So You're the Green Lotus Core Flame?

No Peak Dou Emperor could resist the temptation of breaking through to Dou Zong.

The old monster of the Jia Ma Empire's Imperial Family was like this. If he failed to break through soon, his time limit would be near. Once the Imperial Family lost the protection of a Peak Dou Emperor, it would immediately decline and become meat on the chopping block for other factions.

Yun Shan of the Misty Cloud Sect was the same. If he did not break through to Dou Zong within another two years, it would become his inner demon, giving those disgusting bastards from the Soul Hall an opening. In the end, in order to break through to Dou Zong, he dragged down the entire Misty Cloud Sect and was himself turned into nourishment for Nihility Devouring Flame by the Soul Hall.

Medusa was no different. She needed to break through to Dou Zong as soon as possible, then use her formidable strength to secure more suitable land for the Snake-Person Race and improve their living conditions.

Therefore, when faced with the price Xiao Jin offered, she agreed.

"I don't want this Heavenly Flame anymore. When can you help me complete my evolution?"

"Any time." Xiao Jin answered readily. "But before the evolution, I need you to take this."

He tossed over a jade box. After Medusa opened it, she found a medicinal pill inside.

"Your evolution involves the soul. This is a Tier 5 Medicinal Pill, the Soul Breaking Pill. It can restore your soul condition. The better your soul condition during evolution, the greater the chance of success, and the better the results after evolution."

Because of their identity, few Alchemists were willing to trade with the Snake-Person Race.

Even though Medusa was a Peak Dou Emperor, the number of times she had consumed medicinal pills could be counted on one hand.

A Tier 5 Medicinal Pill was not enough to move a human Dou Emperor, but to Medusa, it was already a rare high-grade item.

She fell silent for a moment, carefully put away the medicinal pill, then took out a Token from her waist.

"This is my Token. When you approach the Snake-Person Holy City, inject Dou Qi into it, and I will sense it. When the time comes, I will personally receive you and bring you into the Holy City."

Medusa understood the conflict between the Snake-Person Race and humans very well. If Xiao Jin used this Token to freely enter and leave the Holy City, those stubborn Snake People would probably think he had stolen it from somewhere.

If another misunderstanding happened then, dragging things out for another twenty chapters would not be impossible.

Fortunately, Medusa was a smart woman and knew how to avoid such clichéd developments.

Only after Xiao Jin solemnly put away the Token did he say, "I will probably arrive a few days later. Use the Soul Breaking Pill first to adjust your soul condition."

After subduing the Green Lotus Core Flame, he still had to send the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake back and watch Qing Lin form a contract with the Magical Beast.

That process was unpredictable, and Xiao Jin was not sure how much time it would take.

Medusa gave Xiao Jin a deep look, nodded almost imperceptibly, then swished her tail and departed from this Green Lotus Space.

Once he had confirmed that she was gone, Xiao Jin finally looked at the Green Lotus Core Flame with blazing eyes.

He first placed more than a dozen Sealing Stones around the Heavenly Flame, then rapidly formed dozens of complex hand seals.

As if summoned, the Sealing Stones neatly erupted with dazzling white light.

The brilliant radiance temporarily suppressed the azure flames. Soon, beams of light coiled around the Green Lotus Core Flame like chains, binding it firmly in place.

The Green Lotus Core Flame resisted during the process, but Three Thousand Burning Flame slapped it back every time.

After two rounds, the Green Lotus Core Flame became much more obedient and could only passively await its fate.

The entire sealing process was not particularly dangerous, but it still took Xiao Jin a full six hours to complete.

By the time the sealing was finished, fine beads of sweat had appeared on Xiao Jin's forehead.

He wiped his brow, exhaled a breath of stale air, and muttered to himself, "The Heavenly Flames in this world are fundamentally different from the ones in my Storage Ring."

He had seen the Green Lotus Core Flame in the Storage Ring as well, but the energy contained within it was nowhere near as terrifying.

If he had replaced the sealed target with that one from the Storage Ring, Xiao Jin estimated that he could have completed the Sealing Array in just one hour.

This Sealing Array was not anything rare. The Pill Tower had once used it to seal Three Thousand Burning Flame.

Although the Pill Tower's array required several Peak Dou Zun experts to maintain, the Green Lotus Core Flame was far less powerful than Three Thousand Burning Flame.

Furthermore, Xiao Jin had the support of an Emperor Realm Soul and Three Thousand Burning Flame. With one side rising and the other falling, it was not strange for him to complete the sealing alone.

He took a deep breath, placed the sealed Green Lotus Core Flame into his Storage Ring, and only then turned his gaze toward the Lotus Platform.

"Kid, your luck is pretty good." The Pill Tower Ancestor's voice suddenly rang out.

Xiao Jin said in surprise, "Old man, you're awake?"

"Mm. That Green Lotus Core Flame you threw in woke me up." Though the Pill Tower Ancestor complained aloud, he was already overjoyed inside. "This old man's soul has recovered to Heaven Realm Great Perfection."

At Heaven Realm Great Perfection, one could battle a Two-Star Dou Saint using soul power alone.

Although the Pill Tower Ancestor was still in a soul-body state, the Soul Infant Demon Tree in the Storage Ring continuously produced Soul Infant Fruits. He hardly needed to worry about exhausting his soul power, so naturally, he would not be like Yao Chen in the original work, forced to carefully calculate every move whenever he acted.

With such an expert by his side, Xiao Jin's safety was greatly increased when he could not frequently unleash his soul power at full strength.

What fucking Soul Hall? What fucking Heavenly Venerable? Xiao Jin would kill every one that came.

He planned to start with the Soul Clan's Dou Zongs. Even if the Soul Clan had countless Dou Zongs and Dou Zuns, they might not care if he killed three or five of them—but what if he killed thirty or fifty? Three hundred or five hundred?

"Congratulations, old man." Xiao Jin was happy for the Pill Tower Ancestor as well. Since he had begun cultivating, the help this expert from the same era as Xiao Xuan had given him could not be described in just a few words.

The Pill Tower Ancestor had contributed immensely to Xiao Jin reaching his current level in alchemy.

Moreover, the experience of a Late Nine-Star Dou Sheng expert had helped Xiao Jin avoid many detours in his cultivation.

"You brat, why are you being polite with this old man?" The Pill Tower Ancestor laughed and scolded him before looking at the Lotus Platform. "If this old man is not mistaken, this should be the Associated Lotus Platform of the Green Lotus Core Flame, correct?"

"Mm. This azure Lotus Platform was formed after Earth Fire condensed for a thousand years. Sitting on it while cultivating in the future can increase cultivation speed by at least three or four times."

Unfortunately, the Lotus Platform was condensed from Earth Fire, so it was best suited for fire-attribute cultivators.

If someone like Xiao Yi Xian, who cultivated Poison Dou Qi, used this Lotus Platform, she would instead get half the result for twice the effort.

As for the Earth Fire Lotus Seeds within the Lotus Platform, Xiao Jin did not think much of them.

He had several hundred in his Storage Ring already, while this Lotus Platform contained only eleven. He did not value them too highly.

Of course, he would not refuse something obtained for free. Xiao Jin simply swept everything into his Storage Ring.

After finishing all this, Xiao Jin turned his full attention to the Pill Tower Ancestor and asked about what he had gained after refining the Soul Origin.

Because of this, he completely failed to notice that the Green Lotus Core Flame, locked inside the Storage Ring, was currently trembling.

Several enormous figures surrounded it.

Behind those figures stood several smaller ones, each in a different color.

From those figures, one could clearly sense an emotion known as "mockery."

The tallest figure at the front slapped the Green Lotus Core Flame.

A sinister voice echoed through the Storage Ring.

"So you're the Green Lotus Core Flame?"