Supreme of the Heavenly Realm
Chapter 474 - 471: The 2nd Layer

Chapter 474: Chapter 471: The 2nd Layer

"Martial Sect head? Even you, Elder, think we are all demons?"

Xue Lingzi shook his head; actually, the reason why they, the Inner Sect Four Demons, were called demons was not only because of their lust for killing and belligerence and their lawlessness. Another reason was simply because both their relationships with the Crown Prince Party and the Gentleman Sect were poor. Since the Inner Sect could be considered the domain of these two major factions, naturally, the reputation of the Four Demons within the Inner Sect had also declined.

"Whether we are demons or not isn’t up to an old man like me to decide. Let’s just wait and see which floor this youngster can ultimately reach."

The Tower Guardian Elder surely knew about Xue Lingzi’s character; such matters didn’t need to be discussed further. His gaze returned to the image displayed upon the Crystal Mirror, landing on Ye Xuan, then his eyes narrowed slightly and he said with a focused look, "This youngster seems to be protected by a layer of flame. What is that? Could it be the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Fire?"

"Possibly."

Xue Lingzi also carefully observed the True Qi around Ye Xuan’s body. Within that True Qi, there were indeed strands of flame. It was this layer of flame that kept all the fire energy attempting to penetrate Ye Xuan’s body completely at bay, coordinating with the True Qi to rapidly refine it.

"This Junior Brother Ye Xuan seems to be full of secrets."

This layer of flame might very well be the rare Heaven and Earth Spiritual Fire, which undoubtedly made Xue Lingzi somewhat surprised, but he quickly came to terms with it. It was normal for Ye Xuan to have some secrets—what genius didn’t have secrets? Those without secrets were long dead and certainly couldn’t be called geniuses.

Inside the Heavenly Burning Qi Refining Tower.

Ye Xuan had stayed on the fourth floor for one day before entering the third floor.

Upon entering the range of the third floor, Ye Xuan suddenly felt a significant increase in pressure, as if the air around him was filled with extremely violent fire energy. A slight mishap could provoke an explosion, and carelessness might result in injuring himself.

In this third floor, once injured, it could be quite troublesome. At that point, the only option would be to crush a Jade Talisman and call for assistance from the Tower Guardian Elder. However, that would also mean the end of his adventure in the Heavenly Burning Qi Refining Tower.

"This third floor is indeed extraordinary; no wonder even the three most outstanding talents of the Inner Sect only managed to reach this level during their first challenge of the Qi Refining Tower."

Ye Xuan now understood why even someone as strong as Xue Lingzi could only make it this far; without the Molten Lava Earth Core Fire, he probably would have also met his defeat here.

But now, that wasn’t necessarily the case.

"I should cultivate here on the third floor for a few days. There’s a ’Fire Spirit’ on the second floor, and the difficulty will surely double. I must not venture recklessly without sufficient confidence."

Ye Xuan pondered; the fire energy on the current third floor was still quite abundant, there was no need to rush downwards. If he were to fail as soon as he entered the second floor, wouldn’t that be a loss for nothing? After all, his purpose for this trip wasn’t to set a new record by speeding through the tower, but to absorb fire energy to transform it into True Yuan.

Finding a relatively calm area in terms of fire energy, Ye Xuan sat down cross-legged, slowly circulating the True Qi within his body. In his Dantian, streams of extremely pure True Qi immediately gushed forth, gradually forming an energy vortex above his head.

Within the vortex, alongside the True Qi, the power of the Molten Lava Earth Core Fire was also stored, creating a refining vortex, attracting the surrounding fire energy with a cautious and steady pace.

Inside the tower layer, with Ye Xuan at the center, the entire floor gradually formed a cobweb-like pattern, dense with the power of fire energy, all attracted by Ye Xuan and slowly gathering into the vortex above his head.

The fire energy melded with the True Qi during refinement and eventually returned to Ye Xuan’s Dantian. Under the refinement of his two major Martial Souls, the first strand of True Yuan soon emerged.

Ye Xuan cultivated the Hidden Dragon Skill. His True Yuan was not of a single attribute but displayed a pale golden color, extremely pure and ten times thicker than True Qi.

Merely a strand of True Yuan had made Ye Xuan quite delighted, as Martial Venerate experts are so much stronger than those from the Martial Sect, largely because of the advantage of True Yuan. Both are energies within a martial artist’s body, but True Yuan is much purer than True Qi. Techniques driven by True Yuan would undoubtedly be more powerful.

Before refining the True Yuan, Ye Xuan’s True Qi was comparable to the True Yuan of a typical Martial Venerate expert. Now that he also refined True Yuan, its purity was at least ten times that of his peers.

Taking advantage of the rich fire energy on the third floor, Ye Xuan hurried to refine his True Yuan.

Almost half a month passed in this way.

Next to the Heavenly Burning Qi Refining Tower, in the grand hall, Xue Lingzi and the Tower Guardian Elder were still by the crystal mirror. Xue Lingzi had left for a while, but after he finished his business, he returned here and continued to pay attention to Ye Xuan’s cultivation progress.

In the blink of an eye, less than ten days were left of the one-month period.

"It seems he can only charge up to the third floor."

Xue Lingzi thought to himself. In fact, reaching the third floor was already a very impressive achievement. One must know that even when he, the Crown Prince Party, and the Gentleman Sect leaders first entered the Heavenly Burning Qi Refining Tower, they only made it to the third floor and ultimately failed on the second floor.

The "Fire Spirit" of the second floor was no joke; born from the ten-thousand-year-old Earth Core Fire from beneath the ground, it had powerful combat abilities. When they charged to the second floor at that time, their combat strength was already severely depleted, and they could not hold on for long before their Jade Talismans were crushed, and the Tower Guardian Elder had to save them.

"With his current cultivation, taking the risk to challenge the second floor is still too great. It’s a very wise decision of him to choose not to go," the Tower Guardian Elder shook his head. For Ye Xuan to reach the third floor was already miraculous. Further attempts could end in him going back and breaking through before returning, perhaps with a not-so-small chance of success.

Just then, in their line of sight, Ye Xuan, who had been meditating and absorbing fire energy, suddenly opened his eyes and stood up from the ground, walking towards a position to his right front.

Soon, a staircase leading to the next level appeared in their field of vision.

"Is this kid going to venture further down?"

Seeing this scene, the Tower Guardian Elder’s expression stiffened, and he was immediately astonished. This kid really won’t give up until he reaches the Yellow River, it seems. When entering the tower, they had already admonished him not to enter these bottom two layers, but now it seemed Ye Xuan had thrown their warnings to the winds.

In fact, Ye Xuan had not forgotten their warnings at all. It was just that he had cultivated on the third level for so long without any sign of breakthrough, which forced him to continue going down in search of an opportunity for breakthrough. Otherwise, Ye Xuan wouldn’t be so recklessly headed down knowing the danger below.

"It wouldn’t hurt to try, but we better be ready to rescue him."

Xue Lingzi’s eyes slightly brightened. Then the corners of his cold mouth curled up slightly. Now, things were getting interesting.