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

Having lived for hundreds of years, Mang Tianchi naturally possesses profound wisdom. After all, he has witnessed countless things, including the insatiable greed of people who, like snakes trying to swallow elephants, ultimately perish from overeating. There are far too many such cases.

"Dean, I have a bit of cold air here. Could you please sprinkle it on the Fallen Heart Flame for me?" Xiao Li handed the jade bottle with the most concentrated cold air to Mang Tianchi.

"It's nothing. Take the pill first, and when you're ready, I'll give you the Fallen Heart Flame." Mang Tianchi waved his hand and said.

"Ah."

Xiao Li first poured out the Blood Lotus Pill, a fifth-grade pill. After taking it, blood scabs would appear on the surface of his body to help him get closer to the strange fire.

The moment the Blood Lotus Pill entered his mouth, it transformed into a slightly chilly energy that quickly penetrated into Xiao Li's meridians, eventually seeping into his meridians and bones like layers of blood film.

As the blood membrane seeped in, streaks of blood oozed from Xiao Li's pores. In the blink of an eye, Xiao Li's body was covered in a layer of crimson blood, looking extremely terrifying.

The blood, shortly after it appeared, quickly congealed, eventually forming a blood-red keratin layer. This blood-red keratin layer was like an impenetrable blood-red armor, protecting Xiao Li completely within it.

"Dean, come on over!" Xiao Li was ready.

"Hmm." Mang Tianchi received the signal and injected the Heavenly Cold Qi into the Fallen Heart Flame. The Fallen Heart Flame instantly withered and turned into a very thin, transparent fire snake.

"Open your mouth!"

Upon hearing the sound, Xiao Li immediately opened his mouth, and Mang Tianchi injected the Fallen Heart Flame into Xiao Li's body. After the Fallen Heart Flame entered his mouth, Xiao Li immediately swallowed the Earth Spirit Pill and the Ice Spirit Cold Spring together.

As soon as the Fallen Heart Flame entered Xiao Li's body, it immediately erupted with an extremely terrifying temperature. Under such high temperature, even though Xiao Li had made ample preparations by taking the Blood Lotus Pill and the Earth Spirit Pill, he still felt extremely painful.

However, the effects of the Earth Spirit Pill and the Ice Spirit Cold Spring soon began to take effect.

Earth Spirit Pill is an essential elixir for devouring the Fallen Heart Flame. Ice Spirit Cold Spring is used to combat the strange fire.

Everything that needed to be prepared has been prepared. Now it's just a matter of whether Xiao Li can withstand the burning of the strange fire.

After the icy spring water entered his body, it offset some of the burning pain from the strange fire. This coldness made Xiao Li feel a little comfortable, but now was not the time to feel comfortable.

It truly lives up to its reputation as a different kind of fire; even its sub-fire is not to be underestimated.

Xiao Li began to forcefully control the wild fire snake within his body. With the help of the Earth Spirit Pill and the Ice Spirit Cold Spring, Xiao Li suppressed the fire snake completely, and the fire snake could only obey Xiao Li's will and follow the path.

Xiao Li's meridians were covered with ice crystals formed by the Ice Spirit Cold Spring. The ice crystals and the heat of the strange fire canceled each other out, which indirectly protected Xiao Li's meridians.

Everything was going smoothly until Xiao Li relaxed his guard slightly, at which point the Fallen Heart Flame went berserk and began to run rampant in Xiao Li's body again.

Although the Fallen Heart Flame was only a sub-flame, the Mangtian Ruler separated it and also extracted a lot of spirituality. The Fallen Heart Flame seemed to have intelligence and went berserk when Xiao Li relaxed his guard.

Fortunately, this little flame did not have consciousness, otherwise it would have been even more difficult to deal with. Xiao Li was very glad that Mang Tianchi suddenly returned and stopped him from absorbing the Fallen Heart Flame.

This fire has Xiao Li in a bit of a mess. He doesn't think he can handle this Dou Zong level Fallen Heart Flame. If he tries to absorb it, he probably won't even leave behind ashes.

Xiao Li and the Fallen Heart Flame began a tug-of-war, but the balance of power remained with Xiao Li. With the support of the Blood Lotus Pill and the Earth Spirit Pill, the Fallen Heart Flame's resistance weakened and it could only passively submit to Xiao Li's will in the end.

While Xiao Li was engaged in a tug-of-war with the Fallen Heart Flame, three days had already passed in the outside world.

The elders of Canaan Academy were already seated on the ground, watching together as Xiao Li absorbed the strange fire. The elders of the alchemy department, especially Elder Huo, watched the process most carefully.

Mang Tianchi stood in front of Xiao Li, keeping a close eye on Xiao Li's condition. From the beginning of the refining process until now, apart from that brief little episode at the beginning, everything has been going in a good direction.

"Luckily I'm back, otherwise such a genius would have been ruined by you guys!" Mang Tianchi turned to Qianbai and Su Qian and said irritably.

Elder Qianbai and Elder Suqian were too embarrassed to speak, because they didn't know that the Fallen Heart Flame had secretly grown to this extent.

"Is it really that serious, Dean? I think Xiao Li's refining process is going very smoothly," Su Qian asked cautiously.

"Hehe, of course it's serious. Even with Xiao Li's thorough preparation, he could only barely suppress this Dou Huang-level sub-flame. If it were the main body, hehe, even if you, Qian Mu, tried to absorb it, you would still die."

As the Dou Zun Mang Tian Chi, his insight was naturally far sharper than theirs. These three old guys have really caused a lot of harm.

"Hmm? This kid survived the tempering of the strange fire; now it's time to reap the rewards. After being nourished by the strange fire, his physical body, fighting spirit, and soul have all benefited greatly." Mang Tianchi turned his head and smiled when he saw Xiao Li's condition.

Canaan Academy has been established for so long, and finally we have a promising student. This is a good start. In the future, Canaan Academy should have more such promising students, and it would be best if one of them was even more outstanding than him.

Mang Tianchi had already begun to fantasize about the future when a Dou Sheng would emerge from Canaan Academy and have to address him as Dean. Just thinking about it made Mang Tianchi feel great, wondering how many old guys who believed in bloodlines would be slapped in the face!

Mang Tianchi pointed his finger at the Na Ling on the ground, and the Na Ling turned into a gray light that shot straight into Xiao Li's body.

As the spirit entered Xiao Li's body, Xiao Li pushed all the transparent flames within him into the spirit.

The Fallen Heart Flame, now completely refined by Xiao Li, was exceptionally docile. At this moment, Xiao Li could manipulate the Fallen Heart Flame at will, guiding the docile flame along his meridians once more.

The meridians that had just been burned were revitalized by the Fallen Heart Flame and were rapidly repairing themselves.

He was injured by the strange fire, he was repaired by the strange fire, and he became stronger by the strange fire.

Subduing the Fallen Heart Flame Sub-Flame here was something I had planned from the beginning. Of course, as mentioned in the introduction, Xiao Li's signature strange fire is the Yin-Yang Twin Flame. I personally think that the Sub-Flame won't affect my ability to continue absorbing a complete strange fire.

As long as it doesn't involve the fusion of different flames, there shouldn't be any major problems. The Fallen Heart Flame will stay in the space opened up by the Spirit Absorption, while the Yin-Yang Twin Flames will become something similar to the Cold Flame of the Medicine Elder's Bone Spirit, which binds to the soul.

Although there are two different flames, as long as they don't merge or come into contact, there shouldn't be a big problem.

Chapter 41 Success

"Success! Hehe, not bad, not bad. In time, the Fallen Heart Flame within him will grow into the true Fallen Heart Flame." Mang Tianchi stroked his beard and laughed.

"Then Dean, the Fallen Heart Flame of the Heavenly Burning Qi Refining Tower is still there, right?" Su Qian asked as he approached Mang Tian Chi.

"correct."

"What if the Fallen Heart Flame goes berserk again? There's a vast magma world down there; the Fallen Heart Flame has enough energy to recover." Su Qian felt that the hidden dangers had not yet been eliminated.

Mang Tianchi: "This is no longer a problem. Xiao Li has already subdued the Fallen Heart Flame. When he achieves greater cultivation in the future, he can use the Fallen Heart Flame in his hands to plunder its essence and weaken it again."

This way, there's no need to worry about the Fallen Heart Flame going berserk. Not only will it strengthen the essence of the Fallen Heart Flame in Xiao Li's hands, but it also won't affect the operation of the Heavenly Flame Refining Tower—a win-win situation!

Brilliant! Truly brilliant! As expected of a Dou Zun powerhouse, as expected of the Dean, this method is absolutely amazing.

"How long does the dean plan to stay this time?" Su Qian asked.

"I originally planned to stay for a few days, but now I'm thinking that staying for a year or two wouldn't be bad either. It's been a long time since I've been back. The academy is so much more comfortable and relaxing." Mang Tianchi stretched.

Su Qian breathed a sigh of relief. It was good that the dean was willing to stay a little longer; at least it would be easier for him.

"Dean, how about we make Xiao Li an elder of Canaan Academy? Anyway, his cultivation has already reached the five-star Dou Wang level, so it's good for him to be an elder. It's too much of a burden for him to be a student," Su Qian said.

Mang Tianchi said meaningfully, "That makes sense. Let him be an elder. He has a long way to go. He is eighteen years old and a five-star Dou Wang. Even in the clan, unless one has an eighth-grade bloodline or above, no one can compare to him."

Upon hearing the dean's assessment, the two elders were astonished and exclaimed, "Could it be the imperial clan?"

Su Qian asked in confusion, "What imperial clan?"

Mang Tianchi: "Naturally, it's a family that has produced Dou Di. I'll explain this to you later. I also come from such a family, but I hate this identity!"

All my efforts have been attributed to bloodline in the end! How despicable! A single sentence, "bloodline made you who you are," negates my centuries of hard work. How despicable!

As he continued, Mang Tianchi became extremely angry, which was also related to his own experiences.

(The following plot is a fictional interpretation by the author; just enjoy it for fun.)

Mang Tianchi was born into the Lei Clan and is a descendant of the Lei Clan. He has excellent talent for cultivation and was chosen by the main lineage. He was found to have the bloodline of a Dou Di at the fifth grade, which is quite good.

Mang Tianchi worked hard and reached the Dou Zong level at a young age, but was ridiculed by the main lineage. All of Mang Tianchi's achievements were due to his bloodline returning to its ancestral form; otherwise, he would have been a commoner for life!

Mang Tianchi naturally had a temper. He beat up that guy, then left the Lei Clan, abandoned the Lei Clan's resources, and ventured out to Zhongzhou alone.

Decades later, when Mang Tianchi was found by the Lei Clan, he had already broken through to the Dou Zun level and was very powerful. When the Lei Clan Elders learned of this, they appointed Mang Tianchi as an elder.

As a result, some ignorant people said that Mang Tianchi, with his mere fifth-grade bloodline, could never become a Dou Sheng in his lifetime! Not even a Half-Saint!

Mang Tianchi had been holding his breath, wondering if his achievements were entirely due to his Dou Di bloodline. He believed that even without the Dou Di bloodline, he could still become a powerful figure!

After that, Mang Tianchi rarely stayed in the Thunder Realm. Unless there was a transfer order from the clan, he wouldn't care. Mang Tianchi is now moving towards the legendary Dou Sheng realm.

During this time, Mang Tianchi discovered the Fallen Heart Flame in the Black Corner Region, and he thought of establishing an academy to cultivate geniuses of the Dou Qi Continent.

Mang Tianchi hopes that his students can become Dou Sheng, even without the bloodline of Dou Di, and slap those old guys who believe in bloodlines in the face!

Unfortunately, over the years, Canaan Academy has had quite a few geniuses, but no truly exceptional geniuses, not even anyone who could keep up with Mang Tianchi's pace.

Mang Tianchi is now advancing towards the Dou Sheng realm, but after reaching the Nine-Star Dou Zun realm, he understands just how big the gap is between Dou Zun and Dou Sheng!

To become a Dou Sheng from a Dou Zun, without special opportunities, one needs to follow the path of Nine Revolutions to become a Saint. Nine Revolutions to become a Saint involves nine rounds of Dou Qi condensation and compression.

When one is at the peak of Dou Zun, and their Dou Qi is full and cannot be increased, they need to condense and compress all of their Dou Qi to create an empty space in their body that can accommodate new Dou Qi. Once the Dou Qi is full again, they can continue to condense it.

The Mangtian Ruler has now been compressed seven times, and according to his cultivation level, he is now a seventh-level Dou Zun!

Mang Tianchi felt that he could complete the remaining two transformations within a dozen years, and then take another step to become a half-saint. However, this step had blocked many people.

Even among the imperial clans, many are stuck at this level.

Mang Tianchi plans to stay at Canaan Academy for a year or two, and then travel around to find a suitable place for himself. If he can find a Void Thunder Pool and refine one or two Black Demon Thunders, Mang Tianchi's path to becoming a Battle Saint will be secure!

. . . . . .

It has been a month since Xiao Li absorbed the strange fire. In fact, as early as the seventh day, Mang Tianchi had already realized that Xiao Li had successfully subdued the Fallen Heart Flame, but he had not yet woken up.

"Hmm, using the properties of the Fallen Heart Flame to temper qi and refine bones, it completely digests the accumulated medicinal power in the body? And it doesn't convert all of that medicinal power into cultivation."

Instead, he completely integrated the medicinal power into his body, further enhancing his talent. Heh, this kid didn't lose his way because of the rapid improvement in his cultivation.

With the medicinal power accumulated in his body, he could easily rise to the level of Dou Huang. Heh, interesting lad. Perhaps in the future, a Dou Zun powerhouse of considerable strength will emerge in Zhongzhou.”

With Mang Tianchi's cultivation level, he naturally saw what Xiao Li was doing, and he felt that Xiao Li's approach was correct.

Xiao Li had consumed too many pills, and the medicinal power accumulated in his body, which would become a burden over time. He could only digest it. However, Xiao Li felt that directly improving his cultivation level was indeed good in the short term, but it might not be sustainable in the long run.

The medicinal effects will at most make him a Dou Huang, but for him personally, becoming a Dou Huang is only a matter of two or three years. There's no rush; he can just keep taking pills as soon as he gets the Fallen Heart Flame.

Xiao Li planned to integrate the medicinal power into his body to enhance his talent. He could distinguish between Dou Zong talent and Dou Zun talent.

Besides, Old Master Wang did so much to help him build his foundation; he wouldn't do something that would destroy his own foundation.

call--

Xiao Li exhaled a breath of stale air, the sound of which immediately woke up the elders around him.

The elders waited here for a month to protect Xiao Li; not one of them left. After all, witnessing the complete subjugation of the strange fire was worthwhile.

"Hmm, eight-star Dou Wang, not bad, not bad. Solid foundation. The tempering of your body with the strange fire has transformed your body, Dou Qi and soul. Your soul has reached the late stage of the mortal realm. Not bad, not bad."

Mang Tianchi patted Xiao Li on the shoulder with great satisfaction, then suddenly thought of something.

"Kid, you don't have any body-refining techniques yet, do you? It's a shame not to refine such a good body." Mang Tianchi took out a crimson scroll from his storage ring.

"The Earth-rank intermediate combat skill, 'Heavenly Blazing Demon Body,' is a fire-attribute body-forging combat skill with considerable power. Especially since you already possess a strange flame, cultivating this body-forging combat skill with that flame will enhance its power even further."

Mang Tianchi hooked his arm around Xiao Li's shoulder and shoved the crimson scroll into Xiao Li's hand.

"Thank you, Dean."

"Hey~ Why are you being so polite with me, Dean? Go to Zhongzhou and cause some trouble in the future, and make this old man proud." Mang Tianchi said with a smile.

Chapter 42 Alchemy and the Canaanite Incident

"Xiao Li, let this old man take a look at your strange fire." Elder Huo had already squeezed over; as an alchemist, he naturally cared about such things.

"Hmm." Xiao Li raised his right hand, and a ball of transparent flame appeared. Then, the transparent flame transformed into a fire snake that swam in Xiao Li's hand.

"Can you refine the Imperial Extreme Pill now? May I observe it? I'd like to see what it's like to refine medicine with a different kind of fire." Elder Huo was a pure alchemist, but unfortunately, his own progress in alchemy was not good.

“No problem, I was just about to try it out. The power of the strange fire is right here.” Xiao Li took out the medicine cauldron directly.

The medicine cauldron Xiao Li is currently using is a seventh-level medicine cauldron. The cauldron is entirely crimson and has ancient cloud patterns engraved on it.

"Oh? This is the seventh-tier medicine cauldron, the Fire Cloud Cauldron, which I acquired back then. Did you take this out of the library?" Mang Tianchi stroked his beard and asked.

"Yes."

"Lucky kid, if it weren't for my family's wealth, you would have dug up all my assets," Mang Tianchi said with a hearty laugh.

"Let me refine a Battle Spirit Pill to practice first. Hmm~ Where are the ingredients? I'm out of ingredients. Does our academy have the ingredients for Battle Spirit Pills?"

Xiao Li suddenly realized that he didn't have enough medicinal herbs. Apart from some key herbs, most of them had ended up in the Little Dragon Emperor's stomach.

"Wait a minute, we'll go get it, we'll be right back!" Elder Huo led a group of alchemy department elders to get the medicinal herbs, and Su Qian followed along. In recent days, Canaan Academy had collected quite a few medicinal herbs for the Imperial Extreme Pill and the Breakthrough Pill.

The Huangji Pill contains fifteen portions of medicinal ingredients, while the Pozong Pill contains only six portions.

A quarter of an hour later,

In front of the Heavenly Flame Refining Tower, a ball of transparent flame was thrown into a crimson medicine cauldron, and the transparent flame burned the medicinal materials.

boom--

"Tsk! As expected of a strange fire, its power is immense. I hadn't even gotten used to the intensity of the flame, and before I knew it, all the medicinal herbs were destroyed. What a pity."

Xiao Li was not yet familiar with the power of the Fallen Heart Flame, and even though he was already a sixth-grade alchemist, he still made mistakes.