Shrouding the Heavens

Chapter 162 Purple Qi from the East

The purple Qi was like a knife trying to carve Ye Fan apart. This completely shocked him. After all, this was just the tiniest strand of it!

“Come out!”

Ye Fan was extremely worried, using all his power to try transferring the Origin Qi out to protect his body. He could clearly feel it had become much more lively now.

Xuanhuan circulated and finally filled the air, but it was just a tiny amount. It adhered to his skin, but was fundamentally not enough to cover his whole body.

This was bad!

Ye Fan’s expression completely changed. He urged divine power into the Great Sky Net and used it to completely envelop him, turning it into a cage that separated himself from the outside world.

BANG!

The void broke, and that sparkling green jade leaf completely shattered into nothing.

This was a forbidden item with great power. It could display an inconceivable might, but its weak point was that they could only be used a certain amount of times before breaking. For example, back in the Ancient Desolation Forbidden Land, the Ji Family, Jiang Family, and Flickering Light Sacred Land’s three Elders each had a forbidden item that automatically broke after they used it a certain number of times. As for this green jade leaf, it wasn’t even comparable to those three items. With just one use, it crumbled into dust. Strictly speaking, it could only be considered a small forbidden item.

When the void broke, Ye Fan descended into a purple-colored world. There were no blazes, only purple Qi and some random flames. It was very hazy, but its temperature was at a shockingly high level.

He used up all his capabilities and pushed his divine energy to the limit to supply it to the Great Sky Net. Starlight shone within the net’s threads, forming a curtain that temporarily blocked the purple flames.

However, he didn’t even have time to rejoice before the light curtain caved in. The purple Qi seemed extremely heavy, and the light curtain was unable to block it. The flames quickly melted it.

“Are these even flames? They’re able to burn divine energy!” Ye Fan was shocked.

If the Great Sky Net were to be destroyed, he really would have no way to survive. The Origin Qi might be very active right now, it hadn’t completely come out and wasn’t protecting his whole body.

Chi!

The light curtain once more caved in, and was on the verge of completely disappearing. The purple mist descended down upon it, and bursts of terrifying flames occurred. They were faintly already piercing through.

Even the Ji Family Elder’s precious treasure was unable to block the purple flames!

This was where powerful figures would refine Vessels. The flames that they desired were naturally extremely special. Ji Hui’s Great Sky Net might not be ordinary, but it couldn’t be compared to the precious treasures of powerful figures. Thus, it was unable to block the purple flames.

Chi!

The light curtain completely caved in, and the purple mist fell down on to the Great Sky Net. The shining net immediately dimmed, and cracking sounds started to ring out from it.

Huge cracks appeared, and it was on the verge of being destroyed by the flames. Ye Fan was shocked. He urged the pure jade bottle’s spring water out into his mouth and then turned into a ray of light that charged into a random direction.

Everywhere around him was purple Qi, and he had no way of knowing which way was out and which way was in.

Crack!

With a final cracking sound, the Great Sky Net completely shattered. Despite how powerful Ye Fan’s physical body he was, he couldn’t bear the purple flames.

However, Origin Qi flowed out. Although it was very little, it was still slightly useful. It circled around his body, hazy and actually forcing the purple mist back, not allowing it to touch his body.

However, even so, he was almost unable to endure. It was like millions of blunt blades were slowly cutting apart his flesh. It was an unbearable amount of pain.

The purple Qi’s temperature had reached an inconceivable level. But if it was even slightly higher, it would cause him to die for sure.

“This damn Origin Qi, why won’t you come out still?!” Ye Fan howled and crazily ran, constantly drinking divine spring water.

As long as the Origin Qi didn’t completely cover his body, he would definitely die. Charging several kilometers, Ye Fan almost fell into despair. In front of him was five-colored mist that was even more terrifying than the purple Qi.

“Fuck, this is towards the center!” He turned and charged in the opposite direction.

Despite Ye Fan’s body surpassing a treasure, it was completely covered in blood now, and was on the verge of igniting. The small amount of Origin Qi couldn’t completely block the terrifying burning.

Just at this moment, he suddenly paused. The pure jade bottle in his hand was far weaker than the Great Sky Net, but why hadn’t it been destroyed? He had been too anxious before and had completely overlooked this abnormality.

There was only a small amount of Origin Qi flowing around his body, and it definitely couldn’t protect the pure jade bottle from the purple flames.

“Why is it completely fine?!” Ye Fan felt his flesh quickly drying up. He felt that in just a couple more moments, he would completely blow up and turn to ashes.

Without any hesitation, he used the pure jade bottle to suck himself inside.

“First it was that net, not I’m hiding myself inside the pure jade bottle…” Ye Fan realized he had done thus irregular thing twice now. He really had been forced to the very brink.

Just what item was inside the pure jade bottle that was blocking the purple Qi, letting this treasure survive completely fine? After entering inside, Ye Fan felt cool and refreshed, and his muddled mind became clear.

This bottle’s foundation had been harmed within the Ancient Desolation Forbidden Land, but the space inside was still very wide. At the very least, a fifty meter tall mountain could be placed inside.

There was very little of the spring water left, it was floating off to the side.

In the corners were a couple random items such as food, water, the Great Thunderchant Temple copper plaque, the bronze ancient lamp, the vajra scepter, etc.

With repeated searches, he was startled to find it was actually the Bodhi seed!

Ye Fan was very aware that this was a sacred item, but he was under the impression that it could only aid in attaining enlightenment of the Dao, and he hadn’t thought it had any other uses. It was just a seed after all, and he had never thought it could resist the purple flames.

He didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. The other items obtained from the Great Thunderchant Temple had been almost completely ruined, but the Bodhi seed was by far the most mysterious of all of them. It hadn’t been damaged, and moreover, it even had a natural diagram of the Dao.

Ye Fan raised the Bodhi seed and circulated divine energy as he left the pure jade bottle. The instant he arrived outside, the purple Qi retreated back to the other sides, forming a strip of empty holy land.

“It really is effective…”

Ye Fan immediately thought of many things. Within the legends of Buddhism, what were the most difficult flames to deal with? It was naturally karmic flames!

Flames condensed from the karmic energy between all things could burn a Buddha to ashes. They could burn the gods of the world, with nothing being able to block them.

The crimes someone committed in the world could condense into karmic flames. When Buddha gained enlightenment, in order to understand the depths of great sorrow and compassion, Buddha underwent karmic flames, and only then did he reach understanding.

Moreover, the most important thing to him when he had gained that enlightenment was a Bodhi tree. It let him achieve supreme enlightenment, resisting the karmic powers and reach perfection.

Without a doubt, that Bodhi tree was a true sacred item. It allowed one to not fear karmic flames and opened their divinity. It was the most extraordinary item of all.

Of course, in this world, it was difficult for there to be true eternity. Perhaps Buddha’s perfection only represented a certain realm and didn’t represent true eternity.

Whether Buddha was an Immortal or not was something the world wouldn’t know. Even the Great Thunderchant Temple had been destroyed. As for that legendary sacred Bodhi tree, it only left behind a single seed.

“For it to be able to block even the world’s most powerful karmic flames, it naturally isn’t afraid of these purple flames…” Ye Fan was very excited. This Bodhi seed in his hand was very mysterious and extraordinary.

The purple fires were unable to enter a radius of three meters. Within this perimeter, it was completely calm. Ye Fan sighed. With such a sacred seed by his seed, he was finally safe.

After Ye Fan calmed down, he drank some of the divine spring water and began to mend his wounds. In just those seconds before, his body had already been badly burned, and he had received very serious injuries.

He wasn’t in a hurry to leave this place. Within the current southern region, perhaps only this place was safe for him. All the strong powers were searching for him, and if he left and was noticed by someone, he would definitely die.

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Ye Fan motionlessly sat there for three days. After drinking some of the divine spring water, he finally felt his wounds had healed and he recovered to his peak state.

“Powerful figures really are frightening. Just how powerful does one need to be to come to such a place to refine Vessels?!”

Without the Bodhi seed, he wouldn’t be able to survive in this place for even a short moment. He was shocked by how powerful those people had to be.

Over the past few days, he had been continuously fleeing from danger, and he had made ample preparations. The pure jade bottle had sufficient food and water, and he could definitely stay here for a long time.

Since he had decided to stay here, Ye Fan started to explore this ‘Purple Qi from the East’ region of the Flame Region.

This place was very silent. Purple mists burned without the slightest sound. Other than the stone forest, there was no other scenery.

“What is so special about these stones that even they are able to survive fine when even a precious treasure from a Ji Family Elder was destroyed?”

Ye Fan used all his power to slash at a rock, but he didn’t find anything strange. In the end, he still didn’t understand it and just chalked it up to the Flame Domain being very spiritual.

“For powerful figures to choose this place to refine Vessels, then my cauldron might really be able to take form if I were to use the purple Qi.”

The flame was definitely extremely important when refining Vessels. Back in Elder Han’s immortal cave, he had drawn on the underground flame fiends to refine his cauldron.

Now, this place’s purple flames were many times more powerful than those flame fiends, and they would definitely have a much greater effect.

Ye Fan was pretty excited. After all, even the Origin Qi had become very lively here. He might really be able to succeed in completely refining it.

He strolled through this area for an hour without finding anything special.

Other than a couple human-shaped piles of ashes, he saw some discarded materials for refining Vessels. There were also some marks that were clearly left behind by powerful figures.

“The higher the quality of the flame source, the stronger the weapon refined from them will be. In legends, some peerless people spent half their lifetimes collecting flame essences to refine a peak level weapon.”

Ye Fan now felt that this place could be considered a huge opportunity for him.

“You wanted to send me to die, but you actually might have helped me succeed…” He already knew that this place had nine types of flames. The deeper he went, the more terrifying the flames’ might.

Right now he was just in the sixth level. But all the powerful figures used this level to refine their vessels. What kind of might did the seventh layer’s flames possess?

What sort of flames were the in the eighth level? It really allowed one’s imagination to roam.

As for the ninth level, that was a scene that was hard for him to even imagine.

This place had many recordings about it in ancient texts. Some of they even related to Immortals and the Desolate Pagoda. But there were only a few vague lines, and they didn’t explain it very clearly.

Ye Fan didn’t know about those however. If he knew, he would definitely be even more excited and shocked.

Holding the Bodhi seed, he started towards the seventh level. He had already seen them before. It was a five-colored mist that released a terrifying fluctuation.

Advancing several kilometers, the five-colored mists didn’t appear like flames at all. They were much more like immortal mist, appearing very auspicious, but still causing one’s heart to jump and spirit to tremble.

Just standing on the edge and not truly entering, Ye Fan already had a sense of how hot it was. And this was despite the Bodhi seed he was holding.

His expression became sluggish. Despite not entering, he already saw a couple human-shaped ash piles, as well as some destroyed weapons.

“Looks like the seventh level is very dangerous. Even some great figures have died inside.”

He felt somewhat afraid. Those great figures had died inside, so that five-colored mist must be extremely formidable. Such a blaze had long since surpassed the imagination.

“I should just stay within the sixth layer and refine my cauldron. If I can refine it successfully, then I’ll think about entering into the seventh level and continuing the refinement.

Ye Fan didn’t want to take any risks right now. He felt that he could go slowly, and if he managed to have some initial success here, he might test the seventh layer, and maybe even the eighth layer to refine his cauldron.

“The Origin Qi foundation as well as a peak flame source will definitely be able to successfully refine my cauldron.” He wanted to refine the most powerful weapon possible.

Hey guys. You may have noticed that some terms are in flux right now. For example, I like the term 'sovereign,' but it used to be 'almighty,' but almighty isn't a noun, so I had to find something else (almighty was its literal translation). There's also a term that means old senior (the Ji Family's 'senior' Ji Hui), which I have tried translating as 'ancestor,' 'senior,' and 'elder.' Currently I like translating it as Elder because that fits the context best, but I'm also worried that there will be a distinction between Elders and this term (as they are not the same terms). Honestly, the author's usage of this word drives me crazy because it is really uncommon, but it seems to be used as a mix between senior and Elder. I'm only a couple chapters ahead (if even a couple chapters) of what's posted here, so such terms do occasionally change based on more context.