Chapter 256: Six-Star Dou Saint
Seeing this, Xiao Tian walked forward and placed his palm on the head of the Nine Profound Golden Thunder. The Devouring Ancestral Symbol appeared in his palm, transforming into a massive black hole.
"Swish!"
With a forceful pull, a brilliant golden lightning bolt was extracted from the massive dragon body, transforming into a hundred-foot-long golden dragon. This smaller dragon was insignificant compared to the giant dragon body but contained energy far more terrifying. This hundred-foot-long dragon was the power source of the golden thunder dragon—its entire cultivation strength.
As this power was drawn out, the giant dragon shrank, turning into a ten-foot-long golden thunder dragon.
"Gather the spiritual energy!"
With a thought, Xiao Tian's vast soul power surged out, drawing in the spiritual energy of the world. Given Xiao Tian's current soul power, he could naturally sense the spiritual energy around him. Then, with a change in his hand seal, the spiritual energy was all absorbed into the ten-foot golden dragon. Once this spiritual energy was infused, the dragon's eyes became lively, as if a painted dragon had come to life.
"Roar!"
The ten-foot golden dragon let out a long roar, successfully gathering spiritual energy. Now it possessed its own intelligence, becoming a special life form. Soon, the ten-foot golden dragon looked at Xiao Tian with a gaze full of attachment, wagging its tail and hovering around him, occasionally nuzzling Xiao Tian's arm affectionately. Clearly, because Xiao Tian had helped it gather intelligence, it regarded him as its parent, much like a newly hatched bird.
Xiao Tian patted the golden dragon's head and said, "Play by yourself for now; I need to deal with these Nine Profound Golden Thunders." Immediately, he summoned the Devouring Ancestral Symbol and began to devour the Nine Profound Golden Thunder.
"Rumble!"
In an instant, Xiao Tian felt the Nine Profound Golden Thunder rapidly expanding inside the Devouring Ancestral Symbol, triggering a series of thunderous explosions. Vast, destructive energy appeared in Xiao Tian's body, causing small golden arcs of lightning to flash, and intense burning pain spread through him. These small thunders condensed into raging dragons, rampaging inside Xiao Tian's body. The energy of the Nine Profound Golden Thunder was so terrifying that even after being filtered by the Devouring Ancestral Symbol, Xiao Tian still felt overwhelmed.
Brilliant golden lightning surged from Xiao Tian's body, spreading across his surface and forming a low rumble of thunder. At this moment, Xiao Tian's long hair hung loose, his originally black hair now shining like gold.
"Buzz!"
The Thunder Ancestral Symbol appeared, absorbing much of the Nine Profound Golden Thunder's power, alleviating Xiao Tian's pain. However, even with this, Xiao Tian still felt like he was about to burst.
After all, the Nine Profound Golden Thunder was at least as powerful as an Eight-Star Dou Saint!
Seeing this, he looked at the ten-foot golden dragon beside him and directly transferred part of the power into its body. As the vast energy flowed in, the golden dragon's body slowly grew. Finally, Xiao Tian brought out the quasi-emperor demonic corpse to further share the power of the Nine Profound Golden Thunder.
With the three of them absorbing the energy, Xiao Tian's pain lessened, allowing him to quickly refine and absorb the power. As he absorbed the energy, his aura began to rise.
Late-stage Five-Star Dou Saint!
Six-Star Dou Saint!
...
He stopped at the mid-stage of Six-Star Dou Saint, as the others were also sharing the power. Originally, the ten-foot golden dragon had the cultivation level of a peak Dou Zun. After devouring a large amount of Nine Profound Golden Thunder, it broke through to the Two-Star Dou Saint, its body reaching thousands of feet in length. The quasi-emperor demonic corpse also became even harder under the tempering of the Nine Profound Golden Thunder. The aura of the Thunder Ancestral Symbol also grew stronger, showing evident improvement.
"Now that my cultivation has greatly increased, it's time to trouble the Hall of Souls!"
Thinking this, Xiao Tian's figure flashed, and he landed on the golden dragon's head. He said to the golden dragon, "Since you were formed from the Nine Profound Golden Thunder, I'll call you Nine Profound Thunder Dragon. Now, follow me into battle!" With a wave of his hand, a space gate appeared out of thin air. The Nine Profound Thunder Dragon flashed and rushed into the space gate.
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The Corpse Mountain Range.
Located at the border of the southwest region of Central Plains, this place was shrouded in heavy yin energy due to its terrain. One day, a golden light appeared in the sky above the mountain range, transforming into a thousand-foot-long golden dragon. Atop the dragon stood a lone figure—Xiao Tian. With a wave of his hand, mysterious spatial energy emerged, sealing off the entire area.
He looked toward the depths of the Corpse Mountain Range, where the space was faintly distorted. This was the location of the Human Hall, one of the three major halls of the Hall of Souls.
"Boom!"
Xiao Tian extended his hand, and the power of heaven and earth gathered, forming an enormous, crystal-clear palm imprint that filled the entire space like a gigantic mountain falling.
"Bang!"
The overwhelming power surged like a vast ocean, causing the entire mountain range to collapse, and the spatial barrier of the Hall of Souls shattered instantly.
"Who dares to invade the Hall of Souls?"
Black mist swirled, and an emaciated elder in black robes appeared out of thin air, wielding a giant bone knife to strike the palm imprint. However, the bone knife shattered upon contact, and the elder himself turned into a burst of blood.
"It's terrible! The Grand Heavenly Venerate is dead!"
"Run!"
Countless members of the Hall of Souls below saw their Grand Heavenly Venerate, a Dou Saint, unable to withstand a single blow and fled in all directions. However, with the space sealed by Xiao Tian, they had no chance of escape.
"Boom!"
The giant palm imprint finally descended, causing the earth to shake violently. The Human Hall, one of the three major halls of the Hall of Souls, was razed to the ground, and all its members were killed.
After destroying the Human Hall, Xiao Tian collected many souls and the Human Hall's soul essence before leaving. He then rushed to the Earth Hall without stopping. Similarly, he used the Space Ancestral Symbol to seal the area and destroyed the Earth Hall with a single blow. Although the Earth Hall was guarded by a deputy hall master with late-stage Three-Star Dou Saint strength, he was still no match for Xiao Tian.
At the Dou Saint level, each star represented a major difference in power. Xiao Tian was two stars stronger than the opponent, so the deputy hall master was no match for him. With the news well-contained, no one discovered that two of the Hall of Souls' major halls had been annihilated by the time Xiao Tian sealed the Sky Hall.
(End of the chapter)