88: Chapter 88 Crimson Sword Slays Dragon Shadow

Elder Dan smiled slightly and lightly clenched his hand. A purple flame slowly rose in his palm, curling and swaying.

"A Heavenly Flame?" Hun Tiandi exclaimed.

He gazed at the purple flame in Elder Dan's hand, which constantly changed shape. Within the burning fire, a faint starlight shimmered like burning stars, resembling the vast starry sky.

"No, it is not a Heavenly Flame. It is a flame even more powerful than a Heavenly Flame, an Innate Divine Fire born at the very beginning of the Fighting Qi Continent's creation."

"The Innate Divine Fire I control is called the Ziwei Heavenly Fire. It is formed by the Big Dipper gathering the power of the stars. The purple flame shines with starlight and possesses destructive lethality. Its power reaches its peak on nights when the stars are most prominent, possessing the power to destroy heaven and earth."

Elder Dan spoke.

"Ziwei Heavenly Fire!"

Hun Tiandi stared at the burning purple flame accompanied by its starlight, a strange glint appearing in his eyes.

A hint of desire rose in his heart; the Yellow Spirit Fire he had obtained through a chance encounter suddenly didn't seem so appealing anymore.

No matter. The Fighting Qi Continent was vast, and who knew how many secrets and opportunities were hidden within.

The purple flame rising in Elder Dan's hand constantly shifted into various shapes, sometimes becoming a sword and sometimes a furnace, demonstrating his peak-level fire manipulation techniques.

Elder Dan said, "An Alchemist's rank can be distinguished by the color of the flames they control..."

For an ordinary Alchemist, the flame is pale yellow. The higher the rank, the deeper the color.

They rely on their own strength, using their Fighting Qi to catalyze the flames...

"Teacher, I wonder where one can find such an Innate Divine Fire?" Hun Tiandi asked with burning eyes.

"Hahaha, within the vast Fighting Qi Continent and the boundless world, there exist certain Earthly Flames. Not only is their power world-shaking, but they also possess various miraculous effects. However, these Earthly Flames are extremely rare, hidden in the starry sky, the endless oceans, the depths of volcanoes..."

Once a human controls an Innate Divine Fire, its power increases significantly when driven by Fighting Qi.

Using it for alchemy can yield twice the result with half the effort, increasing the success rate and the purity of the medicinal pills.

However, these Innate Divine Fires are all extremely violent and are rarely seen.

Even if one finds one, attempting to take it for personal use is a near-certain death.

Many Alchemists spend their entire lives searching for Heavenly Flames, yet never manage to fulfill their wish.

To refine an Innate Divine Fire, one must swallow the terrifying essence of the flame into their stomach to refine it, and every one of these divine fires is an existence that can destroy heaven and earth.

Even the rarest metallic materials cannot withstand the calcination of an Innate Divine Fire...

Countless Alchemists, like moths to a flame, have thrown themselves at Innate Divine Fires one after another, attempting to refine one to dominate the Fighting Qi Continent.

Only a tiny handful of geniuses have ever succeeded in refining an Innate Divine Fire by chance.

Without exception, these individuals are all existences at the very top of the Alchemist world.

During Elder Dan's narration, Hun Tiandi's gaze remained fervent as he stared at the purple flame in the elder's hand. Upon closer perception, it truly seemed as if starlight were blooming within it.

"Teacher, this Ziwei Heavenly Fire must be a high-ranking existence among the Innate Divine Fires..."

Hun Tiandi asked curiously.

"On the Innate Divine Fire Ranking, there are ten types of divine fires, ten legends, and ten powers. My Ziwei Heavenly Fire is ranked sixth. This divine fire is formed when the starlight of the Big Dipper converges into a single star to become the Ziwei Star Domain. One only has a chance to summon it when the Big Dipper converges once every thousand years..."

Elder Dan reminisced; back then, he had suffered quite a bit to successfully capture this damned Ziwei Heavenly Fire.

Once an Innate Divine Fire is successfully refined, whether for alchemy or facing an enemy, one can be considered invincible among those of the same realm.

It would be a lie to say Hun Tiandi wasn't envious.

However, this was too far off for him. Even if an Innate Divine Fire were right in front of him now, it wasn't something he could refine.

Phew!

Hun Tiandi suppressed the restlessness in his heart and collected his thoughts. Seizing the present was what mattered most...

He spoke, "I ask for Teacher's help in melting the sword-casting materials. I originally intended to rely on the Yellow Spirit Fire to refine the materials I collected, but the efficiency is too slow."

Now with the help of Elder Dan's Ziwei Heavenly Fire, the efficiency would increase several times over.

Elder Dan nodded slightly.

Hun Tiandi flicked his finger, and the abyssal blue crystal in his hand flew out like a blue meteor streaking across the sky toward the mieyuan furnace.

The lid of the mieyuan furnace lifted, and the abyssal blue crystal fell perfectly into the cauldron.

The furnace lid closed, and Elder Dan flicked a wisp of Ziwei Heavenly Fire from his fingertip. On the rounded body of the furnace, the rotating Black and White Twin Fish activated, and the Ziwei Heavenly Fire poured in, beginning to calcine and temper the abyssal blue crystal...

"Go!" Hun Tiandi waved and summoned three Blood God Children, giving them instructions.

The three Blood God Children glanced at each other and then streaked out of the Bronze Great Hall, disappearing in the blink of an eye.

"These three clones of yours are quite interesting..." Elder Dan praised with a smile.

"The Blood Scripture practiced by this disciple can condense these clones. They possess a portion of my original body's strength and are somewhat useful for gathering information and exploring dangerous lands!"

Hun Tiandi said.

"Not bad!" Elder Dan said with satisfaction.

Hun Tiandi sat cross-legged and constantly circulated the Blood Scripture. The dense energy in the air gathered toward him, lingering around his body.

He flipped his hand to take out the ten-thousand-year stone milk and swallowed it. It flowed through his meridians like a torrent, its impurities being refined while leaving behind pure energy to be injected into his Fighting Qi cyclone.

As time passed, Hun Tiandi fell into a deep state of cultivation.

The aura within his body grew increasingly vigorous, waiting for an earth-shattering moment.

Elder Dan's aged face watched the cultivating Hun Tiandi, and he nodded almost imperceptibly. He multi-tasked, keeping one eye on the melting of the abyssal blue crystal in the mieyuan furnace and the other on the youth's cultivation.

Dan Chenzi had been trapped in the Minghai Forbidden Land for a long time.

The youth before him was his key to leaving this place of life and death and seeking revenge, so he paid extra attention to Hun Tiandi.

Seven days later.

Suddenly, Hun Tiandi, who was sitting cross-legged in the hall, trembled violently, and the energy surrounding him became even more surging.

"Eh, is he about to break through?" Elder Dan murmured to himself as he watched Hun Tiandi.

Hun Tiandi's hand seals constantly shifted, accelerating the speed at which he devoured the world's energy. He even flew out two jade bottles of ten-thousand-year stone milk from his storage ring.

Crack!

A shattering sound rang out, and two streams of ten-thousand-year stone milk emitting pure energy were swallowed into his stomach, roaring as they transformed into energy.

The Blood Scripture circulated to its limit, frantically refining the energy.

The energy transformed into Fighting Qi and poured into the cyclone, where the drops of liquid energy grew at a frantic pace...

The volume of the cyclone expanded as more and more liquid energy gathered—thirty drops... fifty drops...

Buzz!

Suddenly, Hun Tiandi's long hair fluttered behind him as if a Demon God were about to awaken and devour the world's living beings. A fierce aura burst from his body like a tornado.

The thick energy at the tip of his nose surged like small snakes before finally sinking into his body.

"Five-star Dou Master!"

Hun Tiandi opened his eyes, a sharp light flashing within them like swords. He shook his neck, which made a cracking sound, and exhaled a mouthful of turbid breath.

These were the impurities after refinement. After they were expelled, a jade-like glow appeared on his delicate face; his fair skin would make even women envious.

He lightly clenched his fist to feel the abundant power within his body, and a sense of joy rose in his heart.