[Successfully broke through to Dou Emperor 1-star.]
[Even if I meet Huo Zhi again, she will probably still look at me with contempt.]
In truth, although realms such as Dou Practitioner, Dou Master, and Dou Grandmaster exist on the Battle Qi Continent, from the perspective of true top-tier forces, there are only five stages.
[Stage 1: Battle Qi swirls, liquefies, crystallizes, sharpens.]
[Stage 2: Dou King and Dou Emperor…]
[Stage 3: Dou Ancestor and Dou Venerate…]
[Stage 4: Peak Dou Venerate, nine revolutions toward Saint…]
[Stage 5: Dou Saint — one star. Reaching Dou Saint 5-star represents a qualitative leap…]
[Whether at the peak of Dou King, Dou Emperor 1-star, or the peak of Dou Emperor, they all belonged only to Stage 2. Only by stepping into Dou Ancestor could one achieve a qualitative leap.]
[However, with my current cultivation, I could enter the lava world beneath the Fallen Heart Flame and obtain the opportunity from Venerable Tian Huo.]
[A Dou Venerate soul is useless to me. I have too many secrets and methods — carrying a soul is impossible.]
[I'll leave him to Brother Yan. He already has Yao Lao; the two of them can keep each other company.]
[However, the second Fallen Heart Flame inside Venerable Tian Huo's body might still be useful.]
Women with Journal copies: !
If their understanding was correct, there was a Dou Venerate soul in the lava world beneath the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower.
Furthermore, this Dou Venerate also possessed another Fallen Heart Flame.
This way, Xiao Ting no longer needed to worry about whether to give the Fallen Heart Flame to Xiao Yan or Xun Er — he could treat both equally.
Xiao Ting took out his Journal while linking soul power and physical body. With the help of the Fallen Heart Flame, he tore open a spatial rift in the barrier and stepped inside.
Guided by the Fallen Heart Flame, after descending for about thirty minutes, he discovered the spatial barrier formed by the corpse of the fallen Yao Tian Huo in the lava world.
"I never thought a powerhouse would fall in a place like this."
Entering the spatial barrier, Xiao Ting looked around and slowly walked toward the white jade skeleton.
"Heh, there's even a Fallen Heart Flame here."
Xiao Ting showed a surprised expression and prepared to collect the Fallen Heart Flame.
At that moment, a dazzling light shot out from the bones and instantly transformed into a phantom — it was Yao Tian Huo.
Yao Tian Huo glanced at the Fallen Heart Flame that had transformed into a giant python outside the barrier. A trace of regret flashed through his eyes. He looked down at Xiao Ting and smiled. "Young friend, there's no need to be nervous. I am the original master of the Fallen Heart Flame outside, and now also the master of the young Fallen Heart Flame you see."
"Back then, I suppressed the first Fallen Heart Flame in this lava world. Later I wandered the Battle Qi Continent and finally reached the Dou Venerate realm, becoming known as Venerable Tian Huo."
"After achieving fame and success, I revisited this place and unexpectedly discovered that this second location was also a young heart flame."
"At that time, confident in my strength, I tried to forcefully suppress the second Fallen Heart Flame and suffered a backlash…"
Yao Tian Huo recounted the events leading to his death in a tone filled with deep emotion and regret.
Xiao Ting wrote down everything he said in his Journal, essentially live-broadcasting to the dungeon owners.
As an observer of the world, writing comments was his job.
[A 5-star Dou Venerate who had fully refined a mature Fallen Heart Flame tried to suppress an immature second Fallen Heart Flame by force and perished from the backlash. Meanwhile, our Xiao clan ancestor Xiao Xuan simultaneously controlled three different flames during his Dou Venerate period and created the powerful secret art "Skyfire Three Mysterious Change" to further increase his strength. Truly formidable.]
He planned to use this immature Fallen Heart Flame to trade with Elder Su Qian for the mature one, then split it and give it to Brother Yan and Xun Er.
Their Flame Mantra would all evolve, and their power would likely increase dramatically.
After finishing writing, Xiao Ting saw that Venerable Tian Huo had finished speaking and said, "Senior, it seems we were truly fated to meet."
"My third brother had a teacher who was a famous alchemist across the Battle Qi Continent. At his peak, he reached the 9th tier of Dou Venerate and the pinnacle of alchemy, mastering perfect resurrection techniques."
"If you're willing, I can take you there. You can stay with my third brother until the conditions for resurrection are met, and he will help you resurrect."
As Xiao Ting spoke, he released his soul power.
A Spiritual Realm soul could indeed enter the Dou Venerate realm, but a Dou Venerate did not necessarily possess a soul in the Spiritual Realm.
Yao Lao was a half-step Heavenly Realm soul. Venerable Tian Huo Yao Tian Huo was truly worthy of having survived for many years inside his own corpse after falling. His soul realm had reached the middle stage of the Spiritual Realm, but now he was very weak — far less powerful than Xiao Ting.
"Young friend, you are correct. We were indeed fated to meet." Upon hearing Xiao Ting's words, Yao Tian Huo's heart surged with excitement.
His original goal had been to help Xiao Ting master the infant soul flame, promise to teach him top-tier battle techniques, and ask to be taken out of the lava world to find a resurrection method.
Unexpectedly, Xiao Ting immediately surprised him. The resurrection method came directly from a peak 8th-tier Alchemist.
"Young friend, let me help you master this Heavenly Flame." Venerable Tian Huo said warmly. "If you wish, I can also teach you the quasi-heaven-tier battle technique I created myself."
Five Ring Flame Expelling Technique?
Xiao Ting had no interest.
He was a lightning-fire attribute cultivator and had many battle techniques he could learn. There was no need to master this one that required a long preparation time.
"Then thank you very much, Senior." Although Xiao Ting had no intention of learning it, he did not refuse outright.
If Venerable Tian Huo taught him the method, he would memorize it carefully and pass it on to Xun Er, who possessed pure fire-attribute Battle Qi. It would always be more appropriate than constantly using the Emperor Seal Technique.
"However, the task of collecting the Fallen Heart Flame… I can handle it myself."
Xiao Ting raised his hand and summoned the Purple Beast Flame with a thought.
In the next instant, the newborn Fallen Heart Flame flew toward the Purple Beast Flame like a lost child finding its parent, dancing joyfully.
"Senior, do you mind if I do something with your corpse?" Xiao Ting asked.
"I don't mind. It's just a useless shell anyway." Yao Tian Huo laughed generously and even joked, "You can turn it to ashes if you want."
"That's a bit different." Xiao Ting chuckled and shook his head. He pointed a finger at Yao Tian Huo's corpse, releasing the light of the Purple Beast Flame.
Then he raised his hand and formed a seal. The Purple Beast Flame instantly spread out, completely enveloping Yao Tian Huo's corpse.
As time passed, the corpse began to melt. Under the control of the Purple Beast Flame, it transformed into a long sword that looked as if it were made entirely of white jade.
"Go!"
Xiao Ting lightly swung the sword sideways. The long sword flew out horizontally, releasing powerful sword qi that shook and distorted space as if it were alive.
The sword stabbed into the void and instantly appeared a hundred feet away in the lava world, annihilating a strange lizard-like creature.
"Fire Lizard Race, huh? So that's what it is."
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