The True Spirit Fragment buried deep in the soil was excavated, yet beneath it, there was still a dazzling treasure light.

Everyone looked at that treasure light, knowing they still had to wait, so they turned their gaze towards those True Spirit Fragments.

Song Yan's Storage Bag was already filled with many True Spirit Fragments, for the remaining ones... he waved his hand and divided them evenly.

No one had any objections, except for the Dragon Tomb Ancient Race; the other four clans were quite satisfied.

At this moment, Song Yan sat together with the elders of the four clans, while Long Gongrong sat alone, clearly displaying an obvious distinction in factions.

The elder of the Night King Ancient Race suddenly said, "Celestial Venerable, that wisp of cold aura earlier was quite suspicious. As soon as it emerged, it brought stormy rain and winds."

Song Yan replied, "Netherworld's Qi is commonly found at the end of the Soul Threshold. The emergence of this aura necessitates a backlash from the heavens and earth."

Saying so, he sighed deeply.

The elder of the White Rainbow Ancient Race saluted and said, "Celestial Venerable is knowledgeable and experienced, I am impressed."

Suddenly, Song Yan raised his voice, "The emergence of Netherworld's Qi, Mr. Long, why not come over and have a chat with us?"

Long Gongrong, recognizing that aura, thought for a moment then went over.

Song Yan said, "Your Dragon Tomb clan has long dealt with ancient tombs and naturally has seen this Netherworld's Qi. Do you know what happens if this aura increases?"

Long Gongrong slowly shook his head and said, "The tombs our clan encounters are merely small ones. I have never seen such a large amount of Netherworld's Qi, so I do not know what the future holds. But I understand it will not be a good thing."

After another month of waiting, the underground treasure light suddenly burst forth, shooting skyward with a whooshing sound.

Several people were about to approach but suddenly stopped, because a mass of thick, deathly Yin Qi quickly ascended. Such Yin Qi covered the sky and blotted out the sun, turning the stormy day into a raging sea in an instant.

Not only that, the ground suddenly started trembling, creating exaggerated cracks everywhere. From the deep trenches, a tawny cat-like Demon Beast emerged, with a ferocious appearance, grabbing a nearby Ancient Race Cultivator of the Night King Ancient Race as soon as it appeared.

The Night King elder transformed into a flash of lightning, darted in front of that tawny cat demon, and unleashed the Sharp Claw Secret Technique, angrily shouting, "Beast!!"

The sharp claws instantly penetrated the body of that cat-like Demon Beast.

Boom!

The cat-like Demon Beast exploded, its thick Earth Profound Qi dispersing first, followed by its flesh and blood.

The Night King elder glanced at that cultivator and then at the surrounding people, saying, "Be careful! This is a Crimson Palace level Demon Beast!"

The Ancient Race Cultivator quickly saluted and then hurriedly retreated.

On the other side, Long Gongrong's face changed dramatically as he saw the cat-like Demon Beast.

Song Yan asked, "Mr. Long, do you recognize this beast?"

Long Gongrong replied, "This is an Earth Beast among the Five Elements Celestial Calamity Beasts. It is extremely long-lived but has no intelligence, usually dwelling underground. I don't know why it's been awakened now."

Mo Lao said, "It's just a Crimson Palace Demon Beast, what's there to fear?"

Long Gongrong sneered, "Short-sighted! This cat demon is just the weakest type among Earth Beasts. If all the densely packed Earth Beasts underground awaken, it would truly be an unimaginable calamity."

Song Yan's figure flickered as he arrived at the crack where the treasure light exploded.

Long Gongrong followed as well.

The two of them scanned downward with their Divine Senses.

Yet beyond the Yin Qi, there was another mass of treasure light.

A large amount of True Spirit Fragment shards gushed out like a hot spring.

Long Gongrong, Mo Lao, and others raised their hands to snatch them urgently.

Song Yan was no exception, but during the snatching, he continued to direct his Divine Sense downward along the now-opened ground fissure from the explosion.

He saw clumps of earthy yellow contours clustered together, varying in size, all with closed eyes, still asleep...

As the new batch of fragments was distributed, the fissure also began to slowly heal, but with the power of Long Gongrong and the others, they were already able to see the scenery below.

Seeing those many Five Elements Celestial Calamity Beasts, everyone wore a look of solemnity.

Long Gongrong suddenly said, "Let's join forces and seal this place first."

The other Purple Mansion experts did not respond; they were not willing to respect the Dragon Tomb Ancient Race. But after Song Yan nodded, they sat down one by one and began forming a sealing array.

...

...

Several days later.

A Five Elements Seal was placed over the fissure, which fully healed, and the Earth Beasts below remained asleep, showing no signs of awakening.

Each clan gained something and took their leave one by one.

Princess Xi and Tang Yi came up behind Song Yan.

The man exuded an unfathomable aura.

Since everyone arrived here, things had gone unimaginably smoothly. After today, the strongest in the Ancient Races might still be the Dragon Tomb Ancient Race, but the leadership of the Ancient Races might shift.

Princess Xi and Tang Yi didn't know what Song Yan had done earlier, but they understood that the current smoothness was certainly related to his previous actions.

Boom! Boom rumble!

The ground trembled, rain poured fiercely, and in the dark corners, faint strange noises began to emerge.

A subordinate cultivator of the Formless Ancient Race suddenly exclaimed, "Demon Beasts!"

But after saying that, he fell silent again.

Because those weren't Demon Beasts, but a type of existence that had never appeared on this land before.

Skeletons crawled out from the soil and stood up, surrounded by a faint Yin Qi. The cultivator instinctively attacked, slashing at the skeletons with his sword, but it was like striking metal and stone.

The skeleton shattered, and the cultivator joyfully said, "Nothing more than this!"

Song Yan watched this scene without any joy, because he saw that not only were the ordinary skeletons as tough as cultivators of the sixth or seventh layer of Refining Profound, but also that the Yin Qi was not depleted at all and sank back into the soil.

If even ordinary skeletons could grow as strong as the sixth or seventh layer of Refining Profound, what about the skeletons of cultivators?

Unfortunately, he couldn't collect this Netherworld's Qi, or else he could conduct some experiments.

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