Quantitative Change Leads to Qualitative Change
Xiao Yan sat cross-legged in the Heavenly Tomb for a long time, and traveled between the Heavenly Tomb and the Dou Qi Continent many times. He finally figured out how the Heavenly Tomb attracted the Residual Soul of the powerful when they fell.
Next, Xiao Yan studied for a long time and finally used the Fallen Heart Flame to refine the excess memories and instincts of the Residual Soul, leaving only their purest spirituality, and sent them to be reincarnated, giving them a chance to be reborn as humans.
Of course, an infant cannot bear too much spirituality, and the Heavenly Tomb is full of Residual Soul at the Dou Zun level, so Xiao Yan reluctantly accepted the excess spirituality.
After completing his research, Xiao Yan cleared all the Residual Soul from the celestial canopy. He then discovered that he had unknowingly broken through to the Emperor Realm Soul, and with the power of Emperor Realm Soul, he could influence time to a limited extent.
Although he cannot directly manipulate the power of time on the Dou Qi Continent, Xiao Yan can influence time through the soul, or create a Small Space and manipulate time within that Small Space.
For example, casting Nightmare Heavenly Mist can trap the soul in the Illusion Realm, causing it to dissipate over ten thousand years, while the body remains active.
For example, the Heavenly Tomb was modified to further accelerate the flow of time within it, to the point that one year outside is equivalent to ten years inside, giving the Fallen Heart Flame more time to perform precise manipulations on the soul.
"I guess I've created Reincarnation? But to extend the power of the Heavenly Tomb to every corner of the Dou Qi Continent, it will only allow my soul to break through again. To break through to Dou Emperor, I still need to do something else."
Xiao Yan left the Heavenly Tomb and began to study the Heaven Refining Ancient Array. In the end, he developed another kind of Formation based on the Heaven Refining Ancient Array.
The Heaven Refining Ancient Array is divided into Heaven and Earth Array. Both arrays can accumulate energy and refine all things.
Xiao Yan simplified it, greatly enhancing its ability to accumulate energy and eliminating its refining ability. Instead, he separated a Formation of Sub-flame to serve as the core of the formation. The Formation operator can obtain the power of the Heavenly Flames by injecting energy into the Sub-flame.
"That's about right. Alchemist who reach the Dou Wang level can 'offer' to me and receive 'rewards' to use the Heavenly Flames medicine."
"It's not just Alchemist; the Fallen Heart Flame can temper Dou Qi and drive countless people mad."
"Hey, they should thank me!"
Xiao Yan smiled. The preparations were complete. The rudimentary form of a force that would cover the entire Dou Qi Continent and control the advancement channels was slowly taking shape in his mind.
A month later, Xiao Yan traveled far and wide, collecting Medicinal Herbs, setting up his furnace to refine pills, and successfully produced a Ninth-grade Treasure Pill.
Afterwards, Xiao Yan created the Endless Fire Domain and began to take on disciples. He accepted all comers, including Seventh Grade Alchemist and Dou Zong. He taught them simplified Formation and sent them to various parts of the Central Continent with the Fallen Heart Flame Sub-flame and the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame -Sub-flame to gather Dou Zun and set up Formation.
Of course, there were those who cheated and extorted money, but each Sub-flame was like Xiao Yan's eyes and ears. All the evildoers were punished, and some were even burned to ashes in front of everyone.
In no time, Xiao Yan's reputation and fearsome name spread throughout the entire Central Continent.
However, Xiao Yan offered the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame, which ranked third on the Heavenly Flame Ranking. No Alchemist could resist the temptation of the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame, and requests to set up a Formation for it came one after another.
There's also the Fallen Heart Flame. Although Xiao Yan used most of its power on the Heavenly Tomb, with the support of his Emperor Realm Soul, the Fallen Heart Flame can still temper the Dou Qi of those below the Dou Zun.
Therefore, there are even more people who yearn for the Fallen Heart Flame than for the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame.
One powerful individual after another spontaneously sought to establish connections with the Endless Fire Domain, requesting the Endless Fire Domain's elders to construct a grand formation.
In an instant, the Death Qi Central Continent came alive again, with large formations rising from the ground to accumulate energy for Xiao Yan's breakthrough to the Dou Emperor.
Meanwhile, Xiao Yan was searching for Heavenly Flames across the entire Dou Qi Continent.
First is the Life Spirit Flame. Xiao Yan needs this Heavenly Flames to ripen Medicinal Herbs, providing materials for mass-producing Ninth Grade Pill.
Secondly, there is the Three Thousand Burning Flame. This Heavenly Flames, which can absorb the energy of stars, is quite peculiar. Xiao Yan could completely replace the night sky of the Dou Qi Continent with the Three Thousand Burning Flame and accumulate the power of endless stars.
There is also the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire. Seventh Grade Advanced Pill and even higher-rank Pills will attract Pill Lightning after they are successfully refined. Alchemist often need to spend extra power to resist it. Xiao Yan can separate the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire -Sub-flame to build Lightning Attraction Tower to absorb the energy of the Pill Lightning.
It took Xiao Yan nearly a thousand years to find these three Heavenly Flames and return to the Endless Fire Domain.
At this time, the Endless Fire Domain had become a colossal entity spanning the Dou Qi Continent, with a total of three Half-Saint powerhouses.
However, Xiao Yan was quite satisfied with his accumulation over the past thousand years. Not only had he broken through to the Peak of Nine-Star Dou Sheng, but his Purifying Lotus Demon Flame was also comparable to that of a Seven- or Eight- Dou Sheng.
However, the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame and the Fallen Heart Flame alone were not enough. Xiao Yan also gave orders to find areas with magma to "plant" the Green Lotus Core Flame and to go to the deep sea to "plant" the Sea Heart Flame.
As for Xiao Yan himself, he went to have a heart-to-heart talk with the Bodhi Ancient Tree.
The Bodhi Ancient Tree was comparable to Dou Emperor in ancient times, but it was severely damaged and corrupted. Xiao Yan broke the Illusion Realm of the Bodhi Ancient Tree with his Emperor Realm Soul, then purified it with the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame, and finally used the Life Spirit Flame to create a small medicinal garden and plant the Bodhi Ancient Tree.
"As expected, I'm going for the farming style."
By cultivating a good relationship with the Bodhi Ancient Tree, Xiao Yan obtained Bodhi Heart and a large number of Bodhi Seed, among which the Bodhi Heart were sufficient to refine Ninth Grade Golden Pill.
However, Xiao Yan did not attempt to break through to the Dou Emperor; he simply sealed the Pills away.
After dealing with the Bodhi Ancient Tree, Xiao Yan personally set up nine large formations to provide the Alchemist with the Life Spirit Flame to cultivate Medicinal Herbs and the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire to resist the Pill Lightning.
Those who wish to apply for the right to use the grand formation must exchange Form Transformation Pill for sufficient efficacy— Xiao Yan plans to use the Form Transformation Pill to break down the barrier between Magical Beast and humans, and then use the power of those Magical Beasts to evolve the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame.
With this high standard, the Alchemist's enthusiasm was greatly stimulated, and they all put in their best effort to refine the Form Transformation Pill.
Of course, Xiao Yan couldn't exchange the Form Transformation Pill for the Monster Beast Essence Blood. Instead, he waited for the Magical Beast to actively join the Endless Fire Domain. The core of Xiao Yan's Myriad Beast Spirit Flame was the Ancient Void Dragon Emperor of the Void and the Nine-Colored Sky Swallowing Python. The Magical Beast might be able to break through their bloodlines by using the power contained within.
Like I said, he should thank me!
After dealing with the Magical Beast, Xiao Yan began to run around the world again, setting up the Three Thousand Burning Flame at an altitude of ten thousand meters to devour the power of endless stars.
Xiao Yan could certainly set up a "hospital," but the Three Thousand Burning Flame itself requires stars and cannot develop well on the ground, so he gave up on that idea.
After gaining control of most of the natural resources of the entire Dou Qi Continent, Xiao Yan began to frantically refine medicines.
One Pill Beast per year, one precious pill per ten years, one profound pill per hundred years, and one golden pill per thousand years!
If it weren't for the fact that Ninth Grade Pill generally require some special materials, and are not Medicinal Herbs at all, the Life Spirit Flame would be useless. Xiao Yan even wanted to make one Golden Pill a year!
I've been typing on my phone the whole time, and my thumb has been hurting these past couple of days, which has significantly reduced my efficiency (╥ω╥`).