Battle Through the Heavens: The Holy Sun Immortal Venerable

Chapter 106 The Heart Flame Falls from the Magma Underground!

Without a doubt, the students of Canaan Academy are true geniuses, especially those who are able to enter the inner academy, who are geniuses selected through layers of screening.

In addition, Canaan Academy's unique learning methods ensure that all graduates are outstanding geniuses capable of standing on their own.

The Holy Rain Sect needs people like this.

Under the watchful eyes of countless people, Lin Xiuya caught the floating silver token.

The token has a simple design: one side is engraved with the character "圣" (sacred), while the other side depicts countless people busily working.

"Huh? Big brother actually gave you a token, even though it's silver."

Xiao Ziyan looked curiously at the silver token in Lin Xiuyan's hand, and suddenly felt that this little Kalami was much more pleasing to the eye. She patted Lin Xiuyan's shoulder and said in an old-fashioned manner, "Do a good job, you know, Linzi. Remember to report to old man Su Qian tomorrow. Don't let your big brother down."

"this……"

Lin Xiuya looked at the silver token in his hand, then looked at Ziyan with curiosity and a hint of doubt: "Senior Sister Ziyan, who exactly was that person just now...?"

"Oh, you guys don't know yet?"

Zi Yan seemed to remember something and snorted, "My elder brother is a guest elder of our academy. Old man Su Qian begged for him with his tail between his legs."

"If you can get his guidance, you should be secretly happy!"

Elder Su Qian shamelessly...begged for it?

Lin Xiuya and everyone present were somewhat stunned. They knew exactly how strong Elder Su Qian was, but could Elder Su Qian have achieved the level of that sword strike just now?

Obviously, it can't.

That guest elder.

His status and his power are both above Elder Su Qian!

"I see."

Lin Xiuya gripped the silver token in his hand and nodded to Zi Yan: "I will go to Elder Su Qian's place tomorrow."

"Hmm, you're quite sensible."

Zi Yan patted Lin Xiuya on the shoulder, swinging her ponytail with an air of maturity, and skipped towards the distant Heavenly Flame Refining Tower. Her older brother said he would be waiting for her there.

Zi Yan's departure brought a sigh of relief to everyone present. The pressure from this brute force was simply too great, after all, almost everyone present had been beaten up by this girl.

One punch, one kill.

After pondering for a moment, Lin Xiuya jumped off the arena and prepared to leave.

Now that he had decided to see Lin Ran tomorrow, he naturally had to make some preparations.

But before he could take a step, he heard shouts from behind.

It's Liu Qing.

"Lin Xiuya".

Holding the black gun, Liu Qing's gaze lingered briefly on the silver token in Lin Xiuya's hand before he spoke in a deep voice, "Tomorrow... may I go with you?"

Lin Xiuya was slightly taken aback, and after thinking for a moment, he nodded.

"Although that lord didn't give you a token, it shouldn't be a problem for you to come with me. If you want to come, come find me tomorrow at 1-3 PM."

"it is good."

Liu Qing nodded emphatically: "Thanks."

Upon hearing this, Lin Xiuya chuckled. It was truly astonishing that the word "thank you" would come out of Liu Qing's mouth.

The two left separately, and the crowd watching the arena gradually dispersed. Meanwhile, Lin Ran, on the other side, arrived at the Heavenly Refining Qi Tower.

Although the Heavenly Refining Tower is a tower, its appearance is quite strange.

What came into Lin Ran's view was a sunken terrain. In that sunken area, an extremely large black tower was buried deep underground, with only a section of its spire and a pitch-black entrance visible above the ground.

"Big brother, big brother, I'm here, I'm here!"

Just as Lin Ran was examining the Heavenly Flame Refining Tower, a whooshing sound came from behind him, and Xiao Ziyan hopped and skipped to Lin Ran's side. As Ziyan appeared, Elder Su Qian's figure also materialized out of thin air, showing a respectful expression to Lin Ran.

"Sect Leader Lin."

"Old man Su Qian, what brings you here?" Xiao Ziyan asked Su Qian curiously. "Wasn't I supposed to show Big Brother around the inner courtyard?"

"This... Sect Leader Lin, I have a favor to ask, but I don't know..."

Elder Su Qian looked rather embarrassed, while Lin Ran smiled calmly and waved his hand.

"It must be the spatial barrier of this Heavenly Refining Tower."

Yes, yes.

Around the Heavenly Flame Refining Tower, there is a special spatial barrier, but this barrier is now very thin and fragile, which explains why the Fallen Heart Flame was able to break out of the tower in the original story.

Canaan Academy has a strong overall strength, and it is also backed by powerful experts like the Two Elders, who are both nine-star Dou Zong.

However, to set up a barrier of this level, one needs at least a Dou Zun (Battle Venerable) to do so. Therefore, Canaan Academy has always been unable to create a spatial barrier, only able to make repairs and patch it up, unable to create a completely new barrier.

But things are different now. Lin Ran has broken through to the Dou Zun level and possesses the terrifying spatial control of a Dou Zun expert. He can completely reinforce or even rebuild a spatial barrier!

"No problem. After all, I am a guest elder of the academy. If the academy has any requests, how could I refuse?"

Lin Ran smiled faintly and readily agreed: "However, I need to study this Heavenly Burning Qi Refining Tower carefully. After all, recreating a spatial barrier is too troublesome. But if I know the principle of this barrier, I can directly repair it to its peak state."

"That's wonderful! Sect Leader Lin, please follow me!"

Upon hearing this, Su Qian was overjoyed!

Canaan Academy has stood in this Black Corner Region for some time now, and the Heavenly Flame Refining Tower was the core of its founding.

However, with the Dean leaving the Black Corner Region to travel to the outside world, the seal of the Heavenly Burning Qi Refining Tower was no longer guarded by a Dou Zun powerhouse, and therefore could not be replenished.

Although the strange fire within the tower could not shake the might of a Dou Zun, it seemed to have discovered this matter as well.

In order to escape, the beast began to wear down the seal little by little. Now, the spatial seal has weakened to an extreme degree and occasionally it will erupt, exhausting the elders every time.

If it were just a matter of messing with these old guys, that would be fine, but the Heavenly Flame Refining Tower is the core of Canaan Academy, and there are far too many students cultivating there.

Each outburst of the Fallen Heart Flame brings enormous trouble; a single misstep can be devastating for the students.

Fortunately, Lin Ran arrived!

"Sect Master Lin, since you are willing to repair the spatial barrier, please allow me to first introduce this Heavenly Flame Refining Tower to you."

Led by Su Qian, Lin Ran and Xiao Ziyan walked in the open space outside the tower. As they walked, Lin Ran said, "This Heavenly Flame Refining Tower was set up by the Dean to better temper the fighting spirit and physique of the academy's students. The reason it can do this is because there is a strange fire inside the tower."

"Strange Fire..."

Lin Ran murmured, slightly raising his palm. A wisp of cyan-gold flame flickered in his palm, occasionally drifting towards the location of the Heavenly Flame Refining Tower, as if something was attracting them.

"Sect Master Lin, is this... is this also a different kind of flame?"

Elder Su Qian was extremely surprised, but also felt that it made perfect sense.

With Lin Ran's strength, what's so difficult about subduing a strange flame?

The dean was able to subdue the Fallen Heart Flame back then, and Lin Ran was also a Dou Zun, so it's not surprising that he possessed a strange flame. However, the color and appearance of this strange flame look a bit strange. It's cyan-gold... Is the color of the strange flames on the Strange Flame Ranking cyan-gold?

Lin Ran, Su Qian, and the other two entered the tower together.

Upon entering the tower, Su Qian's expression shifted slightly, Xiao Ziyan's face showed impatience and irritation, and Lin Ran raised an eyebrow. Within the burning azure-gold flame in his palm, a wisp of something without intention had appeared.

"Formless and colorless, manifesting through the heart, leaving no trace, it's actually the Fallen Heart Flame, ranked fourteenth on the Strange Flame Ranking?!"

Lin Ran casually raised his hand and, to Su Qian's astonishment, actually caught an invisible flame. Although it was extremely weak and small, it was indeed a flame!

Looking at the fire in Lin Ran's palm, Su Qian showed a look of emotion and respectfully said to Lin Ran, "Sect Master Lin is right. This strange fire located in the Heavenly Flame Refining Tower is the fourteenth ranked flame on the Strange Fire Ranking, the Fallen Heart Flame."

"It is precisely because of its power that the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower can help students hone their fighting spirit."

"I see. After all, it's a strange fire known as a cheat-like cultivation tool."

Lin Ran chuckled as he played with the strange flame in his hand, then stamped his foot: "So, the true form of this Fallen Heart Flame is right beneath this tower?"

"Yes."

Su Qian nodded.

This is hardly a secret. Lin Ran not only possesses power that they cannot contend with, but he is also now "one of their own." There is naturally no need to hide such things.

"Let's go and see what this cultivation cheat device is all about."

Lin Ran took a step and walked into the tower. Xiao Ziyan swung her light purple ponytail and muttered something under her breath, but didn't say much. She skipped and hopped behind Lin Ran.

This Heavenly Flame Refining Tower, buried deep underground with only its spire visible, has an extremely spacious interior.

The space inside the first level of the tower alone is enough for five hundred people to cultivate at the same time.

Inside the circular tower, there are cultivation rooms of varying sizes. However, most of these rooms are already occupied. Above the doors of these rooms hang small red signs, but the words written on them are different.

Advanced, intermediate, and basic levels.

Clearly, these training rooms also have different levels.

All the advanced training rooms are located near the center of the tower, while the intermediate training rooms and the lower-level training rooms are distributed around them.

"In this Heavenly Refining Qi Tower, these high, medium and low-level cultivation rooms are generally contested based on one's own strength. Those with strong strength can obtain the best cultivation conditions, while those with weak strength can only cultivate in the outermost low-level cultivation rooms."

Pointing to a cultivation room marked with a "High-Level" sign, Elder Su Qian smiled faintly and said, "Within the same level of the tower, regardless of the cultivation room's level, the cultivation fee is the same. For example, in this first level, a low-level cultivation room costs one day for 'Fire Energy' cultivation, and the same applies to high-level cultivation rooms."

"It's a dog-eat-dog world, and the strong enjoy more resources and preferential treatment, which is quite reasonable." Lin Ran nodded calmly.

The three continued on their way and soon arrived at the center of the tower.

Suddenly, a bottomless black hole appeared in front of Lin Ran.

Lin Ran stared intently at the pitch-black darkness that stretched to the very end of his vision. This black hole seemed to pierce through the entire Heavenly Flame Refining Tower. If it weren't for the tower's spire covering it, this deep, dark hole would probably be clearly visible from the sky.

"This is the passage that connects to the original body of the Fallen Heart Flame," Elder Su Qian whispered.

"ah."

Lin Ran responded calmly, his gaze fixed on the dark passage, a slight smile playing on his lips.

"I see it."

The next moment, to Su Qian's astonishment and Zi Yan's admiring gaze, Lin Ran raised his palm towards the dark, deep hole.

Followed by.

A cyan-gold palm print burst forth from Lin Ran's palm, suddenly grabbing towards the dark cave, causing the space within the endless darkness to distort abruptly.

Zi Yan and Elder Su Qian felt the temperature in the surrounding space suddenly rise, and an extremely terrifying and ancient aura slowly emerged from the black hole, finally bursting out like lightning that tore through the night, revealing the seemingly endless deep darkness.

A giant lapis lazuli hand floated out, its palm clenched as if it were holding something in its hand.

The next moment, an invisible giant fire python, which was at least ten meters thick but whose exact length was unknown, was forcibly pulled out of the dark cave by the blue-gold hand, which grabbed the python's head.

"This! This!"

Zi Yan was stunned, and Elder Su Qian was even more shocked. He immediately wanted to disperse the students who were cultivating inside the tower.

"No rush."

Before Su Qian could make a move, Lin Ran's calm voice rang out. Su Qian suddenly realized that the surrounding space had been enveloped by an unknown force, and the invisible fire python was tightly bound. Although it struggled desperately, it could not break free at all.

Seeing this, Su Qian gave a wry smile.

I almost forgot, this is a Dou Zun powerhouse!

The fire python was enveloped in somewhat distorted flames, its huge mouth wide open, its fangs, as thick as a human thigh, gleaming with a twisted ripple, and its enormous triangular eyes constantly spewing out invisible flames.

It is the Fallen Heart Flame used for body tempering.

However, the strength of this wisp of heart fire at this moment is nothing compared to the heart fire used by those students. It's like the difference between the bright moon and a firefly. The intensity of the flames on this fire python is such that even a human Dou Huang would be reduced to ashes in an instant if he were touched by it!

Although the fire python was incredibly powerful, it was firmly restrained by the cyan-gold hand, its spatial constraints preventing it from breaking free in the slightest.

Seeing no hope of breaking through, the fire python went somewhat mad, spewing out invisible flames from its giant mouth, constantly burning the cyan-gold hand that was binding it.

Unfortunately, no matter how it burned, the lapis lazuli hand remained unmoved, and its color even became more and more dazzling!

"Even the Primal Heart Flame couldn't budge it in the slightest? What kind of strange flame is this...?"

Elder Su Qian sighed inwardly, but then he thought that with Lin Ran's strength, even without a different kind of fire, he could probably easily achieve this level.

"Elder Su Qian, you and Zi Yan should return first. Allow me to study this strange fire, what do you say?"

With the giant hand of fighting spirit restraining the Fallen Heart Flame, Lin Ran suddenly turned around and spoke to Su Qian and Zi Yan.

The two were slightly taken aback. After hesitating for a moment, Su Qian nodded: "I'll leave everything to you, Sect Leader Lin."

"Don't worry, I guarantee I'll complete the mission."

Lin Ran grinned, and the next moment, the surrounding space distorted, and his figure, along with the giant python, instantly disappeared from the spot.

When I opened my eyes again, everything in front of me was crimson.

Here.

It is the very bottom of the Heavenly Flame Refining Tower!

The scalding lava flowed and stained the entire world red, and within that lava, a fiery serpent was tightly bound by itself, unable to move an inch.

Azure flames enveloped him, completely isolating him from all the intense heat.

Even without Lin Ran's Pure Yang Body and Dou Zun strength, the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame and Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame, with their meager temperature, could not harm him in the slightest.

"You stay here and wait patiently, I'll come and deal with you later."

Lin Ran glanced at the bound Fallen Heart Flame, chuckled, and spoke calmly.

Instead of attacking the Fallen Heart Flame, he walked deeper into the magma below!

As they went deeper into the earth, intense heat and pressure surged from all directions, as if trying to crush Lin Ran into mincemeat.

However, this power was completely isolated by the azure flames on Lin Ran's body.

Lin Ran strolled leisurely, continuing to descend deeper into the depths.

This magma sea is extremely vast. If one were to explore it mindlessly, even a Dou Zun expert would likely get lost. Fortunately, Lin Ran is not only a Dou Zun expert, but also possesses a Spirit Realm soul.

Battle aura, spatial fluctuations, soul search.

as well as……

The interconnections between different flames!

As Lin Ran continued to venture deeper, suddenly, his strange fire burst forth with a dazzling azure-gold light, as if attracted by something to his left front.

"I've found you."

Lin Ran's lips curled up as he locked onto that space.

Space distorted, and in the next moment, Lin Ran's figure appeared in another place.

This place remains a crimson world, and it doesn't seem to be the end of this lava sea. At Lin Ran's feet, there is still that dark red lava, with a hint of chilling blackness in the distance. No one can ever know what lies at the end of this underground world.

In front of Lin Ran, a transparent halo emitting a faint glow floated in the magma. With a casual wave of his hand, Lin Ran drew the halo toward him.

As the distance closed, Lin Ran was able to see the object in the halo clearly.

Within that halo, there was nothing else but a skeleton that had turned to white bones.

The skeleton emitted a faint glow, and a flickering flame lingered around it.

The flame was completely transparent, as if it were invisible, and its appearance was extremely similar to that of the fire python above, only slightly weaker.

"Fallen Heartflame"

Indeed, this flame is the Fallen Heart Flame, but it is still in its infancy.

In the original story, after Xiao Yan obtained the Fallen Heart Flame, he was drawn by the strange fire and found it in the magma underground. He then placed it in the Heavenly Flame Refining Tower, replacing the original flame.

And now, this is what Lin Ran is going to do.

However, Lin Ran did not directly collect the skeleton and the Fallen Heart Flame. Instead, he looked at the skeleton and spoke calmly.

"Your soul aura has weakened to such an extent, do you still think you can hide it from my perception?"

"..."

The scorching magma beneath the surface was deathly silent. The next moment, a dazzling white light suddenly erupted from within the skeleton. After a few breaths, the white light slowly writhed and finally transformed into a phantom image of an old man, taking shape.

The figure was dressed in a white robe, with snow-white hair and beard, an aged face, and a faint glint of light in his calm eyes.

"Such a young Dou Zun... and this aura, what kind of strange fire is this?"

The aged figure gazed at Lin Ran, clicking his tongue in amazement: "Its color is bluish-gold, intensely hot, resembling the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame, ranked nineteenth on the Strange Flame Ranking, yet it also contains a hint of gold..."

"This is the fire of fusion."

Lin Ran calmly said, "The fusion of the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame and the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame."

"Wh-what?!"

The old figure's expression suddenly froze, his previous dignified and otherworldly demeanor vanished, replaced by shock.

"Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame... You actually succeeded in fusing two different flames?! This is impossible. You're just a mere one-star Dou Zun. And these are the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame, ranked nineteenth on the Different Flame Ranking, and the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame, ranked fourth... Even when I was a five-star Dou Zun, I couldn't fuse two identical different flames. How could you possibly do it?!"

"Impossible! The terror of a high-level strange fire is far more complex than this. How could the fourth-ranked Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame be devoured by you like this..."

Who knows?

Lin Ran snorted lightly: "Maybe this strange fire is begging me to fuse with it, don't you think? Alright. Enough with the pointless talk. I don't have much time. Those insects outside are no simple matter."

"Go ahead and die."

"Wh-what?!"

The old man's expression froze. Before he could make a move, an irresistible and terrifying soul impact swept over him.

He could only see a wisp of black mist before Lin Ran took his entire figure into his soul bag.

"Such a weak soul... well, at least it's at the Venerable level. It's a good material for refining a Corpse Soul Puppet." Lin Ran snorted and put away the soul bag.

At the same time, Lin Ran stretched out his palm and grabbed the small, burning Fallen Heart Flame in his hand, while with his other hand, he directly put the remains of the Heavenly Fire Venerable into his pocket.

Of course, Lin Ran didn't let his storage ring go either.

Dou Zun powerhouses are known for their rich collections. For example, the Five-Wheel Fire Technique given to Xiao Yan by Tianhuo Venerable in the original work is quite valuable.

Moreover, that thing was clearly not this guy's real treasure.

This guy was able to control two Fallen Heart Flames during his lifetime. Although he failed, it was enough to show how strong his foundation was. Lin Ran was really looking forward to seeing him alive.

After dealing with Venerable Tianhuo, Lin Ran did not leave immediately.

His gaze fell downwards, where the dark red magma churned and rolled, as if countless creatures were scurrying about within it. With just his soul power, Lin Ran sensed several powerful beings whose auras were no less than his own, and even far surpassed his.

However, Lin Ran's attention was clearly not on these guys; he wanted to delve deeper.

Deeper still, into the pitch-black depths of the magma...

"When did I become so unrealistic?"

Suddenly, Lin Ran let out a sneer, the space around him distorted, and the next moment, his figure appeared in front of the giant fire python.

He held the young Fallen Heart Flame in his palm, and bound and imprisoned the giant python in front of him.

"It's your turn, little snake."

(End of this chapter)