Having the genes of a demon king, I never intended to be a kept man.

Chapter 1038 The Intruders Who Broke into the Azure Dragon Palace

A pitch-black night.

The mausoleum of the late emperor in Kyoto has been completely surrounded by priests from the Shinto Shinto Temple since last month.

At this moment, inside the Azure Dragon Palace.

The five highest-ranking priests in the mortal realm—the Golden Spirit Priest, the Fire Spirit Priest, the Wood Spirit Priest, the Earth Spirit Priest, and the Water Spirit Priest—all gathered at the entrance to the Azure Dragon Palace.

The Earth Spirit Priest knelt on the ground, his hands supporting him. Earth-attribute divine power emanated from his palms, spreading out in ripples and seeping into the ground.

The other four priests stood around him, constantly channeling divine power into him.

After a long while, the Earth Spirit Priest slowly stood up.

The Golden Spirit Priest asked, "How is it?"

“Using the Earth Escape Technique, we should be able to directly enter the eighth underground level of the underground palace,” said the Earth Spirit Priest. “The Azure Dragon’s remains should be preserved on the ninth underground level of the underground palace. However, my divine power cannot penetrate the ninth level. It seems that there is a special seal on the eighth level, so we can only go to the eighth level to break the seal before we can enter the ninth level.”

Golden Spirit Priest: "In that case, let's go to the eighth level first."

Earth Spirit Priest: "I can only send one person in. The formation just now consumed too much of my divine power."

The Golden Spirit Priest nodded, then turned and said, "Water Spirit Priest, you may leave. Your abilities are best suited for capturing undead spirits and deities."

"Mm." The Water Spirit Priest nodded gently.

"Snapped!"

The Earth Spirit Priest clasped his hands together: "Divine Technique—Earth Escape!"

He then bent down and pressed his body to the ground again, and an earthen-yellow divine magic array pattern appeared under the feet of the Water Spirit Priest.

“The Azure Dragon’s consciousness has awakened. Although there are signs that the seal on its soul has loosened, its power should not have recovered much. It is estimated that it is still not at the demigod level.” The Golden Spirit Priest tossed him a magic treasure box and said slowly, “If we cannot find the Azure Dragon’s remains, we should retrieve the Azure Dragon’s spirit first.”

"Understood." The Water Spirit Priest said, raising two fingers with both hands.

With a "bang," accompanied by a puff of dissipating white smoke, it disappeared into the earth-遁 (earth-遁 is a type of formation used in Chinese magic) array.

......

The place where the Vermilion Bird is sealed.

"Rumble rumble rumble rumble..."

"Rumble rumble rumble rumble..."

Night Song was still bathed in the fiery tornado.

He found the sensation incredibly magical, his body almost completely fused with the flames, every inch of his extraordinary cells, blood, and energy entering a turbulent state. Although he could still feel the extremely high temperature, he was not harmed.

but......

[Remaining time for the mission: 13 hours, 24 minutes, and 58 seconds]

Ye Ge glanced at the mission time, then at the unreachable horizon above her head.

There's absolutely no way to see where the end of this fire tornado is...

I don't know how far I am from the Heart of Flame Spirit.

We had no choice but to grit our teeth and keep climbing.

But this place is indeed an excellent training ground. Ye Ge could clearly feel his soul power, holy power, divine power, and magical power all increasing dramatically!

It's safe to say that he's never seen his soul power grow so quickly in his entire life.

It's been more than two days now, and I wonder what the situation is like outside.

Xue'er and the others must be very worried, right?

Ye Ge thought to himself, "It seems I need to hurry."

"You're really good at holding back, kid." Baihu's voice rang out again: "Are you sure you can handle it? Don't push yourself too hard."

Ye Ge smiled and said, "I can withstand it, but I do feel that the closer I get to the Heart of Flame Spirit, the heavier the burden on my soul becomes."

It seems that what Baihu said was indeed true; the Vermilion Bird's Holy Spirit True Fire can indeed burn the soul.

However, as long as the soul can withstand such burning and scorching, it will inevitably receive extremely effective training, and the strength of the soul will naturally increase dramatically.

"I wonder if I'll be able to awaken a skill like 'Fiery Eyes' after I get out of here," Ye Ge clicked his tongue.

"What?" the white tiger asked.

"It's nothing," Ye Ge said.

The voice of the Azure Dragon Elder rang out at this moment: "You still shouldn't be too careless. The closer you get to the Heart of the Flame Spirit, the higher the temperature and intensity of the Holy Spirit True Fire will increase, not just once or twice, but ten or twenty times in an instant! If you are not careful for even a moment, your soul may be swallowed up and never come out again, without even time to react!"

"I understand." Ye Ge nodded. It seems we still need to be careful.

"But speaking of which," Ye Ge suddenly thought of something and asked curiously, "I heard you say before that at your level, the soul is immortal. Since the Holy Spirit True Fire can burn the soul, can it burn the soul of a god-level being?"

Qinglong Laodeng: "To deal with demigods, we can completely incinerate them; but against gods, we can only inflict effective damage, not completely annihilate them. Even if we can incinerate and destroy them, their souls will soon reassemble and be reborn."

"...6, you can dissipate and then reassemble and be reborn, is that even possible?" Ye Ge thought for a moment: "So you really are immortal?"

"When we reach the level of gods, our souls can automatically draw upon all the extraordinary energy naturally generated by the natural world of Earth, so we are basically as old as the heavens and earth, living and dying with Earth," the White Tiger said. "Therefore, as long as Earth is not destroyed and the spiritual energy of Earth is not exhausted and extinguished, our souls will not disappear."

"..." Ye Ge clicked his tongue in amazement: "Wow."

"Actually, that's not entirely true," said the Azure Dragon Elder. "Although we are already god-level beings, I believe there are still many powers in this world that we don't know. It's just that we haven't encountered any power that can annihilate our souls."

The White Tiger said, "You old dragon know how to be humble in front of your juniors. You didn't act like this when you were bragging to the other sacred beasts."

"You son of a bitch..." Old Deng Qinglong opened his mouth, wanting to say something more.

Suddenly, He felt a stirring in His mind, as if He had suddenly perceived something.

His expression immediately turned serious.

"Old Deng, what's wrong?" Ye Ge asked, noticing that Old Deng's condition was a bit strange.

"I've got a bit of a problem on my end."

"what's the situation?"

"...My house was robbed."

"???ah?"

"An intruder has broken into the Azure Dragon Palace." The Azure Dragon Elder said in a deep voice, "I'm hanging up now. Be careful." After saying that, the Azure Dragon Elder's voice disappeared from my consciousness.

Ye Ge was slightly taken aback: "Azure Dragon Palace??"

The Azure Dragon Palace, also known as the mausoleum of the former emperor of the human race, was sealed off by the priests of the Temple of Gods in the name of the gods shortly after the start of the Myriad Races Summit, preventing even people from the human empire from passing through.

Could it be that......