[Please Keep Reading!!] Don't Worry About Whether It's Wise-Just Say Whether It's World-Shaking!

Sensing that trace of wood within the fire, Xiao Yan's eyes widened. He could even feel the endless vitality woven through it.

Fire with wood within it—those were precisely his attributes. This thing was a perfect match for him!

More importantly, he could not sense the slightest trace of beastly nature from the source of that aura!

Xiao Yan instantly summoned his martial soul, pure white flames flashing in his eyes.

In an instant, he resonated with that distant aura, and a dazzling image wreathed in fire appeared in his mind.

It was a peach tree entirely crimson-gold, formed from condensed flames!

Every crimson-gold leaf burned with vast flames. Amid the blaze, waves of peach blossom fragrance drifted through the air, while within the flickering firelight, crystal-clear peaches like colored glaze appeared and vanished, each radiating pure energy.

Sensing this, Xiao Yan's speed abruptly surged. Flowing flames wrapped around Ma Xiaotao as he fled at full speed.

"Is this... the Crimson Sun Heaven-Burning Peach, a top-tier fire-element soul beast recorded to have gone extinct long ago?" Ma Xiaotao's red lips parted slightly as she looked at the image Xiao Yan had sent into her mind.

Yan Shaozhe had never told her about this thing. She had only learned of its origins after digging out the travel records of the Ultimate Fire ancestor who had led Douluo Continent against the Sun Moon Empire's invasion thousands of years ago from some forgotten corner.

"Legend says that this soul beast is a naturally born treasure of heaven and earth, incredibly rare. It is formed when the essence of wood transforms into fire, a tangible entity condensed from flames.

"It absorbs the essence of heaven and earth and gathers the brilliance of the sun and moon. Before reaching ten thousand years, it blooms once every three thousand years, bears fruit once every three thousand years, and ripens once every three thousand years. The peach it produces as its life-bound fruit is a legendary Immortal-Grade Rare Herb.

"Its most extraordinary trait is its ability to gather the fire energy drifting through heaven and earth into tangible form. It is an exceedingly rare heavenly treasure.

"The reason it went extinct was that as the plant grew, its flames became increasingly terrifying. At ten thousand years, it would transform into Pseudo-Ultimate Fire, but the trace of life-bound wood energy sustaining its existence could not bear that power. Most of them would self-immolate and die before reaching ten thousand years." As Ma Xiaotao spoke, she carefully studied the peach tree in the image, her eyes filled with disbelief.

Aside from its dazzling appearance, the aura of its flames was actually even closer to Ultimate Fire than Xiao Yan's had been before!

"After passing the ten-thousand-year threshold, its growth stages change from every three thousand years to every thirty thousand years. After ninety thousand years, the flames within its body continuously transform. Once it breaks through the hundred-thousand-year barrier, it will completely become Ultimate Fire!

"It blooms once every thirty thousand years and bears fruit once every thirty thousand years. Its fruit has only just formed and has yet to ripen. This one is actually a Crimson Sun Heaven-Burning Peach more than seventy thousand years old!!!"

Xiao Yan: Hiss—

Taking a sharp breath, Xiao Yan's eyes were filled with delight.

Condensed from flames, with wood within fire, transformed into a tangible entity...

Wasn't this a chosen soul ring custom-made for him by fate itself?

No joke, this thing truly had a fated connection with him.

The flames dispersed, and Xiao Yan appeared a hundred meters away from that seventy-thousand-year Crimson Sun Heaven-Burning Peach.

A top-tier soul beast like this absolutely could not be underestimated.

In Xiao Yan's view, soul beasts over fifty thousand years old roughly corresponded to fourth- or fifth-tier magical beasts.

The gap varied enormously depending on their quality, but generally speaking, that was about right.

But a seventy-thousand-year Pseudo-Ultimate Fire soul beast that had survived its destined death tribulation was different.

Xiao Yan narrowed his eyes. He could clearly sense the peach tree's vigorous, tenacious vitality, strong to an extreme.

At the side, Ma Xiaotao instantly summoned her martial soul. Crimson feathers emerged one after another, and she could burst forth like an arrow loosed from the bow at any moment.

Xiao Yan reached out and lightly stopped Ma Xiaotao, then stretched his body and slowly stepped forward.

If it had been an opponent of another attribute, that would have been one thing. But against an opponent on the path of fire, even if it exerted all its strength, it could at most ram its head into the sole of his shoe.

Yet the moment he took a step forward, Xiao Yan felt a ripple attempting to establish a connection with him. Raising an eyebrow, he directly allowed it into his body.

If it had no ill intentions, all was well. If it did, then he could only let it properly experience what the Three Treasures Unified Flawless Dharma Body was.

"Supreme Lord of Flames, ruler of all fires, welcome to your arrival."

Just then, a gentle voice suddenly rang out. Immediately afterward, Xiao Yan saw the peach tree's branches tremble lightly as a huge crimson-gold peach with the texture of colored glaze flew toward him.

Sensing the pure vitality and fire essence within it, Xiao Yan frowned.

This was bad. This peach tree's desire to survive was a little too strong.

Smacking his lips, Xiao Yan held back the ultimate move he had been preparing. He gently accepted the other party's greeting gift, and his aura eased.

One did not strike a smiling face. He rather liked resolving matters without bloodshed.

Since the other side did not intend to fight immediately, he wanted to see what exactly it was after.

Soul beasts like this were generally quite straightforward.

"Lord of Flames, your purpose in coming here..." The peach tree was about to continue, but Xiao Yan waved a hand.

There was no need for nonsense. There was always a reason behind such behavior. The tree had lowered its stance so much; it definitely wanted something from him.

Xiao Yan did not believe that his status had reached the point where a mere display of power could make a top-tier soul beast capable of human speech bow its head and submit.

Much like sixth-tier magical beasts on Dou Qi Continent, only hundred-thousand-year soul beasts on Douluo Continent could speak human language, unless they were certain special soul beasts capable of doing so earlier.

If it were truly that simple-minded, it would have died long ago.

"Hehe." Just as Xiao Yan expected, the peach tree's laughter carried a certain flavor somewhat similar to Yao Lao's.

"You may not know this, but I can sense the flow of fire energy between heaven and earth, and I can gather it into tangible form. Because of this innate ability, I can perceive that you are capable of greatly purifying flames..."

Xiao Yan immediately understood.

So it wanted his help.

"You should know what I need," Xiao Yan said, raising an eyebrow.

"If I break through the hundred-thousand-year threshold, I will give you my life-bound fruit, containing all my cultivation, and let it become your soul ring." The Crimson Sun Heaven-Burning Peach's smile did not fade.

Checking the information the other party had transmitted to him, Xiao Yan blinked.

It operated on principles similar to a God-Given Soul Ring. After surviving the lightning tribulation, it could use a restricted ability to gift the condensed life-bound peach to someone else.

"It's not as though I can only obtain a soul ring through this method. I actually rather want to obtain one through the proper method. Aren't you afraid I'll kill you?"

Xiao Yan scratched his head. Still, if this was real, it would actually be better for him than properly absorbing a soul ring. This God-Given Soul Ring method could clearly let him pull off more tricks in the future.

"What difference is there between dying early and dying late?" The peach tree gave a bitter smile. If not for an inexplicable blessing of luck, it would have self-immolated and died from its increasingly powerful flames ten thousand years ago. At that time, it had relied on tremendous luck to slash away a vast portion of its own cultivation, successfully gambling with its life and suppressing itself from ninety thousand years to just over seventy thousand years.

It was precisely because that gamble had succeeded that it had become especially sensitive to luck. It could sense that Xiao Yan not only possessed the status of one who ruled all fires beneath heaven, but was also blessed with extremely powerful fortune.

Its intuition told it that the fortune protecting the Star Dou Great Forest, though currently at its peak, seemed as though it could dissipate at any time. It needed to find another path forward, or it would eventually die.

Even if this plan failed, the peach tree felt that after Xiao Yan strengthened it, it could still offer itself as a sacrifice. If Xiao Yan became a god in the future, wouldn't it be revived?

The peach tree was eager to try. Even if Xiao Yan had ulterior motives, that would be perfect!

It had previously succeeded in a gamble with a one-in-ten-thousand chance of survival. Having already cut away part of its cultivation once, it could not do so again—but it could borrow Xiao Yan's hand! At worst, it would give its cultivation to Xiao Yan. The seed had already been planted; in the worst-case scenario, it would simply cultivate anew.

The peach tree did not want to die. It wanted to live until the very end!

This was not an all-or-nothing gamble.

It was a moderate win, a huge win, or an enormous win!

"Come on! I can't wait any longer!"

Xiao Yan: (눈_눈)

Sensing the peach tree's rapidly shifting thoughts, Xiao Yan's mouth twitched.

This tree truly possessed... world-shaking wisdom!

Don't worry about whether it was wise—just say whether it was world-shaking.