The Eternal Saint of Alchemy

In the square of Daqing City, someone recognized Xiao Fan and exclaimed in a low voice, "The successor of Taixu has arrived." The Fire Observation Mirror gave him a close-up. Xiao Fan put away his sand shield and stood on the arena, his body spotless.

In the second round, his opponent was an elder from the Three Flames Hall, whose cultivation was at the fifth rank of the Tribulation Realm. The old man recognized Xiao Fan, a smile appeared on his face, and he clasped his hands in greeting, saying, "Young Master Xiao, please enlighten me."

While using lightning and fire to accelerate his dodge, Xiao Fan shot out a flame with his left hand, accurately hitting the edge of the giant sword. The giant sword immediately shattered into pieces, scattered along the edge of the arena.

A lively discussion immediately broke out in front of the fire-observation mirror.

Applause erupted in the square of the capital city of Daqing, while some people quietly analyzed the details of the attack. The elder of the Three Flames Hall was slightly taken aback when he saw the giant blade broken, but he quickly smiled and said, "I am completely convinced."

In the third round of the competition, Xiao Fan's winning streak had already spread throughout the viewing mirrors. Those who had never seen him before now deeply remembered his face and his strange way of combining flames.

The discussions in the square grew louder and louder, and even the cultivators who were hosting the competition couldn't help but look towards the fire-observation mirror.

After the first day of competition, Xiao Fan's name has climbed to the top of the Ten Thousand Fire Ranking, and the spiritual energy imprint on the stone tablet is 20 percent brighter than at the beginning.

He could feel these marks flowing continuously into his meridians; although the number was small, they were extremely pure.

The second day's competition was changed to exploring the interior of the arena. The advance team had already determined that there were several levels beneath the central plaza, each sealed with different restrictions.

The monk presiding over the competition announced that the participants could form their own teams to break through the restrictions on each level, and the points on the Myriad Fire Ranking would be added based on the difficulty of the breakthrough and the rewards.

Xiao Fan did not team up with anyone else, but walked alone towards the east entrance of the central square.

At the entrance was a heavy stone door, carved with spiral patterns that were somewhat similar to those in the Burning Bone Abyss Rift, but much rougher.

He inserted the Thunderfire Token into the groove in the center of the stone gate, and spiral patterns lit up, revealing a passage leading to the stone gate.

At the end of the passage was a spacious stone chamber, completely empty.

The walls of the stone chamber were inlaid with fist-sized luminous pearls, emitting a soft glow. Against the wall was a row of bluestone platforms, on which dozens of pottery jars and jade boxes were neatly arranged.

Xiao Fan walked closer, but instead of touching the vessels, he first used his divine sense to examine them.

It was filled with all sorts of auras, some were pure fire-attribute spiritual materials, some were dried pills, and some were powders of unknown material.

He selected three well-preserved jade boxes from the three jade boxes and placed them on the stone platform. Among them was a Fire Spirit Ginseng with a completely red body and intact roots, two pieces of dark gold fire-attribute ore, and a small bottle of sealed golden liquid.

He put the three items into his bag, then returned all the containers to their original places. There was nothing else in the stone chamber besides these utensils. He turned and walked back down the passage to the ground.

As soon as he emerged from the passage, several viewing mirrors swept over him, revealing the jade box and raw stone at his waist. Everyone gasped again.

Before the Fire Observation Mirror, the presiding cultivator briefly announced: "Xiao Fan, the contestant from the third group, has successfully broken through the restriction at the entrance of the East Hall and brought back three precious items, including a Fire Spirit Ginseng and a dark gold ore, both of which are top-grade spiritual materials unearthed for the first time..."

In the square of Daqing Imperial Capital, Old Hu was also watching this scene in front of the fire-viewing mirror.

On the screen, Xiao Fan slowly walked out. He narrowed his eyes and turned to look at his companion. "This kid got another thing, and he did it so easily."

In the afternoon, Xiao Fan arrived at a southern entrance. This time, in addition to the keyhole of the Thunderfire Token, there was also the spiritual energy resonance of the Extreme Fire Abyss Technique.

Standing before the door, he circulated his spiritual core, adjusting his spiritual power to a suitable frequency, then placed his palm on the stone door and slowly pushed it open. Three seconds later, the stone door emitted a slight grinding sound and slowly opened inward.

The stone chamber is inlaid with a dark black stone slab, on which is drawn a map that extends far beyond the borders of the Daqing Empire, even reaching the distant west.

Xiao Fan stood in front of the stone tablet for a long time, memorizing the entire map. He then wiped the stone slab with a cloth and covered it with a thin layer of dust, restoring it to its original state.

When he returned to the ground, it was already dark. A campfire had been lit in the camp, and the view through the stargazing mirror was much brighter. Many people were still gathered around the mirror, discussing the day's events.

As Xiao Fan passed by a "fire-observing mirror," which captured the moment when he broke the southern restriction and resonated with the stone gate, the surrounding young cultivators all turned their heads to watch him walk past them, their eyes filled with envy.

He returned to his tent, sat cross-legged, and repeatedly recalled the map.

The outline of that unknown area on the map basically matched the description of the far west, deeper than the old woman He's scroll, except that there was an unrecorded route on the map pointing to an unmarked valley.

He closed his eyes and rested for a moment, hearing faint voices and the rustling of the night wind blowing through the woods.

On the third day, the entrance to the deepest part of the arena finally appeared.

After two days of exploration, the advance team and the Federation finally found a path to the bottom, a door hidden by the base of the Myriad Fire Ranking.

The hidden door is inscribed with an extremely complex combination of restrictions, requiring the simultaneous infusion of three or more types of fire-elemental spiritual power to open.

The Federation gathered many participants and poured all their Yang Fire, Yin Fire, and Earth Fire spiritual power into it, but even so, the secret door only trembled slightly and did not fully open.

Xiao Fan walked to the hidden door, squatted down, and examined its structure.

He quickly discovered the problem: although the three spiritual energies had different attributes, each had an independent frequency. The real task was to fuse the three energies together into a unified whole.

He looked up at the people around him and said in a deep voice, "I will adjust the frequencies of the three spiritual energies. You will adjust the frequencies of your spiritual energies according to my gestures."