The glow of the sunset was radiant, and anomalies were dazzling.

The resonance of the Tao first appeared so broadly across the entire Pure Moon Immortal City within the Dark God Domain.

Every cultivator bathed in this Tao sound felt a kind of sudden enlightenment, experiencing a fundamental transformation and progress! Even a grain of dust was impacted by this formidable Tao sound, transforming into a particle imbued with inexplicable Tao intent.

This change, vast in scale and extensive in impact, was beyond imagination.

And for the cultivators in the Wenhua Palace, the shock was even more profound.

At this moment, the entire Wenhua Palace was tranquil, even silent.

Almost all cultivators were comprehending their own Tao, influenced by this light and Tao sound, as if undergoing a collective enlightenment.

These people, however, did not include Ji Wu, Jia Yongheng, Jiang Yaoshi, and Hou Ling'er, among a series of top-talent cultivators.

These uniquely gifted cultivators, at this moment, had eyes filled with shock and surprise, staring in disbelief at the totem and observing Zhou Yan's transformation.

The Dark God Domain had seen the resonance of the Tao before, but never on such a large scale and with such far-reaching influence.

Among the Tao sound, the glow of radiance made it impossible to open one's eyes, as it was too dazzling.

It was a divine brilliance imbued with immortal divinity, a light that could illuminate every darkness in the world, powerful, vast, formidable, and awe-inspiring.

Zhou Yan was breaking through amidst such brilliance.

He broke through to the Seventh Transition of the Divine Realm, after which the domain of the Emperor Sword revealed an unparalleled and indescribable vast momentum.

Yet in this process, Zhou Yan gained deep insight, realizing that the domain required not only meticulous and powerful tenacity but also a more extensive range, which is the true royal path.

However, that is not something that needs to be considered in the Divine Realm.

Concentrating and holding his breath, Zhou Yan's domain derived the unrivaled Dragon Emperor Totem, constantly gathering new forms of Xingyi transformation techniques, while the domain of the Emperor Sword allowed the totem's power to continuously awaken, with waves of terrifying divine power emerging within Zhou Yan, undergoing constant transformation.

This transformation was even more intense and powerful than dual cultivation with the Speech Spirit Heavenly Girl.

Amidst the transformation, Zhou Yan's twelve-form War Beast Sword Soul alternately derived the totem's domain rules, growing stronger until reaching the original Divine Soul, where the rules of the Emperor Sword's domain had reached an extreme.

Under this extreme, Zhou Yan felt every Divine Soul was far stronger than Ji Wu and Hou Ling'er, almost like they might burst.

He was in shock, but the totem gathered terrifying divine power, which caused Zhou Yan's Divine Soul to continue expanding.

At that moment, Zhou Yan felt an inexplicable heat, suddenly wanting to explode with primal desire and vent madly!

Within him, the Nine Orifice Exquisite Evil Heart and the Xuanyuan Sword seemed influenced, about to erupt in fury.

If that fury erupted, Zhou Yan knew he might lose his sense of self briefly.

As this was about to happen, suddenly, Zhou Yan's Soul Sea trembled, and a chill swept over his body and mind, calming him in an instant. In that instant, a flash of golden light crossed Zhou Yan's mind, revealing various secret techniques of the Thunder-controlling Divine Soul.

Zhou Yan's heart trembled, immediately associating this with the golden leaf.

In that instant, Zhou Yan began chanting his Xingyi Ancient Scripture and Ruoshui Scripture, gradually calming himself, while the Ice Palace within his Soul Sea began emanating boundless coldness, the icy chill calming Zhou Yan's burning blood.

Zhou Yan felt the reddish hair that was about to sprout on his body naturally fade away.

After it faded, Zhou Yan finally sighed in relief, having triggered all the power within the Cultural Totem, but unable to release it. This caused the Cultural Totem to continuously channel powerful divine power into Zhou Yan, yet under this divine power, Zhou Yan's mighty Divine Soul had also reached an extreme, making it impossible to absorb any more energy. In this situation, Zhou Yan had no means to further accommodate energy.

Moreover, the transformation of combat power is not merely the accumulation of divine power. Divine power is an immortal energy tier, an immortal foundation that can only transform the Divine Soul, not combat power. Under these circumstances, Zhou Yan had no means to store divine power, nor was it possible.

Because, in this world, no cultivator can store divine energy!

And every item imbued with divine power carries an immortal aura, worthy of being called a fragment of an Immortal Weapon!

Precisely for this reason, immortal divine power is so precious.

And within every cultivator's body, there exists this kind of divine power, but this power is like an innate potential, which can't be manifested. A powerful cultivator can display a small portion, and their combat power would be countless times stronger than that of ordinary cultivators.

Now, Zhou Yan's divine power accumulated in his Divine Soul has caused the Divine Soul to transform to its limit and start to swell, unable to transform further or accept more.

However, the divine power from the totem floods down like a torrent, and it is already a blessing that Zhou Yan hasn't lost control.

Suddenly thinking of the golden leaves, Zhou Yan immediately knew a brand-new method, which was to use this divine power to envelop the golden leaves and derive the correct cultivation method anew.

Previously, Zhou Yan obtained the cultivation method of the Soul-controlling Venerable Dao from the golden leaves, but there were mistakes in it, and Zhou Yan's Immortal Divine power was insufficient to perform derivations multiple times.

However, the Cultural Totem provided such an opportunity.

Zhou Yan, leveraging the power of the Cultural Totem, immediately conjured the golden leaves. Five golden leaves circled together, fiercely quivering under such a strong divine power from the Cultural Totem.

Yet, these golden leaves, like a bottomless pit, crazily absorbed divine energy, absorbing again and again. With such terrifying divine energy from the Cultural Totem pouring down like a flood, the golden leaves actually absorbed for nearly ten minutes, which left Zhou Yan somewhat dumbfounded.

If any cultivator were to absorb this much divine power, they would be drained alive, reduced to a dried-up husk.

Unfortunate as it is, the owner of these golden leaves seemed never to have expected such a situation to arise.

The golden leaves gradually contracted, revealing a new cultivation method of the Soul-controlling Venerable Dao, but displaying its Tao patterns required devouring powerful soul energy.

Zhou Yan directly released his stored endless soul power, allowing it to be devoured.

All of Zhou Yan's stored soul power was devoured by the golden leaves, leaving only about ten percent, making Zhou Yan feel physically pained, but fortunately, the five golden leaves together finally ceased extracting energy.

According to Zhou Yan's estimation, the energy of this soul power was comparable to all the soul power of a Venerable Eighth Realm cultivator!

These golden leaves had absorbed that much soul power!

Zhou Yan even suspected that the golden leaves must serve as a trap to siphon soul power and divine power, arranged by some figure behind them to recover certain injuries.

However, this speculation lacks validation, and Zhou Yan abandoned these thoughts after a brief derivation.

The golden leaves trembled, and after the Cultural Totem's fierce outpouring of endless divine power, it gradually calmed and stabilized. Although it continued to emit divine power, Zhou Yan could still forcibly embed a bit into his Soul Sea for now.

In the short term, Zhou Yan could maintain this, so his attention was entirely drawn to the golden leaves.

At this moment, due to the intense light from the Cultural Totem, this part of heaven and earth bathed in white light, filled with complex divine power rendering it utterly stable yet simultaneously concealed; no one could fathom what was happening within that light.

Sometimes, extreme glaring light is more effective than any hidden forbidden array.

Zhou Yan's own Divine Soul sensing power covered the entire Pure Moon Immortal City within the light, but even he could only cover it without perceiving what the cultivators within the light pillar were doing, let alone the outside cultivators.

So, even if Zhou Yan committed some unseemly acts here, neither many geniuses nor some top-tier Venerables would discover what Zhou Yan did.

The Cultural Totem's light pillar has an unimaginably terrifying effect.

Zhou Yan, after meticulously deriving, realizing this scene, felt more at ease and relieved.

After all, if the transformation of the golden leaves couldn't be detected, wouldn't it be better?

Now the peculiar transformation of the golden leaves seems to conceal enormous secrets, so Zhou Yan wouldn't want those secrets revealed.

Fortunately, the Cultural Totem did this voluntarily, making everything seem coincidental yet fitting in every step.

Though Zhou Yan suspected it might be his brother's arrangement or a path already paved, success ultimately lies with oneself, and Zhou Yan knew if he didn't strive with all his might, all this effort would be in vain.

Zhou Yan calmed his mind, his gaze fixed on the golden leaves.

At this moment, the five golden leaves autonomously combined into a larger golden leaf, followed by the emergence of a golden spectral figure, an old man with a scrappy frame full of sly intentions.

This old man stood no more than 1.5 meters tall, and if he stood in 1.5 meters deep snow, Zhou Yan could only see the sparse hair on top of his bald head.

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