"Being able to silently plunder nine spirit pools, it can be imagined that this person's soul power must have already reached the Emperor Realm level, and is likely in the late stage of the Emperor Realm. However, there has never been any news of a late-stage Emperor Realm soul power prodigy in the Eastern Capital. It's truly inconceivable." In another small team within the Spirit Gathering Mountain, the leader was from the Zhao family, one of the three major families in the Eastern Capital. Zhao Yi frowned and muttered to himself.
However, at this moment, a strange thought flashed through Zhao Yi's mind, causing his pupils to involuntarily constrict.
"Could it be that guy?!"
In the blink of an eye, a month had passed!
The young generation who participated in the spirit pool competition in the Spirit Gathering Mountain still had not returned to the Eastern Capital. This abnormal phenomenon naturally caught the attention of the major forces in the Eastern Capital, as there had never been a spirit pool competition that took so long.
Therefore, the major families in the Eastern Capital could no longer sit still and sent Supreme experts to the Spirit Gathering Mountain to investigate. After the matter was clarified, the major families in the Eastern Capital were all greatly shocked. Someone had actually plundered all nine spirit pools?
When this news spread, it caused a sensation throughout the Eastern Capital.
As a result, the three major families in the Eastern Capital took action. They ordered all the young generation to withdraw from the Spirit Gathering Mountain and then conducted a thorough inspection of all the young people from the Eastern Capital who participated in the spirit pool competition.
Soon, the three major families in the Eastern Capital came to a conclusion: the one who monopolized the nine spirit pools was not from the Eastern Capital, but an outsider.
This conclusion left no doubt that the three major families in the Eastern Capital were all extremely angry.
If it were their own disciples who monopolized the nine spirit pools, it would be one thing, but for an outsider to do this, they absolutely could not tolerate it.
After all, the spirit pools only appear once every ten years, and the number of appearances is extremely limited. For such precious resources to be monopolized by an outsider, no one could accept it!
Therefore, the three major families, the strongest forces in the Eastern Capital, decided to send Supreme experts to seal off the Spirit Gathering Mountain layer by layer, setting up a vast net to catch this person.
Otherwise, the outsiders would think that the spirit pool resources could be taken at will. If they monopolized them, they would have to be prepared to pay a heavy price!
The incident in the Spirit Gathering Mountain attracted the attention of countless people. They all wanted to see who had monopolized the nine spirit pools.
During this time, the hottest topic in the Eastern Capital was about who this mysterious outsider was. This was the first time they had encountered such a situation, so they were extremely curious about this mysterious outsider!
Spirit Gathering Mountain!
Numerous experts appeared around the Spirit Gathering Mountain, with the leader's strength reaching the peak of the Ninth Rank Supreme level.
Even the Earth Supremes were paying attention here. It could be said that the Spirit Gathering Mountain was completely surrounded, and even a fly would find it difficult to fly in.
Everyone knew that once the mysterious outsider appeared, it would certainly cause a storm of blood and rain!
Of course, who else could have discovered and plundered the nine spirit pools in such a short time besides Xiao Yan? With his late-stage Emperor Realm soul power, he had already taken the lead before others even noticed!
Xiao Yan was completely unaware of the heated discussions and the oppressive atmosphere surrounding the Spirit Gathering Mountain. At this moment, he was in deep meditation in the depths of the Spirit Gathering Mountain.
Xiao Yan sat cross-legged in silence, his eyes tightly closed. Around him, several feet away, white liquid swirled. If one observed closely, they would find that this white liquid contained pure heavenly and earthly spirit energy.
There was no doubt that this was the substance stored in the spirit pools. The one who plundered the nine spirit pools in one night was naturally Xiao Yan. With his late-stage Emperor Realm soul power, it was easy for him to plunder even a hundred spirit pools.
However, Xiao Yan was unaware of the huge sensation his actions had caused in the outside world.
The white liquid containing pure spirit energy was wildly churning, and streams of pure spirit energy were continuously being absorbed by Xiao Yan into his body and then flowing into the Supreme Sea.
Although Xiao Yan's strength was at the peak of the Ninth Rank Supreme, his Supreme Sea was far from saturated. Therefore, the energy needed to advance to the Earth Supreme level was extremely vast.
Fortunately, with the nine spirit pools, Xiao Yan could focus on advancing to the Earth Supreme level above the Ninth Rank Supreme.
However, the time required to advance to the Earth Supreme level would not be short. He had been continuously absorbing pure spirit energy for a month, but it was still just a drop in the bucket for his Supreme Sea.
Xiao Yan was not impatient, as he knew that the difference between the Supreme Realm and the Earth Supreme Realm seemed to be just one word.
In reality, it was a vast gap, and it was not easy to break through. However, once he crossed this step, it would be a complete transformation!
According to the ranking of the Great Continent, the Earth Supreme Realm surpassed the Emperor Realm and reached a higher level above the Emperor Realm!
Ten thousand feet below, a figure in black robes sat cross-legged in silence. Around him, an immense amount of heavenly and earthly spirit energy roared and then flowed into Xiao Yan's body in streams.
This was destined to be a long transformation!
After a month of waiting, the three major families in the Eastern Capital withdrew their blockade of the Spirit Gathering Mountain, as they believed the mysterious person had secretly escaped.
As time passed, a year had already gone by since Xiao Yan plundered the nine spirit pools!
A year was enough to change many things, even a person's fate!
The act of monopolizing the nine spirit pools once caused a sensation in the Eastern Capital, but that had become a thing of the past!
People always forget things, and even the hottest topics eventually fade with time, especially when a new hot topic arises.
Now, a new hot topic had once again caused a sensation throughout the Eastern Capital.
The Sacred Fire Selection Ceremony!
Hosted by the Sacred Fire Palace, one of the superpowers on the Sacred Luo Continent, one of the ten super continents in the Great Thousand World. This ceremony takes place every five years and is extremely grand. The name "Sacred Fire Selection" is self-explanatory, as it is the sacred fire choosing its master.
In the Sacred Fire Palace, there is an unowned sacred fire called the Sacred Spirit Fire, ranked ninth on the Great Thousand World's Sacred Fire List. This fire has always existed in the Sacred Fire Palace.
However, no one has been able to subdue it, not even the Heaven Supremes in the Sacred Fire Palace, which shows how terrifying and powerful this fire is!
The Sacred Fire List has a total of twenty sacred fires, and there is a huge gap between the top ten and the bottom ten. The bottom ten sacred fires might have a chance to be subdued by some Supreme or Earth Supreme experts, but the top ten sacred fires, even Heaven Supremes, do not have a 100% chance of subduing them.