In the image, a man stood on the altar. His facial features weren't particularly handsome, but he had a certain charm to him. He looked forty to fifty percent similar to Tang Jun and Lei Jie, but he looked more like Tang Jun.
The man looked very young, perhaps only in his twenties, but his hair was slightly white. His eyes and expression exuded a mature and peaceful aura, as if he had experienced the vicissitudes of life.
Among the people present, although Xiao Yan and Tang Jun had never seen this man in person, through the traces of light and shadow they had seen before, the two could confirm that this man between young and middle-aged was Tang Jun and Lei Jie's birth father, Tang Wenhua.
Lei Lie and Lei Jie had both seen Tang Wenhua with their own eyes. Naturally, they recognized him immediately when they saw the image.
Lei Lie's expression was calm as he stared at Tang Wenhua, while Lei Jie's breathing became noticeably heavier.
The Tang Wenhua in the image was currently standing at the center of the altar. His hands formed hand seals, and streams of magic power were sent out into the altar.
There were other things at the center of the altar. Upon closer inspection, they were treasures rich in spirit energy. They were gradually dissolving under the effects of Tang Wenhua's magic power, turning into clumps of flames.
Tang Wenhua's magic power aura wasn't very strong. It had just reached the early stage of Yuanying.
However, the ritual he was performing was extremely mysterious. Lei Lie stared at it carefully, and his brows furrowed.
He discovered that he, who had successfully refined his spirit to return to the void, couldn't understand Tang Wenhua's ritual at all. He couldn't understand the profound mysteries hidden within.
A Return to Void expert couldn't understand the ritual performed by an early stage Yuanying cultivator.
The mysteries hidden within Tang Wenhua's ritual shocked Lei Lie. If Tang Wenhua hadn't learned it from someone else, but created it himself, then the mysteries hidden within would be even more intriguing.
Xiao Yan's eyes lit up slightly as he looked at the ritual Tang Wenhua was performing. There seemed to be a boundless flame burning in his eyes, dazzling.
At this moment, the projection that Xiao Yan had restored with his transcendence energy suddenly shook a little, twisting and pulling.
It was as if a piece of paper had been suddenly torn apart by someone with great force.
Xiao Yan raised his eyebrows and sneered. He pointed his finger at the image and pointed at it. Suddenly, a raging flame ignited on the image.
These flames did not damage the image of light and shadow. Instead, they burned the invisible hand that was tearing the image apart. Being burned by the flames, the invisible hand immediately shrank.
The distorted scene quickly returned to normal, and bright flames still danced around the edges.
Lei Lie's eyelids twitched when he saw this. Everything that had happened just now happened in an instant. It was so fast that even he could not react in time.
If it wasn't for Xiao Yan then the image of light would have already been destroyed by someone. Even now, Lei Lie carefully thought back to the scene just now and shockingly discovered that even if he could react in time, his magic power and divine abilities probably wouldn't be enough to stop the other party.
This discovery allowed Lei Lie to have a more direct understanding of the strength of this purple clothed, black-robed, valiant youth beside him.
The battle between Xiao Yan and the invisible hand was not over yet. After the invisible hand was forced back by the flames, it quickly made a comeback, bringing with it an ear-piercing sound of wind.
Gusts of wind suddenly appeared in the quiet room. They were shapeless and indestructible. It was the Nine Heavens Formless Wind.
Xiao Yan coldly smiled, the cyan colored Ksitigarbha True Brilliance immediately appeared. The dancing flame condensed to the point it seemed solid, attacking and defending in one. At the same time it blocked the astral winds, it also continuously exploded, shattering one astral wind after another.
The other party did not succeed in his first move, so he immediately made another move. Dark green water appeared. It was the Taiyin Water, and it surged towards the Ksitigarbha True Flame.
At this moment, a demonic red lotus suddenly appeared in the air. Its color was pure and clear.
This bewitching red lotus transformed into a formless red light and disappeared in an instant. However, at this moment, the raging wind suddenly stopped, and the dark green water also disappeared.
Lei Lie and Lei Jie looked at Xiao Yan. They already knew that the demonic red lotus was actually formed by Xiao Yan's Red Lotus Hellfire.
Xiao Yan drove the Red Lotus Hellfire upstream, following the Nine Heavens Formless Wind and the Taiyin Water to the source and counterattack the person behind it.
The Red Lotus Hellfire specialized in damaging the spirit. When it burned to the extreme, it could directly drag a person's spirit out of their shell and into the cycle of reincarnation.
If one could defend against the fire in advance, everything would be fine. However, if the Red Lotus Hellfire really touched one's body, it would be a disaster for most people.
The other party's reaction was also very fast. He decisively cut off the connection, making it difficult for Xiao Yan's Red Lotus Hellfire to work.
The two of them fought in the air across time and space. The other party saw that it was impossible to continue fighting with Xiao Yan and chose to retreat.
This exchange happened in an instant. Lei Lie, Tang Jun, Lei Jie, and the others were dazzled.
Lei Lie sighed softly, "Emperor Yan's supernatural powers have opened my eyes."
Xiao Yan looked at the image in front of him and shook his head, "This person is very strong in both cultivation and supernatural powers. From the beginning to the end, he did not reveal his true strength, so I could not determine his true background. He is obviously hiding it on purpose. Otherwise, he would not have performed so well."
"Moreover, the place where we are fighting is where we are now. His supernatural powers have traveled through the void to come here, so he is at a disadvantage."
Without a doubt, the person was Tang Wenhua. Or rather, it was Tang Wenhua's real body. However, he was very cautious. Seeing that he could not do anything to Xiao Yan, he immediately retreated. This made it difficult for Xiao Yan to see through him.
"However, it's not too far off. In terms of cultivation level and magical powers, I'm afraid he's even stronger than me." Xiao Yan chuckled, "There are only a few people like this in the entire Divine Land. Even if he is an old monster that has been in hiding for many years, with such cultivation and power, there are traces of him. The range is very small."
Xiao Yan's gaze fell back on the image that was stabilizing, "Speaking of which, I already have a suspect."
At this point, Xiao Yan stopped talking and focused on the image. Lei Lie's lips moved, but in the end, he did not make a sound. He also looked at the image.
The image seemed to be replaying what had happened here in the past. This small foreign dimension must have been the place where Tang Wenhua had secretly carried out his experiments and plans when he had lived in the Lei Family.
In the image, Tang Wenhua's hands changed hand seals, forming a ritual that relied on the altar to finally operate. Streams of flames danced on top of the altar.
Under the illumination of the flames, giant talismans flashed in the air one after another. In the end, they gradually gathered together and turned into a ball of light.
The ball of light gradually disappeared, and the profound aura of power also disappeared.
But in the scene that appeared in front of Xiao Yan and the others, a light illusion also appeared in front of Tang Wenhua.
Although it looked a bit blurry, Xiao Yan and the others could still make out that this scene was a scene within a scene. It was the scene of a woman giving birth.
Although she looked disheveled and weak, the woman's beauty could still be vaguely seen.
Tang Jun and Lei Jie's breathing stopped at the same time. Lei Lie's gaze also became deep.
A child's loud cry came from the scene within the scene. Looking at this scene, Tang Wenhua's lips curled into a faint smile. "It's a pity. Although the second work is successful, it's still a little short of perfection. It needs to be nurtured and then stimulated. If it can be like the first failed work, it will be perfect."
"There are still many things that need to be done." Tang Wenhua let out a soft sigh that seemed to be both praise and pity. Under the illumination of the flames, his face flickered. "Also, too many materials were used up. The possibility of failure is too high."
Tang Wenhua stood on the altar and looked up at the sky. "Most importantly, there is not much time left. If we continue to stay here, they may see through our tracks."
He wiped his hand, and the flames on the altar suddenly went out. The light of the altar also gradually dimmed. In the end, it started to continuously disintegrate and turn into dust, no longer existing.
Tang Wenhua landed on the ground with his hands behind his back. He slowly walked away, as if he had left this foreign dimension.
At this point, the content of the light and shadow image had come to an end.
But Xiao Yan and the others were still deep in thought. They carefully recalled everything they had seen. After a long while, Lei Lie looked hesitantly at Xiao Yan. "If this old one is not mistaken, among the things Tang Wenhua sacrificed during the ritual, other than all kinds of natural treasures, there seemed to be … some kind of bloodline crystal?"
Xiao Yan nodded. Tang Jun and Lei Jie were shocked. Xiao Yan glanced at them and said, "It is not formed from the essence of the Demon Race's flesh and blood."
When he said this, Tang Jun and Lei Jie's expressions became even more serious. "Is it from the human race?"
Everyone knew that humans could not pass down powerful bloodlines like the Demon Race. At least, it was not a relatively complete inheritance. A mediocre person could give birth to a monstrous genius with extraordinary talent, and genius-level people could marry and give birth to ordinary descendants.
Even if there were strong inheritances like the ancient race, or even the Yan family of Taixu Temple, which had powerful inheritances from generation to generation, they were still not stable.
At least in the history of the human cultivation world, there had never been a bloodline inheritance for all kinds of top special qualities, such as the Pure Yang Body, the Burning Yang Body, the Pure Yin Body, the Extreme Yin Body, the Nine Qi True Thunder Body, the Blue Flame Emperor Body, and so on.
Lei Lie asked in a low voice, "Could it be that he found the skeleton of an expert who once possessed the Nine Qi True Thunder Body and the Blue Flame Emperor Body, and then extracted the blood and bone essence from them? Then he refined it further and obtained some profound mysteries, and then added it to the newborn?"
"But … can this also succeed?" Lei Lie was dazed for a moment, but the truth was right in front of him. "This is too crazy …"
Xiao Yan stood with his hands behind his back. After thinking for a while, he suddenly crushed a sound transmission crystal.
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