Fights Break Sphere: Rock King's Leisurely Journey into the Mortal World

Chapter 71 The Xiao people shouldn't particularly hate me, Emperor Hun Tian, ​​right?

"After all, the Void Devouring Flame is second only to the top on the list of Strange Fires. It's easy to imagine how difficult it would be for Xiao Yan to devour it. Moreover, if he were to devour it directly, firstly, I don't know if his current low-level Yellow-rank Burning Art could withstand it. Secondly, even if he could withstand it, the sudden increase in strength would easily cause Xiao Yan to lose his original intention and become lazy in his cultivation."

Zhongli explained patiently and carefully to the Little Medical Fairy in front of Emperor Hun Tian and Xuwu Tunyan without any hesitation.

As for those two, they didn't dare to say a word...

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Then, Zhongli turned his gaze to Emperor Hun Tian and said slowly, "Of course, everything I just said was only about the strange fire. I am truly sorry for disturbing you. If there is anything I can help you with, Brother Hun, please feel free to ask."

"Really!! Really?!!! Lord Dou Di!" When Emperor Hun Tian heard this, he instantly felt that the oppressive atmosphere was relieved a lot.

"Yes." Zhongli nodded slightly, "But please don't call me Lord Doudi anymore. I'm not used to it. You can just call me Zhongli."

"Then... Mr. Zhongli, can you heal my injuries? These wounds were sustained a thousand years ago during a fierce battle with a fellow Nine-Star Dou Sheng peak-level warrior. Back then, he couldn't defeat me, but instead, he embraced me madly and chose to self-destruct. The already powerful self-destruction was already excruciating, but who could have imagined he would also detonate the three strange fires within his body, forcing me to remain in seclusion for a thousand years to heal my wounds."

Emperor Hun Tian clenched his right hand into a fist and slammed it heavily on the table, as if he wanted to vent his resentment.

"Oh? You can make a person who has cultivated to the peak of the nine-star Dou Sheng fight you to the death by self-destructing his body and detonating the origins of three strange fires. Are you going to bring people to kill his whole family?" Zhongli asked with interest.

"Haha, to be honest with you, Senior, that's indeed the case. That powerful individual was named Xiao Xuan, the patriarch of the Xiao Clan, one of the Eight Ancient Clans, thousands of years ago. Among our Eight Ancient Clans, the Xiao Clan's ancestors were the first to break through to the Dou Di realm, and as a result, the Xiao Clan has always been the most powerful of the Eight Ancient Clans. However, this also led to them becoming the first to decline. And there's an irreconcilable hatred between Xiao Xuan and me."

Emperor Hun Tian had already let down his guard at this moment, and was completely immersed in his memories.

"Oh? Interesting."

"Big brother in black, please continue..."

Xiao Yixian took out a handful of melon seeds from her ring at some point and was about to give some to Zhongli, but Zhongli did not accept them, so Xiao Yixian had to eat the melon seeds alone.

"Haha, you're quite a lovely girl. Do you know that Xiao Xuan has already reached the peak of the Nine-Star Dou Sheng realm? In order to completely annihilate my Soul Clan, he has made a desperate move, gathering all the remaining Dou Emperor bloodline power of his entire clan into himself. He did this just to increase the possibility of breaking through to the Dou Emperor realm. Even if he ultimately fails to break through, the purity of Xiao Xuan's Dou Emperor bloodline will definitely far exceed that of me and Gu Yuan. And once Xiao Xuan emerges from seclusion, his first priority will undoubtedly be to ruthlessly annihilate my Soul Clan. Senior, tell me, as the head of the Soul Clan, can I just sit there and wait for death?" Zhongli shook his head slightly and said slowly, "Of course not."

"So, I led a group of Soul Clan experts to disrupt Xiao Xuan's retreat. Xiao Xuan chose the key location for his breakthrough in the Heavenly Tomb at the junction of the Xiao Realm and the Ancient Realm. Initially, I was quite worried that the Ancient Clan leader, Gu Yuan, would interfere. After all, in ancient times, friendship between the Ancient Clan and the Xiao Clan was a common understanding among ancient families."

"However, what I never expected was that the usually indecisive Gu Yuan was unable to make a decision even at the critical moment when Xiao Xuan self-destructed. I even specially summoned four more eight-star Dou Sheng elders who could use the Death Silence Gate to form the Death Realm formation. I wanted them to guard the barrier passage between the Gu Realm and the Xiao Realm, but in the end, no one showed up. If I had known that Gu Yuan was so cowardly and timid, with the help of those four elders, I would not have ended up so seriously injured."

At this point, Emperor Hun Tian couldn't help but smile and shook his head slightly. It was unknown whether this action was mocking Gu Yuan's stupidity or regretting that the four eight-star Dou Sheng elders were unable to join the battlefield.

"So, after you recover from your injuries, what are your plans? Do you still plan to continue hunting down the remaining members of the Xiao clan?" Zhongli asked with a serious look in his eyes.

"Hmph, why should I even bother dealing with those people from the Xiao Clan? The grudge between Xiao Xuan and I has long been written off. Besides, the rest of the Xiao Clan has long since lost the powerful support of the Dou Emperor bloodline. You know, after Xiao Xuan drained the Dou Emperor bloodline from the former powerful members of the Xiao Clan, they lost this powerful force that could help them quickly improve their strength."

"My strength, which was originally rapidly improved by relying on the Doudi bloodline, can no longer be maintained. My cultivation speed will become like that of an ordinary mortal, or even slower than that of an ordinary person. Breaking through to a higher realm will be extremely difficult."

"Why should I insist on exterminating them all? If I really wanted to, a thousand years ago when Xiao Xuan was in seclusion, that was the perfect opportunity to wipe them out. At that time, 99.99% of the Xiao clan members were in the Xiao Realm, but I didn't take action then. Why would I do such a thing now?"

"Then aren't you worried that the descendants of the Xiao family will seek revenge on you in the future?" Zhongli asked immediately.

"Haha, revenge? Mr. Zhongli, I'm afraid you've misunderstood. Although the Xiao clan's Doudi bloodline was gradually declining at that time, it was only because no divine bloodline appeared among the younger generation for a long time. This does not mean that the combat power of its high-level members has disappeared."

"Quite the contrary. The Xiao Clan's superior combat power has always been slightly superior to our Soul Clan's. Under normal circumstances, our Soul Clan would have no chance of winning a decisive battle with the Xiao Clan. After all, it would inevitably result in mutual destruction, giving the other six clans an opportunity to take advantage."

"However, Xiao Xuan was extremely foolish. He chose this method to improve his own strength, even concentrating the Dou Di bloodlines of the seven- and eight-star Dou Shengs in his clan into himself. This action caused their realm to instantly drop to Dou Sheng one to four stars. If Xiao Xuan hadn't taken this action, how could they have been destroyed by our Soul Clan?"

"So, in the final analysis, the one who destroyed the foundation of the Xiao clan was not me, Emperor Hun Tian, ​​but Xiao Xuan himself! Therefore, I think that if there are reasonable descendants of the Xiao clan who know this without obtaining Xiao Xuan's relics, they should not bear any particular grudge against me."

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(End of this chapter)