experts with the strength of a nine-star Dou Sheng a thousand years ago, Xiao Xuan was recognized as the strongest, and even now, they are all convinced of his superiority.

However, everyone looked at Xiao Jue with flickering eyes. The Soul Emperor had been dead for less than a year, and Gu Yuan was arguably the shortest time in history for the universally recognized strongest person on the Dou Qi Continent.

With the same Emperor Realm soul and the cultivation of a late-stage Nine-Star Dou Sheng, Xiao Jue possesses almost all the strange flames of the Dou Qi Continent, wields the power of the Nine Profound Golden Thunder, and is also an ancient dragon and phoenix. Even if Xiao Xuan were to be resurrected, he would probably not be a match for Xiao Jue.

"The Xiao Clan..." Yan Jin sighed with emotion. What a remarkable race they were, even after a thousand years of decline, they were still able to rise again.

"If you have nothing else to do, then you may return now," Xiao Jue said with a light laugh. "Whenever I have gathered all the ingredients for refining a ninth-grade golden pill, I am ready to refine the pill for you at any time."

"It's not that simple."

Lei Ying and Yan Jin exchanged a glance and couldn't help but sigh. The medicinal materials for refining the ninth-grade Xuan Dan were easy to find, but the ninth-grade Jin Dan was already the strongest pill in the Dou Qi Continent.

Imperial-grade pills are impossible to produce, and ninth-grade golden pills haven't appeared for over a thousand years. Since the death of the tower master of the Little Pill Tower a thousand years ago, no one has been able to refine a ninth-grade golden pill, not even medicinal pills.

Lei Ying suddenly realized something and exclaimed, "You consumed a ninth-grade golden pill?"

"I managed to refine two by luck," Xiao Jue said with a smile. "One is a Thunder Tribulation Pill refined using Nine Profound Golden Thunder, and the other is a Thunder Emperor Golden Pill."

Yan Jin and Fairy Huo Ling exchanged a glance, their eyes flashing with shock and disbelief. The two surrounded Xiao Jue from the front and back, while Lei Ying and Gu Yuan blocked Xiao Jue from the other two directions.

The Fire Spirit Fairy asked in a complicated tone, "Then... what about Long Xiao?"

"She took the Thunder Emperor Golden Pill," Xiao Jue said matter-of-factly. "She has already broken through to the late stage of the Nine-Star Dou Sheng realm."

He raised his arm, revealing the Nine Profound Golden Thunder pattern on his wrist. (End of Chapter)