"What… what kind of power is this!?"
Upon realizing that the opponent was Xiao Ting, Elder Chi Lian immediately prepared to unleash a high-level Earth-rank battle technique. A special soul artifact of the Hun Clan shot out from his body, ready for a surprise attack.
But in the next moment, Xiao Ting's body instantly expanded nearly twenty times, and the hand that struck him also grew twenty times larger, becoming bigger than his entire body.
Immediately after, Xiao Ting raised both hands and pressed his palms toward himself. In an instant, the bones in his arms trembled like thunderous drums.
Terrifying power appeared, completely sealing the space within several zhang.
Elder Chi Lian tried to escape or move through space using spatial power, but it was simply impossible.
He could only watch helplessly as both hands overlapped. Purple flame appeared, and his heart pounded violently.
The flame transformed into nine beams, condensing into a chained state and piercing through the air!
As if thunder was roaring through it, Xiao Ting's movements became fast again.
At the same time, beneath the giant Xiao Ting, a purple fire lotus platform dozens of zhang in size bloomed, its petals swirling like a throne of judgment!
"Purple Cloud Heaven Prison · Burning Sin Lotus Platform!"
A burning sin thunder seal appeared on Xiao Ting's forehead, and Purple Beast Flame appeared in his pupils, as if transforming into two burning purple suns.
This was a technique created by Purple Beast Flame fusing with Heavenly Flames such as the Gold Emperor Incinerating Heavenly Flame, Blue Lotus Earth Core Flame, Sea Heart Flame, Fallen Heart Flame, Red Lotus Karmic Flame, and Wind and Thunder Fury Flame, then merging with the Heaven and Earth Law.
The Heavenly Prison was divided into three layers.
"Purple Flame Shackles" — binding the body
"Lotus Platform Seal" — suppressing the soul
"Heavenly Prison Strike" — ultimate move
However, the last two layers were still only concepts. Currently, only the Purple Flame Shackles were functional.
"Restrain!"
As both hands came together, Purple Beast Flame erupted between heaven and earth.
In Xiao Ting's palm was a small world built by Purple Beast Flame, which sealed Elder Chi Lian inside and devoured him.
Shhh.
When Xiao Ting opened his hands again, there was nothing left — everything had returned to nothingness.
"Resolved."
He calmly uttered those two words, and Xiao Ting's body instantly returned to normal.
At that moment, a terrifying aura erupted from within him and shot straight into the sky.
Countless energies violently flowed throughout the world, transforming into a hundred-zhang massive cauldron that enveloped Xiao Ting.
A terrifying aura spread from the cauldron all the way to the soul level. As it spread, countless people in the Black-Corner Region felt their legs weaken and their souls tremble.
"Boom!"
A thunderous knocking sound echoed from within the cauldron.
Terrifying power was instantly released, transforming into tangible energy fluctuations that twisted the space several miles above the sky.
Immediately after, Purple Beast Flame soared into the sky, manipulating the clouds to bring down a special spiritual rain. A massive amount of heaven and earth energy and spiritual power merged and poured into the massive cauldron after piercing through the spatial wall. The purple-gold massive cauldron suddenly emitted a dazzling brilliance and released a kingly pressure.
As time passed, a vast aura spread like a tide, freezing countless souls.
"Shhh!"
While staring at Xiao Ting's figure, everyone admitted, even if they didn't want to, that one thing was certain.
Xiao Ting had truly reached the Dou Venerable level.
And...
When he killed the Dou Ancestor from the Hall of Souls branch, he had only just stepped into the Dou King level with half a foot in the breakthrough state.
Defeating a Dou Venerable stronger than himself and then breaking through to Dou Venerable — what terrifying talent and combat power!
"Is this really what it feels like to step into Dou Venerable? It's certainly different from just having a physique and soul."
"Battle Qi is the core of this world."
Feeling the vast, ocean-like Battle Qi swirling inside him, Xiao Ting felt an indescribable sense of relief.
At this moment, he didn't use force. Instead, his heart moved with every breath. He was slightly captivated by the vast, sea-like Battle Qi within him — it was a sense of sublimation from the transformation of power.
Now that he had unified his essence, energy, and spirit and merged the Heaven and Earth Law, he couldn't even imagine how much his power had skyrocketed.
After breaking through the realm, Xiao Ting felt that spatial power had become much more familiar.
Although his soul power wasn't strong, he could sense and use spatial power.
Moreover, his physical power didn't naturally align with spatial power either.
Rather, after advancing in realm, his Dou Venerable-level cultivation naturally allowed him to directly summon spatial power, as if he possessed innate ability.
Spatial locks, spatial shuttles, spatial passages, spatial strangulation — all these abilities could be understood instantly.
Crack!
Xiao Ting raised his finger and lightly tapped the void. Space instantly twisted into a strange shape.
If such power were granted to others, even a seven-star magical beast at the Dou Ancestor level would explode and die instantly.
Of course, this referred to Dou Ancestors enduring attacks with their bodies without using Battle Qi or spatial power. But even if they endured, they would die instantly unless they reached a high-level Dou Ancestor.
Xiao Ting quickly understood the meaning of the phrase "Beneath Dou Venerable, all are ants."
Furthermore, Xiao Ting wasn't just breaking through — he had accumulated power and opened the breakthrough, directly reaching the peak of one-star Dou Venerable.
"Xiao Ting, you really broke through to Dou Venerable!?"
Yao Lao controlled Xiao Yan to rush over, his eyes filled with shock.
"I was blessed with an unexpected encounter."
Xiao Ting smiled slightly. "I only used one-tenth of that rare encounter, but Third Brother can still obtain it. Venerable Tian Huo should know in his heart."
Shhh!
These words deeply shocked Yao Lao, Xiao Yan, and Yao Tian Huo.
Reaching Dou Venerable from Dou Ancestor in half a year with a rare encounter — in reality, it only cost a mere one-tenth.
And being able to share it with Xiao Yan — it was truly terrifying.
"You know that too?"
Yao Tian Huo was slightly surprised and immediately began thinking. Soon, a flash of insight crossed his mind. "Fire Lizard Race?"
When he tried to forcibly suppress the second Fallen Heart Flame, he was ambushed by a Dou Venerable-level Fire Lizard Race and forced to retreat.
Already resisting the backlash of Heavenly Flame, he was no match for the Fire Lizard Race.
After being captured by the Fire Lizard Race, he couldn't withstand the backlash of the Fallen Heart Flame and ultimately fell.
"That's right. Those Fire Lizard Race are a bit special. They can help fire-attribute cultivators."
Now that Xiao Ting had already reached Dou Venerable, he was confident in leading the others into the Lava World to hunt the Fire Lizard Race. He smiled and said, "When the time comes, Brother Yan and Xun Er can come along too."
Yun Yun should also have the Wind and Thunder Fury Flame, but Xiao Ting thought it would be better for her to use the Life and Death Gate to refine the power of the Hall of Souls cultivators.
"Thank you, seniors, for protecting us. If anything happens in the future, feel free to let me know anytime. I have the ability to handle it, and I won't refuse."
Xiao Ting casually picked up two spatial jade slips and tossed them to Elder Qian Bai and the Second Elder.
"Hehe, no problem, no problem!"
Elder Qian Bai and the Second Elder accepted the spatial jade slips and smiled gently. "Young friend, it's only a matter of time before your cultivation reaches Dou Venerable and your alchemy reaches eighth or ninth rank. Would you be willing to help refine the Heavenly Venerable Pill?"
Judging from the required materials, the Heavenly Venerable Pill was a top seventh-rank pill, but its difficulty reached eighth-rank. In other words, one needed a Spirit Realm soul to have a certain success rate, and it could increase the probability of a peak Dou Ancestor expert breaking through to Dou Venerable by 30%.
If an eighth-rank alchemist refined it, they could refine the Heavenly Venerable Pill into an eighth-rank pill, nearly doubling the success rate to a guaranteed 70%.