Nine Dragons Saint Ancestor

Boom!

Time quickly passed through the night, and when the morning came the next day, all the experts watching Yun Xiao sensed an incredibly strong aura erupting from the young prodigy.

This aura was completely different from when Yun Xiao consumed the elixir before; it was an aura of breakthrough to a higher level that made everyone envious.

To know that Yun Xiao, at such a young age, had already reached the early stage of Lingyun Realm, if he were to breakthrough again, wouldn’t he reach the middle stage?

Take Hou Tianlie, the Mountain Master of Demon Mountain, for example; in his youth, he was an extraordinary talent and had only reached the late stage of Lingyun Realm. Now Yun Xiao seems to be catching up with him.

As for Xiao Bailin and some other elders of Demon Mountain, they had a look of shame. The young man named Yun Xiao had not only surpassed them early on but was also pulling away further.

”Do you think Yun Xiao’s breakthrough to the middle stage of Lingyun Realm is that simple? That’s a Half-step Holy Rank elixir!”

Compared to these common Beast Vein Masters of Demon Mountain, Lu Yanji, as a Heavenly Rank Advanced Meridian Refiner, perhaps understood Half-step Holy Rank Elixirs best.

The energy contained within a Half-step Holy Rank elixir, Lu Yanji could imagine, was probably even more vast than the energy required for some early middle-stage Heavenly Realm experts to breakthrough.

Although Lu Yanji didn’t know which elixir it was, he had a profound understanding of Heavenly Rank Advanced Elixirs as a Heavenly Rank Advanced Meridian Refiner.

Not to mention that it might be a certain Half-step Holy Rank elixir. Without saying much, even if Lu Yanji, a middle-stage expert of Heavenly Realm, were to take that pill, he would have to seriously consider it.

It was natural for a Half-step Holy Rank elixir to help an early stage Lingyun Realm cultivator break through a realm, and considering this, Lu Yanji was filled with emotion.

It’s really stingy for that elixir to only allow Yun Xiao to breakthrough to the middle stage of Lingyun Realm, which seriously mismatches the identity of a Half-step Holy Rank elixir.

Lu Yanji couldn’t understand many things, like how Yun Xiao dared to consume a Half-step Holy Rank elixir far beyond his rank, and how he refined it completely in one night?

Lu Yanji knew none of these because too many strange things had happened to Yun Xiao, which made the spectators immune, and now they all waited eagerly for the final moment.

What no one knew was that at this moment, Yun Xiao was enduring an unprecedented torment, even with the frantic operation of Golden Snake Worm Xiao Wu and Ancient Dragon Taming Technique.

Strictly speaking, a Half-step Holy Rank elixir was far beyond what Yun Xiao, an early stage of Lingyun Realm, could withstand.

The reason Yun Xiao could refine all the energy within the Yuan Condensing Pill in one night was mainly due to the pill being personally refined by the Long Xiao Battle God from his past life.

If someone else had refined the Half-step Holy Rank elixir, even if Yun Xiao were braver, he might not dare to consume it directly; some coincidences gave him a slim chance of success.

Because Yun Xiao understood the Yuan Condensing Pill, in one night, he refined it completely while preventing his body from being destroyed by the violent medicinal power.

Throughout the night, Yun Xiao was like an adventurer walking a tightrope over an abyss, where one mistake might lead to death.

The saying goes, fortunes lie within dangers. Yun Xiao wasn’t unaware of the consequences of failure, but he knew time was limited, and meeting Lu Qinwan again after rebirth might bring unforeseen effects.

Yun Xiao believed that his previous achievements in Demon Mountain, even if Lu Qinwan’s clone projection hadn’t seen through the Long Xiao Battle God’s secrets, definitely attracted the woman’s attention.

Yun Xiao couldn’t be sure whether Lu Qinwan would send stronger cultivators to deal with him, and if that time came, not only he but also his friends and allies might be completely annihilated.

Only with strong personal power could he protect those he wished to protect. Even though Yun Xiao was already top of Tenglong Continent, he still felt it was far from enough.

These underlying beliefs and determination drove Yun Xiao to take risks, and fortunately, the result wasn’t bad, as the Ancient Dragon Taming Technique and Golden Snake Worm lived up to his expectations and exerted great effect.

A night’s torment finally passed, and it’s time to reap the rewards. Yun Xiao was now in a special state until the breakthrough opportunity arrived.

In almost an instant, Yun Xiao broke through the barrier to the middle stage of Lingyun Realm, yet the Heaven and Earth Energy combined with the Yuan Condensing Pill’s effects still didn’t let the breakthrough aura diminish in the slightest.

”Could he really break through two realms?”

Sensing the breakthrough energy that hadn’t dissipated, even Hou Tianlie, who had prepared mentally earlier, widened his eyes, as if not wanting to miss witnessing a miracle.

As for Xu Hongzhuang standing nearby, there was a glint of excitement mixed with a trace of melancholy in her beautiful eyes, and her thoughts became rather complex at this moment.

She was naturally thrilled and excited about Yun Xiao being able to make another breakthrough, potentially even advancing two realms, but the reason for her melancholy was the growing disparity between herself and Yun Xiao.

Xu Hongzhuang knew that Yun Xiao’s stage was not merely this Tenglong Continent of the Middle Three Realms; the Nine-layered Dragon Cloud, a higher plane, was the ultimate destination for that young man.

But what about Xu Hongzhuang herself? Even with her rare Myriad Demon Divine Body, she was just at the Floating Life Realm Peak, and achieving a breakthrough to the Early Stage of the Lingyun Realm seemed a distant prospect.

Xu Hongzhuang had long been deeply in love with Yun Xiao. Even though he had expressed multiple times that there was no possibility between them, she was unwilling to give up. Perhaps just following Yun Xiao closely, like during the Slaughter Spirit Battlefield, would be enough for her.

However, if the gap in their cultivation continued to widen, such thoughts would become nothing but extravagant hopes. By then, not only would she be unable to assist Yun Xiao, but she might even become a burden to him.

Boom!

Xu Hongzhuang’s thoughts wandered a bit too far, and as she became trapped in a web of internal conflict, another powerful energy wave emanated from the body of the young man in plain clothes.

”As expected!”

Upon sensing the aura of this energy wave, Lu Yanji couldn’t help but clasp his hands together, and he let out a loud voice, seemingly confirming Yun Xiao’s breakthrough once more.

In Lu Yanji’s soft voice, Yun Xiao’s aura was now entirely different from before. As experienced cultivators, Hou Tianlie and Wu Zhukong knew that at this moment, that young man had already become a super expert at the Late Stage of the Lingyun Realm.

Especially Hou Tianlie, who was also just at the Late Stage of the Lingyun Realm. He had ample reason to believe that with Yun Xiao reaching the same level as him, he would no longer be a match for Yun Xiao in any case.

Once on Impermanence Island, at Lianyun Mountain, and at Demons Mountain, Yun Xiao’s ability to fight beyond his level, or even beyond his rank, was something Hou Tianlie knew very well. The belief in Yun Xiao’s invincibility among peers was already deeply ingrained in his mind.

Hou Tianlie even had reason to believe that with Yun Xiao breaking through to the Late Stage of the Lingyun Realm, not only would he be unable to compete, but fear that within the Lingyun Realm rank, there might be no one else to challenge him.

At the same time, Hou Tianlie couldn’t help but mourn for those who once offended Yun Xiao, secretly thinking that powers like Sky Thunder Valley and Thunder Sound Mountain, upon realizing the level Yun Xiao had reached, would likely be trembling in fear.

In fact, even before Yun Xiao had broken through to this point, after the great battle at Lianyun Mountain, forces like Sky Thunder Valley and the Zhao Family, who had once wronged Yun Xiao, had sent people to Lianyun Mountain to seek Yun Xiao’s forgiveness.

However, figures like Zhao Family Patriarch Zhao Gujin and Valley Master Duan Zixiao of Sky Thunder Valley didn’t even get to see Yun Xiao’s face, which left them quite disheartened.

It’s a joke, someone capable of completely wiping out top experts of Wuyan Palace, if truly seeking revenge, forces like Sky Thunder Valley and the Zhao Family probably couldn’t continue to exist on Tenglong Continent.

These thoughts flickered through Hou Tianlie’s mind, and he had reason to believe that with Yun Xiao breaking through two realms and reaching the Late Stage of the Lingyun Realm, only three Heavenly Realm experts on this Tenglong Continent could possibly rival him.

Whew...

Amidst everyone’s astonished gazes, the figure of the young man in plain clothes, which had been motionless all night, finally moved slightly. Then everyone saw Yun Xiao opening his eyes, from which an unusual light suddenly flashed.

This light was pitch-black, appearing to possess a special kind of magic power that unwittingly drew the spirits of the onlookers into it, unable to extricate themselves.

”What kind of power is this?”

Even Lu Yanji, who had reached the Middle Stage of the Heavenly Realm with a soul power of Heavenly Rank Advanced, was momentarily affected by that deep black light, and his heart couldn’t help but be filled with terror.

”Tsk tsk, this Half-step Holy Rank Yuan Condensing Pill did not disappoint me indeed!”

Retracting that deep black light from his eyes, Yun Xiao seemed unaware of certain things, for he immediately sensed the Meridian Qi surging within him, which was several times more abundant than the night before.

”Late Stage of the Lingyun Realm, not bad!”

Although this was within Yun Xiao’s expectations, even at the initial consumption of the Yuan Condensing Pill, he couldn’t guarantee such success, achieving such an effect also involved a certain amount of luck.

The biggest reason was not the Ancient Dragon Taming Technique or the Golden Snake Worm Xiao Wu, but Yun Xiao’s understanding of this Yuan Condensing Pill. Had the pill not been one he refined himself in a previous life, such a heaven-defying breakthrough would never have been possible.