Nine Dragons Saint Ancestor

”Indeed, that’s how it is!”

Yun Xiao’s Inner Vision Eye watched the Wuyan Cloth Fragment slowly turning blurry, and he faintly understood a fact: the Wuyan Cloth Fragment was indeed the key to helping him refine the last Chaos Sub-fire energy.

This also showed that even if a cultivator with dual attributes of water and fire came here, and even possessed the ability to refine the Chaos Sub-fire, without obtaining the Wuyan Cloth Fragment, the final result would be futile.

At this moment, Yun Xiao inwardly criticized the Chaos Sub-fire’s perverse interest, waiting until others refined it to the last moment to tell them it wasn’t successful.

Yun Xiao knew that without this Wuyan Cloth Fragment, he would have no chance of successful refinement. Wasn’t this just playing with people? Yet, no one could resist the allure of refining the Chaos Sub-fire, even if others didn’t know it was the Chaos Sub-fire.

Just like the successive Palace Masters of Wuyan Palace, they surely didn’t know the true nature of the Holy Fire No Flame, yet still they pressed on, willing to feed themselves to the fire.

At this moment, Yun Xiao also understood why the successive Palace Masters of Wuyan Palace failed to refine it successfully. It was not only because they lacked the dual attributes of water and fire but also because they didn’t have the support of the Wuyan Cloth Fragment.

This Wuyan Cloth Fragment, its material unknown, at this moment, under the burning of the Chaos Sub-fire, gradually turned into nothingness. Yet due to some energy, it allowed Yun Xiao to refine the last of the Chaos Sub-fire’s energy bit by bit.

It was somewhat like a candle turning to ash to illuminate others, or a spring silkworm finishing its silk, transforming into ashes itself, yet achieving Yun Xiao. Even if it was just a silent piece of cloth, Yun Xiao was infinitely grateful at this moment.

With the help of the Wuyan Cloth, the last Chaos Sub-fire energy was finally refined by him, becoming the last straw for him to break through to a higher level.

Boom!

A powerful energy fluctuation transmitted from Yun Xiao’s body, immediately drawing the Heaven and Earth Energy within the palace into his body, causing some unknown changes.

In just a moment, Yun Xiao felt as if he broke through a solid barrier. He knew that from this moment on, he was a bona fide Middle Stage cultivator of Earth Bending Realm, taking a solid step forward on the path of cultivation.

In fact, it had only been a short month since Yun Xiao broke through to the Early Stage of Earth Bending Realm in the Array Core Hall. If other cultivators knew he had broken through again, what kind of expressions would they show?

It was known that people like Ge Wanli and Jia Tianshu, took dozens of years, even decades, to break through from the Peak of Seeking Origin Realm to the Middle Stage of Earth Bending Realm.

Only Wu Tong from Firewood Valley, managed to break through two realms in a few years, but that was due to extraordinary creation, beyond common comprehension.

Yet the young man in a coarse cloth in front of them, seemingly more heaven-defying than Wu Tong’s miraculous creation, in just one short month, had already reached the same level as them.

It’s imaginable that Yun Xiao, who was capable of overwhelming Zhao Huai’an and Zong Puti even at the Early Stage of Earth Bending Realm, would utterly crush opponents if he encountered those of the same level again.

”Middle Stage of Earth Bending Realm, not bad!”

Upon completing his breakthrough, Yun Xiao finally opened his eyes. He was quite satisfied with this result. After speaking, he extended his left hand, and an invisible flame appeared in the palm of his hand.

This looked like an invisible flame, but it was actually condensed from the Water Extreme, which appeared on Yun Xiao’s left arm because this arm harbored the Ice Cold Ancestral Vein.

”This thing seems to deceive, just like the Dragon Taming Sword!”

Thinking of a possibility, Yun Xiao showed a smile again. Firstly, the Chaos Sub-fire was invisible and traceless, and secondly, the fire attribute sensing was actually a water attribute. When used in certain circumstances, it would certainly take the enemy by surprise.

”It’s a pity that the eighth Ancestral Vein still hasn’t truly appeared!”

After toying with the Chaos Sub-fire a little, Yun Xiao sensed the faint eighth Ancestral Vein beneath his shoulder blades with some melancholy, for it remained extremely blurry and difficult to discern.

Yun Xiao could only vaguely sense that the eighth Ancestral Vein seemed to have a faint Wind Power, which was entirely different from the Thunderbolt Ancestral Vein’s attribute, seemingly a brand new attribute.

However, even the Golden Snake Worm Xiao Wu was unaware of what that Ancestral Vein was. Yun Xiao decided not to waste his efforts. What he didn’t know was that while he succeeded in refining the Chaos Sub-fire and broke through to the Middle Stage of Earth Bending Realm, dramatic changes were unfolding outside.

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During this past month, neither Ge Wanli nor Jia Tianshu, nor even ordinary cultivators like Lv An, left the vicinity of the great hall.

Firstly, they wanted to see what Yun Xiao might obtain within the Water and Fire Hall, and secondly, they couldn’t find a way out because ever since Yun Xiao destroyed the Myriad Illusion Water Cloud Array’s Array Core, the fog passageways had already disappeared automatically.

Many cultivators scoured other great halls, finding some treasures, but ultimately, they all gathered before the Water and Fire Hall.

Boom!

The quiet hall for a month suddenly erupted with an extremely strong energy fluctuation, as if shaking the entire earth, prompting everyone to rise to their feet with changing expressions.

”What’s going on?”

Luo Fusheng from Demons Mountain had been sitting beside Ge Wanli all along. At this moment, he glanced at the great hall and couldn’t help but ask in surprise, because he didn’t know whether such a change was good or bad.

Crack! Crack! Crack!

Just as Luo Fusheng’s question fell, Ge Wanli wanted to say something, but he heard a strange sound, which made his face change, and he suddenly looked up.

At the same time, many people also heard that peculiar sound and, like Ge Wanli, looked up in shock, their expressions turning extremely unnatural.

Due to the special location of the Water Palace, the lake water above from Yanji Lake was blocked by a special and powerful seal, preventing it from pouring into the Water Palace.

At this moment, under the horrified gazes of everyone, the seal above that blocked Yanji Lake water had indeed started to crawl with cracks, and these were becoming more and more dense, seeming unable to hold out any longer.

”The seal is about to break!”

Song Jianzi from Firewood Valley shouted, yet he didn’t know what to do, as the entire space was at the bottom of Yanji Lake, and even if he wanted to escape, he wouldn’t know where to go.

Swish!

In just a few breaths, the seal that had been crawling with endless cracks was no longer able to withstand the pressure of the lake water above and exploded with a loud bang.

Without the obstruction of the seal, the endless lake water from Yanji Lake poured down from the sky like a floodgate suddenly opened, its momentum extremely astonishing, causing everyone’s faces to turn pale.

No matter how terrified they were, the next moment they were all submerged by the lake water, unable to even make a sound, with some even swallowing several mouthfuls of water unexpectedly.

Fortunately, most of the people present were cultivators above the Qi Seeking Realm. After a brief shock, they all calmed down, barely controlling their bodies and floating upwards.

The descending lake water was only awe-inspiring at the very first moment. Once it had submerged the entire Water Palace, it finally calmed down, with countless cultivators using both hands to swim towards the surface of the lake.

Only Ge Wanli, Jia Tianshu, and others gave one last deep look at the Water and Fire Hall deep underwater, with the image of a rough-clothed figure carrying a Wooden Sword flashing in their minds, their thoughts unknown.

”Squeak... glug, glug...”

Chi Yan, who had been waiting outside, tried hard to swim back outside the great hall to continue waiting for Yun Xiao but unexpectedly made a sound only to be directly filled with a mouthful of lake water, causing him to feel dizzy.

In the end, Chi Yan never returned to the Water and Fire Hall, as he was a Vein Demon with a Fire Attribute, and naturally despised such underwater conditions the most.

Of course, the most important thing was that Chi Yan knew with Yun Xiao’s skills, there was no reason he couldn’t withstand just a bit of lake water, and by that time, he would surely turn peril into safety.

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Outside Yanji Lake!

At this moment, Yanji Lake was still shrouded in mist, and on the lakeshore sat several figures with overwhelming auras cross-legged, all of them exuding a Fire Attribute aura.

If Yun Xiao were here, he might recognize one of them as Zhang Daohe, the Seventh Elder of Wuyan Palace, and on his face, from time to time, flashed a trace of gloominess, probably due to his frustration over the loss in the Water Palace.

Standing respectfully not far from Zhang Daohe was Duan Wuya, the second genius of Wuyan Palace, who perhaps could already be considered the first genius now because the former first genius, Long Xiwawa, had long died at Yun Xiao’s hands.

Honestly speaking, Duan Wuya now no longer dared to confront Yun Xiao, but when his gaze swept over those several towering figures, a shred of confidence surged within him.

Because these figures were all not nameless in Wuyan Palace, besides Zhang Daohe, who was a Seventh Elder in the Late Stage of Earth Bending Realm, the identity of one person among them was even higher.

”Sixth Elder Leng Buyan!”

Duan Wuya glanced at the Sixth Elder of Wuyan Palace with some respect and a bit of confusion about why even this figure had come. Could it be that they had received news about Yanji Lake?

The Sixth Elder of Wuyan Palace, Leng Buyan, although his strength was also in the Late Stage of Earth Bending Realm, was even more formidable than Zhang Daohe. It was rumored that he was only half a step away from truly stepping into the Peak of Earth Bending Realm.

In this Great Rank of Earth Bending Realm, it was extremely difficult to break through even a small realm, so even within the same small realm, the combat power could differ greatly.

Elder Leng Buyan’s position was above Zhang Daohe, precisely because of his combat power far exceeding Zhang Daohe’s. This time, having inadvertently received news of Yanji Lake, he naturally arrived at the first opportunity.