Chapter 516: Chapter 171: Explosion, Nine Yang, Year-End Gathering, Ghost Realm Expansion, Wolf Mother’s Warning (Long Chapter)

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The Barbarian King’s Token ultimately brought about two new titles — the Barbarian King’s Axe and the Sun’s Offspring.

That Golden Axe is the Barbarian King’s Axe.

And just like the "True Emperor" of the Central Plains, all future Great Barbarian Kings will bear the title of "Sun’s Offspring."

The stories circulated on the Eternal Night Permafrost have also been replaced with a new version.

The original tale of "the Divine Spirits abandoning the old land due to the Devil" has been changed to a completely new story...

The Sun, forced by darkness, left its homeland but left behind a Fire Seed.

Every Barbarian King is the Sun’s son, wielding the weapons bestowed by the Sun, guarding the edge of light, plunging into darkness, in hopes that the light will return to the earth.

The new version is not much different from the old one but aligns more closely with the beliefs of the Ice Barbarians in some ways.

Li Yuan destroyed the Barbarian Race’s "Divine Legends" and rebuilt "Sun Worship" for them.

To worship fire is to worship the Sun, which is to worship the Barbarian King as the Sun’s Offspring.

And the Barbarian King... must be a pure-blooded third-generation Ice Barbarian and wield the Barbarian King’s Axe.

He cut off the possibility of other foreign strongmen taking advantage.

And during this process, the person he originally worried about the most was the Wolf Mother.

Because the Wolf Mother guards what she calls the "Divine Tomb."

Li Yuan destroyed the "Divine Worship," which seemed directly conflicting with her purpose.

But surprisingly, the Wolf Mother did not object; she even supported it, as if... she also hoped that the word "Divine" would sink into darkness and no longer be mentioned, so as to better conceal the "Divine Tomb."

As for the maze deep within the Immortal Tomb, she and Li Yuan together spread a new version of the lie: a terrifying presence that brings darkness lies deep in the maze, and it must not be awakened.

But in fact, the deep end of the maze is merely the tombstone of the Black and White Fish, where anyone entering that area will have their strength reduced to "0~1."

This tomb is filled with many Ice and Snow Giant Wolves.

These Sixth Grade Demon Beasts seem to have been meticulously chosen; they possess incredible cold resistance and can stay near the "Divine Tomb" for extended periods.

Anyone approaching the Immortal Tomb would be discovered by them.

Anyone attempting to enter the Divine Tomb will be ambushed by them deep inside.

Very few strong individuals can reach the Divine Tomb, and even someone like Li Yuan goes alone.

It goes without saying that when such a strong individual, driven by curiosity, enters the Divine Tomb and their attributes turn into "0~1," they will be torn to pieces by the numerous Ice and Snow Giant Wolves.

This is the true line of defense for the Divine Tomb.

Li Yuan was right not to enter the tomb that day.

The Wolf Mother willing to become his woman was also out of necessity.

Because... Li Yuan refused to enter the tomb.

And as long as Li Yuan doesn’t enter the tomb, the Wolf Mother has no chance to kill him.

The first thought of the guardian of the Divine Tomb is naturally to eliminate anyone who might threaten it, and only when there’s no alternative would they opt for a mutually cautious alliance.

Li Yuan knew that killing a Wolf Mother was useless because the Wolf Mother was merely the tip of the iceberg, and the Wolf Mother might even, like "those strong individuals who reached the Fourth Grade," have dual personalities.

One personality is a little girl, while the other... is the true Wolf Mother persona.

Instead of killing her, it’s better to keep her, for there are still clues to investigate.

Killing her would close the door to peeking into another "unknown world."

Moreover, during his conversation with the Wolf Mother, Li Yuan speculated that if he killed this Wolf Mother, a new one would appear from somewhere.

So, he’d rather keep this "at least on the surface, the little girl personality who has a decent relationship with him, the Wolf Mother."

And the Wolf Mother knew that to maintain peace on the permafrost, she must ally with the Barbarian King.

She was willing to use her body to please the Barbarian King, provide assistance, and even share much information with him.

Thus, a delicate balance was achieved.

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After completing the "basic construction" of the "Nine Flames Clan."

Li Yuan planned to stay here for a while: firstly, to consolidate the "Barbarian King system" and the "Nine Flames Clan and Chuyun Dao’s first round of exchanges," and secondly, to create martial skills belonging to the Barbarian Race.

Speaking of "exchange"...

According to Li Yuan’s speculation, children born near fire might turn into Ice Barbarians.

The evidence is that outsiders, regardless of gender, have descendants that become Ice Barbarians.

Of course, there’s also the issue of bloodlines, meaning one parent must be an Ice Barbarian.

But Li Yuan believed fire was a more significant factor.

The fire transformed the fetus in the womb, granting it immense power.

If his speculation was correct, as long as ordinary folk from Chuyun Dao came here, completed their pregnancy and childbirth by the clan’s fire, then... the newly born children would become Ice Barbarians.

And once this matter was over, he would secretly go to the Wendao Palace in Shanbao County to reap some "Talisman Seeds," and perhaps save a junior, just like he did with Xu Sheng and Xu Lan previously.

At that moment...

Unknowingly, it was already August.

Li Yuan sat silently by the fire, hair loose, eyes focused, draped in animal hides, drawing on the ground with a cold branch...

He was adept at Vibrating Power and at containing its destructive force within calmness, even forming Sword Qi within the domain of the Fourth Grade.

But evidently, the Barbarians do not grasp this, nor could they learn it.

The Barbarians possess a rough and simple power. 𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮

Li Yuan initially wanted to start with techniques.

He thought of many techniques.