Chapter 94

Bak was highly dependent on the Spirit Gathering Array. At this moment, seeing Ling Han come to his door, he wished that Ling Han could immediately repair the array to its full function.

Ling Han was also well aware that the efficacy of the Spirit Gathering Array would be greatly reduced as the spirit stones within it gradually depleted. This was also the source of his confidence in getting the three bloodline princes to help him.

"No need to rush, Clan Leader Bak. I have come to London for a second reason."

Bak, who had lived for over a thousand years, could not fail to understand the implications of Ling Han's words. Clearly, this "array repair" would come at a cost. However, in his view, no matter what the cost, it would be worth it. He immediately said with a serious expression, "Your matter is my matter."

"Good, then I won't be polite. I would like to ask Clan Leader Bak to contact Clan Leaders Kains and Hunter. I will repair the Spirit Gathering Arrays of the three major clans one by one, and even enhance their effects to twice their original power. In return, you only need to help me complete the other task I came to London for."

"Is there something in London that the Brook clan alone cannot accomplish? Han, do you really think it's necessary to call on Kains and Hunter?"

"It is necessary, because I need to deal with someone who, in the past, fought against all three of you at once," Ling Han said seriously.

Bak immediately realized what Ling Han meant and said with a look of surprise, "Han, the person you want to deal with is that Chinese Yang, right?"

This was the second time Bak had heard about "Chinese Yang" appearing. The shadow of the battle at the Tower of London still lingered in his mind, and his voice carried a hint of fear.

"That's right, this person is very useful to our Ling family, and I need to capture him alive."

Bak's eyes showed a hint of hesitation, but ultimately, he could not resist the allure of the Spirit Gathering Array with doubled efficacy. He nodded with difficulty, "Alright, I will contact Kains and Hunter. We three are not at the Duke level anymore, and we also possess powerful bloodline holy relics. Although this Chinese Yang is not easy to deal with, since he is an enemy of the Ling family, he is also an enemy of our bloodline. It's time for him to pay for his past debts."

Ling Han had a good understanding of the strength of the three bloodline princes. Even with the Seven Star Lamp, he had to admit that in a one-on-one fight, he could not defeat any of the three. His combat strength was at best on par with the strongest of the three, Bak.

Now, using the Spirit Gathering Array as bait to drive the three princes to help him, even if this "Chinese Yang" was several times stronger than during the Tower of London battle, he would still end up being captured.

In the quiet room of the ancient castle in Hua Wei Town, a golden imprint faintly appeared on Su Yang's palm. This was the ancestral imprint of the Four Extremes Holy Sect. So far, his only discovery was that with the imprint, he could almost instantly master the techniques and powers recorded in the "Four Extremes True Explanation" as long as he met the conditions, without the need for arduous practice.

Since he had killed over a hundred bloodline members, including Kraft, and successfully mastered the power of "All Methods Return to the Source," Su Yang had developed a great interest in another power recorded in the "Four Extremes True Explanation."

Purple Flame True Fire — using heaven and earth as a furnace, the sun and moon as water and fire, and yin and yang as the transformative mechanism, this was a fire that could only be formed by a non-foolish spirit body and could burn immortals.

According to the "Four Extremes True Explanation," this power could be cultivated at the initial Foundation Establishment stage, but to achieve great success, one needed to reach the late-stage Netherworld Child, at which point one could cultivate the Six-Flavored Vermilion Bird Fire, capable of burning immortals.

Su Yang had three solid reasons for choosing to study this power. First, it was the strongest power among the thousands of techniques and powers recorded in the "Four Extremes True Explanation" that he could cultivate at his current cultivation level.

Second, the Purple Flame True Fire was not static. As one's cultivation level increased, the power of the technique would also increase dramatically. At the initial Foundation Establishment stage, one could cultivate the Purple Flame True Fire; at the mid-stage Foundation Establishment, one could cultivate the Purple Flame Lotus; and at the late-stage Foundation Establishment, one could cultivate the Purple Flame Essence.

If one reached the initial Golden Core stage, one could elevate the technique to a higher level, cultivating the Wind and Thunder Refining Heaven Flame. At the mid-stage Golden Core, one could transform the flame into wings, evolving into the Wind and Thunder Yellow Wings, capable of flying and teleporting over a thousand miles in an instant. At the late-stage Golden Core, one could transform the wings into a flame armor, known as the Vermilion Bird Flame Armor.

Additionally, the most attractive reason for Su Yang to study this power was that once he reached the mid-stage Foundation Establishment, he could use the Purple Flame True Fire to refine artifacts, which would be more effective than the Purple Mansion True Fire that cultivators at this level could cultivate.

In fact, Su Yang had always had the potential of a cultivation fanatic. Otherwise, over a thousand years ago, he would not have been chosen and taken as a disciple by the Evil Emperor.

However, due to the loneliness of being invincible for several hundred years, he had gradually lost his enthusiasm for cultivation. But now that the door to the cultivation world had opened for him, Su Yang felt as if he had entered a treasure trove of cultivation, and his potential as a cultivation fanatic was rekindled.

After instructing Bandero, he entered seclusion to cultivate the Purple Flame True Fire.

Unlike the "All Methods Return to the Source" technique, cultivating the Purple Flame True Fire required a significant amount of time. Even with the ancestral imprint of the Holy Sect, it was not easy to condense the fundamental source of the Purple Flame True Fire, known as the source fire seed.

At this moment, Su Yang closed his eyes and focused inward. In his Purple Mansion Dantian, a small cluster of faintly purple flames flickered intermittently. To condense this tiny fire seed, Su Yang had almost exhausted his true essence. If not for the ample supply of spirit stones he had, which allowed him to continuously replenish his true essence, he would have failed several days ago.

"This source fire seed of the Purple Flame True Fire is a super glutton, consuming fifty-seven ordinary spirit stones to condense just a tiny flame."

With no other choice, Su Yang took out the last spirit stone, the high-grade spirit stone he had obtained from the secret chamber. Now, Su Yang was in a desperate situation. If he could not condense the source fire seed in one go, not only would he suffer a great loss of true essence, but the spirit stones he had already consumed would be wasted.

Abundant and surging heavenly qi was continuously drawn into Su Yang's Purple Mansion Dantian. The small cluster of purple flames absorbed it like a sponge, but showed no sign of growth. The only change was that the color of the flames became deeper.

A high-grade spirit stone contained a thousand times more heavenly qi than an ordinary spirit stone and could output qi at a much higher rate.

Previously, Su Yang had used all the ordinary spirit stones in the "Cang Jian" to condense a small cluster of flames. Now, with a hundred times the speed of qi input, it took less than a day to consume nearly half of the heavenly qi contained in this precious high-grade spirit stone.

This was a significant concept. It meant that Su Yang had already consumed the equivalent of over five hundred ordinary spirit stones in the process of condensing the source fire seed of the Purple Flame True Fire. This level of consumption was not unusual in the cultivation world, but on Earth, where cultivation resources were scarce, it was extremely rare.

If Yu Ji were still alive and saw Su Yang's actions, he would have been heartbroken.

"No wonder the cultivation world divides powers into different levels. The 'Purple Flame True Fire' is only a ground-level power, yet it requires such a vast amount of spirit stones to condense the initial source fire seed. If it were a more powerful heaven-level or holy-level power, the required resources would be even more astonishing!"

Su Yang reflected on this but did not dare to stop the flow of heavenly qi. He had come this far, and failure was not an option. If the high-grade spirit stone, which had already been half-depleted, were to be completely wasted without condensing the source fire seed, all his efforts would be in vain, like a skilled housewife without ingredients.

As the high-grade spirit stone, which emitted a green glow, gradually dimmed, the heavenly qi it contained also sharply decreased.

One-third, one-fifth, one-ninth, one-tenth...

When the heavenly qi in the spirit stone was reduced to one percent, the small cluster of deep purple flames in the Purple Mansion Dantian finally underwent a qualitative change.

An unprecedented surge of heat erupted, sweeping through Su Yang's limbs and meridians. The burning sensation, which was a hundred times more painful than being burned by fire, almost made Su Yang scream in agony.

If not for his pure and flawless innate body, which had undergone nine transformations and rebirths through the "Nine Transformations of the Vast Sky," and his exceptional talent, anyone else, even if they were at a higher cultivation level, would have been incinerated into ashes.

This was why cultivating the "Purple Flame True Fire" required a spirit body with at least the level of a non-foolish spirit. At the Foundation Establishment stage, those with insufficient spirit bodies could not withstand the intense force released during the condensation of the source fire seed.

The agony lasted for a full eight hours, but Su Yang never thought of giving up. This was the resolve of a cultivation fanatic. As long as he was alive, he would never stop in the process of breaking through.

Amidst the intense pain, Su Yang was not without gains. His meridians, flesh, and bones were elevated by the surging heat from the purple flames.

At the same time, Su Yang decided to absorb all the remaining heavenly qi from the spirit stone, converting it into true essence, and attempted to suppress the violent purple flames in his Purple Mansion Dantian, trying to integrate them into his dantian.

This was a crucial step, the most critical one that would determine success or failure.

Su Yang's dantian was a luminous, colorful sphere. Since he had successfully established his foundation in the Ten Thousand Great Mountains, it had grown from the size of a fingernail to the size of a fist through cultivation.

At this moment, Su Yang's dantian was continuously impacting the small cluster of deep purple flames, trying to incorporate them into the sphere.

During this process of integration, the pain Su Yang endured increased tenfold, but his nearly distorted expression showed a hint of excitement and enthusiasm, stemming from his unwavering dedication to cultivation.

In the intense pain, Su Yang vaguely felt that he was about to succeed.