The Purification Lotus Demon Saint's Legacy

After the group quickly returned to the Starfall Pavilion, Yao Lao tossed the fragmented map he had found to Xiao Yan Xiao Yan him having to say anything.

Seeing this, Xiao Yan breathed a heavy sigh of relief. Then, with his hands trembling slightly, he took the ancient fragment of the map. Heaven rewards those who persevere. After so many years, he has finally collected the complete Ancient Map.

"Purifying Lotus Demon Flame, you will always belong to me!"

Looking at the ancient fragment in his hand, Xiao Yan's eyes also swelled with intense fervor.

Seeing Xiao Yan's joyful expression, Yao Lao smiled as well. He naturally knew how much effort Xiao Yan had put in to find these fragments of the map.

After that, the Yao Lao casually tossed a golden scroll to Xiao Yuan.

"I sensed your Soul Imprint on that Earth Scorpion. Was it for this?"

The Yao Lao said with a smile.

"Hehe, indeed, thank you for your hard work, teacher."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yuan chuckled and accepted the glittering golden scroll.

This glittering golden scroll was none other than the Vajra Glazed Body that Xiao Yuan had his eye on! Putting away the golden scroll, Xiao Yuan looked at Xiao Yan: "Let's try that Ancient Map. I'm also very curious about what will happen if we collect all of these."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yan nodded, flicked his finger across his Storage Ring, and tattered Ancient Map floated out, finally hovering in front of him.

Looking at these fragmented, extremely ancient Ancient Map, Xiao Yan's eyes shone with excitement once again. He rubbed his hands together and then carefully pieced the broken Ancient Map together according to the patterns.

Soon, a complete Ancient Map appeared before everyone's eyes.

When the last piece of the Ancient Map was finally placed in its position, Xiao Yan breathed a sigh of relief. His burning gaze fell upon the Ancient Map, but he was slightly taken aback. The completed Ancient Map did indeed show a landscape pattern, but this so-called pattern was quite ordinary. It did not have any specific target or route. It looked like a landscape painting that had been drawn casually.

"This"

Xiao Yan stared in astonishment at the patterns on the Ancient Map, his heart sinking slightly. Could it be that the Ancient Map he had been searching for all these years was just something devoid of any information? "Don't worry, this Ancient Map is indeed extremely ancient. It couldn't possibly be deliberately playing tricks on people. There must be some mystery within it."

The Yao Lao seemed much calmer and pondered for a moment.

"Call"

Xiao Yan let out a long breath, trying to calm himself down. He slowly scanned the Ancient Map, trying to find something different, but after looking at it again and again, apart from that extremely eerie Flame Lotus, there was nothing else suspicious.

"Try Heavenly Flames."

Xiao Yuan narrowed his eyes slightly and said softly.

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yan was taken aback, but still chose to believe his Third Brother. Immediately, a ball of Heavenly Flames rose up from his palm and directly swept the Ancient Map into it.

The Yao Lao standing nearby immediately narrowed his eyes and asked, "Why can't this Ancient Map be burned?"

Upon hearing Yao Lao's words, Xiao Yan immediately turned his gaze to the ball of flames. Sure enough, no matter how his Heavenly Flames burned it, the Ancient Map, which seemed to be easily torn apart, remained completely still and showed no signs of turning into ashes.

"Increase the firepower!"

Xiao Yuan continued.

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yan immediately continued to activate the Heavenly Flames.

"Huff, huff."

The flames burned fiercely, and the intense heat distorted the space around them. However, no matter how much Xiao Yan increased the intensity of the flames, the Ancient Map showed no signs of turning to ashes. But as the flames grew more and more intense, the patterns on the Ancient Map slowly began to glow, as if they were about to break free from the map.

Upon seeing this, Yao Lao and the others were overjoyed. Without waiting for their urging, Xiao Yan continued to increase the intensity of his fire, pushing the Heavenly Flames within his body to its limit! As the flames burned more and more fiercely, the patterns on the Ancient Map became brighter and brighter. At a certain moment, the Ancient Map suddenly trembled, and the patterns flew up from the Ancient Map, eventually transforming into ancient characters that floated in mid-air in front of everyone.

Twin Moons Appear Together.

Nine stars in one.

The Heavenly Tide.

Demonic fire descends upon the world.

The Yao Lao slowly read out these ancient characters, and a look of shock gradually appeared on his face.

What does this mean?

Xiao Yan frowned slightly, still somewhat confused about the meaning behind it.

The Yao Lao let out a soft breath and said in a low voice:

"The Twin Moons Appear Together and the unification of nine stars describes a special celestial phenomenon, one that can only be witnessed once every thousand years. The Heavenly Tide are an anomaly caused by this celestial phenomenon. Finally, you should also understand that on the day the Heavenly Tide appear, the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame will also descend upon the world."

Xiao Yan was taken aback for a moment, then said, "Only once every thousand years? Does that mean there's absolutely no chance?"

"If we calculate the time, it has been 997 years since the last Heavenly Tide, which means there are still three years left." Yao Lao shook his head, but breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It's good. The Purifying Lotus Demon Flame is too powerful. Not to mention you, even I cannot subdue it. If I were to force it, I would probably be devoured by it. These three years have given you enough opportunity to improve your strength."

"You must reach the Dou Sheng level within these three years; otherwise, even if the demonic flame descends upon the world, you can only watch."

"Sigh, after all these years of hard work, this is all I've got."

Xiao Yan gave a wry smile. According to what was written here, when the time came, the demonic fire would descend upon the world. At that time, anyone would probably have a chance to subdue it, so why bother looking for this Ancient Map? Yao Lao shrugged. Thinking about it that way, it was indeed a bit unfair.

"Well"

Xiao Yan sighed helplessly, glanced at the Ancient Map that was still motionless in the flames, and reached into it to take it out. However, the moment his hand touched the Ancient Map Ancient Map, the Demonic Lotus pattern on it suddenly wriggled and turned into a bolt of lightning, shooting directly into Xiao Yan's brow!

The sudden turn of events caused the Yao Lao's expression to change drastically!

This turn of events was far too sudden. Even though Yao Lao was extremely close to Xiao Yan, he was still caught off guard. Therefore, when the strange light entered Xiao Yan's brow, he suddenly realized it and his expression changed drastically.

Xiao Yan, the protagonist of the incident, was stunned when the strange light shot into his brow. He quickly came to his senses, closed his eyes, and frantically scanned his brow with his soul power. Under his scan, he soon discovered that a ball of light the size of a fist was quietly floating in his brow.

Xiao Yan was certain that this ball of light did not belong to him, and he had never sensed its existence before. Clearly, this was the foreign object that had entered his brow after flying out of the Ancient Map!

Xiao Yan's soul stared at the white ball of light, which stood there silently without making any further moves. But it was precisely this silence that made Xiao Yan feel a chill in his heart. The unknown is always terrifying, especially when such a terrifying thing appears in one's mind.

"Asshole!"

Xiao Yan cursed and swore in his heart, then took a few deep breaths to calm himself down before channeling his soul power and slowly approaching the ball of light.

As Xiao Yan approached, the ball of light remained completely still, while Xiao Yan's soul power drew closer and closer, quietly gathering and preparing to deliver a fatal attack on this strange entity at any moment.

As it drew ever closer, and just as Xiao Yan was about to envelop it with his soul power, a beam of white light suddenly shot out from within the ball of light, like lightning, directly striking Xiao Yan's soul! Seeing this sudden turn of events, Xiao Yan was startled, but remained calm. He quickly mobilized all his soul power to form an extremely powerful defense in front of him. However, to Xiao Yan's astonishment, the seemingly weak white light penetrated the soul defense without any hindrance, and then, to Xiao Yan's horrified gaze, directly entered his soul.

The moment the white light pierced his soul, Xiao Yan's body stiffened abruptly, and a look of pain appeared on his face.

Meanwhile, Yao Lao, who had been watching Xiao Yan closely, felt a pang of pain in his heart upon seeing the look of agony on his face. He swiftly pressed his large hand onto Xiao Yan's head, attempting to force his soul power into Xiao Yan's body.

"Teacher, don't panic. That's a wisp of soul power left behind by an Emperor Realm Soul. It's likely related to the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame and has no malicious intent."

Xiao Yuan stopped Yao Lao and said.

"Call"

At the same time, Xiao Yan suddenly opened his eyes, panting heavily.

How are you?

Upon seeing Xiao Yan open his eyes again, Yao Lao hurriedly asked.

"I don't know," Xiao Yan took a deep breath, shook his head, and then pointed to his brow, saying, "It's here, but no matter how hard I try, I can't move it at all. However, it just stays here and doesn't make any further moves."

"After all, it's a technique of Emperor Realm Soul, so naturally you can't shake it."

Xiao Yuan explained from the side.

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yan opened his mouth, but could only shake his head with a wry smile.

Emperor Realm Soul? That's really not surprising at all.

Xiao Yan rubbed his temples, and after a moment, he said, "However, when I came into contact with it, I received a piece of information, and there were four words in that information."

"What?"

Upon hearing this Yao Lao pressed for an answer.

"Purification Lotus Demon Saint!"

Xiao Yan said, enunciating each word clearly.

"The Purification Lotus Demon Saint?"

The Yao Lao paused for a moment, then fell into deep thought, sitting alone on a rock to the side, as if he had a slight impression of the name.

Seeing him like this, Xiao Yan and Xiao Yuan exchanged a glance, but neither of them spoke, and they waited quietly.

This wait lasted for about ten minutes before Yao Lao slowly raised his head, his gaze fixed on Xiao Yan, and said softly:

"If I'm not mistaken, this Purification Lotus Demon Saint should be a top expert from ten thousand years ago, and he was also the master of the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame!"

"The master of the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame?"

Xiao Yan was shocked. This Purification Lotus Demon Saint was so powerful that he could actually become the master of the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame? No wonder he had such a title.

"This Purification Lotus Demon Saint was a very famous figure ten thousand years ago. I happened to see it in some ancient books. It is said that in that era, he was known as the strongest person who was closest to becoming Dou Di."

The Yao Lao spoke slowly.

"The strongest person closest to becoming Dou Di."

Xiao Yan unconsciously clenched his fist. He hadn't expected that this Purification Lotus Demon Saint had reached such a level. This title was truly extraordinary.

"Then could that thing between my eyebrows be something left behind by the Purification Lotus Demon Saint?"

Xiao Yan said.

"It should be. This Ancient Map scroll might also have been left by the Purification Lotus Demon Saint." Yao Lao nodded slightly, looking at Xiao Yan's somewhat puzzled expression, and said with a wry smile, "I'm not quite sure what's going on either, but according to the records I read in ancient books, although the Purification Lotus Demon Saint is somewhat wicked, he is also quite upright and shouldn't do anything too shameless. The thing between your eyebrows shouldn't cause you too much harm either."

Xiao Yan couldn't help but roll his eyes. This reason was far too far-fetched, but he had no other answer at the moment. He could only hope that the thing between his eyebrows wouldn't cause him any trouble.

"This thing is hidden inside the Ancient Map. I think it might be related to the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame. Hehe, maybe this is the benefit of collecting all the Ancient Map."

The Yao Lao smiled and said that this was the only way he could comfort Xiao Yan now.

Xiao Yan shook his head helplessly. Things had come to this point, and there was no use in being upset. He could only believe that, as Yao Lao had said, this thing was a benefit bestowed by the complete Ancient Map. However, the only thing that reassured Xiao Yan was that he hadn't sensed any danger from that ball of light. With a soul as powerful as his, he would always have some sense of danger if something was in peril, but at least for now, that mysterious ball of Xiao Yan hadn't made him feel any danger.

Besides, Third Brother said there was no problem, so there should be no problem.

"Let's wait and see how things develop for now," Yao Lao said, patting Xiao Yan on the shoulder with a serious expression. "What you should be thinking about now is how to raise your strength to the Dou Sheng within these three years!"

"I won't go into detail about the power of the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame. To tell you the truth, even some Half-Saint experts would only become its Fire Slave if they encountered the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame!"

Xiao Yan's lips twitched slightly.

He naturally understood the Fire Slave —a slave to flames, whose intelligence had been controlled by the Heavenly Flames.

However, only some extremely powerful Heavenly Flames possess this ability. Even the Three Thousand Burning Flame doesn't have this ability. According to Xiao Yan's guess, probably only the top three Heavenly Flames can do this.

"I was worried before about what you would do if you really found the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame, but thankfully, it has taken longer than I expected." Yao Lao smiled and then said, "You are currently at the peak of the Nine Stars Dou Zun, and you are still a long way from becoming a true Dou Sheng. Even if your cultivation speed is not slow, it will still be quite difficult to reach the Dou Sheng within three years."

Then, Yao Lao and Xiao Yuan exchanged a glance, looked at Xiao Yan, and said with a smile, "Originally, this was something with a very low probability of success, but fortunately, you've had quite a bit of luck."

Xiao Yan was startled, then suddenly came to his senses:

"The teacher is talking about the Bodhi Ancient Tree?"