Mysterious Flame

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Mysterious Flame
Alias(es)	Yihuo (異火); Heaven-and-earth spiritual treasure; king among flames
Species/Race	Spiritual entity born of heaven and earth
Status	Exceptionally rare; most known flames are controlled by major factions or powerful cultivators 280
First Appearance	Chapter 42

Nature and Classification

Mysterious Flames are extraordinary spiritual flames whose violent energy can alter or grant a cultivator an attribute compatible with the flame. This permits even cultivators without an innate fire attribute to potentially acquire fire-affiliated capabilities and cultivate fire-attributed Dou Techniques. Their intense heat also improves pill refinement, making them coveted by alchemists. 42 187

Classification detail	Information
Flame Rankings	Twenty-three Mysterious Flames are recorded on the Flame Rankings, although only twenty-two are stated to truly exist. Their total number across the Dou Qi Continent is said not to exceed fifty. 280
Compatibility	A cultivator with a compatible attribute has an affinity with a Mysterious Flame and may be able to claim it. The Yin Yang Twin Flames are compatible with rare light and dark attributes. 42
Spiritual nature	A Mysterious Flame is not equipment; its origin flame seed merges with the devourer’s soul. Forcibly removing an assimilated flame is fatal to its owner. 72
Flame supremacy	Ordinary flames, Qi-Generated Fire, and Beast Fire are suppressed by a Mysterious Flame. Higher-ranked Mysterious Flames can also cause lower-ranked flames to fear them. 140 160
Multiple flames	Mysterious Flames normally repel one another. However, sufficiently powerful experts may absorb more than one, and the Fentian Jue enabled Han Feng to safely devour two flames. 72 157
Detection	Their distinctive aura may be sensed directly, while Fire Crystal Stones and Fire Origin Pearls can react to abnormal fire-attributed energy associated with them. 135 294 359

Documented Mysterious Flames

Mysterious Flame	Flame Ranking	Description and documented bearer(s)
Golden Emperor Blazing Heaven Flame	4th	A golden flame with an aura seemingly capable of incinerating space. Ling Li possesses a child flame, which he gives to Zi Yan to devour. 143 144
Bone Spirit Cold Flame	11th	Pale white and bone-like; it produces extreme heat alongside bone-piercing cold. It is wielded by Yao Chen. 160 299
Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire	12th	A silver-white flame shaped like nine dragons. It is controlled by Blazing Flame Valley and cannot be subdued by outsiders due to its soul imprint. 187 299
Falling Heart Flame	14th	Usually colorless and formless, with a python-like fire body. It creates child flames in victims’ heart meridians, purifies Dou Qi, steals souls, and can burn targets from within. 170 171 235
Sea Heart Flame	15th	Obtained for Han Feng during Yao Chen’s experiment with Fentian Jue. 72
Volcanic Stone Flame	17th	Dark red and rock-shaped. Xiao Yan uses it during his match with Nalan Yanran. 324
Wind Dragon Fury Flame	18th	Yellow and dragon-shaped. It grants fire-element power to Nalan Yanran, a wind-attributed cultivator. 324
Green Lotus Core Flame	19th	A green flame formed over a thousand years beneath the Tagor Desert. Little Doctor Fairy devours its origin, while Ling Li absorbs most of its remaining flame body. 134 140 141
Yin Yang Twin Flames	21st	A black-and-white twin flame. The Yin Flame is corrosive and devours life; the Yang Flame burns away injuries and heals wounds. Ling Li devours it. 190 273
Myriad Beast Spirit Fire	22nd	A Mysterious Flame created by the Ancient Heavenly Phoenix Clan through fusing the Beast Fires of ten thousand birds around their own black flame. 203
Three Thousand Burning Flame	—	Its child flame was used in Yao Chen’s Fentian Jue experiment. The main flame is sealed in the Alchemist Tower’s Star Region. 72 357
Netherworld Poison Flame	—	A poison-attributed flame especially suited to Little Doctor Fairy’s Calamity Poison Body. Ice Venerable claims to possess it. 140 318 351
Pure Lotus Demonic Flame	—	A Mysterious Flame associated with a remnant map found by Ling Li in Desert City. 92
Void Devouring Flame	—	An unusual flame capable of devouring other flames to strengthen itself; a sufficiently fed child flame can reach the level of a Mysterious Flame. 361

Properties

Attribute Adaptation

A compatible Mysterious Flame can forcibly alter or bestow a cultivator’s attributes. This gives the bearer access to fire-attributed Dou Techniques, whose offensive power is considered second only to lightning-attributed techniques. 42 187

• Fire power allows its bearer to draw in surrounding heaven-and-earth energy as fuel, disrupting the Aura through which Dou Wangs normally suppress Dou Spirits. 187
• A Mysterious Flame may allow a wood-attributed cultivator to refine pills despite lacking an innate fire attribute, as demonstrated by Little Doctor Fairy after acquiring the Green Lotus Core Flame. 140 141
• Some flames are especially suited to particular constitutions; the Netherworld Poison Flame could enhance the Calamity Poison Body while protecting Little Doctor Fairy during its eruptions. 318

Suppression of Other Flames

When a Mysterious Flame manifests, nearby flames submit. Its appearance can cause candles to dim and flicker, suppress Qi-Generated Fire and Beast Fire, and make other fire-attributed energy tremble. 140 222 294

• Lower-ranked flames may display fear before a superior-ranked Mysterious Flame. Little Doctor Fairy’s Green Lotus Core Flame trembles before Yao Chen’s Bone Spirit Cold Flame. 160
• The Yin Yang Twin Flames intimidate even the Mysterious Flames contained within Jia Xing Tian. 192
• Mysterious Flames naturally restrain magical beasts, limiting their combat capabilities. 345

Cultivation and Refinement

Mysterious Flames can greatly accelerate cultivation through their immense stored energy. Absorption remains extremely dangerous, as the flame’s violent energy can burn apart the devourer’s body and soul. 141 190 200

• Little Doctor Fairy rises from Great Fighting Master to Dou Spirit after absorbing the Green Lotus Core Flame’s origin. 141
• Ling Li absorbs the Green Lotus Core Flame’s remaining flame body, gaining four stars and reaching Eight-Star Dou Wang. 141
• Ling Li reaches seven-star high-level Dou Huang after devouring the Yin Yang Twin Flames over a day and night. 190
• Preparations for devouring a flame can require treasures such as Blood Lotus Pills, Earth Spirit Pills, Bone Growth Pills, Ice Spirit Cold Spring, and Naling. 190
• Even a successful absorption may involve life-threatening pain, severe bodily destruction, and soul-burning agony. 140 190 200

Divided Flames

Mysterious Flames may exist as source flames, child flames, or separated portions of flame. These forms differ greatly in power and risk. 143 306

• A child flame is weaker than its parent flame but may still possess formidable power; Zi Yan devours a child flame of the fourth-ranked Golden Emperor Blazing Heaven Flame. 143 144
• A portion of flame is separated from a Mysterious Flame’s source and is weaker than even the source of the lowest-ranked flame. 306
• The owner of a main flame has absolute control over its separated portions. If the main owner wills it, a portion can erupt and kill its bearer. 306
• Falling Heart Flame possesses two sources of origin; one was taken by a Soul Hall Protector, while another remained beneath the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower. 234

History

Yao Chen’s discovery of the Fentian Jue established that the usual incompatibility between multiple Mysterious Flames could be overcome. To test the technique, he had Han Feng devour the Sea Heart Flame and a child flame of Three Thousand Burning Flame. The experiment succeeded, but Han Feng later realized that Fentian Jue could evolve only by devouring further flames—including the Sea Heart Flame merged with his own soul. 72

The Green Lotus Core Flame was discovered in a magma lake beneath the Tagor Desert, protected by a lotus platform and the Two-headed Fire Spirit Snake. Its location remained concealed for centuries because the surrounding magma and deep earth interfered with Soul Power and fire-attributed perception. 134 135 Ling Li and his companions retrieved it, after which Little Doctor Fairy assimilated its origin and Ling Li consumed most of its remaining energy. 140 141

Falling Heart Flame was sealed below Jia Nan Academy’s Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower. Its child flames purified students’ Dou Qi but secretly attempted to steal wisps of their souls, allowing its fire body to develop intelligence and reach Dou Zong strength. Ling Li assisted its eruption, causing the flame to burn victims internally and throw the academy into chaos. 170 171 Later, Ling Li discovered that the flame was born with twin origins and located the surviving source beneath the ruined tower. 234 235

Ling Li obtains the Yin Yang Twin Flames after killing Yun Potian and finding the bicolored flame within the Gate of Life and Death. Despite the Yin Flame’s compatibility with his dark attribute, the Yang Flame breaks through his defenses during absorption. He nevertheless completes the devouring process and gains both its destructive and restorative properties. 189 190

Known Effects in Combat

• Falling Heart Flame — Generates invisible child flames within heart meridians, burns souls, and can reduce unprepared targets to ash from the inside out. 171
• Yin Yang Twin Flames — The black Yin Flame corrodes flesh and devours life, while the white Yang Flame cauterizes and heals injuries. Their combined heat distorts nearby space. 190 200
• Green Lotus Core Flame — Produces heat sufficient to melt sand into glass and can draw nearby heaven-and-earth energy into a burning vortex. 140 141
• Bone Spirit Cold Flame — Incinerates targets despite emitting an outward chill that can frost over the battlefield. 299
• Golden Emperor Blazing Heaven Flame — Its golden radiance and heat are difficult to suppress even when contained by Dou Qi. 143

Notable Quotes

“When a Mysterious Flame appeared, all flames submitted!” 140

“Mysterious Flames were not equipment, but genuine spiritual entities born of heaven and earth.” 72