"The Nihility Devouring Flame belongs to my Hun Clan. It is not something that can be taken so easily," Hu Tiandi said calmly. "Do you think my clan would be so unprepared when it comes to something as important as bloodline inheritance, and hand over our lifeline to you?"
Before handing over the corpse of the last clan leader of the Tunling Clan to the Nihility Devouring Flame, the Hun Clan had conducted many experiments in an attempt to obtain the ability of the Tunling Clan to seize the bloodlines of other Ancient Clans and sustain their own bloodline. Unfortunately, all of them failed.
With no other choice, they handed the corpse of the last Tunling Clan leader to the Nihility Devouring Flame, whom the Hun Clan worshipped, so that he could devour it. Unexpectedly, he had inherited the ability of the Tunling Clan.
However, before the Nihility Devouring Flame devoured it, they had tampered with the corpse of the last Tunling Clan leader. Using the remnant soul of a former Dou God of the Hun Clan and various strange fusion powers obtained from the body as a medium, they left behind an imprint.
This imprint would not harm or affect the Nihility Devouring Flame, and under normal circumstances, it would not even be noticed. However, as long as it was activated, it could influence the source of the Nihility Devouring Flame.
Furthermore, the successive clan leaders of the Hun Clan had successfully fused with the Nihility Devouring Flame, greatly increasing their own power.
This was also one of Hu Tiandi's trump cards. Even if Gu Yuan had made some move a thousand years ago, he would still have had countermeasures and the power to retaliate.
Now was the time for the Nihility Devouring Flame to contribute to the Hun Clan.
As long as he could fuse with the Nihility Devouring Flame, he would have nothing to fear even if he had to face both Zhu Kun and Gu Yuan at the same time!
"Damn it!" The Nihility Devouring Flame was in a state of panic.
He had never expected that Hu Tiandi could interfere with his very essence.
He could no longer self-destruct now, and his power was far inferior to Hu Tiandi's. Even his ability to control the members of the Hun Clan posed no threat to Hu Tiandi… What should he do?
"Ah, that's right. I still have one more trump card." The Nihility Devouring Flame suddenly recalled something. After dodging Hu Tiandi's attack in a miserable state, he roared, "Hu Tiandi, if you take one more step, I will erase my own memories!"
His origin was affected by Hu Tiandi, and while self-destruction was prevented, his soul had ultimately reached the God realm. He was still capable of erasing part of his own memories, or even erasing his own intelligence.
"Without my memories, even if the Ancient Emperor Tou She's cave is opened in the future, it will be impossible to obtain the God-level embryo pill."
"The quasi-God-rank pill refined by Ancient Emperor Tou She contains the Emperor's Origin needed to reach the Dou God realm."
"He was unable to break through because he was bound by rank, but his power back then was undoubtedly above Xiao Xuan's."
"I am the only one who knows the divine technique of transforming the core that Ancient Emperor Tou She left behind!"
"…"
The Nihility Devouring Flame could confidently say that he had never spoken so quickly in his life.
They were afraid that Hu Tiandi was too cold-blooded and would directly suppress them.
He didn't want to die if he could help it.
"The divine technique of transforming spiritual medicine…"
Hu Tiandi stopped his attack.
He had previously obtained some information about the God-level embryo pill from the Nihility Devouring Flame.
Back then, he believed that once Ancient Emperor Tou She's cave was opened, he and the Hun Clan would definitely be able to obtain the God-level embryo pill by combining their forces.
Unexpectedly, the Nihility Devouring Flame had a hidden trump card and possessed a special method targeting the God-level embryo pill.
Now that the Hun Clan's forces had been greatly weakened, he might not be able to defeat them without using this method.
With this thought in mind, Hu Tiandi clasped his hands behind his back and said, "Nihility, I can help you. However, you must fuse with the remnant soul of my clan's Dou God and most of my clan's bloodline, and hand over the soul imprint."
"What do you mean?!" The Nihility Devouring Flame felt that something was wrong.
"Only by doing this can we create a situation that is beneficial to both sides," Hu Tiandi's eyes were extremely oppressive. "You will fuse with the remnant of my clan's Hu Tiandi and devour most of my clan's bloodline. Due to the special nature of the Tunling Clan, you will become a member of my Hun Clan."
"If you reach the Dou God realm, or if I reach it, our power will increase dramatically."
"If you do as I say, I will have no reason to kill you."
"Because I am afraid you will betray us again, I am asking you to hand over the soul imprint."
"The choice is yours. Either erase your true self right now and be devoured, or hand over your soul traces."
The Nihility Devouring Flame's eyes, like black holes, suddenly became dark and unfathomable.
In a situation where Hu Tiandi were greedily eyeing him, there seemed to be no other choice.
By handing over the soul seal, he could devour Soul God's remnant soul and the Hun Clan's bloodline, thereby breaking through his own limits and helping Hu Tiandi.
If Hu Tiandi reached the Dou God level, his power would skyrocket to the half-God level.
In the future, if he could reach the Dou God level himself, he might be freed from control.
"…Fine. I promise."
…
Time flew by. In the blink of an eye, a year had passed.
That year, the Hall of Souls and the Hun Clan suddenly disappeared, and the entire Dou Qi Continent was suddenly enveloped in silence.
However, those who had reached a certain level of strength, or those who could contact the upper echelons of the Soul Extinction Alliance, remained vigilant.
Everyone knew that this was the calm before the storm.
The Hun Clan and Hu Tiandi would never give up.
A terrifying aura had now appeared in the Demonic Flame Realm, which had been silent for a year.
The Refining Sky Ancient Formation rapidly shrank and formed another array disk, landing in Xiao Ting's hand above the center of the sea of lava.
He slowly opened his eyes. An aura extremely close to that of a six-star Dou Saint emanated from his body, and behind him appeared a massive figure a thousand feet tall.
This was the prototype of his Dharma Body, forged based on the eight parts of the Pure Lotus Demon Flame. Once it completed its absorption in the Void Lightning Pool, it would transform into the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder Body.
However, without the nourishment of the spiritual energy of the Great Thousand World, it was merely a Dou Saint Dharma Body and could not be called a supreme Dharma Body.
Xiao Ting's body, with a sharp gaze, suddenly disappeared and reappeared a hundred miles away from the Demon Flame Plains.
This was a technique called spatial teleportation, which only six-star Dou Saints could master.
However, compared to Flying Body and Leaving Traces, this was merely a minor trick.
"Receive!"
Xiao Ting raised his hand and released the Bodhi Yin Yang Diagram. It fused with the Bodhi Ancient Tree space and swallowed the entire Demonic Flame Realm.
After determining the direction, Xiao Ting released his soul force and used his flying technique to move, traversing thousands of miles in an instant.
Not long after, he arrived at Starfall Pavilion in the southern region of Central Plains.
Xiao Yan, who was already twenty years old, was about to reach the Dou Venerable level.
"Third Brother."
Xiao Ting instantly teleported to Xiao Yan's secluded cultivation place.
"Brother Xiao Ting!?" Xiao Yan suddenly opened his eyes.
After confirming that it was not an illusion, he immediately smiled and stood up to greet him.
"You little rascal, you finally showed up. Where have you been all this time?"
If Zhu Kun hadn't said that Xiao Ting was fine, everyone would have been worried.
"There are many things that need to be done, but mainly…"
Xiao Ting raised his hand and released a pinkish-white flame orb.
Xiao Yan immediately felt all the Heavenly Flames in his body violently surging and sending out signals of terror.
"What kind of Heavenly Flame is this?" Xiao Yan couldn't help but ask.
Xiao Ting smiled and said, "Pure Lotus Demon Flame."
Xiao Yan: !!!
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