Serpent Ancestor

”Finally, it’s done!” Xu Hei breathed a sigh of relief.

Although his divine sense only extended three meters, it was a qualitative leap from nothing to something—a perfect beginning!

From this point on, he could use his storage bag.

Xu Hei immediately summoned his divine sense, unsealed the Demon God Cauldron, and retrieved a storage ring from it.

He took out a pill from the ring, a Revitalizing Heavenly Heart Pill left by the Green Emperor, which was greatly beneficial for repairing the primordial spirit. Xu Hei swallowed it in one gulp.

The pill melted as soon as it entered his mouth, transforming into a warm stream that surged towards his crown, directly flowing into his sea of consciousness and gradually merging with Xu Hei’s primordial spirit.

At the same time, he didn’t forget to feed a pill to Xu Bai, using all sorts of healing medicines, all of which were relics from the Green Emperor.

…………

Meanwhile, during Xu Hei’s seclusion.

Yusheng, the Vice City Lord of Tiandou City, was dispatching over a hundred Divine Transformation cultivators to conduct a thorough search throughout the city.Despite Hei Huang’s efforts to cover their tracks, it only took them the time of a stick of incense to identify a dozen potential cave dwellings where they might be hiding. At least ten Divine Transformation cultivators were stationed outside each cave dwelling, guarding them strictly.

To avoid alerting the enemy, Yusheng refrained from acting rashly.

He ordered his soldiers to set up formations outside each cave dwelling, ready to activate them and trap anyone who emerged.

Coincidentally, Xu Hei was hiding in one of these cave dwellings.

”Set up formations for me, don’t miss a single cave dwelling, I want them alive!” Yusheng commanded.

”Yes!”

Once one formation was completed, they moved on to the next, layering multiple formations for added security.

…………

At this moment, inside the cave dwelling where Xu Hei was located.

When Xu Hei opened his eyes again, his divine sense could now extend to a range of three hundred meters. Although still weak, given enough pills and time, he could slowly recover.

Xu Hei took out several storage rings and put them on his fingers.

His divine sense probed into each one, finding the spirit insects he had raised in the past, though most were in a dormant state.

Purple Lightning Locusts, Black Needle Ants, Thousand Illusion Ants, and Blood Ants, born after devouring the endless fiendish energy of the Blood Refining Sect.

Xu Hei categorized the spirit insects and stored them in different Spirit Beast Rings.

”With these spirit insects alone, I could sweep through the Divine Transformation Stage, but with my current divine sense, controlling them perfectly is still a pipe dream,” Xu Hei thought to himself.

The spirit insects could be released to kill enemies, but the downside was that Xu Hei couldn’t control their actions. Once released, they might escape like wild horses.

Unless absolutely necessary, Xu Hei wouldn’t use the spirit insects as his trump card.

Next, Xu Hei checked on Bai Zhi and the sword spirit September, finding that they had both entered a state of slumber.

Creatures from the mortal realm, upon contacting the Spirit Realm space, would experience a rejection reaction, a rule of the heavens and earth.

Just like Spirit Realm cultivators descending to the mortal realm, they would also face rejection.

”So, Bai Zhi and September are considered living beings now?” Xu Hei mused.

He had previously wondered if putting some mortal realm cultivators into the Demon God Cauldron and bringing them to the Spirit Realm would allow them to ascend directly, bypassing the tribulation of ascension.

But now he realized it wasn’t that simple!

Anyone crossing from one plane to another must endure the rejection reaction, even if they successfully smuggled themselves across, they would still have to undergo tribulation!

Yet some of Xu Hei’s spirit insects didn’t exhibit this phenomenon.

This was a question worth pondering.

”I’ve wasted a stick of incense’s time, hopefully not too late!”

Xu Hei dared not delay, immediately informing Hei Huang of his intention to leave.

At that moment, Hei Huang came running from the courtyard entrance, smiling, ”Xu Hei, want to hear some good news?”

”Good news?”

Xu Hei’s heart skipped a beat, feeling a sense of foreboding.

”We’re surrounded.”

”What did you say?!”

Xu Hei’s eyes nearly popped out.

This damn thing is good news?

To recover quickly, Xu Hei had only rested for the time of a stick of incense, yet the enemy acted so swiftly!

According to his calculations, even if the old man didn’t deal with that mysterious creature, just searching him out of Tiandou City should have taken at least half a day.

”That old man used his connections with the City Lord’s mansion to surround this place completely, with at least ten Divine Transformation cultivators outside!” Hei Huang laughed.

Xu Hei finally understood that the Flying Spirit Platform had cooperated with the City Lord’s mansion, no wonder they were so quick.

”Why are you still looking so happy?” Xu Hei sneered.

”When facing danger, you must smile, not frown, that’s how you get good luck.”

”What kind of twisted logic is that?”

”Enough talk, hand over the Star Compass, I’ll take you flying!” Hei Huang extended his paw.

Xu Hei realized that Hei Huang intended to seize the opportunity to take the Star Compass.

But Xu Hei had no choice; his divine sense was limited, and activating the Star Compass consumed a lot of it, so he had to hand it over to Hei Huang.

Xu Hei took out a dark plate, which Hei Huang immediately snatched and sat on, refining it in an instant. The Star Compass successfully changed hands.

Xu Hei jumped on as well.

Vast spiritual power poured into the Star Compass, which began to glow with white light, gathering star energy, ready to launch at any moment.

”Wait, Xu Hei, what’s that on your neck!”

Suddenly, Hei Huang pointed at Xu Hei’s neck, looking shocked.

Xu Hei looked down to see that the white snake on his neck was gone, and Xu Bai’s form was changing, from a white snake gradually transforming into a green lotus.

In the blink of an eye, the white snake disappeared, and the green lotus took shape.

A familiar yet strange aura blossomed from the green lotus.

”What’s happening?” Xu Hei was bewildered.

”What did you feed her?” Hei Huang asked.

”Some healing medicine,” Xu Hei replied.

”Where did you get it?”

”Found it in Guanghan Palace.”

”……”

”Why, is there something wrong?”

”Nothing.”

Hei Huang shook his head, his expression somewhat peculiar.

”Buzz!”

At this moment, the spiritual power injected into the Star Compass reached its limit, about to launch and leave the cave dwelling.

Meanwhile, in Tiandou City, Yusheng had eliminated five more cave dwellings, leaving only eight possible ones where the target might be hiding.

”Report, there’s activity here!”

”In the cave dwelling of the Tianlong Inn in the East District, there’s a strong spiritual power fluctuation! Hurry!”

A message came through.

Yusheng immediately teleported to Xu Hei’s location.

The next second.

”Boom!!”

Inside the cave dwelling in the East District, a deafening explosion erupted, flames soared into the sky, and a dazzling white light broke through the formation’s barrier, through the combined blockade of ten Divine Transformation cultivators, and shot towards the clouds, speeding towards the north of Tiandou City.

It was a compass!

On the compass, two cultivators, one large and one small, could be faintly seen, moving at an unbelievable speed, surpassing the Divine Transformation Stage, reaching Void Shattering.

Yusheng’s body halted in mid-air, his gaze fixed in astonishment on the Star Compass streaking across the sky. He immediately ordered, shouting, ”Seal the entire city immediately!”

At the same time, he took out a communication talisman: ”City Lord, the target is escaping towards the north gate!”