He attained fame when he was young, but seemed to lose his way along the way. When he proposed marriage, he suffered the humiliation of rejection. After he settled old scores at Xingyun Peak, he managed to relieve himself of all the pressure he felt. Because he blindly cultivated the Nanming Primordial Fire, he was stuck in his cultivation. After that, he regained his brilliance and became famed once again.
He ever reached the peak of mountains, but he also ever fell into the depths of valleys. Through the ups and downs in his life, he was finally left with peace in his heart.
Unexpectedly, the image of Lin Feng appeared in his memory and Lin Feng's words rang in his ears.
"I did not teach you to take care of your juniors for fun. Everyone knows that a brother has to take care of his younger siblings. When your juniors are in trouble in the future, you will have to stand up for them."
"If they are bullied by someone of their seniority level, then they have to retaliate themselves. They can't act as if they are little kids and complain about it. I don't have such useless disciples."
"If the elder is provoked, don't worry, as I will be there to back all of you up."
"Don't worry, Master. Even if the elder is provoked, I don't need you to stand up for me. I will cultivate well and return to find this elder. When the time comes, I will defeat both the elder and younger one!"
The voices of both Lin Feng and Xiao Yan started to fade away, as Xiao Yan's roar shook void space. He gathered his thoughts and removed all distractions. There was only one voice left in his head.
"Immortal Soul! Immortal Soul! Immortal Soul!"
At this moment, he could feel that the door in his mind was opening suddenly!
The principles of the Heavens and Earth descended as if there was a path guiding Xiao Yan into the Nine Heavens.
His Nascent Soul converted into a streak of flowing light and burst into his Cosmic Form. As his Nascent Soul and Cosmic Form combined together, they burst through the door!
As this barrier was crossed, the Heavens and Earth were never the same again!
The vast sky permitted his flourishment, while the Heavens and Earth became one entity. As Xiao Yan's ordinary form was stripped, he could go anywhere he wanted to!
As he transcended the door in void space, the Cosmic Form of Xiao Yan collapsed suddenly, combining with the Heavens and Earth. After going through the cleansing of countless principles of the Great Tao, his Cosmic Form converted into many talismanic seeds that shone extremely brightly.
These talismanic seeds divided into five sections, converting into countless flames. These flames were pale white, pure golden, black, purplish-blue and golden with a tinge of reddish-blue color.
Each of these flames kept on absorbing the principles of the Great Tao formed by the Heavens and Earth. Under the nourishment of these principles, the flames burned brighter and brighter, as they engulfed void space.
In the next moment, all the flames combined together and converted into a half-black and half-white Taiji Diagram in void space. This diagram engulfed the Heavens and Earth, as the Six Unities of the Zodiac were attained.
A sonorous singing voice resonated from the Taiji Diagram suddenly.
"With a well-practiced cultivation, controlling the burning flame becomes easy. As the Celestial Sect Fire Lotus gives me strength, I become the God of Flames in countless words!"
After the singing stopped, the Taiji Diagram revolved and converted into a sea of fire suddenly!
Under the scrutiny of everyone, Xiao Yan managed to overcome the last hurdle and formed the Immortal Soul!
His flesh, the Nefarious Almighty Sword and the Divine Token of the Five Thrones landed in the boundless sea of fire.
On the Immortal Royal Flag, a dim golden figure appeared, which was formed entirely by the powers of a light projection. This figure wore the Panlong Golden Armor on its body and a golden helmet on his head. He was filled with a royal stature as if he was an Emperor. He was the original soul of the Immortal Royal Flag.
He looked at Xiao Yan and sighed. He removed the golden helmet from his head and bowed towards Xiao Yan respectfully.
Following that, the dim golden figure disappeared. As the Immortal Royal Flag waved, the Chongyan Swordmaster was thrown out of it. After that, it converted into a black light and followed the Nefarious Spectral Primordial Fire & the Divine Token of the Five Thrones into the sea of fire.
In the next moment, the sea of fire gathered and converted into a flaming figure. As the flame dissipated, a purple costume was revealed. On Xiao Yan's forehead, the Taiji Diagram flashed once before disappearing.
His original physical flesh was critically injured. If he combined his flesh and Immortal Soul to derive his physical martial arts foundation, his powers would be incomplete once he formed the Immortal Soul. He would need some time to recover then. However, he was pressed for time and there was no time for him to do so.
Thus, Xiao Yan cultivated the shell of his physical flesh into the Immortal Soul.
In this way, he could ensure that the powers of the Immortal Soul would be complete once he formed the Immortal Soul.
Although the Four Appearance Sky River Palm, Azure Dragon Apocalyptic Blaze, Slash of the Great White Tiger were not able to unleash comparable powers to an Immortal Soul Stage cultivator, the other attacks like the Heaven Fire Lotus, Yin Yang Burning Heavens Formation were able to unleash the full powers of the Nefarious Spectral Primordial Fire, Heavenly Apocalyptic Blaze and others.
Xiao Yan howled and extended his right hand. A tremendous purplish-blue, demonic fire gathered in his palm before converting into a huge black sword.
"Clang!" Xiao Yan held the sword horizontally and he tapped his left hand on the huge black sword. Suddenly, an extremely brutal aura was unleashed, as if an invincible demon had just woken up and was about to destroy the Heavens and Earth!
Xiao Yan laughed, "It's only today that you have finally become a real Nefarious Spectral Primordial Fire!"
The sword in his hand responded with a clanging ring that resonated through the Nine Heavens. The ominous feeling of disaster and catastrophe filled the entire void space.
On the surface of the blade, the blood red Netherworld Sea mark re-appeared. There were countless ferocious forces contained within the Netherworld Sea, and they seemed to be injected into the Nefarious Almighty Sword. This caused the killer aura of the sword to become stronger and stronger.
The Shaoshang Sword in the hands of the Shaoshang Swordmaster jerked tremendously. A manly voice was heard, "What a Nefarious Almighty Sword. Even though it's only in the gestation realm and was just cultivated only, it's already so fierce. After more cultivation of it, even if it does not reach the Mahayana realm, it will still be a useful weapon."
The Guanchong Swordmaster revealed his human form, but he was extremely weak. He seemed unable to maintain his Immortal Soul Avatar. It was only through the Grand Moon Sword of the Chongyan Swordmaster who escaped from the Royal Immortal Flag that he managed to sustain himself.
The Guanchong Swordmaster returned to her side, but his sword radiance was already very dim. There were countless cracks in the sword, which made it looked extremely pathetic.
As he faced the Nefarious Almighty Sword which was now a magic treasure, the critically injured Guanchong Swordmaster unleashed a low groan. His sword radiance turned extremely dim.
"Is he also in the Immortal Soul now?" Ning Lang looked at Xiao Yan and was stunned for a moment. He could only feel that his heart was about to crack as he thought of Xiao Yan's current cultivation realm.
Right now, even Gu Peng could feel the frightening aura that exuded from Xiao Yan. He was awed by it.
Everyone turned their attention to Xiao Yan. He was the second Immortal Soul Stage cultivator in the Celestial Sect of Wonders after Lin Feng.
After the bloody battle with the Mount Shu cultivators, he managed to breakthrough his bottleneck and reach the Immortal Soul Stage. His achievement shocked everyone.
Xiao Yan did not bother about the Shaoshang Swordmaster, Guanchong Swordmaster and the rest. He held the Nefarious Almighty Sword in his hand and shook it. His body combined with his sword, converting into a purplish-blue fiery rainbow. This rainbow attacked Jie Luoshi in the distance.
To stall for more time for Xiao Yan, the Dual Polarity Peak was forced to resist the frightening sword attacks of Jie Luoshi. The mountain was finally penetrated, causing the burning lava that spurted out from the peak of the mountain to lose their liveliness.
"Elder Dual Polarity Peak, I will avenge you!"
As he bellowed, Xiao Yan flew in space and landed in front of the Dual Polarity Heavenly Mountain. As he flipped his palm, a Quad Fire Lotus (Heaven Fire Lotus) attacked straight towards Jie Luoshi!
Jie Luoshi remained expressionless and conjured a sword spell. He unleashed the Guanchong Sword, which converted into a black light screen that separated the Heavens and Earth, blocking him.
But this time, the Heaven Fire Lotus managed to hit the center of the screen. As void space was razed, the boundless fire destroyed the black light screen!
Jie Luoshi's gaze flashed and he unleashed the Shaoze Sword. He quickly escaped and pulled himself out of the boundary of the attacking flames.
Following that, the Shaoze Sword converted into the Shaoshang Sword and its vigorous sword radiance stabbed towards Xiao Yan.
Above Xiao Yan's head, a pentcolored radiance flashed. The Divine Token of the Five Thrones re-appeared. Right now, this treasure was fully cultivated by Xiao Yan. After Xiao Yan cleansed it with his Immortal Soul, the treasure managed to increase to another level. Although it's still filled with marks, it unleashed a strength that was far more prosperous than before.
The five words on the surface of the token started to flash with radiance. The supreme wills of the five human Emperors represented by the five words were subtly revealed.
Five light projections flashed above the five words, revealing a green lightning, golden flame, dim yellow radiance, clear water flow and a sprouting old tree. These images combined with Xiao Yan's five Primordial Fires. Following that, the five images infused with one another and converted into an appearance of a crimson red world.
This crimson red world blocked Jie Luoshi's, Shaoshang Sword. Although red lights kept on being degraded, they remained unyielding as they resisted forcefully.
Behind Xiao Yan, a flag waved. There was a huge "Royal" word on the surface of the flag. Thick black light surged.
As the black light surged, Xiao Yan was protected at the center of it. It seemed as if he was an Emperor being guarded by thousands of soldiers.
Even if the enemies were powerful or the Heavens collapsed, they still had to protect their Emperor.
His royal stature was unwavering and indestructible.
Besides creating an alternate world time zone, the defensive strength of the Immortal Royal Flag was, in fact, its greatest strength. Right now, even if Xiao Yan could not fully unleash its powers, it still couldn't be discriminated. As it coordinated with the Divine Token of the Five Thrones, red and black radiance intersected as they shone, protecting Xiao Yan.
Jie Luoshi's art of swordplay was extremely devastating. As the red and black radiance advanced forward, Jie Luoshi kept on degrading it.
But Xiao Yan was not someone who did not retaliate. As he howled, another Quad Fire Lotus attacked Jie Luoshi.
While it was very difficult for Xiao Yan to summon the Quad Fire Lotus in the past, he had finally mastered the control of the Fire Lotus as he reached the Immortal Soul Stage. At the same time, because of his current cultivation, the powers of the Quad Fire Lotus also increased a notch.
This Quad Fire Lotus' base was golden this time. Its petals shone with both red and blue radiance. The middle layer of the lotus flower was purplish-blue while the top layer of it was pure golden. In the middle of the lotus flower, there were a few streaks of black gas, as if they were thin stamens.
Nanming Primordial Fire, Nefarious Spectral Primordial Fire, Grand Sun Primordial Fire, Heavenly Apocalyptic Blaze formed the Quad Fire Lotus, which was the most destructive combination. This was also the most powerful Quad Fire Lotus in history!