Refining the Green Lotus Core Flame

Sixteen days passed just like that while Xiao Jie refined the Green Lotus Core Flame.

On this day, a powerful surge of energy suddenly erupted from within the Magical Beast Forest, startling the surrounding magical beasts into scattering in flight. Inside the mountain cave, Xiao Jie had successfully refined the Green Lotus Core Flame and was now utilizing the energy feedback from the flame to break through to the Dou Emperor realm.

Inside the cave, Xiao Jie was enveloped in deep cyan energy, his aura gradually becoming unstable. Suddenly, Xiao Jie's cultivation at the nine-star Dou King level began to climb rapidly, soon reaching its peak.

The energy then suddenly turned calm, but the next moment, an even more massive surge of energy burst forth, and the shackles suppressing Xiao Jie's advancement to Dou Emperor shattered upon impact.

Xiao Jie's cultivation instantly surged to the peak of one-star Dou Emperor, then two-star, three-star, four-star, and slowly reached the peak of four-star. Seeing that the energy had stabilized, Xiao Jie began to control and compress his cultivation.

Gradually, Xiao Jie's four-star peak Dou Emperor cultivation slowly descended: four-star, three-star, two-star, one-star peak!

Suddenly, the energy that had been compressed to its limit began to grow once more. Xiao Jie quickly reached three-star Dou Emperor again. Through this repeated compression, Xiao Jie's cultivation finally settled at two-star Dou Emperor.

A quarter of an hour later, Xiao Jie finished his meditation and opened his eyes. He leaped out of the cave and appeared above the Magical Beast Forest. He wanted to find an opponent to test his strength, but after sensing the surroundings, there were no Tier 6 magical beasts; the highest was only a Tier 5, so he had to give up. He landed on the top of a large tree and sat cross-legged, sensing the changes within his body.

The Flame Mantra had evolved from a Huang-tier high-level technique to a Xuan-tier mid-level technique. Feeling the capacity and quality of the Dou Qi in his body, Xiao Jie revealed a smile.

The Flame Mantra was truly worthy of being a technique that evolved by devouring Heavenly Flames. Since these Heavenly Flames contained the origin power and fortune of the world, this technique stood head and shoulders above other Dou Qi techniques of the same rank.

His current Dou Qi capacity and quality were no worse than a Di-tier low-level technique, and the Flame Mantra was still only at the Xuan-tier mid-level. In the future, once he devoured a few more Heavenly Flames to reach the Tian-tier, or even surpassed it, relying on the advantages of the Heavenly Flames and the Flame Mantra, he would surely find cross-star fighting easy, and even cross-major-rank fighting would not be impossible.

Next, he could go and collect the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame remnant map and the Green Lotus Core Flame in the Tager Desert. However, before that, he needed to simulate a few times. Because of his seclusion and the unused attempts from before, he had accumulated four. The Simulator could only store up to nine, so he decided to use these three first, and he silently chanted in his heart.

'Simulator, begin life simulation.'

'Ding, current available simulation count is four. Proceed with life simulation?'

'Yes.'

'Ding, life simulation begins.'

'Day 1: You successfully refine the Green Lotus Core Flame. You break through to become a two-star Dou Emperor. Your technique, Flame Mantra, evolves into a Xuan-tier mid-level technique.'

'Day 2: You head to a small town near the Magical Beast Mountain Range. You tell Xiao Yi Xian the Poison Pill Method and have her take you to the cave on the cliff in the Magical Beast Mountain Range. You obtain the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame remnant map.'

'Day 3: You bid farewell to Xiao Yi Xian. You tell her that if she cannot suppress the Woeful Poison Body in the future, she can find you in the Black-Corner Region. After Xiao Yi Xian agrees, you head to Shi-Mo City.'

'Day 5: You find Qing Lin and take her away.'

'Day 6: You use the Break-Obstacle Pill, Purple Spirit Recovery Pill, and Emperor-Extreme Pill as trade to have Hai Bodong follow you for five years. Hai Bodong agrees.'

'Day 10: You take Qing Lin and retrieve the Green Lotus Core Flame from underground.'

'Day 20: You successfully refine the second Green Lotus Core Flame. You reach the peak of four-star Dou Emperor. Your technique, Flame Mantra, evolves into a quasi-Di-tier technique.'

'Day 22: You take the now-recovered Hai Bodong and head to the Black-Corner Region.'

'Day 25: One person and one serpent appear at the place where you collected the Green Lotus Core Flame. A moment later, they pursue in your direction.'

'Day 32: You sense two Dou Emperors gradually catching up to you. You roughly guess who these two Dou Emperors are, but you do not intend to run.'

'Day 33: You are caught by these two Dou Emperors; it is a female Dou Emperor and an Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor. The female Dou Emperor demands you hand over Qing Lin. You want to verify your own strength and think to yourself that someone has truly brought a pillow just as you were feeling sleepy, so without a word, you engage these two Dou Emperors in battle. Fighting one against two, you gain the upper hand by relying on a new Heavenly Flame fused from three different Heavenly Flames.'

'Day 34: These two Dou Emperors from the Heavenly Serpent Mansion feel they cannot defeat you, so they leave after uttering harsh words. You do not even have time to explain before they quickly depart.'

'Day 132: The Sect Master of the Heavenly Serpent Mansion, a nine-star Dou Ancestor, brings a three-star Dou Ancestor Vice Sect Master and six Dou Emperors to find you and demand the return of Qing Lin.'

'Day 141: The Dou Emperors of the Black-Corner Region do not want to offend the Heavenly Serpent Mansion's Dou Ancestor because of you, so you cannot hire anyone. You and Hai Bodong fight bitterly against six Dou Emperors, with the Heavenly Serpent Mansion's Sect Master watching like a tiger eyeing its prey. Soon, the Heavenly Serpent Mansion's Vice Sect Master brings the unconscious Qing Lin to the battlefield. Seeing that Qing Lin is in hand, the high-rank Dou Ancestor strikes directly. The surrounding space shatters inch by inch, and Hai Bodong is instantly beaten to pieces. Seeing this high-rank Dou Ancestor strike suddenly, you directly erupt with the Heavenly Fire Three-Mysterious Transformation. With all three transformations active, you break through from a four-star peak Dou Emperor to a one-star Dou Ancestor. The Heavenly Serpent Mansion group is shocked by your methods, but the next moment, you are torn to pieces by the Heavenly Serpent Mansion Sect Master's move, Myriad Serpent Devour. You die.'

'Ding, this life simulation has ended.'