227: Chapter 227 Soul Emperor, I've Blocked This Path

"Every clan has records in their internal archives, knowing how brilliant the ancient era was. Some powerful Emperor Clans possessed more than one Dou Di, but later a great change occurred on the Fighting Qi Continent, and Dou Di seemed to disappear overnight, and there was no way for any more to be born."

"Until ten thousand years later, when Tuoshe Ancient Emperor appeared, seemingly having forced his way onto a path to become a Dou Di."

"And now, almost another ten thousand years have passed since the era of Tuoshe Ancient Emperor."

"We Emperor Clans, although we all have our own methods to continue our Dou Di Bloodline, as long as no new Dou Di is born, sooner or later we will end up like the Xiao Clan, reaching the point of bloodline exhaustion."

"The Dou Di Bloodline is both our success and our failure. Once the Dou Di energy within the bloodline dissipates, cultivation and innate potential will be affected, eventually falling to the level of ordinary top-tier forces, only to fade away in the passage of time."

"Now, the Tuoshe Ancient Emperor's Cave Abode, a chance to become a Dou Di, is placed right before you all."

"Why not take a gamble?"

"Even if we fail, it just means our skills are inferior, but at least we will have done right by ourselves!"

Hun Tiandi continued his speech, his words carrying a seductive power that made everyone's heart flutter.

The more powerful a person was, the more they yearned for the situation he described.

For instance, Yan Jin and Clan Leader Lei Ying had both been trapped at the late Eight-Star Dou Sheng stage for many years.

They knew very well that without some special opportunity, they would never be able to take that step to Nine-Star Dou Sheng before their lifespan ran out.

And within the Tuoshe Ancient Emperor's Cave Abode, even if they couldn't obtain the most precious emperor pill embryo, obtaining any opportunity to breakthrough to Nine-Star would be good enough.

And then there was Gu Yuan. Was he truly not interested in the emperor pill embryo, or the opportunity to breakthrough to Dou Di?

Back then, when Xiao Xuan failed his breakthrough to Dou Di, what he might have lacked was precisely the special substance within this pill.

"Xiao Ting!" A towering figure suddenly appeared in the sky, appearing like a weak, white-robed scholar. He looked at Xiao Ting with calm eyes: "The Xiao Clan's Tuoshe Ancient Emperor Jade should be in your hands."

"As long as you agree to this matter, we, the Eight Great Emperor Clans, can gather the Tuoshe Ancient Emperor Jade to find and open the Tuoshe Ancient Emperor's Cave Abode. We can let bygones be bygones for today, how about that?"

"Everything else can be settled in the future."

"With Gu Yuan protecting you, I cannot be bothered to make a move against you."

"I believe you also hope that Gu Yuan has a chance to breakthrough to Dou Di, right?"

This last remark was quite piercing. If Xiao Ting refused, it would seem as if he was coveting the opportunity to breakthrough to Dou Di, plotting against his future father-in-law.

Under normal circumstances, it would be difficult for Xiao Ting to answer, and he might end up being forced into agreeing to Hun Tiandi's proposal.

After all, no matter how much of a genius he was, without Gu Yuan, he would be nothing before the Hun Clan.

But Xiao Ting was a transmigrator!

"That is a good suggestion." Xiao Ting stood with one hand behind his back, a strange smile on his face: "If I knew less about the Hun Clan's situation, I certainly would have agreed."

"Hun Tiandi, you are truly an ambitious hero. After the Soul-Devouring Life-Ending Array was exposed, you immediately thought of a delaying tactic, using temptation to propose so-called fair competition, and finally fishing chestnuts out of the fire."

"But I am sorry, this path is also going to be blocked by my own hands."

"You say you want me to agree, and I can agree, but you must agree to one thing."

"Oh?" Hun Tiandi narrowed his eyes, and a powerful soul fluctuation surged out, only to be blocked while still far away from Xiao Ting.

"What matter?"

"Kill Void Swallowing Flame!" Xiao Ting dropped a bombshell.

"Do you think that is possible?" Hun Tiandi thought Xiao Ting was being whimsical.

"But you must kill him." Xiao Ting's eyes became playful, making alarm bells ring loudly in Hun Tiandi's heart, giving him a bad premonition...

The next moment, his premonition came true, because Xiao Ting said: "After all, he possesses the abilities of the Spirit Devouring Clan. If he is not killed, none of the Emperor Clans can rest easy."

The three words "Spirit Devouring Clan" caused terrifying killing intent to erupt in Hun Tiandi's eyes.

This was the Hun Clan's deepest hidden secret. All who knew of it were high-ranking members of the Hun Clan's direct line, and they had been placed under double restrictions by him and Void Swallowing Flame, making it impossible to leak.

Xiao Ting actually knew!

"Swish!"

Gu Yuan's figure instantly appeared in front of Xiao Ting, blocking all the hidden storms gathering ahead.

Nearby, the Dou Sheng of the Emperor Clans, who had originally been in a mood to watch the show or watch the excitement, all felt goosebumps rise.

Clan Leader Lei Ying and Yan Jin were slightly stunned, but immediately self-detonated, constructing a long-distance teleportation wormhole to bring their true bodies over.

"Spirit Devouring Clan!?"

That scared the hell out of them!

"Nephew, you said Spirit Devouring Clan?" Gu Yuan asked with a subtle tone.

"Correct, the Spirit Devouring Clan!" Xiao Ting knew some people didn't know, so he began to explain to them.

Although Gu Yuan was timid, he was truly not weak. With his protection, there was no need to fear Hun Tiandi.

Furthermore, he had many trump cards in his hands and was not afraid of being killed at all.

Since the Hun Clan kept coming out one after another to deal with him today, he had to flip the table and make sure the Hun Clan didn't have any good days.

Was he supposed to wait until Void Swallowing Flame completed his breakthrough, and until the Ling Clan, Shi Clan, and others were wiped out one by one, only to speak up when the balance of power had shifted?

"This Spirit Devouring Clan is not a simple clan." Seeing Hun Tiandi's darkening face, Xiao Ting's smiling voice rang out across hundreds of miles, loud enough for every living being to hear.

"They are a bizarre race that possesses the special power to devour the bloodline energy of other races to extend their own race's bloodline."

"After it became impossible for a Dou Di to be born on the Fighting Qi Continent, in order to better continue their own race's development, the Spirit Devouring Clan once launched a great war against other ancient races, during which they wiped out numerous ancient races and seized their bloodline energy."

"Until this ability of theirs was exposed, they were attacked by all the ancient races and completely wiped out."

"And the last patriarch of the Spirit Devouring Clan died at the hands of someone from the Hun Clan at that time, swallowed by Void Swallowing Flame."

"Since then, Void Swallowing Flame obtained the power of the Spirit Devouring Clan, which meant the Hun Clan obtained this power."

"With the Spirit Devouring Clan as a cautionary tale, the Hun Clan acted extremely cautiously, hiding and being crowned with the title of mysterious."

"Over these many years, more and more races have perished, some of which died at the hands of the Hun Clan. And yet, the Hun Clan was only a small clan in the ancient era, yet they have continued to this day, remaining so prosperous a thousand years after the Xiao Clan's Dou Di Bloodline catastrophe, heh!"

Swish!

Yan Jin held a book and arrived to the east of Hun Tiandi.

Clan Leader Lei Ying took out a scepter and arrived to the west of Hun Tiandi.

Gu Yuan faced Hun Tiandi directly, releasing his own aura.

At the same time, the Medicine Clan, Ling Clan, and Shi Clan's three Seven-Star Dou Sheng patriarchs stood together with Fairy Huo Ling, raising their hands to bring out a Heavenly Flame to control together, forming a barrier to block Hun Tiandi to the north.

"Hun Tiandi, call Void Swallowing Flame out, and let us verify." Gu Yuan said in a deep voice: "If he truly possesses the energy of the Spirit Devouring Clan, then he must die!"

If Void Swallowing Flame had the strength of the Spirit Devouring Clan, it meant that they, the Emperor Clans, were all just bloodline spiritual fodder that the Hun Clan planned to devour in the future.

This was a matter of life and death, and it could absolutely not be taken lightly.