Before going into seclusion, Xiao Yan first used his Nine Nether Token to notify Qin Wan'er. After all, he had promised to complete a mission with her. Disappearing without a word wouldn't have been appropriate. Fortunately, Qin Wan'er seemed to understand that some time was needed to recover after leaving the Nine Nether Secret Realm. She didn't press him—just asked him to inform her once he came out of seclusion.
With everything settled, Xiao Yan returned to the Heavenly Tomb and began cultivating in peace. Aside from healing and consolidating his gains, there was something even more important he needed to do: strengthen the Demon Wrath Nine Absolutes. He had considered this ever since his battle with Qin Wan'er, but never had the time to act on it—until now.
Back in the Dou Qi Continent, the Demon Wrath Nine Absolutes had already surpassed Heaven-tier techniques. In terms of the Great Thousand World, it was equivalent to a divine technique. That kind of power—born from the resources of a lower plane—was already extraordinary. But now, it was no longer enough.
Of the Nine Absolutes, Demonic Wrath Flame Lotus and Ninefold Annihilation Flame Eye didn't need any upgrades. Their power depended on his flames—meaning the more Heavenly Flames he fused, the stronger the techniques became. The Flame Eye, however, required the fusion of lightning, so Xiao Yan would have to put more effort into that going forward.
As for the others, Eternal Void Demon Body had yet to reach its limit. Being a body-refining technique, it was difficult to enhance—but Xiao Yan had been deeply impressed by the Azure Dragon Transformation Art that the Demon Emperor had used through Lin Dong's body. He had already acquired the cultivation method from the Ancestral Stone, so he now intended to merge the two.
His approach to upgrading the rest of the Nine Absolutes would follow the same principle—combining them with other techniques. He had collected many techniques from the Dou Qi Continent, and the Ancestral Stone had countless martial arts from the Tianxuan Continent. While most of them didn't catch his eye anymore, they still contained insights he could draw from. His task was to distill the essence from each and refine the Demon Wrath Nine Absolutes into something even stronger.
During this process, Xiao Yan remembered how he had upgraded Ninefold Annihilation Flame Eye by refining it with lightning power. That inspired a new idea—why not use direct fusion to enhance his techniques instead of simple optimization?
For example:
Heavenly Sky Golden Hand could be merged with Desolate Heaven Prison Hand and Nether Shura Palm, and enhanced with the Primordial Ancestral Symbol.
Eight Desolations Annihilation could combine with Yellow Springs Heaven Fury, using the Flame Ancestral Symbol to boost it.
Nine Springs Saint Demon Seal could be merged with imprint techniques like Emperor Seal Technique.
This sounded simple in theory but was extremely difficult in practice. Fusion of techniques wasn't easy. Choosing suitable martial techniques and Dou Skills from among thousands took incredible time and effort. Moreover, Xiao Yan, striving for perfection, even purchased numerous similar divine arts through the Nine Nether Token for reference. Without a doubt, the most challenging was the movement technique Demonic Lotus Funeral Step.
It wasn't just a movement skill—it was also a formation-based technique. In Great Thousand World terms, it was a type of spiritual array. Modifying arrays and steps wasn't hard for Xiao Yan, but the difficulty lay in syncing the two together.
The original synchronization of formation and movement in Demonic Lotus Funeral Step had been achieved after over ten thousand trials. It was near perfect. Adding anything new would naturally disrupt that harmony.
Frustrated, Xiao Yan recalled that array-crafting in the Great Thousand World was different from what he knew. Here, one used spiritual seals to construct arrays, rather than pre-setting paths. This meant he no longer had to factor in precise formation tracks.
With this realization, he shifted his focus—attempting to release spiritual power while moving to form seals simultaneously. While still difficult, it was much easier than before. This approach could recreate the original effectiveness of Demonic Lotus Funeral Step.
Improving techniques wasn't a short-term endeavor. Even with his extensive experience, it took him nearly a year to upgrade most of the Demon Wrath Nine Absolutes. Luckily, due to the time flow difference inside the Heavenly Tomb, only a month had passed outside.
Because he spent most of his Sovereign Spiritual Liquid purchasing divine arts and spiritual arrays, Xiao Yan's year of training relied entirely on absorbing ambient energy. And since he focused heavily on martial arts research, his cultivation progress was minimal—only advancing from early to peak Seventh Grade Sovereign.
Even so, the upgraded Demon Wrath Nine Absolutes didn't disappoint. Based on his evaluation, their power now rivaled—if not exceeded—that of Golden Crow Nether Flame Art. In terms of rank, they were definitely divine-tier techniques. Xiao Yan wasn't surprised—he had infused each of the Nine Absolutes with the essence of over a thousand similar techniques to reach such a level.
During his downtime, he also enhanced the Eight Extremities Collapse technique he had learned in the Dou Qi Continent, turning it into a divine technique as well.
Of course, he hadn't forgotten about his ultimate trump card—Annihilation of All Life. This technique was a fusion of all his abilities. This time, however, he infused it with traces of the Primordial Beginning he had witnessed.
When Xiao Yan unleashed Annihilation of All Life, it essentially formed a miniature universe. The imagery produced during its execution now closely mirrored the birth of the cosmos he had just seen. Upon returning, Xiao Yan began shaping the technique based on that vision—elevating its power yet again.
At present, he hadn't fully comprehended the insights of the Primordial Beginning. He could only sketch the general framework. But if the day came when he fully understood that scene, the power of Annihilation of All Life would likely ascend to unimaginable heights.
Even now, with just a rough imitation of that primordial intent, the technique had become terrifying—its power had multiplied several times over. But the cost of using it had increased just as drastically. After a single trial run, Xiao Yan realized he couldn't execute it fully with his current strength.
Still, he wasn't discouraged. His current strength was vastly improved. With the Creation Green Lotus within him and numerous techniques at his disposal, even without Annihilation of All Life, he was confident he could fight on par with Earth Sovereign-level opponents.
If word got out, it would stun countless people.
After all, the gap between Sovereign and Earth Sovereign was like fireflies to the moon. A Ninth Grade Perfect Sovereign fighting an Earth Sovereign was already unthinkable—unless they had some heaven-defying method.
Yet Xiao Yan wasn't even Ninth Grade. He was still only a Seventh Grade Sovereign!
(End of Chapter)
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