Roar... Roar... Roar...

Within the main area, the deafening beast roars fill the space densely.

Around Xiao Yi, flames boil and spread for a hundred meters.

It creates a vacuum zone within a hundred meters, becoming an extremely dangerous flame space.

No matter how fierce the demon beast, nor how formidable the puppets, they cannot step a single inch in.

Forcing closer would only turn them to ashes under the flames.

Step.

Xiao Yi’s footsteps suddenly halt.

His cold gaze sweeps over the eighteen corridors of prohibition giant gates.

Inside the Ancient Emperor’s Mansion, no one has ever forcibly entered over millions of years.

Here, prohibitions are numerous and all possess overwhelming power.

Thus, Xiao Yi can use his Fire Control techniques here fearlessly without worrying about exposing his identity.

As for the countless demon beasts and puppets here, Xiao Yi has no interest in killing them.

Because it’s ultimately futile.

Those puppets are dead objects; no matter how many are killed, they will re-emerge from the prohibition gates within the mansion.

The same applies to the demon beasts.

Indeed, those demon beasts are not ordinary.

It is conceivable that even though demon beasts have much longer lifespans than humans, they couldn’t possibly survive continuously in this ancient mansion.

Hence, these demon beasts only exist due to the Cave Mansion Restriction.

Even if burned to ashes, they will re-emerge from the prohibition gates, and can never be completely eradicated.

Moreover, within the bodies of these demon beasts, even Demon Beast Essence Blood is nonexistent.

Killing them would be futile, yielding no benefits at all.

Such a waste of time is something Xiao Yi would not foolishly engage in.

What he needs to do now is merely harness the flames and easily withstand these demon beasts and puppets.

The real task is to break the barriers.

His gaze sweeps over the eighteen prohibition giant gates.

He must first understand the situation within the main area.

Xiao Yi’s gaze quickly scans over these prohibition gates and then retracts.

"Hmm?" Xiao Yi suddenly frowns and moves towards the Alchemy Restriction Giant Gate.

As his steps move, the flames encompassing a hundred meters also automatically move.

Wherever he passes, demon beasts and puppets either retreat or instantly turn to ashes under the Purple Crystal Spirit Flame.

Xiao Yi walks easily, no longer surrounded by or blocked by demon beasts as before.

Before the Alchemy Giant Gate.

"The Alchemy Restriction isn’t broken?" Xiao Yi looks at the Alchemy Giant Gate and lightly remarks.

Glancing at the other prohibition gates, Xiao Yi realizes and shows a sudden realization.

"So that’s how it is."

Of the eighteen prohibition giant gates, fifteen are respectively the Gold, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth Five Elements Restriction, Sword Soul Medicine Formation Body Five Cultivation Restrictions, Star Blood Thunder Wind Heaven and Earth Four Forces Restriction, and the Demon Formation Restriction.

Gold, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth, Five Elements Restriction.

Sword Soul Medicine Formation Body, Five Cultivation Restrictions.

Star Blood Thunder Wind, Four Forces Restriction.

And one Demon Formation Restriction.

A total of fifteen prohibitions, triggered by the fifteen teams entering the mansion.

The remaining three prohibitions, Xiao Yi didn’t initially know.

But now, he knows one.

Among the three prohibitions, there was an Illusion Dao Restriction that Linghu Wang was the last to break.

"So Linghu Wang didn’t break the Alchemy Restriction, but broke the Illusion Dao Restriction." Xiao Yi mutters to himself.

Including this Illusion Dao Restriction, Xiao Yi knows of sixteen prohibitions.

As for the last two prohibitions, Xiao Yi is temporarily unaware, and for now, no one has triggered them.

However, if the barriers are to be broken, the last two prohibitions also need to be broken, meaning that all eighteen prohibitions must be removed.

Thus, Xiao Yi will eventually need to perceive these two prohibitions, though there’s no rush at the moment.

Xiao Yi stands in place, pondering for a moment.

Among the eighteen prohibitions, the first to be broken was Mo Youu’s Body Cultivation Restriction.

Following that, it was his own Sword Dao Restriction.

Then, First Yun, Zhangsun Chilie, and Hua Ruolian each broke a prohibition, totaling three.

Afterwards, Ye Liu and Ran Qi.

Also including the five Academy Chiefs, Lingg Hong, and Ao Yinfeng.

Everyone together broke fourteen prohibitions.

But now, evidently fifteen prohibitions have been broken; meaning someone broke two prohibitions.

It was Linghu Wang.

Xiao Yi recalls that Linghu Wang first broke one prohibition and then quickly proceeded to another prohibition gate to begin contemplation, finally breaking through again.

According to the principles of the Ancient Emperor’s Mansion, within the main area, an equal number of prohibitions must be broken to those previously triggered to begin contacting and contemplating the final prohibitions.

This means that although fifteen leaders entered, triggering fifteen prohibitions, a total of fifteen teams accessed fifteen forbidden passages to the main area.

Therefore, the main area must first break an equal number of fifteen prohibition gates before the trials appear.

The final three prohibition gates require completing the trials before beginning contemplation.

Those trials are triggers that previously ignited inside the main area for phenomena like lightning, gale, yellow sands, and blood sea enhancements, greatly boosting the demon beasts and puppets’ strength.

Only under such pressure can contemplation of the last three prohibition giant gates begin.

This explains why, despite fifteen leaders entering, the previous detailed breakdown caused fourteen prohibition gates to be broken, accounting for Linghu Wang breaking two in particular.

Linghu Wang broke two alone.

Recalling these matters, Xiao Yi furrows his brows tightly.

He feels something is amiss.

Earlier, he entered the main area, intending to contemplate breaking the Medicine Dao Restriction.

But later, Zhang Nanfeng, due to limited strength, couldn’t contemplate the Sword Dao Restriction, prompting him to forsake the Medicine Dao Restriction and move towards contemplating the Sword Dao Restriction.

After all, he has greater interest in Sword Dao.

Given his skills, coupled with wielding multiple of the top-notch Sword Dao, contemplating that Sword Dao Restriction still took considerable time.

The restrictions on the Sword Dao Giant Gate definitely reach the Supreme 9999 Dao level.

Xiao Yi sensed the Medicine Dao Restriction Giant Gate before him.

The level of restrictions within reaches the Legendary Level; fittingly, the hardest among the eighteen prohibitions.

Besides that, the difficulty of the other dozen prohibitions should be on par with the Sword Dao Restriction.

So, how did Linghu Wang manage to break two prohibitions in a short time?

The Body Cultivation Restriction on Mo Youu’s side was previously broken by Mo Youu.

With Mo Youu’s skills and talent, it was normal to break it, and be the first to do so.

First Yun, Hua Ruolian, and Zhangsun Chilie are Three Halls Main Hall Heavenly Talents, inherently exceptional; it was normal for them to break prohibitions in such time.

Ye Liu and Ran Qi also weren’t ordinary.

But what about the others?

It’s not that Xiao Yi looks down on the other leaders.

But he’s interacted with these leaders; whether it’s Lingg Hong or the five Academy Chiefs, he knows their strengths and limitations.

Any of the prohibitions on these eighteen giant gates exceed the Supreme 9999 Dao level.

Could they break them all within a few hours?

And Linghu Wang broke two?

If the timeframe was days, it would make sense.

A few hours, however, seems unnatural.

There’s only one possibility.

Whether it’s Linghu Wang, the other four chiefs, or Lingg Hong, they had already understood these prohibitions and had the means to break them.

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Second Chapter.