The Flame Emperor's Might Emerges
After the Hun Tiandi relayed the message to the Yao Clan and the Yan Clan, both clans expressed utter shock.
But thinking about it carefully, it's quite normal that Xiao Yan was able to break through to the Eight-star Dou Sheng through Secret Technique Demonic Flame Descends. His strength has increased again during this period.
With the addition of the Flame Mantra sent by the Hun Tiandi, the Yan Clan looked at their own Eight Desolations Destruction Flame, Nine Nether Golden Ancestor Fire, Red Lotus Karmic Fire, Fire Cloud Water Flame, and Volcanic Stone Flame; the Yao Clan looked at their own Nine Nether Wind Flame and Turtle Spirit Earth Fire, and thought of the abandoned disciple Yao Chen. The two clans were instantly dumbfounded.
Therefore, the Yan Clan gifted the Soul Clan a Nine-Tier Beast Flame, the Nine Nether Underworld Fire; the Yao Clan gifted the Soul Clan a Ninth-grade Treasure Pill.
The Lei Clan, Stone Clan, and Spirit Clan were no exception. Xiao Yan had no reason not to seize the Tou She Ancient God Jade to break through to the Dou Emperor. He was also considered to be one of the Gu Clan, so they could only gravitate towards the Soul Clan and temporarily take the Soul Clan as their leader.
The Hun Tiandi, however, went further, demanding items containing powerful Soul Power from the five races. He stated that he wanted to help the Nihility Devouring Flame break through to the Emperor Realm Soul and promised to give the Nihility Devouring Flame a portion of its sub -Sub-flame as a return gift to the five races.
While items that enhance Soul Power are hard to find, the power of the Nihility Devouring Flame is equally coveted. Even a Sub-flame is no less powerful than the fourth-ranked Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame.
However, in doing so, the five races and the Soul Clan would tend to form a single entity, and the Soul Clan, possessing the Hun Tiandi and the Nihility Devouring Flame, would sooner or later be able to annex the five races.
Therefore, all five clans only offered token gestures, providing some items useful for Heaven Realm Soul, but relying on these to break through to the Emperor Realm was nothing short of wishful thinking.
The Hun Tiandi didn't care and began planning to create some conflict between Xiao Yan and the five clans, preferably killing some of the five clans 'Dou Sheng Expert...
Xiao Yan was unaware of the ulterior motives of those Ancient Race and was currently dealing with the Nihility Devouring Flame in the Heavenly Tomb.
Xiao Xuan separated the Hun Tiandi's Split Soul, used the Yin Yang Twin Flames to wear it down, and then nourished himself; Xiao Yan, on the other hand, refined the Sub-flame.
The energy contained in this Nihility Devouring Flame was not much, only comparable to Six-star Dou Sheng. Xiao Yan devoured it and integrated it into the Emperor Flame in just a few days.
Xiao Yan's cultivation has made some progress, but he is still some distance from the middle stage. The fundamental reason is that the quality of Dou Qi is too high. The energy contained in the Child Flame of Nihility Devouring Flame is nothing to Xiao Yan.
Fortunately, Xiao Yan also suppressed two primordial energies, each containing energy no less than that of a peak Seven Star Dou Sheng. Furthermore, with the unparalleled quality of the Nihility Devouring Flame, even the Black Annihilation King was able to break through and reach the Mid-Stage Eight-Star Dou Sheng after refining it.
Xiao Yan is different. Even after consuming two wisps of primordial energy, he only broke through to the mid-stage of the Seven Star Dou Sheng realm, still a short distance from the late stage—equivalent to the medicinal power of about half a Ninth Grade Profound Pill.
Without further breakthroughs, Xiao Yan began to study the newly revamped Emperor Flame.
The Nihility Devouring Flame possesses the Devouring Power and can also transform what it devours into its own use, making it essentially a low-powered version of the Flame Mantra.
This characteristic revealed its mysterious and unpredictable power after Xiao Yan refined the two primordial energies.
Xiao Yan opened his palm, and a flame slowly emerged, condensing into a human head with Xiao Yan's face, its overall color being pitch black.
With a thought, Xiao Yan caused the flame to change, eventually transforming into a milky-white lotus flower with pink veins.
Next, there Bewitching Flame rising with red lotuses, Purple Night Sky filled with Black Stars, Silver Flame containing nine Thunder Dragons, and Invisible Flame Dragon...
Different kinds of Heavenly Flames kept alternating in Xiao Yan's palm. Unlike before when they were separated from the Emperor Flame, now the Emperor Flame highlighted the characteristics of each kind of Heavenly Flames.
Taking the Green Lotus Core Flame as an example, Xiao Yan can now casually throw out a Green Lotus and contend with the Nihility Devouring Flame, instantly manipulating the Volcanic Eruption of the entire Central Continent.
It should be noted that the Green Lotus Core Flame, which had evolved many times before, was at most comparable to a low-level Dou Zun!
The Nihility Devouring Flame is truly terrifying!
In high spirits, Xiao Yan spent another two months refining a Ninth Grade Profound Pill, which he then consumed, allowing him to break through to the Late-stage Seven-star Dou Sheng.
"The Heavenly Fire Three Profound Transformations!"
Black and white, three different flames flowed through Xiao Yan's meridians, occasionally exploding, but they had no effect on Xiao Yan whatsoever.
At this moment, the Emperor Flame was as black as the Nihility Devouring Flame. The flames clung to the meridians, emitting waves of Devouring Power, completely absorbing the power of the raging Heavenly Flames. It could be converted into energy to restore Xiao Yan's Dou Qi, or it could be released according to Xiao Yan's will.
The damage to the body caused by the Heavenly Fire Three Profound Transformations has, conversely, become an advantage!
If he were to encounter the Nihility Devouring Flame now, Xiao Yan was confident that he could severely injure it within a few moves, leaving it no way to escape!
"The Yao Clan's Pill Canon will be available in about two years, but if it stays in the Heavenly Tomb, it will be available in twelve years."
"If I want to refine a Ninth Grade Golden Pill according to the Pill Canon, my cultivation level as Seven Star Dou Sheng might not be enough. Should I spend twelve years in seclusion to break through to the Eight-star Dou Sheng level?"
"There should be some Heavenly Flames in the Northwest Continent, or rather around the Jia Nan Academy. However, with my current strength, it makes little difference whether I swallow Heavenly Flames that is not ranked in the top five or not."
Xiao Yan thought about it and decided that the task of finding Heavenly Flames could be left to Candle Star Flame. As the spirit of the first Three Thousand Burning Flame Heavenly Flames, Candle Star Flame was quite sensitive to Heavenly Flames.
Therefore, Xiao Yan broke through space and, relying on his perception of the Three Thousand Burning Flame, found Candle Star Flame. He then "bestowed" upon Candle Star Flame a sub- Sub-flame of Emperor Flame that exhibited the properties of the Three Thousand Burning Flame, thus elevating him to the Half-Saint realm in one fell swoop.
Xiao Yan promised that for every unclaimed Heavenly Flames Candle Star Flame found, he would "bestow" a Sub-flame upon him. As long as he found enough Heavenly Flames, breaking through to the Dou Sheng realm would be just around the corner!
Seeing Candle Star Flame's excited expression, Xiao Yan was certain that he would remain loyal to him...
However, just as Xiao Yan was accompanying the heavily pregnant Xiao Yi Xian, Ye Zhong suddenly came over and asked Xiao Yan what the Ye Family should do next.
Originally, the Ye Family was one of the Pill Tower Five Great Families. After Ye Zhong broke through to the Eighth Grade Alchemist, he was easily selected as Pill Tower Elder by virtue of the status and reputation brought by the Prosperous Fire.
In recent years, the Ye Family has become increasingly close to the Flower Sect, Burning Flame Valley, and Starfall Pavilion in the Central Continent. The Starfall Pavilion is fine, as it is Old Yao's own force, and it is harmless to classify it as a "henchman". But the other two are different.
The Pill Tower's principle has always been to not interfere in the conflicts between the major powers in the Central Continent, but to focus solely on refining medicine. Apart from the destroyed Soul Hall, everyone is willing to respect the Pill Tower.
Due to personal reasons, the Ye Family gradually formed an adversarial relationship with the Heavenly Nether Sect, which is hostile to the Flower Sect, and the Ice River Valley, which is hostile to the Burning Flame Valley. Strictly speaking, this can be considered a violation of regulations.