No Heavenly Flame Is Weak, Four-Star Dou Wang [Three-Thousand-Word Chapter, Please Follow]

Northwest Continent, Falling Wild Goose Empire.

A green flash suddenly streaked across the previously tranquil sky.

Then, a spatial rift slowly emerged, and Yao Xuan stepped out from within...

The blue-red Dou Qi wings behind Yao Xuan instantly unfurled, allowing him to stand steadily in the sky.

Yao Xuan swept his gaze over the desert below and could not help frowning slightly. "Where is this...?"

Then, the emerald-green storage ring on Yao Xuan's fingertip flashed, and the map of the Yellow Mysterious Flame appeared in his hand...

From the information on the map, Yao Xuan learned that he had arrived directly at the Yellow Mysterious Flame's place of emergence—the Yellow Mysterious Stone Abyss within the Falling Wild Goose Empire.

"The Falling Wild Goose Empire?"

"Looks like I'm already on the Northwest Continent..."

Yao Xuan murmured softly.

The Falling Wild Goose Empire lay on the Northwest Continent and bordered the Jia Ma Empire.

Yao Xuan had originally been pondering how he should travel from the far southern reaches of the Central Plains to this remote Northwest Continent.

After all, although Yao Xuan was now a Dou Wang and could manifest Dou Qi wings, the distance from the Shennong Mountain Range to the Northwest Continent was no short one.

This saved him quite a bit of trouble. He had arrived directly in the Falling Wild Goose Empire. Once he collected the Yellow Mysterious Flame, setting out from here for the Jia Ma Empire would save him much effort.

With that thought, Yao Xuan looked at the map in his hand again and confirmed the Yellow Mysterious Flame's marked location.

Then, his figure flashed as he flew toward the Heavenly Flame's location...

Within a few breaths, Yao Xuan followed the map's directions to a mountain range that stretched for hundreds of li.

"According to the map, this is Yellow Mysterious Peak. There is a Yellow Abyss Grotto within these mountains, and the Yellow Mysterious Flame is inside..."

Yao Xuan murmured, then lightly tapped his brow.

The next second, a vast wave of soul power instantly spread from within Yao Xuan, enveloping the entire mountain range beneath his feet!

Yao Xuan quickly located the Yellow Abyss Grotto within the mountains. Without the slightest hesitation, he transformed into a streak of light and instantly arrived on the platform above the stone cavern.

Standing on the cavern platform, Yao Xuan withdrew his Dou Qi wings, and the blue-red glow slowly faded.

Yao Xuan lowered his head to look at the stone platform beneath his feet. It was built entirely from thick ochre-colored rocks.

A light touch revealed faint warmth.

At the same time, rich, scorching earth-fire energy continuously seeped from the cracks between the rocks.

It lacked the violent frenzy of ordinary earth fire, instead carrying an ancient, steady, and weighty aura...

Yao Xuan tapped his brow again, and the late Mortal Realm soul power spread out once more, directly sweeping through the inside of the cavern.

The entire Yellow Abyss Grotto was wrapped in a natural earth-vein barrier. Its rock layers were exceptionally thick, isolating it from all disturbances outside.

No Magic Beasts dwelled within the grotto, but Yao Xuan could sense the fire and earth energy that had lain dormant for a long time.

Yao Xuan's soul power condensed slightly. Passing through layer upon layer of stone, he could clearly sense the deepest part of the cavern.

A wisp of dark yellow flame, condensed almost into a solid form, floated silently there. Gentle and restrained, yet it concealed an origin power capable of refining all things!

It was the Yellow Mysterious Flame, ranked last on the Heavenly Flame Ranking.

"I never expected the Northwest Continent to truly possess the Yellow Mysterious Flame!"

Now that he had confirmed the Yellow Mysterious Flame was indeed here, Yao Xuan could not help sighing softly.

Though the Yellow Mysterious Flame was merely the lowest-ranked Heavenly Flame on the Heavenly Flame Ranking, it was still a Heavenly Flame!

It was far beyond any ordinary flame. There was no need to state how great a boost a Heavenly Flame could provide to an alchemist.

Moreover, the Yellow Mysterious Flame was also one of the components of Emperor Flame, the first-ranked Heavenly Flame. Without the Yellow Mysterious Flame, there would be no Emperor Flame.

Therefore, Yao Xuan had no intention of underestimating the Yellow Mysterious Flame.

He then stepped forward slowly and raised a hand to lightly touch the aged restriction at the cavern entrance.

Yao Xuan had already discovered this restriction when he examined the place with his soul power.

This was the territory of the Golden Geese Sect, the number one sect of the Falling Wild Goose Empire, and this restriction was presumably their handiwork.

However, Yao Xuan had already seen that it was merely an ordinary barrier casually set up by the Golden Geese Sect.

It could only stop ordinary Dou Masters and Dou Spirits.

It was of no use to Yao Xuan, who was now a Dou Wang.

Then, Dou Qi stirred faintly at Yao Xuan's fingertips, and a gentle yet fierce burst of force swept forth.

After a dull, muffled sound, the golden-glowing restriction shattered inch by inch.

The pitch-black, profound passage of the cavern was exposed...

A dim yellow firelight flickered from within, while a heavy pressure from heaven and earth rushed toward him.

Yao Xuan's expression remained calm, without the slightest trace of fear.

The Yellow Mysterious Flame was the last-ranked flame on the Heavenly Flame Ranking. Its temperament was gentle and stable, so it should be the easiest Heavenly Flame to subdue.

Yao Xuan stepped into the deep cavern. A faint dark-yellow glow flowed across the rock walls on either side of the passage, and dense, pure fire-and-earth energy washed over him.

The deeper he went, the clearer the heavy pressure of heaven and earth became.

This was the innate power of heaven and earth possessed by the Yellow Mysterious Flame—steady and vast.

Upon reaching the deepest part of the cavern, an enormous stone platform came into view.

At the center of the platform, a cluster of dark yellow flame floated silently above the stone surface.

At this moment, to the naked eye alone, the Yellow Mysterious Flame appeared so docile that it was almost plain.

Yet it was still a Heavenly Flame, and its foundation remained terrifying!

The instant Yao Xuan's Dou Qi touched the flame, the previously motionless Yellow Mysterious Flame suddenly erupted!

Boom!

Heavy waves of earthen-yellow fire instantly swept through the entire cavern. Unlike the blazing heat of ordinary earth fire, this Heavenly Flame carried the crushing pressure of heaven and earth as it violently bore down on Yao Xuan.

"As expected, no Heavenly Flame is weak."

Yao Xuan's expression tightened slightly as understanding dawned in his heart.

People believed that because the Yellow Mysterious Flame ranked last on the Heavenly Flame Ranking, it could be easily controlled. Little did they know that this source flame, born of heaven and earth, possessed pride in its very bones.

It was merely calm by nature, never weak enough to be bullied.

Even after lying dormant for ten thousand years, its origin could not be desecrated by mortals.

The vast fire pressure tightly locked down Yao Xuan's entire body. Fortunately, he circulated his Dou Qi with all his strength and barely resisted it.

Yao Xuan understood that if he forcibly refined the Yellow Mysterious Flame now, it would take considerable time and would not be safe.

The next second, as if he had thought of something, the storage ring on his fingertip flashed. A round, crimson pill with a rich medicinal fragrance floated in his palm.

This was the Flame-Absorbing Soul-Calming Pill that Old Man Shennong had specially refined for him, made specifically to subdue Heavenly Flames.

It could stabilize the soul, soften a Heavenly Flame's ferocity, and suppress the resistance of its origin.

Without hesitation, Yao Xuan opened his mouth and swallowed the pill.

The instant the pill entered his body, its medicinal effects began to take effect!

A warm, vast current flowed through Yao Xuan's body.

Steady, heavy, soul-calming!

Immediately afterward, an invisible, peculiar force of attraction spread from within Yao Xuan, slowly shrouding the rampaging Yellow Mysterious Flame.

Under the pill's suppressive power, the yellow fire waves that had been fiercely counterattacking visibly slowed.

Yao Xuan seized the opportunity, pouring out all of his vast late Mortal Realm soul power!

His intangible soul transformed into countless chains, gently yet domineeringly winding around the rolling fireball.

Using his soul as a guide and the pill as suppression, Yao Xuan slowly wore away the Yellow Mysterious Flame's innate defiance, patiently refining and absorbing this strand of heaven-and-earth origin.

The process was not easy. The Yellow Mysterious Flame struggled continuously, its heavy fire force battering Yao Xuan's soul again and again as it attempted to break free.

The firelight in the cavern blazed intensely, as though the earth veins of the entire Yellow Mysterious Peak were trembling faintly.

Yet Yao Xuan remained focused and steadfast throughout.

His soul power was steadily depleted, while the pill's effects continued circulating, gradually grinding away the Heavenly Flame's wildness.

After a full half-incense stick's worth of stalemate.

At last, the violently struggling Yellow Mysterious Flame gradually became docile. The surging fire waves slowly calmed, and all its heavy heaven-and-earth fire essence withdrew.

Yao Xuan relaxed his mind, and the suction in his palm surged.

The condensed, pure dark-yellow flame origin slowly and obediently flowed through the meridians of his hand and into his dantian.

At the instant the final wisp of Yellow Mysterious Flame completely entered his body!

Boom!

An incomparably vast, heavy, and pure energy suddenly exploded from within his dantian!

An enormous amount of fire-attributed energy washed through Yao Xuan's entire body, and the Dou Qi around him surged explosively...

Dense Dou Qi spiraled around Yao Xuan, its color shifting from blue-red to golden-red...

A few breaths later, the storm subsided.

Yao Xuan slowly opened his eyes. Firelight flowed through them, and his aura was steady and profound, far surpassing what it had been before. Four-Star Dou Wang!

With the origin power released when the Yellow Mysterious Flame entered his body, Yao Xuan had not only gained his first Heavenly Flame but also successfully broken through to Four-Star Dou Wang...

Yao Xuan slowly raised his hand, and yellow flames instantly appeared in his palm.

Feeling the power of the Yellow Mysterious Flame within him, Yao Xuan could not help sighing softly:

"No wonder countless alchemists spend their entire lives obsessed with obtaining a Heavenly Flame..."

"Even the Yellow Mysterious Flame is truly extraordinary..."