Refining the Heart Flame, Half a Year

Lu Yunxiao smiled. Though the Innate Separation Fire was not particularly powerful in raw strength, its quality was extraordinarily high, and it exerted immense suppression over all Heavenly Flames.

Whether it was the Green Lotus Core Flame, the Bone Chilling Flame, or the Fallen Heart Flame he had acquired today, all of them had to bow before the Innate Separation Fire.

That was the difference between innate and acquired flames—a gap beyond imagination.

Smiling again, Lu Yunxiao took the Fallen Heart Flame and stuffed it into his mouth, swallowing it into his stomach.

The Elemental Scripture began to circulate. Lu Yunxiao closed his eyes and began refining it.

Seeing that Lu Yunxiao had settled into the process, Queen Medusa flashed forward and arrived before a cliff wall.

With a slap of her fair hand, a palm print struck the cliff wall. The wall trembled, and a massive hollow appeared.

Queen Medusa condensed her qi into a sword and tidied up the entrance, clearing away shattered stones and dust. Then she stepped inside, sat cross-legged, and fixed her beautiful eyes upon that white figure above the magma...

Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower, eighth level.

A large group of elders with lofty status in the Inner Court had gathered here. At their head sat an old man in a wheelchair, his white hair and weathered appearance making him seem especially aged.

Cough, cough!

Su Qian coughed lightly, and traces of blood appeared in his palm.

Su Qian had suffered serious injuries during the previous succession of battles. Even now, he had yet to fully recover.

"Grand Elder!"

Hu Gan could not help speaking, his tone tinged with concern.

"I'm fine."

Su Qian waved his hand and struggled to sit upright.

"How are the matters I assigned to you progressing?"

Su Qian