[Avoiding being recognized after returning to Central Plains, you did not immediately go to the branch hall.]
[After disguising yourself, you traveled across the Central Plains gathering information.]
[However, you did not obtain any substantial news.]
[You arrived at a branch hall of the Soul Hall and met the Black and White Heavenly Venerables.]
[The Black and White Heavenly Venerables still remembered you and believed you were merely a Dou Ancestor.]
[You handed over the soul body of Venerable Qing Hai, whose consciousness had been erased, to the Ninth Heavenly Venerable, Mo Yu.]
[You told Mo Yu that during your secret investigation, you discovered that Venerable Qing Hai had colluded with the Gu Clan and intended to wipe out the Ravine branch hall, but you discovered it in time and stopped him.]
[No one present believed you had such strength; they all thought you were talking nonsense.]
[You briefly displayed your strength.]
[The several Venerable Elders present, the Black and White Heavenly Venerables, and the Old Ghost Zhai Xing were all completely stunned.]
[No one expected that in just three to five years, you would rise from a Dou Ancestor to a Seven-Star Dou Venerable, even more terrifying than the Ninth Heavenly Venerable, Mo Yu.]
[Because of your performance and immense potential, several Heavenly Venerables of the Soul Hall held you in extremely high regard.]
[You were exceptionally promoted to become the Tenth Heavenly Venerable of the Soul Hall.]
[You became part of the high-ranking leadership of the Hun Clan.] (TL/N: Hun Clan is Soul Clan. Just a reminder if anyone got confused.)
[You obtained some intelligence about the actions of the Hun Clan.]
[At present, the Hun Clan had already begun moving.]
[The Ling Clan had disappeared.]
[Several ancient clans had developed rifts between them and had begun guarding against each other.]
[The friction between the Gu Clan and the Hun Clan intensified.]
[The Gu Clan claimed that the disappearance of the Ling Clan was related to the Hun Clan, while the Hun Clan insisted the disappearance had something to do with the Gu Clan.]
[The remaining clans were confused and did not know whom to believe.]
[You also began taking action.]
[You secretly went to the Nine Netherworld Python Tribe and took out the skeleton you had previously found in the magma world beneath Jai Nan Academy. Taking one drop of its essence blood, you secretly injected it into a noble member of the Nine Netherworld Python Tribe.]
[Afterward, you threw the skeleton in the opposite direction of the Nine Netherworld Yellow Spring.]
[Not long later, the Sky Demon Phoenix Tribe sensed the presence of the essence blood and sent people over.]
[They began arguing with the Nine Netherworld Python Tribe.]
[The skeleton you planted was discovered, and the two sides immediately broke out into a great battle.]
[Using this opportunity, you arrived at the Nine Netherworld Yellow Spring.]
Ye Hao said, "What a perfect case of killing with a borrowed knife and diverting disaster to someone else."
There was no helping it. This world had always been one where the strong devoured the weak and the fittest survived.
[Yao was once again astonished by your methods.]
[At the time, he thought you were a fool for not absorbing that level of essence blood, but he did not expect you had kept it for such a move.]
[After setting up a barrier at the Nine Netherworld Yellow Spring, you entered it.]
[You obtained the inheritance of the Yellow Spring Demon Saint and acquired the Heaven-Tier Dou Techniques Yellow Spring Heavenly Fury, Yellow Spring Finger, and Yellow Spring Palm.]
[You also obtained several drops of the Demon Saint's essence blood.]
[You found a hidden location and refined those drops of essence blood.]
[Your luck was very good.]
[You successfully broke through to the peak of Dou Venerable.]
[You then fully mastered several of the Yellow Spring Demon Saint's Heaven-Tier Dou Techniques.]
[With your current strength, Heaven-Tier Dou Techniques could only serve as your final life-saving trump card. You could not use them easily, otherwise they would instantly drain most of your Dou Qi.]
[Your alchemy skills also advanced to the high tier of the eighth rank.]
[You returned once again to the Nine Netherworld Python Tribe and discovered many people had fallen there. Taking advantage of the situation, you collected several remnant souls.]
[The Central Plains currently appeared calm on the surface, as peaceful as ever.]
[But you clearly knew that the major transcendent factions had already begun probing each other frantically, or had hidden themselves away.]
[You found a hidden location and continued your seclusion.]
[In the blink of an eye, three years passed.]
[You reached the High-Level Half-Saint stage.]
[You participated in the Spatial Trade Fair and narrowly missed obtaining that remnant map.]
[However, later you killed that person and took the remnant map along with all of his possessions.]
[You also obtained the trail of the Bodhi Ancient Tree within the Ancient Wild Region.]
[Several months later.]
[You arrived at the Ancient Wild Region. Overpowering all the heroes there, you obtained a Bodhi Seed from the Bodhi Ancient Tree.]
[At the same time, you broke through to Two-Star Dou Saint.]
[According to the map, the Demonic Flame would descend in another five years.]
[After completing the soul collection mission, you once again chose to enter seclusion.]
[Five years passed in the blink of an eye.]
[You refined all the Bodhi Seeds and absorbed countless heavenly treasures, advancing to Six-Star Dou Saint.]
Ye Hao: "??"
Why was the simulation suddenly moving so fast now?
Every time it advanced, it was either three years or five years.
Earlier it dragged on forever with so much filler.
Now the pace was flying forward.
And the later breakthroughs felt like riding an airplane.
Unbelievably fast.
Was this the effect of Overwhelming good luck?
[Finally, you waited for the moment when the two moons appeared together, the nine stars aligned, the tides of heaven and earth surged, and the Demonic Flame descended.]
[Following the directions of the map, you waited early at the Demon Flame Plain.]
[Many great factions had sent people.]
[After entering the Demon Flame space, they were all trapped by illusions.]
[Only you knew the truth and smoothly arrived before the Purifying Lotus Demonic Flame.]
[The Purifying Lotus Demonic Flame looked at you in surprise and said, "Boy, you didn't fall into the illusion. You've got some skill. In that case, this saint will send you into reincarnation."]
[Everyone else was trapped, so you no longer needed to disguise yourself.]
[You smiled and said, "Others may not recognize you, but I do. You are the Purifying Lotus Demonic Flame."]
[The Purifying Lotus Demonic Flame's pupils shrank, and a ferocious expression appeared on his face. "So what if you know? You and everyone else here will become my fire slaves, enslaved by me forever."]
[You smiled faintly and said, "Is that so?"]
[For some reason, seeing your smile made the Purifying Lotus Demonic Flame uneasy, as if it had seen the Purifying Lotus Demon Saint from long ago.]
[But the Purifying Lotus Demon Saint was already dead. On the Dou Qi Continent, no one could control it anymore.]
[The Purifying Lotus Demonic Flame burst into triumphant laughter.]
[Your strength was not very different from the Purifying Lotus Demonic Flame, but you did not want to waste energy fighting it.]
[You wanted to conserve your strength to refine it.]
[You activated the remnant map of the Purifying Lotus Demonic Flame and awakened the remnant soul of the Purifying Lotus Demon Saint hidden within.]
[The moment the Purifying Lotus Demonic Flame saw the Purifying Lotus Demon Saint, uncontrollable fear appeared beneath its raging anger.]
[It wanted to completely erase you.]
[But the Purifying Lotus Demon Saint stopped it.]
[The Demon Saint then erased the memories of the Purifying Lotus Demonic Flame, returning it to its original state.]
[At this moment, the others also awakened from the illusion.]
[They all wanted to fight for it.]
[However, the Purifying Lotus Demonic Flame automatically flew to your side.]
[You immediately swallowed it.]
[Everyone else could only retreat.]
[The energy of the Purifying Lotus Demonic Flame was far too enormous. Although you were a Six-Star Dou Saint, it still took two and a half years to completely refine it.]
[Your strength surged to Nine-Star Dou Saint.]
[Your soul power also advanced directly from the Spirit Realm to the Great Perfection of the Heaven Realm.]
[The Flame Mantra was purified to the middle level of the Heaven Tier.]
[Taking advantage of the opportunity, you devoured Yao Chen's Bone Chilling Flame.]
Ye Hao said, "Holy hell…"
This was a massive windfall.
He jumped directly from Six-Star Dou Saint to Nine-Star Dou Saint.
This saved an enormous amount of time.
Now he could calmly wait for Hun Tiandi to obtain the ancient jade.
[Just after you exited the Demon Flame space, Hun Miesheng invited you to the Hun Clan.]
[No.]
[To be precise, it was an invitation from Hun Tiandi.]
[Arriving at the Hun Clan.]
[You met this ambitious and extraordinarily talented Hun Tiandi for the first time.]
[He actually had a very scholarly appearance.]
[Nihility Devouring Flame, on the other hand, looked far more rough and imposing.]
[When Hun Tiandi saw you, he revealed a look of surprise. "I did not expect you to be so young. This is truly a blessing for my Hun Clan."]
[Nihility Devouring Flame said, "Reaching Nine-Star Dou Saint in your twenties or thirties. I wonder whether you're lucky, or simply that talented."]
[Hun Tiandi smiled, then said with a serious expression, "No matter what, you are a talent of my Hun Clan. I hope that in the coming plan, you will assist me with all your strength."]
[You smiled and nodded. "Naturally."]
[Hun Tiandi was very pleased. Knowing that you had risen from a Soul Hall Protector step by step, he considered you one of his own. Therefore, he did not hide anything and revealed his plan.]
[It was exactly as you already knew.]
[You went to the Pill Tower and obtained the Three Thousand Burning Flame.]
[You went to Burning Flame Valley and obtained the Nine Dragon Thunder Flame.]
[You refined them all.]
[The Flame Mantra advanced to the high level of the Heaven Tier.]
[You reached the late stage of Nine-Star Dou Saint.]
[One month later.]
[The Hun Clan began moving. With lightning speed, they obtained the remaining pieces of ancient jade.]
[With the help of Nihility Devouring Flame, they discovered the location of the Ancient Emperor Cave.]
[The Hun Clan army arrived at the Black-Corner Region and summoned the cave of Ancient Emperor Tuoshe.]
[Before the cave, Zhu Kun was nowhere to be seen.]
[The allied forces of the Gu Clan arrived.]
[The two sides broke out into battle.]
[Hun Tiandi took advantage of the chaos to enter the cave, while Gu Yuan led the experts closely behind.]
[You also entered it.]
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