Serpent Ancestor

The Leaf King detailed the information he knew about the Nine Extremes Return to Origin.

The Nine Extremes Return to Origin is not a primary cultivation technique but a secret art similar to Spiritual Qi infusion. It requires opening nine extreme acupoints in the body and cultivating each to perfection, forming crystal cores akin to those of the stone spirit clan.

With nine perfected acupoints, it equates to having nine crystal cores.

In other words, one person simultaneously possesses the cultivation of Great Perfection in the Divine Power stage nine times over.

Finally, the nine crystal cores are merged into one, returning to the origin through the instantaneous expansion of Spiritual Qi, forcibly breaking through to the Void Shattering Realm.

Upon hearing the theory of the Nine Extremes Return to Origin, Xu Hei couldn’t help but have his pupils contract slightly, feeling a shock in his heart.

”The condition for my cooperation with the Thousand-Eyed King is this secret art of Nine Extremes Return to Origin. However, I only obtained the first half. The method for the second half will only be taught to me after the task is completed,” the Leaf King shook his head and sighed. ”But just by hearing this theory, I know that with my physical body, it’s impossible to cultivate successfully! The Thousand-Eyed King also promised that as long as I kill you and obtain your body refining technique, combined with this Nine Extremes Return to Origin secret art, my cultivation would naturally reach great success, with hopes of ascension!”

Hearing the Leaf King’s words, Xu Hei suddenly understood.

No wonder they all betrayed him; who could resist the temptation of ascension?

If Xu Hei were in their position, he would also be tempted.”So, you only have the first half of the Nine Extremes Return to Origin, and the second half is missing,” Xu Hei said with a frown.

”That’s right! But as far as I know, the Thousand-Eyed King’s hiding place is located in the southern end, in the extreme south of the Dark Star. Perhaps there might be some gains,” the Leaf King said.

Xu Hei nodded.

This information was too important for him.

If he could find the hiding place of the extraterrestrial demons, he might be able to obtain the complete cultivation method of the Nine Extremes Return to Origin!

Although Xu Hei was a demonic beast, fundamentally different from the Wood Spirit Clan, the theoretical foundation of the technique was there. Even if he couldn’t replicate it exactly, it would still have great reference value, greatly aiding Xu Hei’s breakthrough.

”You also mentioned a way to leave the Dark Star earlier?”

Xu Hei looked at the Leaf King and continued to ask.

After hesitating for a while, the Leaf King shook his head and said, ”To be honest, the method to leave the Dark Star is something I heard from my ancestors. They said that if you want to go to the outside world, you should go to the Immortal Burial Valley and stay there for ten years.”

”……” Xu Hei fell silent.

He had indeed suspected that the Immortal Burial Valley was the road to the outside world.

But what was the principle behind staying there for ten years?

Xu Hei continued to press for answers, but the Leaf King couldn’t provide any useful information. It was all rumors passed down through generations, and he couldn’t verify them.

…………

The great battle finally came to an end.

With the fall of the Flame Demon Ancestor, no one dared to challenge Xu Hei anymore, concluding with a complete victory for Xu Hei’s side.

Xu Hei did not immediately head to the extreme south, nor did he concern himself with the aftermath of the Wood Spirit Clan.

He returned to the Wood Spirit Clan and went into seclusion to heal his injuries.

In this battle, although he appeared virtually unscathed, in reality, Xu Hei’s injuries were extremely severe.

Not only did he burn thirty percent of his primordial spirit, but his physical body was almost shattered by the powerful earth core force.

When Xu Hei’s physical body exited the crystallized state, blood immediately gushed out from his entire body, his bones collapsed, and his whole body fell to the ground, turning into a pile of mush.

In the truest sense, he was like a pile of mud, with his flesh and blood almost dissolved.

His current form was like a sludge monster, only describable as a puddle of Xu Hei.

Everything has two sides; while Xu Hei gained the powerful earth core force, his body also endured the impact of the earth core.

For a Divine Transformation cultivator to shatter the void with a punch, saying there were no side effects is impossible!

Fortunately, his physical body had been tempered by the Earth Core Stone Milk and fortified by the White Emperor’s scripture, allowing him to withstand such a powerful earth core force.

Not being shattered directly was already a blessing.

This healing process lasted a full year before Xu Hei returned to his peak state.

Afterward, he still did not set off to leave.

He took out the corpse of the Flame Demon Ancestor and placed it in front of him.

This was his greatest gain from this journey.

The Thousand-Eyed King was strong, but his body was gone, leaving no relics, and Xu Hei couldn’t inherit his divine abilities. Apart from combat experience, the gains were essentially zero.

The Flame Demon Ancestor was different; he delivered himself on a silver platter, with his body intact, a gift both in substance and sentiment.

Xu Hei looked him over from top to bottom, becoming more satisfied the more he looked.

He first reached out and grabbed, pressing on the Flame Demon Ancestor’s abdomen, his hand forming a claw shape, and sucked fiercely.

”Buzz!”

A dazzling ball of light was drawn out from the Flame Demon Ancestor’s dantian from a distance.

At first glance, it looked like a small sun, but upon closer inspection, there was a blazing golden flame slowly burning within the sun.

The temperature rose, space distorted, and the blazing light illuminated the cave dwelling, lighting up the earth as if it were a newborn sun.

It was the Solar Essence Fire, the most yang fire in the mortal realm!

With Xu Hei’s physical body now invincible, the Lunar Mystic Fire as a spell method had become somewhat inadequate in terms of power and cultivation.

But once combined with the Solar Essence Fire, it would be different, potentially transforming into a flame only found in the Spirit Realm.

No matter how strong or invincible the mortal realm was, it was still just the mortal realm, insignificant in the Spirit Realm.

Xu Hei did not rush; he first spent three days refining the Solar Essence Fire, making it his own.

Then, he summoned the Demon God Cauldron, releasing the two flames separately and placing them into the cauldron.

The two flames, one yin and one yang, occupied each half of the cauldron.

The originally violent energy calmed down miraculously with the combination of yin and yang, even the temperature decreased, becoming less terrifying.

This was the wonder of the two flames merging.

”Back then, the Flame Demon Ancestor relied on this fire to fight me without falling behind, and even his title came from it.”

”Now, this fire belongs to me.”

With a thought, Xu Hei made the two flames slowly approach each other, swirling around like twin stars.

Other flames would explode violently when combined, mutually destroying each other, with extremely high danger.

But the yin-yang fire, under Xu Hei’s controlled combination, did not release a single bit of energy.

As they slowly rotated and gradually approached, they formed a yin-yang fish diagram.

It’s hard to imagine that two flames, each capable of burning the heavens and destroying the earth when separate, could be so tranquil when combined.

Xu Hei watched, motionless.

After about forty-nine days, the two flames completely fused into one, transforming into a new flame with black and white interwoven colors, containing mysterious patterns that appeared and disappeared, seemingly embodying the Dao of heaven and earth, elusive and profound.

”What kind of fire is this?” Xu Hei furrowed his brow.

He didn’t know what power this fire possessed or its effects. But instinctively, it seemed at least several times stronger than the Lunar Mystic Fire and Solar Essence Fire.

Moreover, this was just a small flame, a fire seed, with room for growth in the future.