"Boom～～～"
Deep within the Magical Beast Mountain Range, a sudden explosion erupted, like a volcanic eruption, half of the entire mountain was destroyed by a faint cyan flame, the massive commotion causing even the Amethyst Winged Lion King to feel a trace of threat.
"Block the surrounding area!"
The Amethyst Winged Lion King calmly gave the order. Long before entering seclusion, Yan Qingshan had told it that there might be a huge commotion, so it summoned most of its subordinates to seal off the area.
Whether the Heavenly Flame absorption succeeded or not, it would cause the Heavenly Flame to riot, causing a great commotion. If no one helped seal off the path, who knew who might come searching for treasure.
In the original story, Xiao Yan had Yao Lao, a former Dou Venerate, using his soul force to seal off the commotion of the Heavenly Flame's eruption, but Yan Qingshan didn't have such a high-level helper, so he could only ask the Amethyst Winged Lion King to help seal off the area to avoid being disturbed.
The Heavenly Flame erupted, and the mountain where Yan Qingshan was located was almost instantly annihilated, large swaths of cyan flames scorching the mountain's earth and rocks, like an extremely large torch.
Such a large commotion naturally attracted the attention of many magical beasts, especially high-level magical beasts above the fifth rank, all taking this as a sign of the birth of some heaven-and-earth treasure.
However, after these magical beasts were blocked by the Amethyst Winged Lion King's deployment, they basically gave up. After all, the overlord of this area was still the Amethyst Winged Lion King, and almost no one dared to disrespect it.
The cyan flames were rising, and Xue Lan and Xiao Yi Xian's hearts were clenched as they watched this scene. Their strength was insufficient, so they could only patiently wait for the result, every minute and every second was torment for them.
Inside the almost collapsed cave, the Twin-Headed Flame Spirit Serpent resisted the cyan flames while closely watching Yan Qingshan's changes.
It was Yan Qingshan's last line of defense, and if things went wrong, it could snatch him out in the fastest time.
But whether the person could be saved at that time was hard to say. Yan Qingshan wasn't confident in saving his life in case of failure, so he made arrangements in advance.
Enveloped in the cyan flames, Yan Qingshan's body trembled, the power of the Heavenly Flame flowing through his body, changing his Dou Qi, body, soul, and everything else. His profound cyan Dou Qi was mixed with a faint cyan glow, rising like a light flame.
The most difficult hurdle had finally passed, his many preparations hadn't been in vain, the Green Lotus Core Flame was absorbed by him, and on the skin of his forehead and chest, two cyan lotus emblems, one large and one small, were faintly visible in the flames.
The surging flames began to retract, Yan Qingshan's cultivation and aura rapidly expanding. He didn't cultivate the Flame Mantra (Terminal Blaze), and didn't need to advance his Dou Qi Method, so the energy of the Heavenly Flame directly increased his cultivation.
In the original story, the Green Lotus Core Flame only increased Xiao Yan's Dou Master cultivation by two stars, the gap with other Heavenly Flames seemed too large. There might be several reasons for this.
The evolution of the Flame Mantra required the energy of the Heavenly Flame, and each time the Dou Qi Method evolved, the energy of the Heavenly Flame would be absorbed to the current peak that the technique could advance to before stopping.
Absorbing the Green Lotus Core Flame was the first time Xiao Yan truly advanced his Dou Qi Method with an Heavenly Flame, equivalent to truly opening the key, requiring a lot of energy, leaving little energy for him to improve his cultivation.
Another reason was that the Green Lotus Core Flame was taken from its origin growth place by Queen Medusa half a year before Xiao Yan obtained it.
During these six months, its energy was probably weakened, and then Queen Medusa used it to evolve her bloodline, another wave of energy loss.
With such back-and-forth tossing, the energy Xiao Yan could obtain wouldn't be much.
Looking at Xiao Yan's subsequent absorption of Heavenly Flames, the Fallen Heart Flame, the Three Thousand Burning Flame, and the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, Xiao Yan absorbed them in places equivalent to the origin of the Heavenly Flames' nurturing. Each time took a long time, but after success, his cultivation soared greatly.
The Green Lotus Core Flame in Yan Qingshan's hands hadn't undergone much energy loss. Although it had left its nurturing place, Yan Qingshan took the Azure Lotus Platform with him, which could gather energy to transform and strengthen the Green Lotus Core Flame.
Over these days, the energy accumulation of the Green Lotus Core Flame, although not as good as in the magma world, was still steadily increasing, and now, this majestic energy was being absorbed by Yan Qingshan.
Five-star Dou Master, six-star Dou Master, seven-star, eight-star, nine-star…
Yan Qingshan's cultivation rapidly soared, advancing a star with each breath, and even the bottleneck from nine-star Dou Master to one-star Dou Grandmaster only made him pause for a moment.
After advancing to Dou Grandmaster, Yan Qingshan's cultivation, although not as rapid as when he was a Dou Master, was also steadily improving, one-star Dou Grandmaster, two-star, three-star, four-star…
Yan Qingshan's aura soon reached a peak again, the peak of Dou Grandmaster, still accumulating as if to break through this hurdle in one go.
Yan Qingshan's eyes suddenly opened, a cyan-blue glow flashing in them. He sat cross-legged on the Azure Lotus Platform, his hands rapidly forming seals and circulating his Dou Qi Method, the aura that was still surging seemed to be suppressed, even showing signs of decreasing.
Yan Qingshan's forehead was sweating, forcibly suppressing his cultivation to stabilize his foundation was a lot of pressure for him, his body's instinct sought to go further, but he knew he couldn't continue like this.
He had already made a considerable leap by breaking through a major realm with the energy of the Green Lotus Core Flame. If he directly rushed to the Dou Spirit realm, then he would have no experience at all in the Dou Grandmaster realm.
Each stage of cultivation had a special meaning, directly skipping a major realm with the energy of the Heavenly Flame wouldn't have the danger of an unstable foundation, but he would lack experience in the Dou Grandmaster realm, which wouldn't be good for future cultivation.
Countless ripples surged around Yan Qingshan, his soul force trying to suppress his cultivation. This time, his greatest improvement from absorbing the Heavenly Flame wasn't his cultivation, but his soul force.
This almost materialized soul force made Yan Qingshan suspect that his soul force had surpassed that of ordinary fifth or sixth-tier alchemists.
The surging cyan flames began to retract, and Yan Qingshan's cultivation also gradually decreased, the peak of nine-star Dou Grandmaster, eight-star Dou Grandmaster, seven-star Dou Grandmaster.
Yan Qingshan spent a lot of energy suppressing his cultivation below seven-star Dou Grandmaster, and further attempts to suppress it were fruitless, the peak of six-star Dou Grandmaster, which was his current cultivation.
Although the Green Lotus Core Flame was absorbed by Yan Qingshan, a large portion of its energy hadn't been completely digested. This energy was stored in his body and the flame seed, and would gradually play a role as he cultivated.
The energy that this Heavenly Flame could innately erupt with wasn't inferior to a Dou Emperor, capable of severely injuring Queen Medusa. If Yan Qingshan completely digested this energy, even if a large portion of it was wasted, achieving Dou King shouldn't be a problem.