Heart Flame Body Tempering

Before she could speak, the Grand Elder's voice came through again. "Ahem, it seems everyone is prepared. Now that everyone is here, I won't waste any more words."

Su Qian coughed lightly a few more times, thinking to herself: I can't let you kidnap me right in front of me.

After surveying everyone present, he waved his hand, and the heavy black Tower Gate creaked open slowly, releasing a wave of heat.

"Those in the top ten of the Strong Ranking, come in with me. The Qi Refining Tower is not open to the public today. Anyone who trespasses will be banned from entering for six months. Xiao Tian, you come in with me too."

Su Qian glanced at everyone indifferently. Although his words were calm, they carried endless authority and pressure. Hearing Su Qian's words, everyone shrank back.

The Heavenly Flame Training Qi Tower is the lifeblood of the Inner Academy students. Everyone who uses it praises it. If you can't go in for half a year, you'll fall far behind others in that time.

Su Qian ignored them and walked directly into the Qi Refining Tower. Xiao Tian then took Han Yue's hand and walked inside, with Zi Yan and Xiao Yu following closely behind.

As for Xiao Yan, he was currently chatting with his best friend Lin Yan, their arms around each other's shoulders.

Xiao Tian gave Xiao Yan a strange look. Xiao Yanzi shouldn't be gay, right? Probably not. But he wasn't worried. He had already prepared a backup plan. Even if he was gay, he could bend him back.

Following them, Lin Xiuya, Liu Qing, and the others also walked inside one after another.

Through their intertwined hands, Xiao Tian transmitted a fully evolved flame into Han Yue's body. "Moon, this is my flame. It can protect you from any Fire Poison inside, and it won't affect your body tempering effect."

Han Yue felt the power of the flame, and upon hearing Xiao Tian's concern for her, her heart was filled with joy, and a sweet smile appeared on her face.

He then flicked a flame at Xiao Yu and explained the situation to her telepathically. Xiao Yu quickly thanked him.

Although Xiao Tian felt that what he was doing was a bit unnecessary, he did it to be absolutely sure that nothing would go wrong. Even the projections of the Fallen Heart Flame contained Fire Poison, let alone the source of the flame.

Everyone followed the Grand Elder with curiosity, but Zi Yan looked impatient.

Seeing Zi Yan's condition, Xiao Tian figured it was due to the magical beast's aversion to fire. He took Zi Yan's small hand and transferred a wisp of his Yimu Thunder energy into her body.

"What is this?" Zi Yan felt a wave of relief wash over her; the irritation she always felt when entering this place had instantly vanished. "It feels so good. I used to hate coming here."

"This is my special energy, it can help you." Xiao Tian transferred some more into her body.

Su Qian saw Xiao Tian's actions and nodded silently when she saw his behavior towards Zi Yan.

"Just follow me the whole way. You can't look around or wander off, or you'll be disqualified, understand?"

Apart from Xiao Tian and Zi Yan, the others were somewhat taken aback by the Grand Elder's stern words, but they still nodded seriously.

Seeing that everyone had taken her words to heart, Su Qian turned around and led them forward.

After walking for about half an hour with Su Qian, they arrived at the space where Su Qian had brought Xiao Tian before, where the Fallen Heart Flame was sealed. However, there were ten specially made jade platforms about twenty meters away from the cave entrance.

Looking at the enormous space and entrance, Xiao Yan murmured to himself, "Is this the bottom level of the Qi Refining Tower, where the Fallen Heart Flame is located?"

"Come with me."

Su Qian looked at the crowd, then walked towards the jade platform in the center of the square and stopped in front of it.

"Please sit down," the Grand Elder said, pointing to the ten jade platforms.

Zi Yan, who was very familiar with this process, took the lead and sat cross-legged on the jade platform.

The others followed suit and sat cross-legged on top. Xiao Tian gently patted Han Yue's hand, gesturing for her to come over. Seeing her hesitant expression, Xiao Tian said softly:

"This thing is useless to me; I'm here to do something."

"Okay." Hearing Xiao Tian's words, Han Yue Xiao Tian at him intently for a few moments before walking towards the jade platform.

After all ten people sat down, the two Elder who had been in charge of protection made hand seals. As they completed the seals, clusters of milky-white Energy Shield floated up from the seal at the cave entrance.

As the Energy Shield gradually became transparent, Energy Shield, transparent flames could be seen rising within it.

Seeing the curious looks on everyone's faces, Su Qian explained, "What's in front of you is called the Original Heart Flame... Every year... three or four batches... pave the way for advancement to Dou Wang."

"Of course, body training carries considerable risks; the pain it causes can be extremely unbearable, and failure can even damage the body."

Looking at the flames before him, Lin Yan cautiously asked, "Grand Elder, what was the success rate in previous years?"

"Fifty percent..." Su Qian said softly, uttering this somewhat unsettling success rate.

Upon hearing Su Qian's answer, a 50% failure rate, they realized that was already extremely high.

Except for Zi Yan, everyone broke out in a cold sweat, swallowed hard, and looked at the Original Heart Flame in front of them with trepidation.

"The Dou Wang is a major dividing line. Many people are stuck at this level, and most of them can only stay at this level for their entire lives."

"If you succeed in this Heart Flame Body Tempering opportunity, you will no longer have such worries in the future. As long as you can get through it, the door to becoming Dou Wang will always be open for you."

Su Qian glanced at the people in front of him. Most of them had been at the Peak Dou Ling realm for a long time, but when he saw Xiao Tian standing next to him:

"Of course, if you had Xiao Tian's talent, you wouldn't need to endure this pain."

"This is the last time I'll ask you: accept or withdraw?"

Su Qian composed himself and looked at the ten people in front of him with a serious expression, asking them a question.

Upon hearing the Grand Elder's words, they all looked at Xiao Tian, inwardly exclaiming: This guy is a monster, completely inhuman. It's one thing to be handsome, but his talent is also so monstrous.

The group looked at each other, but none of them chose to give up. This opportunity was precious; if they didn't give it a try, they would have to slap themselves before going to sleep.

Xiao Tian simply looked at the others and gave Han Yue an encouraging look, even though he had many ways to improve her aptitude.

But she needs to experience many things to grow; otherwise, she'll always remain a flower in a greenhouse.

We cultivators have always been fighting against people, against the land, and even against the heavens. To succeed, we must defy fate and change our destiny.