Chapter 11 - 11: This is clearly plot armor...

Author: This is mostly info dump. Skip it if you want.

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Xiao Yan stared blankly at the thing in front of him.

A bloomed green lotus suddenly appeared in front of him glowing in a jade like l.u.s.ter. It gave a feeling of both peace and tranquility. Yet he feel the surrounding area a bit hot than normal. Turning his head to look all around he was shocked to see green like energy scattered around. It was like the whole area was bathed in a green glow.

'I-Is this... Is this spirit power?!' Xiao Yan, with a dumbfounded expression, moved his hand around the green energy and quickly found out that the unknown energy is spirit power.

'It... has heat?'

Xiao Yan turned his head and eyed the big green lotus in front of him. It had the size of a small car with twelve petals around it. At the center of that is a brightly glowing object.

Although he was shocked and dumbfounded at the current situation he landed on. He quickly calmed down several seconds later as he muttered.

"Definitely a plot armor..." Xiao Yan had already figured at what's going on.

Back on his past life, he had watched animes and read countless mangas and novels, to know that the current situation of his is the protagonist finding his plot armor.

How did he come to that conclusion? Well, a protagonist undergoes a life and death situation and unexpectedly find himself being save by either powerful experts or finding a heavenly treasure that would change him into a once a million genius unlike the cultivation world has ever seen, and my situation is the latter. Probably.

Nonetheless. Looking around Xiao Yan found out that he was in a dome like cave totally cut off by the surface world with the green lotus his only light source. But the fact he could still breath meant that there was way out for the air to get inside or a engraved formation was set around him, generating oxygen for him to breath.

Seeing that the dome was probably three-meters in width and five-meters length in height with no way out in sight meant that there was a hidden formation around to help him breath.

Xiao Yan wanted to find out of where he was and how he gotten here. He also wanted to investigate that green lotus sitting serenely in front of him and find a way out, lest that devilish girl would somehow find a way inside here and kill him.

But that could wait for now.

"OH MOTHER OF GOD! THIS STILL F.U.C.K.I.N.G HURTS!!"

[Four Hours Later]

Taking a deep breath through his mouth, air exhaled out of his nose, Xiao Yan circulates the Mysterious Heaven Skill for the final time to recover from his injuries.

He had also digested two soldier pills to further help his recovery. Alas, two broken legs aren't easy to to heal and the continuous amount of pain coursing throughout his body from his legs didn't help.

Exhaling through his mouth this time Xiao Yan stopped urging his Mysterious Heaven Skill and open his eyes. Staring at the big green lotus in front of him he decided that it was time to figure out what the hell is this supposed to be plot armor of his.

Standing up, albeit shakingly, he forced himself to stand up properly and walked towards the green lotus.

'This is a bad idea.' Xiao Yan knows as things from animes, mangas and novels sometimes won't happen in the real world. The current situation of his might be but not knowing for certain what the green lotus really is just doesn't relieve and calm him.

Taking a slow but deep breath Xiao Yan activated his Purple Demon Eyes and gazed upon the big green lotus and try to find out what it was.

But the second he took a look at it, Xiao Yan's expression turned shock and awe. So much so that he took a step back.

"He-HEAVENLY FLAME?!!"

When he got here he tried to research anything of the world that had somehow changed due to his arrival or there was something in the Douluo Dalu universe that wasn't said in the novels.

And what he found, was the Heavenly Flames. These Heavenly Flames are incredibly powerful, much stronger than flames created with Spirit Power, and when used by alchemists, can help to increase the effect of the pills created. However, these Heavenly Flames are extremely wild and explosive, not to mention extremely rare, so even if one encounters an Heavenly Flame, it is still extremely difficult to absorb and control it.

When a Heavenly Flame is present, all other flames fear and follow it because they are the kings of flames and all other flames naturally serve it. Heavenly Flames are formed through the slow acc.u.mulation of the world's Heavenly and tend to have their own unique shapes. What's rarer is that a few Heavenly Flames will possess emotions and intelligence! The flame that possesses wisdom is known as a Flame Spirit! Its intelligence is comparable to a hundred thousand year old spirit beast that can either shape-shift or reincarnate into a human!

In the Douluo Dalu Continent's alchemist society, the known Heavenly Flames are ranked in the "Heavenly Flames Ranking". There are a total of 22 types:

1. Nihility Devouring Flame: This flame also known as the Nihility Devouring Flame was born in nothingness, and has no appearance to be seen and no form to be grasped. This Nihility Devouring Flame is highly mysterious, and is said to be able to devour the heavens and the skies, and possess the ability to swallow all things. There are only a few things in existence that can resist its ravenous devouring. It's location and user, unknown.

2. Purifying Lotus Demon Flame: It's capabilities are unknown as it was said that a great expert had taken control of it three thousand years ago and no one has seen it since.

3. Golden Emperor Sky Burning Flame: Though not as mysterious as the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame, the Golden Emperor Sky Burning Flame is able to even incinerate spirit power. Legends say that the first user of this flame, when unleashing its power, was able to instantly burn down an entire continent in a mere flick of his/her wrist. It's current location and user unknown.

4. Life Spirit Flame: This flame is highly strange, for most Heavenly Flames are pervaded with the power of destruction, but the Living Spirits Flame, instead of displaying destructiveness, is instead famous for its power of life. The steam produced by this flame helps to accelerate the growth of magical herbs, and it is said that if one tosses some seeds into this flame, those seeds would quickly germinate and grow. In other words, with this flame, one would no longer need to search for any herbs, and would be able to get boundless amounts of ingredients with just seeds.

This Living Spirits Flame is also known as the Flame of Longevity, for any person who obtains this flame would get a lifespan comparable to that of those spirit beasts which are famous for their long lifespan. The only flaw of this flame is that this flame is not very suitable for combat, thus it does little to increment one's battle strength. Location and user, unknown.

6. Nine Eerie Golden Ancestor Flame: Current location and user are with the Yan Clan.

7. Red Lotus Flame: Not much is known about its ability, just that this flame is pretty enchanting and that a red lotus forms within its flames. Current location and user, unknown.

8. Three Thousand Star Burning Flame: The Three Thousand Star Burning Flame is born within the stars, and is able to absorb starlight to grow stronger. When this flame is formed, silver fire descends from the sky, and the land within thousands of miles would be just like a desert, with no differentiation between day and night, for the stars won't show, and the sun won't rise.

As this flame lives within the stars, and is difficult to be found, thus this flame would normally exist for longer periods of time as compared to other Heavenly Flames. This is also why most Three Thousand Star Burning Flames found would have its own emotions and intelligence, and is highly difficult to capture. This flame also possesses the ability of "Three Thousand Star Physique", granting its owners immense recovery powers, allowing them to have what is widely known as "undying bodies".

The effect of self-healing will only activate if the user is conscious. It's current location and user, unknown.

9. Nine Serene Wind Flame: This flame gives off a strange sound which can affect people's mentalities and emotions, causing them to feel irritated. It's location and user is within the Yao Clan, a clan of alchemists and expert spirit masters, they are under the authority of the Spirit Hall.

10. Bone Chilling Flame: It has cold attributes along with extreme heat making it more dangerous. It's current location and user, unknown.

11. Nine Dragon Lightning Flame: A dragon's might gathered in the Heavenly Flame. Hence, it possesses the miraculous effect of shocking one's soul. It also has a lightning attribute.

12. Turtle Spirit Earthly Flame: It's capabilities are unknown. Current location and user is within the Yao Clan.

14. Sea Heart Flame: Unknown, ability was not stated by anyone but it is assumed that it can overpower lower ranked Heavenly flames. Current location and user, unknown.

15. Flaming Cloud Water Flame: Capabilities unknown. It's current location and user is within the Yan Clan.

16. Volcanic Stone Flame: Capabilities unknown. It's current location and user is within the Yan Clan.

17. Wind and Thunder Fury Flame: Capabilities unknown. It's current location and user, unknown.

18. Green Lotus Core Flame: It is formed deep underground and has experienced the polishing, fusion, pressure, and carving from the planet's flame… It forms a spirit in ten years, takes shape in a hundred years and turns into a lotus in a thousand years. When it is completely formed, its color would slant toward the greenish side and the lotus core would form a cl.u.s.ter of green flame, named as "Green Lotus Flame' or 'Green Lotus Core Flame'. The strength of this flame is unpredictable. When it is near volcanoes, it can cause volcanoes to erupt, forming a mayira; destructive strength. It's current location and user, unknown.

19. Dragon Phoenix Flame: It's capabilities unknown. It's current location and user, unknown as well.

20. Six Path Reincarnation Flame: It's capabilities unknown. It's current location and user, unknown as well.

21. Ten Thousand Beast Flame: It's capabilities unknown. It's current location and user, unknown as well.

22. Mysterious Yellow Flame: It's capabilities unknown. It's current location and user, unknown as well.

'Judging the appearance and aura of the flame, there's no doubt...' Xiao Yan swallowed a mouthful of saliva as he stared dumbfounded at the green lotus quietly sitting on top of the ground.

"Rank 18 of the heavenly flame ranking: Green Lotus Core Flame..."