Yao Lao's Past, Peak Seven-Star Dou Spirit

In a secluded valley within the Magical Beast Mountain Range.

Yao Xuan slowly came to a stop amid the dense forest. Yao Lao's soul power gradually withdrew from Yao Xuan, returning to his soul-body state as he floated beside him.

A glint flashed across Yao Xuan's storage ring. The Companion Amethyst Source and Purple Spirit Crystal immediately floated before him...

Looking at the Companion Amethyst Source, Yao Lao could no longer hide the smile in his eyes.

"Kid..."

"I truly never expected to find the Companion Amethyst Source here..."

"This thing contains extremely pure Purple Flame. Beyond that, the energy contained within this companion source is something the Purple Spirit Crystal cannot possibly compare to..."

"Back then, in search of this item, I personally searched through the lairs of eight Lion Kings, yet found nothing!"

"Who would've thought you'd strike it rich this time, kid!"

As Yao Lao finished speaking, he lightly raised a hand. A purple-glowing medicinal pill emerged from the Bone Flame Ring on Yao Xuan's finger.

"Kid..."

"This is a peak fifth-tier pill I specifically developed for the sake of the Companion Amethyst Source back then. It is called the Purple Accumulation Fusion Pill!"

"Taking this pill will accelerate your absorption of the energy contained within the Companion Amethyst Source!"

"If you refine this sixth-tier Purple Flame through the Flame Mantra, along with the energy from this companion source, it should help you reach Five-Star Dou Spirit..."

"Not bad at all..."

Yao Lao stroked his beard, clearly very satisfied with this trip to the Magical Beast Mountain Range.

Yao Xuan raised a hand to catch the pill, then asked in a deep voice,

"Uncle Chen..."

"It seems you know a great deal about the Companion Amethyst Source. You even specifically developed a pill like this for it!"

"This pill must have been prepared for someone very important to you, right..."

At Yao Xuan's words, the smile on Yao Lao's face instantly vanished, replaced by a gloomy expression.

"Once, he truly was very important to me."

"But now..."

Yao Lao paused. Only after sighing did he continue.

"Kid, hadn't you asked me before why I ended up in this state?"

"I can tell you now!"

"You once said that you had heard the name of another one of my disciples in the Black-Corner Region—Han Feng!"

"And it was for Han Feng that I sought the Companion Amethyst Source and developed this pill!"

"Thinking back, when I first met Han Feng, he was merely a homeless orphan. I pitied him, and I also saw that he possessed some talent for alchemy!"

"I poured all my effort into him, raising him as the inheritor of my legacy!"

"But he coveted the Flame Mantra in my possession. He joined forces with others to plot against me, which was why I ended up as I am today..."

After Yao Lao finished speaking, his body trembled involuntarily several times.

Hearing this, Yao Xuan understood that Yao Lao now trusted him completely.

Otherwise, he never would have told him these things.

After all, Han Feng was a memory Yao Lao least wished to revisit. The pain Han Feng had inflicted upon him could be said to surpass even the pain of being expelled from the Yao Clan.

Thus, after Yao Lao told him everything about Han Feng, Yao Xuan raised his eyes to Yao Lao and spoke in a deep voice.

"I never expected the renowned Medicine Emperor Han Feng of the Black-Corner Region to be such a traitor who betrayed his master and forsook his ancestors!"

"Uncle Chen, don't worry! I will help you reclaim this debt!"

Yao Lao nodded. "Enough, enough..."

"The past cannot be recovered. You should hurry and absorb the Companion Amethyst Source now..."

Yao Xuan nodded and said no more.

He first swallowed the pill.

The instant the pill entered his throat, a rich and vast medicinal power spread throughout Yao Xuan's body...

"Sit cross-legged, focus your mind, and fully circulate the Flame Mantra!"

Yao Lao shouted in a low voice...

At once, Yao Lao's immense soul power burst outward, blanketing the entire valley and cutting off all external disturbances that might affect Yao Xuan.

Following his instructions, Yao Xuan sat down cross-legged. With a light lift of his hand, the Purple Spirit Crystal floating before him flew into his palm.

As a source crystal sharing the same origin as the Amethyst Winged Lion King clan, the Purple Spirit Crystal naturally possessed an exceptionally strong ability to draw out and break through the Companion Amethyst Source.

Yao Xuan controlled the Purple Spirit Crystal and smashed it toward the Companion Amethyst Source.

A faint, crisp cracking sound rang out...

The Companion Amethyst Source shattered in response!

In the next instant, a blazing and tyrannical sixth-tier Purple Flame, carrying massive origin energy, erupted forth!

The Purple Flame was scorching and fierce, bearing the savage restlessness of magical beast origin energy.

Seeing this, Yao Xuan did not hesitate in the slightest. He immediately forced the energy and purple flames into his body.

Within Yao Xuan's body, golden-red Dou Qi completely enveloped the Purple Flame origin...

At the same time, the Flame Mantra began to circulate...

Under the effects of the Flame Mantra, the violent impurities within the Purple Flame were gradually stripped away.

Meanwhile, the purest Purple Flame origin was refined and absorbed bit by bit, gradually merging into Yao Xuan's body.

At the same time, the vast amount of pure origin energy hidden within the Companion Amethyst Source was, under the pill's effects, completely poured into the Qi sea of Yao Xuan's dantian...

With the help of the Purple Accumulation Fusion Pill, this immense energy did not batter Yao Xuan's meridians!

Instead, it was absorbed and refined by Yao Xuan with remarkable ease!

In the next instant, through refining the Purple Flame and absorbing the energy within the companion source!

Yao Xuan's cultivation steadily broke through from Three-Star Dou Spirit to Four-Star Dou Spirit!

The torrent of energy did not diminish in the slightest, continuing to surge into him.

Yao Xuan continuously consolidated his Dou Qi, tempering every thread of power until it was incomparably condensed, without the slightest instability.

Immediately afterward, the barrier of Four-Star Dou Spirit cracked and collapsed, and his cultivation advanced to Five-Star Dou Spirit!

In merely dozens of breaths, he broke through two realms in succession. His aura rose layer upon layer, solid and profound.

"As expected of the Companion Amethyst Source. He really has reached Five-Star Dou Spirit..."

Watching from the side, Yao Lao nodded repeatedly.

As time passed, the remaining Purple Flame origin within Yao Xuan's body was completely refined and absorbed by the Flame Mantra...

It transformed into a strand of gentle yet tyrannical Purple Flame Dao essence and merged into Yao Xuan's body...

At this moment, amid the Dou Qi swirling around Yao Xuan, a trace of purple radiance had appeared alongside its original golden-red color...

Once the final trace of amethyst origin was completely absorbed, the Dou Qi around Yao Xuan abruptly settled...

A vast and steady aura burst forth, finally stabilizing at the Peak Seven-Star Dou Spirit realm!

"Looks like it went even more smoothly than I expected..."

"To think he reached Peak Seven-Star Dou Spirit in one go, rising four levels. Not bad, not bad..."

Sensing Yao Xuan's advancement, Yao Lao spoke in a deep voice.

Yao Lao had thought it would already be quite good if the Companion Amethyst Source could help Yao Xuan reach Five-Star Dou Spirit. Yet he had unexpectedly charged straight to Peak Seven-Star Dou Spirit, only one step away from Eight-Star Dou Spirit.

"Looking at it this way, you're only one Heavenly Flame away from returning to the Dou Wang realm..."