Challenge

After a soft murmur in his heart, Nalan Chenfeng endured the stinging pain and slowly channeled his fighting Dou Qi along his meridians towards that Heart Fire.

Formless and colorless, it manifests through the heart, leaving no trace—this is the Fallen Heart Flame!

In that instant, even with his current soul power, which was comparable to that of Peak Dou Wang, he couldn't sense how the invisible Heart Fire entered his body.

However, the spatial barrier set up by the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower allows the Heart Fire Flame derived from the Fallen Heart Flame to be more beneficial than harmful. As long as it is not absorbed blindly, it can be used to enhance one's strength.

"Go!"

With a thought, the dark red Dou Qi flowing through Nalan Chenfeng's meridians suddenly surged forth and rushed into that invisible flame.

The area affected by the Heart Fire was extremely small. Therefore, under Nalan Chenfeng's mental focus, in less than a second, the dark red Dou Qi that had rushed into the flames was once again expelled from the other side.

"This kind of condensation efficiency..."

Nalan Chenfeng's mind trembled as he tightly controlled the dark red Dou Qi that had pierced through the invisible flames.

At this moment, the originally quite robust Dou Qi emanating from his meridians shrank by nearly half after passing through the Heart Fire.

However, even so, he could sense that the fact that the Dou Qi aura had shrunk by half was not a bad thing; its density was far greater than before.

The feeling was as if the Dou Qi, passing through the Heart Fire, was forcibly compressed and tightly bound together.

With this change, the Dou Qi, which was much smaller in size, could unleash a power that was actually greater than the Dou Qi that had been in his body before.

As his Dou Qi solidified, the amount of Dou Qi stored in his body also effectively doubled. If he could compress and solidify all the Dou Qi in his body...

At this current level, the body can store more Dou Qi, the foundation will become more solid, and there will no longer be any situation where the Dou Qi is weak or unstable.

This is the effect of the Fallen Heart Flame; this cultivation accelerator on the Heavenly Flame Ranking truly lives up to its name.

"Continue..."

Sensing the change in his own Dou Qi, Nalan Chenfeng did not hesitate and continued to control his Dou Qi to flow continuously through that Heart Fire.

However, after the third burst of Dou Qi passed through, the invisible Fallen Heart Flame Heart Fire began to tremble.

Then, the flames became ethereal, the temperature dropped lower and lower, and finally, just as they had appeared, they vanished completely without a sound.

"It's gone so quickly..."

Nalan Chenfeng was stunned for a moment, then his mind moved and he transferred the three purified Dou Qi into the rhombus-shaped sea urchin.

With his mind focused on the rhomboid Dou Crystal, Nalan Chenfeng could also detect that the sixth spike on the sea urchin trembled slightly.

"Unfortunately, this level of Heart Fire isn't enough to temper my Dou Qi..."

Nalan Chenfeng sighed inwardly and slowly opened his eyes.

He is not Dou Shi, nor Da Dou Shi, but Five-Star Dou Ling.

The Heart Fire of the Fallen Heart Flame is effective against him, but it only works quickly when he reaches the fifth level of the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower.

The amount of Dou Qi he just refined was somewhat insignificant compared to the total amount of Dou Qi in his body.

Although he could sense the improvement in his strength, it was rather bland and tasteless, like a chicken rib—unappetizing to eat but a pity to throw away.

"Truly a genius the academy has never seen before. In such a short time, he was able to emerge from the scorching heat of the Heartfire Scorching through his own strength, complete the initial tempering of his Dou Qi, and refine and absorb the Heart Flame. He's truly amazing."

Upon seeing Nalan Chenfeng awaken, Elder Liu was slightly taken aback, but then understood and praised him.

Although Nalan Chenfeng before him was indeed a freshman, he was also a Five-Star Dou Ling.

Such strength was not difficult to acquire through the initial Heartfire Scorching upon entering the tower, but what truly amazed him was the fact that someone of his age possessed such power.

Nalan Chenfeng smiled slightly, but he didn't feel particularly smug.

It would be a joke if he, a Five-Star Dou Ling, were to be rendered disheveled by this wisp of Heart Fire like Han Yue and other freshmen.

"You've passed the test, but this girl will probably need a while longer."

Elder Liu turned his gaze to Han Yue, stroking his beard as he spoke slowly.

"Yes, she's only a Two-Star Da Dou Shi; it will take her some time to fully adapt."

Nalan Chenfeng nodded and added, "Although I have already told Han Yue how to use the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower to cultivate through the Heartfire Scorching, the latter is still weak and needs some time to adapt."

"So, are you going to go straight into the tower to cultivate, or wait for her?"

"With me here, this girl will be fine."

Elder Liu turned his gaze back to Nalan Chen.

He's probably going to be busy today. The tower just opened, and there are the most people there. Those freshmen without the strength can't squeeze in. In a little while, he'll have to get involved with these reckless and ignorant little guys.

Students from the Canaan Inner Academy need an adaptation period before entering the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower for cultivation. People like Nalan Chenfeng, who can start cultivating directly, are a very small minority.

"I'll wait until Yue'er wakes up before I leave; she should be here soon."

Nalan Chenfeng was not in a hurry. He glanced at Han Yue and replied.

The Heartfire Scorching has a time limit. If Han Yue cannot withstand it and her internal Dou Qi cannot be tempered by that wisp of Heart Fire, then it will only last for about ten minutes.

If it can be sustained, the speed will be even faster.

As Nalan Chenfeng had predicted, three minutes later, Han Yue's fair and beautiful face was covered in sweat. She slowly opened her eyes and let out a long sigh of relief.

"This girl actually knows cultivation methods..."

Elder Liu was taken aback for a moment, but then didn't think much of it and waved his hand to reassure him.

"Alright, you can choose which level to cultivate on based on your strength, but remember, you must not enter the black hole in the center of the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower."

"Furthermore, cultivation should be done in moderation. The Heart Fire is formless. Although it can temper Dou Qi, it is still a flame, containing the violent power of fire. If too much is absorbed, a kind of Fire Poison will slowly accumulate in the body."

"Um..."

Nalan Chenfeng and Han Yue responded in unison, then exchanged a glance before parting ways.

Han Yue needed to find a cultivation room on the first floor, while he needed to go down to the Fifth Floor the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower.

Only there can his strength be improved rapidly.

Soon, Ye Feng arrived at the fifth floor of the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower.

Are all the advanced training rooms here full?

In the flickering Zhu Huo of the floor area, Nalan Chenfeng looked around and saw that all ten advanced training rooms had been occupied, their doors flashing red light.

"Looks like I have no choice but to press that challenge bell."

After a moment's hesitation, Nalan Chenfeng made his decision.

He can either go check out the Sixth Floor, or he can challenge someone on the Fifth Floor and occupy a cultivation room.

Before understanding the power of the Heart Fire on the Fifth Floor, it would be somewhat unwise to rashly venture into the Sixth Floor, which is only accessible to those at the Six-Star Dou Ling or above.

Jia Nan Academy has a rule that training rooms are not specifically owned by anyone. As long as you press the challenge bell in front of the door, insert Fire Energy Card, and deduct a day's worth of Fire Energy, you can take on a challenge.

If we can win, we can occupy the current training room.