"A Five-Star Dou Zong... Looks like I'll have to find some higher-ranked Heavenly Flames if I want to gain more levels." Xiao Yan shook his head helplessly. Although he still had a Heavenly Flame left with Queen Medusa, the Green Lotus Core Flame ranked far too low. Even if he refined it, whether it could raise him by a single star was questionable.
Of course, Xiao Yan would not give up on the Green Lotus Core Flame because of that. After all, advancing his Flame Mantra to the Heaven Tier required the energy of these Heavenly Flames. Although refining the Fallen Heart Flame had successfully evolved the Flame Mantra from intermediate Earth Tier to advanced Earth Tier, it remained a considerable distance from the Heaven Tier.
"Whew..." After taking a deep breath, Xiao Yan felt a sudden scorching heat arise within him. This time, however, he had come prepared. Before the evil flame could flare up, he took a pill radiating cold air from his Storage Ring and popped it into his mouth. The moment the pill entered his body, it unleashed a surge of cold that forcibly dispersed the evil flame.
As the saying went, a stumble into a pit made one wiser. Having suffered at this thing's hands once, how could Xiao Yan possibly fall for it a second time?
After suppressing the evil flame within him, Xiao Yan took several map fragments from his Storage Ring. These were the pieces of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame Fragment Map he had collected. He had obtained the first two in the Magical Beast Mountain Range and from Hai Bodong, while he had found another in the Storage Ring of the Eight Gates' master after killing him in the Ruins of Return. Once he collected the final piece, he could