I Still Prefer Your Defiant Look

"Flame Emperor, what do you think of the Yanming Continent?" Maha Tian asked Xiao Yan with a smile.

This is a vast continent. Looking to the north, there are continuous volcanoes, which contain abundant fire-attribute Spiritual Power.

The central region is a desert, where the continent's Continental Power is concentrated. Judging from its rate of accumulation, it would take about a thousand years to create five "Son of the Continent".

The conditions for the formation of the Son of the Continent are harsh. First, there must be a sufficiently powerful continent. Second, there must be a Heavenly Sovereign who can mobilize the Continental Power to baptize the Earthly Sovereign.

Those who bear the Continental Power Earthly Sovereign will have a higher probability of breaking through to Heavenly Sovereign.

In the south of the continent lies a lush and verdant mountain forest, where many Medicinal Herbs grow. A large number of the Sovereign Realm experts are also in seclusion in the forest, either condensing Sovereign Spirit Liquid or tending to the medicinal Medicinal Herbs.

This place is one of the spheres of influence of the Maha Clan, and has now been chosen by Maha Tian to serve as Xiao Yan's alchemy site.

Of course, it would be even better if Xiao Yan could stay here.

"Not bad, just a bit small," Xiao Yan commented objectively.

Maha Tian frowned slightly. The Yanming Continent was in no way inferior to the Super Continent, and it could rank among the top in the Great Thousand World. Many continents did not even have the foundation to create Son of the Continent, but the Yanming Continent was enough to create five.

However, Maha Tian quickly composed himself and understood that Xiao Yan wanted to establish a power spanning several continents.

"Hehe, Flame Emperor has lofty ambitions and naturally looks down on this place." Maha Tian shook his head and chuckled, then said, "However, since this Yanming Continent has caught Flame Emperor's Flame Emperor, how about handing it over to him for management?"

Xiao Yan glanced at Maha Tian and continued, "I'm not good at management."

"It's alright!" Maha Tian clapped his hands, and a woman with a beautiful figure and delicate features came to the two of them.

"This woman is named Maha Yan. She has the strength of Upper Earthly Sovereign. Although she lacks talent in cultivation, she is very good at managing the continent. All matters of the Yanming Continent can be entrusted to her. Flame Emperor only needs to take a look at the accounts every now and then."

Xiao Yan sighed and nodded. It would be impolite to refuse if Maha Tian insisted on giving him money.

Having successfully delivered the money and the person, Maha Tian left behind nine portions of High-grade Heavenly Sovereign Pill Medicinal Herbs, completely satisfied, and turned to leave.

After Maha Tian left, Maha Yan reported to Xiao Yan on the annual income and expenditure of the Yanming Continent.

Those busy, Sovereign figures in the southern part of the continent are equivalent to servants. They were all raised by the Maha Clan. Those with exceptional talents have long been chosen to leave, leaving only those with less talent to toil year after year to create wealth for the Maha Clan.

The Continental Power the Yanming Continent has been used to select talented young people of the Maha Clan in the past. In the future, it can be used by Xiao Yan to select people in Lower Plane, or sold to the Great Thousand World.

After listening to Maha Yan's story with Xiao Yan interest, Xiao Yan plunged into the volcano in the northern part of the continent to begin refining medicine.

It would take Xiao Yan about two months of complete concentration to refine a single High-grade Heavenly Sovereign Pill. If he refined nine pills, including rest time, it would probably take him two years.

Now that I have some free time, I can finally go back to the Dou Qi Continent for a visit.

When Xiao Yan first entered the Great Thousand World, he flew in the void for a long time because he didn't have corresponding coordinates. Now that he has coordinates, he can travel between the two worlds with a single thought.

If it were an ordinary Saint Grade Heavenly Sovereign who wanted to go to Lower Plane, he could cause the entire plane to collapse in an instant. However, Xiao Yan is the Plane Master the Dou Qi Continent plane, and with his aura actively concealed, it is not a difficult task for him.

The Dou Qi Continent is now much less turbulent, but conflicts still exist. Although Cultivation Methods and Combat Skills are easy to obtain, various resources are limited, and murder and robbery still occur from time to time.

Xiao Yan then left a Red Lotus Karmic Fire in the Reincarnation. Those who committed many evil deeds in their previous lives would have their inner darkness ignited by the Red Lotus Karmic Fire, be devoured by the flame, and suffer the torment of their souls being burned by the Heavenly Flames.

At the same time, broadcast a message to the entire Dou Qi Continent as a warning to others.

As for rewarding those of good character, that's a difficult matter to handle, and I'll have to trouble Su Qian with it.

After the transformation of Spiritual Power, Xiao Yan's speed of drawing Spiritual Power into the Dou Qi Continent was incomparable to what it used to be, and the speed of the generation of Origin Qi was also much faster. At this time, Gu Yuan Zhu Kun was already Dou Emperor powerhouse.

In addition, the World Energy in the entire Dou Qi Continent has become much richer, and the space has become more stable. The wild Heavenly Flames have all been upgraded to a higher level. Even the Profound Yellow Flame is enough to make High-Level Dou Zong suffer.

Origin Samsara Fire still hadn't taken shape, Xiao Yan decided to find a few Lower Plane with Reincarnation power to study it after some time.

Like the Blood-Soaked Demonic Flame, the Origin Samsara Fire Heavenly Flames gradually took shape under Xiao Yan's influence. As Xiao Yan reverses the influence on the Plane Embryo the Dou Qi Dou Qi Continent, the Heavenly Flames of the Dou Qi Continent will only become more and more powerful in the future, and the birth of new Heavenly Flames will be inevitable.

For the next two years, Xiao Yan alternated between refining medicine and guiding his wife and children in their cultivation at home. With Xiao Yan, a Saint Grade Heavenly Sovereign, teaching by example, even Qing Lin was able to break through the Dou Sheng realm with unstoppable momentum and directly reach the Seven Star Dou Sheng.

The other four have all broken through to the Peak Dou Saint, and are only missing an Origin Qi.

Xiao Yan didn't pay attention to what level the children were at.

Two years passed quickly, and the nine High-grade Heavenly Sovereign Pills were completed. Xiao Yan summoned Maha Yan and tossed her a stone box.

When Maha Yan opened the box, he found nine fist-sized jade beads inside. The beads were perfectly round and flawless, and appeared slightly transparent. Maha Yan could even see his own reflection in them.

"This is..." Maha Yan's pupils suddenly contracted.

"The Heavenly Sovereign Pill." Xiao Yan waved his hand and said, "You can inform the Green Shirt Sword Saint to bring the Medicinal Herbs to me."

"Yes!" Maha Yan's heart tightened, he closed the stone box and hurriedly left.

Maha Yan couldn't quite understand how Xiao Yan had managed to refine nine Pills in just two years, a process that would normally take several years or even a decade to complete. But that didn't stop her from reporting the matter to Maha Tian.

Xiao Yan found some Sovereign from the south to conduct experiments.

Everyone in this Great Thousand World has Spiritual Veins, which is determined at birth. It is divided into nine veins, numbered from one to nine: one is the Human Vein, three and four Earth Vein, Heavenly Vein, and seven, eight and nine Divine Meridian.

The higher the level, the rarer and more powerful it is.

Many people believe that Spiritual Veins only work for beginners and that Spiritual Veins power will disappear over time.

This is actually a misconception. The Spiritual Veins do not disappear; rather, they are hidden deeper within the body.

The reason for this misconception is that after the Spiritual Veins are hidden, only by breaking through to the Heavenly Sovereign Realm can one sense the Spiritual Veins within the body again.

Apart from that, only the forces under the Heavenly Sovereign's command would know the truth.

Xiao Yan himself did not have Spiritual Veins, but after obtaining the Eternal Undying Body, Xiao Yan vaguely felt that there was something extra in his body.

Upon closer inspection, nine radiant meridians emerged.

With his Immortal Flesh Body, the spirit of Heavenly Flames, and the Flame Mantra, Xiao Yan's abilities intertwined, seemingly brewing some kind of divine power.

Xiao Yan thus developed the idea of studying Spiritual Veins and found some Sovereign as materials.

These Sovereign in the southern part of the continent all have Human Vein. To cultivate to a higher realm, they often need to consume more resources, cultivate stronger Spirit Art, and even have the blessing of good fortune.

The Maha Clan has no shortage of geniuses, so it's not worth wasting too much effort on these mediocre talents. It's more advantageous to let them create wealth and condense the Sovereign Spirit Liquid for the geniuses to use.

That is why, if given the chance to advance further, many of these Sovereign would risk their lives to take a gamble.

Xiao Yan only mentioned that he wanted to study Spiritual Veins. If he succeeded, he would evolve from a single spiritual Human Vein would not make any progress in their cultivation for the rest of their lives, and one or two out of ten would die on the spot.

Before Xiao Yan even started making promises, dozens of Sovereign Beings immediately signed up.

It can only be said that these Sovereign have experienced the vicissitudes of life, were oppressed every day, and dared not escape the Maha Clan. When they had the opportunity to advance further, they did not hesitate to risk their lives.

Xiao Yan selected one hundred relatively young people from among them and took them to the volcano in the northern part of the continent.

As people get older, they tend to accept their fate more easily, and even if their talents improve, they may continue to be overlooked because of their age, which naturally weakens their fighting spirit.

As for young people, they have a future, and with talent, they have even more possibilities.

Spiritual Veins are the foundation of cultivation. To damage Spiritual Veins inevitably involves enduring indescribable pain. The spirit of not being content with the ordinary is not completely extinguished, which makes it even more endurable.

Xiao Yan reached out and grabbed, Life Spirit Flame, containing endless life energy, enveloped the hundred young people.

As the abundant life force flowed into their bodies, these Sovereign immediately felt the bottleneck loosen, but what followed was excruciating pain that penetrated to the bone marrow.

The current Life Spirit Flame is even slightly stronger than the Great Perfection Earthly Sovereign, and the power it contains far exceeds that of the Sovereign.

These Sovereign coming into contact with the Life Spirit Flame is no different from Dou Zun coming into contact with the Nihility Devouring Flame. Even with Xiao Yan suppressing the flame, it still exceeds their tolerance.

Xiao Yan remained calm, not even glancing at these Sovereign, and began cultivating on his own, studying the nine Spiritual Veins within his body.

This is a selection process. The Life Spirit Flame will continuously provide vitality to preserve the lives of these Sovereign, but the intense heat that seems to burn even their souls will only grow stronger over time.

Those who cannot withstand the mental breakdown will be eliminated—such people cannot endure the pain of transforming Spiritual Veins.

After all, in Xiao Yan's plan, modifying the Spiritual Veins required immersing himself in the Life Spirit Flame throughout the entire process.

Xiao Yan's bottom line is to survive in the Life Spirit Flame for a month. Of course, if someone can use the life force in the Life Spirit Flame to break through their realm, they can pass directly.

Of course, Xiao Yan didn't tell them how long they would have to hold out, because Xiao Yan himself didn't know exactly how long it would take to modify the Spiritual Veins.

Each Sovereign tried every means to resist the intense heat, but no matter how much they struggled, they could not shake the Life Spirit Flame and could only grit their teeth and endure it.

Many people looked at Xiao Yan expectantly, hoping to gain Xiao Yan attention, but Xiao Yan simply sat cross-legged in the volcano cultivating, as if he had forgotten about these insignificant ants.

Of course, some people discovered the secrets of the Life Spirit Flame, and like plants that had been dry for an unknown period of time, they began to frantically draw life energy from the emerald flames to temper their bodies.

But in any case, the terrifying heat continued to torment the bodies and souls of these people.

This scorching heat lasted for a full day, and those who had been watching Xiao Yan finally noticed that he had opened his eyes.

However, the next moment Xiao Yan soared into the sky and left the volcano.

The shattering of hope instantly broke down the mental defenses of several people. With their minds in disarray, five of them nearly had their souls shattered and were expelled by the Life Spirit Flame.

The five people breathed a sigh of relief, then looked at the ninety-five people still in the Life Spirit Flame, their faces showing regret.

But no matter how much they regretted it, the outcome was already decided, and the chance to defy fate had slipped through their fingers...

Xiao Yan left because he sensed the aura of Maha Tian.

With a sincere smile on his face, Maha Tian slowly approached Xiao Yan's side, rubbing his body with his hands somewhat awkwardly.

"What brings Maha Clan here? I have already made an appointment with the Green Shirt Sword Saint to refine the Heavenly Sovereign Pill for the Sword Domain," Xiao Yan said.

"Haha, Brother Xiao, you keep your promise, a promise is worth a thousand pieces of gold. I admire you." After offering this compliment, Maha Tian's tense expression eased considerably, and he asked softly, "I wonder if Brother Xiao has any plans to take on disciples?"

"No."

"Cough cough..." Maha Tian was choked by the straightforward rejection, but was still somewhat unwilling, and continued to persuade him, "Brother Xiao seems to have just arrived in the Great Thousand World and may not know much about the many Medicinal Herbs in the Great Thousand World. Why not take in a couple of medicine boys to do some rough work?"

Xiao Yan fell into deep thought.

The Great Thousand World is indeed vast, and there are too many strange and unusual Medicinal Herbs. Having a medicine boy as an assistant would naturally save time.

Moreover, researching Spiritual Veins inevitably involves using a vast amount of Medicinal Herbs for trial and error; doing everything personally would be too time-consuming.

However... raising Yao Xiaotian for a long time inevitably leads to feelings of affection, and having a medicine boy by your side for a long time makes him almost like a disciple.

"So you've already chosen a candidate for the Maha Clan?" Xiao Yan asked.

"Brother Xiao, rest assured, that medicine boy will never disappoint you." Seeing Xiao Yan agree, Maha Tian was overjoyed and directly gifted Xiao Yan a Small World.

Xiao Yan glanced inside and saw that this Small World was shrouded in dazzling golden light, and was filled with a rich aura of immortality, which caused the Eternal Undying Body to stir slightly, faintly conveying a sense of longing.

Clearly, the Maha Clan had accumulated tens of thousands of years of preparation for the Eternal Undying Body, including not only geniuses who cultivated the Great Sun Undying Body and the Undying Golden Body, but also these rare and precious materials.

Now that the Eternal Undying Body has been given to Xiao Yan, Maha Tian simply did him a favor and spent a day packing it all up and giving it to Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan sighed and began to reminisce about the arrogant and unruly Maha Tian of the past. Back then, Maha Tian was much easier to deal with than he was now; if someone was not convinced, a fight would be the end of it.

Now, Maha Tian was all smiles, offering money right away, making it impossible for Xiao Yan to refuse.

"I've been researching Spiritual Veins lately, to see if I can enhance them later in life," Xiao Yan said.

Maha Tian glanced at the volcano, then smiled broadly and said, "These are all Human Vein. What can they possibly research? I'll send Brother Xiao some materials on three or four Earth Vein the next day."