Swallowing a Second Heavenly Flame, Balance

A month after returning to the clan.

Since he was within the clan, and because he wanted to become stronger, Lei Qi took out the Green Lotus Core Flame he had collected earlier.

He planned to begin devouring his second Heavenly Flame directly.

Of course, before devouring the Heavenly Flame, he naturally sought out the First Elder, Lei Jin, first, in case anything went wrong.

"Devour two Heavenly Flames!?" Upon hearing Lei Qi's intentions, First Elder Lei Jin frowned.

It was not unheard of. For example, Yan Jin, the Flame Clan's patriarch, had relied on his own strength to devour two Heavenly Flames and perfectly suppress them within his body.

However, Yan Jin was a Dou Saint. His strength was on par with Lei Ying's.

Yan Jin might have been able to do it, but Lei Qi was only a Dou Emperor??

There was simply no certainty at all.

"That's right. I want to become stronger," Lei Qi said.

As long as he could cultivate both attributes to the extreme, fighting above his level within the same realm would undoubtedly be effortless.

More importantly, his body tempering in the clan grounds had been highly successful, and he felt that he could withstand it.

To put it another way, even if he could not endure it, with Lei Jin here, what did he have to worry about?

Lei Jin was actually quite hesitant. This was no joking matter, and most importantly, he was genuinely worried that Lei Qi's foundation might be damaged!

"First Elder, don't worry. If it proves impossible, I'll give up," Lei Qi said.

"But if it harms your body itself, it would undoubtedly be the greatest loss to our Thunder Clan," Lei Jin said after hesitating for a moment.

"I think the Black Demon Lightning within me can devour it."

Seeing the determination in Lei Qi's eyes, Lei Jin finally nodded. "In that case, give it a try."

Lei Qi merely needed him to stand guard. Even if Lei Jin had refused, he would have done it anyway. Since that was the case, it was better for Lei Jin to watch over him.

Seeing Lei Jin relent and agree, Lei Qi immediately took out the Azure Lotus and sat directly upon it.

As he sat atop the azure lotus, dense fire-attributed energy began to emerge.

Next, Lei Qi released the Green Lotus Core Flame and began using the Black Demon Lightning to devour it.

Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle.

Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle.

Hiss, hiss, hiss.

Black currents of electricity swiftly enveloped the Green Lotus Core Flame. Although the Green Lotus Core Flame possessed no intelligence, it still sensed a trace of danger and instinctively tried to resist.

However, that resistance was exceedingly feeble. Before the mutated Black Demon Lightning, the Green Lotus Core Flame was like an immature young girl, with no right to refuse.

Once the Black Demon Lightning had completely covered it, the Green Lotus Core Flame was drawn into Lei Qi's body.

Lei Qi immediately assisted in refining it.

Yet one thing surprised Lei Qi: after the Green Lotus Core Flame was absorbed into his body, he did not feel anything at all??

If he had to name a sensation, it was as though the previously violent Black Demon Lightning had suddenly stopped reacting??

The time had been too short, so Lei Qi could only speculate inwardly.

After confirming that there were no unusual changes, Lei Qi rose to his feet. With a stretch of his hand, a wisp of transparent flame and a wisp of azure flame appeared in his palm.

The two flames could fuse together, but they could also be summoned separately.

It was as though they had been completely absorbed by him?

"Lei Qi???"

Lei Jin looked at Lei Qi, his face filled with shock and confusion.

"I don't know what's going on either," Lei Qi said, shaking his head at Lei Jin's questioning look.

He truly had no idea what condition he was in. There had been no major reaction, he was completely fine, and the Green Lotus Core Flame seemed to be under his control as well.

"Hehe, as long as you're fine, it's a good thing," Lei Jin said.

Though he did not understand what had happened, it was naturally a good thing that nothing was wrong.

Moreover, Lei Jin had specifically checked and found that the Black Demon Lightning within Lei Qi's body was no longer as violent as before??

"Lei Qi, I suggest you enter seclusion and cultivate quietly for a while. The condition within your body is rather unusual," Lei Jin added.

It was simply too calm—so calm that it seemed somewhat suspicious.

Because it concerned his own body, Lei Qi nodded without any hesitation.

Before entering seclusion, he naturally informed the women. Since they were all Lei Qi's concubines, the former maidservants who had attended to him were also serving them.

Although those maidservants were somewhat rough and sturdy, they were still capable of caring for others.

As for the cultivation resources they needed, Lei Jin's assurance meant Lei Qi did not need to worry much about that either.

It was precisely because of this that Lei Qi could enter seclusion without worry.

Once one settled down to cultivate, time always passed especially quickly. Yet for some reason, despite having spent nearly ten years in seclusion at the ancestral grounds before without feeling much of anything, this time, after less than a day, he already felt intensely uncomfortable.

Clearly, Big White and Cai Lin had disturbed his Dao heart!

These days without softness to hold really were particularly hard to get used to. It was only after nearly half a month that Lei Qi finally managed to calm his heart completely.

Once he had completely calmed his heart and begun cultivating in seclusion, time flowed like water.

Spring passed into autumn, and a year quickly went by.

Inside the stone chamber.

Lei Qi slowly opened his eyes. Ever since absorbing the Green Lotus Core Flame, the Black Demon Lightning within his body no longer had that former violent feeling. Or rather, even if it did, it was now something Lei Qi could control.

After a full year, Lei Qi had come to some conclusions. The reason the mutated Black Demon Lightning had not yet displayed its full might and had been impossible to control was likely because cultivating two attributes had created an imbalance. Of course, the primary reason was that his realm was still somewhat lacking.

However, after devouring the two Heavenly Flames, the two sides were now temporarily balanced. Naturally, that problem no longer existed.

Over this full year of seclusion, coupled with consuming an Emperor's Extreme Pill, the cultivation resources supplied by the Thunder Clan, and the pills rewarded by the system, Lei Qi's cultivation had reached the seven-star Dou Emperor realm.

Advancing four stars within a year as a Dou Emperor was not particularly fast, but neither was it too slow.

After all, he had achieved this through his own cultivation without entering the sacred land to receive the aid of the Dou Emperor bloodline.

After confirming that he had suffered no aftereffects, Lei Qi emerged from seclusion. A year had passed, and he also wanted to know how the women were doing now.

However, as he was leaving seclusion, he suddenly remembered the earlier system notification and immediately opened it.

[Ding, congratulations to the host. Yun Yun has given birth to a son. Would you like to claim the reward?]

Good heavens!

He had not expected his first child to have already been born.

Lei Qi felt a strong urge to rush to the Northwestern Continent and take a look right away. After all, in both his past and present lives, this was his only descendant.

"Claim it."

Naturally, after his excitement subsided, Lei Qi turned his attention to the reward.

[Ding, congratulations to the host for obtaining a special reward: a house-protecting spiritual treasure, the Rainbow Sacred Lotus!]

Rainbow Sacred Lotus: After planting it in the residence where the host lives, Dou Zhe cultivation speed will increase by nearly a hundredfold, Dou Masters can gain nearly an eightyfold increase in speed, Dou Wang cultivation can gain a twentyfold increase, Dou Emperor cultivation can gain a tenfold increase, Dou Zong cultivation can gain a fivefold increase, and Dou Venerable cultivation can gain a twofold increase in speed.