Time to Eat the Pie

Theoretically speaking, for Xiao Yan, a Peak Dou Wang, to attempt to refine Heavenly Flames comparable to Peak Dou Zun would be tantamount to suicide.

However, Xiao Yan was already quite familiar with the Flame of Life Sub-flame, and even imprinted his Soul Imprint on it. The Life Spirit Flame did not resist Xiao Yan 'Xiao Yan power, and even showed affinity towards him.

This gives Xiao Yan a chance to successfully refine the Life Spirit Flame.

Inside Xiao Xuan's Tomb Mansion, a vortex of moderate size swirled around Xiao Yan.

Normally, the process of breaking through to the Dou Emperor will affect the World Energy on a "large scale". This step will also allow the Dou Wang to become familiar with how to control more of the World Energy.

However, the environment of the Heavenly Tomb itself is even sufficient to support the cultivation of Dou Sheng, and the place where Xiao Xuan is is the place with the most concentrated World Energy in the entire Heavenly Tomb.

Therefore, the vortex surrounding Xiao Yan was only a few dozen feet in size.

Xiao Yan, who was at the center of the vortex, was enveloped in a ball of golden flames.

Although the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame is finite with every use, it is not the time to be frugal now that it is breaking through a major realm and about to undergo a comprehensive transformation.

The already pure World Energy, after being tempered by the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame, shrank to almost one-tenth of its original size. It not only became more condensed, but also became imbued with the most powerful aura of Heavenly Flames in the world, transforming into fire-attribute energy.

All of this fire-attribute energy became nourishment for the Life Spirit Flame, and then burst forth with endless vitality in the heart, nourishing the bloodline seed of the Xiao Clan Dou Di Bloodline.

The Bloodline Power flows throughout the body, constantly growing stronger and transforming the body.

As for the Green Lotus Core Flame, it also played a facilitating role in this process... At least it added another layer of Heavenly Flames, which is better than nothing.

Xiao Xuan stood not far away, and wisps of light red blood mist slowly emanated from his body, drifting into the vortex where Xiao Yan was. After being tempered by the Heavenly Flames, the mist became nourishment for Xiao Yan's bloodline to grow stronger.

At this moment, Xiao Xuan still looked like a young man in his twenties, except that he had some white hair on his head at some point—this was the price of preserving the Dou Di Bloodline.

Although Xiao Xuan was still relatively young when he died, in order to preserve the vitality of the Dou Di Bloodline and its pure energy, Xiao Xuan forcibly fixed his "time" at the moment of his death.

The Power of Time is a realm that only Dou Emperor can access. However, Xiao Xuan nearly broke through to Dou Emperor before his Xiao Xuan, and had already faintly touched that threshold. In addition, the Dou Di Bloodline is closely related to Dou Emperor, and the environment of the Heavenly Tomb is special, which is why he was able to succeed.

After separating one drop, the remaining seal was no longer secure, and Xiao Xuan was unable to maintain it. He could only release them and hand them all over to Xiao Yan for refining.

Tiny energy fluctuations echoed continuously deep within the Heavenly Tomb, but were completely isolated by Xiao Xuan's Tomb Mansion.

In the blink of an eye, half a year has passed.

Xiao Xuan had already transferred all of his remaining Dou Di Bloodline and integrated it into the Subordinate Flame of Life.

With the integration of the Xiao Clan Bloodline power, the Life Spirit Flame seemed to undergo some inexplicable changes.

This Heavenly Flames, representing life force, became the "Bloodline Source".

In the future, Xiao Yan can rely on the nourishment of the Life Spirit Flame to continuously enhance his own Bloodline Power, and may even be able to easily surpass the quality of the Bloodline Power left behind by Xiao Xuan.

If Xiao Yan has offspring, he can pass on the Life Spirit Flame. Even if the offspring does not inherit any of the Xiao Clan Dou Di Bloodline, they can still strengthen their Bloodline Power with the Life Spirit Flame, making it last forever.

It took two and a half years for Xiao Xuan to finally revive the Xiao Clan's severed bloodline.

At this time, Xiao Xuan was already old and frail with white hair, but his eyes were becoming brighter and brighter, full of hope.

"Back then, I caused the Xiao Clan to decline, and now I can only entrust this heavy responsibility to you. However... I believe in you, and I'm sure you can hold up the sky!"

Another six months later.

The Green Lotus Core Flame and the Life Spirit Flame merged together, or rather, the Green Lotus Core Flame attached itself to the Life Spirit Flame —the difference between the two was too great, and even as Sub-flame, the Green Lotus Core Flame was completely crushed.

This also led to Xiao Yan's body being unable to withstand the newly generated Heavenly Flames.

Originally, the Green Lotus Core Flame existed within Xiao Yan's heart. If the Green Lotus Core Flame were the main component, or even if it played an important role in the fusion process, it wouldn't have been so troublesome.

However, the Life Spirit Flame is too powerful. If one wants to continue to directly contain the Heavenly Flames without Na Ling, one must endure the transformation by the Life Spirit Flame.

The fusion of Heavenly Flames naturally produced aftereffects, but because Xiao Yan himself had a relatively strong ability to control the two Heavenly Flames, the aftereffects were relatively mild. In addition, Xiao Xuan kept a close eye on him at all times, and the aftereffects were suppressed as soon as they appeared—after all, Xiao Xuan was a man who almost became Dou Emperor back then.

Xiao Yan's Pure Yang Body was thus preserved.

Xiao Xuan wasn't entirely sure whether the Pure Yang Body provided any advantage to fire-attribute individuals in their cultivation, but since Xiao Yan had finally acquired the Dou Di Bloodline, Xiao Xuan naturally wouldn't give him the opportunity to weaken its Bloodline Power.

As the last bit of green light receded into Xiao Yan's heart, the refining of the Heavenly Flames was finally completed.

The once bright red heart was now covered by a thin, emerald-green membrane.

This membrane not only greatly enhances the heart's various functions, but also constantly emits a rich, fiery, and vibrant aura, strengthening Xiao Yan's blood.

It's like the legendary Bodhi Heart.

With such a heart, Xiao Yan will no longer encounter any bottlenecks in his journey to becoming Dou Sheng. As long as he has sufficient energy, breaking through will be as easy as eating and drinking.

"Eight Star Dou Huang Peak... Earth Tier Advanced..."

Xiao Yan's face was full of excitement. His cultivation level had directly reached the level of when he had activated the Heavenly Fire Three Profound Transformations, and his Flame Mantra had also evolved to a higher level.

The Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame between Xiao Yan's eyebrows, after a year of wear and tear, has lost negligible amount of energy, which is more than enough to sustain Xiao Yan's breakthrough to Dou Zun.

"Unfortunately, my Dou Qi is growing too fast, and I'm afraid I can't control it perfectly right now..." Xiao Yan muttered to himself with a bitter face.

Seeing Xiao Yan's delight, Xiao Xuan felt much better. He calmly floated in front of Xiao Yan and said, "Gu Yuan must have had some ulterior motives for 'breaking the rules' to send you in. But it's alright, from now on you should treat the Gu Clan as your own home."

After speaking, Xiao Xuan transmitted all of Xiao Yan's knowledge into Xiao Yan's mind, including the Xiao Clan's Heavenly Grade Cultivation Method and Dou Technique, ancient Formation, Soul Cultivation Method and offensive techniques, and numerous Pill Recipe formulas.

Before Xiao Yan could react, Xiao Xuan waved his hand again, teleporting Xiao Yan out of the Tomb Mansion and into Gu Yuan's hands—three years had passed.

Although Xiao Yan was sent in by Gu Yuan who tore open space, he still faced rejection from the Heavenly Tomb over the past three years. If Gu Yuan hadn't come to pick him up, Xiao Yan might have been rejected by the Heavenly Tomb and thrown into some unknown corner of the Dou Qi Continent.

As usual, Gu Yuan held Xiao Yan in his hand to prevent the boy from being burst by the energy surging up from the Heavenly Tomb Third Layer. Only then did he have time to carefully check on Xiao Yan's condition.

You wouldn't believe it until you see it, and once you do, you'll be shocked. Xiao Yan actually broke through to the Eight Star Dou Huang Peak in just three years, while only half a year had passed in the outside world. Xiao Yan had directly left Gu Qingyang, the most outstanding young man of the Gu Clan, behind.

"Looks like I'll have to find a way to get you Heavenly Flames." Gu Yuan sighed, but his tone was full of anticipation.