Fire Ancestor Demon Flower

"Is this the Heavenly Yuan Realm...?"

Lin Fan opened his eyes. Feeling the Yuan Power in his dantian, now several times more abundant than before, a pleased smile appeared on his lips.

Soon, his consciousness sank into his dantian.

Lin Fan discovered that upon entering the Heavenly Yuan Realm, his dantian had undergone some changes as well.

Originally, because his Yuan Power had absorbed the Yin Fiend Qi within Qing Tan's body, it had taken on a dark blue hue.

Likewise, that Yin Fiend Qi had granted him an icy yin attribute, making his attacks even more formidable.

Now, however, because Lin Fan had absorbed a considerable amount of Yang Hardening Qi, his dantian contained not only dark blue Yuan Power, but also some crimson Yuan Power.

However, the crimson Yuan Power was still scarce at the moment, nowhere near enough to compare with the dark blue Yuan Power.

One red and one blue—one fierce and purely yang, the other icy yin—they intertwined within his dantian while remaining distinctly separate.

To break through to the Essence Core Realm, he would need to maintain a balance between the yin and yang energies within his body upon reaching the peak of the Heavenly Yuan Realm.

Only then could they further merge, achieving Yin Yang Convergence and condensing into a core.

Lin Fan looked around and thought, With this treasure ground, it will be enough to balance the Yin Yang Energy in my body.

"Phew..."

Lin Fan let out a long breath, then rose to his feet.

With a leap, he landed atop the gigantic skeleton's skull.

Whoosh!

With a flick of his finger, a burst of force pierced through the skull.

If this enormous beast had only recently died, Lin Fan certainly would not have been able to break through its bones so easily.

But after the passage of countless Years, even the beast's skeleton was close to rotting away.

Once the skull cracked open, a fist-sized, perfectly round fiery-red bead appeared before Lin Fan's eyes.

Upon seeing the fiery-red bead, Lin Fan rejoiced. "With this Demon Crystal, I can cultivate the Golden Eyes of the fourth layer of the Void Body Refining Art."

These Golden Eyes were a divine eye technique with many variations. By using different heavenly treasures, one could cultivate different abilities.

If one used the essence of fire, the result would be Li Fire Golden Eyes.

The Li Fire Golden Eyes possessed immense potential. They could continuously absorb fire-attributed energy to strengthen the technique, and once cultivated to the extreme, they could even burn the heavens to ash.

In another world, after a Grand Elder of the Great Dao Sect who cultivated Li Fire Golden Eyes fell, his two eyes directly transformed into two suns, illuminating an entire starfield like stars, eternal and undying.

That kind of might was simply terrifying beyond measure.

Of course, Lin Fan had no plans to cultivate it just yet. He still needed to prepare some materials.

Putting those thoughts aside, Lin Fan looked straight ahead.

Before him lay a stretch of rock formed from magma that had surged up from beneath the earth. Atop the rock bloomed a crimson flower so red it was nearly bewitching, with a faint mist lingering around it.

Lin Fan knew that this flower was the Fire Ancestor Demon Flower, a spiritual herb capable of strengthening the soul.

However, this flower was extremely dangerous. With his current strength, he might not necessarily be able to deal with it.

"I should find Lin Dong instead. Little Marten within the Stone Talisman can restrain this Fire Ancestor Demon Flower!"

With that thought, Lin Fan leaped up and began climbing toward the surface.

Before long, he returned to the outside of the fissure.

After exiting the cave, Lin Fan saw Lin Zhentian assigning mining tasks to the members of the Lin Family.

Seeing Lin Fan appear, Lin Zhentian asked with a smile, "Fan'er, I heard you went mining first. How was the harvest?"

"Not bad. I've already broken through to the Heavenly Yuan Realm."

Lin Fan answered with a smile.

The moment those words were spoken, the area fell utterly silent, and the atmosphere froze.

"Y-You really broke through?"

Even with Lin Zhentian's composure, his face was filled with shock.

The next moment, his figure flashed as he appeared before Lin Fan. His withered hand clamped around Lin Fan's wrist like iron pincers.

After carefully sensing him, Lin Zhentian immediately detected the Yang Hardening Qi within Lin Fan's body.

Yang Hardening Qi entering the body was the hallmark of a Heavenly Yuan Realm expert.

"Hahahaha!"

Lin Zhentian released Lin Fan and threw back his head in laughter.

Uncontainable ecstasy erupted across his aged face.

"Father, Lin Fan really broke through?"

Seeing Lin Zhentian's reaction, both Lin Xiao and Lin Ken asked in shock.

"That's right."

Lin Zhentian nodded heavily, then said, "Lin Langtian of the Lin Clan broke through to the Heavenly Yuan Realm at fifteen. Fan'er did so at seventeen, yet he is no less impressive than him. Our Lin Family has finally produced a peerless genius!"

As he spoke, Lin Zhentian patted Lin Fan on the shoulder and said, "Fan'er, you truly are the Qilin Child of our Lin Family. Whether it was killing Lei Bao and Xie Qian or locating the Yang Yuan Stone Vein, it was all your doing. It is precisely because of your appearance that our Lin Family can rise to glory."

Taking a deep breath, Lin Zhentian made a startling declaration. "Therefore, I intend to appoint you as the next head of the Lin Family."

Upon hearing this, the surrounding members of the Lin Family looked at Lin Fan with deep envy.

They were also convinced that Lin Fan was qualified to inherit the position of family head.

However, Lin Fan directly shook his head in refusal. "Family Head, I intend to venture through the Great Yan Dynasty in the future, so I'm afraid I cannot inherit the position of family head."

"What?!"

No one present had expected Lin Fan to refuse the position of family head.

Although the Lin Family currently only dominated Qingyang Town, the position of Lin Family head was still something many members of the Lin Family longed for.

Only Lin Zhentian gave Lin Fan a long, deep look before nodding. "I understand what you mean."

With Lin Fan's cultivation talent, reaching the Essence Core Realm was merely a matter of time.

When that time came, Lin Fan would surely have a far broader sky before him. A person like him naturally would not be willing to remain confined within a small pond like the Lin Family.

Moreover, the current Lin Fan was extremely mysterious.

Not only did he possess numerous powerful martial arts, he could even set up formations.

He did not believe there was no mysterious expert behind him teaching him.

That was precisely why he had not asked about such matters, fearing that he might anger that mysterious expert.

Lin Fan chatted with the upper ranks of the Lin Family for a while longer before finding Lin Dong among the crowd.

He grabbed Lin Dong and ran toward the passage he had opened.

Lin Dong asked in confusion, "Lin Fan Bro, what are we going there for?"

"To give you an enormous benefit."

Lin Fan smiled. "You'll know when we get there."

Before long, the two arrived at the fissure and jumped down.

Looking at the enormous skeleton before him, Lin Dong could not help but exclaim in amazement, "Wow! Such huge beast bones! This giant beast must have been terrifying when it was alive, right?"

"This giant beast was probably at the Creation Realm when it was alive," Lin Fan answered.

Lin Dong was somewhat confused. "The Creation Realm?"

"Above the Essence Core Realm are the Creation Three Realms," Lin Fan said. "They are the Form Creation Realm, Forming Qi Realm, and Creation Realm. The Flame City City Lord is a Form Creation Realm martial artist, the strongest person in Flame City."

Lin Dong sucked in a breath. "Then doesn't that mean this demonic beast was even stronger than the Flame City City Lord?"

"Yes." Lin Fan nodded.

Lin Dong examined the skeleton ahead and asked, "Lin Fan Bro, the benefit you mentioned... it can't be this giant beast's skeleton, can it?"

"No."

Lin Fan shook his head and pointed ahead of the giant beast's skeleton. "The benefit I mentioned is that!"