"No! Who is it? Who is she?"
Yang Xiao roared.
His entire body was trembling.
Those people.
They were the people he cared about most in this life.
But now, they had died at that woman's hands. Hatred instantly filled Yang Xiao's heartāan endless hatred that threatened to erupt at any moment.
To destroy the heavens and the earth!
"Master, this hasn't happened yet. I merely sensed it and am reminding you. If my calculations are correct, there are still three hours left in the outside world. Three hours from now, she... will appear."
Just as Yang Xiao's rage reached its peak, a message came from the Thousand Mechanism Eye.
Its grade was countless levels higher than the Bloodthirsty Sword, a Magical Artifact that had just been promoted to a Low Grade Treasure Weapon. Naturally, it also possessed its own Artifact Spirit.
However, Yang Xiao had only just gained its acknowledgment, so the two hadn't communicated much.
Compared to the mischievous and quirky Bloodthirsty Sword Spirit, this one was clearly much more reliable.
"Three hours? That means I only have three thousand hours to prepare."
A glint flashed in Yang Xiao's eyes.
In an instant, his figure flickered.
He arrived on the 3rd Layer of the Northern Wilderness Sword Mansion.
Originally, Yang Xiao had wanted to further explore the Taoyan God King's mansion, find a place with dense earth fire, and refine the Fire God's Heart to form his Fire God Clone.
But now...
Three hours!
Only three hours.
And Yang Xiao's strength was far from enough.
'To be able to cause such destruction with a single palm strike, her strength must be at least at the Demigod Peak, or even...'
A True God!
A terrifying True God.
A True God who could drive one to despair.
If it really was a True God...
Even if Yang Xiao used every trick up his sleeveāthe Heaven-Fighting Divine Palace, the Bloodthirsty Sword's Celestial Demon Force Field, and even the Fire God Cloneāhe wouldn't have the slightest confidence in defeating her.
The difference in their power was simply too vast.
At the same time, Yang Xiao was also confused. Why would a mighty expert, a suspected True God Level powerhouse, attack the Carefree Sect?
'If I show myself now, could it change things?'
"Thousand Mechanism Eye, can you calculate it?"
Yang Xiao asked urgently.
"I cannot, Master."
The Thousand Mechanism Eye's response left Yang Xiao deeply disappointed.
"In that case, all I can do is give it my all."
Yang Xiao's expression hardened.
He swore that if that woman truly destroyed the Carefree Sect and killed the people who were like family to him, he didn't care who she was.
"I will end her!"
A vicious glint flashed in his eyes.
Yang Xiao immediately began his preparations.
The first step.
Naturally, it was to forge the Fire God's Heart, the fastest way to drastically increase his strength.
With but a thought, Yang Xiao appeared without hesitation in the subterranean area of the Northern Wilderness Sword Mansion's 3rd Layer.
Here.
Terrifying, bright yellow flames were everywhere.
It was far hotter than the 1st Layer.
In the deepest parts, there were even some terrifying green Spirit Fires.
But this place...
...was even more suitable for forging the Fire God Clone than the subterranean space of the 1st Layer, as it contained sufficient Fire Elemental Power.
Comparatively, however, it was also more dangerous.
'If all goes smoothly, three months should be enough.'
Three months was ninety days. At twenty-four hours a day, that was 2,160 hoursāless than 3,000.
Yang Xiao's time was tight, but sufficient.
Thus, without hesitation, he took out the Fire God's Heart. The first step was to withdraw the Heaven and Earth Origin Flame that had been fused within it.
'For some reason, the Essence Qi in this body of mine is withered, making cultivation impossible. I've only made it this far by using the Heaven and Earth Origin Flame as my source of Essence Qi, so I absolutely cannot lack it. Besides, this is my foundation; I can't place it within the Clone.'
Yang Xiao knew that if he were to completely fuse the Heaven and Earth Origin Flame into the Fire God's Heart, he might become exceptionally powerful in a short amount of time, just like in his first life.
But he didn't want that.
The power of his first life was no longer his goal.
Yang Xiao's goal was to surpass the Dominator realm.
Great Emperor, Saint Emperor, or even a stronger realm that had never been seen before.
Therefore, he couldn't possibly abandon the foundation of his current life. Doing so would mean that all the effort he had invested in his original body would be for naught.
'Still, even if the Fire God Clone doesn't have the Heaven and Earth Origin Fire, our previous fusion has already imbued it with the fire's aura. Its power might not be inferior to the Taoyan God King's Yin Yang Origin Divine Fire at its peak. In fact, because of its Supreme Yin and Cold nature, its destructive power might even be greater.'
Analyzing the pros and cons, Yang Xiao quickly stripped the Heaven and Earth Origin Fire away.
He fused it into himself.
In truth, he had always been somewhat puzzled about his own physical body.
This body didn't seem to be the same as an ordinary person's.
While the bodies of the ordinary Human Race had potential for growth, they ultimately had limits. Only those with natural Spirit Bodies, Treasure Bodies, or even Dao Bodies and Sacred Bodies would display special characteristics and possess greater long-term potential.
And yet, his own body had clearly started out as ordinary as could be. Even if it could be promoted to a Spirit Body, Treasure Body, or Dao Body through the nourishment of the Heaven and Earth Origin Flame, the process should have been very slow.
But Yang Xiao discovered that his body was improving very quickly.
It was as if it was naturally meant to be this way.
It was only because something had stolen its Essence Qi Origin that a supreme constitution, which should have been dazzlingly brilliant, was instead covered in dust and reduced to that of an ordinary person.
That was why, after his Heaven and Earth Origin Flame took up residence within it, once its Origin was replenished, it had soared to the heavens.
Now.
Yang Xiao was only just at the Second Revolution of the Yellow Flame Realm. Furthermore, during that Second Revolution, most of the Essence Qi had gone to his Divine Soul, allowing it to break through to the Void Observation Middle Stage.
And yet, his physical body had also nearly reached the level of an Ultimate Grade Spirit Body.
'Next time, when I reach the Yellow Flame Limit, if I fuse the majority of this Essence Qi into my physical body, I might just be able to break through to the Peak of Ultimate Grade Spirit Body in one go.'
Once he reached the Peak of Ultimate Grade Spirit Body, after just a few more refinements, Yang Xiao would quickly be able to achieve a Treasure Body.
And a Treasure Body was already comparable to the Flame Stone Body from his first life.
Therefore, for this reason alone, Yang Xiao could not possibly abandon his Heaven and Earth Origin Fire to empower the Fire God Clone.
However, to make the Fire God Clone even stronger and allow it to form more quickly, Yang Xiao still made a sacrifice.
His Divine Soul.
It had gradually solidified into the shape of a faint, golden, humanoid Divine Soul. At the same time, outside this humanoid Divine Soul, there were two other peculiar things.
A mass of black flame.
A golden orb.
These two things had faintly appeared as far back as Yang Xiao's first encounter with Xuan Tianzhan. It was just that back then, his Divine Soul wasn't strong, so they had only manifested as two tiny dots.
They seemed to be related to his previous two lives.
And now, it seemed that was indeed the case.
The black flame was the wisp of Supreme Divine Fire that had appeared ahead of its time when he changed his cultivation path in his first life.
It was also the eighth form of the Heaven and Earth Origin Flame.
The golden orb was the manifestation of his Soul Pill reaching its absolute limit when, in his second life as the Human Race Medicine Ancestor, he had refined an Unparalleled Divine Pill.
These two objects represented the highest achievements of Yang Xiao's previous two lives.
They also represented his terrifying future potential.
'My current Spiritual Power is fundamentally insufficient to unleash the might of these two objects. However, I can fuse this black flame into the Fire God Clone... '
An idea struck Yang Xiao.
The mass of black flame separated itself from the complete Divine Soul.
It fused into the Fire God's Heart.
As it separated, Yang Xiao had expected it to be extremely painful and damage his Divine Soul. But to his surprise, after splitting off the mass of black flame, he didn't feel the slightest bit of discomfort.
On the contrary, the humanoid Divine Soul formed in his third life actually felt a bit more comfortable.
Even the golden pill of his Divine Soul began to rotate a little faster.
It was as if losing this part, far from weakening his Divine Soul, had actually strengthened it.
Understanding suddenly dawned in Yang Xiao's Heart Spirit.
At this moment, the Fire God Clone, now fused with the black flame, also began to change.
BOOM!
The entire Fire God's Heart instantly burst into flames.
A pitch-black figure took shape and emerged.
Immediately after.
All the Fire Elemental Power in the subterranean area of the Sword Mansion's 3rd Layer surged toward it.
First the bright yellow, then the green.
Finally, it slowly began to transform into an azure hue.
'Looks like the progress is smooth. Next, we'll just have to see what level it can reach.'
Yang Xiao's Heart Spirit stirred.
He paid no more mind to the slowly-forming Fire God Clone that was continuously fusing with Fire Elemental Power, and instead went to Celestial Poison's Poison King Valley.