"Thank you, senior!" Yao Yan did not take the soul origin immediately. He bowed to Xiao Xuan respectfully. He gave enough respect to this former strongest man of the Xiao clan. In his eyes, Xiao Xuan had never been a loser. All he lacked was luck.

If Xiao Xuan had met Void Devouring Flame first, perhaps the final outcome would have been different... Unfortunately, there is no "if" in life. One wrong step will lead to all wrong steps.

Seeing that Yao Yan was not attracted by the soul origin, Xiao Xuan looked at him with a little more appreciation and pity. It would be great if the other party was a descendant of the Xiao clan. Unfortunately, this matter can only be thought about. He looked at Xiao Ning who was transforming in the blood pool on the side, and said softly: "I hope my friend will not forget our agreement... I will ask you to take care of the Xiao clan and Xiao Ning in the future."

He risked burning his soul to extract the soul essence of the Heavenly Tomb Soul for Yao Yan. In addition to doing so for the continuation of the Xiao family, he also wanted to befriend Yao Yan and leave a favor for the Xiao clan.

With the talent that Yao Yan has shown, there is a high possibility that he will reach the peak of Nine-Star Fighting Saint or even Half-Emperor in the future.

Even if you are lucky enough to open the Tuoshe Ancient Emperor Cave...

"Of course, I will abide by the agreement!" Yao Yan said in a deep voice. Xiao Xuan did not play any tricks on him today, so he naturally would not do anything about the agreement. With his current strength, it would be easy for him to fulfill the agreement with Xiao Xuan.

And with Gu Xun'er watching from the side, he naturally wouldn't do anything to lower his status.

When he was weak, he could ignore his face and reputation, but if he still did so after becoming strong, it would be a bit ridiculous.

"Absorb it. In my current state, I should be able to hold on until you complete your breakthrough. If you successfully break through the Emperor Realm, I can tell you some secrets... some secrets about the Soul Clan and the Tushe Ancient Emperor Cave." Xiao Xuan pondered for a moment and said slowly.

"...Okay!" Yao Yan nodded in response, and then smiled at Gu Xun'er, "You don't need to protect me. With the senior here, there is no need to worry about safety. There is not much time left before the Heavenly Tomb is closed, so you should practice as soon as possible!"

"I'll wait for you!" Gu Xun'er shook her head slightly, her eyes firm, and said slowly. She had to make sure that Yao Yan was safe before she would have the mind to go into seclusion. For her, Yao Yan's safety was far more important than her own strength. Besides, she didn't lack this little time.

Seeing that he could not persuade her, Yao Yan nodded slightly and let her do it. Then he stepped into the origin of the soul. Suddenly, a vast soul origin poured into his body, as if returning to the mother's womb. Compared with this soul origin, the soul power at the great perfection level of the heavenly realm was as weak as an ant.

"The soul origin accumulated by the Soul of the Heavenly Tomb over the years is truly vast!" Yao Yan felt it and sighed in his heart. At the same time, a touch of excitement rose in his heart. As long as he absorbed all of this soul origin, he was confident that he could break into the emperor realm with his soul power.

Once his soul power breaks into the Emperor Realm, Yao Yan's strength will also undergo a qualitative change, leaping from a mid-level five-star Douluo to an eight-star Douluo-level powerhouse!
In this case, there are only a few people in the world who can pose a threat to him!
"Let's start!" Yao Yan's eyes were determined, and brilliant flames burned all over his body. He began to absorb the soul essence around him. Milky white torrents rushed into his body, nourishing his soul power and began to transform. A vast soul pressure surged out of his body, moving towards a higher level.

Soul power is different from fighting spirit, it does not have small levels, it can be advanced step by step, and it is difficult to improve soul power by ordinary means. If you want to improve to the emperor realm, you either have to rely on years of training or devour the essence of the soul!
The latter is undoubtedly the easiest way!

As time passed, Yao Yan suddenly discovered something very interesting, that is, this soul origin actually had the ability to change time, and the flow rate was much faster than that of the Heavenly Tomb. In other words, for every day that passed in the Heavenly Tomb, more than ten days had passed in the soul origin.

If it is superimposed with what is outside the Heavenly Tomb, the speed of time flow will be even more terrifying.

"The power of time..." Yao Yan's eyes flashed slightly, and he completely released his soul body. A soul body of nearly a thousand feet stood in the space of the soul origin and began to swallow it. At the same time, with the help of the soul origin's wrapping, he felt the evolution of the power of time.

Brilliant flames surrounded the giant's body. Dozens of huge whirlpools appeared around him, absorbing all the soul essences around him. As for the mixed emotional energy in it, it was also absorbed together and poured into the vertical pupil between the eyebrows, turning into nutrients for its growth.

For Yao Yan, as long as it is something that a living being possesses, there is nothing that he cannot devour and absorb, and everything can become nourishment for his growth.

In the vast soul origin, huge soul torrents, like giant pythons, continuously poured into the vortex, and finally all poured onto the soul phantom sitting between heaven and earth. When the fog that covered the sky and the sun erupted, fluorescent light gradually flowed on the huge phantom.

From a distance, it looked like a statue of a god standing between heaven and earth, filled with overwhelming pressure...

A month goes by in a blink of an eye.

Nothing happened in the outside world, everything was calm as usual. The only thing that changed was Xiao Xuan. His body began to become transparent and weak, and even his face began to look old, as if his body was about to come to an end. His breath was obviously weak, and he no longer had the previous strength and momentum.

In contrast to him, Yao Yan's aura was getting stronger and stronger. The soul origin that originally enveloped him had been completely absorbed into his body. A soul phantom nearly a thousand feet long was sitting around his body, emitting the pressure of a powerful person.

"What a terrifying absorption speed... This kid's talent in the soul is stronger than in other aspects!" Even though Xiao Xuan was exhausted, his eyesight was still there. He could feel the speed at which Yao Yan was getting stronger. The barrier at the emperor level was obviously not enough to stop him.

"Senior Xiao Xuan, how long can you hold on?" Gu Xun'er looked at Xiao Xuan's current appearance and couldn't help but ask with concern.

“It won’t be a problem to hold on until he comes out… Your boyfriend is indeed extremely talented, even stronger than I was back then. It’s a pity that he can’t break through to the Dou Emperor level at this time. Otherwise, with his talent, it wouldn’t be difficult for him to break through to the Dou Emperor level.” Xiao Xuan said in an old voice, with a hint of helplessness in his eyes.

"Can't break through to Dou Di?" Gu Xun'er's eyes showed a strange color, and asked: "Why did the senior fail to break through to Dou Di back then?"

"Didn't your father tell you? This world may lack some special energy. If you want to become a Dou Di, you must absorb those unique energies... I call it the original imperial energy." Xiao Xuan said slowly.

"The original imperial energy? No wonder..." Gu Xun'er frowned slightly, and there was a hint of worry in her elegant eyes. She suddenly understood why her father and others wanted to marry into the Soul Clan.

"The original imperial energy no longer exists in this world... but it cannot be said that it does not exist at all. If one can open the ancient emperor cave of Tushe, one can still obtain it. Inside it is an imperial elixir embryo. If one wants to refine an imperial elixir, the original imperial energy must be indispensable. If one can obtain it, it should be able to help one break through to the Dou Emperor." Xiao Xuan slowly recounted these secrets. As for how he knew the news about the imperial elixir, he naturally learned it from the mouth of Emperor Hun Tian.

Unfortunately, when he learned the news, it was too late. He had already taken that step and even sacrificed the entire Xiao clan for it!
Emperor Hun Tian said this to ruin his mood and make him lose the will to fight again! And the other party did succeed.

The Xiao clan was destroyed, and he was seriously injured and on the verge of death, and was buried in the Heavenly Tomb.

"Emperor-grade embryonic pill?!" Gu Xun'er was shocked. She really didn't know this news, and her father might not know it either.

"Be careful of the Soul Clan, it's not as simple as you see. The Soul Emperor has known about the Emperor Grade Embryo Pill for a long time, and he should have been planning this over the years..." Xiao Xuan reminded lightly. For a person whose soul is about to be shattered, there is nothing that cannot be said.

It would be good if Gu Yuan could be prepared in advance... However, based on Xiao Xuan's understanding of Gu Yuan, he should not be a match for Emperor Hun Tian. It's not that he is inferior to Emperor Hun Tian in strength, but in his character. Gu Yuan is too indecisive and lacks ruthlessness.

Compared to Gu Yuan, Xiao Xuan is more optimistic about Yao Yan. He has reached this realm at such a young age, and now his soul power is about to break into the emperor realm. If he is given some time, it should not be difficult for him to break into the peak of the Nine-Star Fighting Saint.

Coupled with the courage he showed when trading with me, it might not be impossible for him to have a fight with Emperor Hun Tian.

Even if it was just to disgust Emperor Hun Tian, ​​Xiao Xuan felt very happy.

Gu Xun'er's heart was trembling for a moment. She didn't know whether Yao Yan knew the news, and she didn't know what the Soul Clan was planning. If the Soul Clan really knew about the Emperor-grade Young Pill a thousand years ago, then why did they mention the cooperation only now? Has Emperor Hun Tian really not planned anything in the past thousand years?

If he had planned it, would Emperor Hun Tian be willing to hand over what he had planned for thousands of years to a junior like Yao Yan? !
She didn't believe that Emperor Hun Tian was so great and selfless!
Perhaps Yao Yan is most likely just a pawn of Emperor Hun Tian.

Thinking of this, Gu Xun'er felt a little heavy in her heart. She looked at Yao Yan who was in seclusion, and suddenly understood why he was so obsessed with strength. Perhaps Yao Yan himself knew what role he played, otherwise he would not have said those words to her before.

"Is your boyfriend really a member of the Medicine Clan?" Xiao Xuan asked again at this time.

"......Yeah." Gu Xun'er was stunned, then nodded. She would not betray Yao Yan, especially since Yao Yan was at a critical moment of breakthrough. If Xiao Xuan knew that Yao Yan was the young patriarch of the Soul Clan, it would be hard to predict what he would do.

"No need to hide anything. I think he should be more than just a member of the Medicine Clan. I feel a lot of familiar auras from his body... That's the smell of the bloodline of the Dou Emperors of various clans!" Xiao Xuan said calmly, without any change in his expression.

Yao Yan and Gu Xun'er thought they had hidden themselves well, but they didn't know that he saw through everything when they first met.

Gu Xun'er frowned slightly and said nothing.

Xiao Xuan did not ask any more questions. He just looked at Yao Yan quietly, waiting for him to come out. The other party was not far from a breakthrough.

About three days later.

Yao Yan, who had been practicing with his eyes closed, opened his eyes, and the phantom of his soul around him also opened. At the same time, the phantom of the soul began to expand at an exaggerated speed. In a few breaths, it turned into a giant standing upright, overlooking the entire third level of the Heavenly Tomb with his eyes. The terrifying soul force belonging to the emperor level made all energy bodies tremble.

However, this terrifying aura disappeared in an instant, the shadow dissipated, Yao Yan returned, his eyes became calm, and his divine light was restrained, seeming to be more ancient and profound than before.

"Congratulations! You have successfully broken into the Emperor Realm!" Xiao Xuan laughed softly.

"Thank you for your help, senior!" Yao Yan stood up and bowed to Xiao Xuan with an extremely respectful attitude. If it weren't for Xiao Xuan's help, with his personal strength, he would definitely not be a match for the Soul of the Heavenly Tomb. He might even have to wait for several more years before he is qualified to step in and extract the soul essence of the Soul of the Heavenly Tomb.

What Yaoyan lacks most now is time!
Even if he hid the Xiao family's ancient jade, it was inevitable that Emperor Hun Tian would go crazy and massacre the entire Douqi Continent!
Emperor Hun Tian has been planning for a thousand years and there is no way he will stop!
"What is your relationship with the Soul Clan?" Xiao Xuan looked at Yao Yan and asked calmly. His deep eyes seemed to have seen through some of the secrets of Yao Yan a long time ago.

"…My mother is from the Medicine Clan, and my father is from the Soul Clan. I lived in the Medicine Clan when I was born, but later became an orphan because my parents died. I have been living in the Medicine Clan ever since I was twelve years old, when I met Hunxuzi. He accepted me as his disciple, and then I practiced step by step in the outside world. After I entered the realm of Dou Zun, I was accepted into the Soul Clan by Hunxuzi and entered the Soul Realm to receive the baptism of blood. Because I overwhelmed the younger generation of the Soul Realm, I became the current young patriarch of the Soul Clan!" Yao Yan was stunned, pondered for a moment, and then slowly spoke. This time he did not choose to hide anything and slowly told his origins.

Gu Xun'er was very clear about these things and did not show any surprise.

Xiao Xuan's eyes sparkled as he stared at Yao Yan and asked in a deep voice, "Then how come you have the blood power of other clans' imperial clans in your body? According to my understanding, the blood power of the imperial clans is incompatible. The blood power of two clans must be devoured by the blood power of the other clan... But it's different in your body. They seem to be compatible!!"

"I am a special case. Hunxuzi has been studying the compatibility of the imperial clan's bloodline in recent years. For this purpose, he has sent many people from the Hun clan to combine with the major imperial clans to give birth to offspring, and then combine with each other... and finally, I, a unique existence, was born!" Yao Yan did not choose to tell the truth, not because he wanted to deceive this dying man, but because of Gu Xun'er. There were some things that Gu Xun'er could not know for the time being.

"It's really like what the Soul Clan would do. They would stop at nothing to achieve their goals...but those who are likely to succeed are often people like this!" Xiao Xuan chuckled and shook his head. There was no contempt, only indifference. What could a dying man not see through?

"I have already told your girlfriend everything I need to say. You can ask her... Before you leave, I want to remind you to be careful of Emperor Hun Tian!"

As the words fell, Xiao Xuan took the initiative to release the suppression of the soul fire. Under the burning of the invisible flame, his body turned into nothingness and dissipated in this world. Only a mark of life was left, which was caught by Yao Yan.

When the soul power enters the emperor realm, one can see through many things, such as the mark of life... Only when one enters this level, one will realize how ridiculous one's previous disguise was.

Xiao Xuan may have seen through Yao Yan's true identity at first sight, but he just didn't expose it. (End of this chapter)