Complete Green Lotus Core Flame

Yellow sand swept rapidly backward behind Yao Xuan...

Yao Xuan's figure, wrapped in faint streams of eerie white flame, streaked through the air over the barren Gobi of the Tagor Desert.

At this moment, relying on the perception of his soul power and the location from his memories...

He searched for the magma cave entrance where the Green Lotus Core Flame was hidden...

As Yao Xuan drew closer and closer to that magma cave entrance, he could feel the Yellow Mysterious Flame within his body growing somewhat restless!

Clearly, this was the unique resonance between Heavenly Flames. It meant that Yao Xuan was getting closer and closer to the Green Lotus Core Flame...

At last, Yao Xuan spotted the cave entrance concealed within the shadow of a sand dune...

"Uncle Chen, according to the map Teacher gave me, the Green Lotus Core Flame should be here..."

Yao Xuan looked toward the cave entrance and spoke in a deep voice...

"What pure, complete flame energy!"

"It seems the Green Lotus Core Flame truly is here. Senior Shennong's intelligence was indeed without the slightest error."

Within his sea of consciousness, Yao Lao's voice carried a hint of gravity and admiration.

At this moment, Yao Lao had also sensed the existence of the Green Lotus Core Flame through his soul power.

Likewise, Yao Xuan could sense through his soul power that the Green Lotus Core Flame within the cave below still remained in the perfect state nurtured over countless years, without the slightest loss to its origin!

That meant Medusa had not yet made a move on this Heavenly Flame!

Thus, Yao Xuan could not help but relax somewhat. It seemed he had arrived at just the right time.

Therefore, Yao Xuan did not hesitate in the slightest...

Yao Lao's Bone Chilling Flame and Yao Xuan's Yellow Mysterious Flame suddenly surged forth, forming a dense barrier of flames around their body.

With a light step and a flash of his figure, he entered the pitch-black cave directly.

The cave passage wound downward, and the deeper he went, the more terrifying the temperature became.

The air throughout the cave passage was filled with extraordinarily pure fire-elemental energy!

An ordinary Dou Master who stepped into this place would likely have their Dou Qi scattered and their body scorched by the heat in an instant...

Even a Da Dou Shi expert would not dare remain for long.

Yet with two Heavenly Flames protecting his body, Yao Xuan encountered no obstruction at all.

A short while later, Yao Xuan arrived smoothly at the enormous Lava Secret Realm at the deepest part of the cave...

Not far away, a natural stone platform hung suspended in the air...

It was precisely the core place where the Green Lotus Core Flame had dwelled for a thousand years.

However, before Yao Xuan could inspect it closely, two savage, violent roars suddenly echoed through the cave!

The next moment, a thick serpentine body surged upward amidst a sky full of magma!

Its enormous form coiled in midair, blocking Yao Xuan's path directly!

It was the guardian beast protecting the Green Lotus Core Flame—the Twin-Headed Fire Spirit Serpent!

This Twin-Headed Fire Spirit Serpent was originally only a peak fourth-rank magical beast. In terms of human cultivation, it was merely at the peak of the Dou Ling realm!

Yet with the advantage of its magma home ground, the Twin-Headed Fire Spirit Serpent's combat power was infinitely close to that of a fifth-rank magical beast, equivalent to a human Dou Wang expert!

Yao Xuan looked up at the Twin-Headed Fire Spirit Serpent, but merely smiled faintly.

"Uncle Chen, it looks like I'll have to trouble you..."

Yao Lao smiled faintly as well. "It is merely a fourth-rank magical beast. Hardly any trouble..."

As soon as Yao Lao finished speaking, a terrifying pressure belonging to a Dou Zong expert radiated from Yao Xuan's body!

Then, with Yao Lao controlling Yao Xuan's body, he lightly raised his hand and brought it down.

A presence carrying the Bone Chilling Flame appeared out of thin air, directly slamming the Twin-Headed Fire Spirit Serpent that was coiled in midair onto the ground...

It instantly lost consciousness and could not move...

After dealing with the Twin-Headed Fire Spirit Serpent, Yao Lao's soul form once more left Yao Xuan's body and floated beside him, speaking in a deep voice.

"It has been a long time since I truly exerted myself. I can no longer control my strength properly..."

Yet Yao Xuan did not look at the Fire Spirit Serpent. Instead, he raised his eyes toward the center of the magma platform!

A crystalline green lotus flame floated quietly in the air above the platform.

The lotus flame was roughly the size of a zhang. Its petals overlapped in layers, their outlines clear and crystalline, while gentle yet majestic streams of green firelight flowed across its entire body...

The veins of the lotus petals were exquisitely natural. Every wisp of flame had been condensed to the extreme, so pure that it contained not a trace of impurity!

Clearly, this was a perfect Green Lotus Core Flame nurtured by heaven and earth, untouched by anyone.

At the center of the lotus flame stood a small, exquisite lotus pedestal. Within the holes of the pedestal, eleven round, lustrous Earthfire Lotus Seeds floated quietly, each one shimmering with faint green spiritual light...

Yao Xuan knew that these were the Earthfire Lotus Seeds!

Each one contained the origin essence painstakingly condensed by the Green Lotus Core Flame over a hundred years, and the energy within them was not to be underestimated!

His gaze continued downward, where more than ten zhang of slender roots extended beneath the lotus flame...

Countless fine tendrils hung down into the magma, continuously drawing in the purest fire-elemental origin from the depths of the earth!

Through this, they slowly nourished the lotus body and maintained the Green Lotus Core Flame's perfect state.

This was the true, complete Green Lotus Core Flame, ranked nineteenth on the Heavenly Flame Ranking!

"The Green Lotus Core Flame truly deserves its nineteenth-place rank on the Heavenly Flame Ranking..."

"Just from the look of it, it is several times stronger than my Yellow Mysterious Flame!"

Yao Xuan stared intently at the heavenly treasure before him and spoke in a deep voice.

Yao Lao nodded as well. "This Green Lotus Core Flame truly appears flawless and complete..."

"If you can absorb it together with these Earthfire Lotus Seeds, the energy they contain should be enough for you to make a push toward the Dou Wang realm..."

However, after a moment, Yao Lao stroked his beard and spoke gravely once more.

"Yao Xuan..."

"Although you successfully used the Flame Mantra to fuse the Yellow Mysterious Flame with those two Beast Flames before..."

"This time, you will be absorbing another Heavenly Flame. The process will likely be extremely painful. Have you truly decided to try?"

Yao Lao had suddenly adopted such a serious demeanor that Yao Xuan was somewhat unaccustomed to it. He simply smiled faintly.

"Uncle Chen..."

"Since I decided to cultivate the Flame Mantra back then, now that a Heavenly Flame is right before me, how could I give up..."

After saying this, Yao Xuan slowly walked toward the green fire lotus floating in the air.

But Yao Lao suddenly spoke again. "Kid..."

"Wait!"

As soon as Yao Lao finished speaking, he tossed a blood-red medicinal pill to Yao Xuan.

"This is a Blood Lotus Pill I refined when I had the time, using medicinal ingredients I found in your Storage Ring..."

"I hope it will be of use to you..."

Yao Xuan caught the pill and looked at Yao Lao.

"Uncle Chen..."

"You even slipped into my Storage Ring when you had the chance?"

Yao Lao shot Yao Xuan a glance. "Who told you to be so forgetful? As an alchemist, you actually forgot to place a soul imprint on your own Storage Ring!"

"But now is not the time to talk about that..."

"Just focus on subduing the Green Lotus Core Flame!"

"I will protect you!"

As soon as Yao Lao finished speaking, he lightly raised his hand. A vast surge of soul energy immediately descended, completely isolating the Green Lotus Core Flame and Yao Xuan from everything outside...