Chapter 22: Cultivating Purple Fire
This was not surprising at all. The energy contained in the Accompanying Amethyst Source could directly elevate a fourth-tier magical beast to the fifth tier. What did that mean? It was equivalent to a one-star Dou Ling breaking through to the Dou Wang level in the human race.
Because of this, even though Xiao Tian had only consumed a small portion of the Amethyst Source, the energy within it was incredibly terrifying.
"Whoosh!"
As the heat waves surged, a few purple flames rose, directly incinerating Xiao Tian's clothes to ashes. Facing this situation, Xiao Tian simultaneously refined the purple energy and used his soul power to envelop the purple flames, preventing them from causing harm.
As Xiao Tian continuously refined the purple energy, purple liquid energy droplets began to appear in his Dou Qi whirlpool. Initially, the purple liquid was sparse, but eventually, it became predominant. During this process, a few purple flames rose from the purple liquid. These flames were highly aggressive and immediately started devouring the pale yellow liquid energy.
Xiao Tian did not interfere because he felt a faint connection with this part of the purple fire. As the purple fire devoured and refined the pale yellow energy, it all transformed into purple. Throughout this process, the purple fire expanded.
Finally, Xiao Tian completely refined all the consumed Amethyst Source. He realized that his strength had soared to the five-star Dou Shi level.
"No wonder it's called the Accompanying Amethyst Source. Just a small portion of its energy helped me advance two stars," Xiao Tian mused, then turned his attention to the purple fire in his Dou Qi whirlpool.
"Now, let's start refining this purple fire!" Xiao Tian thought, spreading his soul power to envelop the purple fire in his Dou Qi whirlpool and separating it from the purple energy.
As he began refining, the purple fire instinctively resisted. But since this purple fire was part of Xiao Tian, and not the sixth-tier magical beast Amethyst Winged Lion King's fire, it didn't take long before Xiao Tian completely refined it.
The moment the purple fire was refined, Xiao Tian's body trembled violently. This tremor felt like it emanated from his soul, spreading rapidly throughout his body. For a brief moment, Xiao Tian felt as though his soul was transcending.
Now, the purple fire, under Xiao Tian's control, moved as if it were an extension of his limbs.
"Next, let's let the other purple fires be devoured!" Xiao Tian controlled the refined purple fire to leave the Dou Qi whirlpool and roam inside his body. During the process of refining the Amethyst Source, many purple fires had been sealed by his soul power in various parts of his body. Now, he aimed to have the refined purple fire devour these scattered flames for growth.
The purple fire in his Dou Qi whirlpool was already the largest flame. With Xiao Tian's soul power aiding it, the scattered purple fires were eventually devoured one by one. When the last purple fire was devoured, Xiao Tian's eyes abruptly opened. In his pitch-black pupils, two faint purple flames flickered and disappeared.
Xiao Tian extended his hand and softly said, "Appear!" Following his command, a wisp of purple flame surged from his palm, gently flickering.
"Not bad!" Yao Lao observed the purple flame, nodding slightly. "Now that you've mastered this beast fire, using it for alchemy will be more effective than the real fire summoned by fourth-tier alchemists. However..." Yao Lao's tone shifted, "However, this purple fire is still weak. Even if you use the Flame Mantra to devour it, it won't be very effective. What you need to do now is to refine it into a core fire seed and slowly cultivate it until it matures."
Saying this, Yao Lao pointed at Xiao Tian's forehead, imparting information. Xiao Tian closed his eyes again, following Yao Lao's method to create a nest for the purple fire in his Dou Qi whirlpool. When the purple fire was moved to the nest, it resonated with the Dou Qi whirlpool, accelerating its rhythm. Instantly, the external energy quickly absorbed by the Dou Qi whirlpool was automatically refined by the purple fire.
During this process, both Xiao Tian and the purple fire benefited.
"In the future, I can use the pure fire energy in the Yang Yuan Dan to feed the purple fire," Xiao Tian thought, "This process won't take too long, so I need to prepare in advance." In the original story, Xiao Yan prepared Meridian Protection Pills and Ice Heart Pills, both second-tier pills, before devouring the purple fire. He should prepare these pills in advance too.
Thus, during the day, Xiao Tian searched for herbs in the Magical Beast Mountain Range, while at night, he returned to the cave to enhance the purple fire using the Yang Yuan Dan. Along the way, he hunted several second-tier wood and ice attribute magical beasts, obtaining a second-tier wood attribute magic core and a second-tier ice attribute magic core, both essential for pill refinement.
His actions stirred chaos in the depths of the Magical Beast Mountain Range, but no high-tier magical beasts dared trouble him. He had suppressed the king of the mountain range, the Amethyst Winged Lion King, in front of many high-tier magical beasts. None of them wished to provoke him.
The inner region of the Magical Beast Mountain Range, rarely visited by humans, contained numerous high-tier herbs. Xiao Tian's scavenging made him immensely wealthy. Many high-tier magical beasts inwardly prayed for this disaster to leave soon, as the high-tier herbs, which they saved for crucial moments, were all taken by Xiao Tian.
After thoroughly searching the depths of the mountain range, Xiao Tian used the key to open the door and returned to the Xiao family. There was no reason for him to stay longer.
Back in the rear mountain cave, Xiao Tian first took out the cauldron to refine the Meridian Protection Pills and Ice Heart Pills, then focused on cultivating the purple fire. Without any distractions, Xiao Tian devoted almost all his time to enhancing the purple fire, only stopping to eat.
After half a month, Xiao Tian finally cultivated the purple fire to the limit he could control. "The Flame Mantra's first evolution can finally begin," Xiao Tian thought.
(End of Chapter)