Flame Mantra

Biodata

Power Progression

The following progression follows Xiao Yan’s cultivation of the method.

Background / History

Origin and Earlier Practitioners

Tuoshe Ancient Emperor discovered the Flame Mantra in a mysterious space after gaining intelligence, taking human form, and reaching Dou Zong. Because his original body was a Heavenly Flame and his earlier cultivation relied on innate abilities, he did not need to disperse his cultivation. His initial cultivation of the method immediately produced a Xuan-rank High-level technique. He subsequently searched for and devoured other Heavenly Flames, beginning with a Green Lotus Core Flame 395.

Medicine Elder later obtained a copy from the Light and Shadow Space in the Dou Di Ruins. He recalls that knowledge accompanying the method appeared directly in his mind; when it became a cultivation-method scroll, nearly all those memories were imprinted onto the scroll 174 241.

Its creator is never established. Chen Yang believes it originated in the Great Thousand World or an even higher plane, rather than being created by Tuoshe Ancient Emperor. Even after encountering Tuoshe’s inheritance, he remains uncertain about its source 300 396.

Transmission to Xiao Yan

Medicine Elder lets Xiao Yan decide whether to accept the method after his Dou Zhe breakthrough. Xiao Yan chooses its uncertain long-term potential over an ordinary method with a fixed rank. Medicine Elder initially withholds his hope that successful cultivation might also make his resurrection possible 19.

Once that possibility is revealed, Xiao Yan refuses to abandon the method despite its poor efficiency and dangerous evolution process. Restoring his teacher becomes an additional reason to continue cultivating it 28 76.

Han Feng’s desire to obtain the Flame Mantra had previously driven him to betray Medicine Elder. During their final confrontation, Xiao Yan argues that Medicine Elder withheld it to protect Han Feng from the potentially fatal ordeal of devouring Heavenly Flames 146.

Beyond the Dou Qi Continent

Xiao Yan eventually receives Tuoshe Ancient Emperor’s inheritance, devours the Soul Devouring Flame, and fully refines the Emperor Flame. The method is later identified as a divine art under the translated name “Flame Scripture” 396 406 410.

In the Great Thousand World, his growth demands increasingly powerful flames. He obtains a High-grade Sacred Item-level Heavenly Flame at the Dan God Clan’s auction, then acquires the Fire Spirit Clan’s Divine Fire, Ling Yan. By the latter encounter, he states that ordinary Heavenly Flames no longer provide much benefit 425 457.

At Late Saint Grade Heavenly Supreme, Chen Yang advises him to seek the true essence of fire rather than rely only on additional resources. Xiao Yan leaves to pursue that understanding; the method ultimately transforms into the Dao of Fire during his cultivation in the Eight Views Palace 491 575.

Abilities & Skills

Evolution Through Flame Devouring

• Increasing method rank: Absorbed flames can raise the Flame Mantra from its initial Yellow-tier rank into Heaven Tier and beyond 19 288 361.
• No apparent upper limit: Chen Yang states that it can continue evolving as long as its practitioner can obtain sufficiently powerful flames 300 491.
• Cultivation gains: Flame absorption can also increase the practitioner’s Dou Qi, although the available energy varies considerably 149 288.
• Duplicate absorption: Xiao Yan successfully absorbs a second Green Lotus Core Flame among the Yan Clan’s five ownerless flames 262.

Multiple-Flame Coexistence and Fusion

• Coexistence: Allows Xiao Yan to contain multiple Heavenly Flames without their usual conflict 226 287.
• Fusion and separation: His Glazed Sea Green Flame combines the Green Lotus Core Flame, Sea Heart Flame, and Fallen Heart Flame; he can separate it back into its components 176 226.
• Combined strength: That three-flame fusion has power comparable to the top ten entries on the Heavenly Flame Ranking 176 226.
• True merging: Although Heavenly Flames instinctively devour one another, the Flame Mantra enables them to genuinely merge rather than merely consume each other 360.
• Independent exception: Chen Yang does not cultivate the method; his System-modified flames nevertheless coexist, fuse, and separate 157.

Buddha’s Fury Flame Lotus

Xiao Yan develops this technique by changing the energy circulation used for ordinary flame fusion, turning the combined flames into an explosive release 165.

• Activation: Flame Mantra Dou Qi is poured into Heavenly Flames as Xiao Yan presses them together 164.
• First successful use: Its debut kills the Seven-star Dou Zong poison master Elder Hao 165.
• Practitioner requirement: Xiao Yan describes his version as an exclusive creation that cannot be learned without cultivating the Flame Mantra 167.
• Separate alternative: Chen Yang’s System provides Nuclear Boy, a different flame-fusion technique, rather than having him learn Xiao Yan’s creation 167.

Alchemical Applications

• Pill refinement: The fused Glazed Sea Green Flame heats Xiao Yan’s Myriad Beasts Cauldron during alchemy 226.
• Spirit Ascension Method: Xiao Yan pours Flame Mantra Dou Qi into five Heavenly Flames to form a Five-Colored Fire Lotus. It gathers the Medicine Realm’s spiritual energy and channels it into a pill 226.
• Early restriction: Before evolution, the method is so inefficient that refining a Second-grade pill requires a Qi Replenishing Pill midway through. Its low rank also obstructs his progress toward Third-grade Alchemist 27 28.

Body Refinement and Resurrection

The Flame Mantra records a possible way to create a body to which a surviving soul can attach. Medicine Elder describes this as resurrection in another form, rather than an established return from death 28.

Heat Tolerance

• Xiao Yan is completely comfortable in the Fire Spirit Clan’s Ancestral Land because of his cultivation method, despite heat dangerous even to ordinary Saint Grade Heavenly Supremes 457.
• This environmental tolerance does not eliminate the pain or danger of absorbing powerful flames 175 352.

Requirements & Limitations

• Cultivation reset: Adopting the method requires dispersing existing Dou Qi and beginning again. This makes switching impractical for centuries-old cultivators whose survival depends on their accumulated strength 241 287.
• Potentially fatal evolution: Evolving the method can be more dangerous than refining the flame itself. Failure while enduring the Fallen Heart Flame’s evolution process would endanger Xiao Yan’s life 175.
• Not every flame improves its rank: The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame sub-flame raises Xiao Yan to mid-stage Seven-star Dou Sheng but does not improve the Flame Mantra. The sub-flame has the original’s power but lacks its origin 352.
• Diminishing returns: At Mid-level Heaven Tier, even the sixth-ranked Eight Desolations Annihilation Flame produces only a small improvement 288.
• Energy availability matters: A long-refined flame may evolve the method without providing a substantial cultivation increase. Chen Yang distinguishes this from the abundant, pure energy of a wild Heavenly Flame 149.
• External seals remain dangerous: The Three Thousand Burning Flame’s Dragon Seal makes forced refinement extremely hazardous even with the Flame Mantra, requiring Ancient Void Dragon Clan assistance 241.
• Inherited imprints remain barriers: At his strength during the Yan Clan visit, Xiao Yan cannot refine its inherited flames without the necessary bloodline, despite possessing the method 261.
• Physical preparation remains necessary: Chen Yang warns that Xiao Yan’s body cannot safely devour the auctioned High-grade Sacred Item-level flame without further strengthening 425.
• Comprehension eventually matters: Chen Yang advises Xiao Yan to understand the Dao of Fire before attempting the Sovereign Realm, rather than immediately absorb the purified Yin Yang Demon Flame 491.

Associated Figures

• Xiao Yan — Principal documented practitioner; advances the method from Yellow-tier Low-grade to the Dao of Fire 19 575.
• Medicine Elder / Yao Chen — Obtains the scroll, passes it to Xiao Yan, and guides dangerous refinements; its body-creation knowledge offers a route to his resurrection 28 174 241.
• Tuoshe Ancient Emperor — Earlier practitioner who discovered the method and developed his strength through Heavenly Flame absorption; not its confirmed creator 395 396.
• Chen Yang — Supplies flames, medicinal pills, protection, and cultivation guidance without cultivating the method himself 157 262 491.
• Han Feng — Covets the method and cites Medicine Elder’s refusal to give it to him as his motive for betrayal 146.
• Hun Miesheng — Accepts the method as justification for giving Xiao Yan another Heavenly Flame, while underestimating its full value 287 288.
• Nihility Devouring Flame — Briefly feels an unexplained fear on hearing its name; his stripped memories leave him unaware that Tuoshe Ancient Emperor cultivated it 287 360.

Notable Quotes

“Teacher, since this Flame Mantra can bring you back to life, how could I give it up? How could I possibly give it up!”
— Xiao Yan 28

“As far as I know, Flame Mantra has no upper limit. As long as it can continue devouring powerful flames, it can continue evolving!”
— Chen Yang 300