This was a very desolate place, and, at the moment, a bare-chested teenager was climbing down the cliff.
Under the heavy downpour, Ye Xiao was actually climbing down the cliff! This cliff was very deep and filled with a type of black Qi that gave off an aura of death, therefore many people didn't even want to approach this place.
Ye Xiao was currently inside the Dragon Secret Realm. The Dragon Secret Realm was a very important place for the Golden Dragons and it opens once every 3000 years.
The Dragon Ancestor first did not want to let Ye Xiao enter the Dragon Secret Realm but after Ye Xiao gave him three stalks of Water Spirit Herb, he finally agreed to let him enter the secret realm.
Ye Xiao knew that there was a very high possibility that this Dragon Secret Realm will be destroyed because of him. He did not tell the Dragon Ancestor his purpose of searching for a Secret Realm where a Martial Saint could enter but since there was a high possibility of the secret realm's destruction, Ye Xiao gave the Dragon Ancestor one Blood Vermilion Fruit as compensation and also told the Dragon Ancestor that this Blood Vermillion Fruit was actually a Half-Immortal Level medicinal herb.
When the Dragon Ancestor come to know that the Blood Vermillion Fruit in his hand was actually a Half-Immortal Level medicinal herb, he could not suppress his shock and excitement. He immediately became very respectful to Ye Xiao.
Although he was also stunned to find out that Ye Xiao has already become a Martial Saint Realm Dragon, he did not think much of it. It was largely because he thought that Ye Xiao has just entered the Martial Saint realm and was at the First Stage of the Martial Saint Realm.
According to his guess, the Blood Vermillion Fruit was definitely given to Ye Xiao by his father, the all-mighty Heaven Devouring Divine Dragon.
He told Ye Xiao that the Dragon Secret Realm will close after three months. Three months later, everyone will be teleported out of the Dragon Secret Realm.
The interior of the Dragon Secret Realm was very beautiful. There were mountains, waters, birdsong, and the fragrance of flowers. It was full of vitality, but an invisible aura of killing intent and death shrouded the skies.
Ye Xiao decided to break through to the Immortal Realm after the closing of the Dragon Secret realm. Until then, he thought to explore this secret realm.
After more than two and half months of exploring, he finally found this cliff from where the dense aura of death was coming.
Little Yellow advised him to go down the cliff and he should try to break through to the Immortal Realm there. With such a dense amount of death aura, it should be able to cover Ye Xiao's existence from the Heavenly Dao until his breakthrough.
Ye Xiao already knew that Little Yellow knows about his situation and will not give him any advice that'll harm him. So, he started to climb down the cliff.
Halfway down the cliff, Ye Xiao found a huge skeleton of a snake-like creature hanging down a big boulder. This skeleton was more than 100 meters long and it was also the source of the death aura that was spreading far wide in the Dragon Secret Realm.
Ye Xiao could tell that this was the skeleton of a dragon because, even though this skeleton might be here for thousands of years, he could still feel the presence of the dragon's aura from it.
"This is the corpse of a Demon Dragon, nothing worth seeing. You should continue to go down. The situation here turned to be more in your favour than what I thought. With a demon dragon's death aura hiding your presence, when the Heavenly Dao will sense you, you would have already broken through to the Foundation Establishment Realm and become an Immortal."
While Ye Xiao was still observing carefully the huge skeleton, the sound of Little Yellow echoed inside his mind.
"Demon Dragon?" Ye Xiao was surprised to hear this term.
According to the three gods' memories, the demon dragons were just like the divine dragons. The only difference between them was that the Divine Dragons walk on the path of the divine while the Demon Dragons walk on the path of destruction and slaughter.
The Demon Dragons were the exiled race of the Divine Dragons.
Taking a deep breath, Ye Xiao once again continued to climb down and after two hours of journey, he finally reached the surface.
Because of the Demon Dragon's skeleton, this place was giving off a horrifying aura of death. If not for his current strength, Ye Xiao might not have been able to stay in this place even for three hours.
According to his speculation, the strength of that Demon Dragon must have reached the level of Immortals when it was still alive.
Ye Xiao soon found a good place. He began to wait for the Dragon Secret Realm to close.
Days continued to pass and soon, it was the day when the Secret Realm was going to close.
Every Dragon was transported outside the Dragon Secret Realm. The same thing happened here with Ye Xiao that happened with him inside the Secret realm of the Grand Xia Empire. He was not transported out.
The next day, Ye Xiao finally started to officially break through to the Immortal Foundation Realm.
The Celestial Poison Imperial Dragon told him before that he doesn't need to do anything. He just has to let the Heavenly Pearl do what is needed to do.
But how?
This question suddenly surfaced in Ye Xiao's mind.
Suddenly, his heart trembled as he sensed movement in his heart. His heart started to beat fast as he understood that the Heavenly Pearl must have read his thought and was about to make its move.
Ye Xiao suddenly felt a heart-wrenching pain. He felt that the Heavenly Pearl was slowly tearing down his heart.
The Heavenly Pearl inside his heart, which stayed calm for many years, has started to revolve at extremely fast speed and suddenly shot out of Ye Xiao's body.
This process sounds very easy but in reality, Ye Xiao experienced the pain even more terrifying than when he received the memories of the Three Ancient Gods.
The Heavenly Pearl shot out of Ye Xiao's body and in the next second, it once again entered his body but this time, it did not go inside his heart but inside his mind.
Yes, the Heavenly Pearl entered the middle of Ye Xiao's eyebrows and entered his Divine Sea. Then, the Heavenly Pearl slowly started to devour his Divine Sea it kept revolving.
This frightened Ye Xiao. He never thought that the Heavenly Pearl will try to devour his Divine Sea. Ye Xiao hurriedly tried to stop the Heavenly Pearl but no matter what he did, he failed to stop the Heavenly Pearl from devouring his Divine Sea.
His Ancient Emperor Divine Soul was closely connected to his Divine Sea. After his Divine Sea was devoured, he felt his Ancient Emperor Divine Soul was also being devoured. He felt like his consciousness was slowly fading.
"What is happening? What is the Heavenly Pearl doing? Is it trying to kill me?"
These were the last thought of Ye Xiao before he completely lost his consciousness.
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After Ye Xiao lost his consciousness, the revolving speed of the Heavenly Pearl suddenly increased by ten or even a hundred times. It kept revolving and after more than five minutes, it came to a sudden halt. It abruptly stopped, shaking Ye Xiao's entire body.
The energy wave it released with its sudden halt was terrifying to the degree where, if Ye Xiao's Ancient Emperor Divine Soul was not devoured by the Heavenly Pearl, his soul would have been destroyed.
Many cracks started to appear on the surface of the Heavenly Pearl one after another and very soon, the entire surface of the Heavenly Pearl was covered with spider-web-like cracks.
"BOOM!"
With a loud explosive sound, the Heavenly Pearl exploded, once again shaking Ye Xiao's entire body to the point where few cracks appeared on his body and blood started to flow out from those cracks.
Immediately after the explosion, a vast amount of milky white energy appeared at the place of his Divine Sea that very soon took the form of countless stars. The transformation did not stop here. Ye Xiao's Divine Sea that was now replaced with the endless amount of milky-white energy kept transforming.
During this process of transformation, Ye Xiao's body kept cracking. New cracks on his body continue to appear while the previous cracks continue to enlarge.
It was fortunate that his soul was devoured by the Heavenly Pearl otherwise he would have died because of the extreme pain and suffering that his body was going through right now.
There was no soul inside his body right now. His body was completely dead. So, no matter how much torture and pain his body was going through, Ye Xiao did not feel even an ounce of it.