Devouring Heavenly Flame, Flame Mantra Evolution

Having obtained the Snake Mandrake, Xiao Yan planned to visit the Ice Emperor, Hai Bodong, next. He would refine a medicinal pill for him and lift the seal within his body.

But before that, he needed to devour the Green Lotus Core Flame and evolve the Flame Mantra.

Xiao Yan entered the Portable Space. Now that he was a Two-Star Grand Dou Master, the space spanned ninety-five li in every direction.

He did not go to the villa to find Little Fairy.

Having activated the Calamity Poison Body, he could no longer be intimate with Little Fairy. He was afraid that if he saw her, he would not be able to restrain himself.

He arrived by the Magma Lake. Upon the Green Lotus Platform in the lake, a cyan flame danced merrily.

With a single step, Xiao Yan arrived atop the platform. He reached out and grabbed the center of the flame, pulling out a strip of cyan magma.

With a boom, blazing flames erupted from his palm. The Green Lotus Core Flame's source fire seed was resisting him.

Xiao Yan sat cross-legged on the lotus platform and stuffed the strip of cyan magma into his mouth as though he were eating jelly.

With a whoosh, the strip of cyan magma slid into his stomach.

The instant it entered his stomach, the cyan magma strip angrily erupted into towering flames, trying to burn through Xiao Yan's body.

Xiao Yan remained expressionless and gave his body a slight shake.

Myriad Flame Emperor Physique, activate!

Within his body, the Fire God Domain unfolded. All flames submitted.

The cyan flames that had just ignited from the magma strip went out with a puff.

Xiao Yan used his spiritual will to control the cyan magma strip, transforming it into a source fire seed and guiding it through the acupoints in his stomach into his meridians.

The source fire seed circulated through his meridians without immediately entering his dantian.

One cycle, two cycles, three cycles...

As the Green Lotus Core Flame's source fire seed continued circulating through his meridians, Xiao Yan's meridians steadily became tougher and thicker.

Only after completing nine full cycles did Xiao Yan stop.

Then, he guided the Green Lotus Core Flame straight into his dantian.

Within his dantian was a slowly revolving Dou Qi vortex.

Xiao Yan did not need to absorb it into his body. Instead, he opened up a Fire God Space beside the vortex.

This was an ability granted by the Myriad Flame Emperor Physique. The more flames Xiao Yan absorbed, the greater his mastery over this miraculous physique became.

Under Xiao Yan's spiritual control, the unwilling Green Lotus Core Flame was drawn into the Fire God Space.

The Fire God Space contained an enormous plaza, where countless towering pillars stood.

At the top of each massive pillar was a stone platform with a slight depression at its center.

At this moment, a cluster of cyan flames burned at the center of the stone platform atop one of the pillars.

Green Lotus Core Flame, return to your place!

Xiao Yan did not rush to evolve the Flame Mantra. Over the next few days, he sat cross-legged on the lotus platform, absorbing the fire-element energy from the Magma Lake.

To that end, Xiao Yan poured another two bottles of Companion Purple Crystal Source and two Earthfire Lotus Seeds into the Magma Lake.

The Green Lotus Core Flame had consumed a vast amount of energy while evolving for his queen wife, and Xiao Yan had later absorbed a great deal of its tangible flame.

This had caused the Green Lotus Core Flame to lose some of its source.

Large amounts of fire-element energy were drawn into the Fire God Space, nourishing the Green Lotus Core Flame.

After several days of nourishment, the Green Lotus Core Flame became an increasingly pure cyan and recovered to its peak state.

Sitting on the lotus platform, Xiao Yan's spiritual will was not exhausted. Without pause, he guided the Green Lotus Core Flame out of the Fire God Space.

He then injected the Green Lotus Core Flame into the revolving vortex.

Xiao Yan guided the Green Lotus Core Flame into the vortex's spirit rune, which contained every trace of the Flame Mantra's aura.

As the Green Lotus Core Flame entered the spirit rune, the rune rapidly changed and formed a new spirit rune.

The new spirit rune emitted strange ripples that transformed the entire vortex.

After a full three hours, a new cultivation technique vortex was born within his dantian.

This cultivation technique vortex revolved faster, held more energy, converted absorbed energy into Dou Qi faster, produced higher-quality Dou Qi, and released Dou Qi at a greater speed.

Xiao Yan urged the vortex to spin continuously. The Dou Crystal at the center of the vortex steadily shrank from the size of two thumbs to the size of just one.

The Dou Crystal, originally purple and cyan, also became a single pure cyan color.

This step was meant to purify the quality of his Dou Qi.

When Xiao Yan returned the Green Lotus Core Flame to the Fire God Space, a quarter of its source fire seed had been lost in order to evolve the Flame Mantra.

On the Green Lotus Platform, Xiao Yan slowly exhaled a breath of turbid air produced by cultivation and opened his eyes.

Two cyan beams shot six zhang from his eyes. The light persisted for a full fifteen minutes before gradually fading.

"Teacher, the Flame Mantra has evolved successfully!"

Xiao Yan stretched out his right hand, and a cyan flame condensed from Dou Qi burst from the acupoint in his palm and blazed to life.

This was not the Green Lotus Core Flame, but a flame produced by Dou Qi energy.

Medicine Elder had been floating in the air, guarding the lakeside. Watching Xiao Yan absorb the Green Lotus Core Flame without any danger, he could not help but marvel at the strength of Xiao Yan's fire-attribute physique.

Back then, when he had devoured the Bone Chilling Flame, he had suffered terribly and nearly perished.

"Little Yan, your fire-attribute physique truly makes me envious. I'm jealous to the point of madness."

Medicine Elder stared at Xiao Yan with gleaming eyes, as if he wanted to devour him whole.

Xiao Yan chuckled. Back when he had been allowed to choose three out of seven golden fingers and learned he would transmigrate into Xiao Yan, he had chosen the Myriad Flame Emperor Physique without the slightest hesitation.

Wasn't it precisely because of its ability to devour flames to grow stronger and its immunity to fire damage?

It was practically a physique tailor-made for Xiao Yan to cultivate the Flame Mantra and become the Flame Emperor.

In fact, after Xiao Yan became the Flame Emperor, his own physique was another kind of "Myriad Flame Emperor Physique."

Since Xiao Yan possessed the Myriad Flame Emperor Physique from the start, he naturally could avoid much suffering.

"The Flame Mantra has evolved successfully. It is now at the middle Xuan rank."

Xiao Yan said with a smile.

"This proves that the Flame Mantra truly can evolve. Our next stop is Jia Nan Academy."

Medicine Elder smiled as well, seemingly already seeing Xiao Yan gather three or four Heavenly Flames and refine a new body for him.

Xiao Yan stretched lazily, and his bones immediately crackled like thunder.

His physical body had improved greatly after being tempered by the Green Lotus Core Flame, reaching the peak of the fourth rank.

At the same time, Xiao Yan's Dou Qi cultivation had reached the Four-Star Grand Dou Master level.

With a flash, Xiao Yan appeared inside the villa.

By now, the entire space had changed drastically.

After obtaining Space Authority, Little Fairy had made many plans for the space.

She had constructed many new buildings.

Even the villa had been expanded several times over.

Xiao Yan suddenly appeared inside the villa and saw the three women drinking tea in the garden.

"Big Brother Xiao Yan."

Upon seeing Xiao Yan, Little Fairy skillfully threw herself into his arms.

Xiao Yan had wanted to kiss her lips, but remembering that his saliva was poisonous, he instead planted a kiss on her fair forehead.

"Young Master."

Qing Lin spoke softly. Seeing Sister Xian'er and the young master being so intimate, envy showed in her emerald eyes.

Xiao Yan reached out and rubbed Qing Lin's little head before turning to Nalan Yanran.

"Big Brother Xiao Yan, it was too boring with only Qing Lin and me in the space, so I removed the Space Lock around Sister Yanran's courtyard."

Little Fairy explained. Afraid that Xiao Yan would be angry, she tightly hugged his arm against the softness of her chest.

Xiao Yan laughed softly. "That works too."

Little Fairy possessed Space Authority. Within this space, Nalan Yanran could not threaten her.

Qing Lin also had the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake.

Of the three women, Nalan Yanran was instead the weakest.

"Xiao Yan!"

Nalan Yanran stood up and bowed to Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan nodded. "When I have time later, I'll make a trip to the imperial capital. I'll visit the Nalan Clan then, so give me a token."

Hearing this, Nalan Yanran became slightly excited. She removed the green jade pendant from her ear and handed it to Xiao Yan.

"My father bought this jade pendant. When he sees it, he'll know it is from me."

Xiao Yan accepted the jade pendant. It still carried the young woman's warmth and fragrance.

He casually placed it into his Storage Ring.

Afterward, Xiao Yan spent several days in the space with the three women.

When Little Fairy sought his love, Xiao Yan could only refuse.

After being turned down several times, Little Fairy looked as though she were about to cry. Left with no choice, Xiao Yan told her that he had accidentally activated the Calamity Poison Body.

Only then did she let the matter drop.

After enjoying several leisurely days, Xiao Yan left the space and went to Desert City to find Hai Bodong.