Chapter 738: Great Harvest

“Damn you, you little bastard! How dare you attack my clone! Dammit, I’m going to kill you!”

Yuan Yang Immortal Monarch was furious.

His face turned pale with rage, especially when he saw all the energy of his clone turn into streams of light and surge into that jet-black Divine Sword.

He had thought victory was in his grasp. He believed he could make the Star Emperor, whom he detested, suffer the loss of a clone containing a soul fragment without paying any price himself, causing him to lose face completely.

But he never would have expected it.

Star Emperor’s clone had not yet been destroyed.

Instead, his own clone had been destroyed by a tiny, ant-like existence.

And everything—his Immortal Dao Will and all its power—had been devoured.

This loss…

…was something he could not recoup even if he destroyed the Star Emperor’s clone before him.

After all,

if it had been anyone other than Yang Xiao who destroyed his clone—Star Emperor, for instance—he would have, at most, lost some energy.

The Immortal Dao Will would not have vanished; it would have returned to his main body.

And the Immortal Dao Will was even more important to him than his soul.

One could only imagine…

…how furious he was now, having lost this wisp of Immortal Dao Will.

In contrast,

Star Emperor’s will clone…

…after a moment of shock, burst into laughter. “Well done! Truly a seed of our Nangong Family! Yuan Yang, you little bastard, let’s see how you’ll clean this up. Having a clone destroyed by a junior… if word of this gets out, it’ll probably become the biggest joke in the world! HAHA!”

“Damn you, old fool, and that little bastard! I will absolutely not let either of you go this time!”

Hearing this, Yuan Yang Immortal Monarch’s expression became incredibly dark and ugly.

His expression was as foul as if he’d swallowed a fly.

He wished he could annihilate both Yang Xiao and Star Emperor’s will clone on the spot.

However,

he quickly suppressed the rage in his heart. His indifferent gaze fell upon Star Emperor as he sneered, “As for what happened today, as long as I kill you and extinguish this wisp of your soul, your true body probably won’t even know what happened, right? Now, die!”

With that,

Yuan Yang Immortal Monarch made his move.

This time, his attack was different from before.

Though his previous attack had been powerful and terrifying, it had carried a hint of probing. Therefore, with Star Emperor’s clone consciously on guard, it had managed to escape.

But this time.

It was different.

From the very beginning, Yuan Yang Immortal Monarch used his Spirit Will to lock down the void around Star Emperor’s will clone, then immediately unleashed his full power.

At this rate,

never mind this will clone of Star Emperor, which was only equivalent to an ordinary Great Emperor. Even a Peak Emperor, if caught in such a situation, would likely be annihilated by Yuan Yang Immortal Monarch in a single blow.

‘This time, unless that old ghost’s true body shows up, he is sure to die. And after I kill him, that little bastard has to die too!’

He raised his hand, and once again, a giant palm formed from six vortexes struck out toward Star Emperor’s will clone.

His main body, however, couldn’t help but glance at Yang Xiao in the distance, who had just destroyed one of his clones.

But with that one look,

his expression grew even more foul.

Because.

That guy.

His aura was fluctuating. It seemed he had broken through.

‘Dammit, that kid must have absorbed the power from my clone to have a breakthrough like this!’

Yuan Yang Immortal Monarch was about to go mad with rage.

However, he once again suppressed the thought, ‘I’ll have my revenge in a moment. Even if he broke through, it’s completely useless.’

He once again reined in his thoughts.

His gaze returned to Star Emperor.

Although he had made thorough preparations and felt certain he could kill the old fool’s wisp of a soul clone this time…

…deep in his heart, Yuan Yang Immortal Monarch felt that something was off, something wasn’t right.

Besides, this clone of Star Emperor was by no means weak.

He had to watch it carefully.

And so,

he naturally let Yang Xiao off the hook for the time being.

As for Yang Xiao,

at this very moment, he couldn’t be bothered with that guy either.

His attack just now, which had killed a clone of that man, was partly to absorb the Immortal Dao Will and energy within it, but mostly, it was for revenge.

However, what Yang Xiao hadn’t expected…

…was that the rewards were a bit beyond his imagination.

‘The energy feedback from the Bloodthirsty Divine Sword was actually more than everything I’ve absorbed before combined. It directly advanced my Heaven and Earth Origin Flame to the level of Blue Flame Second Revolution Great Success. If each revolution didn’t require more than ten times the energy of the last, this one boost might have taken me to the Peak of the Second Revolution of the Blue Flame Realm and even allowed me to generate Essence Qi.’

Yang Xiao was truly overjoyed.

In a single day, he had gone from the Peak of Cyan Flame Sixth Revolution straight to Blue Flame Second Revolution Great Success. His cultivation aura had leaped from the Peak of the Sixth Layer of the Great Divine Power Realm to the Early-stage Demigod. If divided according to the Nine Realms system, Yang Xiao was now at the Peak of Demigod Realm First Level.

And upon stepping into the Demigod Realm,

his cultivation also underwent a special change.

He could faintly feel a Divine Fire igniting within his body, and he was beginning to prepare for his impending ascension to godhood.

Moreover,

what surprised Yang Xiao even more was that the Immortal Dao Will contained within Yuan Yang Immortal Monarch’s clone was incredibly pure—countless times purer than the Dao Seed Level Immortal Dao Will he had obtained when he killed Yuan Haotian.

And there was a massive amount of it.

Because of this, the Mysterious Furnace Cauldron’s refining time was reduced by an unknown number of times.

The moment the Bloodthirsty Divine Sword’s power fed back into him, that Immortal Dao Will was already refined.

Large clusters of a mysterious aura suddenly surged out.

It transformed into sheets of Secret Patterns, which then merged with the Dao Patterns that had appeared when his Dao Body was previously promoted.

Yang Xiao could clearly sense it.

His Dao Body was undergoing some kind of unknown transformation from absorbing so many Secret Patterns.

Although he didn’t know what this transformation would result in,

he knew in his heart that it was a good one.

He was filled with anticipation.

Beyond that,

his Physical Strength also increased by a full thirty Great Dragons of power from the ten he had just reached.

In other words,

Yang Xiao now possessed the power of forty Great Dragons based on his Physical Strength alone.

In truth, his Physical Strength was now dozens of times stronger than that of a typical cultivator at the Peak of the Demigod Realm First Level, almost comparable to someone at the Sixth or Seventh Layer of the Demigod Realm.

With such Physical Strength, combined with the Power of Aura from his greatly increased cultivation…

…Yang Xiao believed that as long as he focused all this power…

…then…

…even without using the Divine General Talisman, his true strength was likely comparable to a Peak of Tier Four True God.

If he performed well…

‘I might even be able to unleash Divine General Level combat power. This risk truly came with a massive reward.’

Yang Xiao smiled faintly.

With his current strength, he finally felt some confidence about the trip to the Hidden Dragon Secret Realm.

If his Dao Body developed some more powerful abilities, he would likely become even stronger.

However,

no matter how much stronger he became,

he had to overcome the immediate crisis first.

If he couldn’t,

then even if he were to immediately become a True God and gain the qualifications to contend with a Divine King,

it would all be for naught.

Therefore,

after sensing that his power had stopped growing and he had absorbed everything, Yang Xiao’s gaze…

…lifted from himself.

He focused it on Star Emperor and Yuan Yang Immortal Monarch.

And with that look,

‘Not good!’

Yang Xiao’s expression changed drastically.

Because at that moment,

he happened to see Yuan Yang Immortal Monarch’s palm strike.

It was about to land on Star Emperor.

It seemed that in an instant,

it would smash him to pieces.

But just then,

to his surprise, Star Emperor’s will clone showed no fear. Instead, a strange expression appeared on its face.

It seemed to be one of smugness.

This gave Yang Xiao, who had been about to strike even knowing it would be useless, a jolt.

He retracted the aura he was gathering.

And at that very moment, a figure tore through the void.

Its form…

…was like a supreme star hurtling through space.

Directly.

It smashed into Yuan Yang Immortal Monarch!