Immortal-Exterminating Divine Venerable

'This feeling... It's so incredible!'

When the aura in her body surged through the tiny gap and mingled with the aura inside Yang Xiao, Ye Wanyu's body and mind received instant feedback. An indescribably wondrous sensation bloomed in her heart.

Even though she was now wide awake,

a part of Ye Wanyu couldn't bear to leave this state.

She subconsciously allowed her aura to surge forth, letting it mingle wantonly with Yang Xiao's.

'This feels so good. And... my Netherworld Power seems to have gotten stronger!'

Not only did it feel pleasant, but it was also enhancing her strength.

Of course, Ye Wanyu was unwilling to let go.

Gradually, Yang Xiao's True Greater Yang Fire caused the Netherworld Power to grow stronger and stronger, until finally, the Netherworld Power transformed, igniting into Netherworld True Flame.

The moment this True Flame appeared,

Yang Xiao's Heart Spirit shuddered.

He, too, instantly sobered up.

But before he could react, the Heaven and Earth Origin Flame within him surged out.

It directly devoured the power that had transformed into Netherworld True Flame.

In that instant, the power in Ye Wanyu's body began to drain away violently.

It was all converted into Netherworld True Flame and absorbed into Yang Xiao's Heaven and Earth Origin Fire.

Immediately after,

Yang Xiao's Heaven and Earth Origin Fire

advanced.

"What's happening? Why can't I control my power anymore?"

Ye Wanyu was aghast.

But it was to no avail.

Yang Xiao, too, was somewhat surprised.

He had never imagined that simply getting drunk would lead to something like this.

But soon, a smile spread across Yang Xiao's face.

He could sense that Ye Wanyu had lost control of her power.

'If this had happened with your sister, I might have felt a little guilty, a little awkward. But you... Hmph. Consider this power compensation for opposing me all this time, and for that sword stab from before.'

With that thought, Yang Xiao didn't hesitate, increasing the suction force of his Heaven and Earth Origin Flame.

Soon, Ye Wanyu—who possessed the Netherworld Dao Body and had broken through to the Small Divine Ability Realm after more than ten years of cultivation—discovered that every last bit of aura in her body was being converted into Netherworld True Flame and absorbed by Yang Xiao.

Meanwhile, Yang Xiao's Heaven and Earth Origin Fire broke through to the Green Flame Fourth Revolution in one fell swoop. As it rapidly absorbed Ye Wanyu's power, his own aura continued to rise.

From the Peak of True Intent Sixth Layer, he broke through to the True Intent Seventh Layer, then to the Peak of True Intent Seventh Layer. Finally, as Ye Wanyu's power was completely exhausted, Yang Xiao advanced all the way to the True Intent Eighth Layer Peak—also known as the Green Flame Fourth Revolution Peak. At this point, Ye Wanyu's strength gave out.

Her entire body went limp, slumping to the ground.

She couldn't move a muscle.

Yang Xiao had crippled her, sucking dry every last trace of her Netherworld Power.

More than ten years of arduous cultivation, all lost in a single day.

At this moment, her body and spirit were like dead embers.

She remained silent.

Yang Xiao felt not a shred of sympathy. She had brought this upon herself. He paid her no mind.

Instead, he took out a large quantity of Spirit Medicines and stuffed them into his mouth as if they were free.

Although he didn't know why a loophole had suddenly appeared in his sealed cultivation, he knew that the most important thing right now was to continue replenishing his energy and generating more Essence Qi.

Sure enough, after consuming all those Spirit Medicines,

it wasn't long before

Yang Xiao reached the Green Flame Fourth Revolution Limit.

A massive amount of Essence Qi radiated out from him.

Due to the special nature of Yang Xiao's constitution, not a single bit of this Essence Qi was wasted; it all merged into his Divine Soul.

His Spiritual Power had already skyrocketed to the High-Tier Void Observation Late Stage Peak after he used about eighty percent of Ye Tianjue's Spiritual Power. Now, under the effect of this extremely high-quality Essence Qi, it broke through in an instant.

It reached the level of Peak of Void Observation High Rank.

He was now only a single step away from the Divinity Communication Realm.

The Divinity Communication Realm typically required a Demigod Level cultivation to achieve. Yet Yang Xiao, who was merely at the True Intent Eighth Layer Peak and hadn't even reached the Small Divine Ability Realm, already possessed the Spiritual Power that most Martial Cultivators could only hope to attain when they were trying to break through to the Demigod Level.

If word of this got out, it would probably scare people to death.

Spiritual Power wasn't just any other kind of power; it was the most difficult to cultivate.

Many people got stuck before the Demigod Realm not because they couldn't condense a Heart of Energy or because their cultivation was insufficient, but because their Spiritual Level couldn't reach the Demigod realm.

It could be said that to become a Demigod,

the most important thing was Spiritual Power.

If one's Spiritual Power could enter the Divinity Communication Realm,

then comprehending the Heart of Energy would become relatively easier.

Take Yang Xiao, for example. Back when his Spiritual Power was weak, how many Desolate Divine Fruits did he use up to comprehend the Time Secret Pattern?

The accumulated time probably exceeded tens of thousands of years.

And that was only because Yang Xiao himself had once stepped into the Unparalleled Divine King Realm. If it were anyone else, they might not succeed even after hundreds of thousands, or even millions, of years.

Of course, the Time Secret Pattern was one of the most mysterious and powerful Great Daos in the world to begin with.

It was only normal that it was so difficult to comprehend.

But even for an easier Dao, if one's Spiritual Power was insufficient, the time required would still be extremely long.

Take the most common Five Elements Secret Pattern, for example. To comprehend it to Ninth Layer Peak Perfection, even someone with a Dao Body would probably need several thousand years without guidance.

The nine Preachers from before were a clear example.

After cultivating for several hundred, or even a thousand years, they might not even be able to cultivate the most common Secret Pattern to the Third Layer.

This just showed how difficult it was.

But if one of them possessed the same Spiritual Power as Yang Xiao, it would be a different story. Their speed in cultivating Secret Patterns would increase by several times, or even dozens of times.

The reason Elder Zhang, the one who had cultivated the longest, had yet to break through to the Void Immortal Realm was precisely that his Spiritual Power was merely at the Early Stage of Void Observation High Rank.

Compared to Yang Xiao's current level, the Peak of Void Observation High Rank, it seemed like a gap of only a few stages within a minor realm. In reality, however, the difference was more than tenfold.

'My current Spiritual Power can probably crush any cultivator below High-level Void Observation. It's a pity my seal is still in place, so my Spiritual Power will just be sealed away again.'

Sensing the growth of his Spiritual Power,

Yang Xiao was overjoyed.

But when he discovered that the opening he had torn in his seal was slowly closing,

he sighed in his heart.

Although his cultivation and Spiritual Power had both improved,

the end result

was still the same.

He couldn't use any of it.

Yang Xiao felt a little dejected.

However, while he was feeling dejected, Emperor Xuanyuan was revealing a look of utter shock.

His face was filled with disbelief.

Just a moment ago, he had sensed a supreme power from Yang Xiao. It was a power he had never seen before, yet it felt even more terrifying and noble than the Power of the Emperor cultivated by the Human Emperor!