C2030 The Flame Devil Ancestor

As the Artifact Soul of the Evil Cauldron, Yu Yiyi had always believed her current form to be the pinnacle of the Evil Demon's evolution.

Even the mightiest of Evil Demons, those who had regained their intelligence and memories along with the combat prowess of the Unrestrained Stage, were bound to obey her commands. She was the supreme Evil Demon.

Yet, she had never imagined that the Evil Demon could undergo a transformation and grow even stronger upon reaching its zenith.

When a surge of Origin infused the Devil Soul, Yu Yiyi felt an initial urge to resist, but the presence of her master, Yu Yuan, immediately became apparent.

Yu Yuan seemed to watch over her with pride and encouragement, urging her to embrace this novel metamorphosis.

Her reluctance was gently erased, and she openly accepted the transformation.

As the Artifact Soul of the Evil Cauldron, her willing acceptance of the Origin caused a ripple effect, prompting all the strongest Evil Demons under her command to undergo a similar change.

The gaze of formidable Evil Demons like Black Woman, Rend Armor, Yellow Light Demon, Ice Concubine, and Nether Cat fell upon her, their Devil Souls becoming increasingly warped and influenced.

The flame, embodying the Spirit of Extreme Flame, crackled without a hint of distress, as if calmly anticipating an imminent event.

With a series of whooshes, the ghosts within the "Path of the Undead" were drawn by the cauldron's powerful suction into its recesses, where they were refined by the mighty vessel.

In a twist of fate, the ghosts meant to suppress the Spirit of Extreme Flame and the Origin were consumed by the Evil Cauldron and began to be assimilated into the Evil Demon.

This abrupt shift caught Yu Yuan off guard.

Inside the crystal, Yu Yuan's brow furrowed as he sensed trouble brewing.

At that moment, Yuan Lianyao's true form was drawing all her scattered blood energy, previously dispersed for bodily repair, back to her heart. Her heart, interlaced with Bloodline Crystal Chains, was inexorably drawn towards the Heaven and Earth Furnace.

Inside the furnace, Yu Yuan held the Flame Crystal Skeleton immobilized.

As Yuan Lianyao's heart, radiant as the sun, and her soul, ablaze like triple flames, approached the Flame Crystal Skeleton, the intricately crafted remains by Extreme Flame offered no resistance.

It dawned on Yu Yuan that he had neglected the internal dynamics of the Evil Cauldron while focusing on subduing the Flame Crystal Skeleton.

This was absolutely unacceptable.

His soul should have been in constant, intimate contact with Yu Yiyi within the cauldron at all times.

Yet now, he was only alerted when the ghosts that had entered the cauldron were absorbed and refined into Evil Demons. It was only then that he became aware of an anomaly within the Evil Cauldron.

Something had obscured his and Yu Yiyi's perceptions!

With a whoosh, the Evil Cauldron responded to his call, settling on his chest. Looking down, he observed a green-black essence fusing with Yu Yiyi's Devil Soul. As the Artifact Soul, Yu Yiyi had embarked on the transformative journey to become a Great Demon God.

The souls of humans and Outland Devaputra could potentially intercommunicate.

This was because humans originated from the abyss's Origin Soul, while the Devaputra were nurtured by a vast Origin Soul.

Yu Yiyi, now the Artifact Soul and the Evil Demon of the Evil Cauldron, was essentially a variant of the Devaputra.

This included entities like the Black Woman and the Yellow Light Demon, who were once human cultivators whose souls transformed post-mortem.

The Evil Cauldron converted the souls of human cultivators into Evil Demons, variants of the Outland Devaputra.

The most powerful Evil Demons within the cauldron, comparable in strength to the human Unrestrained Stage, would awaken their consciousness and refine their Demon Bodies. These actions of the mightiest Evil Demons were unmistakably those of the Ninth Level Demon God of the Outland Devaputra.

An essence had merged with Yu Yiyi's Devil Soul, aiding her in her ascent to the Tenth Level as a Great Demon God, the Primordial Spirit.

With this essence within the Primordial Spirit, Yu Yiyi would become subject to the will of the vast underground.

The Evil Cauldron and all the Evil Demons within it, due to the cauldron's constraints and Yu Yiyi's elevation to the highest rank, would naturally and henceforth heed Yu Yiyi's commands.

"Master, I am grateful for your permission and assistance."

Yu Yiyi, undergoing her transformation and catching his gaze at the mouth of the cauldron, beamed with joy on her exquisite face, exclaiming with delight, "I feel it, I've become even closer to you."

Yu Yuan was taken aback.

Yu Yiyi mused aloud, "I was sure you wouldn't agree, I thought you'd be against it. Who knew you'd actually encourage me to merge with the Origin Soul? It's odd, Master, have you had a change of heart? Have you come to accept the Origin Soul once more?"

Yu Yiyi, who had never considered the possibility of advancing, spoke cheerfully, seemingly oblivious to the dark expression on Yu Yuan's face.

Her face radiated with genuine joy.

At that moment, she was encircled by numerous Evil Demons, with the higher-level ones closer to her.

All the spirits and ghosts were drawn into the Evil Cauldron, to be refined by the Evil Demons.

A flame symbolizing the spirit of extreme fire floated above her head, flickering as if taunting Yu Yuan.

With a loud pop, the spirit within the Flame Crystal Skeleton inside the Heaven and Earth Furnace vanished completely.

Yuan Lianyao's shattered, crack-covered body broke apart like a porcelain figure hitting the ground.

Her sun-like heart and the three flames representing her soul suddenly soared towards the Flame Crystal Skeleton within the furnace.

Freed from the suppression of the Evil Cauldron, the spirit of extreme fire once again exerted its mastery over the flames.

The spirit left by Mo Baichuan in the Flame Crystal Skeleton's head was effortlessly erased, preparing the Flame Crystal Skeleton to house a new soul.

To it, Yuan Lianyao's body had lost all value and was thus discarded.

Her sun-like heart settled firmly into the chest cavity of the Flame Crystal Skeleton, becoming its new source of energy. Thanks to the presence of Life Stoste, the heart was intricately woven with numerous fire crystal chains.

Hissing sounds filled the air as the Flame Crystal Skeleton voraciously siphoned energy from the fiery blood within the furnace, forming an intricate network of Bloodline Crystal Chains within its heart.

The three flames, each a representation of Yuan Lianyao's souls, merged within the skeleton's mind, coalescing into a single soul fire.

This new being was no longer human, with no need for the traditional Heavenly, Earthly, or Human Souls—just one unified soul.

The soul of the Flame Crystal Skeleton belonged to Yuan Lianyao, as did her heart. The skeleton itself was forged by Extreme Flame in the deep recesses of the vast underground. The organs that sprouted from the skeleton originated from the Sun-Swallowing Frog, the Fire Phoenix, and all the fiery spirits of the Origin Realm, including those fire beings lost to the annals of time. This Flame Crystal Skeleton catalyzed a radical metamorphosis in Yuan Lianyao's innate talent and potential.

"She is the progenitor of the Flame Demon Race, the first of a nascent lineage, the Flame Demon Ancestor," declared the spirit of Extreme Flame, its consciousness permeating the Evil Cauldron.

"As long as she exists, as long as she remains in the Gray Domain, the vast sea will rush forth and root itself there," it proclaimed.

Through Yuan Lianyao's rebirth and her integration with the Flame Crystal Skeleton, Extreme Flame had achieved its objective, securing the new life it sought.

With a whoosh, Zhong Chichen emerged from the Soul Summoning Flag, clutching the Time Book, his body scorched. His expression darkened as streaks of green lightning surged from his sleeves and the corners of his eyes. The verdant branches of the Hannya Divine Tree, which had penetrated the Soul Summoning Flag, now appeared dull, their vital essence drained.

Zhong Chichen and the Hannya Divine Tree, taken aback, distanced themselves from the Soul Summoning Flag, staring at it in astonishment. A diminutive figure, resembling a wooden puppet carved from a tree, emerged from the flag, her body crackling with intricate lightning, making her resemble a tiny orb of thunder.

Upon witnessing her emergence from the Soul Summoning Flag, the Thunder Raymon Beast, having ascended to the Tenth Level in the Gray Domain, let out a startled cry as if it had encountered the very source of thunder and lightning.

"I can feel it," she declared, her eyes gleaming, indifferent to the Thunder Raymon Beast. Her gaze was fixed on the Tia Main Planet.

Qi Yunhong, seated in the Thunder Divine Pool on the expansive Tia Main Planet, felt a sudden jolt in his heart, an ominous premonition of impending doom washing over him.

Even the Thunder Divine Pool that he had refined and become one with suddenly spiraled out of control.

Whoosh!

He and the Thunder Divine Pool burst forth from the barrier of Tia Main Planet and emerged in the depths of the galaxy.

"Who is this guy?"

"Not even the Dark Elfkind look like this!"

The crowd erupted in confusion.

Loong Jie emerged from the Time Book, his human form's eyes slightly singed.

"Her name is Samantha. She's an Evil God from the abyss, transformed from the abyss's lightning source spirit into an Evil God. She's incredibly fierce and powerful," Loong Jie said with a stern face, recalling his defeat by Samantha within the world of the Soul Summoning Flag.

Loong Jie had come to realize that someone like Samantha, adept in the laws of lightning, could not harm his dragon form. However, if she breached his soul's seal and invaded his mind, the agony would be unbearable.

Previously, in the vast expanses of the ocean and the Origin Realm, his ancestors had never encountered a lightning master like Samantha, which led them to believe that lightning could not harm the Golden Dragon God.

"Samantha, I have fulfilled the promise I made to you."

An astute soul body, cloaked in a cyan-black cape crafted from the essence, emerged from a tear in the Soul Summoning Flag.

As he grasped the Soul Summoning Flag, the fabric began to mend itself.

The flagpole possessed the power to traverse space and time, its banner a sanctuary for lost souls.

"Mr. Zhong, our powers are nearly equal. Without the Time Book, you would still fall short of my strength."

The soul body addressed Zhong Chichen with calm confidence, then turned his gaze to Yu Yuan, who was gradually appearing amidst the flames, and declared, "It's finished. The Geocentric Fire of the Vast Ocean has received what it desired, thanks to your and Miss Yuan's decisions."

"The birth of the Flame Demon Clan heralds a new era, one that will further advance the Extreme Flame."

"Miss Yuan's presence, her Flame Crystal Skeleton, and the Bloodline Crystal Chain within her heart shine like beacons. The Extreme Flame, still at the ocean's depths, needs only her to firmly target the Gray Domain."

"At the moment the Vast Ocean surges into the Gray Domain, the level of the Extreme Flame will ascend."

"This is the cornerstone of our alliance," the Extreme Intelligence declared. As the words settled, Qi Yunhong, along with his Thunder Divine Pool, materialized before Samantha.

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