After leaving Qingshan Town and getting Xiao Yi Xian settled, Xiao Yan made the long journey alone across the Magical Beast Mountain Range, finally setting foot in the renowned Tagor Desert.
Xiao Yan first visited Xiao Ding and Xiao Li, giving each of them an Immortal Blood Pill. Then he took Qing Lin as his younger sister.
Qing Lin knew the location of the unusual fluctuations, and there was a Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake there, so Xiao Yan and Qing Lin set off together for the Green Lotus Core Flame.
As far as the eye could see, endless yellow sand stretched for thousands of miles. The blazing sun hung overhead, scorching the earth until it steamed with heat. Fierce winds howled, whipping sand and grit through the air. The world was barren and deathly still, without the slightest trace of life. The dry heat distorted their vision.
Standing amid the boundless sea of sand, Xiao Yan stopped with Qing Lin and gazed into the distance.
This was the birthplace of the Green Lotus Core Flame, and the place where he would find his opportunity to break through to Dou Wang.
Over the course of his journey, he had already fully stabilized his Dou Ling cultivation. The Red Emperor Fire Emperor Qi within him suppressed all flames, allowing him to easily command any Heavenly Flames in the world. Subduing a Green Lotus Core Flame should have been effortless.
With a thought, Xiao Yan officially activated the Myriad Heavens Live-Streaming Function in the Tagor Desert.
An invisible screen instantly took shape, broadcasting the scene of the entire barren, scorching desert into the Heavenly Chat Group in real time.
[Xiao Yan started a livestream]
When Jiang Xian saw that Xiao Yan had started streaming, he was the first to enter Xiao Yan's livestream. The others soon joined as well.
[Jiang Xian entered the livestream.] [Fang Han entered the livestream.] [Ye Fan entered the livestream.] [Shi Hao entered the livestream.]
Jiang Xian discovered that he could freely switch perspectives in the livestream, choosing either a first-person view or a bird's-eye view.
[Jiang Xian: "You're streaming, Xiao Yan! Are you getting ready to subdue the Green Lotus Core Flame?"] [Fang Han: "So this is livestreaming? Quite interesting."] [Shi Hao: "Brother Xiao Yan, who's that person beside you?"] [Ye Fan: "The image quality is pretty good."]
Watching everyone's words turn into scrolling comments that drifted before his eyes, Xiao Yan replied, "Yes, the Green Lotus Core Flame is just ahead. As for the person beside me, she's Qing Lin, the younger sister I just took in."
Before long, Xiao Yan and Qing Lin reached the location of the unusual fluctuations.
Xiao Yan used the Red Emperor Fire Emperor Qi to sense the Green Lotus Core Flame, finally determining that it should be directly beneath his feet. However, he had arrived early this time, and Medusa had yet to dig a passage.
[Xiao Yan: "Guys, is there any way to get down there? If I just start digging, won't I end up buried?"] [Jiang Xian: "Ah, you still need your Brother Jiang when it counts. Let me help. I've already cultivated the Yellow Emperor Earth Sovereign Way. Making a tunnel is nothing."]
After saying that, Jiang Xian requested to travel to the Battle Through the Heavens World, and Xiao Yan immediately approved his request.
Soon, a figure stepped out of the Space Gate. It was Jiang Xian.
Seeing someone suddenly appear, Qing Lin hid behind Xiao Yan in a little fright. Xiao Yan quickly introduced Jiang Xian to her.
"Brother Jiang, sorry for the trouble." Xiao Yan was a little embarrassed.
"It's fine. Just watch." Jiang Xian waved a hand.
The next second, Jiang Xian raised his hand and gently pressed down.
Hum-!
A vast, weighty yellow power thundered into the ground!
All the sand and gravel in this section of the Tagor Desert came under the control of the Yellow Emperor Earth Yellow Way. Hard subterranean rock, endless sand, and the complex underground terrain shifted as obediently as flowing water beneath the power of the Yellow Emperor Earth Sovereign Way.
Rumble!
A low, steady tremor sounded through the earth.
With the two of them at its center, a massive underground tunnel, straight, level, and smooth, instantly formed out of nothing beneath their feet!
Yellow sand peeled away to either side on its own, and layers of rock broke apart and arranged themselves. The weighty power of the great Dao of earth reinforced the four walls, blocking out the heat, the shifting sand, and every underground danger.
A thousand-meter underground tunnel leading straight to the Green Lotus Core Flame's Magma Cave formed in an instant, without a single bend or obstruction.
The tunnel was dry and stable, with air circulating through it. Deep in the darkness ahead, they could even faintly see the distinctive crimson glow of magma.
The three entered the tunnel and soon reached its end, which opened into a vast underground cavern.
Deep within the cavern, crimson magma churned continuously. Huge bubbles rose from time to time before suddenly bursting, splashing scalding magma everywhere like crimson fireworks blooming without warning.
Gazing at the boundless sea of magma before him, Xiao Yan began circulating the Red Emperor Fire Emperor Qi, absorbing the fire-attribute energy within it.
Jiang Xian frowned slightly at the magma before him, then quickly seized a Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake from within it.
Sensing Jiang Xian's aura, the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake lay prone on the ground and lowered its heads.
Jiang Xian turned toward Qing Lin beside him and spoke.
"Qing Lin, you possess the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils. Your innate gift naturally counters snake creatures. You can go and subdue this Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake."
Qing Lin stiffened slightly, a trace of nervousness flashing in her eyes. Then she took a deep breath and stepped forward.
An unusual three-flowered snake pupil slowly appeared in her eyes. A deep jade-green glow gradually spread, and an innate bloodline pressure that intimidated all snakes enveloped the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake on the surface of the magma lake.
Already suppressed by Jiang Xian, the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake now faced the natural restraint of the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils. Its enormous body trembled violently, both heads lowered, and its last trace of defiance vanished completely.
[Ye Fan: "Those Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils are quite a good innate gift."] [Fang Han: "Indeed, though they'd be even better if they weren't limited to snakes."]
Their two comments slowly drifted past.
Xiao Yan said, "Brother Jiang, help me look after Qing Lin. I'm going down to subdue the Green Lotus Core Flame."
Jiang Xian said, "No problem. Go ahead!"
Xiao Yan plunged into the magma, moving like a fish in water as he swam swiftly toward the Green Lotus Core Flame.
As Xiao Yan went deeper into the magma, the fire-attribute energy he sensed grew increasingly intense.
Soon, he saw a green lotus with a green flame deep within it. This should be the legendary Green Lotus Core Flame, ranked nineteenth on the Heavenly Flame Ranking.
Without the slightest hesitation, Xiao Yan circulated the Red Emperor Fire Emperor Qi. Faced with Xiao Yan, the Green Lotus Core Flame offered no resistance, as though it had encountered its sovereign.
Xiao Yan grabbed it and refined it in an instant.
Before the Red Emperor Fire Emperor Qi, the violent energy of the Heavenly Flame was exceptionally docile.
The Magma Cave shook violently. The fire energy here streamed endlessly toward Xiao Yan's body, and the Dou Qi storm around him grew increasingly fierce. Under the impact of the vast amount of Heavenly Flame Origin, the barrier to his next cultivation realm began to crack faintly.
Layer after layer of invisible barriers shattered with a crash!
Vast Dou Qi erupted from Xiao Yan's body, and his powerful aura surged all the way up.
Two-Star Dou Ling.
Three-Star Dou Ling.
Nine-Star Dou Ling.
Only when he firmly stepped into One-Star Dou Wang did it stop! He had become the second-strongest member of the chat group.
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