128: Chapter 128 Today I Am a Saint

As expected, ten days later, within the Void Lightning Pool, an incredibly violent convergence of heaven and earth energy gathered, and Xiao Yan stepped into the Eight-Change Dou Zun Realm!

Another dozen or so days passed, and he reached the Peak of the Nine-Change Dou Zun Realm!

Sitting cross-legged in the Void Realm with his eyes closed, Xiao Yan was surrounded by countless pitch-black bolts of lightning. The lightning enveloped him completely, leaving not a single gap; its terrifying Aura inspired awe at a single glance!

Xiao Yan did not stop his Cultivation. The real challenge lay ahead; he needed to continuously refine energy to make sufficient preparations for his Breakthrough to Ban Sheng.

The preparation time this time was significantly longer than before. To Breakthrough to Ban Sheng, most people require some form of Opportunity. For instance, Yao Lao had remained at the Nine-Change Dou Zun Realm for a long time without progress, but once he merged with a body containing a Dou Sheng Bone, he directly broke through to Ban Sheng!

For Xiao Yan to break through, he needed an incredibly massive and pure amount of energy. Thus, one could say that this Void Lightning Pool, which had accumulated lightning energy for countless years, was Xiao Yan's Opportunity!

The energy transformed from the Black Demon Lightning was continuously refined and absorbed. Even when he reached saturation, he continued to refine and compress it, attempting to break through that final limit.

Time flowed slowly as the surrounding Black Demon Lightning was continuously sucked into his body, becoming the nutrients for Xiao Yan's advancement. Whenever the surrounding Black Demon Lightning was refined to near-nothingness, a flame Clone would go out to plunder more, providing Xiao Yan with a continuous stream of energy.

This efficiency was undoubtedly extremely high, yet Xiao Yan still showed no sign of breaking through, because the energy required for Xiao Yan's Breakthrough was simply too massive!

The refinement continued. Xiao Yan sat quietly in the Void Realm, completely indifferent to external matters, focusing solely on accumulating energy in an attempt to break through to Ban Sheng in one go.

At this moment, his skin was covered as if by black crystals, shimmering with a mysterious luster. An Aura that caused the Void Realm to slightly solidify slowly radiated from Xiao Yan's body.

However, one day two months later, Xiao Yan, sitting in the Void Realm, suddenly frowned. A muffled sound emitted from within his body, followed by a chain reaction of 'booms' that continuously exploded inside him.

"I've absorbed too much..."

Xiao Yan opened his eyes, and black lightning burst from them, striking the Void Realm and emitting a strange brilliance.

In the original story, when Xiao Yan first came to the Void Lightning Pool, he encountered the Jia Nan Academy Headmaster, Mang Tianchi, who mentioned that this Black Demon Lightning could be refined. However, it was clear that while it could be refined, one would suffer a backlash if the Impurities within were not completely removed.

"Sigh, I was still too impatient. You can't get fat from one bite; I should take it slow..."

Xiao Yan sighed and gave up on continuing to absorb the energy of the Black Demon Lightning.

By refining the Black Demon Lightning so recklessly, even the purification speed of the Heavenly Flame could hardly keep up with the absorption speed, resulting in many Impurities entering his body along with the energy.

The reason the Xiao Yan in the original story could refine it so recklessly was that he benefited from Little Yi, the spirit of the Purification Lotus Demon Flame. At that time, Little Yi possessed some of the devouring power of the Void Swallowing Flame, allowing him to refine the Black Demon Lightning without restraint.

Thinking of this, Xiao Yan couldn't help but shake his head. His foundation was still too shallow; how wonderful it would be if he could also devour the Purification Lotus Demon Flame and the Void Swallowing Flame.

But it wouldn't be long now...

A deep blue flame instantly flooded his Meridians and body, and then appeared outside his body, burning furiously!

As this flame spread, the black crystals on his skin gradually melted, turning into waves of thick energy that entered Xiao Yan's body.

However, the deep blue flame continued to burn fiercely without stopping. As the flame burned, Xiao Yan's body actually became crystal clear. One could even see his internal organs through the flames, and these organs were now covered in a layer of deep blue crystal.

Looking from a distance, the current Xiao Yan resembled a transparent piece of deep blue colored glass, appearing exceptionally miraculous.

This was the Destructive Flame Body, a phenomenon that only appeared when a Heavenly Flame was released to its limit and then merged with the physical body.

This Destructive Flame Body required a near-perfect, ultimate control over the Heavenly Flame. Because Heavenly Flames were too fierce and the human body was relatively fragile, no one dared to easily use a Heavenly Flame to alter their Physique.

In the original story, Xiao Yan was only able to reach this level because of the fire spirit Little Yi.

However, he used this Physique for combat, essentially turning himself into a mobile Destructive Fire Lotus, allowing any casual strike to carry the power of a Destructive Fire Lotus. The drawback was that the Dou Qi consumed to condense the Destructive Flame Body was too terrifying; even as a Five-Star Dou Sheng, Xiao Yan could only use it for a minute.

But for the current Xiao Yan, this was not an issue at all. His degree of control over the Heavenly Flame and his physical body far exceeded ordinary imagination.

Even back in the Northwest Continent, the flame Clones he created possessed this mobile Destructive Fire Lotus capability. It was just that the Dou Qi consumption was indeed exaggerated, and once they attacked, the Clone's fire body would fall into continuous collapse and eventually dissipate into the world.

Yet now, Xiao Yan was using this Destructive Flame Body form to refine the Black Demon Lightning for an extended period!

Whenever the Impurities were completely refined, Xiao Yan would return to his normal state and continue absorbing the lightning energy accumulated over countless years.

Finally, three months later, Xiao Yan abruptly opened his eyes, and an Aura dozens of times thicker than before surged out!

The Aura was so powerful that it directly shook the surrounding Black Demon Lightning into black particles!

However, this was not the end. The massive Aura covered the black Void Realm ahead like a tidal wave. Countless bolts of Black Demon Lightning sensed this terrifying Aura and fled in all directions.

But how could Xiao Yan give them the chance?

Without Xiao Yan even moving, all the Black Demon Lightning covered by his Aura began to move toward him. Ignoring the struggles of the Black Demon Lightning that had developed a rudimentary intelligence, these overwhelming bolts of lightning shattered instantly once they came within ten zhang of him, turning into pure energy that entered Xiao Yan's body and was refined on the spot!

This energy was rapidly absorbed and used to stabilize his Realm.

Strands of black lightning emanated from Xiao Yan, turning into slender black electrical arcs. Once these arcs formed, they emitted a strange, Soul-stirring brilliance, followed by explosion after explosion in this region, causing the local Void Realm to exhibit an extreme sense of distortion.

At this moment, the space between Xiao Yan's eyebrows suddenly glowed brightly, and a surge of Soul Power erupted from it, slowly forming a humanoid figure identical to Xiao Yan!

The surface of this humanoid figure condensed into a thin layer of strange crystal. With a slight sensation, one could perceive an incredibly vast power within it.

Spiritual Qi continuously gathered and was absorbed by this humanoid Soul. Waves of Soul fluctuations suddenly released, radiating a powerful pressure.

Xiao Yan's Soul had stayed at the Late Stage of the Heaven Realm for a long time. With this Breakthrough in his Dou Qi Realm, his Soul Power also surged, actually touching the Bottleneck of the Heaven Realm Great Perfection!

"A pity I don't have any Soul Origin... I don't know how much longer it will take to break through to the Heaven Realm Great Perfection," Xiao Yan thought to himself.

According to his original plan, as soon as he entered the Central Plains, he would first bathe a branch of the Hall of Souls in blood to collect Soul Origin, then hide in the Void Lightning Pool to break through.

However, not having found the Void Ancient Dragon Clan earlier made Xiao Yan hesitate, so he had stayed directly in the Void Lightning Pool to break through.

But so be it. Although it might have cost some time, it was indeed extremely stable.

As for the Soul Realm, once he broke through to the Heaven Realm Great Perfection, he would be able to perceive the location where the Purification Lotus Demon Flame would descend. Perhaps he could try to directly shatter that space and make the Purification Lotus Demon Flame descend ahead of time.

With such thoughts, Xiao Yan nodded slightly and began to absorb the Spiritual Qi between heaven and earth with all his strength.

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