The Second Emperor Flame in History: Peach Blossom Emperor Flame

The Second Emperor Flame in History: Peach Blossom Emperor Flame

Therefore, as long as Feng Wu did not rely on the "Star System" core in his dantian to fuse vast amounts of new Dou Qi within a short time, his cultivation and Dou Qi circulation could continue endlessly, never running dry.

Then, as long as the newly born Dou Qi settled back down and reached the center of the stellar core faster than Feng Wu consumed it as fusion fuel, with gains exceeding consumption, his cultivation would continue growing automatically.

Cultivation bore similarities to things found in nature and scientific concepts, but it was not quite the same.

For example, the sun fused vast quantities of hydrogen nuclei, producing enormous energy. Yet that newly produced energy no longer had much to do with hydrogen, while helium atoms, neutrons, and other things were created instead.

However, after Feng Wu's Dou Qi underwent its special reaction, what it produced was still the same original substance.

At the very least, a large portion of it was.

Dou Qi was originally a form of energy. Energy collided and converged to create new, pure energy, which then settled back down and became his own.

Furthermore, through this entire process, Feng Wu's Dou Qi attributes would inevitably acquire some strange properties, such as radiation.

It might be harmless to Feng Wu, but it would be a huge problem for his enemies.

Under certain circumstances, this was actually even more terrifying than the poisonous Dou Qi of the Poison Masters from the Chu Yun Empire. Poisonous Dou Qi at least had a greenish or murky gray color, while radiation could kill invisibly.

In terms of both his power form and the markers of his realm, Feng Wu had already undergone an essential transformation compared to an ordinary Dou Emperor.

Things had been fairly normal before, but now, no matter how exceptional a Dou Emperor was, they could not possibly install a nuclear fusion reactor in the core of their dantian to serve as their Dou Qi core and provide energy.

Yet the changes within Feng Wu's dantian did not end there. The core was the most important part.

However, the other nine fully matured planets filled Feng Wu with a different kind of anticipation.

Just as when he had been in the Dou Wang realm, a certain number of "planets" would undergo different changes at each realm.

Ignoring the true cultivation displayed in the system records, based solely on the characteristics of his cultivation, Feng Wu should now be equivalent to a Seven Star Dou Huang.

Thus, within Feng Wu's dantian, aside from the largest core "star," seven of the nine planets had undergone delightful changes.

Previously, when Feng Wu's body had reached the standard of the "Dou Wang" realm, he had said that vitality had appeared upon the planetary crystal cores in his dantian. Any planetary Dou Qi crystal core whose stellar fire had been lit, he considered alive.

Vitality had emerged.

However, that kind of vitality was somewhat different from what people usually meant.

It could only be said that the planetary crystal core had gained warmth, gained a core, and become active. The planet itself had come alive.

But now, genuine signs of life had appeared upon those first seven planets.

Upon close inspection, a touch of green had emerged on all of them. There was not much of it—indeed, it was extremely scarce—and most of the planets were still composed of ordinary Dou Qi.

Yet these traces were like seeds, seeds waiting at any moment to take root and sprout.

There were no higher lifeforms, only things that perhaps could not even truly be considered plants.

They were born one moment and died the next.

The planets in Feng Wu's dantian were not yet suitable for such things to endure.

Feng Wu did not know what would happen in the end. Would they truly evolve slowly and give birth to real life? Would a kingdom of flesh truly emerge in the future, as in the myths?

Feng Wu did not know, but at this moment, an understanding arose in his heart:

These things brimming with life were the manifestation of the small amount of Wood Attribute within his body.

Originally, Feng Wu's Fire Wood Attribute had not been especially pure. When he had first begun cultivating, his attributes had been mixed together, even somewhat impure.

The talent of Feng Wu's original body had not been particularly good. Even as his body and aptitude grew stronger, it would not alter the degree of affinity he had originally possessed for each attribute.

Later, after Feng Wu upgraded his flames into Strange Fire and obtained it, that Strange Fire became a special manifestation of the Doupo Plane's native fire-attribute source power.

After obtaining Strange Fire, Feng Wu's affinity for the Fire Attribute naturally improved, reaching the highest degree of compatibility. It was roughly the same concept as the Fire Body possessed by Xiao Xun'er.

The only difference was that Xiao Xun'er possessed a pure fire constitution, while Feng Wu did not.

Feng Wu was an Alchemist, so he naturally also possessed part of a Wood Attribute constitution.

But when fire flourished, wood naturally declined. Feng Wu's Wood Attribute was not very apparent or pure, having always been obscured by his overwhelmingly powerful Fire Attribute.

Now that Feng Wu had advanced, the changes in his dantian had effectively pulled out the Wood Attribute within his body and purified it separately.

The quantity was still small. Not only was it incomparable to the largest stellar crystal core, it was insignificant even compared to each planetary crystal.

But now, it was pure enough.

When wood flourished as a support, fire would actually become even more vigorous. It might undergo more active advancement and more changes than fire at its extreme.

Feng Wu greatly anticipated what kind of mighty power this vitality would evolve into one day.

This was the ultimate transformation born after Feng Wu's body had been repeatedly washed through by experience levels, as his experience rapidly increased and was repeatedly used.

Feng Wu had spent a massive amount of experience upgrading his cultivation technique and upgrading his Strange Fire.

But that was not all. Had no one else noticed that this time, Feng Wu had consecutively upgraded several Strange Fires, yet no great phenomena or special changes had occurred either within Salt City or elsewhere in the Doupo Plane?

Had the birth of new Strange Fires begun to pass without a trace?

Of course not.

The ultimate reason was that when Feng Wu saw that Peach Blossom Fire or Amethyst Winged Lion Flame were only ten thousand or so experience points away from the Emperor Flame tier issued by the system, and experience was hardly something he could not afford, he simply did not care.

Since he was rich now and his experience was nearly overflowing, he hurriedly spent whatever he had.

As the stellar fire of the solar flames at the core of his dantian, Peach Blossom Fire was the first to surpass all other Strange Fires and advance to the Emperor Flame level.

When Strange Fire appeared, all flames bowed in submission.

And when Peach Blossom Fire advanced to become the second Emperor Flame since ancient times to represent the fire source of the Doupo Plane, it naturally could not remain ordinary.

Before an Emperor Flame, all Strange Fires were its vassals. Who would dare act out?

It was like ministers and a monarch.

When an emperor ascended the throne, what blind minister would dare put on airs before him?

Phenomena? How could they dare suppress him?

The moment Peach Blossom Fire advanced into an Emperor Flame, the phenomena that should have appeared when those newly upgraded Strange Fires were first born were stirred into action, only to be suppressed by Peach Blossom Fire and snuffed out before they could emerge.

As for each of them creating new phenomena afterward to make up for it?

Just think about it. How could that be possible? Strange Fires simply did not have that kind of standing.

Peach Blossom Fire, at its current Emperor Fire tier, might have had it.

However, clearly, after Peach Blossom Fire advanced into an Emperor Flame, no special phenomenon occurred in Salt City to announce the existence of the second Emperor Flame born in the Doupo Plane since the beginning of time.

It was not that there had been no phenomenon. Feng Wu had directly controlled it and canceled it.

The previous times, merely giving birth to an ordinary Strange Fire had caused such grand spectacles—flame peach blossoms stretching for ten miles and the like.

Would an Emperor Flame not be even more magnificent?

An Emperor Flame was an Emperor Flame. Feng Wu could now be considered among the top figures within the Gamma Empire, and he could call himself an expert within the Doupo region.

But compared to the entire continent, Feng Wu was still far too young. It was better to stay as low-key as possible.

Major factions did not actually lack Strange Fires. Those outside the top ten were, to true experts, little more than optional embellishments.

Only Strange Fires around the top ten had especially great reputations and particularly important functions. Only those around the top five possessed especially formidable strength and power.

Peach Blossom Fire and Amethyst Winged Lion Flame had existed for so long. If certain factions had truly put their minds to it, they might have uncovered something.

This showed that Strange Fires were nothing remarkable in the eyes of major factions.

Moreover, when those two Strange Fires had been born, the images fed back into the minds of fire-attribute experts across the world had been relatively weak.

Tasteless to possess, regrettable to discard.

They were more suitable for Dou Emperors, Dou Zongs, or Alchemists. Beyond that, their benefits became much smaller.

But Emperor Flames were different.

If it were discovered that Feng Wu possessed an Emperor Flame, it would truly be a path to death.

If the phenomena could be restrained, they should be restrained. Fortunately, Feng Wu had stripped all the beast flames in his possession of their original magical beast imprints, then engraved them with his own marks, allowing him complete control.

Otherwise, Feng Wu truly had no idea what kind of situation would arise when Peach Blossom Fire advanced into an Emperor Flame.

Upgrading to a Strange Fire had already created flaming peach blossoms across a ten-mile radius.

Once it became an Emperor Flame, the Emperor tier was above the Doupo ascension realm. Who knew whether it would create peach blossoms across a thousand miles or bloom brilliantly across ten thousand?

Flaming peach groves spanning millions of miles were no joke.

Unless he truly slaughtered Salt City, it would have been impossible not to become famous.

And although the phenomena had been avoided, everyone in the world who was a fire-attribute expert at the Seven Star Dou Zong realm or above, or possessed beast flames of the seventh tier or above, Pseudo Strange Fire, or genuine Strange Fire, naturally sensed one thing within their minds.

Peach Blossom Emperor Flame had ascended the throne; all flames in the world celebrated!

Emperor Fire was an essential manifestation of the Plane Fire Attribute Rule, a representative of the rules themselves, and the Doupo Plane Source Fire.

With the birth of Emperor Fire, the Doupo Plane's fire-attribute source rules greatly strengthened. All fire-attribute cultivators in the world celebrated. Without paying any price, every fire-attribute Martial Artist in the world saw their strength and advancement increase by ten percent, while the temperature and power of flames and fire-attribute Dou Skills rose!

(The birth of Strange Fire also increased it. Together with the birth of Strange Fire, it likewise counted as an improvement to the source rules. In truth, if someone carefully calculated and tested it, the strength of fire-attribute Martial Artists had increased by nearly twenty percent compared to before!)

Fire cultivators throughout the world rejoiced!

Twenty percent strength!

Normally, below the Dou Zong realm, increasing one star in cultivation only raised one's overall qualities by around ten percent.

(A ten percent comprehensive improvement in every aspect was merely data. How much stronger one truly became depended on personal performance.)

With this move, Feng Wu had truly benefited everyone. A twenty percent increase was equivalent to advancing two stars in cultivation!

Opponents at the same level could no longer win against them.

On the day Peach Blossom Fire advanced into an Emperor Flame, countless people fighting across the Doupo Plane were brutally crushed to death because their fire-attribute opponents had suddenly surged in strength!

Of course, some fire-attribute Martial Artists failed to control their suddenly increased power and were counter-killed by others.

But in the long run, fire-attribute Martial Artists would certainly become the strongest and most mainstream among those of the same rank.

As for water and fire countering one another, when water was stronger or evenly matched, water restrained fire. But now, fire was fierce and water weak, so Fire Attribute instead counter-restrained Water Attribute.

Others followed the cycle of the five attributes, generating and restraining one another. Yet now, Feng Wu had directly shattered the balance of attributes.

Fire Attribute naturally countered Metal and Water, held an advantage over Wood, and feared no Earth. It had completely lost all natural enemies and become the strongest uncountered attribute among those of the same rank. Only if a water-attribute enemy was personally stronger and held an overwhelming advantage could the restraint chart temporarily return to normal.

But if a water-attribute cultivator's cultivation had already been stronger than a fire-attribute cultivator's, why would attribute advantages or disadvantages even matter?

Attribute generation and restraint were generally only relevant between opponents of the same rank.

Fire Attribute had suddenly lost all natural enemies.

Water-attribute Martial Artists, meanwhile, were in miserable circumstances. They were restrained by Earth, restrained by Fire, disadvantaged against Wood, and Metal Attribute was often stronger than Water Attribute because of its greater sharpness.

The entire cycle had been broken, leaving water-attribute Martial Artists the most unfortunate.

They had automatically taken on the label of weakest.

Of course, that was all for the future. It would not be apparent in the short term.

The birth of Emperor Fire made Fire Attribute stronger, but while some rejoiced, others worried.

Ordinary Martial Artists remained in the dark. Only those at the Seven Star Dou Zong realm or above, or those possessing beast flames of the seventh tier or above, could receive the news.

Those below that level were unqualified.

This level of strength was effectively an admission ticket.

Emperor Fire was the emperor of flames, and these flames and flame wielders capable of receiving the news could be considered officials beneath Emperor Fire.

They represented the uppermost tier among flames.

Among the Strange Fires that currently existed, excluding the ascended Tuoshe Ancient Emperor Fire and the newly advanced Peach Blossom Emperor Flame, the remaining twenty-nine were like the emperor's Inner Court and imperial relatives, the most central group.

The various Pseudo Strange Fires, together with beast flames from magical beasts that had reached the ninth tier, were equivalent to maternal relatives and the middle ranks.

The rest who could hear of it were at the lowest level.

Those unable to hear of it were commoners.

Under the rules, rank followed rank, with clear divisions.

Among these people across the world, some rejoiced, some worried, and some were enraged.

Some were delighted that the fire-attribute rules had grown stronger and that their own strength would become greater as well.

The most representative examples were the Flame Clan and Medicine Clan among the eight Ancient Clans.

Not all members of those two clans were born with Fire Attributes, but more than ninety percent certainly were.

They seemed to see signs of their clans recovering the glory of their ancient strength.

They could contend with the Ancient Clan and the Hun Clan.

Most people thought this way.

But where there was joy, there was naturally anger as well.

For example, Void Devouring Flame of the Hun Clan, and Purification Lotus Demon Flame within the ruins...

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