However, to Yan Tian's relief, the process of the ring on his hand absorbing the demonic power in his body did not continue indefinitely, but gradually stopped after a quarter of an hour.
Despite feeling the attraction emanating from the ring on his hand slowly diminishing, Yan Tian couldn't feel happy at all.
For some unknown reason, Yan Tian's cultivation has been stagnant for the past few years, and he has been left far behind by the three-legged golden crows of his generation.
Now, his cultivation level has regressed by several major realms again. How could Yan Tian not feel despair and his heart become heavier than ever before?
In despair, Yan Tian wanted to find out what was wrong with the ring on his finger that was inexplicably absorbing his worries and causing his cultivation level to plummet.
Just as Yan Tian extended his spiritual power to try and find the ring on his finger, he suddenly discovered that the ring seemed to have changed a lot today.
This ring, which was ordinary and showed no signs of anything unusual in the past, repelled my spiritual energy today.
Yan Tian had used his spiritual power to examine the ring on his hand before, but in the past, the ring seemed like an ordinary ring, and he had never encountered a situation like today.
Suddenly, Yan Tian's expression changed. In his eyes, a transparent soul floated out from the ring on his finger, which made him feel extremely panicked.
Before Yan Tian could say anything, the phantom in front of him spoke.
"Boy, I was able to awaken from this ring thanks to the constant nurturing of demonic power you've provided over the past few years. Otherwise, it probably wouldn't have been so easy for me to awaken this week."
"Are you saying that the reason my cultivation hasn't improved at all over the years is because you've been sabotaging me all along!"
"I'm yours!"
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After this day, Yan Tian, who was originally ordinary and even somewhat pathetic, will be viewed with disbelief by the demons around him.
He rose to prominence in Haori City at a comet-like speed, becoming one of the most outstanding geniuses among the Three-Legged Golden Crow clan, and even gaining the attention of the Golden Crow Demon Emperor, the ruler of Haori City.
During this journey, Yan Tian also learned the identity of the soul in his ring: one of the most powerful demon emperors in the Golden Crow clan, and the first general under the Golden Wing Demon Emperor.
Of course, the soul of the first general that Yan Tian knew had been devoured by Donghuang Taiyi. The one appearing in front of Yan Tian now was just Donghuang Taiyi in disguise.
This former top general of the Golden Winged Demon Emperor has reached the peak of the Great Luo Golden Immortal level, and it can even be said that he has taken a half step into the level of the Demon Emperor.
Yan Tian's father was none other than the Golden Winged Demon Emperor, a once-renowned prodigy of the Golden Crow clan throughout the entire demon realm.
As for why the Golden Winged Demon Emperor died, and why Yan Tian has fallen to this state, that is another very long story.
This story is inevitably interspersed with various sword fights and conspiracies, enough to keep those who know the ins and outs and the truth of the matter on their toes.
The reason why Yan Tian was able to rise so quickly in Haori City and show talent far exceeding his peers was not primarily because the ring on his hand stopped absorbing the demonic power he cultivated.
Rather, it was because Donghuang Taiyi, in order to deceive the heavens and the sea and officially appear in this great world in the future, gave Yan Tian a drop of his own blood.
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Chapter 188 Stealing the Authority of Heaven
Although both are three-legged golden crows, Donghuang Taiyi was born from the origin of the Tianyuan Sacred Realm, representing one of the two poles of the Tianyuan Sacred Realm, and is far superior to the three-legged golden crows in this Great Thousand World.
Having been baptized by the blood of Donghuang Taiyi, Yan Tian himself experienced an unprecedented improvement in strength, comprehension, bloodline, and bone structure, and this improvement left no trace of trouble.
Furthermore, most of the immense power contained in Donghuang Taiyi's blood will be hidden deep within Yantian's body, slowly being released over time to continuously improve Yantian's physique and constitution, and constantly enhance his strength.
Of course, as a peak eighth-level extraordinary expert, Donghuang Taiyi's blood was far beyond what Yan Tian could withstand, even for someone who was also a three-legged golden crow.
The solution Donghuang Taiyi used to address this problem was very simple, even quite crude.
As a gift from the Golden House Demon Emperor, the luxurious mansion where Yan Tian currently resides also contains several small worlds.
Since the two elderly demons who adopted Yan Tian didn't have much power, they were unable to help them manage the small worlds they had acquired.
Therefore, these small worlds have been in a state of disrepair for many years. Yan Tian and the two elders of the demon race have no control over these small worlds that are nominally theirs.
After Donghuang Taiyi examined these small worlds, he found that although the races living in these small worlds were diverse, all of them had one thing in common: the demon race ruled everything.
Donghuang Taiyi sent Yantian into these small worlds to fight against the endless number of demons, engaging in a fierce and relentless battle that never stopped.
Even after Yan Tian became famous throughout Hao Ri City, the same was true. In fact, after Yan Tian became famous in Hao Ri City, the standards for fighting set by Donghuang Taiyi for Yan Tian continued to rise.
It can be guaranteed that even with Yan Tian's greatly enhanced cultivation, every time he enters a small world and fights against the native demon race in each small world, he is still in grave danger, with his life in danger at every moment.
Each time Yan Tian slaughtered a sufficient number of demons, Donghuang Taiyi would personally intervene to temporarily place Yan Tian in a quiet environment.
Afterwards, Donghuang Taiyi will have Yantian collect all the essence blood of the demon race he has killed. After a little refining, it will form a pool of ten thousand beast blood that is extremely effective for Yantian at present.
After the Blood Pool of Ten Thousand Beasts is formed, Donghuang Taiyi will take out the drop of his own blood that he has condensed and shine it slightly on the Blood Pool of Ten Thousand Beasts.
The faint light emanating from Donghuang Taiyi's blood entered the Blood Pool of Ten Thousand Beasts, infecting it with some of the aura contained in his blood.
Donghuang Taiyi would then have Yantian enter the Myriad Beasts Snow Pool to refine himself, continuously improving his physique, constitution, comprehension, and other aspects.
Most importantly, Yan Tian was able to receive the influence of a certain divine energy emanating from the drop of blood of Donghuang Taiyi in the Blood Pool of Ten Thousand Beasts.
Slowly transforming itself and constantly improving its bloodline, Yan Tian's bloodline, which was already very pure compared to the three-legged golden crows in this great world, became even purer and more noble.
As Yan Tian fought against various demons, all the large and small hidden injuries on his body were completely eliminated in the Blood Pool of Ten Thousand Beasts.
It was precisely this cruel and bloody ordeal, a near-death experience, that allowed Yan Tian to raise his cultivation to an astonishing level in a very short period of time.
Meanwhile, due to the constant life-and-death battles, Yan Tian's cultivation level, which was improving at an astonishing rate, showed no signs of being unstable. On the contrary, it began to show signs of becoming invincible among its peers.
As time went by, Yan Tian's status in Haori City, or rather in the entire demon race, became increasingly lofty, and his own strength grew stronger.