Within the cave, as Gu He's words fell, the energy light sphere suspended in the void immediately transformed into a beam of light, shooting directly into Gu He's body.

  Befu He could react, he felt a massive surge of energy p into his body. This power was immensely violent, like a rushing river, surging and turbulent.

  "Boom!"

  A faint muffled sound echoed within Gu He's body, and a flush of crimson spread across his face.

  The energy tained within the light sphere exploded within Gu He, causing his entire body to tremble slightly.

  Sensing the ges within him, Gu He quickly realized the situation. Without hesitation, he immediately began to trol the overwhelming energy.

  However, as Gu He began to eh this energy, he realized that it was even more immehan he had imagined.

  This energy was like an unbridled wild horse, galloping through Gu He's body with unparalleled ferocity, charging through his meridians.

  An excruciating pain engulfed Gu He's senses. "I uimated this energy once again."

  At this moment, beads of cold sweat formed on Gu He's forehead, and his face twisted in agony.

  With the previous experience of assimiting energy, Gu He thought he repared and capable of withstanding this power.

  However, this energy far exceeded the energy he had previously returned – it correspoo five years of cultivation at the Ninth Grade Dou King realm, all entering his body at once.

  This energy held a destructive force, and as it surged through, every muscle in Gu He's body twitched slightly.

  "To assimite this energy, I must suppress it first."

  Gu He's mind trated as he circuted the Dou Qi within his body, f protective barriers within his meridians, blog the onsught of energy.

  "If this body hadn't been tempered by the Nine Abyssal Fmes, it probably wouldn't ehis turmoil. However, tinually blog this energy won't be a solution."

  The unending flow of energy surged into his body. As this energy accumuted, the protective barriers formed by his densed Dou Qi were shattered.

  Once again, the energy surged and impacted his meridians. Gu He's meridians were struggling to bear the torment and began to distort.

  Sensing this, Gu He's brow furrowed. "I must quickly assimite this energy. Otherwise, if all this energy pours into my body, my body won't withstand the impact. Even if I mao assimite it in the end, it will likely leave behind hidden injuries."

  Gu He's handsome face turern, his waist-length hair billowing, and an overp aura spread from him.

  Subsequently, the melodious chirping of birds uedly resonated within Gu He's body. Following that, a substantial purple fme maed within Gu He's body.

  In an instant, Gu He trolled the fme to rush towards the surging energy. "Disperse this energy, scatter it throughout my body, then I will gradually assimite it."

  Roar!

  The purple fme grew more inteream after stream of purple fmes densed within Gu He's body, crashing forcefully into the torrential energy and breaking it apart.

  Seeing this se, Gu He exhaled a sigh of relief, watg as the energy resembling a floodwater was disied. ", I'll o assimite this energy, though thhly iing it might take some time."

  Afterwards, Gu He closed his eyes, fog his mind and Qi, and began to pletely assimite the energy within his body.

  Ihe dim cave, silence gradually enveloped the surroundings.

  As time passed, in the blink of aen days had gone by.

  Ihe valley, within the cave buried beh the pile of rubble, a pair of eyes that had been shut for nearly ten days finally trembled slightly and slowly opened.

  As the eyes opened, bolts of lightning seemed to streak through the pitch-bck irises like thuorms.

  In that instant, withiifling cave, even the air emitted a faint crag sound.

  With the opening of those eyes, the formidable aura that had remained dormant for nearly ten days surged like an awakened army. Raising his head slowly toward the sky, a r sound that could shake the heavens ah resonated from him.

  Uhis aura, which was several times more powerful than before, the cave trembled faintly. Cracks as thick as arms spread from where the white-cd man sat cross-legged, resembling a spider's web as they exteo every er of the cave.

  "Crack!"

  A faint sound came from the seated stone, and then tiny cracks suddenly appeared. At an astonishing speed, these cracks spread throughout the eone. Finally, with a deep rumbling sound, the stone shattered into tless fragments.

  Although the stone shattered, the white-cd man who sat on it remained motionless. His legs were crossed in mid-air without the slightest external force supp him.

  "So, this is the sensation of a Dou Emperu He's hands slowly spread out, and as he felt the surging formidable Dou Qi within his body, a faint arc appeared at the er of his mouth.

  At this moment, a sense of dominance over the world emerged within him. The powerful soul force emanated from his body's core, expanding like a storm in all dires, sweeping through like lightning.

  The vigorous soul force swiftly spread from the cave, enveloping the entire valley. As it sed, Gu He learned about the situation withiire valley.

  However, the expansion of his soul force didn't halt within the valley. It tio expand towards the immense Demo Mountain Range. As his soul force expanded, numerous ses were reflected in Gu He's mind.

  Of course, within the formidable Demo Mountain Range, a few powerful beasts couldn't escape Gu He's soul s. Although many of the lower-tiered beasts were aware of his s, apart from some special creatures, most couldn't infliy harm on Gu He's soul.

  sequently, within the vast mountain range, earth-shattering roars resounded, and numerous lower-tiered demonic beasts shivered as they sensed Gu He's soul s.

  Despite these beasts sensing Gu He's presence, apart from a few possessing special abilities, most couldn't affect his formidable soul force. Thus, under his overwhelming s, his soul remained unscathed.

  The powerful soul force spanned a radius of hundreds of miles. However, there seemed to be a certain limit to this expansion.

  Thus, when Gu He's soul force reached a certain mountain stream, it was uo proceed further.

  Witnessing this, Gu He's mind stirred. The soul force that had expanded like a tide instantly retracted like lightning. In just a few breaths, it was entirely retracted into his body.

  As his soul force was fully tained, Gu He tilted his head back slightly and exhaled a long breath. "It's time to end my seclusion."