Leaving

Day 63: You depart for the Black-Corner Region with Qing Lin and Hai Bodong.

Day 71: Above the ground in the Tager Desert where the Green Lotus Core Flame was birthed, a female Dou Emperor and a Tier 6 Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor suddenly appear. They seem to be confirming something, and before long, they begin to pursue the direction you and Qing Lin headed.

Day 80: You sense two Dou Emperor-level auras gradually closing in on you. Knowing this is likely the Heavenly Serpent Mansion coming for Qing Lin, and unwilling to hand her over, you use the Heavenly Flame to envelop her, masking her aura. You exert your full power to execute Lightning Flash Thunder Sound, transforming into a streak of purple light with Hai Bodong and Qing Lin in tow to shake off the two Dou Emperors. Hai Bodong is left stunned by your movement technique.

Day 100: You arrive at Black-Seal City, governed by the Eight-Fan Sect. Upon hearing that the sect will soon hold a Heaven-tier auction, you hand over one Dou Ling Pill, one Emperor-Extreme Pill, one Emperor-Breaking Pill, and one Ancestor-Breaking Pill to the auction house for sale.

Day 110: The auction begins, and you attend with Qing Lin and Hai Bodong. You acquire the Serpent-Scale Soft Armor and several medicinal ingredients for refining Tier 6 and 7 pills. Your pills spark a fierce bidding war among the many Dou Emperors present, and your four pills sell for the astronomical price of over 28 million gold coins, with the Ancestor-Breaking Pill alone fetching over 15 million.

Day 418: You break through to a 6-star Dou Emperor. You consume the Emperor-Extreme Pill to advance to a 7-star Dou Emperor, becoming a high-level Dou Emperor powerhouse.

Day 1464: Because of your existence as a Tier 6 alchemist, the status of the Medicine Emperor, Han Feng, has declined. He decides to launch an early assault on Jia Nan Academy to seize the Fallen Heart Flame, intending to deal with you after he breaks through to a Dou Ancestor.

Day 1480: The Medicine Emperor Han Feng recruits the mysterious Dou Ancestors ranked first and second on the Black List, along with the Gold and Silver Elders and various Dou Emperor and Dou King powerhouses from major factions—sixteen in total—to head to the Inner Academy of Jia Nan Academy.

Day 1482: You follow Han Feng and his group from a distance, accompanied by the 7-star Dou Emperor Hai Bodong, the Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor Bai Ya, and Lv Man of the Heavenly Serpent Mansion. Your plan is to sneak into the Heaven-Burning Qi-Refining Tower to claim the Fallen Heart Flame; the flame is your only objective.

Day 1483: A chaotic battle erupts between a Dou Ancestor of Jia Nan Academy and the numerous Dou Emperor and Dou King elders against Han Feng's group. However, Han Feng's side possesses the combat power of three Dou Ancestors. Several Jia Nan Academy elders are killed. Although Han Feng's side also suffers casualties, defeating the academy's forces is only a matter of time. You have long since taken advantage of the chaos to head alone to the depths beneath the Heaven-Burning Qi-Refining Tower. You immediately activate the Heavenly Fire Three-Mysterious Transformation to grant yourself high-level Dou Ancestor combat power and swiftly extract the origin of the Fallen Heart Flame.

Day 1515: While refining the Fallen Heart Flame in a cave deep within the magma of the Heaven-Burning Qi-Refining Tower, you are ambushed by a Dou Ancestor-level Lizardman and die on the spot.

Ding. This simulation has ended.

Current available items: Poison Pill Method, Serpent-Scale Soft Armor, 1,000,000 gold coins.

Please select one item.

Xiao Jie stares at the three options in silence, feeling quite speechless. Despite the many mentions of Heavenly Flames in this simulation, he still failed to draw one. The random probability is simply too low, but he has no choice but to pick from these three.

Select Serpent-Scale Soft Armor.

Ding, selection successful. Please collect it.

Xiao Jie looks at the Serpent-Scale Soft Armor before him, sighs, and puts it on. After shaking off his frustration, he thinks to himself.

Since I can't draw it in one simulation, I'll do it ten or twenty times. If that fails, I'll just have to seize it from Han Feng and Jia Nan Academy myself. However, I died to an ambush by a Lizardman deep in the magma while refining the Fallen Heart Flame this time.

It seems that to be safe, I shouldn't refine the Fallen Heart Flame alone in the depths of the magma; I need to grab the flame and run. But Han Feng has two Dou Ancestors on his side, and the Gold and Silver Elders can rival a Dou Ancestor when working together. Adding in the Great Elder of Jia Nan Academy, that makes four Dou Ancestors—this is going to be tricky.

Although he can reach the level of a high-level Dou Ancestor in a short time using the Heavenly Fire Three-Mysterious Transformation, defeating them and escaping quickly won't be easy. If he gets dragged out until the transformation ends, his high-level Dou Emperor strength will surely lead to him being killed by those three Dou Ancestors before long. Hai Bodong, Lv Man, and the Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor can only help him deal with the other Dou Emperors and Dou Kings. He needs to come up with a better plan; he cannot take such a risk.

With that thought, Xiao Jie closes his eyes and enters a state of cultivation.

Ten days pass in the blink of an eye. After explaining things to his parents and leaving behind various pills and gold coins, Xiao Jie heads to the residence of the Clan Head, Xiao Zhan.

Before long, Xiao Jie departs from the Xiao Clan, having quietly slipped away from the Clan Head's residence.

In the courtyard of Xiao Xun'er's residence, under a large tree, a black shadow emerges from the shade. Kneeling on one knee before Xiao Xun'er, the figure says respectfully.

"Miss, I saw Xiao Jie leave the Xiao Clan quietly from Xiao Zhan's residence. He didn't alert anyone; it seems he intends to go on a long journey."

"I see. With his current cultivation as a high-level Dou King, it is difficult for him to make progress while staying in Wutan City. His departure is within my expectations. You may withdraw."

Xiao Xun'er nods and says.

"Yes."

After Ling Ying's voice fades, he vanishes back into the shade.

Xiao Xun'er looks toward the distant sky and murmurs.

"Xiao Jie..."