Chapter Seven: Gathering Heterogeneous Fire

  It's been almost thirty years since I traveled here, and during that time, I've even personally performed the coming-of-age ceremony for some of them, tattooing their tribal markings. You could say I'm closer to them than their own fathers. The Soul Tribe's disciples haven't disappointed me either. They're all already challenging the Saint level. And then there's the news about the Xiao Tribe's once-in-a-thousand-years genius, Xiao Xuan, who has finally emerged! His talent is even more terrifying than that of the Soul Emperor, and he's already reached the Saint level. He's widely recognized as the strongest among the younger generation!

  He was considered by the Xiao tribe to be the first person since ancient times to break through the Emperor's realm. He did something even more shocking: he extracted all of the younger generation's blood from the Xiao tribe to aid in his cultivation, hoping to break through the Emperor's realm and surpass the ancient tribes, the Lei tribe, and other tribes with whom he had a deep connection. He was also connected to the Zhongzhou's founder of the Huoyan Valley, a Dou Sheng. He has already established a framework for dominating the world. All that remains is for him to become the Emperor, at which point he will eradicate the Soul tribe and other enemies who have opposed him!

  At this time, the older generation of the eight clans were still there, but after all, they were only Dou Saints. Faced with the critical juncture of their lifespan coming to an end, many decided to build a good relationship with this junior who had unlimited prospects. If he really broke through to become a Dou Emperor, it would be easier to take care of him later. The Soul Clan didn't want to be enemies with him at first either. After all, their own juniors were slightly inferior, and Xiao Xuan might really become a Dou Emperor. At that time, who knows, maybe they could even have a battle with the recovered Soul Star Meng.

  However, Xiao Xuan is extremely arrogant and has a clear distinction between friends and enemies. The Xiao family has been on good terms with the ancient Gu tribe and the Lei tribe since ancient times, and he also gets along well with younger generations such as Gu Yuan and Lei Ying. On the other hand, his relationship with the Hun and Ling tribes is poor, and he has no dealings with this group of "shameless people" (they were all spoiled by their teachers!). He does not accept their friendly overtures at all.

  For this, the clan leaders and elders even asked Xuan Xing Meng to take action to kill Xiao Xuan. Otherwise, when they and the older generation of the eight clans passed away, Xiao Xuan would definitely dominate Zhongzhou if Xuan Xing Meng did not take action!

  But Meng's words immediately dispelled their worries: "Break through the Emperor? Without the source of the Emperor's aura, it is fundamentally impossible to break through the Emperor! And even if he has a secret method to break through, as long as I recover my strength, I can upgrade from one-star Emperor to two-star Emperor, and it's possible for him to be my opponent? Moreover, there is no need for me to take action, in fact, the Xiao tribe now appears glorious on the surface, but it is actually self-destructing!"

  The many elders and Tianyi saw the great elder being so confident, and they continued to ask: "Why?"

  Xu Xing Meng smiled and said, "His Xiao tribe has exhausted their bloodline for someone who can't become a Dou Emperor! They will definitely have no one in the next generation! And they won't be able to break through to Dou Emperor. Xiao Xuan will always be stuck at Nine-Star Dou Saint! What's the point of killing Xiao Xuan now? When the time comes, the old generation of the Xiao tribe will lose, and the younger generation will naturally have no strong bloodline. They can only rely on Xiao Xuan, this Nine-Star Dou Saint, to support the Xiao family. At that time, I'll join forces with Tian Di and others, kill Xiao Xuan, and strike down the high-ranking experts of the Xiao family! We can directly drive the Xiao family out of Zhongzhou!"

  If his disciples were here, they would definitely ask Xuan Xing Meng why he didn't kill the Xiao family entirely. What about the integrity of the "Four Great Principles"?

  Meng Cai wouldn't tell them, I'm not here to see the plot or tease Xiao Yan! Although I taught you how to finish off an opponent, this bit of fun should be left for your master!

  Everyone heard that their old predecessor had long had plans for the Xiao tribe, and they all settled down. It was not about the conflict between Xiao Xuan, but the Xiao tribe was already a declining clan in their eyes. They also expressed regret to Meng Xingyun that they did not meet the conditions of his secret method: "Soul Transformation into Emperor" (becoming a Dou Sheng peak before the age of 100 and having an emperor-level soul), otherwise, even if they couldn't become a Dou Emperor, they would use this move to extend their lifespan. They wanted to witness with their own eyes how the Xiao tribe, which was now invincible, would gradually decline, then have all its strong members die out, and be driven out of Zhongzhou, what a delightful sight!

  Can't help but say that they are indeed the standard villains, and it's the greatest pleasure for them to see others suffer! However, even if Meng had watched Soul Land, he would have caught this bad habit. He had long decided to follow the original plot and make the Xiao family decline, but as a villain, he was determined not to let Xiao Yan lead the Xiao family to rise again!

  Of course, on the premise that you enjoy the plot first...

  At this time, Xuan Xing Meng Zheng was flying rapidly towards the cave mansion of his old opponent in the Black Horn Domain. He had just received a message from his clansmen stationed there that the sky around the cave mansion suddenly turned abnormal, with no sunlight or moonlight, and flames appeared in the sky. It seemed that the heterodox fire had already emerged.

  The Soul Clan was destined to obtain the Void Devouring Flame, and it was also the Void Devouring Flame that gave rise to the Soul Clan's ambition to devour the seven clans. However, Meng Hao didn't plan on stopping them, as greed is also a driving force for human progress! As a role model, Meng Hao decided to take advantage of the opportunity when both flames were present and absorb them all into his body. Of course, he also wanted to restrict Xiao Yan's explosive growth during this time. Otherwise, if he let him grow too much, he would have to kill him himself, and then there wouldn't even be any fun in watching the story unfold.

  Arriving at the Black Horn Domain, Meng immediately released his Emperor Realm soul's perception to its fullest extent, sensing every nook and cranny. After all, the foreign fire was ownerless, so it was a matter of first come, first served. Therefore, he had to find it as soon as possible; even if someone from the Black Horn Domain detected it, he could just use his overwhelming strength to snatch it away. If the other seven tribes also arrived, he would have to conceal his identity and forcefully take it; moreover, the top three foreign fires were enough to attract the attention of the tribe leaders, making things much more difficult at that time.

  Fortunately, the worries of Xun Xing Meng did not come true. After all, the activities of the eight clans were only in Zhongzhou and had no awareness of the movements in Hei Jiao Yu, even if it was the Dou Di Dong Fu, which had been silent for thousands of years.

  Xīn Xīng Mèng's cultivation of the Emperor Realm soul power for thousands of years, combined with the effect of possessing the Soul Searching Enhancement from the "Taiyi Scripture", allowed Xīn Xīng Mèng's perception to almost cover the entire Black Horn Domain. He soon found the location of the two unusual flames, but they were in opposite directions. It seems that their innate imperial arrogance made them go their separate ways as soon as they gained freedom.

  Xing Meng thought for a moment, and decided to obtain the Void Inflammation first. Although the Void Inflammation originally belonged to the Soul Clan, coming to collect it personally would have already altered history. Moreover, its value was still higher than that of the Pure Lotus Demon Fire. To be absolutely sure, he would start by collecting the Void Inflammation.

  Before long, Xuanwu Meng found the Void Devouring Flame. It had just broken out of the Profound Hole Mansion and its power had dropped to what it was when it was first born. Its spiritual intelligence had also been lost. However, it could still open up a void space to hide in, an Emperor-level foreign flame that already had its own self-contained world. The potential of the foreign flame was indeed terrifying.

  But this is naturally not a problem for Meng Xinghe, even if the Void Inflammation Cultivation has reached its peak, it's just the Nine-Star Fighting Saint, and he can still suppress it. What more now that his spiritual wisdom is completely lost?

  Xīng Mèng had long been given the strongest Nà Líng by his clan, and he only needed to use a little bit of his terrifying half-emperor's pressure. The Void Swallowing Flame, which had lost all its spiritual intelligence, could only be suppressed into the Nà Líng.

  Xu Xing Meng couldn't help but sigh, having real power and background is just great! With the highest-grade Nascent Soul added to his own strength, taking down the second-ranked Alien Fire was so easy. Just like Xiao Yan in the book, who had the strongest cultivation method "Burning Heaven Technique", it took him several years of hard work and nine deaths and one life to achieve.

  However, Xiao Yan always goes to swallow the flames that exceed his own strength and have some spiritual intelligence, which is of course not comparable to his current pure strength suppression.

  After receiving the net lotus demon fire, Meng's soul did not stay for a moment and immediately rushed towards the net lotus demon fire again. Unlike Xū Wú Tūn Yán, the net lotus demon fire had not yet merged into space.

  Xing Meng Zheng wanted to put it in his pocket, but found a white-robed man coming from behind, obviously, his target was the Jing Lian Yao Huo.

  Xing Meng swept his gaze over him: Eight Star Dou Sheng! Where did this guy come from?! And halfway through, he even killed off Cheng Yaojin. The pure lotus demon fire in the original work wasn't a soul clan member, it's indeed a bit troublesome.

  Xīng Mèng is injured, so he usually doesn't show his true strength. Now, he's only showing the power of a one-star Dou Sheng, and if he intentionally hides it, unless the opponent is a Dou Emperor, no one can see through his depth.

  The man in white arrived at the Soul Star Meng, and upon seeing that there was only one star saint, he didn't say much. He directly said one sentence: "This thing has great use for me, you quickly leave, otherwise don't blame my hand for being ruthless."

  "Get out of here, you're interfering with me obtaining this rare and precious flame that only appears once in a thousand years. If you don't leave now, I'll kill you!"

  Xing Mengyi listened, slowly raised his hand... then cupped one hand in the other and said: "Thanks, we'll meet again!" And left...

  Come on, how could Soul Star Meng do such a thing? Taking advantage of Taiyi's "All things are one" soul, Soul Star Meng just hid his breath and figure and ran back. The Eight-Star Fighting Saint of the white-robed man in front of him is indeed an unparalleled master in today's era, but Soul Star Meng is a half-emperor, how could he be afraid of him?

  Xīng Mèng just wanted to be a relaxed "fisherman" this time, although most of the main characters often do this, but now in this situation (three sides are hostile, conditions are met) with geographical advantage (in the black corner domain where nothing exists) and human harmony (the opponent is struggling), letting go of this opportunity doesn't know if there will be another chance in the future!

  The destructive attribute of the pure lotus demon fire is extremely powerful, and this person does not have the soul star Meng Dou Emperor's suppressive power. It must take a lot of effort to collect it, and if you want to directly merge it into your body... Although no one is so stupid as to directly swallow the alien fire with their body in the current situation without cover, because this process is extremely painful, if someone launches a sneak attack, it's almost a dead end.

  After the white-robed man suppressed the hetero-fire, Meng Xin thought: You dare to merge with the hetero-fire now! And then that white-robed man... He really did it! Good timing! Meng Xin used the power of the Nine-Star Dou Sheng.

  It was because the white-robed man had only occasionally encountered this strange fire, and he knew that this strange fire was the third-ranked Jinglian Yao Huo, which was rare in a thousand years. If he could collect it, he should be able to become a Jiuxing Dou Sheng, but he didn't have any Nascent Soul with him to collect the strange fire!

  If he doesn't take it now, who knows if someone else will discover it, so he decided to take a risk and merge with it now!

  The white-robed man wasn't afraid of that one-star saint, with his strength, even if he merged with the foreign fire, he had enough power to deal with him! Moreover, in the Black Horn Domain, there wouldn't be any masters above the Dou Zun level.

  Who would have thought that he suppressed this strange fire, just as it was about to merge, the previous Star Saint actually killed him, and his strength was terrifyingly unmatched, probably reaching the level of a Nine-Star Saint, and even in his heyday, he wouldn't be a match for him!

  The man in white robes wanted to cry but had no tears, thinking that someone stronger than himself would actually leave quietly after being driven away by himself, and even needed to wait for an opportunity to sneak up on the relatively weak him, did he need to be so shameless?

  Xing Meng's hands moved extremely fast, quickly deciding the battle with his heavenly stage fighting skills! The white-robed man had an internal strange fire backlash and external strong enemies who wanted to kill him, but he was soon struck by Xing Meng and died. His corpse was then burned clean by the Jinglian demon fire.

  He was unwilling, after having obtained the demon fire, he must have been able to ascend to a nine-star Dou Sheng, and even become invincible in the world. Yet, he died at this critical juncture.

  Although it's from the inside out, even the corpse of Dou Sheng's Eight Stars can be burned away, truly worthy of being ranked third among the heterodox fires!

  Xing Meng immediately absorbed the pure lotus demon fire into his Nascent Soul, and silently mourned for two seconds. This guy's innate talent was really not bad, a person without the Emperor's bloodline could cultivate to this level, if it weren't for the current situation, he couldn't help but want to take him as an apprentice. Alas, his habit of nurturing talents was getting more and more severe.

  Although it was a bit unexpected, the purpose was achieved without any mishap. Hún Xīng Mèng hurried back to the Soul Clan, but halfway through, he suddenly thought: Ah! Could this guy be the Pure Lotus Demon Saint?!