Flame Formula, Emperor Tier

In the room, tears streamed endlessly down Xiao Yuting's face. In her heart, her sister was the only one in this world who treated her well, the only one who was sincere toward her. Yet for her sake, her dearest sister had fallen from an Emperor Sovereign powerhouse to an ordinary Dou Emperor whom anyone could bully. Thus, to take revenge, she had chosen to cultivate poison arts. Over the past year, she had handed all her time over to cultivation and searching for alchemists who possessed special flames, walking from a naive and kindhearted girl toward the path of a demon.

She had only one goal: to help her sister regain her strength and once again display her former splendor. There were three ranks on World-Creation Continent: Battle God, Battle Immortal, and Dou Emperor.

Each of these three ranks was further divided into four states: Supreme, Sovereign, King, and Spirit Realm. Each state was then divided into peak, high, middle, and low grades. Taking Dou Emperor as an example, it included Supreme Emperor, Emperor Sovereign, Emperor King Realm, and Emperor Spirit Realm. Emperor Spirit Realm powerhouses were likewise divided into four levels: peak, high, middle, and low grades.

Every person who had just arrived on World-Creation Continent was a low-grade Emperor Spirit Realm cultivator. On World-Creation Continent, only upon reaching Battle Immortal could one, like Battle Sects of the Lower Plane, wield the power of space and walk through the air. Of course, there were no Battle Qi wings here, but flying Battle Skills could still be used.

On World-Creation Continent, the number of Battle Gods seemed to be strictly limited, and every Battle God possessed heaven-reaching divine power. No one knew exactly how many Battle Gods there were on World-Creation Continent, yet no one dared doubt their might. However, precisely because Battle Gods appeared so rarely, Battle Immortals became the strongest figures openly known on the continent.

The leap from Dou Emperor to Battle Immortal was a qualitative transformation, but to rise from peak Supreme Emperor to Battle Immortal, one had to pass through the gates of hell: the Heavenly Tribulation. Also known as the Death Tribulation, the Heavenly Tribulation was World-Creation Continent's most effective means of reducing the number of supreme powerhouses. This Heavenly Tribulation was not a lightning tribulation like Pill Lightning, but a calamity fashioned by the laws of heaven and earth according to each person's different life experiences. Only when one had reached that point would one understand what their Heavenly Tribulation was.

The difficulty of advancing each level among Battle Immortals far surpassed that of advancing as a Dou Emperor. An Immortal Supreme could be said to stand at the peak of the pyramid. As long as a lineage possessed one Immortal Supreme, it could rise in one stroke to become a superpower. Below Immortal Supremes were Immortal Emperors. Only those at the Immortal Emperor level or above possessed the special means on World-Creation Continent to erase a person's memories.

What Xiao Ming and the others had said about directly erasing memories was indeed somewhat exaggerated. Given the Xiao Clan's current circumstances, only their mysterious clan leader had reached peak Supreme Emperor, but he had vanished one day. The explanation given by the Xiao Clan elders was that the clan leader had gone out to train, so the Xiao Clan was currently led by the First Elder.

Naturally, the Xiao Clan could not erase their clansmen's memories themselves. Thus, they had become the subsidiary lineage of another family, with an Immortal Emperor from that family acting on their behalf. However, the Xiao Clan had to pay half the price of purchasing a slave. Therefore, even the Xiao Clan would not lightly use such a method to obtain slaves, for the cost was simply too high.

Flame Formula, Emperor Tier

"It has been a year. Why torment yourself like this? Is there any meaning in disguising yourself this way?" A jade-like hand gently wiped the tears from her face.

"What about you, Sister? Don't you want to recover your strength? Who was it that hugged her blanket and cried in the middle of the night? Who put on an unconcerned face every day, yet yearned in her heart for strength and for the respect of others?" Xiao Yuting muttered as she held Xiao Wanqing tightly.

"Enough. Don't you value Xiao Yan greatly? Then I'll see whether he has a way to solve this. If he can, change your poison arts. From now on, Sister will protect you. How about it?" Xiao Wanqing comforted her.

"No, I still have to protect Sister. If he cannot do it, I'll kill him. He actually dared deceive our feelings." Xiao Yuting said.

"Feelings? Yuting, don't tell me you've taken a fancy to that Xiao Yan brat? Mm, your taste isn't bad. How about Sister..."

"You're the one who's taken a fancy to him..." Xiao Yuting viciously hurled her pillow at Xiao Wanqing.

In the small courtyard, Xiao Yan sat on the ground as the surrounding Emperor-Origin Qi began to surge wildly toward him. The Flame Formula within his body revolved frantically, while those twenty-three Otherworldly Flames also absorbed Emperor-Origin Qi. The impurities within the flames were gradually stripped away bit by bit, and the quality of the flames began to rise.

Gradually, the twenty-three Otherworldly Flames began a new round of fusion. Yes, fusion. Back on Battle Qi Continent, when Xiao Yan had received the inheritance of the Tuoshe Ancient Emperor, the Otherworldly Flames had already undergone one fusion. Yet although that fusion had ultimately succeeded, it had not been perfect. After the Battle of the Twin Emperors ended, Xiao Yan had been reborn through the Otherworldly Flames, but the flames had gradually scattered apart again. Although Xiao Yan's strength as a Dou Emperor was enough to suppress them, he ultimately could not bring them to a perfect state. Xiao Yi had also been unable to maintain human form at that time and vanished. Now, the problem seemed clear: during their fusion, they had lacked a medium—Emperor-Origin Qi.

The existence of Emperor-Origin Qi not only raised the quality of the flames, but also gave them an added liveliness. In Xiao Ming's words, they had gained an extra measure of spirituality.

Gradually, one Otherworldly Flame after another began to fuse. When the final flame merged, the Emperor-Origin Qi around Xiao Yan underwent an intense fluctuation. A pale yellow flame appeared in Xiao Yan's hand. Its color remained the same, but the temperature of the flame had changed enormously. A scorching wave of heat spread in all directions. Huang Lin and the others stared at Xiao Yan, their eyes filled with astonishment.

Xiao Yan sensed the changes in his body and revealed a smile. This advancement of his Flame Formula had not reached the earth-shaking level of the Quasi-Heaven Tier, but there was no doubt that its power had become stronger. Back on Battle Qi Continent, the Flame Formula had been suppressed at high Heaven Tier. Now, through this competition, Xiao Yan had turned misfortune into fortune and advanced the Flame Formula. That was right—it had reached the Emperor Tier, and his injuries had also healed in the process.

Could this really be the Heavenly Fire Xiao Yuting had spoken of? Xiao Yan's eyes were somewhat unfocused.