Still Too Inexperienced

The test set by the Nether Flame Demon Saint has two ways to pass: one is to make a breakthrough in the Soul Realm, and the other is to find someone you like.

For example, there was that unlucky guy from a long time ago. When he first came in, the Nether Flame Demon Saint ignored him and took a nap. A year had passed, and he was still falling down. When the Nether Flame Demon Saint took a look, he found that he was a Dou Ling who couldn't fly and was extremely weak. He couldn't even climb up the Stone Wall.

So the Nether Flame Demon Saint thought he was quite unlucky, and since he hadn't seen a living person in a long time, he simply let him pass.

Xiao Yan, on the other hand, had already touched the threshold of the Spirit Realm Soul. He broke through to the Spirit Realm Soul while exploring his own potential, so he can be considered someone who truly passed the test.

If you try to escape upwards and eventually fly away, it will be considered a failure, and you will never have a second chance.

But the Nether Flame Demon Saint had to admit that the test he set up had loopholes and was not effective against the oddballs.

The people taking the test should be told at the entrance that flying upwards will allow them to return the way they came.

"Fine, you've passed my test anyway. Choose one to take with you!" The Nether Flame Demon Saint lost interest in Xiao Yan and pointed to the wooden box.

"Can I only take one thing? Can I take a look at the contents first?"

"If you can learn the Nightmare Heavenly Mist and the Heaven Refining Ancient Array, I won't mind if you take away the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame." The Nether Flame Demon Saint instantly saw through Xiao Yan's intentions.

Xiao Yan smiled awkwardly, then opened the wooden box containing the Nightmare Heavenly Mist.

Almost instantly, Xiao Yan was trapped in the Illusion Realm.

The Nether Flame Demon Saint leaned back in her recliner, somewhat surprised by Xiao Yan's decisiveness.

The Nether Flame Demon Saint thought for a moment and realized that he hadn't reminded the little guy that he needed to enter the Illusion Realm to learn Nightmare Heavenly Mist and that he needed to be refined before learning the Heaven Refining Ancient Array. He suddenly understood.

He could naturally control the direction of the Illusion Realm, and even trap Xiao Yan to death with a single thought, but that would be pointless. The Nether Flame Demon Saint also wanted to see how this little guy would perform.

"A cultivation technique that can Fusion Heavenly Flame... Back then, with my cultivation level, I was unable to successfully Fusion Heavenly Flame."

After letting out a soft sigh, the Nether Flame Demon Saint sat up straight, raised her hand, and waved it, allowing the Illusion Realm to develop freely in combination with her knowledge of the Peak Dou Saint.

"Let's see if you can break through to Dou Zun in a hundred years!" With that thought, the Nether Flame Demon Saint accelerated the flow of time in the Illusion Realm, and then... he found that Xiao Yan had woken up.

"..." Nether Flame Demon Saint stared at the somewhat bewildered Xiao Yan and suddenly realized that something was wrong.

The standard for passing through this Illusion Realm is to reach the Peak of Nine-Star Dou Sheng and the Emperor Realm Soul, which is the strength level of the Nether Flame Demon Saint in her previous life.

It hasn't even been a hundred years yet, isn't this little guy's cultivation speed a bit too fast?

"Tap tap tap..."

The Nether Flame Demon Saint knocked on the wooden table, but Xiao Yan did not react.

"What did you experience in the Illusion Realm?" asked the Nether Flame Demon Saint, her voice carrying a wisp of Soul Power.

Even in the era when the Nether Flame Demon Saint was still alive, among so many Dou Emperor races, not one was able to cultivate to the Peak Dou Saint and the Emperor Realm Soul within a hundred years. How could this young guy in his twenties, who doesn't even have Dou Di Bloodline, cultivate so fast?

"Huh?" Xiao Yan snapped out of his daze and asked, "How much time has passed now?"

"It was only a few breaths. I hadn't even had a chance to see the Illusion Realm before you broke it."

"I see! I didn't do much in the Illusion Realm, just absorbed Heavenly Flames, ate Pills, explored ancient ruins, and then broke through to the Dou Emperor..."

"Wait a minute." The Nether Flame Demon Saint's weathered eyes suddenly flashed with a chilling aura. "You said you broke through to Dou Emperor? Within a hundred years?"

"Senior, you may not know this, but a Dou Di Relic has appeared over the past few thousand years. Inside is a piece of Tou She Ancient God Jade, which can be used to unlock the inheritance of Tou She Ancient God and obtain the Origin Qi to break through to Dou Emperor."

The Nether Flame Demon Saint remained silent. Xiao Yan spoke lightly, but the Dou Emperor Inheritance Dou Emperor realm was something every Nine-star Dou Sheng would go crazy for, and every Dou Emperor race would fight for. Breaking through the encirclement was definitely not an easy task.

Unless...

"The cultivation technique you practiced was also found in the Dou Di Relic?"

Seeing Xiao Yan nod, the Nether Flame Demon Saint finally understood that it must be because their cultivation methods were the same that the Tou She Ancient God's Inheritance's inheritance had chosen him.

According to the research of the Nether Flame Demon Saint, the Tou She Ancient God fused with twenty-one Heavenly Flames. Since its own body was Heavenly Flames, the twenty-two flames fused together to form the Di Yan.

"Sigh..." The Nether Flame Demon Saint sighed heavily and slowly spoke:

"Back then, I discovered that Tou She Ancient God broke through to Dou Emperor by fusing with Heavenly Flames. I also tried to Fusion Heavenly Flame myself."

"Besides the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame, I also refined the Fallen Heart Flame corresponding to my soul and the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame corresponding to my body, and nurtured them to a level comparable to Dou Sheng."

"With my Emperor Realm Soul and Peak of Nine-Star Dou Sheng cultivation, I attempted to fuse the Fallen Heart Flame and the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame together."

"The fusion can be considered both a success and a failure. The newly born Heavenly Flames has lost all of the Fallen Heart Flame's abilities, but the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame has unexpectedly gained sentience."

"At that time, I was full of ambition, believing that I could forge a different path from Tou She Ancient God. I devoted myself to cultivating the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame and passed on all that I had learned in my life to him. However, he was only interested in devouring my Myriad Beast Spirit Flame and scoffed at my inheritance."

"You probably already know my fate. Under my suppression, the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame became increasingly violent, and eventually it backfired on me."

At this point, the Nether Flame Demon Saint was like a disheartened old man, having lost all his spirit.

"Then why don't you let him devour the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame?" Xiao Yan suddenly asked.

"Huh?" The Nether Flame Demon Saint was stunned.

"I'm asking why you don't let him devour the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame. If he wants to, just let him," Xiao Yan repeated.

"Perhaps... at first I hoped to break through to the Dou Emperor through him, but I was worried that after he devoured the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame, he would gain a physical body and become an independent individual. In that case, he might have a chance to reach the Dou Emperor, but it would have nothing to do with me."

"Later, I treated him like my own child... I wasn't sure whether he or the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame was stronger, and I was worried that he wouldn't be himself after the fusion, so I kept suppressing him..."

"In the end, I raised him into a monster, and that was my fault..."

The figure of the Nether Flame Demon Saint remained blurry, but Xiao Yan could clearly sense his desolation.

The two remained silent for a long time. Suddenly, the Nether Flame Demon Saint looked up at Xiao Yan and said, "Your thinking is different from mine. I want to see if you can break through to the Dou Emperor in this flawed environment without the Dou Emperor Inheritance."

After speaking, the Nether Flame Demon Saint paused, and then a nine-colored fruit appeared in his hand. "If you succeed, you can take this Spirit Transformation Emperor Soul Fruit with you as an investment from this old man."

Many things have been added in the second part. As for why the Nether Flame Demon Saint was worried that the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame couldn't beat the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame, considering the Nether Flame Demon Saint's invincible spatial ability, I think that the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame was cultivated by the Nether Flame Demon Saint after sparring with the Old Dragon Emperor...