Reaching the pinnacle from Doupo

Chapter 584 The Beginning of Dan Chen's "Cheat Code"

Half a day later.

Dan Chen sat gracefully cross-legged on the lotus throne.

At one moment, the girl withdrew her gaze from the pale purple flames in front of her, turned her head slightly, and looked at Lin Yuan, who stood before her like an ancient pine tree.

"Master, I am ready."

"Then let's begin!" Lin Yuan nodded slightly and said solemnly, "Give me a wisp of your soul power..."

Dan Chen nodded, and a wisp of soul power separated from between his brows and drifted toward Lin Yuan.

Lin Yuan received the wisp of soul power, enveloped it with his own soul power, and then threw it into the pale purple flames. At the same time, he said in his heart, "Fu Xuan, lend me a hand and dispel the flame resistance..."

Before he could finish speaking, the girl's clear and melodious voice suddenly rang in Lin Yuan's heart: "Yes, Master!"

Instantly, a strange wave rippled outwards from Lin Yuan.

The moment it came into contact with this strange fluctuation, the pale purple flames, which had instinctively launched a counterattack due to the intrusion of a foreign object, calmed down in the blink of an eye.

Seeing this, Lin Yuan calmly formed several hand seals. The soul power of the two people in the flames and the spirituality left by Fu Xuan slowly merged, transforming into a strange soul imprint, which he planted in the pale purple flames.

The moment the soul imprint was successfully implanted, the pale purple flame trembled slightly and transformed into a beam of fire that flew into Dan Chen's brow, leaving a pale purple flame imprint.

As the strange fire entered his body, Dan Chen immediately felt a warm sensation coming from between his eyebrows.

The space between the eyebrows is where the power of the soul resides.

However, because the pale purple flame had been imprinted with a soul mark, its terrifying temperature did not cause Dan Chen's soul any discomfort. Instead, it was like a lively musical note, making her soul fluctuations even more active.

Dan Chen took a deep breath, closed her eyes, and focused her mind on her body, beginning to nurture the flames within her body according to the method taught by Lin Yuan.

She continuously infused her soul power into the mark, and then, with the soul mark as the center, gradually took control of the flame.

The pale purple flames burned fiercely, and the fire mark between his brows also emitted a faint glow.

Unlike half a day ago, when his soul power was burned to nothingness upon contact with the flame, with Fu Xuan's suppression and the soul imprint as a bridge, Dan Chen was surprised to find that the flame's resistance to his soul power had been greatly reduced.

What she had to do was completely eliminate that resistance and become the master of the flame.

With the help of Lin Yuan and Fu Xuan, this process, which was originally extremely time-consuming, was greatly reduced in time, and could be completed in just a few days.

For the next few days, Dan Chen immersed herself in the process of merging her soul with the flames.

With her persistent efforts, the resistance within the flames gradually weakened, like the receding tide, as the days passed.

On the other side, Lin Yuan was not idle either.

What he needs to do is not just help his disciple subdue the strange fire; he also has several other goals that he wants to accomplish all at once during this opportunity!
Lin Yuan stood in front of Dan Chen, his fingers, glowing with purple light, slid through the air, outlining mysterious flame runes... Each rune, the moment it took shape, would burst into a dazzling light and then disappear into Dan Chen's body.

As they were both busy with their own things, time flew by in the blink of an eye.

Three days later, Dan Chen's tightly closed eyes trembled slightly, and a faint purple flame flickered in her exquisite eyes!
At the same time, the fire mark between her eyebrows suddenly burst forth with dazzling flames. The pale purple fire mark seemed to come back to life, slowly wriggling and gradually seeping into Dan Chen's brow before finally disappearing.

After a while, the pale purple flames in Dan Chen's eyes slowly faded, and her delicate eyes regained their clarity.

The resistance within the strange fire was finally completely dispelled by her!

The girl exhaled a long breath, and a faint, jade-like glow appeared on her face, revealing an undisguised joy.

"It seems the first step has been successfully completed." Lin Yuan looked at the girl's excited expression and said with a smile, "Don't be careless, the next step is crucial... Take advantage of this opportunity to refine the strange fire and you must also cultivate the first level of this technique."

As he spoke, he gently touched the girl's brow with his fingertip and transmitted a vast message to her.

"The Brahma Lotus Calamity Flame Body!" After a long while, Dan Chen finished digesting the information, a look of horror flashed in his eyes, "Heaven... a mid-level Heaven-rank body-refining combat skill?"

"Indeed, it comes from a top expert from ten thousand years ago," Lin Yuan said with a slight smile, introducing the story gently.

"This 'Brahma Lotus Calamity Fire Body' can refine the body with fire, improving one's physical strength while also enhancing adaptability to the fire element, making it an excellent choice for fire-type cultivators to refine their bodies."

"This method is divided into three levels, corresponding to the three stages of Dou Zong, Dou Zun, and Dou Sheng respectively."

"Taking advantage of this opportunity for you to refine the strange fire, I will help you complete the first level of cultivation. After you advance to the seventh or eighth star Dou Zun, I will help you cultivate the second level... I have already completed the preparations for cultivating the first level in a few days."

In order to extend the time of future "divine interventions" and increase the energy limit of "divine interventions", Lin Yuan had already planned a training program for Dan Chen.

A key part of the plan was to transform this frail young girl into a master of body tempering.

Lin Yuan chose the "Brahma Lotus Calamity Fire Body," a body-refining fighting technique once used by the Pure Lotus Demon Saint. Although it is not as powerful as the "Azure Heaven Overlord Body," it is still an extremely powerful body-refining method.

That's right, the Pure Lotus Demon Saint also practiced body-refining combat techniques before her death.

In fact, most of the powerful figures who reached the pinnacle of the Dou Qi Continent had dabbled in body refinement to some extent, but they didn't base it on body refinement.

Even so, their physical bodies are terrifyingly strong, second only to pure-blooded royals of the same level of magical beasts... such as the Soul Emperor and Gu Yuan, who have stood at the peak for thousands of years, can physically defeat any ancient dragon clan fighting saint except for Zhu Kun.

One reason why the Pure Lotus Demon Saint didn't use a higher-level technique is that high-level Heaven-rank combat techniques are rare, but more importantly, it's due to the issue of adaptability.

Often, higher levels of martial arts techniques and combat skills are not necessarily better; it's also important to consider whether they suit your own abilities.

The Pure Lotus Demon Saint possesses the Pure Lotus Demon Flame. With the blessing of this top-tier exotic flame, the power that the "Brahma Lotus Calamity Flame Body" can unleash is no less than that of an ordinary high-level Heaven-rank body-refining combat skill.

The Pure Lotus Demon Saint herself also pursues an aesthetic that is self-consistent within her own system.

This "Brahma Lotus Calamity Fire Body" is just right. It can be said to be the top-of-the-line version of Xiao Yan's "Fire Element Golden Body" and is extremely suitable for fire-type cultivators.

The most important aspect of mastering this combat technique is having a sufficiently powerful flame.

On the other side, Dan Chen listened to Lin Yuan's words and immersed her mind in her thoughts again, quickly flipping through and digesting the cultivation methods... "Master, I'm ready... Let's begin!" After a long while, she exchanged a glance with Lin Yuan. Seeing the latter nod, she no longer hesitated, slowly closed her eyes, and her hand seals suddenly changed, and the temperature around her body began to rise rapidly.

The terrifyingly high temperature caused the space to distort, giving it an illusory appearance.

As the temperature gradually rose, before long, some pale purple flames burst out from the pores of her body, and as the flames intertwined, they enveloped Dan Chen's body.

Seeing this, Lin Yuan bent two fingers together, and a wisp of pale purple flame slowly emerged from his fingertips.

"Body tempering inevitably involves pain; you must endure it..."

After giving a serious reminder, he slowly walked behind Dan Chen, then his eyes sharpened, and his two fingers struck Dan Chen's back heavily with lightning speed.

Although Lin Yuan did not increase the temperature of the flames, the inherent high temperature still "hissed" and instantly burned Dan Chen's clothes to ashes, revealing the girl's smooth and beautiful curves.

This unexpected turn of events caused Dan Chen to cry out in surprise, her cheeks instantly turning red. However, the solemn voice beside her immediately calmed her emotions.

"Focus on refining the flames. I'm going to set up a seal. You focus on guiding the energy of the strange fire!"

Lin Yuan gave a deep reminder, and his fingers, burning with flames, gently slid across Dan Chen's jade-like back, outlining a mysterious purple lotus-shaped mark.

The moment the lotus-shaped mark took shape, it seemed to activate something, and countless flame runes appeared on Dan Chen's body.

Upon closer inspection, these runes are all runes that Lin Yuan has implanted over the past few days.

After these flame runes appeared, they quickly moved and converged towards the lotus-shaped mark that Lin Yuan had just drawn, then merged into it without any hesitation...

As the last flame rune merged into it, the lotus-shaped mark shimmered with brilliant light.

Then, wisps of mysterious purple flames extended from the lotus-shaped mark, crisscrossing on the delicate body that resembled a work of art, leaving behind purple fire marks and outlining a mysterious array pattern.

"The lotus is the form, the fire is the spirit... Lotus Mystic Fire Seal, seal!"

A low shout suddenly came from Lin Yuan's mouth, and in an instant, the light in his palm shone brightly!
The scorching energy surged out from his palm, then transformed into strands of energy that meandered and coiled along the streaks of fire. At this moment, the array patterns on Dan Chen's body seemed to be activated, emitting a dreamlike, ethereal purple light.

A mysterious attraction emanated from the array patterns.

The vast and pure purple flames emanated from the source of the strange fire within Dan Chen's body, and were then devoured by the array pattern, converging towards the lotus-shaped mark in the center of the array.

After a period of transformation, the purple flames turned into pure, strange fire energy, flowing out from the lotus-shaped mark and circulating throughout Dan Chen's body along his meridians.

These strange fire energies roamed freely through her meridians, tempering her blood and flesh.

Feeling waves of intense pain emanating from her body, Dan Chen gasped, biting her lower lip tightly. Her rosy lips quickly turned pale, and large beads of sweat rolled down her forehead before being evaporated by the intense heat emanating from her body.

However, a stubbornness shone in the girl's eyes as she endured the pain while simultaneously using the "Transplantation" technique to absorb the energy of the strange fire within her body...

Seeing this, Lin Yuan remained calm, but secretly nodded in approval.

If one lacks even the resilience to endure pain, no matter how outstanding one's talent and aptitude, it will be difficult to reach the peak and become a true powerhouse.

Fortunately, his disciple was merely inexperienced and lacked life-and-death experience; he was not weak at heart.

This was exactly what Lin Yuan wanted to hear.

He chuckled softly, placed his hand on the girl's shoulder, and injected his own soul power, along with the essence of the medicine extracted from her natal blood core, into Dan Chen's body, accelerating the process of her physical body's destruction and reconstruction, and greatly improving her body-refining efficiency...

At the same time, Lin Yuan also extracted a large amount of energy from the fire seed in Dan Chen's body and sealed it in the Lotus Profound Fire Seal.

The energy at the level of a fifth-rank Dou Zun is something that Dan Chen cannot digest in one go, no matter what.

However, Lin Yuan did not intend to waste those invaluable strange fire energies... He planned to seal them away in a form close to "Demonic Yuan Spots" so that Dan Chen could later use them for cultivation through "transplantation."

Dan Chen's soul adapted to Lin Yuan's power and also absorbed Fu Xuanzi Fire... For her, the energy contained in that flame was almost the most perfect tonic.

However, it will take one or two years to fully digest this energy.

Although digesting this energy takes a long time, the benefits are also considerable—according to Lin Yuan's estimate, if Dan Chen can digest this energy, his cultivation level can reach the second stage of Dou Zun.

This method of treatment is quite similar to the initiation method of the Flower Sect.

As Dan Chen's physical body continued to transform and a massive amount of strange fire energy was absorbed, her aura, which had stagnated for several months, broke through a bottleneck and began to rise rapidly. Before long, it faintly surpassed the peak of the Dou Zong realm...
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Just as Lin Yuan was helping Dan Chen break through, the entire Dan Domain gradually became unusually lively.

Almost every city in the Pill Domain has seen a much larger flow of people than ever before, and some observant people have noticed that countless powerful individuals and alchemists with accents different from those in this area have begun to appear in large numbers within the Pill Domain.

Clearly, these people are all here for the Pill Gathering and the Heavenly Pride Competition...

The Pill Gathering is not only a major event in the world of alchemy, but also a top-level event in Zhongzhou. Therefore, whenever the Pill Gathering begins, Saint Pill City becomes the focus of Zhongzhou.

The Competition of Prodigies is showing signs of becoming a top-level event in Central China, with the rise of the "ranking contest" trend.

With the Two Sessions combined, this year's event is even more lively than ever before.

Furthermore, the Saint-level forces of the Dou Qi Continent all learned from various channels that the younger generation of the Pill Tower and the Medicine Clan would have a showdown, which led to a significant increase in the number and quality of spectators this time, far exceeding previous years.

As the flow of people in Saint Dan City began to surge, the time for the assessment of the five major families of the Pill Tower was also drawing ever closer...

Since both of Yaojun Lin Yuan's disciples—Ye Xinlan and Dan Chen—come from the five major families of the Pill Tower, one of them will even participate in this assessment.

This assessment of the five major families has attracted a great deal of attention.

This assessment might be the last interesting thing to talk about for days before the start of the Elite Competition.

Inside and outside Saint Pill City, countless people hoped that the lucky daughter of the Ye family would utterly humiliate herself in the upcoming assessment of the five major families, thereby causing the Ye family, which should have been in decline, to be abandoned by the Medicine Lord, giving their own families a chance to climb up to the Medicine Lord's powerful tree.

The benefits the Ye family gained from currying favor with the Medicine Lord were so enviable that almost every power in the know was green with envy, wishing they could take his place...

(End of this chapter)