Breaking Through to the Earth Origin Realm

When he saw the cute, soft little beast in his hands, even Lin Yan had not expected the Fire Python Mother Tiger to be carrying not three cubs, but four.

After thinking it over briefly, Lin Yan immediately understood the reason. Most likely, the first three Fire Python Tiger cubs had been born naturally, while this smallest little fellow had been unlucky and had remained in its mother's belly because of a difficult birth.

Whether by fortune or misfortune, the Fire Python Mother Tiger had been gravely wounded, even its belly torn open in a huge gash. By a strange twist of fate, this unusual "Cesarean Section" had been completed in Lin Yan's hands.

Lin Yan lowered his head and looked at the Fire Python Tiger cub in his arms, whose eyes had not even opened yet. His palm gently stroked the little beast's soft head, and he could not help sighing over his own luck.

"Roar..."

At that moment, the Fire Python Tiger lying on the ground saw the cub in Lin Yan's hands and seemed to use up all the strength in its body as it let out two hoarse, low roars.

Hearing it from the side, Lin Yan immediately understood what the Fire Python Tiger meant. Looking at this dying demonic beast mother before him, he could not help feeling a little sympathy.

If the other party had been a powerful demonic beast in its prime, Lin Yan would definitely have turned and run, but now it was nothing more than a helpless, pitiful mother.

After thinking for a moment, Lin Yan decided to place the cub in his hands beside the Fire Python Tiger, allowing it to see its son with its own eyes one last time. The Fire Python Tiger took in the young man's movements, and an extremely human look of gratitude could not help appearing in its beastly eyes.

Lin Yan was not too surprised by this. Though powerful wild beasts like the Fire Python Tiger could not match humans in intelligence, they already possessed their own emotions.

When Lin Yan placed the cub over, the Fire Python Tiger struggled to raise its head, stretched out its tongue, and licked its child. A trace of happiness flashed through its eyes.

As if sensing its mother's presence, the cub also opened its hazy eyes and nuzzled affectionately against its mother, forming a beautiful scene.

Unfortunately, the enormous wound on the Fire Python Tiger's body and the blood gurgling out both proved that this scene would not last for long.

Sure enough, a few minutes later, the Fire Python Tiger suddenly endured its terrible pain and deep reluctance, driving the little fellow toward Lin Yan amid the cub's startled cries and confusion.

Seeing this, Lin Yan immediately bent down and picked up the little beast, then met the Fire Python Tiger's eyes, which were filled with pleading.

Lin Yan realized that the Fire Python Tiger felt it could not hold on any longer and was begging the young man to look after its cub. Even though it clearly knew Lin Yan also had ulterior motives, for the sake of its child, the Fire Python Tiger was still willing to choose an exchange.

Sensing the Fire Python Tiger's thoughts, Lin Yan solemnly nodded under its expectant gaze.

Seeing the young man agree, the Fire Python Tiger looked at Lin Yan gratefully. Then, after taking one last extremely reluctant look at the little beast, it peacefully closed its eyes. Its head crashed heavily to the ground, and it died completely.

Though Lin Yan felt sympathy at this, he was not too saddened. The strong preyed on the weak. This was the unchanging law of the world. If he did not grow stronger, would he one day die just as humbly?

At this thought, Lin Yan's ambition could no longer be suppressed. When he looked at the Fire Python Tiger's corpse before him, there was no sympathy left, only desire.

After being reborn here for so long, Lin Yan had already adapted to the rules of this world. He felt no guilt at all over having the Heavenly Flame devour the Fire Python Tiger, because on the Tianxuan Continent, etiquette and morality simply did not exist!

Take Lin Dong, for example. So what if he deliberately waited for the Fire Python Tiger to die before his eyes, stood by without saving it, and then stole the cubs? In the future, Lin Yan would still serve Lin Dong with absolute devotion.

This was the true essence of the strong preying on the weak!

Moreover, the people of this world had no reverence for corpses either. In this world where strength reigned supreme, a single drop of blood or a single bone from some ancient almighty expert could set off countless storms of blood, and no one would think that abnormal.

Thus, with a wave of Lin Yan's right hand, the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Fire immediately appeared in his palm. Under the terrified gaze of the little cub, he tossed it toward the Fire Python Tiger's corpse.

"A powerful beast at the Heavenly Origin Realm. I hope you don't disappoint me..."

As Lin Yan murmured, the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Fire could no longer wait and leaped from his palm, rushing toward the Fire Python Tiger's corpse.

Before long, raging flames ignited all around the Fire Python Tiger, and its massive body slowly began to shrink.

Seeing this, Lin Yan knew the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Fire was devouring and absorbing the Fire Python Tiger's bloodline essence. Even though he knew this was an extremely normal thing on the Tianxuan Continent, Lin Yan still could not help covering the little beast's eyes and turning to walk a few steps away.

As time passed, fifteen minutes slowly went by.

"Mas... master..."

Suddenly, a voice like that of an infant sounded behind Lin Yan. The young man turned around in surprise and saw that the voice had come from the ball of flame behind him.

Seeing the state of the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Fire at this moment, a look of pleasant surprise immediately appeared on Lin Yan's face.

At this moment, the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Fire had undergone an enormous change. A raging flame comparable to a sphere in size hovered in midair, and even the air seemed to burn with scorching heat.

Its blood-scarlet color radiated unparalleled ferocity and terror. That pressure of ten thousand beasts was like the awakening of a beast king, placing immense pressure on the demonic beasts in the forest.

What surprised Lin Yan even more was that although the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Fire had not yet produced a complete Fire Spirit or reached the point of transforming into human form, it could actually speak. This meant the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Fire had truly stepped into the "Blazing Body."

With all his hard work over the past year, Lin Yan finally possessed a beginner-level Heavenly Flame! The Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Fire with the Blazing Body could already gradually display the terrifying aspects of a Heavenly Flame.

Stroking the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Fire, Lin Yan felt a trace of complicated emotion gradually surge through his heart. It was a closeness that came from the depths of his bones. He smiled and said, "Don't call me master. Call me big brother. From now on, you'll be called Xiao Ai."

Hearing this, the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Fire hopped happily like a child, then said in a slightly childish voice, "I'm called Xiao Ai. Okay, big brother."

Seeing this, Lin Yan also smiled happily. With this little fellow and the Fire Python Tiger cub keeping him company in the future, his days probably would not be so lonely.

However, there was something even more important to do right now. Looking at Xiao Ai, Lin Yan chuckled and said, "Xiao Ai, we'll talk later. For now, help me break through first."

Hearing this, the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Fire, Xiao Ai, obediently nodded and said, "Okay, big brother."

Now, Lin Yan and the Heavenly Flame already existed as one. With the growth of the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Fire, it was now enough to help Lin Yan break through to the Earth Origin Realm!

As the Heavenly Flame entered his body, Lin Yan felt a majestic, blazing energy surge wildly through his meridians and bones, then rapidly rush toward his Dantian.

Along with this force, Lin Yan's entire body began to change. A terrifying, blazing Pure Yang Energy, like giant flood dragons one after another, frenziedly erupted from Lin Yan's body. In an instant, it made this stretch of forest scorching and feverish, like the dog days of summer, suffused with incomparable warmth.

"Crack, crack!"

On the ground where Lin Yan sat cross-legged, that scorching power directly caused splitting sounds to ring out one after another. The fiery sensation even scared the little Fire Python Tiger cub to run a short distance away.

Fortunately, the little fellow had already accepted Lin Yan in its heart. Otherwise, it would have already run far off.

Lin Yan did not understand the changes occurring in his body, but a solemn expression appeared on his face. As that Pure Yang Energy was continuously drawn out, dense red scorching power coiled around Lin Yan like massive red ropes. This Pure Yang Energy tangled together, like an enormous red storm, shooting straight into the clouds.

At the same time, the aura on Lin Yan's body was also constantly growing stronger. With the Heavenly Flame's energy endlessly supplying him, Lin Yan compressed the enormous Pure Yang Energy inside his body into a core.

After fifteen minutes, the aura on Lin Yan's body suddenly began to surge fiercely, directly breaking through to the initial stage of the Earth Origin Realm. Not only that, this immense aura actually showed no sign of stopping.

After just a few short minutes, that soaring aura unexpectedly surged again, and at this moment, Lin Yan's aura was clearly at the middle stage of the Earth Origin Realm!

Only when his aura reached the peak of the middle stage of the Earth Origin Realm did the aura on Lin Yan's body slowly stop. At this moment, the young man also slowly opened his eyes.

However, before Lin Yan had time to feel delighted, he suddenly felt a burst of scorching heat in his chest. Then he heard a middle-aged man's voice, carrying slight surprise, ring out nearby.

"Hmm? It's actually the Divine Astral Body. After sleeping for so long, I didn't expect to run into an interesting little fellow the moment I woke up."