97: Chapter 1032: Advancement of Purple Crystal Flame Light 97: Chapter 1032: Advancement of Purple Crystal Flame Light After the battle had ended, Chuh Yang indeed came to Ye Zhen with full sincerity to establish this positive relationship, a fact that Ye Zhen could discern from the details about the activation technique of the Purple Flame Golden Lamp recorded within the Jade Talisman!

After carefully examining the activation technique of the Purple Flame Golden Lamp, Ye Zhen inwardly breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, the Purple Flame Golden Lamp had been damaged before by Ye Zhen using the origin power of the Purple Spirit; otherwise, if Chuh Yang had been able to use the Purple Flame Golden Lamp normally during the previous duel, the outcome of who would win and who would lose was uncertain.

According to the activation technique described by Chuh Yang, the Purple Flame Golden Lamp was a Low Grade Soul Artifact capable of both attack and defense, with its main ability leaning toward offense.

The method of attack involved activating the Purple Flames within the lamp to bombard the enemy.

As long as the activator’s Divine Soul Power was strong enough, the Purple Flames could take various forms to attack the enemy, making it hard for them to guard against.

If the strength was sufficient, much like Ye Zhen just before, the power of the Purple Crystal Flame Light within the Purple Flame Golden Lamp could also be massively amplified.

As for defense, that was even simpler.

Since the Purple Crystal Flame Light within the Purple Flame Golden Lamp could be arranged at will by the activator, one could effortlessly set up defensive arrays with this Purple Crystal Flame Light.

As for how to arrange them, that depended on the control of the activator.

It could be said that between offense and defense, the intention resided within the heart.

Most importantly, this Purple Crystal Flame Light also had a certain damaging effect on Divine Soul Power, meaning, it also had a certain defensive capability against Divine Soul Power.

If Chuh Yang, when facing Ye Zhen’s Soul Refining Divine Light earlier, had surrounded himself with a dense layer of Purple Crystal Flame Light and layered Divine Soul Defenses within, whether Ye Zhen’s Soul Refining Divine Light could have harmed Chuh Yang was still uncertain.

Although Ye Zhen, through extended attempts and exploration, could also have figured out the activation method of the Purple Flame Golden Lamp, it would ultimately have taken up a lot of time.

The good relationship with Chuh Yang was now thoroughly established.

What truly alarmed Ye Zhen was a simple piece of intelligence, or rather, an incident Chuh Yang had unintentionally come across and noted at the end of the Jade Talisman.

Due to a difference in sea maps, Chuh Yang arrived at Shuili Island from the opposite direction to Ye Zhen.

He set out early and spent almost two months at sea before reaching Shuili Island.

One day, when he arrived at a Loose Cultivator’s small island called Wanjia Island in the Sky Wind Island area to avoid a storm at sea, he overheard a conversation between two people in the courtyard next door while meditating and extending his Divine Sense at night.

Chuh Yang was able to eavesdrop on the conversation mainly because his Cultivation was higher than the two individuals; Chuh Yang’s Divine Soul Cultivation had reached the peak of the Innate Soul Light Seventh Realm, whereas the two people in conversation had Cultivations of Peak Sixth Stage Establishment and Second Stage Establishment, respectively.

Naturally, their Divine Soul Cultivation was not particularly strong.

On any normal day, hearing such idle talk wouldn’t have mattered to Chuh Yang; however, he became interested upon hearing ‘Ye Zhen’ mentioned, drawing his attention.

The two were discussing how to deal with Ye Zhen.

Since they were far away, and since one must carefully conceal one’s Divine Soul Power when peering with it, Chuh Yang couldn’t quite make out their words clearly.

He only caught phrases like ‘Ye Zhen’ and ‘Black Dragon Domain.’

Furthermore, according to their final words, they stated that this time, they were sure to put Ye Zhen to death!

Afterward, the two started whispering secrets again, and no matter how much Chuh Yang wanted to listen, he could no longer hear them.

Since it wasn’t his business, he did not pay it excessive attention.

However, the day before Ye Zhen and Chuh Yang were to fight, Chuh Yang impulsively decided to include this incomplete information as a means to force Ye Zhen into a duel.

Once the storm had passed the next day, Chuh Yang wanted to clarify the identities of the two men, but they had already left.

To tell the truth, this piece of news was not surprising to Ye Zhen.

Had Ye Zhen not encountered plenty of schemes and conspiracies against him?

Therefore, Ye Zhen was not the least bit scared.

But the problem was that it involved the Black Dragon Domain, and this made Ye Zhen very worried.

Due to its location on the fringes of the True Profound Continent, the Black Dragon Domain had thin Spiritual Energy and scarce resources, so the Cultivation level of Martial Artists within the Black Dragon Domain was significantly lower than in other domains.

Not to mention the Martial Artists from the Outer Domain Dead Sea.

According to what Ye Zhen knew, the entire Black Dragon Domain had no Establishment King, and the highest Cultivation previously was only at the Sixth Stage of Vein Forging Realm.

Based on the information brought by Liao Feibai, a few years ago, the highest Cultivation within the Black Dragon Domain was Fuh Dongxing, the Sect Leader of Phantom Divine Sect, who had just broken through to the Sixth Stage of Vein Forging Realm.

And the Sect Leader Guo Qijing of the Qiyun Sect had a Cultivation of only Fourth Stage of Vein Forging Realm before; even with two to three years passing, at most, he would be at the Fifth Stage of Vein Forging Realm.

With the aid of their Sect’s precious treasures and the Grand Formation, they could barely cope with an Establishment King at the first or second stage.

If they were to encounter an existence at the Sixth or Seventh Stage of Establishment, they would likely be able to destroy the entire Black Dragon Domain with just one hand.

Ye Zhen had always thought that the Black Dragon Domain, regarded as a backwater area, would not attract the attention of powerful entities to cause trouble.

If it turned out that because of Ye Zhen, Kings at the Establishment level invaded the Black Dragon Domain to slaughter at will, that would truly be troublesome!

“Once this pill awarding ceremony is over, I must find a way to contact the Black Dragon Domain.

Otherwise, I won’t be able to sleep peacefully!”

Chuh Yang’s intelligence wasn’t exactly good news.

Thinking of family members far away in the Black Dragon Domain, Ye Zhen wished he could sprout wings and fly there to check on them right now.

But the problem is, there’s an idiomatic expression: a thief cannot stay hidden forever, but the owner can’t be on guard at all times.

Ye Zhen can’t possibly stay in the Black Dragon Domain forever.

“It seems I must find out who’s scheming against me from the shadows to eliminate the threat!

A Second Stage Establishment king dares to plot against me, who could it be?”

In the murmur, Ye Zhen suppressed the unease in his heart and stimulated the recovery of the origin power within the Purple Flame Golden Lantern.

The previous restoration had only fixed the chip in the Purple Flame Golden Lantern; the origin power had not yet been restored.

Restoring the origin power of the Purple Flame Golden Lantern, however, was much simpler.

Directly channeling the pure Fire Spirit Power from the ten-thousand-year Fire Jade into the wick of the Purple Flame Golden Lantern would suffice.

The wick would automatically absorb and refine it.

Previously, Ye Zhen had consumed almost half of the ten-thousand-year Fire Jade to condense just a wisp of Low Grade Spirit Fire.

Unexpectedly, the wick of this Purple Flame Golden Lantern seemed like a bottomless pit.

Ye Zhen continued to infuse the pure Fire Spirit Power from two and a half of the ten-thousand-year Fire Jades into the lantern, exhausting all three Fire Jades, yet still not filling the Purple Flame Golden Lantern.

This struck Ye Zhen as odd.

Theoretically, to replenish the spent origin power of the Purple Flame Golden Lantern, let alone two and a half, even the energy from one and a half of the ten-thousand-year Fire Jades should have been more than sufficient.

Upon careful sensing, Ye Zhen discovered the anomaly.

The aura emitted by the Purple Flame Golden Lantern was stronger than when he first saw it in the Demon Clan Fortress Secret Realm.

Moreover, the power of the flames released by the Purple Crystal Flame Light within the lantern, as sensed by Ye Zhen, had already surpassed its original status as Heavenly Level Middle Grade Flames, trending towards the evolution of Heavenly Level High Grade Flames.

“Could it be that the grade of the Purple Crystal Flame Light within this Purple Flame Golden Lantern can actually evolve?”

Upon this thought, Ye Zhen was first astonished, then overjoyed.

If that was the case, wouldn’t the Purple Crystal Flame Light within the Purple Flame Golden Lantern possess the power to evolve into a Low Grade Spirit Fire?

Soon, Ye Zhen dismissed this idea.

The main material used to refine the Purple Flame Golden Lantern, the Yang Burning Cave, would not be able to withstand the power of a Low Grade Spirit Fire.

Should the Purple Crystal Flame Light evolve to a Low Grade Spirit Fire, the Purple Flame Golden Lantern would be refined into a puddle of liquid and destroyed.

However, although the Purple Crystal Flame Light couldn’t evolve into a Low Grade Spirit Fire, escalating to a Heavenly Level High Grade Flame posed no problem whatsoever.

Once the Purple Crystal Flame Light evolved into a Heavenly Level High Grade Flame, the combat power of the Purple Flame Golden Lantern would soar, and it would be immensely beneficial for Ye Zhen’s artifact refining as well.

Many materials that could not be refined with Earth Vein Heavenly Fire could be refined with the evolved Purple Crystal Flame Light.

With this thought, Ye Zhen immediately took out the Earth Core Fire Balm stored inside the Red Moon Soul Ring, and infused it all into the inside of the Purple Flame Golden Lantern.

The pure Fire Spirit Power required to evolve Heavenly Level Middle Grade Flames into Heavenly Level High Grade Flames is immensely vast.

The Fire Element Spiritual Power contained within this Earth Core Fire Balm is even purer than what is contained within the ten-thousand-year Fire Jade.

Basically, the energy in every pound of Earth Core Fire Balm is equivalent to the Fire Spirit Power within a ten-thousand-year Fire Jade.

Ten pounds!

Twenty pounds!

Thirty pounds!

….

Seventy pounds!

Ye Zhen had infused a total of seventy pounds of the pure energy from the Earth Core Fire Balm, equivalent to the pure Fire Spirit Power of seventy ten-thousand-year Fire Jades.

Only then did the aura of the Purple Crystal Flame Light emitted from within the Purple Flame Golden Lantern stabilize to the degree of a Heavenly Level High Grade Flame.

The difference in the Fire Spirit Power needed to compress and condense a trace of Low Grade Spirit Fire and to advance the origin power to Heavenly Level High Grade Flames is chalk and cheese.

“What level of power will the Purple Crystal Flame Light advanced to Heavenly Level High Grade Flames possess?”

After succeeding, Ye Zhen felt an urge to test it, but considering the prohibition on Shuili Island, he dismissed the thought.

However, there was one thing Ye Zhen could be sure of.

Although the Purple Flame Golden Lantern was a Low Grade Soul Artifact, and even the Seventh Stage Establishment King Chuh Yang found it somewhat strenuous to activate, Ye Zhen found it not too difficult to summon using Xuan Fire Spiritual Power!

After an initial attempt without actually releasing it, Ye Zhen felt that activating the Purple Flame Golden Lantern once would consume about ten to twenty percent of the Xuan Fire Spiritual Power in Ye Zhen’s Dantian.

In battle, Ye Zhen could at most activate the Purple Flame Golden Lantern five to seven times.

But that was enough!

Once hit head-on with Heavenly Level High Grade Flames, even a Seventh Stage Establishment King at full defense would be reduced to ashes.

Should Ye Zhen use his Divine Soul Power to compress and stimulate it with full power, the effect would be even more devastating.

This power had now surpassed the Three Formation Profound Fire Drill and became Ye Zhen’s new trump card.

“Phew, finally I have something that resonates with Xuan Fire Spiritual Power!

Now, my only weak point is my cultivation.

No matter what, I must get the Grand Treasure Mansion Opening Pill…” Ye Zhen’s face was filled with determination!

(To be continued.

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