Starting with the Sword Ancestor System: Xiao Yan, Your Harem is Mine!

A subtle suction force emanated from the black iron, and the gray mist in his Sea of Consciousness, which was so hard to dispel, was drawn toward the black iron, strand by strand, wisp by wisp, eventually being devoured and absorbed by it!

Although the speed was extremely slow, Li Ao could clearly feel the stinging pain in his Soul gradually receding!

“This black iron... can actually absorb the backlash?”

Li Ao was both surprised and delighted.

This was undoubtedly tremendous news, meaning that if he were forced to activate the Nirvana Origin again in the future, he might be able to rely on the black iron to accelerate his recovery and reduce the risk.

He dared not delay, concentrating his spirit, coordinating with the black iron’s absorption, and guiding the medicinal power and Dou Qi to fully repair his physical injuries.

Medusa, nearby, was enveloped in a faint layer of seven-colored light.

She did not consume any Medicinal Pills but instead directly devoured the violent Heaven and Earth energy from outside.

The phantom image of the Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python flickered behind her, forcibly refining and purifying the violent energy pouring into her body, converting it into pure Dou Qi to repair her damaged Meridians.

Her method was more overbearing and direct, yet highly efficient.

Time quietly slipped away in this silent valley.

They did not know how much time had passed, perhaps a day, perhaps several.

Li Ao was the first to open his eyes.

Although his face was still somewhat pale, his gaze had recovered its former depth and sharpness.

The wounds to his Soul had stabilized with the help of the black iron and were slowly beginning to heal, and his internal Dou Qi had recovered by thirty to forty percent.

He looked at Medusa beside him, seeing that she was still Cultivating with her eyes closed, her aura steady and prolonged, clearly recovering well too.

He stood up, stretched his somewhat stiff muscles and bones, walked to the cave entrance, and looked out at the lead-gray sky and the desolate land.

“This place is definitely not benign, but crisis often harbors opportunity.

What Elder Yao Senior said was true; this place... is indeed extraordinary.”

He muttered to himself, his gaze sweeping over the scattered bones and weapon fragments.

“These skeletons and broken weapons have remained incorruptible after countless years.

Their owners were likely at least of the Dou Zun level when they were alive... This is probably an ancient battlefield.”

For so many experts to have perished, the great battle that erupted here back then must have far exceeded imagination.

Just then, the black iron deep within his glabella, which had been silent, suddenly began to tremble violently without warning!

A sense of longing and guidance, far clearer and stronger than before, surged into Li Ao’s heart like a tide!

The direction pointed straight toward the deeper parts of the valley!

At the same time, Medusa, who was Cultivating, suddenly opened her eyes, a trace of astonishment flashing in her purple pupils: “That sense of summons... it’s gotten stronger!”

The two exchanged glances, seeing seriousness and a hint of curiosity in each other’s eyes.

Their injuries were not yet healed, and the road ahead was unknown.

But the anomaly of the black iron and the mysterious summons were like a lighthouse in the fog, impossible to ignore.

“Let’s go take a look,” Li Ao said in a deep voice.

A new exploration officially began in this ancient deadly land.