Ye Xiao could have easily killed Xing Ming, Tian Liang, Lu Family's head, and other elders of big families from three countries by using Soul Destruction, but he did not choose to do so.

He wanted to see how much his fighting prowess has increased and how well he could face someone at the Martial Saint Realm without relying on the abilities he has gotten from the three dragons.

Now, he could finally estimate his fighting prowess. He was confident that even if he did not rely on the abilities of the three dragons, he has the power to face or even kill an Eighth Stage Martial Saint Realm martial artist.

Xing Ming was at the Second Stage of the Martial Saint Realm while the Lu Family's head who was sucked inside the Thunder Fire Tornado and burned alive was at the Third Stage of the Martial Saint Realm.

They were simply unable to put any effort into resisting the destructive power of Thunder Fire Tornado. They immediately died after being burned alive by the terrifying power of the Blue Fire Soul and the Heavenly Thunder.

.....

Leaving the scene of destruction, Ye Xiao flew toward the Sacred Pavilion.

Sacred Pavilion actually dared to shamelessly help Golden Light Sect to stop him from going out of the Holy Spirit City. How can he not take revenge?

He arrived at the front gate of the Sacred Pavilion. There he saw two people guarding the gate. One of them was the same girl who checked his cultivation by using the palm-sized mirror.

She looked at Ye Xiao and smiled at him while asking, "This young master, do you need anything?"

Ye Xiao looked at her and guessed that she might not know what her Sacred Pavilion did in order to stop him from leaving the Holy Spirit City.

He did not bother with her instead, he spread out his divine sense and immediately located the Pavilion Master and the Great Leader of the Law Enforcement Team of the Golden Light Sect.

Both of them were at the Third Stage of the Martial Saint Realm.

Seeing Ye Xiao not telling anything, that young lady was about to say something when Ye Xiao suddenly vanished from his spot, shocking not only the young lady but also the other person who was standing not far away to guard the front gate.

Ye Xiao actually used the ability 'Spirit Devour Escape'. His speed was so fast that all the lady and other person saw was him disappearing from the spot.

On the top floor of the Sacred Pavilion, in front of the Pavilion Master and the Great Leader, Ye Xiao suddenly appeared.

Besides the Pavilion Master of the Sacred Pavilion and the Great Leader, there were some other experts from the upper echelon of both powers.

All of them were bewildered when they saw Ye Xiao suddenly appearing in front of them like a ghost.

"You... Who are you?" The Pavilion Master of the Sacred Pavilion immediately became alert as he asked coldly.

Ye Xiao did not answer him instead asked, "Are you the one to activate the barrier to stop me?"

"Stop you...?" The Pavilion Master of the Sacred Pavilion was confused at first then suddenly realized something and said, "You are the one who won the bid of the Sky Fire Bird's egg?"

"So it's you!" At this moment, the Great Leader of the Law Enforcement Team of the Golden Light Sect also realized who Ye Xiao was and exclaimed.

He asked, "How did you appear here? Tian Liang and Xing Miao were actually unable to catch you!"

"Those two are already dead. Now, it's your turn to die." Ye Xiao replied him.

He did not give any chance for them to continue questioning him and directly used the ability 'Soul Destruction' to destroy the soul of all the people present here at once.

Although the cultivation of both the Great Leader of the Law Enforcement Team of the Golden Light Sect and the Pavilion Master of the Sacred Pavilion was stronger than him, their fighting prowess was much weaker than him. So he was able to easily destroy their souls.

These people did not even have the chance to do anything or retaliate against Ye Xiao before their souls were destroyed.

Ye Xiao's soul was still in the form of the Divine Soul Emperor Dragon so it did not take him much effort to destroy the soul of these people.

After killing them, his soul returned to normal. Then he looked at the corpses in this large room.

There were seven corpses of Martial Ancestor Realm experts while two corpses of the Third Stage of the Martial Saint Realm experts.

"Devour!"

Ye Xiao chose to devour both the Great Leader of the Law Enforcement Team of the Golden Light Sect and the Pavilion Master of the Sacred Pavilion and started devouring.

It had been a very long time since he last devoured something.

His cultivation started to increase bit by bit while the corpses of these two experts began to dry up.

"BOOM!"

It did not take long before a swirl of explosive wind blew on the top floor of the Sacred Pavilion using Ye Xiao as its centre. At this moment, Ye Xiao broke through to the Ninth Stage of the Martial Ancestor Realm.

As for the corpses of the Great Leader of the Law Enforcement Team of the Golden Light Sect and the Pavilion Master of the Sacred Pavilion, they had already turned into dried-up corpses.

After breaking through to the Ninth Stage of the Martial Ancestor Realm, Ye Xiao once again started to devour the corpses of the seven Martial Ancestor Realm. After devouring them, he finally reached the Peak of the Ninth Stage of the Martial Ancestor Realm, truly reaching the peak of the Martial Ancestor Realm.

He was now officially a Peak Martial Ancestor Realm cultivator, only half a step away from breaking through to the Martial Saint Realm.

Ye Xiao extended his hand the blue fire soul started to dance on his palm. He then burned all the dried-up corpses to ashes with his Blue Fire Soul, then used the 'Spirit Devour Escape' once again and vanished from the top floor of the Sacred Pavilion.

The people of the Sacred Pavilion were completely unaware that their Pavilion Master was now dead. Not only their Pavilion Master but other elders including the Great Leader of the Law Enforcement Team of the Golden Light Sect were now dead. Not even their corpses could be found now as their corpses were devoured and burned by Ye Xiao.

It took him more than four hours to break through to the Ninth Stage of the Martial Saint Realm and then reaching the peak of the Ninth Stage.

After all of this, he once again returned to the scene of destruction, used his spirit energy to say, "All the people, whose properties are destroyed by the tornado, please come here and receive your compensation."

Since he used his spirit energy to say these words, his voice echoed throughout the entire Holy Spirit City and was heard by each and every person in this city.

The people whose houses and other properties were destroyed were dispirited at the moment. They were mourning over their belongings. They could not do anything about this matter as they knew very well that no one will help them, after all, this matter was related to many big families and even the Golden Light Sect.

Who would help them by offending these powers? No one will do this, after all, no one was an idiot.

But suddenly, they heard the announcement made by Ye Xiao, and some traces of hope appeared on their faces. They made their way toward the scene of destruction and soon arrived in front of the place where Ye Xiao was waiting for them.

Ye Xiao then gave everyone thousands of middle-grade spirit stones as compensation and then left the Holy Spirit City.

.....

After leaving the Holy Spirit City, Ye Xiao slowly wandered around. He did not have any specific place or location to go so he just chose to wander around.

It's already been around fifteen days since he left the Holy Spirit City.

During these days, he absorbed the Fire Spirit Bead to evolve his Blue Fire Soul into Purple Fire Soul.

With the evolution of his Fire Soul, Ye Xiao's strength once again increased. It was a pity that other than evolving his Blue Fire Soul into Purple Fire Soul, Ye Xiao failed to gain other profits from the Fire Spirit Bead.

Normally, cultivators who absorb the Fire Spirit Bead could make a small breakthrough in their cultivation but Ye Xiao was already at the Peak Ninth Stage of the Martial Ancestor Realm. He was unable to break through to the Martial Saint realm with just the fire elemental energy provided by the Fire Spirit Bead.

The difference between a Peak Martial Ancestor Realm and a Martial Saint realm is just too vast. It could not be completed by the leftover energy of the Fire Spirit Bead.