I and countless versions of myself simultaneously travel through time.

Deep within the Heavenly Flame Refining Tower, magma surged like a raging sea.

Ye Yan stood in the void, with scorching lava beneath his feet and a coiled fire python before him, the true form of the Fallen Heart Flame.

The fire python was entirely crimson, with eyes like torches, and its body was engulfed in invisible and intangible flames. With each breath, even space itself was slightly distorted.

The Fallen Heart Flame, ranked fourteenth on the list of strange flames, is born deep within the earth's core. It is formless and shapeless, yet it can temper battle qi and accelerate cultivation, earning it the nickname "cultivation cheat device."

Its inner fire can penetrate directly into the opponent's soul, making it impossible to defend against.

For cultivators below the Douhuang level, possessing the Fallen Heart Flame is equivalent to having a rocket-like cultivation speed.

However, for a Dou Zun powerhouse, this boost is no longer significant.

It's not even worth a single hair of Xiao Yan's.

Xiao Yan is Ye Yan's strongest strange fire. With so many destiny points every day, Ye Yan really wants to help him improve as much as possible. After that, when they go to the Great Thousand World and bind Lin Dong and the others, it will be even more useful.

What Ye Yan valued was its mental fire attack when facing enemies; it was invisible and impossible to defend against, making it the true trump card.

However, at this moment, Ye Yan's gaze passed over the fire python and landed on a protruding rock deep in the magma.

On the rock, a skeleton sat cross-legged, having been dead for who knows how many years.

On the skeletal finger was an ancient storage ring, emanating a faint spiritual energy.

"Come out."

After a moment of silence in the magma, a phantom-like, aged figure floated out from the withered bones.

It was an old man with white hair, a gaunt face, and bright, piercing eyes. Although he was now just a soul, he still exuded a chilling aura.

He had intended to sit upright on the skeleton and wait for the newcomer to speak first, but Ye Yan forced him to speak out with a single sentence.

"I am Venerable Heavenly Fire. May I ask who you are?" The old man slightly clasped his hands in greeting, his gaze sweeping over Ye Yan, his pupils suddenly contracting. A Dou Zun!

Moreover, he was no ordinary Dou Zun; the spatial power around him was astonishingly profound, at least at the peak of the first star Dou Zun.

Without wasting words, Ye Yan raised his hand and waved, sending a soul imprint directly into the spirit body of Venerable Heavenly Fire.

That was Ye Meng's mark, carrying fragments of Ye Yan's memories. A month ago, he was just a Dou Zong.

A month later, he had already become a Dou Zun.

After reading these memories, Venerable Tianhuo was completely stunned.

"From Dou Zong to Dou Zun in just one month?" His voice trembled.

He had lived for hundreds of years and had never seen such a cultivation speed. What kind of monster was this?

"The Heavenly Flame Venerable, Yao Tianhuo, was once a five-star Dou Zun powerhouse. He failed to fuse with the strange fire and his physical body was destroyed. A wisp of his soul is hiding in the ground beneath the Fallen Heart Flame, barely clinging to life." Ye Yan revealed his origins in a few words, his tone as calm as if he were reading a book. "Join the Ye Alliance, and I will bring you back to life."

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Like the Venerable Tianhuo and the Elder Yao, they were also filled with confusion and uncertainty.

The same box.

Venerable Heavenly Fire remained silent for a moment, then suddenly laughed loudly, "Good! I've lived for hundreds of years, and this is the first time I've seen someone like you. What's wrong with joining the Ye Alliance? Anyway, in my current state, I have nothing left to gain."

Ye Yan nodded in satisfaction.

He turned to look at the fire python, reached out and grabbed it, and the power of space transformed into an invisible hand, clamping the fire python tightly.

The fire python struggled frantically, sending magma soaring into the sky, but it couldn't break free from Ye Yan's control at all.

Ye Yan opened his mouth and inhaled, and the original flame of the Fallen Heart Flame entered his mouth like a whale sucking water. The fire python let out a unwilling hiss, and its body rapidly shrank, eventually turning into a crimson flame that burned quietly in Ye Yan's palm.

It only took three breaths to subdue the Fallen Heart Flame.

Venerable Tianhuo was dumbfounded.

Back then, he went to great lengths to subdue this strange flame, and almost suffered a backlash.

This kid is something else, treating it as easily as eating and drinking.

Ye Yan didn't rush to leave. Instead, he sat cross-legged above the lava and closed his eyes.

The Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame, the Sea Core Flame, and the Fallen Heart Flame that he had just subdued—these three strange flames each resided within his meridians, subtly vying for dominance over one another.

"Three different flames?" Venerable Heavenly Flame's eyes widened. "You...you want to fuse them?"

"That's right." Ye Yan opened his eyes, his gaze calm and steady. "This place is rich in earth fire, making it the perfect place to fuse with a different kind of fire. Besides, my fire-attribute battle qi is no longer suitable."

Venerable Heavenly Fire took a deep breath, his expression becoming extremely solemn. He had died from the backlash of the strange fire back then. He had tried to fuse two strange fires, but the flames went out of control, his physical body was burned, and only a wisp of his soul escaped.

That disaster left an indelible mark on him.

"I died back then because of the fusion of different flames." Venerable Heavenly Fire gave a bitter laugh, his voice filled with deep fear. "Two different flames, the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame and the Fallen Heart Flame. I thought my cultivation was profound and forcibly fused them, but the flames went berserk and burned my body to ashes. If it weren't for a life-saving spiritual artifact, I wouldn't even have been able to keep this wisp of my soul."

Ye Yan nodded without saying anything.

He closed his eyes, and the three strange flames slowly circulated within his body.

When fusing different flames, the worst thing you can do is be impatient.

Ye Yan has always been calm and composed.

He wasn't as hot-blooded as Xiao Yan, nor as cautious as Yao Lao.

He was like a meticulous chess player, calculating every move clearly, taking the Northwest continent first before moving on to the Central Plains.

Three different flames slowly approached his meridians: the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame was as warm and smooth as jade, the Sea Core Flame was as cold as frost, and the Fallen Heart Flame was as hot as the sun. The three completely different flame attributes collided, intertwined, and repelled each other within his body.

The first step is to ensure that the three fires originate from the same source.

Ye Yan mobilized his internal fighting spirit, gradually drawing the primordial flames of the three strange fires into his dantian.

This process is the most dangerous; the slightest mistake could trigger a fiery outburst. Ye Yan remained calm and composed, his every movement of battle qi precise to the millimeter.

It took him three whole hours to gather the essence of the three strange flames into one in his dantian.

The second step is integration.

The three-colored flames surged in his dantian, intertwining in shades of green, blue, and red, sometimes merging and sometimes splitting.

Each fusion triggered violent energy fluctuations, impacting Ye Yan's meridians. Ye Yan's face gradually paled, and fine beads of sweat appeared on his forehead, but his eyes remained calm as he controlled his battle qi, compressing and shaping it little by little.

The integration process was far more difficult than he had anticipated.

The three different flames repelled each other intensely, especially the Sea Heart Flame, which came from Han Feng of the Soul Palace and was tainted by the cold aura of the Soul Palace. It was incompatible with the scorching heat of the Fallen Heart Flame. When the two met, they were like fire and water, almost causing an explosion several times.

Venerable Tianhuo watched with trepidation.

He had lived for hundreds of years and had seen many alchemists attempt to fuse different flames, but most of them ended in failure.

Those who failed suffered at best a decline in cultivation, and at worst, perished on the spot. Although Ye Yan possessed profound cultivation, the difficulty of fusing three different flames was far greater than that of fusing two.

"Boy, don't force yourself!" Venerable Heavenly Fire couldn't help but speak up. "The Sea Heart Flame and the Fallen Heart Flame have conflicting attributes; forcibly fusing them will only result in self-immolation! You already have two different flames; that's enough!"

Ye Yan did not answer.

He closed his eyes, sweat trickling down his face and dripping onto the scorching rocks, where it evaporated instantly.

"I am different. I am a master of different types of fire."

Venerable Heavenly Fire was speechless.

Within Ye Yan's body, the three-colored flames, after countless collisions, finally began to slowly merge.

The three colors of cyan, blue, and red gradually blended into one, transforming into a deep, glassy color, a color between transparent and opaque, like the purest glass, or like flowing jade.

The temperature of the flames soared to a terrifying level the moment they merged, and Ye Yan felt as if his meridians were about to be burned through.

He gritted his teeth, channeled all his battle qi, and suppressed, shaped, and condensed the raging flames.

one day one Night.

When Ye Yan opened his eyes again, a glass-colored flame was floating in his palm.

The flame was crystal clear, shimmering with iridescent light, and exuded a chilling aura of power.

Unlike ordinary strange fires, it is not violent. Instead, it has a warm and jade-like texture. However, Venerable Heavenly Fire knows that once this flame erupts, its power is far beyond that of the three different strange fires alone.

"Glassy Lotus Heart Flame." Ye Yan named his fused strange flame. The lotus in Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame, the heart of Fallen Heart Flame, plus the luster of glass, made the name quite fitting.

Venerable Heavenly Fire let out a long breath, and his gaze towards Ye Yan held a newfound respect.

This kid is not only terrifyingly strong, but also frighteningly calm.

Ye Yan did not rest; he closed his eyes once more.

This time, what he needs to do is to integrate the Sea Heart Flame into the Glazed Lotus Heart Flame.

The Sea Heart Flame was taken from Han Feng. It was ranked lower and its power was not as great as the previous two, but its attribute was cold and yin, which clashed with the heat in the Glazed Lotus Heart Flame.

Venerable Tianhuo opened his mouth, wanting to say, "Don't melt anymore, I beg you," but seeing Ye Yan's calm and almost cold face, he swallowed his words back.

This integration is more difficult than the previous one.

The Sea Heart Flame was like a slippery eel, darting left and right in the Crystal Lotus Heart Flame, never staying still.

Ye Yan remained calm and patient, suppressing, guiding, and assimilating the substances bit by bit.

Like a patient sculptor, he used the finest carving techniques to smooth out the sharp edges of the Sea Heart Flame, integrating it into the system of the Crystal Lotus Heart Fire.

Another half day passed.

Ye Yan opened his eyes, and the color of the Glazed Lotus Heart Flame in his palm deepened, with a faint blue light flowing around it.

With a thought, the flames exploded instantly, transforming into a sea of ​​azure fire, evaporating all the magma within a hundred feet in radius.

At the center of the inferno, an explosive burst of energy shot into the sky, blowing a section of the top of the Heavenly Flame Refining Tower off.

"Excellent!" Venerable Heavenly Fire clapped his hands in approval. "This power is enough to severely injure a second-star Dou Zun!"

Ye Yan extinguished the flames and stood up.

He walked up to the skeleton, took off the storage ring, and carefully put the skeleton into the ring.

The remains of Venerable Tianhuo are there; he promised to resurrect them, and he will certainly do so.

"When we return to Yunlan Sect, I will refine a physical body for you," Ye Yan said, turning to Venerable Tianhuo.

Venerable Heavenly Fire was slightly taken aback, then smiled.

That smile held gratitude, anticipation, and a touch of indescribable emotion.

After wandering for so many years, he finally found someone he could entrust his life to.

"I'll serve you like a beast of burden, my Lord Alliance Leader. Please allow this old man to be at the forefront."

"Then I have fulfilled my mission."