I long to return home!

A mysterious Yin-Yang power burst forth from Xue Wu's body, swirling around him. The moment he opened his eyes, Yin on the left and Yang on the right, he struck Xiao Han with a hand seal.

Xiao Han gathered his energy in both hands, a golden light flashed in his eyes, and the power of the five elements transformed into five halos, absorbing the power of yin and yang into them.

The Tao gives birth to One, One gives birth to Two, Two is Yin and Yang, and Yin and Yang give birth to the Five Elements.

Before long, the Yin-Yang power within the aura absorbed the power of the Five Elements and used it for its own purposes, thus transforming it into an even more powerful attack.

Xiao Han's pupils trembled slightly. He formed a hand seal, and swarms of insects emerged from his sleeve, enveloping the attack and forming a pale golden cocoon.

With the Floating Dream Furnace in his left hand and the Boundless Blade in his right, Xue Wu's eyes flashed with a cold light. Yin and Yang power flowed within his body, and he suddenly charged forward, engaging in a fierce battle with Xiao Han, who had just emerged from his cocoon.

The two figures collided in the starry sky, and the splashing aftershocks swept away everything around them. This time, there was no absolute suppression in terms of realm, and every move was extremely deadly. It could be said that Xue Wu was fighting with a death wish.

Xiao Han's millennia-old foundation was undeniable, and he unleashed a variety of bizarre and unheard-of techniques, once again overwhelming Xue Wu, who was forced to retreat.

With a pat on his storage bag, three bottles of ten-thousand-year-old spiritual liquid flew out in a row. Perhaps confident in his cultivation level above the Nascent Soul stage, he drank them all in one gulp without much hesitation.

The depleted spiritual energy was instantly restored, and even overflowed. Xiao Han sneered a few times, using his blood to control the swarm of insects to attach to his body. Six sharp spider legs grew from his back, sharp as spears, making people's hair stand on end.

"Your little furnace is truly wondrous. The illusion technique is unpredictable and even its defense is impenetrable. Let's see how this move goes!" With that, Xiao Han extended a spider spear from behind his back and spat out a sharp sword that hurtled towards Xue Wu.

Faced with the deadly move, Xue Wu frowned slightly. Just like before, he stretched out his left hand, and blue smoke and clouds overflowed from the Floating Dream Furnace, forming an illusion array that bound Xiao Han.

But the latter seemed to be doing this on purpose. Although his consciousness was trapped inside, the spider spear behind him was real and seized the opportunity to stab Xue Wu fiercely.

Although he blocked with his sword, two spider spears still pierced towards him. Xue Wu frowned, broke the illusion, and held the furnace in his left hand to block in front of him.

The spider spear struck the Floating Dream Furnace, but the furnace remained undamaged. Instead, the spider spear trembled and dissipated into a swarm of insects.

Without a moment's rest, seeing that his magic was useless, Xiao Han took out several talismans from his storage bag and struck them all at once.

The talisman flew away, transforming into thousands of silver needles in the process, which were difficult to see with the naked eye. Even a single silver needle had the power to pierce through mountain rocks!

The longsword was swung with astonishing speed, yet even so, it couldn't evade the dense array of silver needles piercing the skin.

Blood spurted out, and Xue Wu circulated his spiritual power to force out the silver needles from his body. How could Xiao Han miss such a perfect opportunity? Just as his killing move was about to be unleashed, an unexpected change occurred.

The rich spiritual energy from the three bottles of ten-thousand-year-old spiritual liquid spread through Xiao Han's dantian, squeezing every inch of his flesh and blood, deforming his face, and causing him unbearable pain.

Seeing this, Xue Wu grabbed with his left hand, and with the Yin power attached, he forcibly absorbed the expanding spiritual power into his body, absorbing most of it in an instant like a storm.

As the pain subsided, Xiao Han immediately struck down with a palm, cutting off the distance between herself and Xue Wu. Her spiritual energy was once again depleted by more than half, but Xue Wu, on the other hand, seemed to have regained his vitality.

"Cunning brat!" Xiao Han couldn't help but curse angrily, feeling somewhat regretful for missing this wonderful opportunity. This time, he didn't indulge in drinking and only took a bottle of ten-thousand-year-old spiritual liquid and drank it.

Wiping away the spiritual liquid spilled from the corner of his mouth, Xiao Han's eyes were filled with ferocity. He crushed the jade bottle with one hand, and the blood flowing from his palm split into five drops. With the infusion of the power of the five elements, it evolved into the unique divine power of the Void Refinement Realm, "Five Elements Incarnation Technique".

The embodiment of the five elements of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth gradually took shape. It did not have a general appearance, but only had a preliminary human form, yet it could control the spiritual power of the five elements.

Xue Wu frowned, gripping the hilt of his sword tightly with his right hand. This time, he ignited his primordial blood essence, sacrificing his lifespan to maintain his current combat power, engaging in battle after battle with Xiao Han and his five elemental clones.

The battle lasted for three months, causing the sky to darken and the galaxy to collapse. Planets disappeared from the starry sky. In the end, the two men's spiritual power was like a candle flickering in the wind, unable to sustain their journey through the starry sky. They eventually landed on an unknown planet.

Two beams of light, as dazzling as giant dragons, roared down from the sky, crashing into a valley like two burning meteors. The earth collapsed instantly, and the mountain peaks were easily destroyed like tofu.

"Is it worth it? To burn your very essence to perish with me!" As the smoke cleared, Xiao Han struggled to his feet from the pile of rubble and looked directly at Xue Wu, who was in a similarly wretched state.

"You want to kill someone, yet you ask why they resisted?" Xue Wu's face was deathly pale and extremely ugly. His once cheerful young appearance had turned into that of a weathered middle-aged man.

“Burning your source will inevitably deplete your lifespan. Without your source and lifespan, your foundation will be damaged, and your path to immortality will be stuck in the Nascent Soul stage!” Xiao Han shouted sternly, but then a smile appeared on his lips, revealing an inscrutable expression. “You and I became friends after fighting. In the past ten thousand years, apart from Shen Chuan, you are the first person who can fight me to this extent.”

"How about we make a deal?" Xiao Han looked at Xue Wu's condition, which seemed to make him unable to speak. He coughed a few times and spoke again: "Both of us have little spiritual power left, but I still have ten-thousand-year spiritual liquid. You only have this one option now: to make a deal with me."

"My path doesn't lie in this tiny human realm. I can swear on my Dao heart that once I return, the entire Tianyuan Continent's three great empires will be yours. You can continue to be your Human Emperor, and you can have as many cultivation furnaces as you want. I can even help you eliminate all those who disagree with you. Just occasionally provide me with suitable cultivators as nourishment for their cultivation. Once my realm is stable and I ascend, I won't care about any of this anymore. It will all be yours, how about that?"

Xue Wu chuckled a few times, but did not answer the other party. He simply did not believe that the other party still needed the ten-thousand-year-old spiritual liquid. If he really had it, he would have taken it long ago and killed himself. How could he have ended up with spiritual power less than that of a Foundation Establishment cultivator?

As for the conditions that followed, Xue Wu didn't even think about them. His path was not in the small human realm, but there were things in the human realm that he had to protect.

Suddenly, Xue Wu's peripheral vision caught sight of the ground. He moved his foot to sweep away the pebbles, revealing the patterns on the ground. He was startled, and a smile crept onto his face.

This is probably a place he will never forget in his life. It is the same Soul Devouring Array as the one in the Valley of Returning Souls, with identical patterns and imprints, and must have been made by the same person.

Leaving aside the question of why such an extremely yin and evil soul-devouring array would appear here, Xue Wu used his last bit of spiritual power to summon the Soul Banner.

The soul-devouring power within the Soul Banner shares the same origin as the Soul-Devouring Array. At this moment, black mist emanates from outside the banner, causing the array beneath their feet to begin operating autonomously.

"You junior are truly impervious to reason. Even if you make a move, you cannot destroy me with my escape techniques. On the contrary, your life force has been burning for so long that you probably only have less than a thousand years left to live." Xiao Han sneered, completely unaware that wisps of black energy were rising from the ground and unknowingly engulfing his ankle.

Although his spiritual power was gone, Xue Wu still possessed malevolent energy. Although activating his malevolent energy in his current state would only further damage his origin, he had no time to worry about that now.

His eyes turned blood red in an instant, and a fierce aura appeared on his body. After inserting the Soul Banner into the formation, Xue Wu rushed towards Xiao Han and used his fierce power to bind the other party like a madman.

At this moment, Xiao Han noticed the dense black energy beneath his feet. He tried to lift his foot but was firmly locked in place and lost consciousness.

Xue Wu lunged forward, his physical strength knocking Xiao Han to the ground. "You're insane! This energy devours a cultivator's source spiritual power and even their soul. If you bind me, you'll be drained dry too!" Sensing the unusual nature of the black energy, Xiao Han acted like a crazed beast, even resorting to biting and tearing at Xue Wu's restraint to break free!

The Soul-Devouring Formation has been activated!