Becoming a Lotus Platform

Yang Xuan could not remain in the Battle Through the Heavens World for long. Besides consuming more points, there was also the rejection of the world's laws.

Without the chat group's concealment, he would be noticed by the world's will and expelled in no time.

While he still had time, he decided to strike while the iron was hot and make a trip to the Tager Desert.

First, he could take a look at the Green Lotus Core Flame. Second, he could also examine Medusa's bloodline.

To see whether it differed in any way from that in The Legend of the White Snake.

With a single step, he arrived in the Tager Desert.

The blazing sun hung overhead, and rolling heat waves warped his vision. As far as the eye could see stretched an endless sea of golden sand.

Yang Xuan's figure appeared in the sky above the desert without warning.

He stood with his hands behind his back, his robes fluttering gently in the wind. An invisible barrier seemed to surround him, blocking out the terrifying heat that could have baked an ordinary person dry.

"So this is the Tager Desert..."

Yang Xuan narrowed his eyes slightly as his divine sense spread underground like a tide.

The underground world of the Dou Qi Continent was, to him now, like an open book.

In only a moment, Yang Xuan's gaze pierced through layers of yellow sand and rock, locking onto a magma world deep beneath the ground.

"Found it."

The corners of Yang Xuan's lips rose slightly. His body flashed, transforming into a streak of light as he shot straight toward the depths underground.

Underground magma world.

This was a fiery red realm. Scorching magma churned and roared like enraged dragons, radiating a terrifying heat that made one's heart tremble.

At the deepest point of the magma, a dense mass of azure light floated silently.

Within the glow stood an exquisite azure lotus, delicate and graceful. Azure flames flickered slowly atop its petals, appearing gentle while containing violent energy capable of burning all things to ash.

It was the Green Lotus Core Flame, ranked nineteenth on the Heavenly Flame Ranking!

And beneath the azure lotus, a giant serpent covered from head to tail in seven-colored scales lay coiled atop the lotus platform. Its snake eyes were shut tight, clearly using the Heavenly Flame's power to undergo some crucial evolution.

"Queen Medusa? Looks like the timeline is right at this point."

Yang Xuan floated within the magma, studying the scene before him with interest.

At this time, the Green Lotus Core Flame was under Queen Medusa's control—or rather, Queen Medusa was using the Green Lotus Core Flame to purge impurities from her bloodline.

"However, since this poor daoist has taken a liking to it, there is no reason to leave it behind."

Yang Xuan chuckled and slowly raised a hand.

He made no further movement, merely releasing a trace of the Primordial Gourd Vine's origin aura.

Boom!

To the Dou Qi Continent, this aura was simply an overwhelming strike from a higher dimension!

The magma that had been churning madly instantly solidified!

The Seven-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python coiled atop the lotus platform abruptly opened its eyes. Extreme terror appeared in those snake eyes, which had once been filled with savagery and majesty!

It felt an absolute suppression originating from the very source of life!

"Hiss—!"

The Seven-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python let out a terrified hiss. It did not even care about evolving anymore and instinctively tried to flee the area!

Yet Yang Xuan merely gave it an indifferent glance.

"Freeze."

One word left his lips, and his words became law!

The enormous Seven-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python was instantly frozen in place, unable to move even a single scale!

Yang Xuan slowly descended onto the lotus platform, his gaze falling on the Green Lotus Core Flame.

"Ranked nineteenth on the Heavenly Flame Ranking, the Green Lotus Core Flame."

"Though its grade is not high, it bears traces of the Yimu origin..."

Yang Xuan extended a finger and gently touched the stamen of the Green Lotus Core Flame.

"Buzz—"

The Green Lotus Core Flame trembled violently. It sensed that irresistible, terrifying power and instinctively wished to resist, yet dared not resist.

"Be obedient. This poor daoist only wants a wisp of your origin."

Yang Xuan's voice was gentle, yet left no room for doubt.

As his words fell, the Green Lotus Core Flame's stamen slowly opened. A drop of incomparably pure azure fire liquid drifted out and entered Yang Xuan's fingertip.

Having obtained this wisp of origin, Yang Xuan nodded in satisfaction.

His gaze fell upon the lotus platform.

Although this lotus platform was far inferior in essence to the Thirty-Six-Petaled Creation Green Lotus of the Primordial World, the law structure within it, where "vitality and destruction coexist," possessed a similar subtlety.

"Since I am here, I cannot leave empty-handed."

With a casual gesture, Yang Xuan stored the lotus platform in his divine sense space.

He then used leaves from his true body to form another lotus platform, intending to replace it with a counterfeit and completely integrate it into this world.

He would make the world believe that it was a wondrous treasure naturally born of heaven and earth. Thereafter, he could naturally become the World Tree, the origin of all laws.

Only after finishing all this did Yang Xuan turn his gaze toward the frozen Seven-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python.

At this moment, the Seven-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python had long lost the majesty it usually possessed as the desert's overlord.

Its enormous snake eyes were filled with despair and pleading, while its body trembled faintly from extreme terror.

As an ancient exotic beast, it was especially sensitive to the hierarchy of life. The pressure radiating from this white-robed human before it surpassed even that of the progenitor buried deep within its bloodline!

"Do not panic." Yang Xuan looked at it and spoke calmly. "You and I are fated. This poor daoist will lend you a hand."

As his words fell, Yang Xuan flicked a finger. A drop of green liquid containing immense life essence silently merged into the Seven-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python's brow.

"Hiss?!"

The Seven-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python shuddered violently. To its horror, it discovered that after the drop of liquid entered its body, its bloodline—which had been restless from forcibly devouring the Heavenly Flame—instantly became docile and active!

That incomparably pure life energy was madly cleansing its body. It even felt that the evolution tribulation once impossibly distant was now within reach!

"Once this is done, you must guard this place and wait for a boy named Xiao Yan."

Leaving behind those words, Yang Xuan did not linger.

He glanced at the Seven-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python below, which had completely submitted and fallen into wild ecstasy. Then his figure flashed, piercing through the thick rock layers and returning to the sunlit Tager Desert.

The instant Yang Xuan's figure left the depths underground.

Boom—!!!

An incomparably terrifying force of rejection suddenly descended upon this world!

The world's will of the Dou Qi Continent had finally detected the existence of this uninvited guest.

Even the blazing sun in the sky seemed to dim slightly. Endless power of laws transformed into invisible shackles, crushing down fiercely upon Yang Xuan!

"Heh, so eager to drive me away?"

Yang Xuan looked up at the heavens, a teasing smile curling at the corners of his lips.

This world's rejection was far stronger than that of the group leader's world.

If the group leader's world needed to self-destruct alongside him, then the Battle Through the Heavens World was a hunter holding a gun.

Feeling the force of rejection, Yang Xuan did not resist. Instead, he borrowed its power.

"Perfect. It saves this poor daoist the trouble of returning on his own."

Under the pressure of the laws, his figure rapidly turned illusory, transforming into specks of starlight before being instantly ejected from this world.

Primordial Great Realm, deep within Mount Buzhou.

Yang Xuan's consciousness returned to his true body. The Primordial Gourd Vine swayed gently, letting out a pleased hum.

Feeling the additional fire origin within himself, along with the new insights into the laws of fire in his mind, he nodded in satisfaction.

"The Heavenly Flames of the Battle Through the Heavens World are even more valuable than I imagined. Now it depends on how long Xiao Yan will take to become a Dou Emperor and travel to the Great Thousand World..."

With a thought, Yang Xuan opened the chat group.

Inside was a message of thanks Xiao Yan had just sent. A profound look flashed through his eyes.

He gently swayed his vines and turned his gaze toward the boundless chaotic void, preparing to continue comprehending the laws and strive to take human form as soon as possible!