Chapter 708 - 381: Could Taixuan Hong Be Su Chen?

Su Chen stood up and conveniently opened his interface for a glance. The development progress had already reached forty-two percent.

Nearly half a year had passed since he last emerged from the Flame Space. While this was not exactly a short amount of time, the rapid climb in progress was all thanks to his constantly stacking development efficiency. Otherwise, under normal circumstances, it would have taken at least two or three years to reach this point.

Looking further down, the fusion of the World Slaughter Form and the Heaven Forging Form had not yet concluded. The process was taking even longer than he had anticipated.

Su Chen was in no rush. This fusion only applied to the classes captured by the interface; his ability to use them personally would not be affected.

Stepping out of the main building, he walked straight into the Nether Tower. Su Chen took out the Fire-igniting Ash, which was already shining with a dazzling light.

"It will take some time for the news to travel back," he thought.

As early as a month ago, the Fire-igniting Ash had finished recharging. The Sun Residual Fire surged out, wrapping around him as he navigated the familiar path into the Nether Realm.

Just as he was preparing to perform the sacrificial ritual, he suddenly froze, looking off into the distance with a hint of hesitation.

He had been here several times and was already familiar with the surrounding environment, but at this moment, he couldn’t help but feel a bit unsure. "That thing... I don’t think it was there the last time I came, was it?" he wondered.

At the very limit of his vision lay a blurry, indistinct shadow. Even with his keen eyesight, he could only see it vaguely. The area covered by the Sun Flame was massive. In the past, at the edge of his vision, there wouldn’t be any shadows—only an endless expanse of purple light.

He narrowed his eyes and stared carefully for a moment, confirming that it was indeed a shadow.

"Could it be the Deceitful Gods?" he wondered.

In the Nether Realm, Su Chen immediately associated such anomalies with those entities. He marveled inwardly, "These guys are actually quite capable."

The Nether Realm and reality were two sides of the same coin, but the Netherworld Space was rather peculiar. Entering the Nether Realm from a specific place in reality resulted in a randomized arrival location. Even if one entered the Nether Realm from the vicinity of the Sun Flame, they wouldn’t necessarily appear near it.

For the Deceitful Gods to find the corresponding location of the Sun Flame within the Nether Realm meant they certainly had some tricks up their sleeves.

However, finding it was one thing. The lethal threat this Flame Fire posed to Netherworld Creatures was far more terrifying here than in the real space.

Su Chen watched for a moment before withdrawing his attention and initiating the sacrificial ritual. The Sun Residual Fire gradually formed a ring around him, enveloping his body.

In the Flame Space, several Ancient Kings had gathered together. Standing to one side of them was Taixuan Tianyi.

He looked significantly more haggard. He stayed under their protection to avoid being eroded by the Flame Space.

"The method mentioned by the person named Taixuan Hong is flawless. The outside world can actually contact us," the Holy Cauldron Ancient King remarked in amazement. They highly doubted that ’Taixuan Hong’ was the other party’s real identity, but for now, they used this name as a placeholder.

"In that case, he must indeed possess a method that can allow us to leave this place," the Profound Celestial Ancient King said. Shifting his gaze to Taixuan Tianyi, he asked, "Little friend, does your family truly not have a method like this?"

Taixuan Tianyi hurriedly replied, "Penetrating the Sun Flame to communicate with the people inside requires an incredibly complex sacrificial ritual. Perhaps our family possessed it in the past, but now, we are left with only a method that can barely anchor to this place."

"Are you certain your family doesn’t have any surviving bloodlines out there?"

Hearing this, Taixuan Tianyi wore a helpless expression. Over the past few months, the little information he possessed had essentially been hollowed out by these old foxes. These Moonlight Tier experts already had a general understanding of the Taixuan family’s current situation. Any schemes he tried to hatch couldn’t be hidden from these old monsters.

He shook his head and said, "We are the main branch. As for the side branches, they don’t understand the family’s secrets at all. Even if there are descendants left outside, it’s impossible for them to possess more information than we do."

The Profound Celestial Ancient King nodded. Suddenly, his eyes flickered, and he looked up at the sky.

Taixuan Tianyi was half a beat slower. Only after sensing the commotion did he raise his head to look. Entering his field of vision was a thick pillar of purple light crashing straight down upon the Spiritual Tower.

"This is the guiding light of sacrifice!" Taixuan Tianyi froze on the spot.

"The guiding light of sacrifice?" The Profound Celestial Ancient King looked over and smiled faintly. "Little friend, are you still hiding things from us?"

Startled, Taixuan Tianyi hurriedly explained, "I’m not! This is almost identical to the method I used to get here. It’s a Sacrificial Technique, but this shouldn’t be possible..."

His brows locked together tightly. "Using this kind of Sacrificial Technique requires at least a medium to anchor to this place."

Taixuan Tianyi couldn’t figure it out. He had used the blood of the True Radiance Talent. Since it was passed down through the same lineage, it was naturally almost identical to Taixuan Ye’s blood. In fact, if his Talent had been even slightly weaker, it would have been very difficult to anchor to this place.

But how did this person manage to anchor themselves here?

"Could they truly be from my Taixuan family?" he wondered. Seeing this scene, even he began to doubt himself.

"A method identical to yours?" the Profound Celestial Ancient King asked suspiciously. "But when you arrived, the pillar of light was dim and weak. Why is this pillar of light so dazzlingly bright?"

"The family’s Sacrificial Land is an unknown, vast distance away from here. Being able to guide me to this place was already the result of the family sparing no expense. As for why this pillar of light is so exceptionally bright..." Taixuan Tianyi pondered for a moment before explaining, "I suspect it’s most likely because their Sacrificial Land is not far from here."

Whenever someone with outstanding Talent emerged in their family, they would initiate a sacrifice. Ever since his birth, they had conducted sacrifices at regular intervals—whenever enough resources were gathered—to attempt an anchoring. Because of this, he understood the advantages, disadvantages, and intricate details of the sacrificial ritual better than anyone.

"Extremely close?" Hearing this, a strange look flashed across the faces of the Ancient Kings present.

"Could it be..." the Hanhai Emperor said with a solemn expression, "that this person is not the guy from the Abyss Realm as we expected, but rather someone from our side?"