"Hahahaha... Well said! Humans are truly just another kind of Xuan Beast! They aren't even as pure and simple as Xuan Beasts; at best, they are just beasts with highly developed brains but utterly filthy minds!" Jun Mo Xie laughed heartily. "Laws? Hmph! Where there are laws, there are loopholes! Sooner or later, I will establish a set of laws belonging solely to me, Jun Mo Xie, in this world! I shall be the one to forge the laws and dictate the statutes, never to be one of those ants shackled by regulations!"

"If you were truly the one to establish the laws of this mortal world, I truly cannot imagine the absurd lengths to which you would drive this world?" Mei Xue Yan managed a wry smile. "Never mind those distant, ethereal hopes; it’s far more pressing to deal with the immediate challenge before us."

"What you said makes no sense! Some matters require clarity beforehand." Jun Mo Xie smiled, stretched out his legs, and sat down heavily, squinting slightly. "As long as we successfully endure this imminent breakthrough and emerge with vastly increased power, the only thing awaiting us will be a direct confrontation with the Three Great Holy Lands! This current situation is essentially a decisive battle! I believe that after this battle, regardless of the outcome—who wins, who loses, who is superior or inferior—the Three Great Holy Lands will absolutely refrain from sending anyone to trouble us again before the Battle of Seizing the Heavens concludes!"

"If we ultimately triumph in this battle, or even annihilate them all, the Three Great Holy Lands will likely lose all confidence in the Battle of Seizing the Heavens, and their own strength, compared to the alien races, will drop to a complete disadvantage due to the massive depletion!" Mei Xue Yan worried. "This battle... If we win, the situation for the Battle of Seizing the Heavens becomes perilous! If we lose, it’s eternal damnation; this... is utterly contradictory!"

"Contradictory? Is it truly a contradiction without a solution? Perhaps not!" Jun Mo Xie leaned back on the ground, hands clasped behind his head in a picture of utter ease, and said lightly. "Times have changed. Currently, the Beast Kings of the Heavenly Punishment have basically reached the strength nearing the Venerable level, and the Soul Devourers of the Broken Heaven, which I meticulously cultivated, are slightly lower, but fundamentally at this same tier, certainly not far behind. After this battle, as long as you take the Spirit Vein Fragments and hurry back to the Heavenly Punishment Forest, then use the powder from those fragments, having them consume it with the spring water, it will inevitably cause their strength to leap forward once more. I believe this subsequent enhancement, even if it cannot elevate everyone to the monstrous level of a Saint, will certainly be close—at least granting them the necessary strength and qualification to participate in the Battle of Seizing the Heavens!"

Jun Mo Xie smiled. "If we lose this battle, we will inevitably die and be erased from memory, and naturally, all talk ceases. But if we ultimately prevail, and the Three Great Holy Lands are crippled by us, then we are honor-bound to participate in the crucial Battle of Seizing the Heavens for the future of the Xuan Xuan Continent! Even if I have to force a path, I will carve out a group of experts and thoroughly exterminate the alien races! So that this continent will never again see a disastrous event like the Battle of Seizing the Heavens! Never again will anyone be allowed to use that banner of righteousness to carry out despicable and filthy treachery!"

"Moreover, that's not the only method to boost strength! I have plenty of ways!" Jun Mo Xie snorted.

"You plan to directly slaughter the entire lineage of the alien races!?" Mei Xue Yan asked, her eyes shining brightly.

"Of course. If such trash can be completely hacked to pieces, why would we keep them around? Do you object?" Jun Mo Xie asked, puzzled.

"How could I possibly object? If we can truly achieve a permanent solution by wiping out those vile alien races, that is naturally better than anything! Since you possess such confidence, resolve, and ambition, then let’s play ruthlessly with the Three Great Holy Lands this time!" Mei Xue Yan said excitedly. Jun Mo Xie felt a headache coming on; he knew that what mattered most to Mei Xue Yan was always the Battle of Seizing the Heavens. This topic was not just immensely significant to her, but deeply ingrained and indelible; there was no turning it around in a short time. Therefore, Young Master Jun needed to give her a powerful reassurance of a limitless, bright future before this great battle. Besides, he currently possessed the capability, so he wasn't boasting, and those filthy alien races were indeed the ones he detested most, even more than the members of the Three Great Holy Lands—he wouldn't mind eradicating them entirely...

"Xue Yan, are you ready?" Jun Mo Xie raised the Blood of Yan Huang, a subtle cold glint already spreading along the blade's edge.

"Ready!" Mei Xue Yan nodded solemnly, a sharp light flashing in her eyes.

"The moment my divine sword descends... you must immediately collect the dripping Golden Essence Jade Liquid... and leave immediately... without the slightest pause mid-transit! The instant the sword strikes, I will simultaneously activate the Chaos Fire... to seal the incision! Any delay whatsoever... could result in a massive loss of the Golden Essence Jade Liquid. You must understand the critical importance of that liquid now... so there absolutely cannot be any mistakes!" Jun Mo Xie slowly raised his long sword; above his head, the divine blade was already emitting a dazzling, brilliant white sword aura dozens of feet long!

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"Rest assured!" Mei Xue Yan stared unblinkingly at the main body of the Spirit Vein before her, her focus absolute! In the palms of both her hands, dense spiritual energy brewed, swirling and churning until, under the pressure of her profound skill, two objects shaped like small jade bottles finally formed.

To create jade bottles out of Heaven and Earth spiritual energy! All just to contain the Golden Essence Jade Liquid in that fleeting moment!

"Now!" Jun Mo Xie roared, and a wind surged forth!

Jun Mo Xie's strike had channeled all his intrinsic power, condensing every ounce of his cultivation into the sword. As the long sword cleaved down, it carried an imposing aura, vaguely reminiscent of a celestial river cascading downwards!

The sword fell!

Along the smooth incision, droplets of bright, purplish fluid slowly leaked out. The entire space of the Grand Sovereign Tower was instantly filled with an indescribable exotic fragrance. The moment they inhaled it, both felt their bodies invigorated and supremely comfortable.

Just as the Golden Essence Jade Liquid was about to drop, Mei Xue Yan’s figure flashed like lightning, sweeping past without stopping, darting away from the other side, with a soft cry: "Done!"

Before her words faded, a patch of pitch-black flame enveloped the minute incision on the Spirit Vein body.

In the utterly silent process of combustion, the incision on the otherwise incomparably hard Spirit Vein body rapidly melted and flowed down, perfectly sealing the tiny, thumb-sized opening in the cut!

Jun Mo Xie let out a satisfied, soft chuckle, his long sword instantly sheathed, vanishing without a trace once more.

The spiritual energy suffusing the Grand Sovereign Tower abruptly became turbulent at that instant, growing significantly denser! Though their coordination moments earlier had been flawless, two or three drops of the Heaven and Earth Spirit Vein’s Golden Essence Jade Liquid had still fallen onto the ground, instantly transforming into vast Heaven and Earth spiritual energy that overflowed into the domain of the Tower.

At this moment, the two small bottles formed from the purest spiritual power in Mei Xue Yan's palms were already showing signs of melting. The two drops of Golden Essence Jade Liquid within them seemed almost alive, their purple light growing increasingly dazzling. The small bottles clearly could no longer withstand the immense pressure volatilizing from within!

"Do not hesitate, and do not delay—consume it immediately! Secure your spiritual core and crash through the bottleneck!" Jun Mo Xie commanded sternly. He took one of the small bottles, and without the slightest hesitation, swallowed the entire bottle, small bottle and all, into his belly. On the other side, Mei Xue Yan performed the exact same action!

The moment the spirit-energy-formed bottle entered his stomach, the outer layer of spiritual energy instantly dissipated, and the Golden Essence Jade Liquid began to exert its effects. With a boom, Jun Mo Xie felt an unprecedented, tidal wave of power erupting from his Dantian, surging wildly towards every limb and part of his body! An instinctive attempt to restrain it proved entirely useless!

Bad!

Although he had tried to overestimate the potency of the spiritual energy, it seemed his judgment had still been flawed. The essence of Heaven and Earth, condensed over millions of years, possessed truly astonishing efficacy—it was simply too immense!

Jun Mo Xie roared, "Come! Let our palms meet, mine advance while yours retreat, circulate the Xuan Power, flowing endlessly, yin and yang complementing each other, creating a world unto themselves!"

Saying this, he shot towards Mei Xue Yan and sat down cross-legged facing her. Mei Xue Yan, at that moment, was feeling as if her entire body would explode under the overwhelming medicinal force of the Golden Essence Jade Liquid, leaving her momentarily adrift and hopeless. She barely understood Jun Mo Xie's meaning, and with the last shred of her intellect, she compelled herself to extend her hands, pressing them against Jun Mo Xie’s. Both simultaneously activated their Xuan Power...

The spiritual power, stemming from the same source, merged almost instantly, transforming both their bodies into a grand circulation system. This was equivalent to adding two major highways for circulation outside their fundamental internal cycles. Power flowed out from Jun Mo Xie's left hand and entered Mei Xue Yan's right; simultaneously, the spiritual power within Mei Xue Yan flowed out from her left palm and entered Jun Mo Xie's right palm!

Then, both their Dantians emitted a 'boom' sound of explosion, seemingly in the depths of their hearts, seemingly in the depths of their minds—the effects of the two drops of Golden Essence Jade Liquid were finally fully activated, bursting forth simultaneously within both their bodies!

The impossibly vast spiritual power erupted unchecked from their Dantians like mountain torrents and bursting floods! Both bodies reached their absolute limit at nearly the same instant. The Xuan Power, so full it threatened to burst, seemed poised to erupt through their skin at any moment!

And yet, this was merely the beginning!

But even this beginning was enough to knock both of them unconscious!

Only their four connected hands remained, the internal energy like a vast river, surging wave upon wave into their meridians, filling their bodies, then transferring through their joined hands into the other's body, thereby triggering an even more violent spiritual energy storm. It flowed back, fueling further surges...

By this point, both had lost all conscious control, instinctively driving the colossal spiritual power within them. But this unconscious driving only caused the spiritual energy storm to intensify further...

The skin all over both their bodies was gradually showing signs of rupture under the impact of the massive spiritual power. Their flesh bulged high, almost becoming translucent, and their blood vessels slowly became prominent, their color shifting from dark indigo to bright crimson.

The sinews and tendons gradually surfaced beneath the skin... Fine cracks slowly began to appear on the skin’s surface, and delicate streaks of blood slowly began to seep out...