102: Refining three thousand flames, the cultivation level skyrocketed!

Chapter 102: Refining the Three Thousand Burning Flame Fire, Cultivation Skyrockets!

Chapter 102: Refining the Three Thousand Burning Flame Fire, Cultivation Skyrockets!

Xiao Yan’s expression also turned a little unsightly. His knuckles were white. He had originally thought that the gap between him and Lu Chuan could be shortened over time, but he never expected it to widen even further.

Such a young Dou Sheng! What it represented was self-evident. Even in the Central Plains, he was a top-tier expert, and in the Eight Great Clans, he would firmly hold an Elder’s position.

Cao Ying’s beautiful eyes reflected the slender figure in front of the dragon body formed by the Three Thousand Burning Flame Fire, and her curiosity was almost overflowing.

“Lu Chuan, is this the real you? You’re truly… too dazzling!” Cao Ying’s red lips parted as she spoke.

The geniuses present all seemed to be struck a blow, simply because such a young Dou Sheng was truly too unbelievable.

Even the three giants of the Pill Tower were only at the peak of Dou Zun cultivation. For Lu Chuan to surpass the three giants at such a young age was truly too astonishing.

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Saint Pill City, Star Domain!

Deep within the profound, pitch-black Star Domain, which was as brilliant and vast as the cosmic starry sky, a ball of light flickered. Only when one got closer could they discern that it was a ferocious giant dragon with black flames burning on its body.

The giant dragon coiled in the deepest part of the Star Domain, its black flames burning tirelessly. Its scales were densely packed, with the smallest one being the size of a normal person. Black lines of seals crisscrossed on the surface of its scales, firmly trapping the black giant dragon in place.

And yet, on the head of this colossal creature, there was a tiny human figure whose aura was vast, actually on par with the Three Thousand Burning Flame Fire. The black thin lines that had been binding him snapped one by one. A 'bang' seemed to echo in the void.

The unconstrained black flames surged wildly in all directions, filling the desolate Star Domain, which was permeated with wisps of scorching mist and faint starlight-like halos.

Everything ceased to exist!

As far as the eye could see, there was only this black flame filled with fiery power.

The air itself was scorched and became intensely hot.

Even from a great distance, everyone’s skin felt a sharp pain, and even the protective Dou Qi they released was somewhat unable to resist this scorching power.

“This is the Three Thousand Burning Flame Fire’s final struggle before being refined. This act will unleash all the power it has accumulated over these hundreds of years, and thus, this space will become extremely dangerous… I will protect you all from now on, so don’t get left behind!”

Pill Tower’s Great Elder Qiu Ling said with a solemn expression.

Everyone nodded gravely.

Xiao Yan, Dan Chen, Cao Ying, and the others dared not delay, so they gathered together, allowing the Pill Tower’s Great Elder to escort them away.

Seeing this, Qiu Ling waved his sleeve, and ripples appeared in the profound and brilliant starry sky before them. Where his sleeve passed, an unstable, silver-white portal emerged.

This was precisely a Spatial Gate!

A moment later, the Spatial Gate stood directly in this boundless void.

“Go!”

Looking at the silver-white portal, Xiao Yan dared not delay. He let out a low shout and was the first to rush towards the portal. His vision first twisted for a moment, then the familiar stone platform appeared before his eyes.

As Xiao Yan appeared, gazes filled with various emotions turned towards him.

Among them were pity and schadenfreude.

With Xiao Yan taking the lead, figures appeared on the Plaza one after another. Even the Pill Tower’s Great Elder Qiu Ling and the old man Mu Gu, whose face was dark, walked out of the silver-white Spatial Gate together.

Some gazes, after looking around, returned with disappointment, simply because they couldn’t find the young man’s trace.

…

Desolate and uninhabited, cold and lonely—the former Star Domain was entirely swept by a pitch-black, scorching, and all-annihilating black flame!

The flames surged unbridled in all directions, devouring everything in their path. After an unknown period, the Star Domain, which was originally as vast and profound as the starry sky, was completely filled by these pitch-black flames.

The void subtly twisted, seemingly unable to withstand the astonishing heat.

After an unknown period of time.

Where the black giant dragon had coiled, the magma-like sea of fire rippled anew. Accompanied by an unwilling fluctuation, the Three Thousand Burning Flame Fire was finally refined by Lu Chuan.

Lu Chuan looked at the small black dragon quietly coiling in his palm. Even with his temperament, his face showed joy. His thumb constantly caressed the black scales, which had shrunk countless times, and he said easily, “It’s finally for my use.”

The scales felt cool to the touch, as if the object in his hand was a living creature, not a refined exotic flame.

Truly worthy of being a treasure nurtured by heaven and earth!

Lu Chuan admired the newly refined exotic flame for a moment. Without delay, his consciousness then sank into the chat group, or more precisely, into the diary he was about to write.

[Hahaha, now that I’ve won the Pill Convention and refined the Three Thousand Burning Flame Fire, I bet all the beauties in the world will be scrambling to throw themselves into my arms!]

He vented his joy.

And the content of Lu Chuan’s new diary was instantly known to the women who possessed the diary copies.

…

[Hahaha, now that I’ve won the Pill Convention and refined the Three Thousand Burning Flame Fire, I bet all the beauties in the world will be scrambling to throw themselves into my arms!]

In Saint Pill City, on the Alchemist Plaza, in the spectator stands, a graceful figure’s beautiful eyes were filled with surprise. Her red lips were slightly parted, and her small face, due to excessive excitement, was tinged with a rosy blush.

This was simply because the content recorded in the diary was too shocking.

She never expected that the champion of that day’s Pill Convention was actually Lu Chuan!?

One must know that the champion of this convention had refined a top-tier Eighth-Grade medicinal pill. Such a young Eighth-Grade Alchemist, coupled with the achievement of being the Pill Convention champion, was simply unbelievable.

When attributed to a single person, it sounded like a myth to others.

Yet, this was indeed a true event.

Moreover… it sounded like Lu Chuan had even refined the Three Thousand Burning Flame Fire!?

One must know that this was the ninth-ranked exotic flame on the Exotic Flame Ranking. Every exotic flame contained unfathomable power. They were treasures nurtured by heaven and earth for hundreds of millions of years, and the top 10 ranked exotic flames were the cream of the crop.

Their power was immeasurable! The difficulty of refining them was self-evident.

“Can it only be said that it’s worthy of him?”

Gu Xun’er’s beautiful eyes sparkled. Every time she received news of Lu Chuan, she felt how incredible this man was.

She had originally thought that a young One-Star Dou Sheng was Lu Chuan’s limit, but she never expected this guy to have refined another exotic flame.

…

“Sister… are you sure you still want to take Lu Chuan as your goal? I’m really not trying to discourage you, but Lu Chuan is truly too strong!”

Xiao Yu’s small face was full of distress. She reached out her small hand and carefully tugged at Xiao Mei’s sleeve, her voice soft as she spoke.

“Do you think I’m stupid, sister? Such a young Dou Sheng, what do I have to compare with him?”

Xiao Mei pressed her hand to her forehead, speechless. She reached out and flicked Xiao Yu’s forehead, saying indifferently.

Initially, she had indeed taken Lu Chuan as her goal.

But this mysterious man always managed to surprise everyone.

Xiao Mei had gradually become numb. She had thought that reaching a One-Star Dou Sheng at this age was already outrageous, but it turned out this guy had refined another exotic flame ranked in the top 10 on the Exotic Flame Ranking…

He truly lived up to being the man she admired.

Xiao Mei was both happy and helpless…

…

Soul Clan, the vast void storm violently crushed everything in its path. Deep within the void storm, a hall exuding a cold aura floated in a spatial rift.

The hall was vast, constructed from extremely sturdy, unknown materials, such that even the void storm could not damage it in the slightest.

Ascending the steps, a gentle knock on the long-sealed bronze door. As the door opened, occasionally emitting long-sealed creaking sounds, a cold aura rushed out from the opening.

“My Lord, the mission failed. A genius named Lu Chuan emerged and won first place in the Pill Convention, and he also refined the Three Thousand Burning Flame Fire.” The black-robed Elder bowed to the figure on the throne, his tone extremely respectful.

“We’ve investigated, and there was no genius named Lu Chuan in the Central Plains of the continent before. This person seemed to appear out of thin air,” another unnamed Elder of the Hall of Souls, who followed closely behind, added.

The air solidified, and immense pressure enveloped the two of them. A bone-chilling cold emanated from the person on the throne, freezing the space!

Just as the two were about to collapse under the pressure, it dissipated, accompanied by a cold, indifferent voice devoid of any emotion.

“Find him and bring the exotic flame back.”

“Yes!” x2

As the black-robed figure on the throne in the hall finished speaking, the members of the Hall of Souls immediately arranged for strong individuals to head to Saint Pill City, preparing to encircle and kill Lu Chuan!

Since the exotic flame had already been refined by someone, then killing its owner would suffice.

This way, the exotic flame, having lost its master, would once again become ownerless!

At the same time, this was also retaliation against Lu Chuan for daring to disrupt their Hall of Souls’ plan!

Genius!?

Before growing up, if one falls midway, they are nothing more than a handful of yellow earth!

It was just a pity that the people of the Hall of Souls did not know that after Lu Chuan finished refining the Three Thousand Burning Flame Fire, seeing the Star Domain empty, he simply used his means to return directly to the Lingxiao Palace in the Northwest Continent.

It could be said that these people from the Hall of Souls were destined to return empty-handed!

Star Domain! As Lu Chuan successfully refined the Three Thousand Burning Flame Fire, the pitch-black flames that had filled the entire space surged towards a certain area. In a short while, the boundless pitch-black sea of fire disappeared.

At the same time, after the Three Thousand Burning Flame Fire in Lu Chuan’s hand retracted its overflowing flames, the scales on its body became even more profound and dark, like some kind of absolute black body, where no light could give color to its scales.

It was also as if the exotic flame’s mere existence burned away all light.

Lu Chuan had clearly suppressed the power of the Three Thousand Burning Flame Fire to its lowest, but it was, after all, a treasure nurtured by heaven and earth. Its mere existence caused various anomalies.

“Is this the power that can rival a Dou Sheng?” Lu Chuan toyed with the small fiery dragon in his hand, seemingly trying to see through the essence of the exotic flame.

After a long while, he finally withdrew his gaze and looked around.

He saw that the figures of the people who had been waiting nearby had vanished without a trace, unsure if they had been burned away by the flames or had left before that.

However, Lu Chuan leaned towards the latter, as those who came were all geniuses, and the people of the Pill Tower would not bear to see them harmed.

Since everyone had left, he would not delay here any longer.

The most important exotic flame for this trip had already been obtained. As for the soul cultivation technique and numerous treasures promised by the Pill Tower, Lu Chuan did not particularly crave them.

Lu Chuan used the contingency he had left in the Northwest Continent. The world before his eyes gradually overlapped, and various scenes unfolded. Then, he saw an extremely familiar sight.

Lingxiao Palace!

As Lu Chuan left, various restrictions continued to operate in an orderly fashion. Anyone who dared to trespass would be met with a thunderous strike. Only Lu Chuan, who had set them up, could pass through safely.

Inside the palace, it was magnificent, with many red giant pillars supporting the palace in their respective areas.

Each pillar was carved with a coiling, lifelike golden dragon, exceptionally spectacular.

A huge bright moon pearl hung from the dome of the palace, shining brightly, like a bright moon spreading over white jade, inlaid with golden pearls, and carved into the ground as lotuses, each forming a five-stemmed lotus flower.

With Lu Chuan’s return, this palace welcomed its true master!

At the same time, due to the previous diary, Lu Chuan also received a mission reward.

A perfectly round and translucent Ninth-Grade precious pill, exuding bursts of medicinal fragrance, lay quietly in his palm.

Lu Chuan no longer hesitated. In the heavily protected palace, he felt exceptionally safe. He sat cross-legged and refined this precious pill. Soon after, his aura continuously climbed, and his cultivation even rose from the mid-stage One-Star Dou Sheng to the late-stage Two-Star Dou Sheng!

As the saying goes, good news lifts the spirits. After his cultivation breakthrough, Lu Chuan only felt his soul power greatly increase. He then wrote this passage in his diary.

[Hahaha, this young master has now returned to the Northwest Continent, and my cultivation has greatly increased. I am now a Two-Star Dou Sheng!]

“Is Brother Lu Chuan now a Two-Star Dou Sheng?!”

Gu Xun’er looked at the new passage that suddenly appeared in the diary copy. A joyful expression appeared on her small face, and she was genuinely happy for Lu Chuan’s cultivation progress.

It was just a pity that she didn’t get to meet Lu Chuan this time!

In 10 years, she had so many things she wanted to tell Brother Lu Chuan.

What a pity.

After this separation at the Alchemist Convention, who knew how long it would be until they met again?

Gu Xun’er was slightly disappointed, and she sighed softly in her heart.

Looking at the information that appeared in the diary copy, Lu Chuan was already in the Northwest Continent. If she could rush over, she might be able to find Lu Chuan.

The young girl, with a waist like a slender willow swaying in the wind and an exquisite face, moved with light lotus steps. Her hand slid down, and she took out a communication jade pendant from her spatial ring, her gaze hesitant as she constantly examined the jade pendant in her hand.

Gu Xun’er’s gaze turned firm. She decided that she could go to the Northwest Continent to find Lu Chuan!

At worst, she would just tell her father!

“Brother Lu Chuan ran away again.”

Xiao Yu’s small face was tear-streaked. She pouted her small mouth, holding Xiao Mei’s hand, with a spoiled and seeking-comfort expression, her tone filled with dejection, as she spoke.

“It’s okay, he can’t escape. We’ll go to the Northwest Continent and catch Lu Chuan.”

Xiao Mei’s expression was also a little dejected. She reached out her delicate hand and rubbed Xiao Yu’s small head, only then feeling a little better. She said in a comforting tone.

The two sisters had waited at the Pill Convention for an unknown amount of time, just to see Lu Chuan once.

But they never expected this guy to just run away!!!

If the two of them caught Lu Chuan, they would definitely not let this guy off easy; they would have to drain him dry and consume him completely.