Myriad Flames Compendium

Outside Black Rock City, Black Corner Region.

The blood-red setting sun dyed the burnt earth a dark crimson.

A bedraggled figure was fleeing frantically toward the pitch-black city nearby.

A bone-deep burn scar marked his left shoulder, and his dou qi was in disarray. He was clearly badly injured.

"As long as I enter Black Rock City... those little brats from Jia Nan Academy won't be able to pursue me any longer..."

A crazed glint flashed through Tu Gang's eyes. Black-and-red dou qi surged forth, increasing his speed another notch.

Just as one foot stepped into the shadow of the city gate, an almost transparent flaming palm seal slammed heavily into Tu Gang's back.

"Pfft—"

Tu Gang suffered a heavy blow, spraying blood as his body flew forward like a battered sack.

"Heh, you ran quite fast."

A man stepped out from the woods.

He was a young man who looked to be around twenty, handsome and refined. His helpless voice carried a hint of teasing.

He wore pale blue robes, with an azure insignia embroidered on his chest. At its center was a dagger stained with a trace of dark red.

Qin Han, captain of Jia Nan Academy's Enforcement Team.

Immediately afterward, gusts of wind-breaking sounds rang out behind him.

More than a dozen figures darted out of the forest behind him as nimbly as apes.

Most of them were around twenty, both men and women. They wore the same attire as Qin Han, their auras solid and steady. Even the weakest among them was a One-Star Great Dou Master.

"Phew! Good thing you were here, Captain."

"Otherwise, he really would've escaped into Black Rock City!"

An Enforcement Team Member stepped forward and let out a long breath.

Then his expression abruptly turned fierce. "You dared attack students of Jia Nan Academy. I hope you're prepared to be hung from the Dead Soul Tree!"

After saying that, dou qi chains rose from his palm and were about to coil around Tu Gang's neck and limbs.

"You want to capture me? Then let's die together!!"

Suddenly, the remaining dou qi within Tu Gang's body surged wildly. Black-and-red flames radiating a cold, violent aura burst from his seven orifices.

The flames vaguely formed the phantom of a flood dragon, which lunged forward with fangs and claws bared. Its target was not the team member, but Qin Han!

"Captain, watch out!"

The Enforcement Team members cried out in alarm.

Yet Qin Han did not even raise an eyelid.

He casually lifted his left hand and pressed forward lightly.

Though the movement seemed effortless, the black-and-red flood dragon flames charging toward him instantly froze.

"The Innate Beast Flame of a fifth-rank Magical Beast, the Candlelight Netherjiao. You refined it so crudely—it's truly a waste of a treasure."

Qin Han looked down at him and curled his lip.

Then he clenched his right hand sharply. An invisible flaming hand effortlessly crushed the phantom, then struck Tu Gang's chest without losing momentum.

Crack—

A crisp sound of breaking bones rang out. Tu Gang's head lolled to one side, and he fainted.

"Take him back and deal with him according to academy rules."

"Yes!"

Two Enforcement Team members dragged him out of the woods.

Qin Han remained where he was, watching the team depart before slowly opening his left hand.

"I got it in the end..."

In his palm, an extremely weak yet exceptionally pure black-and-red flame flickered quietly.

Its color, aura, and even the pressure unique to flood dragons were identical to the flame Tu Gang had desperately unleashed.

This was a strand of Candlelight Demon Dragon Flame origin that he had copied from Tu Gang's final desperate attack through the [Myriad Flames Compendium].

System.

Qin Han called silently.

[Myriad Flames Compendium activated!]

A phantom scroll visible only to him unfurled before his eyes.

The scroll was ancient and desolate, its edges flowing with flame patterns. Inscribed upon it were the names and images of every known flame on the Dou Qi Continent.

The first page naturally contained the twenty-three Heavenly Flames on the Heavenly Flame Ranking. In the most prominent spot was the image marked Fallen Heart Flame, currently radiating a gentle, transparent glow.

Below the image, a line of small text was clearly visible: [Current development progress: 100%.]

Beyond the Heavenly Flames were all kinds of Beast Flames, Pill Flames, Man-made Flames, and more, arranged according to their strength.

At present, dozens of spots in the compendium glimmered faintly, but most of it remained dark.

Three years ago, Qin Han had inexplicably transmigrated to this Dou Qi Continent. When he awoke, he was already in Jia Nan Academy's Outer Academy.

What awakened alongside him was this mysterious [Myriad Flames Compendium].

The compendium's rules were simple. Upon coming into contact with any flame, it would automatically [record] it and form an Origin Fire Seed of that flame within his body.

Once recorded, its initial development progress and maturity would be 10%.

The fire seed could slowly be nurtured and strengthened through cultivation, but a faster method was to devour and feed it with the origins of other flames.

Each devouring not only increased the strength of a specific flame, but also fed back a portion of pure energy to enhance the host's cultivation.

When a flame's development progress reached 100%, it meant that the flame had grown from a sapling into its complete form. At the same time, the host's control over it would reach perfection, allowing it to perfectly "fuse" with another flame that had also reached 100% development progress.

After understanding the rules of the [Myriad Flames Compendium], Qin Han's heart burned with excitement. Wasn't this Old Man's Fen Jue?? And it was an enhanced version with no side effects!

With the Golden Finger in hand, Qin Han naturally entered the Inner Academy and recorded the Fallen Heart Flame's fire seed.

However, Qin Han soon returned to the Outer Academy and even joined the Enforcement Team, using missions outside the academy as a pretext to search everywhere for all kinds of flames.

Over the past three years, Qin Han had recorded more than a hundred flames of varying strength. Aside from two seventh-rank Magical Beast flames, he had fed them all to Fallen Heart Flame.

Before a Heavenly Flame, miscellaneous low-level Beast Flames had little value worth cultivating.

Now, Fallen Heart Flame and the two Seventh Rank Beast Flames had all been developed to 100%. More than fifty flame origins of varying grades remained, stored for feeding to other Heavenly Flames.

Over three years, Qin Han's cultivation had also risen through the feedback from flame energy, advancing from a three-star Da Dou Shi to the Half-Step Dou King realm.

Looking at another flame origin in his hand, Qin Han's thoughts stirred.

The Candlelight Demon Dragon Flame origin transformed into a streak of Flowing Light and entered the [Myriad Flames Compendium].

The image lit up faintly.

[Fifth Rank Beast Flame "Candlelight Demon Dragon Flame" origin successfully recorded! Current development progress: 10%.]

Satisfaction flashed through Qin Han's eyes. He had not encountered a high-level flame in a long time, and he had stored away all the Origin Fire Seeds he had acquired over nearly the past half year.

With the mission complete, Qin Han collected his thoughts. His body became a pale blur as he pursued the Enforcement Team...

Peace Town, Jia Nan Academy's outpost in the Black Corner Region.

Unlike the chaos and bloodshed elsewhere in the Black Corner Region, this small town maintained rare order and tranquility under Jia Nan Academy's protection.

Only three corpses swayed in the wind from the famous "Dead Soul Tree" at the town entrance, the fewest there had been in nearly half a year.

As Qin Han stepped into the town entrance, he saw a slender silver figure standing quietly before the Enforcement Team's station.

She was an exceptionally beautiful woman dressed in silver robes that outlined her tall, slender figure.

Her waist-length silver hair, snow-white skin, and moonlike cold beauty made her none other than Han Yue, a beauty ranked at least among the top three in the Inner Academy.