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Moving the entire Nether Serpent Earth Vein was a great burden for Amon, so after obtaining the incomplete soul of the Nine-Headed Ancient Sky Serpent, he prepared to open up a space in the void near the Northern Continent and place the Nether Serpent Earth Vein inside.
This was a colossal undertaking, even for Amon, who was already a Nine-Star Dou Saint.
In the boundless void, various energies surged chaotically, forming gales of astral winds, some of which were so strong that even Dou Venerate powerhouses needed to retreat.
Amon floated quietly in the void, his expression serious.
He adjusted the crystal monocle on his right eye and solemnly declared:
"Let there be sky, let there be earth."
A pure light burst forth from the monocle, shining like starlight, and the chaotic energy began to become orderly under the illumination of this beam of light.
Amon spread his arms, then suddenly brought them together, thumbs interlocked, four fingers clasping his palms; his arms trembled constantly, as if performing this action was very difficult for him.
As time passed, his arms gradually stabilized, and his tightly clasped hands slowly separated, revealing a silver-white sphere the size of a ping-pong ball in his palm, flowing like mercury and leaping like flames.
Amon carefully cradled the silver sphere in his right hand, raising it diagonally above his head, then suddenly swinging it down.
The silver-white sphere streaked across the void like a meteor, trailing a comet's tail made of stardust behind it.
After flying for a distance, the silver-white sphere suddenly exploded, rapidly expanding into a gigantic, somewhat illusory and transparent sphere.
The surrounding energy quickly surged in, causing the sphere to grow larger and larger.
When it reached a certain limit, its edges suddenly began to shatter and collapse, showing a tendency to shrink again or even disintegrate.
Silver-white flames emerged from his hand, rapidly burning across the entire space barrier.
Under the scorching of the silver-white flames, the shattering and collapsing trend of the space was alleviated and gradually stabilized.
One could open up space upon reaching the Dou Saint level, but the space Amon created was too large, thus sacrificing some stability, which required the assistance of Space Fire to maintain.
Under the scorching of Space Fire, the space barrier would become increasingly solid, and the internal space would also become increasingly stable… This would take a considerable amount of time.
Amon left the largest Space Fire from his main body's hand, allowing it to continuously maintain this space.
Subsequently, he transferred the Nether Serpent Earth Vein, which had been contained within his body, into this newly opened space.
Amon did not leave immediately; there were still some hidden dangers to address. Without the main body's power, the Space Fire could only barely maintain the stability of the newly opened space and could not imprison the eighth-tier magical beasts inside, nor could it prevent them from tearing through space and leaving.
So he directly used the "Soul Devour" talent and the Combined Dragon Secret Technique to devour them all.
After his main body reached Nine-Star Dou Saint, he was able to directly extract the origin from the soul body and separate it from his will to a certain extent.
However, this method of directly extracting the origin left behind more impurities, and compared to the pure origin of the Soul Hall, it was more likely to affect one's spirit.
Of course, if there were impurities, they could be eliminated, as long as one did not casually swallow and combine too many different spirits.
Amon gained dozens of Dou Venerate-level avatars!
Although these avatars lost some of their innate abilities due to the Combined Dragon Secret Technique, no longer able to "Parasite" or "Convergence," they could effectively compensate for the current shortage of manpower.
Some avatars remained in the Nether Serpent Earth Vein to manage the space, some went to the Jia Ma Empire to follow Wu Meng's command and help the Xiao Family develop, and others were given instructions to act freely, exploring different places like the Central Continent and the Southern Continent, searching for potential opportunities not mentioned in the original work.
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A month had passed since she obtained the Soul Fusion Pill, and Cai Lin had resolved her soul issues with it, her strength naturally breaking through to Two-Star Dou Ancestor.
Under the influence of the Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python's soul, when she thought about who to have a child with, Xiao Yan's handsome face popped into her mind...
Damn it, why would I think of him? Cai Lin ground her teeth.
But if not him, then who? She recalled the men she had encountered.
The great commander of her tribe, Mo Du, Mo Basi, Yan Ci... Hai Bodong, Jia Xingtian, Yun Shan...
After much thought, it seemed Xiao Yan was indeed the most suitable one!
She took a deep breath, made her decision, and walked out of the room.
Bai Lin was lazily coiled on a stone step, basking in the sun. Huang Tao had remained in the She Family's temple after taking it over.
She was well aware of the She Family's attitude towards her, the 'turncoat,' wishing they could drink her blood and eat her flesh, so she dared not wander around the city, instead staying by the temple, idle all day.
It wasn't that she was lazy and didn't want to cultivate; rather, she was worried that Huang Tao might leave without informing her, abandoning her, in which case she would be doomed.
Seeing Cai Lin walk towards the main hall, she curiously approached: "What are you going to see him for?"
Cai Lin glanced at her, annoyed, and said: "To have a child!"
"Oh, I see, it didn't work out last time? Didn't you say he found a secret technique in the She Family's treasure vault that could help with fertility?" Bai Lin continued to ask.
Cai Lin ignored the tactless fellow and walked straight to the main hall.
Opening the heavy stone door of the main hall, a rich medicinal aroma wafted out.
A golden flame-formed medicine cauldron floated in the center of the hall, radiating astonishing heat. Huang Tao sat on the throne, his left leg resting on his right, his right elbow propped on the armrest, supporting his head, eyes closed.
Upon sensing Cai Lin's arrival, his tightly closed eyes slowly opened, revealing a faint smile: "It seems you've made your decision."
Cai Lin hummed in response, then asked with some curiosity: "Are you refining medicine?"
"Isn't that obvious?"
Huang Tao was indeed refining medicine, practicing with some low-grade pills.
His spirit maintained a connection with all the Heavenly Flame Amon within the fire cauldron; he could truly feel the subtle changes in every step of the alchemy process.
Therefore, refining medicine with Heavenly Flame was no different from him refining it himself.
He added: "Eighth-tier pills are not that easy to refine, let alone upgrading them to ninth-tier. I need to prepare well."
Is that how you refine medicine? Although I'm not an Alchemist, I'm not completely ignorant of common sense! Cai Lin was skeptical of Huang Tao's words.
She pondered for a moment and said: "Last time, I had just experienced the pain of my clan's destruction, and upon hearing your plan, I was overwhelmed... I am calm now."
"If you don't want to have a child, it doesn't matter; we can choose someone else. Bai Lin seems interested; you can ask her." Huang Tao's tone was calm, maintaining a faint smile.
Cai Lin shook her head: "No, what I mean is, could you please prove that you have the ability to implement the plan you spoke of...
"Even if it's one tier lower, an eighth-tier beast soul and an eighth-grade pill would suffice... My main body is a Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python, and the bloodlines of both parents will also affect the child's future aptitude. For 'Medusa,' the influence from the mother's bloodline is especially important."
"That's simple." Huang Tao took out a soul body entangled in gray-black chains.
An ancient, mad, and fierce aura surged forth, causing Cai Lin's face to turn pale, and she couldn't help but retreat a few steps.
In the original work, even Xiao Yan during his Dou Venerate period was extremely wary when facing the Celestial Serpent soul possessing Qing Lin, let alone Cai Lin, who was only at the Dou Ancestor level at this time.
Even though it was sealed by Amon, and even though she knew Huang Tao could control it well, that ferocity still made Cai Lin's heart tremble.
"This is the soul of a mutated Ancient Celestial Serpent. Preliminary estimates suggest that it should have reached the ninth-tier during its lifetime. I have completed the deficiencies in its soul... I think this will be a qualified beast soul." Huang Tao explained unhurriedly.
A ninth-tier Ancient Celestial Serpent! Cai Lin's heart trembled; this could be said to be a perfect beast soul!
What "Queen Medusa" would evolve into was greatly related to the beast soul instilled into her body at birth; often, there would be a random bloodline atavism, becoming one of the magical beast ancestors.
If the soul integrated was that of an Ancient Celestial Serpent, the most ancient and purest bloodline of magical beasts, then after evolution, it would undoubtedly be an Ancient Celestial Serpent! A magical beast overlord on par with the Taixu Ancient Dragon and the Ancient Celestial Phoenix!
Upon seeing this soul body, Cai Lin made up her mind: she was definitely having this child!
While Cai Lin's inner excitement had not yet subsided, Huang Tao then took out the soul bodies of Yao Ming, Yao Xiaotian, and the Great Elder, all similarly bound by black-gray chains.
"These are the souls of three Dou Saint from the Nine Serene Deep Earth Python Tribe, specially hunted in the Central Continent before. Although their bloodline is somewhat inferior, they are still quite good."
Cai Lin felt the oppressive aura emanating from these three soul bodies, and the shock she felt in her heart was no less than when she had just seen the mutated Ancient Celestial Serpent soul.
She caught the key phrase in that sentence... specially hunted in the Central Continent! What did that imply?
It meant that Huang Tao was not merely a Dou Venerate cultivation, but a Dou Saint, and a supreme powerhouse capable of killing other Dou Saint!
She couldn't help but feel a little dazed. In an era where Dou Emperor had become a vague and ethereal legend, such a powerhouse, standing at the pinnacle of the continent, was actually standing right in front of her.
At the same time, her awe and reverence for Huang Tao deepened internally.
Cai Lin took deep breaths, trying to calm the turmoil in her heart, and her demeanor became somewhat more reserved.
As for Dou Venerate, she believed that with her evolved talent, she could reach that level in the future, but Dou Saint... that was an entirely different tier.
Cai Lin recovered from her extreme shock, and suddenly realized a problem: there were four ninth-tier beast souls!
Her expression couldn't help but become a little stunned.
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