Heavenly Flame

Biodata

Feature	Information
Name	Heavenly Flame
Alias(es)	异火 (Yìhuǒ); strange flames born of heaven and earth
Species/Race	Extraordinary natural flames containing, or directly connected to, the world laws of the Dou Qi Continent 83 182
First Appearance	Chapter 3, “Separation” 3

Nature and Properties

Connection to world laws

Heavenly Flames are distinguished from ordinary and Beast Flames by their connection to the world laws of the Dou Qi Continent. Their presence strengthens those laws locally, allowing life to endure in areas otherwise affected by chaotic laws or unable to nurture life. 83

• A Heavenly Flame may be less destructive than an extremely powerful Beast Flame while still possessing a higher inherent status. 83
• Their influence can stabilize spatial phenomena; Xiao Yan's flame armor noticeably calms a newly formed spatial wormhole. 237
• Repeated refinement cleanses and tempers a cultivator's marrow, meridians, constitution, and aptitude. 182

Flame hierarchy and resonance

When a Heavenly Flame appears, surrounding flames may instinctively submit—a phenomenon called Myriad Flames Paying Homage. 83 133

• Xiao Yan's seventeenth-ranked Volcanic Rock Flame forces nearby alchemists' flames, including Sikong Ming's seventh-tier Beast Flame, to emerge and bow. 133
• Different Heavenly Flames naturally repel one another; forcing them together can produce catastrophic explosions. 21 218
• The Flame Mantra can mediate this hostility, refine multiple flames, and fuse them into more stable composite flames. 21 83

Intelligence and manifestation

Some Heavenly Flames display independent intelligence, survival instincts, or manifested forms.

• Falling Heart Flame acts as a calculating flaming serpent, seeks to devour other Heavenly Flames, and conceals its Origin Heart Flame inside Medusa Queen. 181 182
• Myriad Beast Spirit Flame manifests as the Chimera Beast; its body and soul are inferred to be aggregates of the blood and remnant souls of countless Magic Beasts. 218
• Netherworld Poison Flame possesses an independent consciousness and grows stronger by absorbing poison. 229 230

Appearance

Heavenly Flames have no uniform appearance; their color and form vary with their individual nature.

• Volcanic Rock Flame — crimson and stone-like. 133
• Green Lotus Core Flame — cyan flame associated with a lotus. 18 21
• Yin-Yang Twin Flames — black-and-white radiance. 78 85
• Falling Heart Flame — colorless flame, commonly manifested as an enormous serpent. 181 199
• Fury Dragon Flame — a wind-and-fire flame appearing as an immense fiery tornado. 231
• Netherworld Poison Flame — dark-green poisonous fire. 229 230

Known Heavenly Flames

Heavenly Flame	Ranking	Recorded characteristics
Black Yellow Flame	Described as the weakest	Even the weakest Heavenly Flame is said to be capable of securing a Dou Emperor-level expert. 3
Void Swallowing Flame	2nd	Its sub-flame possesses extremely high-grade essence and can rival a top-ten Heavenly Flame. 294
Bone Spirit Cold Fire	11th	A pale-white flame that brings extreme cold rather than warmth. 12 267
Falling Heart Flame	14th	Imprisoned beneath Canaan Academy's Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower; its wild strength reaches the peak Battle Ancestor level. 138 181
Volcanic Rock Flame	17th	Xiao Yan's early Heavenly Flame; used in Volcanic Eight Extremes Collapse and Flame Emperor Armor. 6 133
Fury Dragon Flame	18th	A wind-and-fire flame artificially anchored beneath Sun-Shielding Ancient City by Xiao Xuan. 231
Green Lotus Core Flame	19th	Hidden within the Tagore Great Desert's magma sea and guarded by the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Serpent. 16 18 96
Netherworld Poison Flame	20th	A poisonous flame that had fused with remnants of Xiao Xuan's Dou God Bloodline. 228 229
Myriad Beast Spirit Flame	22nd	A flame born from the blood and souls of ten thousand beasts; it promotes the growth of Magic Beasts. 217 218
Yin-Yang Twin Flames	Not stated	Black-and-white flames with a rare ability to reconcile naturally incompatible substances. 78 160
Heartsea Flame	Not stated	Refined by Xiao Yan alongside Bone Spirit Cold Fire during the Flame Mantra's ascent to Quasi-Heaven Tier. 206 207
Pure Lotus Demon Flame	Not stated	Its aura is sensed through a fragmentary map kept in Hai Bodong's map shop. 14

Fused Forms

Form	Components	Result
Blue-red flame	Volcanic Rock Flame and Green Lotus Core Flame	Xiao Yan's first documented dual-flame fusion. 22 83
Pure violet flame	Volcanic Rock Flame, Green Lotus Core Flame, and Yin-Yang Twin Flames	The Yin-Yang Twin Flames reconcile the earlier red-and-green division; tiny black-and-white yin-yang fish remain within the violet fire. 85 160
Glazed Violet Flame	Falling Heart Flame as the core with Xiao Yan's earlier fused flames	Considered by Xiao Yan to possess power comparable to a top-ten Heavenly Flame and stronger than Bone Spirit Cold Fire. 185
Prismatic Purple Flame	Nine fused Heavenly Flames	Suppresses the Red Lotus Karmic Flame and causes even the Eight Desolations Annihilating Flame to tremble. 298

Relationship with Xiao Yan

• Xiao Yan — Uses the Flame Mantra to refine, fuse, and evolve through Heavenly Flames; this path is extraordinarily dangerous but is his chosen route toward the Dou God realm. 21 83
• Xiao Xuan — Explains the Flames' connection to world laws, transfers the Yin-Yang Twin Flames to Xiao Yan, and leaves behind methods connected to the Fury Dragon Flame and other sealed flames. 83 84 231
• Medusa Queen — Becomes entangled with the Falling Heart Flame when its Origin Heart Flame hides within her body; Xiao Yan extracts and refines it while protecting her. 182 183
• Canaan Academy — Imprisons and draws cultivation energy from the Falling Heart Flame beneath the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower; Xiao Yan later gives the academy a juvenile Falling Heart Flame as a replacement. 138 181 204
• Magic Beasts — Several Flames are central to magical-beast survival or development: the Yin-Yang Twin Flames sustain beasts in Xiao Xuan's hidden world, while the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame nurtures beasts in the Magic Beast Mountains. 78 217

Story Role

Early refinements

Xiao Yan refines the Volcanic Rock Flame despite severe bodily damage, strengthening his meridians and advancing the Flame Mantra. He subsequently uses its heat to create techniques such as Volcanic Eight Extremes Collapse and to form the Flame Emperor Armor. 6 13

His pursuit of the Green Lotus Core Flame takes him into the Tagore Great Desert, where he defeats the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Serpent and retrieves the flame from the magma sea. Refining it advances the Flame Mantra to Half-Step Earth Tier and establishes Xiao Yan's first stable dual-flame fusion. 18 21 22

Inheritances and Canaan Academy

Xiao Xuan identifies Heavenly Flames as embodiments of world laws and entrusts Xiao Yan with the Yin-Yang Twin Flames. Their subsequent fusion produces Xiao Yan's pure violet flame. 83 85

The Falling Heart Flame becomes the focus of Canaan Academy's crisis when it escapes the weakening Spatial Prison beneath the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower. Xiao Yan lures it back into the seal, later enters its body to locate its Origin Heart Flame, and completes its refinement after nearly half a year underground. 181 182 183 185

Later acquisitions

Xiao Yan captures the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame after exposing its Chimera Beast manifestation, then refines the Netherworld Poison Flame and suppresses the Fury Dragon Flame using Xiao Xuan's prepared control method. 218 230 231

By the time he refines Fury Dragon Flame, Xiao Yan has fused nine Heavenly Flames. Their combined power becomes the basis of his Prismatic Purple Flame, Flame Emperor Armor, Three Mysteries of Heavenly Flame, and high-level flame formations. 231 234 255 298