Battle Through the Heavens: Purple Heaven Thunder Emperor

Chapter 33 Success

After the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, Xiao Bai discovered that the Bing Fire Yang Thunder within his body had become exactly the same as the wisp on his fingertip.

On the surface, it appears as a swaying flame, but at the center of the flame is a crimson ball of lightning, surrounded by lightning, floating within it. Occasionally, a wisp of lightning appears on the flame, making it exceptionally beautiful.

"Haha, my little Bing! Daddy loves you!"

Although he knew it had no intelligence, Xiao Bai couldn't help but laugh heartily.

Although both the Yi Wood positive lightning and the Bing Fire yang lightning within the body are highly spiritual.

But Xiao Bai knew that it was extremely difficult for such rare creatures to develop true intelligence. First, it required a vast source of origin, and second, it required a very long time.

This timeframe isn't measured in centuries or millennia, but in tens of thousands of years.

Just like Tuoshegudi, although it is unknown what kind of strange fire he originally possessed.

However, the original work mentions that it seems to have taken him tens of thousands of years to develop a vague consciousness, and he only gained intelligence comparable to humans by instinctively devouring other flames.

Xiao Bai dispersed the wisp of Bing Fire Yang Lightning from his fingertip, letting it return to its original body, and then directly summoned the entire seed of Bing Fire Yang Lightning.

Seeing that the lightning seed in his palm had not returned to its previous state, he used his divine soul to communicate with the Bing Fire Yang Lightning. The lightning seed seemed to sense his thoughts and gradually returned to its previous lightning state. Xiao Bai's thoughts stirred again, and the lightning seed returned to its flame state.

Now Xiao Bai was relieved. Looking at the lightning seed constantly changing in his palm, the smile on Xiao Bai's lips gradually widened.

He never imagined that the Thunder Seed could be used in this way. If it weren't for the need for this medicine refining, he didn't know how long it would have taken to discover it.

With the precedent of Bing Fire Yang Thunder, Xiao Bai thought of the Yi Wood Zheng Thunder within his body, wondering if this method could also be used.

After retracting the Yang Thunder of the Fire element into his body, Xiao Bai summoned the Positive Thunder of the Wood element, but this time he did not only summon a wisp as before.

Instead, it summons the entire seed of Yi Wood Thunder and directly controls and communicates with it using its divine soul.

Sure enough, Xiao Bing's change was not a coincidence, but rather a result of his lack of understanding of them.

Just like the Yang Thunder of Bing Fire, the Yi Wood Thunder could also be manipulated in this way. However, the Yang Thunder of Bing Fire was a flame, while the Yi Wood Thunder was a cloud of blue mist.

A bluish-green mist surged in his palm, with a pale blue lightning ball at its center, floating within it. Occasionally, a flash of lightning would appear within the mist, creating a beauty unlike that of the Yang Lightning of the Bing Fire.

Xiao Bai quietly admired the changes in the Yi Wood Thunder in his hand, and couldn't help but marvel at the wonders of heaven and earth and the marvels of creation; it was truly too beautiful.

"Xun'er should like it a lot!" Xiao Bai suddenly thought of that little girl.

Girls all like pretty things, and even he was somewhat captivated by the state of having two lightning seeds in his hands, let alone that beauty-loving little girl.

After admiring it silently for a while, Xiao Bai put it into his body. Now everything was ready, only the final push was needed.

After sorting out his thoughts, Xiao Bai's expression turned solemn. He threw a wisp of flame and lightning into the cauldron, attempting to control its size using his soul power.

Xiao Bai now felt much more relaxed, no longer needing to worry about controlling the fire and lightning attributes and maintaining balance; he could focus solely on controlling the intensity of the flames.

After manipulating it for a while and getting used to the changes in this new state, he waved his hand and threw a Purple Sun Fruit into the Ebony Cauldron.

He controlled the flames to their minimum and slowly brought the Purple Sun Fruit closer to the flames and lightning.

Xiao Bai didn't know what temperature was needed to extract the medicinal properties of the herbs, so he could only try it carefully, little by little.

Unlike last time, this time the Ziyang fruit didn't immediately turn into a charcoal.

Seeing this, Xiao Bai was overjoyed; there was hope!

Slowly, the flames were enlarged, and as the temperature gradually rose, the purple sun fruit tumbled in the flames, gradually shedding its outer skin.

Suddenly, a bolt of lightning struck the peeled flesh of the fruit amidst the flames, turning the flesh inside the Purple Sun Fruit completely black.

Upon seeing the scene inside the cauldron, Xiao Bai remained silent.

However, he was not discouraged, as he had made great progress this time compared to the last one.

Success is nothing more than the final result of a series of failures.

After clearing away the charcoal from the cauldron, he tossed in a Purple Sun Fruit and continued.

After several attempts, Xiao Bai failed each time. Each time, the medicinal herbs were destroyed by the lightning strikes from the flames, sooner or later.

He stopped, knowing that even if he succeeded occasionally, it wouldn't be of much reference value; it would just be luck and wouldn't help his alchemy skills.

Xiao Bai rubbed his temples, feeling that his alchemy learning process had been far too difficult.

Just when one problem is solved, another pops up. Keep in mind that this is only the first step in alchemy—purifying the medicinal essence.

After resting for a while and clearing his mind, Xiao Bai cheered up again.

The more difficult the situation, the more you need to stay calm, so that the fruits of success will be sweeter. Xiao Bai secretly gave himself a bowl of chicken soup.

Looking at the small pile of charcoal next to him, Xiao Bai stroked his chin.

Since the medicinal herbs could not withstand the lightning in the flames, and he could not control the lightning from appearing in the flames.

Could we perhaps enhance the medicinal herbs?

Xiao Bai thought of the Yi Wood Thunder that he hadn't used yet. It wasn't that he didn't want to use this thunder seed, but that he couldn't.

Unlike other alchemists, they need the wood element to neutralize the volatile nature of the flames and make them more peaceful.

However, his Bing fire cannot come into contact with Yi wood, otherwise he will become even more irritable.

Since the Wood element cannot be used to enhance flames, let's use it to enhance medicinal herbs.

"It's worth a try," Xiao Bai thought to himself.

Xiao Bai first put away the flames and lightning in the cauldron, then summoned a wisp of Yi Wood True Lightning in a misty state and threw it into the cauldron. He then waved his hand and threw a Purple Sun Fruit into it, using the Yi Wood Qi to nourish it.

Gradually, Xiao Bai realized that this approach seemed to be the right one. The Yi Wood Thunder itself was relatively mild, not to mention the current misty state. The medicinal herbs were nourished by it, and the originally somewhat shriveled fruits gradually became plump.

Moreover, this Yi Wood Qi itself contains the power of thunder, which causes the Zi Yang Fruit to absorb some sparse thunder power along with the Yi Wood Qi.

"Wouldn't this prevent the Purple Sun Fruit from being charred by Xiao Bing?" Xiao Bai's eyes lit up.

Thinking of this, Xiao Bai threw the Bing Fire flame into the cauldron, allowing the plump Ziyang Fruit to slowly approach.

As the temperature slowly rises, the purple sun fruit tumbles in the flames, gradually shedding its outer skin. Occasionally, a wisp of lightning strikes it, but instead of destroying it, it causes the medicinal properties to be released more quickly.

Finally, a small amount of pale purple powder appeared in the cauldron.

Xiao Bai knew he had succeeded; he had achieved his first success in refining the essence of medicinal herbs.

"This is a small step for Xiao Bai's success, but a giant leap forward for the alchemy world of the Dou Qi Continent!" Xiao Bai thought with a beaming smile and a touch of narcissism.

Xiao Bai took the pale purple powder out of the cauldron and found that it was slightly different from the description in the prescription given to him by the old doctor.

(End of this chapter)