"Everyone, leave the hall."
As Lin Yuan's words fell, his five clones vanished from the hall like phantoms.
Immediately after, he gently waved his hand and retrieved the Green Lotus Core Flame Seat from his storage ring. With a light toss, the lotus seat floated into the center of the hall, resembling a blooming green lotus that emitted a faint azure glow.
The Green Lotus Seat was an excellent treasure for handling Heavenly Flames. It could effectively isolate aura, and once a Heavenly Flame was placed upon it, it would become extremely stable.
Lin Yuan took out a medicinal pill from his sleeve. Azure flames coiled around it, enveloping the pill, and soon a wave of medicinal power spread out, covering Han Feng. Under its effect, Han Feng's breathing gradually deepened as he fell into a deep slumber.
"To forcibly extract a Heavenly Flame, the target must be completely unable to resist. With this, the final preparations are complete."
Lin Yuan cast a deep glance at Han Feng, the so-called "treasure-delivering boy," and a trace of genuine gratitude appeared in his heart.
"Han Feng, thank you for offering so many treasures, enriching my foundation and paving the way for my future."
His gaze turned cold. Hand seals formed rapidly in Lin Yuan's hands as he activated the secret technique Han Feng had collected for seizing Heavenly Flames.
"Heavenly Soul Seizing Art!"
With a low shout, light flickered in Lin Yuan's palm. Streams of pitch-black runes flowed through the air before finally gathering into his hand.
At once, a mass of black mist enveloped his palm, exuding a strange and eerie aura.
Lin Yuan smiled indifferently and pressed his palm onto Han Feng's head.
The black mist seeped into Han Feng's body, eventually converging at the location of the Naling, where it began to erode it.
Two hours later, under the corrosion of the black mist, Han Feng's Naling had already fallen into ruin.
"It's time!"
The hand seals in Lin Yuan's hands shifted. The black mist inside Han Feng's body gathered together, forming a pitch-black vortex that began to violently erode the Naling.
The Sea Heart Flame's origin flame seed within the Naling was drawn out, and a terrifying surge of azure fire erupted.
Bang!
Under the combined assault from inside and outside, the Naling finally shattered, and the azure origin flame of the Sea Heart Flame appeared within Han Feng's body.
"Now!"
A sharp glint flashed in Lin Yuan's eyes. The black vortex wrapped around the origin flame, and a strange suction force burst forth from his hand, forcibly pulling the Sea Heart Flame out of Han Feng's body.
Sensing the pull, the Sea Heart Flame instinctively began to struggle violently.
However, without its master's assistance, its resistance was like water without a source—chaotic and unsustained.
Finally, as Lin Yuan continuously poured in more power, the black vortex successfully captured it, preventing it from escaping for the time being.
"Out!"
With a sharp shout, Lin Yuan's hand clenched and pulled. A mass of azure flame wrapped in the black vortex was forcibly extracted from Han Feng's body. At that very moment, Han Feng's aura plummeted drastically, clearly having suffered a fatal blow.
"Go."
With a wave of his hand, the Sea Heart Flame transformed into a streak of blue light, drawing a graceful arc through the air before landing on the Green Lotus Seat in the center of the hall.
After landing on the lotus seat, the Sea Heart Flame did not immediately settle. Instead, it attempted to dart away.
"Your Majesty."
Lin Yuan called out.
Hearing his voice, Medusa who had long been prepared waved her hand. A vast surge of seven-colored energy poured forth, forming a circular barrier that covered a ten-meter radius centered on the Green Lotus Seat.
The Sea Heart Flame struck against the seven-colored barrier but was unable to break through the power of a Dou Ancestor.
At the same time, Medusa formed another set of intricate hand seals, and a solid spatial seal took shape, closely enveloping the seven-colored barrier.
As the seven-colored energy dissipated, the Sea Heart Flame's origin fire began striking against the even stronger spatial barrier. After failing repeatedly, it eventually settled onto the lotus platform of the Green Lotus Seat, burning quietly.
Having lost the Sea Heart Flame, Han Feng's body instantly became weak and lifeless. His aura rapidly declined, as if he might die at any moment.
However, Lin Yuan paid no attention to this. He walked over to Han Feng and infused another medicinal pill into his body.
Soon, Han Feng opened his eyes. Intense pain from his soul being torn apart and a hollow emptiness within his body surged through him. He could clearly feel his life force rapidly slipping away.
When he saw the Sea Heart Flame quietly burning on the Green Lotus Seat, he immediately understood everything. His eyes turned bloodshot.
"Sea Heart Flame, you damned bastard—!"
Lin Yuan remained indifferent to his curses. His lips parted slightly, and a faint dragon's roar resounded. Dragon might and soul power merged with sound waves, spreading outward.
"Heavenly Dragon Eight Sound · Illusion!"
In his extremely weakened state, Han Feng was struck by this illusion-sound fusion Dou Technique. His eyes immediately became unfocused, as if he had lost his mind.
"Circulate the Flame Mantra."
Lin Yuan's voice carried a strange rhythm, accompanied by waves of eerie soul power that seeped into Han Feng's mind.
Hearing Lin Yuan's command, Han Feng, in his dazed state, began to circulate the Flame Mantra.
At the same time, Lin Yuan's soul power spread out, probing into Han Feng's body to examine the circulation routes and effects of the technique within him.
After dozens of minutes, Lin Yuan withdrew his soul power, a look of "just as expected" appearing on his face.
"It seems my guess was correct. Even after losing the Heavenly Flame, the circulation pathways that were opened still remain. Han Feng's Flame Mantra is still at the Black Class."
"However, without the Heavenly Flame, its operation is extremely sluggish. Despite being a high-level Black Class technique, its actual effectiveness is worse than a low-level one."
"This state can be summarized as cultivating the Flame Mantra and evolving into a 'Flame Mantra Body' by devouring Heavenly Flames, yet losing the source power of that physique resulting in a severe mismatch between the body and the technique."
"This situation is quite similar to members of the Dou God clans who lose their bloodline yet still cultivate bloodline techniques or use clan markings."
After verifying his hypothesis, Lin Yuan looked toward Han Feng, who was now on the brink of death. His aura was extremely weak, his life flame flickering as though it could extinguish at any moment.
"This man's usefulness is nearly exhausted. Only the soul of a Seventh-Grade alchemist still holds some value."
With that thought, Lin Yuan casually waved his hand. Han Feng's aura abruptly ceased, and his life flame was completely extinguished.
After briefly dealing with Han Feng's corpse, Lin Yuan stored it in his storage ring.
He then turned to Medusa. She immediately understood, stepping forward and wrapping her arm around his. Seven-colored energy surged once more, enveloping the two of them tightly. The space before them distorted slightly, and with a light step, they entered the warped space.
Not long after, on the other side of the spatial barrier.
Lin Yuan narrowed his eyes slightly, his gaze landing on the azure flame burning atop the Green Lotus Seat.
"The Sea Heart Flame a Heavenly Flame born in the depths of the ocean. It can draw upon the power of the sea and can even exist within water."
As the flame flickered, it did not produce the crackling sound of fire. Instead, it emitted the sound of waves crashing against rocks, as if the ocean itself was surging within the flame, truly marvelous.
Medusa looked at the Heavenly Flame before her, a trace of astonishment appearing on her face. Though water and fire were inherently incompatible, this flame contained both immensely powerful fire and water elemental energies, coexisting in perfect harmony.
"A Heavenly Flame truly extraordinary. What do you plan to do?"
Lin Yuan pondered for a moment before replying,
"First, I'll erase the soul imprint left by Han Feng within it and completely turn it into an ownerless flame."
"Your Majesty, stand guard for me."
With that, Lin Yuan released the Green Lotus Core Flame. The green flame transformed into a lotus of fire, and with a loud boom, it violently collided with the Sea Heart Flame.
Immediately, upon sensing the attack from the Green Lotus Core Flame, the Sea Heart Flame retaliated on its own, erupting with terrifying azure flames.
Under the suppression of the higher-ranked Sea Heart Flame, the Green Lotus Core Flame showed a slight disadvantage. However, at that moment, Lin Yuan rapidly infused Dou Qi into it, causing the Green Lotus Core Flame to surge violently.
Although the Sea Heart Flame ranked fifteenth, Han Feng was already dead, and as an ownerless Heavenly Flame, it lacked sustained support. The deep blue flames it shot toward Lin Yuan were intercepted and crushed by a pristine jade-like hand.
Before long, with Lin Yuan's assistance, the Green Lotus Core Flame suppressed the Sea Heart Flame. Lin Yuan's soul perception quickly located the soul imprint left by Han Feng.
"Here, is it?" A cold glint flashed through his eyes. The green flame, infused with powerful soul force, erupted and swiftly scattered and burned away Han Feng's soul imprint.
"What do you plan to do next?" Medusa stared intently at Lin Yuan and said in a deep voice, "Heavenly Flames are indeed supreme treasures, but a person can only refine one. Do not let temptation cloud your judgment and lead you to make unwise decisions. You must think this through carefully."
Looking at the beauty beside him, her expression was calm, yet the concern in her eyes was difficult to conceal.
Seeing this, Lin Yuan smiled softly and pulled her into his embrace, his hand gently moving as he said in a low voice, "Don't worry. I won't do anything foolish. I've already made preparations for this. When it comes to handling Heavenly Flames, I won't act rashly. I'll proceed step by step, verifying my ideas as I go."
After reassuring Medusa for a while and making several promises, she finally felt at ease. She removed the innermost spatial barrier and left the hall.
After Medusa departed, Lin Yuan turned his gaze to the Sea Heart Flame, his eyes deep and contemplative as he began his final deductions. Controlling multiple Heavenly Flames was not a sudden whim, it was something he had planned for a long time.
At present, there were three known methods of controlling multiple Heavenly Flames:
The first method was to rely on overwhelming strength to forcibly suppress them. The representative of this approach was Xiao Xuan, the creator of the Heavenly Fire Three Mysterious Change. He did not devour or refine Heavenly Flames but instead forcibly suppressed them within his body for use as tools.
The second method was to rely on extraordinary flame control to manipulate and fuse them. The representative was the current patriarch of the Yan Clan. His mastery over flames had reached the pinnacle. With sheer control alone, he fused the Nine Nether Golden Ancestral Flame and the Volcanic Stone Flame, creating a Heavenly Flame comparable to the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame.
The third method relied on the profoundness of a cultivation technique, the Flame Mantra.
After obtaining a fragment of the Flame Mantra, Lin Yuan had studied it for two months. Thanks to Han Feng's "tireless assistance," he had gained quite a bit.
From the fragment, he discovered that this peculiar technique possessed several key principles.
First, it used the natural laws contained within Heavenly Flames to perfect and evolve the technique itself.
Second, it efficiently devoured the vast energy within Heavenly Flames, transforming the cultivator's physique into a "Flame Mantra Body" capable of accommodating multiple Heavenly Flames.
Third, it strengthened control over the Heavenly Flames within the body, allowing the cultivator to fuse and separate them as easily as moving their own limbs.
Fourth, it efficiently absorbed the immense energy within Heavenly Flames to increase the cultivator's strength.
This was indeed a technique that pointed directly to the peak, especially in the current era where Dou Qi Continent's Origin Qi was depleted, while the inheritance of the Flame Mantra's creator still contained Origin Qi.
However, Lin Yuan had no intention of cultivating this incomplete Flame Mantra. Based on his research and calculations, even if he cultivated it, he would reach his limit after devouring three Heavenly Flames, and any further attempt would result in severe backlash.
As for how to utilize this technique, he already had other plans.
He was currently refining a secret art based on the fragment, one that could efficiently devour the energy of Heavenly Flames.
Moreover, the method within the Flame Mantra that inscribed the laws of heaven and earth fascinated him greatly. He harbored an ambition to use this as a foundation to create a cultivation technique capable of evolving on its own.
"The concept of using the natural laws within heavenly treasures as nourishment to drive the adaptive evolution of a technique is sufficient to serve as the foundation of a future cultivation method. This aspect must be studied thoroughly."
"Heavenly Flames are one of the carriers of the laws of this world. Other entities, such as Black Demon Lightning, Nine Profound Golden Lightning, and the Bodhi Ancient Tree, may also serve the same purpose."
"Unfortunately, my current knowledge, foundation, and experience are still insufficient. To complete the ideal technique, I'll need to study many more techniques, accumulate greater foundations, and deepen my understanding of cultivation itself."
At this point, a bold thought suddenly arose in Lin Yuan's mind.
"If only I had the Void Devouring Flame—even a sub-flame would do. Its ability to devour all things would undoubtedly provide tremendous help in creating a technique. Should I…"
He fell into thought but soon shook his head.
"No, it's too early for that. I should focus on the present first."
Lin Yuan looked at the Sea Heart Flame before him, his eyes narrowing slightly.
"Let's first accomplish the control of multiple Heavenly Flames."
Yes, what he sought was not to fuse multiple Heavenly Flames, but to control them. The difference between control and fusion was immense, the latter being far more difficult.
For one person to control multiple Heavenly Flames was not particularly difficult. Among alchemists, there existed a similar method the Fire Borrowing Technique.
Its representatives were Yao Lao and Xiao Yan. Xiao Yan's flame control was not exceptional, and he had not refined the Bone Chilling Flame. However, when possessed by Yao Lao's soul power, he could simultaneously use his own Heavenly Flame and Yao Lao's Bone Chilling Flame.
The essence of this lay in separation, the Heavenly Flames belonged to two different individuals, naturally isolating them rather than merging into one, thus avoiding conflict within a single body.
Lin Yuan had also explored a similar approach. The Fallen Heart Flame sub-flame he had personally created currently resided within a Dou Qi node in his body, constantly tempering his Dou Qi. It did not conflict with his Green Lotus Core Flame because he had consciously kept the two separated.
Since the flame spirit of that sub-flame was entirely under his control, even within the same body, he could easily separate it physically from the Green Lotus Core Flame, preventing any conflict.
Thus, Lin Yuan's idea was to combine these two methods to create his own "Yao Lao": a soul clone carrying a Heavenly Flame.
Carefully sensing the Sea Heart Flame on the lotus seat, now reduced to an instinctive azure serpent-shaped flame spirit, Lin Yuan recalled all of his clones.
He then sat down cross-legged, closed his eyes, and began adjusting his state, waiting until he reached peak condition.
An hour later.
Lin Yuan opened his eyes. A sharp glint flashed within his deep pupils as powerful soul force spread outward, causing the space within the hall to feel sluggish and heavy.
At this moment, he was at his absolute peak.
"Everything is ready. It's time to begin."
His gaze sharpened as his hands formed extremely complex seals.
As the seals changed, Lin Yuan's soul force began to surge. Suddenly, a transparent figure identical to him separated from his body, it was his soul clone.
After exchanging a glance and a nod, Lin Yuan changed his hand seals. The soul clone melted like liquid, transforming into pure soul energy that surged toward the serpent-shaped flame spirit. Ignoring the piercing pain within his soul, he rapidly activated the Spirit Gathering Method.
"Spirit Gathering Light, Awaken Heavenly Wisdom!"
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