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"Clang!"
The cauldron lid slammed down heavily, sealing the Concealed Dragon Cauldron.
The Concealed Dragon Cauldron rumbled as it spun, burning amidst the astral fire!
"Patriarch, the sacred might of the divine medicine will definitely make it invincible!"
Cang Wu knelt down and said loudly.
Following that, all the Myriad God Ridge disciples and Elders present echoed loudly —
"Patriarch, the sacred might of the divine medicine will definitely make it invincible!"
The red-dressed boy laughed out loud. "Good! Very good! Once I succeed in my refinement, all of you will be handsomely rewarded! "
"Cang Wu, help preside over the array. The Dragon Emperor Relic will take eighty-one days to be refined. Just the astral fire in this world is insufficient. I will need your strength to support it!"
As the red-dressed boy spoke, the array patterns on the ground beneath his feet lit up. The array formation he had been setting up in the pocket world for so many years had finally revealed itself.
"All of you, stand on one of the array formation's array patterns and inject your strength into the array formation. Help me refine the Dragon Emperor Relic together!"
"Yes! Patriarch! "
The Myriad God Ridge disciples present had different thoughts but at that moment in time, they had no other choice but to obey the Myriad God Patriarch's orders. If not, even if they succeeded in their resistance, they would not be able to leave the sealed pocket world.
Everyone stood in their spots and, according to the Myriad God Patriarch's instructions, injected their energies into the array formation.
Instantly, the energies of the Myriad God Ridge disciples fused with the nine gigantic cracks' Nine Dragons Encircling Pearl stance. Astral fire spewed out crazily!
The Ascending Dragon Cauldron, which sat in the array core, did not react in any way. However, the Concealed Dragon Cauldron floating above the Ascending Dragon Cauldron began to suffuse a faint red from the heat.
It was imaginable how high the temperature in the Concealed Dragon Cauldron was!
Even the legendary Hell of Steamers was far inferior.
The extreme heat enveloped the nine people in the Concealed Dragon Cauldron!
The Ascending Dragon Cauldron's interior formed a space of its own. It did not look big from the outside, but when one entered it, it felt like they were in the belly of a mountain. The nine people were very far apart from each other. Feng Yunyang was in the middle, while the other eight people were in eight different directions.
Terrifying Star Flames filled this huge space. It felt like falling into the mouth of a scorching volcano.
"It's so hot … To think that my grave would be here. To think that I would end up as a pill relic consumed by someone else … Master, oh Master, you taught me that 'Old Snake Divine Technique'. You bragged so much about it, but it's useless now."
Snake Woman was so sad that she wanted to cry, but before her tears flowed out, they had already evaporated.
"Hmm? Someone is already … dead? "
Snake Woman found that among the several induced herbs that were thrown in with them, one of them was getting weaker and weaker, almost dissipating.
His cultivation was higher than Snake Girl's, but he died before her.
Why was this happening?
Snake Girl was puzzled. She carefully sensed and found that although she felt extremely hot, the blood in her body was also stimulated by the burning of the star flames. Her blood seemed to be boiling in her body!
The boiling blood even steamed out of her pores, forming a red mist that enveloped her body. When the star flames encountered the blood mist, it was like they had encountered a wall. They could not penetrate it and it was because of this that she barely managed to survive.
Although she was in excruciating pain, her flesh was not charred. Even her clothes were not set alight. Although the Myriad God Ridge disciple attire was resistant to fire, it was absolutely unable to withstand the Star Flames!
Was this the so-called Dragon Emperor bloodline?
Snake Woman suddenly understood that the Myriad God Patriarch had used a mystic technique to steam the Dragon Emperor's blood alive!
Once the Dragon Emperor's blood in her body evaporated, it would be her death!
Upon coming to this realization, Snake Woman felt despair.
It was no wonder people with higher cultivation levels had died before her. It was because their Yuan Qi had been sealed. They could not rely on Yuan Qi shields to withstand the flames. Therefore, the time they could survive in the flames had little to do with their cultivation level. Instead, it was related to their bloodline!
The purer the Dragon Emperor's bloodline was, the longer they could last. The Myriad God Patriarch was counting on Feng Yunyang to last three days and three nights.
"It's been thirty minutes. The second person is dead!"
Snake Woman witnessed the death of another person. If this continued, there would soon be no one left.
"Yi Yun! Wake up! Wake up! "
Snake Woman called out to Yi Yun inwardly but she could not speak. She could not make a single sound.
At that moment, Snake Woman could barely see Yi Yun through the distorted air and the leaping star flames.
Yi Yun was about a hundred feet away from her. His body was floating amidst the flames and his skin was flushed red. However, he was not charred.
Yi Yun was different from Snake Woman. Snake Woman's body was surrounded by a layer of red blood mist that blocked the flames, but Yi Yun did not seem to have any blood mist around him.
The flames' energy was not blocked. Instead, they seemed to flow into Yi Yun's body. Snake Woman did not know what happened after that.
"This is …"
Snake Woman was taken aback. She did not know what was happening.
However, if Yi Yun were awake, he would definitely panic when he saw this scene.
If one were to observe with their energy vision, they would see that Yi Yun's entire body was enveloped in a blurry purple glow. The thing that was protecting him was the Purple Crystal!
His consciousness had already fallen into a deep slumber. The Purple Crystal had instinctively protected his body, absorbing the energy that had seeped into his body and destroyed his meridians.
However, without Yi Yun's consciousness controlling it, the Purple Crystal was only acting on instinct. It did not conjure a gigantic energy vortex but it did not hide the absorption process either. It was fine if he could not refine it in six to ten hours, but if he could not refine it in five to ten days, or even more than ten days, the Myriad God Patriarch would definitely discover something amiss. All he needed to do was probe Yi Yun and he could even slice Yi Yun's body piece by piece. Then, the secret of the Purple Crystal would be discovered!
The Purple Crystal was a divine item but it did not have a consciousness or a soul. It could not save Yi Yun. Everything it did was based on instinct.
Time passed and in a blink of an eye, two hours had passed!
Of the nine people, only four were left alive.
At that moment, Snake Woman was already in extreme pain. As for Yi Yun, he remained the same.
Yi Yun's consciousness seemed to enter an endless dream.
A series of events that terrified Yi Yun happened one after another in the dream.
First, back in the Cloud Wilderness, he suffered from hunger and illness. Due to a few coincidences, he managed to learn some martial arts with great difficulty, but he was defeated and killed by Lian Chengyu. Even his sister was killed.
Following that, in the Tai Ah Divine City, he was tortured by Shen Tu Nantian. Not only was his dantian maimed, his limbs were severed, and he nearly died from severe injuries.
Finally, in the Luo clan, he was captured by the Fey Phantasm Sect's You Feihua. You Feihua hated him to the bone and extracted his soul, sealing him in a ghost gonfalon and torturing him. His body was made into a vessel for possession and sold.
Finally, the secret of the Purple Crystal was exposed. He was pursued to the ends of the world, hiding all day. It was not easy for him to find Lin Xintong, who had been separated from the Sinkhole. But in the end, Lin Xintong died protecting him while blocking the pursuers …
Nightmare after nightmare, Yi Yun would wake up at the final moment, but he would quickly fall into the next nightmare. It was endless!
Yi Yun did not know how long he had been immersed in such a terrifying life cycle. It was as though he had experienced endless pain and sorrow, making him lose all hope in life.
It was as though having consciousness was a form of pain to him. Only when his consciousness fell completely silent would he be freed from it.
Once his consciousness fell completely silent, it would be the 'eternal slumber' that the red-dressed boy had mentioned!
He would fall into an eternal slumber, never to wake up again. Yi Yun's ability to last this long was a result of his powerful soul. But even so, he had reached his limits against the Myriad God Patriarch's strength.
Just as Yi Yun's soul sea was about to collapse from the pain, he suddenly heard a soft call in his ear —
"Brother Yi Yun, quickly wake up!"
"Who is it? Who's calling me? "
Yi Yun had been immersed in the painful cycle of life for too long. It was as though he had forgotten many things.
"I'm Xie'er. Don't you remember? Your soul sea has been sealed. The seal is too powerful. It took me two hours to enter your soul sea. Brother Yi Yun, open your eyes and look at me. I'm Xie'er. "
"Xie'er, Xie'er … It's you … Why are you here?" Yi Yun felt a headache coming on as he tried hard to recall. "Soul sea? Seal … What's happening to me … "
"Brother Yi Yun, you have been sealed by an old child. You are now sealed in a cauldron and being burned in flames. Have you forgotten?"
Ling Xie'er's anxious voice sounded. Yi Yun was taken aback.
Old child?
This somewhat comical form of address made Yi Yun suddenly recall the terrifying red-dressed boy. His body broke out into a cold sweat from the shock.
"Soul seal! Alchemy! Myriad God Patriarch! "
Yi Yun's heart stopped beating. The red-dressed boy had lived for tens of thousands of years. His soul was extremely powerful!
After he sealed Yi Yun's soul sea, he had left behind a soul rune mark, causing Yi Yun to fall into an endless illusion that he could not extricate himself from.
"Illusion … Yes, an illusion!"
Yi Yun recalled that Feng Yunyang had once cast an illusion array on him. His illusions were also taught by the Myriad God Patriarch.
The Myriad God Patriarch's illusions were invincible. The soul mark he left in Yi Yun's soul sea was too terrifying. Yi Yun's perception was considered powerful but he was unable to withstand it.
"Brother Yi Yun, you finally remembered."
Ling Xie'er said happily.
Yi Yun tried his best to open his eyes. His soul's vision gradually turned clear. He discovered that he was standing in an endless maze.
This divine soul labyrinth only had monotonous lines, and Ling Xie'er was the only color in it. She was dressed in red, and her feet were bare, with a jade bracelet on them. At this moment, her rosy face was filled with a joyful smile.
She had forcefully walked into the soul maze, leaving behind a dimly lit passageway. The passageway extended all the way to the horizon and the exit was illuminated by a wisp of light.
"Xie'er, you awakened me? You penetrated the numerous restrictions left behind by the Myriad God Patriarch? "
Yi Yun had yet to recover from the shock. He had nearly lost his life!
If not for Xie'er, he would have definitely died.
"That's right. It wasn't easy for me to enter your soul sea. Brother Yi Yun, quickly think of a solution."
Xie'er said anxiously.
Upon seeing Xie'er's anxious expression, Yi Yun suddenly felt moved. He gently hugged Ling Xie'er. It was his good fortune to meet her in the Sun Burial Sandsea.
He recalled that in terms of soul strength, Xie'er was at the level of a freak!
Back when Yi Yun was refining the Great Traversal Spirit Ship, he was helpless against the soul mark left behind by Song Guangyan. It was thanks to Ling Xie'er's help that she managed to erase the soul mark in less than thirty seconds.
Myriad God Patriarch had lived for tens of millions of years but Ling Xie'er had existed in the worldly array for five hundred million years!
What sort of concept was five hundred million years? In addition, Ling Xie'er was a soul body to begin with. Her soul was indestructible and this was without the support of a cultivation technique that cultivated the soul. With this, Ling Xie'er would be like a tiger that had grown wings.
Myriad God Patriarch had sealed his soul to ensure that nothing would go wrong. He never imagined that he would have Ling Xie'er by his side who had a soul so powerful that she could break through his seal.
The path that Ling Xie'er had opened up in the soul maze was extremely powerful.
"Myriad God Patriarch, you took away my Mirage Snow sword and interspatial ring but I still have the God Advent Tower."
Due to the Song family, Yi Yun did not place the God Advent Tower in his interspatial ring.
Song Zhanchen had previously searched Yi Yun's interspatial ring. Yi Yun had coveted the Great Traversal Spirit Ship, making his interspatial ring incriminating.
Although Yi Yun did not give the interspatial ring to the Song family, he had hidden the Great Traversal Spirit Ship in the God Advent Tower and stored the God Advent Tower into his body to prevent any blackmail.
As for Ling Xie'er, she was sleeping in the God Advent Tower. As such, she was able to discover the terrifying ordeal that Yi Yun was experiencing. She then entered Yi Yun's soul sea to awaken him.
"Xie'er, where's Snake Girl!?"
When Ling Xie'er said that two hours had passed, Yi Yun suddenly thought of Snake Girl. Although the lass was a little silly, she was still Old Snake's disciple. If she were to be burned to ashes, it would be a heart-wrenching matter.
"It's that missy that was with you, right? She's fine but she won't last much longer."
Ling Xie'er said.
Yi Yun heaved a sigh of relief but he did not feel relieved. Time was of the essence and he had to think of a countermeasure.
Outside the cauldron were the Myriad God Ridge's experts, as well as the strongest, the Myriad God Patriarch! Ignoring the Myriad God Patriarch, just the Myriad God Sect Master alone was not someone Yi Yun could match!
Ignoring his present state, even if Yi Yun's strength had increased exponentially, allowing him to break through to the Supremacy realm in one go, he would not be able to deal with the situation outside.
Furthermore, he was only at the fifth-storey Dao Palace. There were four Dao Palaces and half-step Supremacies between them. It was impossible for him to break through to the Supremacy realm in one go.
If he tried to force his way out, he would undoubtedly die!
And staying in the cauldron would also mean death!
Although he would not be burned to death by the astral fire, the Myriad God Patriarch had said that even Feng Yunyang, who had the purest bloodline, could only last three days and three nights. If he lasted any longer, he would definitely be discovered by the Myriad God Patriarch.
It was just too difficult to deal with a figure like the Myriad God Patriarch who could see the back of his head.
There was very little time left for Yi Yun.
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