Chapter 869: The Companion Dou Technique of the Burning Scripture

In the Ten Thousand Demon Palace, the Holy Heavenly Demon Emperor suddenly opened his eyes, a strand of black-and-white Strange Fire flickering in his gaze.

The aura of this impact was naturally familiar to the Holy Heavenly Demon Emperor—wasn't it that Soul Palace Xiao Yan!

"This is not my god's technique; the collision carries the scent of two different flames." The Holy Heavenly Demon Emperor frowned slightly—he could perceive it with his power.

Had it not been for the Great Thousand World's powerful guardians, he could have monitored its vast expanse.

Though both flames were far inferior to his Heavenly Demon Flame, what made the Holy Heavenly Demon Emperor frown was how rapidly Xiao Yan's strength had grown.

As Xiao Yan himself had said, he was neither a guardian of the Great Thousand World nor a member of the Domain Beyond's evil clan—he collected Saint Pupils for the Domain Beyond, and in exchange, the Heavenly Demon Clan had to provide him with sufficient Ancestral Qi.

Xiao Yan needed vast Ancestral Qi to cultivate the Demon God Asura Soul Body; the Domain Beyond needed Saint Pupils to help the Heavenly Demon God adapt to the Great Thousand World's suppression. Unlike Hun Tian Di, who joined the Domain Beyond, Xiao Yan was merely a merchant—he did business when business arose, nothing more.

Thus, the stronger Xiao Yan became, the more uneasy the Holy Heavenly Demon Emperor grew.

"An anomaly… Could he be the Great Thousand World's savior?" The Holy Heavenly Demon Emperor's eyes flickered with a cold killing intent.

In their original homeland—the true Outer Heaven Source Great World—they had been on the verge of dominating the world, but at the final moment, a man born with Ancestral Dragon Qi emerged, inherited the power of the Ancestral Dragon, became the Supreme God, defeated the Sage God, and drove them into exile.

This was no accident—it was the World's Will choosing a savior; fate itself guided him forward, granting him the Qi Circulation of the entire world.

If they could not defeat this so-called savior, they could never conquer the entire Great World.

Five thousand nine hundred years ago, the Immortal Emperor was not the Great Thousand World's chosen savior—he never took that final step. The Heavenly Notice had selected him, but chosen wrongly; the Immortal Emperor was insufficient to save the Great Thousand World.

Over these five thousand nine hundred years, the Domain Beyond's evil clan prepared, and so did the Great Thousand World—the Great Thousand World's Will, the Heavenly Notice, could not do nothing.

Now, less than a century remained until the next Great Thousand Alliance, and this one would be crucial.

Within the seal of the Heavenly Demon God lay a Heavenly Palace's Seal Array; every thousand years, the Great Thousand Palace would open the Da Qian Alliance and issue the Heavenly Notice, summoning the peak powerhouses of the Great Thousand World to gather at the North Desert Hill, pooling their strength to activate the sealing power and eradicate the Heavenly Demon God's residual Life Force.

After seventy-seven cycles—four thousand nine hundred years—the Heavenly Demon God would be utterly crushed; the next Great Thousand Alliance would be the final one.

It would also be the battle cry between the Domain Beyond's evil clan and the Great Thousand World—both sides knew it well.

And precisely now, with only a century left until the final Great Thousand Alliance, Xiao Yan appeared—hardly a coincidence that made the Holy Heavenly Demon Emperor suspect: could Xiao Yan be the savior the Great Thousand World had awaited?

"No, it cannot be him—he has received my god's legacy, yet his Spiritual Energy has not even fully transformed; how could he be the savior the Great Thousand World waited five thousand nine hundred years for?" Yet this theory was quickly dismissed by himself.

The Great Thousand World's Will, the Heavenly Notice, indeed controlled the entire Great Thousand World, but the Heavenly Demon God was also a transcendent Supreme, reaching the Lord Realm, equal in rank to the Heavenly Notice, and naturally capable of perceiving Qi Circulation.

Xiao Yan possessed no Great Thousand World Qi Circulation—that was certain.

In fact, theoretically, Xiao Yan should be the Holy Son of the Domain Beyond's evil clan!

"Any existence threatening my god must be eliminated—once all Saint Pupils are collected." The Holy Heavenly Demon Emperor's eyes flashed with cold, lethal intent; Xiao Yan's strength even gave him a faint sense of threat.

Xiao Yan was too powerful now!

Back on the Huo Ling Da Lu, the entire sky now bore a massive hole—a vast black void, as if the sky had torn open, surrounded by Space Turbulence and Black God Thunder; even an Earth Supreme dared not approach without extreme peril.

The Great Thousand World's power sought to repair the Void Great Hole, but the lingering Strange Fire made the repair excruciatingly slow—evidencing just how terrifying the collision had been.

With a hum, Hun Tian Di's Soul Avatar emerged from another realm of Space; facing the residual shockwaves, even his Soul Avatar as a Supreme dared not draw near—it could be shattered by the aftershock.

Hun Tian Di gazed around: centered on the Huo Ling Da Lu, every celestial body, meteor, even black holes that devoured all, had been instantly annihilated, returning to nothingness.

"Truly terrifying power," Hun Tian Di said grimly—even he used the word "terrifying."

Hun Tian Di's gaze fixed on the center of the massive black void created by the collision—within the black void stood two figures suspended in Space.

Naturally, Xiao Yan and Tuoshe Ancient Emperor.

The previous technique had drained Xiao Yan immensely—he could no longer manifest the Dou Po Cang Qiong Body, his energy and Soul Force nearly exhausted, his body ravaged, yet thanks to Strange Fire and Dragon Phoenix Bloodline, his wounds were healing rapidly.

Tuoshe Ancient Emperor was the same—his Five Elemental Divine Fire burned endlessly, radiating Five Elemental light as he repaired his body.

Both were nearing exhaustion; Tuoshe Ancient Emperor's Five Elemental Divine Spirit Body was riddled with cracks, unusable.

Tuoshe Ancient Emperor looked at Xiao Yan before him, took a deep breath, and spoke gravely: "You are strong—but I have a reason I cannot lose."

Xiao Yan, calm as ever, replied softly: "I have no reason I cannot lose—but I want to win."

Neither Xiao Yan nor Tuoshe Ancient Emperor held deep hatred—no blood feud. Though Void Swallowing Flame had sought revenge, it had nearly destroyed the entire Fire Spirit Clan—its vengeance was already complete.

Both cultivated the Burning Scripture—this destined them to settle their victory or defeat. The Great Thousand World held only so many Strange Flames. One way or another, each must seize the other's Strange Fire to advance further.

The Burning Scripture didn't merely devour Strange Flames—it could also devour the Strange Flames of other Burning Scripture cultivators—or rather, the Fused Strange Fire—and evolve faster! Perhaps this was the true cultivation method of the Burning Scripture.

Remember, the Burning Scripture could be cultivated by anyone—it was merely a Yellow-Class Low-Grade Technique.

"We both cultivate the Burning Scripture. If I'm not mistaken, every Burning Scripture cultivator should possess a unique Dou Technique derived from it," Xiao Yan smiled faintly, his eyes glinting with curiosity.

The Burning Scripture was unique—it could infinitely evolve, and most importantly, it could fuse the refined Strange Flames; this fusion ability gave birth to corresponding Dou Techniques.

Han Feng had once cultivated the Burning Scripture, but incompletely, possessing only one Strange Flame, and before he could reveal its true power, Xiao Yan had killed him.

Xiao Yan was curious: did every fully accomplished Burning Scripture cultivator awaken the Buddha Fury Lotus? After all, Xiao Yan had awakened it because he carried memories of the Blue Star—he was a Transmigrant.

The principle of the Buddha Fury Lotus resembled a nuclear explosion: violent detonation caused by Strange Fire collision.

Could Tuoshe Ancient Emperor also awaken the Buddha Fury Lotus and the Burning Flame Body? Xiao Yan wanted to know.

Both had exhausted their Spiritual Energy; their Supreme Bodies could no longer be summoned. Both knew: this would be the final move to decide victory or defeat.

The fate of the Burning Scripture shall be decided by the Burning Scripture itself!

Two whooshing sounds of flame rising echoed—Tuoshe Ancient Emperor spread his hands, two clusters of Five Elemental Divine Fire igniting in his palms. The next instant, he swung his arms, and the Five Elemental Divine Fire spun with his movements.

From afar, the rotation of the Five Elemental Divine Fire resembled Taiji and Bagua, even Yin and Yang.

Seeing Tuoshe Ancient Emperor's Five Elemental Divine Fire construct Yin and Yang, cycle through generation and destruction, harmonizing the Five Elements, Xiao Yan gained new insight.

Clearly, Tuoshe Ancient Emperor's Burning Scripture Dou Technique was not the Buddha Fury Lotus—he harnessed the multiple attributes of Strange Flames, fusing them into a unique energy.

Xiao Yan took a deep breath, exhaled slowly, then raised both hands toward the sky, placing them flat before him. After a brief stillness, his Fused Strange Fire dispersed—the Twenty-Four Strange Flames reverted to their primal forms, appearing around Xiao Yan.

The infernal heat warped and distorted the Space around him. As Xiao Yan willed it, his Soul Force manipulated all Strange Flame origins, weaving together strands of Strange Flame energy, Dou Qi, Spiritual Energy, and even Soul Power into one.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Flames spun like a vortex, as if an invisible hand stirred them.

Seeing the fusion of flames before Xiao Yan, Tuoshe Ancient Emperor's pupils contracted sharply—he understood Xiao Yan's method. Even with the Burning Scripture himself, he found Xiao Yan's idea unimaginable.

Boom! Boom! Boom!! As both gathered their final Divine Technique, the sky churned with storm and cloud. Far away, within the vast black Void Great Hole, two faint glimmers of flame slowly ignited.

Their flames appeared extremely weak; had they not been at the center of the black void, surrounded by utter darkness, the flickers would have been invisible from afar.

Seconds passed, minute by minute—this time, both spent considerable time, without haste.

Xiao Yan naturally unleashed the Buddha Fury Lotus; in his palm, a Fire Lotus with twenty-four petals was being born, each petal translucent and exquisitely carved, a masterpiece of divine craftsmanship.

Tuoshe Ancient Emperor's was no weaker—seen from afar, it resembled a disc, with a clear dividing line splitting the Flame: one side held the power of twenty-two Flames gathered from the Dou Qi Continent, the other the Flames of the Great Thousand World; though seemingly separate, the two Flames were in fact interwoven.

"The Taiji Fire Disc—this is the Dou Technique I cultivated by comprehending the Burn Scripture on the Dou Qi Continent," Tuoshe Ancient Emperor murmured, gazing at the disc in his hand.

Just as Xiao Yan was, the Burn Scripture Divine Technique created by Tuoshe Ancient Emperor was tied to his memories.

Xiao Yan was a Reincarnator, and Tuoshe Ancient Emperor was somewhat similar—he too hailed from the Fire Spirit Clan beyond the Dou Qi Continent. But unlike Xiao Yan, Tuoshe Ancient Emperor was a Reincarnator, his very body a Flame Spirit Body.

Of course, Tuoshe Ancient Emperor retained the memories of the Fire Spirit Clan: the Five Elemental Spirit Power of the Five Spirit Clans emphasized mutual generation and restraint, mutual support, and an endless cycle of immortality; thus, he created the Taiji Fire Disc based on this principle.

Taiji explains the process of the universe evolving from Wuji to Taiji, then giving birth to all things. Taiji itself is the state before heaven and earth were formed, before Yin and Yang were divided—in Chaos.

"Buddha Fury Lotus, go." Xiao Yan released his grip, and the palm-sized Buddha Fury Lotus flew toward Tuoshe Ancient Emperor.

With each rotation, the Buddha Fury Lotus evaporated and erased Space, leaving behind a long trail of fire.

This Buddha Fury Lotus was Xiao Yan's most powerful ever—fusing not only the Flames and Soul Force, but also Dou Qi, Spiritual Energy, the blood qi of his physique, and a trace of Source Qi.

That Source Qi was what Xiao Yan had absorbed when he broke through to Dou Emperor—the very Source Qi left behind by Tuoshe Ancient Emperor in the Emperor Pill.

Sensing the faint fluctuation of Source Qi, Tuoshe Ancient Emperor was unsurprised—it was his own after all!

A hum sounded—and in that instant, the once-dull fire disc in Tuoshe Ancient Emperor's hand blazed brilliantly, instantly illuminating the entire black void.

In Tuoshe Ancient Emperor's hand appeared a complete fire disc; beneath its radiant glow, all else dimmed—even the sun, moon, and stars lost their light before the fire disc's radiance.

Bathed in the supreme light of the fire disc, every Fire Spirit Clan disciple felt protected by an ultimate power—any darkness, any danger, would be banished.

Before all eyes, the fire disc and the Fire Lotus collided.

Zzzzz!!! The spinning Fire Lotus and spinning fire disc struck each other—sparks flew everywhere; even a single spark could destroy Space.

"Explode!"

"Slice!"

At that moment, the entire world was plunged into darkness except for the firelight—what goes to extremes reverses; when light becomes too blinding, all things sink into darkness, and beneath this firelight, everything vanished into black.

Then, that light became the first ray of illumination at the dawn of heaven and earth, swallowing the darkness.

No one knew who won between the Buddha Fury Lotus and the Taiji Fire Disc; at that moment, the entire Fire Spirit Continent became imperceptible.

"What a battle—hardly seen even on the Yu Wai Zhan Chang."

"Sigh—I hope we didn't arrive too late. Otherwise, it's a loss to the Great Thousand World."

At that moment, far away in the heavens of the Fire Spirit Continent, two men in long robes stood in Space, feeling an energy shockwave sweep past them.

Both their robes bore identical patterns—each etched with the character "Thousand"—a symbol representing the highest authority of the Great Thousand World: the Great Thousand Palace!

(End of Chapter)