The Power Beyond Time, Saving Han Shanshan

Before they knew it, Xiao Qingshan was already three years old.

Unlike Xiao Xiao, who was baptized by the soul of Eighth Grade Magical Beast, Xiao Qingshan, apart from being physically healthy, had virtually no Dou Qi cultivation.

Cultivators on the Dou Qi Continent typically begin their training at the age of three or four, drawing in the World Energy and World Energy into their bodies and transforming it into Dou Qi that they can withstand, before progressing step by step.

Xiao Qingshan was receiving instruction from Xiao Xuan and beginning the most basic cultivation.

At this time, Xiao Xuan had recovered from the injuries sustained in the great battle after more than a year of recuperation, and the remaining medicinal power had been fully refined.

In fact, anyone could teach this kind of basic stuff; it doesn't require any special skills. However, Xiao Xuan felt that his cultivation had reached its limit, so he stopped his seclusion and wanted to find something to do.

With Xiao Xuan's guidance, Xiao Qingshan closed his eyes and sat cross-legged, beginning to sense the existence of the World Energy.

Just a few breaths later, strands of energy were absorbed into Xiao Qingshan's body and formed a faint white mist in his meridians.

Xiao Xuan was very satisfied with this. To be able to cultivate so quickly on the first try, Xiao Qingshan's talent was definitely not low.

In Xiao Xuan's perception, Xiao Qingshan rapidly broke through the First Duan of Dou Qi, and then broke through to Dou Sheng...

Xiao Xuan's eyes widened suddenly, and the entire Xiao Family was suddenly filled with an overwhelming aura, with waves of Dou Sheng- level aura appearing one after another as if they were free.

"He's broken through to Dou Emperor...?"

Xiao Xuan smiled slightly, feeling both joy and a sense of boredom.

The joy was naturally that the Xiao Clan once again possessed a vigorous Dou Di Bloodline, and Xiao Yan had finally taken that step, but the feeling was utterly dull...

I always felt that Xiao Yan breaking through to the Dou Emperor was a very normal thing!

Xiao Xuan composed himself and looked at Xiao Qingshan, who was somewhat at a loss after breaking through to the Eight-star Dou Sheng, and chuckled, "As for cultivation, let your father teach you himself!"

The news of the Xiao Family's misfortune naturally spread.

There was no way around it; the aura of Dou Sheng level cultivator was simply too powerful, and anyone who could breathe could sense it.

But in terms of actual impact, it's not that significant.

With Xiao Yan's strength and prestige, he would undoubtedly be the number one person on the Dou Qi Continent whether or not he broke through to Dou Imperial Capital. Now that he has broken through to Dou Emperor, it is like adding icing on the cake, making people sigh a few times, and then there is no more feeling.

Xiao Yan himself made an appearance at the Xiao Family, sealed Xiao Xiao and Xiao Qingshan's Dou Di Bloodline, and instructed them to start from scratch and cultivate the Flame Mantra.

Of course, Xiao Yan also replaced Xiao Xiao's Residual Soul of the Seven-Winged Purple Gold Snake with the Nine-Colored Sky Swallowing Python and sealed it away together.

After all, one can better control the power cultivated on one's own. It would be better to use the power brought by the Dou Di Bloodline to break through to the Nine-star Dou Sheng and then to the Dou Emperor in the future.

With Xiao Yan as his father, beast fire transforming into natural fire and strange fire as food, and pills as candy, cultivating the Burning Technique would be an extremely easy thing.

As for Xiao Yan himself, he once again came to the Light Sphere.

The Light Sphere was no longer covered in cracks, but it was still not fully restored.

As Xiao Yan arrived, the Light Sphere gradually dimmed, and a mysterious and subtle connection welled up in Xiao Yan's mind.

The Light Sphere gradually entered Xiao Yan's body. Time lost its meaning at this moment, and a blurry flame appeared in Xiao Yan's perception.

The moment Xiao Yan discovered the flame, a strange wave suddenly spread out, enveloping Xiao Yan.

"This... fire..."

Xiao Yan felt as if his own time had been frozen. If he hadn't already broken through to the Dou Emperor and faced this terrifying flame head-on, either time would have frozen at the moment of contact, trapping him in the decay and shattering of the world, or time would have flown by rapidly, and his lifespan would have been exhausted in an instant. There was no third outcome!

Di Yan sensed something and flowed out of Xiao Yan's body at a snail's pace, different kinds of Heavenly Flames differentiated and evolved, and a Small World slowly took shape.

The Endless Fire Domain that could have been formed in the blink of an eye took nearly an hour to create. Under the influence of the blurry flames, Xiao Yan's speed was slowed down many times over!

At the very moment the Endless Fire Domain took shape, the strange fluctuations in time were finally isolated, placing it in a different world from Xiao Yan.

Before Xiao Yan could even breathe a sigh of relief, the blurry flame trembled slightly, and then, to Xiao Yan's somewhat horrified gaze, it pierced through the Endless Fire Domain!

"Thump thump... thump thump..."

A rapid heartbeat emanated from Xiao Yan's chest; even Di Yan felt a deep sense of dread towards this blurry flame.

However, the blurry flames did not continue to attack Xiao Yan. Instead, they became even more blurry, and in the end, they disappeared from Xiao Yan's sight.

"It has merged into my Endless Fire Domain?"

Xiao Yan looked around at the space. At this moment, this world, which was purely constructed of flames, had become much more complete, just like a real world.

Originally, in the Endless Fire Domain, the Life Spirit Flame transformed into plants such as flowers, grasses, and trees, while the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame evolved into animals such as dragons, phoenixes, snakes, and insects. Although it was no different from normal time, it still required Xiao Yan's power to maintain.

After the blurry flames merged into it, this world was able to operate on its own, gradually prospering over time, reaching its peak, and then inevitably declining and perishing, finally being completely annihilated.

"Since you are related to the world and time, then let me call you Cosmic Time Flame..."

Xiao Yan retracted the Endless Fire Domain, and the Cosmic Time Flame was also incorporated into Xiao Yan's heart, merging with the Di Yan.

The Di Yan has reached a new level; the Cosmic Time Flame seems to be Dou Emperor- level Heavenly Flames, and it is closely related to the timeline of the Dou Qi Continent.

Only those who have broken through to the Dou Emperor Realm have the opportunity to come into contact with the Cosmic Time Flame, and each person only has one chance. Whether they can refine it also depends on some luck and a "tacit understanding" with the Plane Embryo.

Xiao Yan looked forward along the timeline of the Cosmic Time Flame. Both the Dou Emperor of the Xiao Clan and the Dou Imperial Capital of the Yao Clan had come into contact with it, but they both failed in the end, only gaining some Power of Time.

Besides these two, there were some unfamiliar Dou Emperor, but Xiao Yan did not recognize them.

"Originally, the Dou Qi Continent should only have the Cosmic Time Flame, a Heavenly Flames comparable to the Dou Emperor. Later, the Tou She Ancient God gathered the power of twenty-two different kinds of Heavenly Flames and fused them to create the Di Yan, which is also comparable to the Dou Emperor."

"However, it seems I also unintentionally created two Heavenly Flames at the Dou Emperor level?"

Xiao Yan's gaze traversed endless space, looking towards the Heavenly Tomb and the battlefield where he was fighting against the Hun Tiandi.

The Heavenly Tomb has now become part of the Dou Qi Continent. Countless dead beings have their souls leave their bodies and enter the Heavenly Tomb, where their life imprints are reincarnated.

In this process, the power of Reincarnation and life gradually forms a flame, which, after thousands of years of development, may form a "Origin Samsara Fire".

The battlefield was somewhat lacking, as it lacked the crucial support of the World Will. The final "Blood-Soaked Demonic Flame" might only be at the Peak Dou Saint level.

With a slight thought, Xiao Yan flicked his finger, and a drop of Essence Blood shot through the air and landed on the battlefield, becoming nourishment for the enemy, providing them with the support of the World Will, as well as abundant energy.

"We shouldn't act rashly towards the Origin Samsara Fire, but after I go to the Great Thousand World, I can accelerate the time flow on the Dou Qi Continent, so let's leave it for now."

"With my nurturing, the Blood-Soaked Demonic Flame will take shape in a hundred years at most. Moreover, the area is sparsely populated, so I can allocate a separate area to speed it up."

"But..."

Xiao Yan's gaze swept over the two wondrous places and landed on Old Yao, who was teaching Yao Ling refine medicine.

To be precise, it was the Bone Spirit Cold Flame within Old Yao's body.

Having refined the Cosmic Time Flame, Xiao Yan and the Yao Clan's Dou Emperor met briefly across time, and Xiao Yan had a premonition that they would meet again.

That next meeting was related to Old Yao's Bone Spirit Cold Flame.

Back when Old Yao was Dou Wang, he rushed towards the Meteor God Ice Plains and was almost devoured by the Bone Spirit Cold Flame. In the end, it was his senior sister Han Shanshan who sacrificed herself and, with the help of Old Yao's Dou Di Bloodline, awakened the Yao Di, which was how he succeeded.

But Han Shanshan was trapped forever, disappearing from the timeline of the Dou Qi Continent, and no one could remember her anymore.

"I hate tragedies the most..."

With a slight upturn of his lips, Xiao Yan broke through space and landed in front of Old Yao.

When Yao Ling saw Xiao Yan appear in front of her, Yao Ling was slightly taken aback. She remembered Yao Dan's instructions. Her purpose in coming here to become Yao Chen's disciple was only one of her goals. Another important purpose was to hand over the Yao Clan's Turtle Spirit Earth Fire and Nine Nether Wind Flame to Xiao Yan.

However, Xiao Yan had never appeared in front of Yao Ling. Yao Ling thought that the matter was over and done with, but when she saw Xiao Yan arrive, she felt uneasy.

Xiao Yan completely ignored Yao Ling and led Old Yao to the Meteor God Ice Plains.

When the Cold Flame of the Meteor God Ice Plains Bone Spirit Cold Flame erupted, it burned the Valley Master of Ice River Valley to death, attracting the attention of an Ancient Race who believed that there might be Dou Di Relic here.

Later, the Bone Spirit Cold Flame disappeared without a trace, and the search by many Ancient Race yielded no results, so the matter was left unresolved.

However, in Xiao Yan's eyes, the Bone Spirit Cold Flame had nowhere to hide. Xiao Yan out and grabbed into the depths of the icy plain, and a woman with a cold face fell into his palm.

This woman's aura was somewhat strange, roughly between Half-Saint and Dou Sheng, but the energy within her body was extremely mottled, filled with the auras of different Heavenly Flames and Magical Beast, which greatly affected her strength.

Xiao Yan had no interest in communicating with her. He extracted her intelligence, erased her power, and threw her into Reincarnation, leaving only a pure Bone Spirit Cold Flame.

"Teacher, I need your Bone Spirit Cold Flame," Xiao Yan said, turning his head to look at Old Yao.

Old Yao was slightly taken aback, but he didn't ask Xiao Yan what he was going to do. He simply took out the Bone Spirit Cold Flame Origin Fire Seed from his body and retrieved the mark inside.

"Teacher, shut down your senses," Xiao Yan said again.

"So mysterious..." Old Yao shook his head, but guessed that his disciple might want to give him a surprise, so he closed his eyes and gathered all his Soul Power into his body.

Xiao Yan then reached out and grasped the Bone Spirit Cold Flame that Old Yao had separated, and a wisp of Di Yan emerged from his palm.

The Di Yan already contained the power of the Bone Spirit Cold Flame, and under the guidance of the Di Yan, the two Bone Spirit Cold Flame merged back together.

The Bone Spirit Cold Flame that Old Yao refined back then was just a cluster of Bone Spirit Cold Flame from the Meteor God Ice Plains. If no external force intervened, Han Shanshan's mark would definitely dissipate and disappear into the endless array of marks.

But Xiao Yan made his move.

The mottled energy was forcibly extracted from the Bone Spirit Cold Flame by Xiao Yan using his Soul Power, forming strangely shaped flames.

Over the years, the Bone Spirit Cold Flame had devoured countless Magical Beasts, and even Heavenly Flames, but it couldn't refine them well. Now that Xiao Yan had removed it, its essence had become much purer.

Of course, Xiao Yan did not remove Han Shanshan's mark; it remained within the Bone Spirit Cold Flame.

Xiao Yan casually formed a few hand seals that suited his taste, and the extracted power was frozen.

This freezing has nothing to do with temperature, but with the Power of Time, fixing their time at a certain moment. No matter how they struggle, they cannot break free unless they reach the level of Dou Emperor.

Having sealed away the excess, a blurry flame reappeared in Xiao Yan's palm, enveloping the Bone Spirit Cold Flame.

At this moment, the Bone Spirit Cold Flame no longer possessed its mottled power; its essence now bore only Han Shanshan's imprint, and it even resembled Han Shanshan.

As the Cosmic Time Flame enveloped it, a blurry river slowly emerged in the cold and desolate space, with ripples rising from its surface and eventually splashing water.

"Splash!"

A clear sound of splashing water rang out, and the originally illusory River of Time overlapped with reality at this moment. The woman who did not exist in this world also emerged from the River of Time, summoned by the mark in the Bone Spirit Cold Flame.

With the return of Han Shanshan's soul, people who had completely forgotten her now began to recall that outstanding young Alchemist.

Long-buried memories resurfaced in Old Yao's mind.

The woman was named Han Shanshan, who became the senior sister of Yao Chen, a former disciple of the Yao Clan. She took good care of Yao Chen fully supported him even when he overestimated his abilities and tried to subdue the Heavenly Flames.

In the final moments, he even sacrificed himself to save Yao Chen, who was on the verge of death.

Tears streamed down Old Yao's face. The heaviest betrayal in the world is forgetting, and he had forgotten the woman who had given her life for him.

"Senior, did you save me? What... what price did he pay?"

A familiar yet unfamiliar voice rang in his ears. Old Yao couldn't tell if this was reality or Illusion Realm, nor did he know where Xiao Yan had gone. He could only close his eyes tightly.

"The price he paid... was probably taking me as his apprentice?"

"Huh?"

Upon hearing Xiao Yan's voice as he spoke with her, Old Yao could no longer restrain himself. He suddenly opened his eyes, and his Soul Power surged forth wildly. Just as he was about to approach the woman, he hesitated, fearing that he might harm her, and then gently brushed past her like a breeze.

"You two can chat slowly. I'm busy cultivating a Heavenly Flames that's comparable to Dou Emperor."

Xiao Yan smiled slightly, sealed all the flames that were frozen in mid-air into Han Shanshan's body, and then left a hand Seal Technique so that Han Shanshan could slowly refine them. Then he traveled through space and left this place.

Having been immersed in the River of Time for countless years, Han Shanshan's soul has also acquired some extraordinary qualities. Breaking through to the Dou Sheng and becoming Ninth Grade Alchemist is just around the corner, and even reaching the Dou Emperor is not out of the question.

But we'll talk about cultivation later. These two fellow disciples, who have been separated for so long, still have a lot to say.