Battle Through the Heavens: Xiao Yan, I am your second master.

The Fallen Heart Flame was discovered in this place. Knowing its effects, the Fallen Heart Flame was suppressed, and Canaan Academy was founded. This explains why the Inner Academy allows so many geniuses to soar to great heights.

It's because of this Fallen Heart Flame. Although it has been suppressed, it has developed sentience, which makes it hate our Canaan Academy. It has been accumulating power to break through the seal.

The Fallen Heart Flame is currently a ticking time bomb for the academy. If you have the ability to subdue it, it would be like removing a hidden danger for the academy. Of course, you must actually have the ability to subdue it.

Qianmu explained that when he was the Grand Elder, the Fallen Heart Flame would erupt every now and then, keeping him extremely busy. However, at that time, the Fallen Heart Flame was not very intelligent, so it was easy for him to suppress it.

After Bai Lie succeeded as the Grand Elder, the riots of the Fallen Heart Flame became more and more outrageous. Although Dean Mang Tianchi returned several times and strengthened the seal, there was a large lava lake beneath the Fallen Heart Flame, and the Fallen Heart Flame had a continuous source of energy.

Therefore, the seal became weaker and weaker under the repeated impacts of the Fallen Heart Flame, and sooner or later the Fallen Heart Flame would break through the seal and wreak havoc on the inner courtyard.

Dean Mang Tianchi meant that if any student was capable of subduing the Fallen Heart Flame, then let them do so; leaving it there was too unstable.

"Junior understands!" Xiao Li was overjoyed. Since Elder Qianbai had agreed to let him absorb the Fallen Heart Flame, that was wonderful.

Xiao Li understood that the Fallen Heart Flame was the Heavenly Fire Venerable's strange fire. The Heavenly Fire Venerable was still below, and there was a nascent Fallen Heart Flame at the Heavenly Fire Venerable's remains, which was enough to solve the problem of the Heavenly Burning Qi Refining Tower.

Win-win!

"Go ahead, and focus on improving your strength first. I can see that you have accumulated a lot of medicinal power in your body. Once you reach adulthood, this medicinal power will become your asset."

Although these medicinal effects will allow your cultivation to advance extremely quickly, too rapid an increase in realm is also not good. This Fallen Heart Flame can solve this problem very well.

After Qianmu finished speaking, he and Bailie disappeared. As expected of a peak Dou Zong expert, their speed was really fast.

Xiao Li returned along the same route. He was very fast and soon caught up with Hu Qian and his group. Then everyone left.

"Alright, you've received your rewards. Now, take two days to rest. After that, you'll need to enter the inner courtyard. You'll have plenty of time to complain then."

Just a heads-up: if newcomers want to avoid being bullied by the senior students when they first enter the inner courtyard, they'll have to be stronger than them. Of course, the students who can enter the inner courtyard are basically the best of the former outer courtyard students, and their cultivation talents are not weak.

In addition, given the unique training and cultivation methods of the Inner Academy, it will probably be quite difficult for you newcomers to catch up with their pace.

In short, you should cooperate with each other, otherwise things will not go well. Xiao Li would like to give you a special reminder: your strength is indeed very strong, but there are quite a few students at the Dou Ling level in the inner academy.

In particular, the number of students at the peak of the Dou Ling realm exceeds ten, and several students have even reached the half-step Dou Wang level, just half a step away from becoming a Dou Wang.

As the vice dean of the outer academy, Hu Qian naturally had to remind them, especially Xiao Li. He reminded Xiao Li that he had achieved so much at such a young age, which was indeed something to be proud of, but he had not been cultivating for long enough and still lacked experience.

"Understood. I've already discussed it with Senior Liu. We'll start cultivating in the inner courtyard, but I won't hold back against any fools." Xiao Li wasn't in the mood for playing house with them anymore; he needed to focus on his cultivation!

If he can't get the Fallen Heart Flame, he'll have no choice but to turn the Tagor Desert upside down in search of the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame.

Xiao Li didn't care about ranking nineteenth or fourteenth on the Strange Fire Ranking. After all, apart from the top three Strange Fires being unique, the other Strange Fires should be roughly the same.

The strength depends on the person, but the Fallen Heart Flame is such a powerful cultivation cheat that you can level up even while lying down, which suits Xiao Li's desire to relax and level up.

'I've arrived at the inner courtyard!'

. . . . . .

Two years later,

Heavenly Flame Refining Tower, Advanced Cultivation Room

A man in blue sat cross-legged there, exuding a remarkable fighting spirit.

The man wore a long blue robe, and had a well-proportioned build, neither particularly muscular nor thin. His face wasn't exceptionally handsome, but he possessed a unique and indescribable charm, and his black hair cascaded over his shoulders.

call--

"Phew—I've reached the Five-Star Dou King level. This Dou Ling Pill wasn't a waste."

This man in blue is Xiao Li, who has been in the inner courtyard for two years.

Time flies. When we first entered the inner courtyard, there were indeed many clueless people who came to cause trouble. Most of them were two or three-star Dou Ling, who came to collect protection money, but Xiao Li chased them all away.

Later, Xiao Li, finding it troublesome, followed Liu Tianjiao to the Liu Gang. Liu Tianjiao's cousin was a strongman ranked fourth on the Power Ranking, named Liu Tianlong.

It is worth mentioning that both brothers came from Tianhuang City in the Central Region of Zhongzhou. Tianhuang City is dominated by two major families: the Liu family and the Cheng family. The Liu brothers are the direct descendants of the Liu family.

Their family is more powerful than an empire in the Northwest Continent. To be able to dominate a city in the Central Region of the Central State, the family must have Dou Zong powerhouses, and possibly more than one. They must also have quite a few Dou Huang powerhouses.

Upon hearing this, Xiao Li couldn't help but sigh. Zhongzhou truly was the center of the Dou Qi Continent. Dou Zong experts, rarely seen in the Northwest Continent, were everywhere in Zhongzhou.

Xiao Li broke through to become a Dou Wang powerhouse in just over a year after entering the inner academy, and then took the top spot on the strength ranking with his strength.

After entering the inner courtyard, Xiao Li fought dozens of battles, big and small, and won all of them except for one loss and one draw.

Xiao Li's only defeat was when he underestimated a little girl in white, and she punched him. Luckily, it was a minor injury; he broke two ribs and had to stay in bed for half a month.

That draw happened when Xiao Li was a four-star Dou Ling and fought with the person ranked second on the Strong Ranking. Xiao Li had beaten up his younger brother, and the person wanted to vent his anger, so the two fought to a draw.

"Xiao Li! Xiao Li!"

A clear, melodious voice rang out, and then the door to the advanced training room opened, revealing a little girl in white walking in.

The little girl appeared to be no more than twelve or thirteen years old. She had long, light purple hair that reached her waist, and her cheeks were extremely fair and delicate, like a piece of carved jade.

Second on the Inner Court Ranking, Zi Yan

"I knew you'd be hiding in this unbearably hot place! Hurry! I've finished my pills, make another batch!" Zi Yan said with a grin.

"You finished them? That's over two hundred pills! You finished them in less than seven days? Are you kidding me?!" Xiao Li's voice rose considerably.

Zi Yan lowered her head somewhat awkwardly: "It's just that I feel like I'm about to break through, but I feel like I'm still lacking energy."

"Well, I'm going to be busy again."

Chapter 37 Two Years

Xiao Li and Zi Yan then walked out of the Heavenly Flame Refining Tower. Xiao Li's reputation in the inner courtyard was extremely high.

First of all, he was ranked number one on the Strong Ranking, with amazing strength. He broke through to the Dou Wang level in just over a year after entering the Inner Academy, and defeated a series of top experts on the Strong Ranking to become number one.

Secondly, Xiao Li is a master alchemist. His cultivation level is only at the Dou Ling level, yet he can already refine fifth-grade pills. Fifth-grade pills! Most of the students in the inner academy are at the Dou Ling level.

The fifth-grade pill, the Spirit Ascension Pill, was too tempting for them. Moreover, although the Heavenly Flame Refining Tower could increase their cultivation speed, staying inside for a long time would cause fire poison to invade their bodies, which would be harmful to their cultivation.

Xiao Li used his alchemy skills to refine a large number of Ice Heart Pills, earning a lot of fire energy.

The inner academy naturally has its own group of alchemists, but their strongest alchemist is only at the initial fourth rank, and cannot compete with Xiao Li at all.

Although Xiao Li had been cultivating in the inner courtyard for two years, he had not forgotten the crucial matter: Elder Wang held the title of elder at Canaan Academy.

While Wang Lao was resting, Xiao Li secretly stuffed the Yin-Yang Profound Dragon Pill into his mouth. Although Wang Lao woke up afterward, it was too late to spit it out, as the medicinal power of the Yin-Yang Profound Dragon Pill had already settled in Wang Lao's body.

Xiao Li has taken a crucial step in the great cause of saving his teacher.

Next, regarding the Xiao family's affairs, Xiao Li had previously obtained the Thunder Attribute Earth-Rank Intermediate Technique, Ben Lei Jian, and its accompanying combat skill, Jing Zhe Thunder Technique, in Xuan Ye City. Xiao Li summoned his elder brother, Xiao Lin, to Canaan Academy via letter.

Only when his elder brother personally escorted him did Xiao Li feel at ease. Just two months ago, his elder brother Xiao Lin came to Heping Town again.

At this time, Xiao Lin had already broken through to the Dou Wang level and told him some good news: his grandfather Xiao Ting had broken through to the Dou Huang level, and the problem of lifespan had been solved.

Xiao Li was naturally happy for his grandfather and elder brother. He then gave Xiao Lin a Dou Ling Pill, two Qing Yuan Pills, a set of high-level Xuan-rank cultivation techniques with wind and thunder attributes, and matching fighting skills.

Xiao Li obtained the cultivation technique through pills. Wind and thunder attribute cultivation techniques are extremely rare, but fortunately, there is nothing that pills cannot solve; if there is, it is simply that there are not enough pills.

Now, Xiao Li's cultivation has reached the Dou Wang level, and his alchemy skills have also improved significantly, reaching the sixth rank. He can now refine Dou Ling pills of good quality.

Two Qingyuan Pills are used to assist Douhuang experts in their cultivation. Xiao Li hopes that his grandfather's cultivation can reach a higher level so that he can witness the future glory of the Xiao family!

What reassured Xiao Li was that no one except Xiao Lin and Xiao Li knew that Xiao Ting had broken through to the Dou Huang realm. The rumors outside were that Xiao Ting had already passed away before his time was up, but Xiao Lin had broken through to the Dou Wang realm, and the Xiao family still had a Dou Wang in charge, so no one dared to touch the Xiao family.

The Xiao family remains one of the four great families. Xiao Lin is now the face of the Xiao family. By using the old master Xiao Ting as a hidden force, they can launch a surprise attack and allow the old master to focus on cultivation and improve his power.

With things at home taking a breather, Xiao Li could now focus on improving his cultivation and preparing to refine the Fallen Heart Flame.

Xiao Li had already prepared a fifth-grade pill, the Blood Lotus Pill, a sixth-grade pill, the Earth Spirit Pill, a little bit of Heavenly Cold Qi, a bottle of Ice Spirit Cold Spring, and a Spirit Absorption Pill.

Now that Xiao Li has reached the five-star Dou Wang level, the Heavenly Burning Qi Refining Tower is no longer very effective for him. Only by absorbing the original body of the Fallen Heart Flame can this cultivation cheat device play its maximum role.

"Xiao Li, what are you thinking about? You seem to be spacing out." Zi Yan looked at Xiao Li, whose gaze was somewhat vacant.

"It's nothing, I was just thinking about something. You're about to advance to the fifth rank, which requires a lot of energy. Let me think about how to refine the pills." Xiao Li looked at Zi Yan, this little girl is a real powerhouse.

In this Dou Qi Continent, the only powerful figure who can rival her is probably Gu Yuan's daughter. Xiao Li really doesn't like the Gu Clan and doesn't want any entanglement with them.

Zi Yan is different. The Ancient Dragon of the Void has a transcendent status. Although it is currently in internal strife, when Zi Yan grows up, she will become a Dou Sheng powerhouse. No! After she consumes the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit, she will become a Dou Sheng powerhouse in one step. It seems that she has reached the level of a four-star Dou Sheng. Most importantly, she has a father who is a nine-star Dou Sheng at the peak.

This thigh is really great, it just wastes a lot of pills, but with Xiao Li's strength, raising a little female dragon is still no problem!

However, every time Xiao Li saw Zi Yan, he felt a slight pain in his left rib. About a year and a half ago, Xiao Li went to ask the Grand Elder some questions and saw Zi Yan rolling all over the floor in the Grand Elder's office.

At that time, Zi Yan was not very intelligent and would cry out. She wouldn't kiss anyone except Su Qian and would bump into people whenever she saw them.

Xiao Li didn't recognize Zi Yan at the time, thinking she was a wild child, and ignored her. As a result, when Zi Yan saw a stranger, she directly headbutted Xiao Li with a rocket-shaped headbutt, and Xiao Li fell to the ground.

After about a month or two, Zi Yan was able to speak fluently. Su Qian named her Zi Yan, which made Xiao Li realize that this was the little dragon emperor. Zi Yan was picked up by Su Qian. Zi Yan ate the transformation grass and became human. Su Qian bumped into her and couldn't bear to leave her alone outside, so he took her back to Canaan Academy and treated her like his own granddaughter.

Su Qian had no children, so he raised Zi Yan as his granddaughter. Zi Yan then caused a huge disturbance in the inner courtyard. Because her true form was a magical beast, her physical strength was ridiculously strong, and all the inner courtyard students were knocked down with a single punch.

Xiao Li took two punches, but at the cost of two broken ribs and minor injuries, he narrowly lost!

One day, Zi Yan had nothing to do, so she went over to Xiao Li's place and happened to see him refining pills. She had always been very interested in the round, bulging pills that looked like candies from the alchemy department.

Without any hesitation, Zi Yan picked up the jade bottle from the ground and drank it down her throat. Then she fell asleep and slept for half a month. After digesting the medicinal effects, Zi Yan had reached the peak of the fourth rank.

Then Zi Yan started clinging to Xiao Li, demanding that he give her pills. What could Xiao Li do but keep her?

Now, Zi Yan, this troublemaker, usually stays by Xiao Li's side and doesn't cause much trouble for other students or elders, so the inner courtyard is finally much more peaceful.

Back at Xiao Li's residence,

Now his residence is quite large, it can be considered a small villa. Liu Tianlong broke through to the Dou Wang level last year and graduated. As soon as he graduated, all the cadres of the Liu Gang also graduated, and the Liu Gang disbanded.

Liu Tianjiao lived next door to Xiao Li, and in two years he had also cultivated to the level of Seven Star Dou Ling, which was not bad.

"Young Master is back? Oh? And Ziyan is here too!" A gentle voice rang out; it was Xia Yilong.

Xia Yilong is currently following Xiao Li. As Xia Yilong was born an orphan, he has now cultivated to become a six-star Dou Ling expert, which is considered a strong person in the Jia Ma Empire and could start a large family.

But Xia Yilong lost his goal for a while. He initially wanted to become stronger and stop being bullied, so he came to Canaan Academy and entered the outer courtyard. He was thinking of entering the inner courtyard, and now that he has entered the inner courtyard, he has no idea what to do next.

Xiao Li felt that Xia Yilong and he got along quite well, so he asked him if he would like to come and be a butler in his Xiao family. Xia Yilong agreed without even thinking about it.

Regardless of Xiao Li's identity or the Xiao family's status, Xia Yilong could not refuse. Moreover, Xiao Li had been exceptionally kind to him in the past two years, perhaps because they both came from the Jia Ma Empire. Xia Yilong's cultivation had improved so quickly, all thanks to Xiao Li's pills.

Xia Yilong then decided that he would follow Xiao Li in the future, and it could be said that Xia Yilong was now Xiao Li's henchman.

Chapter 38 Preparations, the Dean is Back

"Ah Long, what happened during my seclusion?" Xiao Li asked.

"Nothing much, it's just that the Grand Elder came by once and said that with the young master's cultivation level, there's no need for him to be a student anymore, he should just become an elder. Being ranked first on the strength list is a bit discouraging for the students."

Xia Yilong said with a smile.

"Tsk, looks like I'll have to graduate early. But it's about time. I'm already a five-star Dou Wang now, so I should start preparing." Xiao Li pondered, stroking his chin.

"Light the furnace and begin refining the elixir!"

Xiao Li naturally needed to refine pills first and feed that clingy little female dragon, otherwise the inner courtyard would be turned upside down by her.

Xiao Li has now reached the level of a sixth-grade alchemist, second only to the honorary elder Wang in the entire Canaan Academy, because Wang's cultivation level improved by one star last year, reaching the level of a seven-star Dou Huang.

Thanks to the improvement in his fighting spirit, Elder Wang's success rate in refining the Imperial Extreme Pill increased significantly. He even tried refining the Breakthrough Pill a few times, but unfortunately, he failed each time.

Xiao Li can now refine the Douling Pill, but he is still a bit short of the cultivation level to refine the Huangji Pill. He can refine it, but the success rate is not high.

The Dou Wang elders of Canaan Academy are enjoying themselves; as long as they have enough merit, they can receive a Dou Ling Pill to increase their cultivation level by one star.

Currently, the elders and law enforcement team of Canaan Academy are improving their cultivation the fastest, which has greatly enhanced the core strength of Canaan Academy.

Dou Wang takes Dou Ling Dan, Dou Huang takes Qing Yuan Dan. Basically, all the elders in Canaan Academy have taken Xiao Li's pills and are indebted to him.

However, Xiao Li has now encountered a bottleneck in alchemy. Refining sixth-grade pills is quite difficult due to the difficulty in extracting medicinal materials of this grade. Xiao Li's beast fire is not very effective, and he has to spend a lot of battle qi to enhance the power of the flames to refine the medicinal materials each time. In the end, when he condenses the pill, he does not have enough battle qi.

There are two ways to solve this problem. One is to improve one's cultivation level. With a higher cultivation level, there will naturally be no problem with insufficient battle qi. The other is to subdue a strange fire. Refining medicinal materials with the strength of a strange fire is much easier and can save the consumption of battle qi.

Half a day later,

"Ziyan! Dinner's ready!"

Xiao Li piled up several dozen pills, which looked like candies, on a plate.

Ziyan was sleeping on the sofa when she heard that dinner was served. She immediately sat up, turned her head and saw the colorful pills. She ran over and grabbed a few pills with her little hands, stuffing them into her mouth.

"Mmm~ Sweet! I love sweet flavors the most. Xiao Li, you're so sweet! Mmm~"

Xiao Li smiled and shook his head. Raising a little dragon girl was a strange feeling. Looking at Zi Yan's carefree manner, he always had the feeling of raising a daughter.

"Girl, I'm going to see the Grand Elder!" Xiao Li said to Zi Yan, and then got up.