Chapter 280: Capturing the Nascent Soul. The provided translation keeps the original tags of the webpage.

Before joining the Xuan Yang Sect, Xu Xing left a way for Tang Yi to communicate.
And he instructed Tang Yi, saying: "You are responsible for maintaining the stability of the various cities. Inform those immortal cultivating families and forces to behave and not engage in any petty actions."
Tang Yigong responded, asking again: "What should I do if someone does not listen to advice?"
Xu Xing released the Fire Qilin and said, "I will leave my mount to you. It can handle most Golden Core stage cultivators."
The Fire Qilin shook its head and said to Tang Yi with a buzzing voice, "If you encounter any difficulties, you can seek me! I will surely help you overcome all challenges!"
Xu Xing took out a bottle of the Fire Qilin's blood and fed it to the Fire Qilin.
In this way, it will be sufficient to ensure that Huo Qilin possesses a relatively long-lasting and profound strength.
After doing all this, Xu Xing said to Tang Yidao, "If there are any problems that even my mount cannot solve, you can contact me and I will personally come to solve them."
Tang Yi nodded once again.
The light soared up, Xu Xing and others flew towards the direction of Xuan Yang Sect.
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With the guidance of Xu Xing and others, Xu Xing easily entered through the mountain gate of Xuan Yang Sect.
Single Ming and others secretly contacted reliable people and launched a surprise attack on the entire Yan family in the Xuan Yang Sect.
Apart from some cultivators in the Nascent Soul realm, it was difficult for Single Ming and the others to deal with. Xu Xing took care of the situation, and he didn't bother to deal with the remaining people. Single Ming and the others will handle it themselves.
After the battle, it's time for looting.
As members of the Xuan Yang Sect, Shan Ming and others naturally know where the good stuff is.
However, Xu Xing only collected a few rare items. Most of the things, given his current strength, are no longer of interest.
Among them, what pleased Xu Hang the most was the confiscation of three sacred realms and nine secret realms from the Yan clan family.
And this is only within the jurisdiction of the Xuanyang Sect that the Yan clan family controls.
Within the entire Xuan Yang sect, there are four separate blessed lands and over a dozen hidden realms.
For now, Xu Xing has not yet explored them.
After all, these blessed lands and hidden realms are also precious cultivation resources.
Shan Ming and others have joined him, and Xu Xing should give these people some benefits.
Otherwise, if the sect is destroyed and they betray him, they won't gain any benefits in the end. I guess no one would be satisfied with that.
After obtaining these hideouts and secret realms, Xu Xing found a quiet place in the back mountains of Xuan Yang Sect and began seclusion practice.
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In the blink of an eye, seven years passed.
On this day, Xu Xing absorbed all three celestial realms and nine secret realms.
And his cultivation level has long reached the third layer of Yuan Ying.
After coming out of seclusion, Xu Xing casually roamed around the Xuan Yang Sect, relaxing his mind.
Ten days later, the entire Xuanyang Sect was shaken.
Because their Supreme Elder had returned.
Yan Xuanye, full of violent aura, rushed into the mountain gate and shouted angrily, "You have the audacity to betray the sect! You dare to destroy even my Yan family!"
The aura of a transcendent realm pervaded the entire Xunyang Sect, causing everyone to tremble in fear.
Xu Xing stepped lightly in mid-air, meeting Yan Xuanye head-on.
Such an obvious action naturally attracted most of Yan Xuanye's attention.
Yan Xuanye stared at Xu Xing and asked, "Who are you? Why are you here in the inner circle of my Xuanyang Sect?"
Xu Xing replied, "I killed Yan Li, so I suppose I have something to do with the downfall of the Yan Clan."
"How dare you!" Yan Xuan Ye shouted angrily, "With your mere cultivation in the early stage of the Yuan Ying realm, you dare to do such a thing! Prepare to give up your life!"
With a flick of his hand, raging flames surged towards Xu Xing man.
Xu Xing stood still, surrounded by a colorful radiance, protecting himself within it.
As soon as the flames touched the colorful radiance, they were immediately absorbed by it.
In the blink of an eye, the flames released by Yan Xuan Ye disappeared without a trace.
Yan Xuan Ye narrowed his eyes slightly, and then put away his disdain for Xu Xing, looking at him directly.
"Your aura seems a bit unstable, have you been seriously injured and haven't recovered properly?" Xu Xing spoke.
Yan Xuanye snorted coldly: "Even if I'm not fully recovered, I'm still in the Nascent Soul stage! It won't take much effort to deal with a Yuan Ying cultivator like you!"
As he spoke, he attacked once again.
A crimson-feathered phoenix, engulfed in flames, appeared and swooped towards Xu Xing with a loud cry.
"Vermilion Phoenix?"
Xu Xing whispered to himself as a five-colored radiance before him transformed, revealing a magnificent and majestic peacock figure.
As the peacock spread its long tail, it bloomed with endless colorful radiance, enveloping the approaching vermilion bird in a blaze.
By the time the peacock wrapped up its display, the vermilion bird had already vanished without a trace.
A peacock let out a loud cry, flapped its wings, and transformed into colorful radiance, flying towards Yan Xuan Ye.
Yan Xuan Ye's mind trembled, and he quickly took action to respond.
The two of them quickly engaged in a fierce battle, exchanging blows for about twenty to thirty rounds.
Yan Xuanye became more and more surprised in his heart as he fought. He felt an incredible difficulty, as if his entire body's mana was becoming sluggish and difficult to mobilize.
After several moments, Yan Xuanye started to feel dizzy and his injuries became increasingly difficult to suppress.
Seeing that he was no match for the opponent, he immediately flashed and opened a spatial crack, and slipped in.
Xu Xing didn't expect that a Nascent Soul cultivator could actually escape through a spatial crack, and hurriedly chased after him.
Within the crack, there lies emptiness, which is the void beyond the world barrier.
Yan Xuan Ye sneered when he saw that Xu Xing dared to chase after him with just the cultivation level of Yuan Ying, saying, "Just a mere Yuan Ying, unable to comprehend the essence of divine soul, yet you dare to come to this realm of emptiness. I see that you are seeking death!"
Speaking of which, he turned back again, trying to take Xu Xing's life.
After coming to the realm of nothingness, Xu Xing was also surprised to find that the mana in his body was inexplicably suppressed.
Although it is not unusable, the consumption is several times higher than normal.
When he saw Yan Xuanye approaching, Xu Xingxin had a thought and released a small black snake.
When the little snake first appeared, it was still lazy, but after sensing Yan Xuan Ye's attacking aura, it quickly stretched out its body.
Its snake body became huge, and with a mouthful, countless invisible energies gathered towards its body from the void.
The aura on the black snake's body suddenly surged, and it actually broke through to the transformation realm in an instant.
Seeing this black snake, Yan Xuanye's expression also changed greatly: "Abyssal Frost Serpent! How could you have such a thing!"
Xu Xing is too lazy to bother to answer Yan Xuanye's words.
Over the years, Xu Xing has not only improved his cultivation, but sometimes when the Cold Dark Abyssal Snake wakes up, he also feeds it various spiritual materials and food.
Therefore, the cultivation of the Cold Dark Shadow Serpent was already on the verge of breaking through the Divine Transformation realm.
Now, with Xu Hang's deliberate guidance and indulgence, it instantly broke through the boundary.
The Cold Dark Shadow Serpent turned its icy eyes and stared at Yan Xuanyue, opening its mouth and swiftly sucking in.
Xu Xing waved his hand and unleashed a radiant black and white light, temporarily suppressing Yan Xuan Ye's magical aura.
In an instant, Yan Xuan Ye was swallowed by the Frosty Abyssal Serpent.
After being swallowed, Yan Xuan Ye still attempted to break free from the serpent's belly, causing the Frosty Abyssal Serpent to let out a painful roar.
But as the cold and dark snake's body emitted bursts of black light and devoured a lot of spiritual materials, its cultivation strength advanced to the mid stage of Deity Transformation. Yan Xuanye finally settled down.
The cold and gloomy python looked a bit tired, coiled up its body, shrinked slowly, and slithered into Xu Xing's sleeve.
Xu Xing's gaze scanned the surroundings, all that met the eye was darkness.
Only the scattered lights in the distance indicate that they are stars or falling meteorites.
Or maybe, they are from an unknown world.
Xu Xing knows that this world of emptiness is very dangerous, and it is far from being explored with his current Nascent Soul cultivation.
So, following the scent marks left before, he returned back.
Xu Xing didn't quite understand the technique of breaking through spatial rifts, but luckily he knew how to traverse.
As long as he could see or sense the other side, he could cross over.
As Xu Xing took a step forward and vanished into nothingness, his figure reappeared within the gate of Xuan Yang Sect.
Shan Ming and others were anxiously awaiting their fate.
When they saw Xu Xing appear, their eyes lit up, and Shan Ming quickly asked, "Xu... Xu senior, the Grand Elder..."
Xu Xing calmly replied, "I caught him."
"That's great!" Everyone let out a sigh of relief.
Looking at Xu Hang, their gaze became even more in awe.