Chapter 4

"If there's no one else, it should be me." Xiao Yan heard these words, nodded, and did not deny them. Indeed, he was the only one to advance to the rank of Dou Di on the Dou Qi continent after a thousand years.

The old man, seeing Xiao Yan nod, immediately broke into a smile: "It's really you. It seems that Old Xiao's感应 was quite accurate, a member of the Xiao clan."

"This damned Old Xiao is really troublesome. He didn't come to pick up his own family but sent me instead. And you, you're such a peculiar guy. If it weren't for Old Xiao's repeated instructions, I wouldn't bother with you at all..." The old man muttered a few more words.

"Wait, what did you just say? Xiao clan? Old Xiao? Are they my ancestors? Are my ancestors still alive? Senior, can you take me to see my ancestors right away?" The old man's words confirmed Xiao Yan's suspicions; he never expected that the Xiao clan still existed here, and he couldn't help but feel excited.

The old man pursed his lips, "Nonsense! It's your ancestor who sent me to pick you up. Want to see your ancestor? Follow me. It's not early anymore, keep up with me." The old man gave Xiao Yan a glance, waved his sleeve, and a spatial rift tore open. He then dove into it, and after a brief hesitation, Xiao Yan followed.

In a short moment, the two emerged from the rift, greeted by a strong ancient aura.

As soon as Xiao Yan stepped out of the spatial rift, he was amazed. The imperial source qi here was even more concentrated than in the passage space. He steadied himself and was immediately stunned by the scene before him.

All around were dense forests, with trees so tall that they seemed to reach the sky, their canopies blocking out the sun, like pillars supporting the heavens.

Around Xiao Yan, the ground was covered with medicinal herbs and rare flowers, exuding a rich medicinal fragrance that made his eyes gleam with greed. Most of these herbs and flowers were ones he had never seen before, and those he had seen were extremely rare and precious on the Dou Qi continent, yet here they were everywhere.

These were treasures! As a pharmacist, and a Ninth Rank pharmacist at that, how could he not be excited? Xiao Yan immediately started gathering them.

"What are you picking these weeds for?" The old man glanced at the herbs in Xiao Yan's hand.

Xiao Yan was taken aback. Weeds? These herbs were priceless on the Dou Qi continent, but in the old man's eyes, they were just weeds?

The old man shook his head, "Lack of knowledge. Come on, boy."

Xiao Yan didn't say anything, just quietly put away the herbs.

"What's this?" Xiao Yan saw a purple crystal not far away, moved quickly, and took it out, his eyes flashing with surprise: "This strength, it actually surpasses the best materials on the Dou Qi continent."

"Hey, boy, come on, what use is that broken stone to you?" The old man called out irritably.

Xiao Yan glanced at the old man floating in the air, seemingly seeing everything as worthless in the old man's eyes. He didn't say anything more and followed the old man.

The surroundings were still dense forests, stretching as far as the eye could see, estimated to be hundreds of times larger than the Magic Beast Mountains.

This forest was located in the Tianmo Mountains, occupying an extremely vast area. The Tianmo Mountains, with their towering peaks, stretched continuously, dividing the entire forest into two different regions. After tens of thousands of years of evolution, the forest had become a place where almost everything had life, and few dared to venture deep into it, let alone walk alone. Even a Dou Di could fall in this mysterious forest.

Xiao Yan and the old man were only at the edge.

Xiao Yan's heart was filled with curiosity and wonder about this unknown land. The soul force in his眉心 burst forth, spreading throughout the forest.

"Hmm? Imperial soul force, hehe, this boy is not simple, quite interesting." The old man was puzzled and somewhat surprised. When Xiao Yan released his soul force, the old man immediately sensed his imperial soul force.

Imperial realm, not just soul power, but also a state of mind. Not every Dou Di possessed imperial soul force, and even he had not reached the imperial realm. To think that this boy before him had imperial soul force, how could he not be surprised.

The two figures flew at an extremely fast speed toward the distance. The old man looked at Xiao Yan and said, "Rein in your soul force. It's dangerous here. I know you're curious. Fine, let me give you a brief introduction to this continent." As he spoke, a beam of light flashed from his finger and shot directly into Xiao Yan's mind, a massive amount of information instantly flooding his brain.

Gradually, Xiao Yan began to have a vague understanding of this continent.

This was a world that would make Dou Yanjing marvel. Yes, this was the Dou Di continent, similar to the Dou Qi continent in that it had no elemental magic, and Dou Qi was still the only dominant force. This was a world exclusively for Dou Di, where only Dou Di could survive and grow. While Dou Di were the pinnacle on the Dou Qi continent, on the Dou Di continent, they were just the basic existence. Through the efforts of countless generations of Dou Di, there were even beings that surpassed Dou Di.

Although Dou Di on the Dou Qi continent could wreak havoc and destroy the heavens and the earth, their power here was limited, not even a tenth of what they could do on the Dou Qi continent. The space here was too perfect, even suppressing the power of Dou Di, and naturally, people's strength was constantly evolving to counteract the limitations of this space.

After countless generations of strong individuals summarized and categorized, a new ranking system was established on the Dou Di continent. From low to high, Dou Di were divided into nine star levels, from one star to nine stars. Each star was further divided into early, middle, late, and peak stages, and each stage was further divided into early, middle, late, and peak levels. Above the nine stars were beings that surpassed Dou Di, known as Dou Xian. Only one person on the entire Dou Di continent had reached this level, the creator of this space. Above Dou Xian, according to the continent's legends, there were Dou Shen and the Immortal Emperor. Whether these existed, no one knew.