Refining Fallen Heart Flame!

"Grumble!!!"

A piercing scream, sharp enough to tear eardrums, erupted from Xiao Yan's palm. The small flame snake, formed from the Origin Flame Seed the Fallen Heart Flame, twisted and struggled wildly. The severely injured laceration on its abdomen appeared even more glaring under the alternating stimulation of extreme cold and heat from the Bone Spirit Cold Flame. Wisps of milky white flames escaped from it, only to be frozen by the extreme cold power of the Bone Spirit Cold Flame.

The terrifying heat and the biting cold clashed fiercely at Xiao Yan's palm, producing a teeth-grinding "hissing" sound, and the space distorted violently, as if it might shatter at any moment.

If it weren't for the immense soul power of Old Yao, coupled with the alternating extreme cold and heat of the Bone Spirit Cold Flame, Xiao Yan would definitely not have been able to control the Fallen Heart Flame in his hands with his own strength alone.

However, Old Yao's soul power is now comparable to that of High-Stage Dou Zong expert, and he could easily defeat Great Elder Su Qian. The Bone Spirit Cold Flame is also ranked higher than the Fallen Heart Flame on the Heavenly Flames Ranking. Both of them have some special effects on the soul. In addition, the Fallen Heart Flame is now seriously injured, so it is impossible for it to have any chance of escaping.

"Great Elder, seize this moment and seal away the true form of the Fallen Heart Flame. I need to hurry and devour and refine its Origin Flame Seed Fallen Heart Flame!"

Xiao Yan quickly transmitted his voice.

"Don't worry, leave it to me!"

Great Elder Su Qian stared at the Bone White Flame rising in Xiao Yan's palm, his expression slightly dazed. He then agreed and began to arrange for the elders of the Inner Academy to begin the sealing process again.

Without the control of the Fallen Heart Flame, the Invisible Fire Python offered no resistance and was immediately enveloped by the Thousand-Layer Sealing Array.

The sealing formation also directly severed the connection between the Fallen Heart Flame's Origin Flame Seed and its main body, preventing the flame snake from remotely controlling its own body to self-destruct.

Seeing this, Xiao Yan felt much more at ease. With a flash, he flew directly from the top of the broken Heavenly Burning Qi Refining Tower into the tower and down to the ninth floor.

"Are you planning to devour the Heavenly Flames now? Although I had already refined the Earth Spirit Pill while you were cultivating, with your current strength, devouring this Fallen Heart Flame is still quite risky!"

Knowing what Xiao Yan was planning to do, Old Yao spoke with some concern.

"If I don't refine it, there's no guarantee this guy won't cause some trouble. With such a commotion, Han Feng can't possibly not come. I still need to personally capture him and hand him over to my teacher for punishment. Therefore, I must start devouring and refining this Heavenly Flames right now so I can go all out later!"

Without any hesitation, Xiao Yan spoke up directly.

Upon hearing this, the Old Yao pondered for a moment before speaking in a deep voice:

"This beast's essence has been severely damaged, and it has been separated from its body. Furthermore, its body is restricted by the formation, making it the weakest point. This is indeed the best opportunity. You already have considerable experience in refining Heavenly Flames, so I won't go into details. Once you begin refining, the only thing I can do to help you is protect you. Everything else will depend on you!"

"Rest assured, teacher, I will surely succeed!"

As Xiao Yan spoke, he summoned the Green Lotus Throne, sat cross-legged on it, and looked at the small flame snake that was tightly gripped in his hand, a hint of madness appearing in his eyes.

The next moment, Xiao Yan exerted force with his palm, squeezing the little fire snake so hard that it let out a miserable scream. Then he slapped it into his mouth and swallowed it.

Because he had previously used the Heart Fire projected by the Fallen Heart Flame to temper his body, Xiao Yan had some resistance to the Fallen Heart Flame. In addition, the extremely high fire resistance brought about by long-term Heavenly Flame Body Tempering, as well as the poor condition of the Fallen Heart Flame's Origin Flame Seed, made this refining process much easier than when he refined the Green Lotus Core Flame before.

At least there wasn't that situation where black smoke started billowing from the mouth as soon as the strange Heavenly Flames was put in the mouth, and the body was burned beyond recognition.

Although the Fallen Heart Flame immediately emitted an extremely terrifying temperature upon entering Xiao Yan's body, Xiao Yan was Legendary Fire-Resistant King, and this level of flame could only make him feel somewhat scorching.

Having refined Heavenly Flames for the third time, Xiao Yan was naturally very experienced. He immediately summoned the cobalt blue Green Lotus Myriad Beast Fire from his body and launched it towards the Fallen Heart Flame.

The Fallen Heart Flame was initially suppressed by Old Yao's terrifying power and the strength of the Bone Spirit Cold Flame, and it was unable to put up any effective resistance. When it turned around, it found that it had begun to be refined. How could it bear it? It immediately began to release high temperatures, trying to burn Xiao Yan to ashes from the inside out!

However, Xiao Yan remained calm and unhurried. He released the Heavenly Fire Three Profound Transformations and then activated the Great Sun Separation Fire Body. The terrifying high temperature was immediately absorbed by his body cells, which were used to it, and transformed into energy to temper them.

At the same time, the cobalt blue flames had formed an encirclement, sealing the small fire snake within a fixed area, and gradually tightening the encirclement.

Surrounded by Cobalt Blue Flame, the Fallen Heart Flame did not give up. Instead, it fought back desperately like a trapped beast.

The released temperature gradually began to become terrifying.

But Xiao Yan, the Legendary Fire-Resistant King, remained completely unfazed at this moment!

After completely shrinking the encirclement formed by the Green Lotus Myriad Beast Fire into a section of meridian, Xiao Yan's thoughts stirred, and his powerful soul force surged forth, manipulating the Green Lotus Myriad Beast Fire into chains that pierced through the body of the small flame snake, binding it tightly.

Seemingly sensing something was wrong, the little fire snake immediately began to writhe violently. However, due to the fire prison formed by the Green Lotus Myriad Beast Fire surrounding it, no matter how it struggled, it was difficult to escape this completely inescapable trap.

At this moment, the Fallen Heart Flame still possessed its own consciousness, so if Xiao Yan wanted to devour and refine it, he had to erase its consciousness first.

Otherwise, if he were to forcibly devour it, it would inevitably cause a conflict between the three Heavenly Flames within his body. If that were to erupt, Xiao Yan would become the second Venerable Skyfire.

However, it's not a big problem. After the cobalt blue, fine chains pierced all over Fallen Heart Flame's body, erasing Fallen Heart Flame's consciousness will be a piece of cake, and there won't be any surprises.

However, Xiao Yan did not intend to give the Fallen Heart Flame so much time. He immediately gathered his soul power and entered the cobalt blue flame cage. Then, his hand seals changed, and a rich soul fluctuation rippled around his body!

A cobalt blue rune flashed between his brows. The next moment, with a change in hand seals, soul power began to condense into tiny runes within the fiery cage, which then entered the body of Fallen Heart Flame along the chains of flame.

Immediately, the consciousness fluctuations of the Fallen Heart Flame also became increasingly blurred.

Even with all his methods, it still took Xiao Yan a full half hour to completely erase the consciousness of the Fallen Heart Flame.

At this moment, the Fallen Heart Flame, which was originally full of aggression and destructiveness in his meridians, was now sitting there quietly, just like when he was born, without the slightest aggression.

"Next, it's time to refine it..."

With a thought, Xiao Yan quickly dispelled the Cobalt Blue Flame prison that enveloped the Fallen Heart Flame. The Fallen Heart Flame then quietly floated within Xiao Yan's meridians, its temperature decreasing so that Xiao Yan could no longer feel even the slight burning pain.

Without the slightest hesitation, Xiao Yan skillfully guided the Fallen Heart Flame, which had transformed into an invisible flame, slowly into the execution meridian of the Flame Mantra, and then began the formal refining of the Fallen Heart Flame.

Refining the unconscious Fallen Heart Flame seemed easy, even effortless. Xiao Yan felt no pain whatsoever, and the Earth Spirit Pill he had prepared seemed unnecessary at this moment...

However, refining such a Heavenly Flames, ranked fourteenth, obviously takes a considerable amount of time.

This time, Xiao Yan really had no way to speed things up and could only proceed step by step.

Seeing that Xiao Yan's refining process went so smoothly and steadily this time, Old Yao was much relieved. If this continued, it seemed that there would be no unexpected problems with the refining of the Heavenly Flames this time...

Um?

Suddenly, the Old Yao frowned slightly, turned his head to look in a certain direction, and his gaze seemed to penetrate the Heavenly Burning Qi Refining Tower, taking in the entire world outside.

Such a large group, their presence is clearly hostile...

Outside the Heavenly Burning Qi Refining Tower.

Great Elder Su Qian has led the other elders to complete the sealing of the Fallen Heart Flame's true form.

The Inner Academy students, not understanding what was going on, cheered when they saw that the Heavenly Flames had indeed been subdued.

The elders breathed a sigh of relief; thankfully, no major losses had occurred today...

After freeing his hands, Su Qian wanted to check on Xiao Yan's condition, but at that moment, a sudden chuckle made Su Qian's expression turn several shades darker.

"Heh, I didn't expect the Inner Academy to be hiding such a Heavenly Flames. Great Elder Su Qian, you've kept it a secret quite well..."

As the light laughter subsided, the clear sky suddenly rippled, and a large group of powerful individuals with Dou Qi Wings on their backs transformed into streaks of rainbow light and flew over, finally hovering in the sky. A bloody aura immediately enveloped the sky above the Inner Academy!

The sudden laughter abruptly silenced the resounding cheers. Countless students stared in astonishment at the large group of people that had suddenly appeared in the sky, all somewhat bewildered.

In the sky, Su Qian stared grimly at the group that had broken through the spatial barrier. His gaze slowly settled on the man in the lead, dressed in an alchemist's robe. His eyes narrowed, and he sneered:

"Who do we have here? It's none other than Medicine Emperor Han Feng of the Black Corner Region!"

"Hehe, Great Elder, you're too kind. That name was just a casual gift from a friend in the Black Corner Region; it shouldn't be taken seriously."

The man known as Han Feng smiled slightly at Su Qian, his thin lips curving into a faint smile.

"Han Feng, this is Jia Nan Academy's territory. What do you want by coming here uninvited?"

Hu Gan's face also turned quite ugly because of the appearance of Han Feng and the others. He slowly rose behind Su Qian and shouted at Han Feng.

Han Feng chuckled softly, his gaze sweeping over the Invisible Fire Python sealed away by layers of magic. His voice was gentle as he spoke:

"The Heavenly Flames is a rare treasure of heaven and earth. Sealing it here is far too cruel. As alchemists, this Heavenly Flames is a kind of faith in our hearts. Therefore, Han Feng would like to ask the Great Elder to release the Heavenly Flames and not to carry out this kind of imprisonment."

Upon hearing Han Feng's words, not only did Su Qian and the others' expressions turn extremely strange, but the group behind him also wore odd expressions. For the people of the Black Corner Region, killing was commonplace, let alone this so-called imprisonment. Besides, it was just a ball of flame; how could it be worthy of the word "imprisonment"?

"What a ridiculous excuse! Do you think the people of the Jia Nan Academy are three-year-olds?"

Hu Gan sneered, waved his hand, and a series of whooshing sounds filled the air. Soon, nearly twenty figures with Dou Qi Wings on their backs flashed up, staring menacingly at Han Feng and his group opposite them.

"If you want to seize the Heavenly Flames, just say so directly. Beating around the bush is not befitting your status." Su Qian flicked his sleeve, his gaze suddenly sweeping over the group of strangely dressed people behind Han Feng. His hand in his sleeve tightened slightly, and he said calmly, "Heh, as expected of the Medicine Emperor, you can even invite the leaders of forces like the Earth Flame Sect and the Eight Fan Sect. With this kind of influence, you're probably the only one in the Black Corner Region."

"Hehe, Great Elder, you're quite the outspoken one." Han Feng chuckled, then sighed and said, "Since Great Elder has guessed my purpose, please be accommodating. You should know how important the Heavenly Flames is to us alchemists. As long as you hand over the Heavenly Flames to me, I will do my best to fulfill whatever conditions you set."

Su Qian's lips curled into a mocking smile. With a flick of his sleeve, he sneered, "Do you think I don't know who you, Han Feng, are? If it were your teacher, Venerable Yao, saying this, I might really have to think twice. You think you're worthy?"

The smile on Han Feng's face faded slightly, and his gentle gaze gradually turned cold. "Since the Great Elder doesn't want to hand it over, then don't blame Han Feng for taking it by force."

As soon as he finished speaking, a deep blue flame, as clear as liquid, suddenly rose from his body, radiating a scorching heat.

"Heavenly Flames?!"

As soon as the deep blue flames appeared, gasps of surprise echoed across the sky. With everyone's sharp eyesight, they were naturally able to discern the true nature of Han Feng's flames at a glance.

"Han Feng, I advise you to leave as soon as possible. I can pretend this never happened. Otherwise, when the dean returns, none of you present will escape!"

Gazing at the deep blue flames rising from Han Feng's body, Su Qian exclaimed, thinking to himself, "Just as Xiao Yan predicted, someone from the Black Corner Region has indeed come, and it's Han Feng..."

Come to think of it, Xiao Yan seemed to have anticipated this, didn't he?

Su Qian recalled the Bone White Flame in Xiao Yan's palm just now, and some old memories came to mind.

He had once seen the Venerable Yao refine pills for others from afar, and thus had also witnessed the Bone Spirit Cold Flame.

Therefore, when Xiao Yan unleashed that flame, Su Qian realized that Xiao Yan might have a significant connection with that Venerable Yao.

This also explains why Xiao Yan's Alchemy are so formidable.

If that's really the case...

Today we really need to give that brat Xiao Yan a good cover!

"Hehe, Great Elder, there's no need to intimidate me. Your Dean hasn't shown up for so many years, who knows where he's gone?" Han Feng chuckled, his gaze towards the Invisible Fire Python filled with fervor. "Besides, once I obtain this Heavenly Flames, even if he comes looking for me in the future, who will be the unlucky one is still unknown!"

"Therefore, I also advise the Great Elder to hand over the Heavenly Flames. You know what kind of people we in the Black Corner Region are. If a fight really breaks out later, I'm afraid this Inner Academy will be completely destroyed, won't it?"

Han Feng said with a half-smile, his voice carrying a hint of threat.

Upon hearing this, Su Qian's face turned ashen. He slowly extended his palms from his sleeves, clenched them slightly, and the space around him trembled violently. He said coldly:

"It's been years since I've fought anyone. Today, I'll test whether you have the right to say such things!"

Su Qian suddenly let out a low shout, the sound like thunder, echoing across the sky.

"Elders, heed my command! Protect the Heavenly Flames at all costs!"