His soul cultivation was only at Transcendent Mortal 9-dan at the moment. While it was much stronger than most Saint realm experts, it was still a long way off from being able to set up a formation of this caliber.
This formation could only be set up by a Seven Star pinnacle Saint realm 4-dan expert through the use of his Primordial Spirit. However, his soul cultivation was still too weak at the moment, so he was still unable to set up this formation.
Unless, of course, he could improve it further!
Of course, as a Seven Star pinnacle formation master, President Han would have been able to set up this formation in any other location as well. However, the lava was beneath him, and the formation had to be activated at the very moment when the energy burst forth. This was something that Zhang Xuan was unable to accomplish.
Furthermore, a formation could only be perfectly controlled by one who set it up. If anything were to go wrong, they could very well miss the location of the ancient domain, and they might even end up losing their lives in there.
"I have already thought of a way to set it up, but I still need to make some preparations!"
Zhang Xuan scanned the surroundings before turning to the crowd. "I will enter the lava with Jin Yuan Ding once more to calculate the location. This trip might take a long time, so all you have to do is wait patiently outside. There won't be any danger!"
Zhang Xuan intended to enter the lava to cultivate his soul, and it would take some time for him to do so. Otherwise, it would be troublesome if the others ran over to look for him out of worry.
The crowd nodded.
After the discussion was over, Zhang Xuan dived into the Golden Origin Cauldron once more. With a loud whistle, the Golden Origin Cauldron dived right into the lava.
This time, it was still some distance away from the eruption of energy, so there wasn't any danger.
After entering the lava, the cauldron floated ten meters away from the group's Spiritual Perception. After making preparations, just as Zhang Xuan was about to draw his soul out, a thought suddenly came to his mind.
Hu!
An identical silhouette appeared in the cauldron.
Clone!
Since this place could temper one's soul, it would be a good opportunity for him to raise his cultivation as well.
After communicating with Zhang Xuan, Zhang Xuan's clone's eyes lit up.
Hula!
His soul flew out. "I'll go in to take a look!"
After saying those words, he dived into the lava.
Seeing that the other party was even faster than him, Zhang Xuan shook his head helplessly before following behind him with his Primordial Spirit.
With the previous experience, Zhang Xuan didn't stop this time and flew straight down.
Twenty meters, thirty meters, forty meters...
In the blink of an eye, he was within 50 meters.
The higher the temperature, the more effective it would be in tempering the soul. Although 50 meters was difficult for the soul to withstand, it was also the most effective. Any deeper and he would not be able to persist.
"Where are the doppelgangers?"
Coming to a stop, Zhang Xuan sat down cross-legged, intending to cultivate when he suddenly recalled the fellow who had left before him. He quickly scanned his surroundings, only to realize that the other party had already run sixty meters away, and his eyes were tightly shut.
The scorching flames flowed along his soul, tempering his soul and making his aura stronger and stronger.
"It actually reached 60 meters?" Zhang Xuan's eyes widened.
This doppelganger was born from the same soul as him, and he had only managed to reach the fiftieth meter after exhausting all of his effort. Yet, the other party actually managed to reach even deeper …
"I exhausted quite a bit of my soul to help Wei Ruyan, and I also expended a portion of my soul to split my soul in the Mausoleum of Principals … That fellow was originally stronger than me, so it's only natural for him to be even stronger now …"
Soon, Zhang Xuan realized what was going on, and he felt deeply stifled.
In order to awaken Wei Ruyan, he had lost a portion of his soul, and after that, he had split his soul. Even though he had managed to replenish his soul, his soul wasn't as pure as before.
As such, the other party was able to reach even deeper than him.
"This won't do. I have to cultivate faster. Otherwise, if I can't even match up to my clone, it would really be embarrassing for me …"
Looking up, Zhang Xuan felt a heavy pressure bearing down on him.
While everyone else was pummeling their clone, he was the one being pummeled by his clone every single day. What the heck was this!
Closing his eyes, Zhang Xuan drove the Heaven's Path Soul Art, and the scorching flames in the surroundings slowly seeped into his body. The searing flames burned his soul, making it even more resilient and resilient.
Gugugu!
Previously, when he was in the Subterranean Gallery, he had assimilated the cultivation techniques of the Otherworldly Demonic Tribe into the Transcendent Mortal 9-dan Heaven's Path Soul Art, and his soul energy had reached 34,000,000 ding.
After the tempering, his soul, which was over ten meters tall, was getting smaller and smaller, but its strength had increased significantly.
35,000,000 ding!
36,000,000 ding!
37,000,000 ding!
…
As time passed, Zhang Xuan's aura grew denser and denser.
Kacha!
After an unknown period of time, the strength of his soul finally reached its limit, and he reached Half-Saint from Transcendent Mortal 9-dan.
"I've achieved a breakthrough?"
Without a Half-Saint soul art, he thought that it would be impossible for him to achieve a breakthrough. Who could have thought that he would actually succeed in the scorching magma?
It seemed like it wasn't always better to have a larger soul. The purer one was, the more agile and powerful one would be.
It was similar to zhenqi.
Feeling refreshed after achieving a breakthrough, Zhang Xuan lowered his head to look at his clone, only to see that the latter had achieved a breakthrough as well, and from the looks of it, he had reached Half-Saint intermediate stage as well.
"Humph!"
Gritting his teeth, Zhang Xuan swam toward the sixty-meter mark.
Previously, he had felt his soul shattering when he entered the magma, but now that his soul had stabilized, he was able to withstand the pressure.
"Continue!"
Knowing that he would have to be even stricter with himself in order to catch up to his clone, Zhang Xuan immediately swam into the seventy meter mark.
Upon reaching this point, Zhang Xuan felt his soul trembling once more, as if on the verge of shattering. Not daring to venture any deeper, he sat down and continued tempering his soul.
As the rate at which he was tempering his soul increased, Zhang Xuan's cultivation grew stronger and stronger.
At the same time, his soul had also shrunk back to around ten meters.
"If I can return to a depth of ten meters, my fighting prowess will increase exponentially …"
Zhang Xuan knew that ten meters was a huge boundary for a soul. Back then, it was in order to overcome this boundary that he managed to reduce the Cleansing Lake of the Miryu Empire to dust.
If he could make use of the searing heat of the magma to suppress his soul back to its original size, not only would it be easier for him to enter his physical body in the future, his fighting prowess would also soar.
The power of flames coursed through his body, tempering his soul. The excruciating pain was unbearable, as if he had been placed in a blazing inferno.
Gritting his teeth, Zhang Xuan persevered for an unknown period of time before his body rumbled once more.
His soul had already broken through the ten-meter mark, and his cultivation had successfully reached Half-Saint intermediate stage.
"I succeeded …"
Zhang Xuan's eyes lit up as he hurriedly turned his gaze upward, only to realize that his clone was no longer there. Lowering his head, he saw that his clone was already at the eighty meter mark, cultivating with his eyes closed. Surprisingly, his soul had shrunk to nine meters, and his cultivation had reached Half-Saint advanced stage.
"That fellow …"
Not expecting his clone to be faster than him, Zhang Xuan panicked. He quickly swam toward the magma as well.
His soul cultivation had returned to the ten-meter mark, and it was even more stable than before. The eighty meter mark, which had threatened to collapse at any moment, was no longer a problem anymore.
Zhang Xuan continued swimming forward, and when he reached the ninety meter mark, he stopped to cultivate once more. This time around, his soul cultivation had shrunk to nine meters as well. Knowing that his clone was still faster than him, Zhang Xuan could not be bothered to continue watching him. Thus, he hastened his pace, and twenty minutes later, his soul cultivation finally reached eight meters. At the same time, his cultivation had also reached Half-Saint pinnacle, and he was just a step away from achieving a breakthrough.
Having reached his current realm, he knew that the ninety meter mark was no longer of any use to him. Thus, he stood up and continued swimming downward. Soon, he saw that his clone was already at the hundred-meter mark.
At this moment, his clone was at the same cultivation realm as him, Half-Saint pinnacle. However, instead of cultivating, his clone was looking down at something.
Walking up, Zhang Xuan took a look as well, and what he saw left him stunned.
There was no more magma at the bottom of the hundred-meter mark. Instead, there was a massive barrier, and beneath it, there were layers upon layers of buildings.
"Is this the ancient domain? It's indeed hidden down there … "
Astonished, Zhang Xuan's eyes lit up.
He had been a little hesitant when he caught a glimpse of it previously, but at this moment, he was a hundred percent certain.
This was the ancient domain that they were looking for.
Just that … how in the world did the old principal and the others manage to get in here?
Zhang Xuan placed his finger on the barrier, and just like the white barrier above, it was impossible to open it before it was opened. Even with his current strength, he was unable to open it.
Slowly swimming along the barrier, Zhang Xuan's eyebrows suddenly shot up, and his eyes narrowed.
"Otherworldly Demons …"
There were a few Otherworldly Demons slowly walking forward, but they didn't seem to notice the duo behind the barrier.
These Otherworldly Demons possessed the cultivation of Saint 1-dan, and the killing intent they exuded was enough to strike fear into one's heart.
"What are they up to?"
Zhang Xuan remarked in astonishment.
In order to get here, they had paid a heavy price, and they were still trapped above the magma. How in the world did these Otherworldly Demons, who were only at Saint 1-dan, get in here?
What were they up to?
Following behind them, Zhang Xuan soon arrived at an average-sized square at the center of the building.
At the very center of the square was a circular platform, and on top of it was a massive door. There was a sturdy seal around the door, and it seemed like it was being maintained by some kind of power. Dozens of Otherworldly Demons were surrounding the door, seemingly intent on breaking it open.
Zhang Xuan took a closer look at the door, and he immediately felt a destructive heat burning within. Even with his current strength, he would be reduced to cinders if he were to approach it.
"What pure energy! Could the magma have been melted by the energy gushing out from the door?"
Zhang Xuan had thought that the entrance was connected to the earth's core, and it was due to the magma in the earth's core that the magma was so scorching hot. However, from the looks of it, that wasn't the case.
Hualala!
While Zhang Xuan was still in a state of shock, a towering Otherworldly Demon suddenly walked out from the crowd. His cultivation had already reached Saint 4-dan. Following his words, the crowd bellowed furiously, and they swiftly launched their attacks at the seal.
Hong long!
With a flash of light, a powerful burst of energy shot upward, and the seal grew thinner and thinner, as if it was on the verge of shattering.
"This burst of energy …"
Zhang Xuan's face darkened.
It was none other than the energy that had given them such a huge headache!
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