The Amethyst Winged Lion King had just fallen, so things were fine for a short while.
But if he delayed any longer, its Immortal Cave would inevitably be carved up by Demonic Beasts.
This was why Xiao Yan immediately set off right after briefly handling Yun Yun’s matters.
Although he had already obtained the greatest harvest—the corpse of the Amethyst Winged Lion King—
his second goal, the Beast Fire,
relied on the accompanying purple crystal source.
If this thing was gone, he would really be cursing up a storm.
Before long, flying at high speed, Xiao Yan arrived inside the Immortal Cave of the Amethyst Winged Lion King.
As soon as he reached the entrance of the cave, he knitted his brows.
At the entrance lay at least a dozen corpses of Demonic Beasts, all appearing to be guards of the cave.
Judging by their wounds, Xiao Yan determined that the Demonic Beast that killed them was the same one.
So…
“A Demonic Beast with at least Tier 5 strength broke into the cave.”
Realizing this, Xiao Yan wasn’t annoyed; instead, he grinned, showing his teeth, and walked quickly into the cave.
As for the corpses of those Tier 3 Demonic Beasts, he didn’t waste them, storing them all into his storage ring.
Though these Tier 3 Demonic Beasts offered little enhancement to his Physical Body, which was now comparable in strength to a Tier 4 Magical Beast, even the smallest mosquito is still meat; perhaps they could be useful when he was just a tiny bit away from a Breakthrough in physical strength.
Entering the interior of the cave, the light was not dim at all.
Purple gems embedded in the surrounding walls radiated a purple glow, illuminating the place clearly and brightly.
Xiao Yan sped up and soon reached a fork in the path.
Based on his memories of the original story, he knew that the path on the left led to where the accompanying purple crystal source was stored, while the path on the right led to the cave where the Amethyst Winged Lion King’s cub lived.
Xiao Yan was in no rush to decide.
He released his Soul perception, and when he sensed a formidable Aura coming from the cave at the end of the right path, a smile appeared on his face.
“Teacher, help me!” Saying this, Xiao Yan charged toward the cave on the right.
Knowing that this Disciple had his own ideas, Yao Lao didn’t waste breath and directly possessed him.
Instantly, Xiao Yan’s Aura surged dramatically, once again possessing strength comparable to a high-tier Dou King.
Xiao Yan entered the cave on the right.
A Tier 5 Demonic Beast was rummaging through the cave, seemingly searching for purple spirit crystals.
Looking closely, Xiao Yan saw that it was indeed the Tier 5 Demonic Beast that had fled back then.
It had come directly to raid the home.
Glancing at the already cold corpse of the Amethyst Winged Lion King’s cub inside the cave, Xiao Yan grinned: “I promised the old Lion King that I would send its child to reunite with it.”
“But you did the job instead.
Aren’t you making me break my word?!”
“For that, compensate me with your life!”
Making up a casual excuse, Xiao Yan swung his fist, slamming it fiercely into the Tier 5 Demonic Beast.
“Bang!”
Following a loud boom, the entire cave shook, and the Tier 5 Demonic Beast instantly lost all signs of life.
Xiao Yan stored its body along with the cub’s corpse into his storage ring.
Then, following his memories of the original story, he found a purple spirit crystal—a sharp, unevenly shaped stone.
Holding it, Xiao Yan quickly returned to the fork and chose the left path.
Going all the way inside, he immediately saw a purple stone orb in the very center, inside of which flowed a dense liquid.
Xiao Yan understood that this was the accompanying purple crystal source, a treasure even more precious than the purple spirit crystal.
Holding the purple spirit crystal, he cracked open the stone orb, unhurriedly releasing the accompanying purple crystal source inside and filling six jade bottles to the brim.
After filling them, he didn’t put all the jade bottles into his storage ring; instead, he stored only one and left the rest outside.
Compared to the Xiao Yan of the original story, his physical quality was far stronger now, so absorbing these wouldn’t take as long as in the original plot.
The Amethyst Winged Lion King’s Immortal Cave was rich in fire energy, making it perfectly suited for him to absorb the accompanying purple crystal source.
“Teacher, protect me,” Xiao Yan said to Yao Lao.
Yao Lao nodded helplessly: “You brat, you really treat your master like free labor.”
Xiao Yan opened his mouth, pouring all five bottles of the accompanying purple crystal source down his throat in one go.
Smooth, cool, and soothing, the accompanying purple crystal source slid down his throat into his abdomen the moment it entered his mouth.
Right along with it came the powerful energy of the accompanying purple crystal source.
In the original story, Xiao Yan had only licked up a bit that spilled, yet his cultivation had gained a significant boost.
Now that he swallowed five-sixths of it into his stomach, the terrifying energy caused even his terrifying Physical Body—comparable to a Tier 4 Magical Beast—to feel a distinct sensation of bloating.
Under the nourishment of the accompanying purple crystal source’s powerful energy, his cultivation inside his body, which was only at 8-Star Dou Master, grew rapidly.
In just a few breaths of time, it reached 9-Star Dou Master.
The Bottleneck from 9-Star Dou Master to 1-Star Great Dou Master was passed smoothly, as if it didn’t even exist.
Then, his cultivation showed no signs of stopping.
2-Star Great Dou Master…
3-Star Great Dou Master…
4-Star…
5-Star…
6-Star Great Dou Master…
Xiao Yan’s cultivation soared rapidly like a launching rocket.
He broke through all the way from 8-Star Dou Master, only barely coming to a stop at 6-Star Great Dou Master.
With that, the energy was fully exhausted.
Xiao Yan opened his eyes, and Yao Lao’s Soul form immediately drifted over, his face full of anger: “Yan Xiaozi, are you joking with me?!”
“Although the energy of the accompanying purple crystal source is enough for you to break through from 9-Star Dou Master to 6-Star Great Dou Master, do you know how unstable and hollow that will make your Dou Qi?!”
“I thought you were prudent, someone who thinks twice and takes the long view, which was why I didn’t warn you.
How could you make such a huge mistake?!”
Listening to Yao Lao’s words, which sounded scolding but were actually caring, Xiao Yan didn’t argue and chose instead to demonstrate the true reality.
Thus, he released the pale-yellow Burning Technique Dou Qi from within his body.
The moment that condensed Dou Qi appeared, Yao Lao was instantly dumbfounded.
“How could it be so condensed?!
There’s no feeling of instability at all!”
Xiao Yan naturally knew it was due to his Fire Spirit Body.
His Physique hadn’t shown much major effect before, merely speeding up his Cultivation when practicing the Burning Technique, giving a Low-Yellow Rank Burning Technique the Cultivation speed of a High-Yellow Rank technique.
This time, however, was the primary demonstration of the Fire Spirit Body’s main effect.
It provided an extraordinarily high absorption and conversion rate for flames—or rather, fire-attribute energy.
In Yao Lao’s line of thought, that amount of accompanying purple crystal source was enough for someone to break through to 6-Star Great Dou Master, but it would also leave their Dou Qi hollow; thus, compressing the Dou Qi should have brought a Breakthrough to around 3-Star or 4-Star Great Dou Master.
Therefore, when Xiao Yan broke through to 6-Star Great Dou Master, he naturally assumed Xiao Yan hadn’t compressed his Dou Qi.
However, the truth was that Xiao Yan had already thoroughly compressed his Dou Qi.
Otherwise, given the Fire Spirit Body’s absorption and conversion rate for the accompanying purple crystal source, it would have been enough to let him break through to 9-Star Great Dou Master.
This was the power of the Fire Spirit Body.
How could something specifically mentioned alongside the Calamity Poison Body be ordinary?
It was worth mentioning that because he swallowed so much accompanying purple crystal source, the Purple Flame within Xiao Yan’s body was logically birthed, directly reaching maturity.
This also meant he could immediately absorb Beast Fire to upgrade the grade of his Burning Technique.
At the same time, absorbing the Purple Flame through his Fire Spirit Body would surely boost his cultivation once again.
Thinking further, he still had so many corpses of Demonic Beasts in his storage ring that could help enhance his physical strength.
Xiao Yan grew increasingly impatient.
(End of Chapter)