At this time, Yang Chen naturally didn't hide anymore, directly coming out from the shadows.

"Fire Essence Beast Clan, it's been a long time, hasn't it?" Yang Chen said at a relaxed pace.

"You..."

"You are Yang Chen!" The two Fire Spirit Beasts recognized Yang Chen, and their expressions changed drastically upon seeing him: "How did you persuade a half-step Spirit Plate-Stage Seven-Colored Peacock to assist you?"

"Hehe, that's none of your concern," Yang Chen responded coldly.

"Humph, Yang Chen, we won't beg for mercy for the hatred between us. Kill or thrash, do as you please." The two Fire Essence Beasts retorted angrily.

Upon hearing this, Yang Chen responded with an icy expression, "Trying to be stubborn in front of me? Humph, if you want to die, it's simple, but I have no obligation to kill you. I should rather extract some reliable memories from you!"

"What!" The two Fire Essence Beasts immediately panicked, then gritted their teeth as their True Qi surged to their forehead.

"Want to self-destruct before dying? Not that easy!" The experienced Seven-Colored Peacock immediately slapped its palm, firing directly at the bodies of the two Fire Essence Beasts.

Yang Chen observed it clearly; the True Qi of these two Fire Essence Beasts surged into their foreheads instantly, which was quite terrifying. But under the slap of the Seven-Colored Peacock, the two Fire Essence Beasts immediately fell unconscious and naturally lost control of their True Qi.

"What were they doing just now?" Yang Chen asked, puzzled.

"You wouldn't understand. After reaching the Heavenly Martial Realm, their control and refining of True Qi has reached an extraordinary level. They can surge their True Qi into their foreheads and detonate their bodies, causing a massive explosion that injures within the surrounding radius. Their combined self-destruction is enough to kill another Heavenly Martial Realm Peak master.

So when fighting, one must always be prepared for an opponent's counterattack before death. The self-destruction of a Heavenly Martial Realm Peak is not a joke." Cai Yi explained.

Yang Chen took a deep breath, "What's the difference between that and a soul self-destruction?"

"There's a big difference. Soul self-destruction is something that anyone can do, it does little damage to enemies, and most importantly, after self-destructing their soul, they cannot reincarnate. Self-destructing the body is a different matter. At the very least, the soul remains unharmed. Perhaps they could take someone down with them before they die. Why not?" Cai Yi casually explained.

Hearing this, Yang Chen came to an understanding.

Those who reach the Heavenly Martial Realm are really dangerous, and it also shows the decisiveness of the two Fire Essence Beasts. Compared to the members of Hua Dragon Sect, who didn't have the courage to self-destruct before dying, they can't compete with the Fire Essence Beasts.

Now, Yang Chen looked at the two Fire Essence Beasts and immediately used Divine Soul Exploration to penetrate into them, then he started to investigate.

Through this investigation, a large number of memories were soon captured by Yang Chen.

In the blink of an eye, the time it takes to make a pot of tea had passed, and Yang Chen emerged from the state of memory investigation.

Once he returned to normal, Yang Chen took a light breath to calm himself down.

"What did you find?" Cai Yi asked.

"I found quite a lot," Yang Chen said, rubbing his eyebrows.

He let out a breath of relief because he learned from the memories of the two Fire Essence Beasts that his sister was safe. Mainly because of the God-slaying Spear, the Fire Essence Beast Clan dared not harm his sister.

Because his sister was not strong, killing her would be pointless for the Fire Essence Beasts.

However, what troubled Yang Chen was what the Fire Essence Beasts had done to the Guardian Spirit Array and their purpose. With the abilities of these two Fire Essence Beasts, they didn't know anything, seemingly due to their insufficient strength and status.

But he did get some unexpected rewards.

"This Fire Essence Beast Clan is planning something big, they're aiming for the King of Tao Slave, that is, the Black Armored Tao Slave. The most feared Tao Slave here, the Fire Essence Beast Clan charged straight to this place after entering the Pingyang Mountain Range.

They didn't even hunt any Tao Slaves, they focused all their forces just to hunt this Tao Slave down." Yang Chen muttered to himself.

"Is this Tao Slave that formidable? There are at least seven or eight half-step Spirit Plate-Stage warriors in the forces sent by the Fire Essence Beast Clan. In addition to a large number of Heavenly Martial Realm Peak warriors, did they mobilize such forces just to kill one Black Armored Tao Slave?" Cai Yi asked.

"Yes, just to kill this single Black Armored Tao Slave," Yang Chen replied. "This Black Armored Tao Slave seems to be significantly related to whether one can successfully prove Tao, and its value is far incomparable to the Purple Gold and True Silver Tao Slaves. It's said that those who successfully proved Tao, all hunted down this Black Armored Tao Slave."

"That's very strange," Cai Yi faltered.

Yang Chen nodded: "This is also the reason why the Fire Essence Beast Clan is so cautious. They have already started hunting, and these two Fire Essence Beasts were keeping watch. If there are any changes, they will immediately go back and report."

"Then what now..." Cai Yi asked.

"Naturally, go deep and take a look." Yang Chen's mouth curved up in a smirk.

He wanted to get involved in the business of the Fire Essence Beasts.

Afterwards, Yang Chen snapped his fingers and sent the Triple Flames to burn the Fire Essence Beasts into ashes. Then he and Cai Yi headed straight for the depths of the mountain range.

During the journey, Yang Chen didn't dare to easily let his Divine Soul roam. Instead, he let Cai Yi search with her Divine Soul.

However, after about half an hour, they still hadn't found anything, and didn't even notice any traces of the Fire Essence Beasts.

"What's going on? Even if the mountain range is huge, my Divine Soul covers it all, searching every corner without leaving anything out. If the Fire Essence Beasts are really fighting that Tao Slave, it shouldn't be impossible to notice." Cai Yi said, frowning.

"Fire Essence Beasts are extremely cautious. The fact that they sent out two sentries reveals their meticulous planning for this operation. Perhaps when they started the fight with the Black Armored Tao Slave, they had already set an array formation that can prevent the Divine Soul Exploration, which is why you couldn't detect anything," Yang Chen suggested.

"What should we do then?" Cai Yi asked dissatisfiedly.

"Let's take our time to find it." Yang Chen sighed in his heart. Right now, that's the only method available.

At that point, Yang Chen also didn't care whether they were discovered or not. He too unfolded his Divine Soul to search.

Shortly after his Divine Soul roamed around, Yang Chen suddenly froze.

He didn't find the Fire Essence Beasts again, but he did find a place that deserved attention.

"This door is..." Yang Chen muttered to himself.

He immediately flew with Cai Yi to the massive gate that his Divine Soul had detected.

This giant door was as high as a hundred feet, even taller than any mountain in the mountain range. The whole gate was majestic and giant, making one feel small before its grandeur.

"Could this be the Gate of Tao Proving that the Great Emperor mentioned?" Yang Chen whispered, "And the other side of the Gate of Tao Proving is the Tao Proving Hall."

Yang Chen found it difficult to calm his emotions, as he felt an endless call from the door. It was as if this door possessed an infinite attractive force, it felt like entering it would give him everything.

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