Chapter 1381: Accepting the Inheritance

Forging imperial‑grade pills is like creating a man‑made Dou Emperor; it also requires the infusion of source Qi, so even the embryonic pill contains a portion of source Qi. If that person can truly complete the final step I failed to finish and obtain the full version of the imperial‑grade pill, ascending to Dou Emperor would not be an overly difficult matter.

After hearing Lin Feng's explanation, Tuo Shegu Di was first stunned, then gave a faint smile and said, "Only that, I did not expect that person to possess such audacity and scheme. By cooperating with Wu Nie Tun Yan, he obtained the ability of the Soul‑devouring tribe to extract the Dou Emperor bloodline, then gradually defeated peers of equal strength on the continent, finally gathered the three ancient jade pieces I left behind, opened the cave residence, and once again overcame the obstruction of you strong ones."

From these deeds, if that person had lived in my era, who might have ultimately become Dou Emperor remains uncertain.

Upon reaching this point, a hint of sigh slipped into Tuo Shegu Di's tone.

After all, the very reason he could become Dou Emperor back then was entirely due to that bizarre cultivation technique.

As for his own scheming, it seemed rather unimpressive.

Because, in the end, he simply chased fortune and avoided disaster, sequentially devouring other exotic fires from weak to strong, then gathered enough source Qi and cultivated normally to advance.

He did have a plan, but compared with the person the kid mentioned, he fell far short.

Hearing this, Lin Feng gave a wry smile and said, "Senior, stop laughing; this matter has nearly driven me to death from worry."

"Hehe, that's fair; after all, you gave him quite a trouble before. When he ascends to Dou Emperor, I reckon the first thing he'll do is come looking for trouble with you."

Facing the former's complaint, Tuo Shegu Di seemed somewhat enlightened.

After all, from the former's description, the other party is not a broad‑minded person.

And that kid named Lin Feng earlier caused the other party so many obstacles.

When he reaches Dou Emperor, can he not come back to settle the score?

"So, I ask you, senior, lend me a hand and save the child."

Upon hearing that, Lin Feng instantly bowed with a bitter smile and said.

After all, the inheritance from Tuo Shegu Di is his only means to obtain sufficient self‑protection power.

Otherwise, he would have no choice but to flee.

Seeing this, Tuo Shegu Di lightly nodded and replied, "Since you have come here, I naturally know your purpose. Moreover, the fact that you made it this far means you are, among those outside, the most suitable person to receive my inheritance. If you can accept my complete inheritance, you too can ascend to the Dou Emperor tier. Then, there will be no need to feign toward the opponent."

"After all, compared with forcibly breaking through by using imperial pills, my methods are naturally superior. Moreover, from a certain perspective, you have already reached the Dou Emperor realm; it's only the shortage of source Qi that has stalled you here. Had you lived in the ancient era of abundant source Qi, you would likely already be a Dou Emperor."

Speaking further, a hint of amazement inevitably appeared in Tuo Shegu Di's eyes.

A Dou Emperor under forty with such achievements would, even in the era when Dou Emperors roamed, still be a presence capable of shaking the entire continent.

I didn't expect that, in this time of source Qi scarcity, he could still be seen.

While speaking, Tuo Shegu Di smiled, extended his hand, and suddenly made a move toward Lin Feng opposite him.

Immediately thereafter, the latter felt Xiao Ling, without any warning, slip out of his body in an uncontrolled manner.

In response to this sudden change, Lin Feng instinctively tried to mobilize Dou Qi to counter Tuo Shegu Di's lingering soul technique.

But soon, as if recalling something, the vast Dou Qi surging within him abruptly halted.

As for Xiao Ling, at this moment she surged out in the form of a golden light, then reverted to the shape of a young girl.

"I didn't expect that the twenty‑three exotic fires I arranged have all been gathered by you."

Tuo Shegu Di gazed at the pretty girl not far away, let out a light laugh, and his voice drifted out slowly.

However, Xiao Ling showed no gratitude for the senior's goodwill; she did not speak, only her cold, hateful face stared at him.

And this demeanor clearly indicates that Xiao Ling still retains some memories of those distant past events.

She knows that the person before her had not treated her well before.

"It seems you still quite hate me."

Regarding Xiao Ling's hateful, icy gaze, Tuo Shegu Di let out a light snort, appearing unfazed.

Then his gaze shifted back to Lin Feng as he said, "Within your body I sense a familiar aura; if my guess is correct, the technique you cultivate should be a wondrous method capable of integrating multiple exotic fires, right?"

"Indeed, the exact name of this scroll is unknown. However, based on the scant clues we have, we refer to it as the Burning Secret."

Lin Feng found nothing strange about this expected question.

As soon as he finished speaking, he continued, "The twenty exotic fires collected in the outer plaza, counting the escaped Pure Lotus Demonic Fire and Wu Nie Tun Yan, make twenty‑two. Moreover, when the junior entered, he sensed familiar exotic fire Dou Qi. Therefore I have a bold speculation, senior: could you also be cultivating the same technique as mine?"

However, although Lin Feng's words were speculative.

Yet his tone was filled with certainty!

"Generally, exotic fires cannot successfully absorb that many and still ascend to Dou Emperor. Even if a miracle occurs, after devouring them the fires should become the senior's nourishment, not reappear inside the senior as they do now."

While speaking, Lin Feng's gaze remained fixed on the last Dou Emperor of the Dou Qi Continent before him.

He is also the first exotic fire in the recorded history of the Dou Qi Continent to be cultivated to the Dou Emperor realm!

"The Burning Secret, huh?"

Hearing that, Tuo Shegu Di murmured to himself softly.

Then he looked up and smiled, "Kid, your guess is correct; the technique I cultivate is indeed the Burning Secret you mentioned. However, compared with you, the lucky shadow, when I individually devoured those exotic fires until I fully mastered Wu Nie Tun Yan, it took me tens of thousands of years."

"That said, this scroll also helped me immensely. Had I not encountered it by chance while gathering spirit intelligence, I would never have achieved such a feat later."

However, after hearing the senior finish, Lin Feng immediately gave a wry smile, "Senior, don't envy me; rather, I should envy you back then. Unlike you, in our generation there have already been three people who cultivated the Burning Secret. Moreover, one of them hails from a Dou Emperor lineage, and his devoted girlfriend was, at that time, the sole daughter of the most powerful faction leader openly on the Dou Qi Continent."

"If I hadn't been forced to hide for survival back then, I wouldn't have later turned the tables on the opponent and, together with others, eradicated his girlfriend's faction. Now, I doubt I could have reached this point."

Speaking further, Lin Feng's tone became somewhat sighful.

Who could have imagined that the hometown he once sought to rely on would end up in such a relationship with him.

If it weren't for Xiao Yan twenty years ago, who coveted that Mysterious Tier low‑level combat technique in Wutan City.

The subsequent situation would likely be him cheerfully revealing his hometown to Xiao Yan and becoming his partner.

In the end, if Xiao Yan succeeds, I would, through that connection, become a dominant presence on the continent.

【6】 From then on, I would have countless beauties and spend each day in a highly lewd yet blissful manner.

From now on, enjoy countless beauties and spend each day in a wildly lewd yet blissfully sexual life.

But all of this is ultimately just a fantasy.

Because now Lin Feng has already surpassed Xiao Yan of the original work, no longer needing to cling to anyone.

"Oh, with three people cultivating this technique competing, it seems your generation lives quite spectacularly!"

Upon learning that Lin Feng's generation indeed has three practitioners of the Burning Secret, Tuo Shegu Di was profoundly shocked by the news.

However, after saying that, he again let out a heavy sigh, his tone amazed: "Tens of thousands of years ago, I relied on this cultivation method to become an emperor, and today, ten thousand years later, we who have cultivated the same method meet here again. The word 'fate' is truly unfathomable."

Hehe, I haven't spoken with anyone for tens of thousands of years, but today I've said quite a lot.

After speaking, Tuoshe Ancient Emperor immediately gave a self-mocking chuckle.

Immediately, as he flicked his finger, the surrounding boundless gorgeous sea of fire suddenly surged up in a mighty roll.

Finally, countless flames surged and gathered, condensing in midair between them into a gorgeous fire lotus the size of a fist.

The skin of this lotus was covered with various colors from the continent.

As far as the eye could see, there were over twenty kinds!

Moreover, atop the lotus's skin, numerous colorful and violent flames rose.

And upon probing with one's sense, the terrifying energy contained within was even more shocking.

At the same time, Lin Feng gazed at the gorgeous lotus hovering above the sea of fire, and his eyes couldn't help but fill with a rich excitement.

Now, on the Dou Qi Continent, there are no other undiscovered sources of Qi.

At least in his knowledge, aside from the Emperor-grade Infant Pill and the Ancient Emperor's inheritance, he had found no possible source of Qi!

Moreover, the Soul Heavenly Emperor had already obtained the Emperor-grade Infant Pill and could soon perfect it to step into the Dou Emperor realm.

And at this point, Lin Feng, the women outside, and Zhu Kun et al.'s only hope was this Ancient Emperor's inheritance.

"My true body's inheritance lies entirely within this lotus; as for whether you can obtain it and fully advance to the Dou Emperor level, that depends on you."

Tuoshe Ancient Emperor looked at the excited Lin Feng, a faint smile appearing at the corner of his mouth; as he spoke, he flicked his finger, controlling the gorgeous fire lotus, which slowly drifted down and finally hovered above Lin Feng's heavenly spirit cover.

Hu

Lin Feng, upon seeing the lotus, involuntarily took a deep breath and quickly steadied his mind.

Because he knew that at this critical moment, any stray thought could lead to his failure.

Therefore, he must rid himself of these useless things!

However, at that very moment, the fire lotus atop Lin Feng's head suddenly burst forth with a strange radiance, then continued to descend.

"Lin Feng, remember: my inheritance requires a heart like a rock; as long as a single thought remains, it will not perish!"

As those words rang out, the lotus on Lin Feng's head directly pierced his scalp, then without any obstruction, went straight into his brain.

Boom—

And at the instant the fire lotus entered his body, Lin Feng's whole person immediately began to swell and turn red.

At the same time, an infinite energy so terrifying it made one's soul tremble.

Within his body, it spread in an instant at a terrifying speed.

Almost in the blink of an eye, Lin Feng's body suddenly swelled up without any warning.

At this moment, not only his external muscles, but even the meridians deep within his body were swollen taut in an instant.

At the same time, faint tearing pains began to emanate from all parts of his body.

Of course, facing this situation, Lin Feng naturally would not just sit idle.

Immediately, he began to fully operate his two vortices, activating the Burning Art and Life and Death Judgment, these two techniques, to fully refine the massive energy surging from the fire lotus.

However, even though he simultaneously activated both techniques to refine and absorb,

but as time passed, the energy within Lin Feng's body not only did not decrease, its quantity actually increased more and more.

At the same time, that tearing pain became increasingly extreme.

Later, Lin Feng's face began to uncontrollably show a full expression of pain.

The severe pain from all parts of his body piled up, an indescribable agony that made his expression twist somewhat.

Not far away, Tuoshe Ancient Emperor watched this scene, his expression calm as water.

Because he had walked those paths, he knew that even a Half-Emperor cultivator would find this energy hard to endure.

Of course, if Lin Feng couldn't even endure these pains,

then accepting the inheritance would be sheer nonsense!

Meanwhile, not far away, Lin Feng's body was trembling wildly at this moment.

In that seemingly endless energy, it continuously erupted from the fire lotus and finally accumulated inside his body.

Although he desperately struggled to refine it, that energy nonetheless kept piling up more and more.

Even now, even his body, which was somewhat stronger than same-rank magical beasts, began to show fine cracks.

Obviously, this was because the energy was too rich, causing his body to be forcibly burst open.

"Master, I'll help you!"

Xiao Ling beside him, seeing this, didn't even bother to glare at her enemy, instantly turning into a stream of light and shooting back into Lin Feng's body at extreme speed.

At the same time, black flames erupted from within her body, rapidly spreading inside his.

Wherever those black flames passed, the energy was completely swallowed up, finally disappearing into Lin Feng's meridians.

"Hehe, the idea is good, but that energy won't just vanish for no reason. Even if it's devoured by Wu Nie Tun Yan, it's still within Lin Feng's body—merely moved from one place to another."

Seeing Xiao Ling's action, Tuoshe Ancient Emperor immediately shook his head and chuckled lightly.

And indeed, as he had expected, the energy in Lin Feng's meridians was taken care of by her.

But soon, Xiao Ling discovered that her master's lower abdomen quickly began to swell again.

"Damn, it's my fault; the energy I absorbed went into my own body. But the problem is, I'm inside my master's body, so after all this going around, the energy still hasn't left his body!"

Seeing this, Xiao Ling froze for a moment, then quickly understood the crux.

Faced with this, she clenched her silver teeth anxiously and said, "Not good, I need to hurry."

Bang! Bang! Bang!

However, before the former could react, Lin Feng's body various parts suddenly emitted sounds of explosions.

Immediately, his body, in Xiao Ling's terrified gaze, was directly blown apart by that energy, burst open!

For this abrupt scene, Xiao Ling, who had just returned to the outside world, stared blankly ahead, unable to recover for a moment.

"Master!"

But soon, she crawled with hands and feet, her face full of fear, to the front of Lin Feng's remaining soul.

"Master, Xiao Ling failed, Xiao Ling couldn't handle that energy, wuu wuu wuu."

Coming to that illusory soul's side, Xiao Ling flung her arms around the soul of her master before her, and tears instantly poured down like heavy rain, splashing from her eyes.

At this moment, seeing her master's body annihilated, she was truly afraid.

She feared that, after having gained concrete spiritual awareness, the master she saw every day would vanish before her eyes just like that.

After all, since his birth, he has always been with Lin Feng.

In her eyes, her master was everything to her.

If Lin Feng were to disappear before her eyes today, Xiao Ling truly wouldn't know how she could continue to exist in the future!

"Xiao Ling, you don't need to be afraid; we haven't failed yet. Don't forget the earlier words: a heart like a rock, a single thought remaining—then one can be indestructible!"

And while Xiao Ling was frightened and uneasy, Lin Feng's soul suddenly stirred, then immediately embraced the girl before him—she who was as frightened and uneasy as a young beast abandoned by its mother.

As he spoke, Lin Feng's soul suddenly began to flicker violently.

At the same time, a splendid burst of light shot out violently from his soul.

And upon looking closely, he discovered with shock that the source of that light was precisely the fire lotus seed that Tuoshe Gudi had planted into his body earlier!

And accompanying the emission of that splendid light, Lin Feng's flesh, which had originally been blown into a blood mist,

Suddenly, it strangely contracted back.

In the next instant, those blood mists swiftly rushed back, condensing around Lin Feng's soul and rewrapping it.

After only a short breath's time, those blood mists actually turned back into flesh once more, alive and whole!

Furthermore, Lin Feng could feel that the flesh he had condensed this time,

Compared to before, it had actually become several degrees stronger! (End of chapter)