Back in his private dorm, Fang Yang looked at the storage spirit tool in his hand, a slight frown on his brow.
"I have the spiritual item, but it seems something is still missing…" he muttered to himself.
An orange-red flame ignited in his palm, his Spirit, the strange fire, dancing at his fingertips.
Suddenly, Fang Yang's expression froze as he realized a crucial problem: "Wait… an alchemist needs to possess both fire and wood attribute Spirits simultaneously…"
He looked down at his strange fire Spirit, his frown deepening.
Although he had obtained the Legacy of a ninth-grade alchemist, without a wood attribute Spirit to balance the medicinal properties, he couldn't possibly complete Alchemy.
"Is this Legacy going to be wasted?" Fang Yang clenched his fists, unwilling to accept it.
He began to search through the characteristics of the twenty-three strange fires in his mind, looking for one that might possess the wood attribute.
"The fifth-ranked strange fire on the strange fire list, the Flame of Life…"
Fang Yang murmured, "A green flame filled with rich life force, it can not only enhance vitality but also improve the quality of Medicinal Pills…"
But then he gave a bitter laugh and shook his head, a helpless expression on his face: "With my current strength, trying to devour a fifth-ranked strange fire? That's simply courting Death."
Just then, Fang Yang's eyes suddenly lit up: "Wait! There's another strange fire that might work!"
Then, with a thought, his consciousness sank into the internal space of the fire pearl.
Twenty-three towering giant pillars stood majestically, each entwined with flames of different colors, emitting heart-pounding energy fluctuations.
Fang Yang quickly walked towards one of the towering giant pillars in the Fire Square.
That pillar was entwined with black and white flames, two completely different flames perfectly fused like Yin and Yang fish, moving endlessly.
"It's you!"
Fang Yang's eyes were burning as he stared at the strange fire before him, "The twenty-first-ranked strange fire on the strange fire list — the Yin-Yang Dual Flame!"
The black and white flames intertwined and coiled, moving like Yin and Yang fish.
The Yin-Yang Dual Flame contained the dual powers of life and Death; the Yang Flame saves people, endlessly regenerating, while the Yin Flame kills people, leaving no bones.
"The Yin-Yang Dual Flame, the Yang Flame governs life, the Yin Flame governs Death."
A flash of realization crossed Fang Yang's eyes, "The life force of the Yang Flame can perfectly substitute for the wood attribute!"
Having made up his mind, he sat cross-legged in front of the towering giant pillar, adjusting his breathing to enter his optimal state.
As his thoughts turned, the fire pearl within him began to tremble violently, emitting a low hum.
"Unseal!"
With a low shout, the ancient Seal runes on the towering giant pillar shattered inch by inch, emitting crisp cracking sounds.
The black and white flames instantly rioted, like Vicious Beasts awakened, surging wildly on the towering giant pillar.
The Yin-Yang Dual Flame instantly split, transforming into two distinct flames.
One was as black as ink, emitting a suffocating aura of Death, while the other was as white as jade, radiating warm, healing vitality.
The two flames intertwined, and the terrifying high temperature caused the surrounding space to twist and deform, emitting "sizzling" burning sounds.
"Heaven Sealing Divine Forbidden, Seal!"
Fang Yang lightly shouted, immediately activating the power of the Formation.
Countless golden runes appeared out of thin air, forming an unbreakable cage that trapped the two black and white flames separately.
The Yin-Yang Dual Flame struggled wildly within the Formation, the flames sometimes expanding and sometimes contracting, but they could never break free from the Seal's restraint.
Eventually, the two flames seemed to realize that it was difficult to Breakthrough alone, so they re-fused into one, transforming into a black and white intertwined flame.
They attempted to break the Seal together, but in front of the powerful Formation, this last struggle was also in vain.
The flames gradually subsided, eventually compressing into a fist-sized black and white Origin fire seed, quietly suspended in the air, emitting a soft glow.
Fang Yang let out a long breath, a smile appearing at the corner of his mouth.
Possessing two strange fires, he no longer needed to risk swallowing them as he did during his first refinement.
He saw an orange-red flame ignite in his palm again, and the flame rapidly expanded, transforming into a lifelike giant flame hand.
This giant flame hand grabbed the Yin-Yang Dual Flame.
"Instant Refinement!"
With a light shout from Fang Yang, the orange-red flame swallowed the Yin-Yang Dual Flame into his body.
Immediately, Fang Yang's whole body trembled, and the familiar burning pain once again swept through him. He gritted his teeth, and fine beads of sweat seeped from his forehead.
No matter its ranking, a strange fire was ultimately the most violent energy in the world.
Fang Yang's body was constantly tempered in the vitality of the Yang Flame and the Death Qi of the Yin Flame, his Qi and blood surged like a tsunami, his mental force fluctuated violently, and his entire being felt as if he were in a crucible.
Flame patterns vaguely appeared on his skin, then quickly disappeared, repeating in a cycle.
After an unknown period, the violent flames of the Yin-Yang Dual Flame gradually became contained, their wildness fading, and a hint of gentleness subtly emanated.
"Yin-Yang Dual Flame, successfully devoured!"
Fang Yang felt the surging energy of the Yin-Yang Dual Flame within him, his eyes flashing with brilliance: "Then, I shall use this to Breakthrough to Spirit Elder Level 40!"
This was his first attempt to transform the energy of a strange fire into a spirit ring.
As for before, he had also integrated excessive strange fire energy into his right arm bone.
His exclusive strange fire Spirit Bone: "Million-Year Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Fire Right Arm Bone!"
As the terrifying flame energy of the Yin-Yang Dual Flame continuously poured in, Fang Yang only felt that his Bottleneck was slowly being broken.
However, although he relied on the terrifying energy of the strange fire to Breakthrough his Realm, he lacked the assistance of an exclusive Soul Spirit.
"Boom!"
Accompanied by a roar from within his body, Fang Yang successfully broke through to Spirit Elder, leaping to Level 43 Spirit Ancestor.
The moment he broke through, the Yin-Yang Dual Flame granted him two brand new Spirit Abilities.
Yin-Yang Chains: "Release chains formed by black and white flames to bind enemies. The Yang Flame chains burn the physical body and spirit power, while the Yin Flame chains erode mental force, doubly suppressing the target's actions."
Yin-Yang Unceasing: "Release black and white flames to promote wound healing, while also restoring mental force and spirit power."
Under the influence of the spirit ring rules of the Douluo Plane, Fang Yang actually formed a flame-golden million-year spirit ring behind him!
This spirit ring emitted a terrifying, heart-pounding aura, as if it could burn everything in the world.
"This…"
Fang Yang was stunned for a moment, not expecting the spirit ring condensed from a strange fire to be so terrifying.
But on second thought, this was, after all, a Heaven and Earth strange fire, so it was reasonable for it to form a million-year spirit ring in the Douluo Plane.
The familiar Refinement stage had arrived.
Staring at the Yin-Yang Dual Flame, Fang Yang's mind sank into his body, controlling the flame to slowly move into his Meridians, beginning to circulate along the Cultivation Technique route of the "Burning Art."
Under the dominance of the Xuan Huang Flame and the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Fire, the Yin-Yang Dual Flame was also obediently refined.
Just as the Yin-Yang Dual Flame was completely refined.
The "Burning Art" Cultivation Technique within Fang Yang also evolved, reaching Earth Rank Intermediate.
Next, he was going to begin the Fusion of the three strange fires!
"Let's begin!"
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