90: Refining Spirit Fire

Tianji Divine Continent.

When Shangguan Xinglan and Ye Qingyi began their battle, countless beings with vast auras looked up.

But not a single one of them made a move.

And this, in fact, was an unwritten agreement between the two sides, understood without words:

In battles between Demons, monsters, ghosts, and ghouls and God Realm Experts of the Human Race, no one else was to participate before a victor was decided.

After a victor was decided, no one else was to attack either the winner or the loser.

Of course, if one side was on the verge of death, they could intervene to save them!

Because of this, even though Shangguan Xinglan and the other fought fiercely, shaking the heavens, it remained a two-person battle.

Neither the Demons, monsters, ghosts, and ghouls nor the Human Race showed any intention of intervening.

The heavens trembled ceaselessly as the two fought for half a month.

Ultimately, Ye Qingyi was slightly outmatched, suffering injuries and fleeing.

Shangguan Xinglan watched her depart and had no intention of pursuing her.

After all, if she were to pursue her into the Ghost Fiend Nether Abyss, even if she was one minor Realm higher than Ye Qingyi, she would likely suffer some losses.

Furthermore, the Human Race had long lost any significant power in Tianxuan Divine Continent, almost becoming a stronghold where the Ghost Race reared humans.

If she were to pursue and accidentally be ambushed, the other God Realm Experts of the Human Race wouldn't even have time to rescue her.

Shangguan Xinglan took a deep breath, her figure flickered, and she vanished.

Several hours later.

Shangguan Xinglan returned to the Xuantian Sect with a young girl and accepted her as her third direct disciple.

After returning to her Ziyan Peak with the girl, she entrusted her to her eldest disciple's care and then returned to her bedchamber alone.

“That kid really has a problem!”

Shangguan Xinglan’s expression was one of surprise and uncertainty, her eyes filled with confusion.

When she had returned earlier, she had specifically searched for Chu Yuan but had not found him.

She didn't know if he had died or was hiding.

In any case, there was one result: there were no traces of Chu Yuan having appeared in the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains.

Moreover, just as Ye Qingyi had said, it was impossible to glean any information about Chu Yuan through heavenly Dao deductions; there was absolutely none.

It was as if... such a person simply didn't exist in this world.

This situation likely meant that someone skilled in heavenly Dao deductions had concealed Chu Yuan's heavenly Dao, making it impossible for others to peer into it.

Shangguan Xinglan murmured, “This person is very strange, and I don’t know if he is good or evil? And who is the being behind him helping him conceal his heavenly Dao?”

She mumbled to herself, her eyes filled with confusion.

“Hmph!”

“If I had known, I wouldn't have gone to find the Ming Ye Ghost God; instead, I would have brought him back directly and kept him by my side for observation.”

Shangguan Xinglan muttered with some annoyance.

Leaving such a Prodigy with unstable factors in the outside world was truly not a good thing!

If he was orderly but perished outside, that would be a loss for the Human Race;

If he was evil but allowed to remain outside, he would also be a scourge to the Human Race!

Shangguan Xinglan was annoyed primarily because that kid's talent was too prodigious.

At seventeen years old, he had stepped into the Early Stage of the Spirit Crystal Realm; even she, with a God-level Spirit Root, hadn't achieved such a feat back then.

It could be said that, barring any accidents, this kid was a future God Realm Expert.

“No!”

“I’ll go look again!”

Shangguan Xinglan stood up and murmured, then vanished from the bedchamber... In a blink of an eye, another half a month passed.

In the primal origin space, Chu Yuan finally verified his conjecture.

The result was feasible!

That is to say, even if he couldn't set up a Sixth Grade Formation, he could still directly advance his Sixth Grade Formation arranging skill through enhancement.

Thereby mastering the Sixth Grade Formations he had learned!

Moreover, by enhancing his Formation arranging skill, some minor doubts he had about Fifth Grade Formations were also resolved.

At this point, he had reached a level where he could effortlessly deploy the Fifth Grade Formations he had mastered.

Of course, the same applied to Sixth Grade Formations!

Chu Yuan's face was filled with joy, “In my free time from now on, I can read more books.”

“They might prove to be of great use at critical moments!”

He mumbled a few words, then planned to check the situation outside and continue towards the Xuantian Sect.

But at this moment, his gaze inadvertently swept over the black bead, and a faint smile appeared in his eyes.

“Before, I concealed my strength and didn’t let Ye Qingyi help refine it; now that my strength has increased to the Spirit Crystal Realm, I’ll refine it first.”

“I want to see if this spiritual flame is really that powerful, to make Ye Qingyi say such things at the time.”

Saying that, Chu Yuan took the black bead and was about to refine it.

But he thought of something and paused his movements slightly, copying one out.

Afterward, he took the copy and dripped a drop of his own blood onto the black bead.

The blood directly penetrated the black bead, sinking deep within it.

Immediately after, the black bead crumbled inch by inch, turning into wisps of ghostly Qi and disappearing.

A crimson flame suddenly appeared.

The moment the flame appeared, a terrifying heatwave swept out, as if it wanted to incinerate everything.

Chu Yuan quickly raised his hand, isolating himself and the Chi Xiao Spiritual Flame in a separate space, to prevent it from destroying the treasures in the primal origin space.

As soon as his movement finished, the Chi Xiao Spiritual Flame flickered slightly and swooped towards him.

Seeing this, Chu Yuan was well prepared.

Over the past year, You Lian and the others had naturally taught him how to refine spiritual flames.

He remained expressionless, quickly forming hand seals, and directly swallowed the Chi Xiao Spiritual Flame into his Dantian.

In an instant, a terrifying burning sensation swept through his Dantian and quickly spread throughout his body.

The momentum was as if it wouldn't stop until Chu Yuan was burned to ashes.

Chu Yuan's expression remained unchanged; he quickly formed hand seals, guiding his spiritual energy to quickly extinguish the spreading flames, attempting to refine the Chi Xiao Spiritual Flame.

As if sensing Chu Yuan's intention, the flames around the Chi Xiao Spiritual Flame suddenly grew a segment, becoming even more violent.

The terrifying flames swept through, causing Chu Yuan to frown slightly.

It hurt a little!

His brows furrowed tightly as he increased the circulation of his spiritual energy, forcefully suppressing the spiritual flame.

Refining a spiritual flame was all about a process of confrontation; whoever had stronger methods and could persevere until the end would be the victor.

Originally, if he were in the outside world, he might gradually weaken the Chi Xiao Spiritual Flame before forcefully refining it.

But where was this?

This was the primal origin space!

Here, he theoretically possessed infinite spiritual energy, so he didn't have to worry about insufficient spiritual energy at all.

Therefore, the Chi Xiao Spiritual Flame simply couldn't outlast him, so why would he need to be hesitant?

Just forcefully suppress it!

Of course, this was also because the Chi Xiao Spiritual Flame was in its infancy and hadn't grown yet.

Otherwise, the moment it appeared, Chu Yuan might have met his demise with regret.

As Chu Yuan increased his spiritual energy output, the might of the Chi Xiao Spiritual Flame gradually subsided.

Time passed, he knew not how long.

When the last trace of the Chi Xiao Spiritual Flame's fire was refined, only its Origin remained.

At this moment, the Origin of the Chi Xiao Spiritual Flame floated quietly in Chu Yuan's Dantian, no longer able to resist.

Chu Yuan smiled slightly and continued to guide his spiritual energy, intending to refine it in one go.