Eternal madness

Chapter 154 Resurrecting Xiao Kong
As the Demon Phoenix Wings entered Xiao Li's body, Xiao Li's mind stirred, and then with a hissing sound, the wide bone wings, shimmering with the light of jade, suddenly appeared from behind him.

The bone wings fluttered slowly, sensing the wind and thunder energy in the surrounding world that had suddenly become extremely sensitive.

"Huh? This Demon Phoenix Wing is actually wind and thunder attribute. Fusing with this Demon Phoenix Wing has actually given me a trace of wind and thunder attribute battle qi in my body. Since that's the case, then I can also cultivate the Three Thousand Thunder Movement."

Xiao Li felt the changes within himself; he clearly sensed a surge of wind and thunder power entering his body from the Demon Phoenix Wings.

"With these bone wings, our ability to escape has been greatly enhanced, not bad."

Xiao Li was very satisfied with the Demon Phoenix Wings, and then stored them into his body. Next, he picked up the scroll "Undying Beast Body" and prepared to start cultivating.

"Ok?"

Xiao Li suddenly heard a voice transmission telling him to go out; the owner of the voice was none other than Yun Yun.

"It seems Yun'er is back, and the Ancestor has come too." Xiao Li got up, pushed open the stone door, and walked outside.

At this moment, Yun Yun was standing outside the stone gate, with Xiao Kong floating beside her, watching Xiao Li emerge from the stone gate.

"Ancestor," Xiao Li called out with a smile, as he hadn't seen Xiao Kong for a long time.

"Hmm~ Not bad. The last time I saw you, you were only a three-star Dou Zun. Now you're a five-star Dou Zun. Not bad at all. Have you mastered the Great Annihilation Seal and the Three Transformations of Heavenly Fire?"

Xiao Kong stroked his beard and laughed.

Xiao Li nodded: "I have already learned the Great Annihilation Seal and the Three Transformations of Heavenly Fire. However, the Great Annihilation Seal consumes a lot of battle qi. If I cannot kill the enemy in one blow, I will easily fall into a disadvantage. Therefore, I regard the Great Annihilation Seal as my ultimate trump card."

"It's good that you've learned it, but unfortunately I only have a soul now. Re-copying a Heaven-rank cultivation technique or combat skill would consume too much of my soul. Since I don't have a physical body, my soul is consumed too much and I can't recover quickly by absorbing spiritual energy. I can only make up for the consumption of my soul through medicinal herbs and pills."

Xiao Kong sighed. He only had his soul left. Even though his soul had recovered to the Heavenly Realm and could regenerate on its own, copying a Heavenly Rank fighting technique consumed too much of his soul. Xiao Kong would need to recuperate for at least a few years to recover.

In other words, the consumption of imprinting Heaven-Rank techniques and fighting skills is not proportional to the speed at which Xiao Kong recovers his soul, so he is currently unable to imprint more of the Xiao Clan's inherited techniques and fighting skills.

"Ancestor, today I will reshape your physical body," Xiao Li said firmly.

"Oh? You've already collected all the materials? Those things aren't easy to obtain," Xiao Kong said, somewhat surprised.

The first material for resurrection is the Yin-Yang Reversal Pill, an eighth-grade elixir that can summon at least seven-colored pill lightning. To refine it, one must be at least an eighth-grade advanced alchemist.

Secondly, the remains of a Dou Sheng powerhouse. This already exists; Yin Gu sponsored the remains of a Dou Sheng who was a mid-stage Seven-Star Dou Sheng in life.

Thirdly, the blood essence of an eighth-tier magical beast. However, with Xiao Li's strength, obtaining the blood essence of an eighth-tier magical beast is still possible.

"Hmm, I've gathered them all. The materials are pretty good: a Yin-Yang Reversal Pill that has been tempered by eight-colored pill lightning, a skeleton that has reached the mid-stage of the Seven-Star Dou Sheng realm, and a bottle of ninth-tier magical beast essence blood."

Xiao Li took out the pills and essence blood, and the remains were in the Sound Realm, so he could go and inform them.

And so Yun Yun once again took on the role of errand runner, going to invite Elder Tianyin and the others over. After all, since they were going to use the ancestor's body to revive the Xiao family's ancestor, they had to inform them first.

Xiao Li then chatted with Xiao Kong about what had happened over the years.

"Xiao Li, why don't you go to the Heavenly Tomb? Go see the clan leader?" Xiao Kong said anxiously.

"Another Dou Di bloodline? Forget it, let's leave it to a younger person with better talent. I don't want my efforts to be denied because of the Dou Di bloodline." Xiao Li shook his head and said.

Xiao Kong was helpless. He just couldn't understand why Xiao Li was so resistant to the Dou Di bloodline. He always used the excuse of giving it to better young people, but Xiao Kong really didn't think anyone had better talent than Xiao Li. Even in the Xiao Clan a thousand years ago, Xiao Li's talent was unmatched.

"Ancestor, what was your cultivation level when you were alive? Now that you have been resurrected, how much will your strength be restored?" Xiao Li asked.

Xiao Kong: "When my cultivation was at its peak, I reached the late stage of the Eight-Star Dou Sheng. I was the strongest person in the Xiao Clan besides the clan leader. But I never expected that the Soul Clan would have four Eight-Star Dou Shengs."

Even if I were strong, I couldn't defeat the four of them. Then, the clan leader was furious and severely injured those old ghosts to save me. After that, the clan leader activated a secret technique, and all of our Dou Di bloodline was extracted.

My cultivation level dropped to the early stage of the five-star Dou Sheng. Then there was another great battle. In order to deal with the pursuers from the Soul Clan and other families, I was seriously injured, and my cultivation level dropped to the four-star Dou Sheng.

Then you will find me at the Gate of Life and Death. That was my last battle. In that battle, my physical body was destroyed. At that time, I only had the cultivation of a four-star Dou Sheng in the early stage.

As for what cultivation level I will reach after being resurrected, I don't know. It certainly won't reach my peak, because I won't have the bloodline of a Dou Di after being resurrected. However, I will definitely have the cultivation level of a Dou Sheng, but I don't know what realm it will be.

After listening to Xiao Kong's words, Xiao Li pondered deeply. He didn't know what level of cultivation Xiao Kong would recover to, but having the cultivation of a Dou Sheng would be the best outcome.

Just as Xiao Li was chatting with Xiao Kong, Elder Tianyin, Tianyinzi, Yun Yun, Wang Ming, Su Wanyin, and the Pei sisters all arrived.

"Hmm? You've arrived. Oh, Yuhan, Yurou, you've both advanced to Dou Zun? Not bad, not bad." Xiao Li looked at the people who had come.

Xiao Kong then approached the Pei sisters and looked them up and down, while the Pei sisters were also observing the white-haired, white-bearded old man.

The Pei sisters are descendants of the Sound Saint, while the Heavenly Sound Elder's lineage is the Sound Saint's disciple lineage. The Valley Master of Sound Valley is either a descendant of the Sound Saint, a descendant of the Sound Saint's disciple, or a disciple's disciple.

“You do indeed have the bloodline of the Xiao clan, but unfortunately, the bloodline of the Dou Di is thin. I suppose that girl didn’t pass down the method of how to preserve the bloodline of the Dou Di back then.”

Xiao Kong looked at the Pei sisters and sighed. As the eldest elder of the imperial clan, he valued the bloodline of the Dou Di so much. Otherwise, he would not have agreed to Xiao Xuan's desperate attempt to forcibly advance to the Dou Di level.

"Are you a member of my late grandmother's clan, senior?" Pei Yuhan asked. A few days ago, Elder Tianyin spoke with her and told her about the past of the Yin Sheng lineage. Although the Pei sisters knew that they were descendants of the Yin Sheng Ancestor, they did not know much about the Yin Sheng Ancestor's wife.

All that is known is that the Sound Saint Ancestor had a wife with extremely strong abilities, who was also an alchemist. The Sound Saint Ancestor had snatched her back from outside, but she left after only a few years in the Sound Valley.

Their children hadn't seen their mother much. There was a portrait of the ancestor (Xiao Wanyao) in the Valley of Sound, but it was drawn by the son of the Sound Saint from memory.

“Yes, I am the Great Elder of the Xiao Clan a thousand years ago. You also have the blood of Wan Yao flowing in your veins. In the end, you are also descendants of the Xiao Clan and share the same origin as Xiao Li,” Xiao Kong nodded.

"Greetings, Ancestor." Pei Yuhan and Pei Yurou bowed to Xiao Kong with clasped hands.

"Good child, get up quickly. I'm sorry that I'm going to occupy the remains of your ancestors to resurrect today," Xiao Kong said apologetically.

Pei Yuhan shook her head: "It's nothing. Now that we know my late grandmother's identity, and since you are a member of my late grandmother's clan, you are the ancestor of our lineage."

Your resurrection is naturally what our ancestors and great-grandmother wished for. Yu Rou, please bring out our ancestors' remains.

Pei Yuru bit her lip, and after hesitating for a few seconds, she took out an ice coffin. Upon closer inspection, she found a desiccated corpse lying peacefully inside.

The corpse exuded a remarkable aura.

This is the founder of Yin Valley, who holds the titles of Six-Fingered Qin Saint, Sound Saint, and Heavenly Sound Demon Saint. A top-tier expert from a thousand years ago, his cultivation reached the mid-stage of Seven-Star Dou Sheng.

(End of this chapter)