Tou She Ancient God Cultivation Plan

"How am I supposed to refine pills if I can't use Dou Qi to produce flames?"

"And in the Dou Qi Continent, flames alone aren't enough for pill refinement!"

Chu Xiao's expression fell before his joy had even lasted long.

On the Dou Qi Continent, the requirements for becoming an alchemist were extremely demanding.

First, one's Dou Qi attribute had to be fire, with a trace of wood mixed in to provide a catalytic effect during pill refinement.

Second, one needed exceptional Soul Power perception to keep track of a pill's condition.

Soul Power perception definitely wasn't a problem for him. As long as he spent some time visualizing the Diary, he could attain it.

But as for Dou Qi attributes, like Xiao Li, he had lightning affinity mixed with a trace of wind affinity.

Even with an alchemist's knowledge and experience, he would be unable to refine pills even if he were given medicinal ingredients.

Just then, another message came from the Diary.

Thunder Flame Emperor Flame has been successfully assisted in refinement.

In an instant, Chu Xiao felt some sort of change occur within his soul.

With a thought, he discovered a purple-black flame appearing out of thin air within the space of his Sea of Consciousness, floating there as it burned.

Thunder Flame Emperor Flame: Born by chance after a congenital spiritual root devoured the collision between congenital mystic lightning and congenital Solar True Fire in a supreme world. It possesses the ability to evolve by devouring flames, lightning, and wood-attributed power.

This Thunder Flame Emperor Flame had already become inseparable from his soul. It was part of him now, as though it were a third eye or sixth finger growing from his body.

"Gasp!"

Chu Xiao sucked in a sharp breath, contributing to the birth of another Heavenly Flame on the Dou Qi Continent.

Terrifying indeed!

He had nearly failed to suppress a sinister "hehehe" laugh.

The Diary was truly considerate. It had even guaranteed him a special flame along with this side profession.

Moreover, this flame's upper limit surpassed the level of the Great Thousand World. Its value exceeded that of alchemy as a side profession.

The only issue was that what he had obtained was merely the most basic offspring-flame version. If released, it could easily burn the soul of a Dou Master.

However, a Da Dou Shi using a Dou Qi armor could fend it off to some degree.

"Transform!"

Chu Xiao pointed at the center of his brow.

His body resonated with his Soul Power, and the Thunder Flame Emperor Flame transformed into a black-purple spark-like lightning mark before vanishing.

The next moment, Chu Xiao's aura changed from the inside out, making him seem more masculine yet also mysterious and ethereal.

Should his soul come under attack in the future, the Thunder Flame Emperor Flame would react immediately.

If he infused it into his body, it could also strengthen the foundation of his soul, body, and Dou Qi.

"But this flame doesn't have wood-attributed power either. Can it be used for pill refinement?"

Chu Xiao's attention returned to his original question.

Yet clearly, the Diary would not answer it for him. He would have to buy medicinal ingredients and test it himself.

Still, he felt that it should work. The Diary was so unfathomable that there was no reason for it to make such an obvious, pointless gesture.

Furthermore, in Daoist Five Elements theory, lightning was also categorized as wood. Lightning's generating and growing qualities aligned with the wood attribute; like trees, it possessed the ability to grow and reproduce. In nature, lightning and wood influenced one another. Static electricity could also arise during the growth of trees, triggering lightning.

The effect of adding lightning-attributed power during pill refinement should be roughly the same as adding wood-attributed power.

Those high-grade pills also had to undergo pill lightning after being refined, which was a manifestation of the mutual generation and restraint between fire and wood power.

If they could not withstand it, they would be destroyed. If they could, the medicinal effect would undergo an earth-shattering transformation.

With that thought, Chu Xiao suddenly had an idea.

"The Thunder Flame Emperor Flame can grow stronger by devouring Heavenly Flames, lightning, and wood-attributed power. Doesn't that mean I can cultivate the Fen Jue too?"

The Fen Jue seemed like a cultivation method born in response to the times. It was highly likely connected to the five vanished primordial law gods, and Tou She Ancient God had also obtained it by chance while gathering spiritual energy.

Its True Form was a Heavenly Flame, most likely the Fallen Heart Flame, with a smaller possibility of being the Green Lotus Core Flame or Profound Yellow Flame.

Heavenly Flames possessed an instinct to devour one another and evolve. Tou She Ancient God had become an Emperor after cultivating the Fen Jue despite lacking Origin Qi. Perhaps that had something to do with the Nihility Devouring Flame and Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, but it might also have been due to the Fen Jue's unique properties.

Aside from being able to devour flames, the Thunder Flame Emperor Flame was exceptionally suited to cultivating the Fen Jue.

"I don't even need to obtain the complete version from Old Yao. Han Feng's incomplete version will be enough."

"Combined with the Thunder Flame Emperor Flame's innate ability to devour and evolve, it will be enough to create a flame that surpasses Tou She Ancient God."

Chu Xiao felt this matter had great potential.

But as for exactly how to proceed, he would have to plan it out carefully.

The foundation of his standing was his foreknowledge of the plot and the Diary, his cheat.

He could not blindly trust the plot, but neither could he truly lie flat and rely entirely on his cheat.

Having come to a world where he could obtain power and make it his own, he would at least reach the transcendent realm before considering lying flat.

Beyond reincarnation, untouched by Karma, unburdened by time, with beauties at my side.

As Chu Xiao visualized the Diary, his thoughts gradually became clear and empty.

The Diary could faintly strengthen his Soul Power, and its effect was even better than deep sleep.

At the same time, the many women holding diary copies tossed and turned, utterly unable to sleep.

At the Snake-People Tribe, Medusa arrived at the sacred grounds and met the four elders.

"This Queen intends to conceal her identity and make a trip to a human city."

"This concerns the evolution of our bloodline. You understand the importance of this matter."

Medusa swayed gracefully as she approached, her indifferent gaze sweeping across the four elders.

She would never forget how her younger sister had been forced to seal herself away because of these four pedantic old fools. (PS: The Queen is preparing to arrange double the happiness. This is additional original content based on the animation.)

But as Queen, she bore the responsibility of protecting her people. She could not act only for herself. Some matters had to be secretly planned while waiting for the right opportunity.

The four elders exchanged looks but asked no further questions. Raising their snake-headed staffs, they jointly performed a secret art of the Snake-People Tribe.

"Buzz, buzz—"

Half an hour later, a pillar of purple light shot into the sky.

"Drip."

Accompanied by falling droplets, a graceful figure stepped out of the pillar of light.

Her vivid purple tail had vanished, replaced by a pair of jade-white, perfectly slender legs without a trace of excess flesh.

"So these are human legs. They are indeed much more convenient."

Medusa felt the sensation of her legs within the sacred pool. Lowering her head to inspect them closely, she became even more determined to break through to the Dou Zong realm.

With the secret art's enhancement, her snake tail had only temporarily become legs. It would revert after seven days, but her strength would not be affected during that time.

Only through bloodline evolution or advancing to Dou Zong, then undergoing a lightning tribulation, could she completely transform into human form.

If her bloodline power evolved, she would face no bottlenecks even when cultivating to the Dou Zun realm.

"Watch over the tribe carefully. If anything happens, use the secret art to send word to This Queen."

Taking a black gown from her Storage Ring and completely concealing her alluring body, then putting on a black veil, Medusa formed wings of Dou Qi and soared into the air.

Meanwhile, in a large city not far from Wutan City, guarded by a Dou Ling—

The Misty Cloud Sect had a merchant association here. Nalan Yanran sat before the window of a private courtyard, her almond-shaped eyes red and swollen. She had clearly cried hard.

Suddenly, a gust of wind pressure arose, rattling all the doors and windows and making Nalan Yanran instinctively raise an arm to shield herself.

Once everything had settled, she warily looked to the side.

"Teacher?"

After recognizing the newcomer, Nalan Yanran's nose twitched and tears surged from her eyes.

Before Yun Yun could speak, she threw herself forward and wrapped her arms around her, burying her head against her chest.

Yun Yun: "."

A hug was fine, but was there really any need to squeeze this hard?