Heavenly Flames

This Article is based on the Official Translations of the Light Novel series! The information and terminology in the article will be based on the source material rather than the Donghua (Anime) or Manhua.

“	When the ‘Heavenly Flame’ appears, all flames submit. This remark is indeed true.	”
	— Fa Ma^[1]

In the world of Battle Through the Heavens, there exists flames given birth by natural forces, known as Heavenly Flames (异火). From the original Chinese characters, this should have been translated to different or Abnormal Flames. These Heavenly Flames are incredibly powerful, much stronger than flames created with Dou Qi, and when used by Alchemists, can help to increase the effect of the pills they 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 accumulation of the world's Heavenly and tend to have their own unique shapes. For example, The Green Lotus Core Flame is shaped like a lotus. What's rarer is that a few Heavenly Flames will possess emotions and intelligence! The flame that possesses wisdom is known as a Fire Spirit! Its intelligence is comparable to High-Class Magical Beasts that can shape-shift into a human form!

In the Dou Qi Continent’s alchemist society, the known Heavenly Flames are ranked in the “Heavenly Flames Ranking”. There are a total of 23 types.

Things Necessary to Refine the Heavenly Flame

The ‘Blood Lotus Pill’ is an essential thing that allows you to come into close contact with a Heavenly Flame. Without its protection, even a Dou Huang would not dare to simply come into contact with a ‘Heavenly Flame’.
‘Ice Spirit Cold Fountain’. If the ‘Blood Lotus Pill’ is meant to protect the exterior of your body, then this ‘Ice Spirit Cold Fountain’ is meant to protect the inside of your body. It can protect you from the destructive temperature of a ‘Heavenly Flame’ when you are refining it, preventing you from being burnt till nothing remains.
The last item is known as ‘Acceptance Soul’. This thing can create a special space in your body which is used to store a Heavenly Flame. After all, if you have not completely refined the flame, the kind of destructive ability of a Heavenly Flame would incinerate everything, including your vortex and body, except this kind of space of nothingness.^[2]

Note: It was stated by Yao Lao that these methods are only effective for refining Heavenly Flames that are ranked around 16 and below. Heavenly Flames ranked above 16 requires another method.

Removing the Heavenly Flame

Although the ‘Heavenly Flame’ was extremely rare in the Dou Qi Continent, there were still two different methods to remove it after it was refined. The first kind was to forcefully remove it. This kind of overbearing manner in snatching the ‘Heavenly Flame’ required the person being robbed to be unable to resist. Moreover, once the ‘Heavenly Flame’ was successfully snatched, the person who had lost it would gradually die as the ‘Heavenly Flame’ left his body. Hence, this kind of method was usually used by some vicious people who wanted to obtain a ‘Heavenly Flame’ by foul or fair means.

The second type was to inherit a ‘Heavenly Flame’ This kind of ‘Heavenly Flame’ inheritance similarly required one to pay a hefty price. For example, the source of the ‘Sky Fire Three Mysterious Change’ that Xiao Yan practiced: the ‘Burning Flame Valley’, which was renowned from how they played with fire, had a kind of ‘Heavenly Flame’ which was inherited. This type of ‘Heavenly Flame’ was something that only the Valley Leader had the right to inherit. They passed it from one generation to another in this manner and this became the strongest protection measure of the sect. However, after this kind of inheritance, when the previous leader passed it over to the next leader, the strength of the former would decline by more than half. Should one not be careful, there was even the chance of one’s life being at risk. This kind of matter was basically something not uncommon during the inheritance in the ‘Burning Flame Valley’.

These two methods to transfer the ‘Heavenly Flame’ were commonly used in the continent. Most of the experts whose strength had reached a certain level would be able to know a little about it.^[3]

Abnormal Flame (Heavenly Flame) Ranking

There are currently 23 known Essence Flames, each equally as wild and explosive.

帝炎 - Emperor Flame. (Note: in the novels, a specific name for this flame has not been specified. It’s just referred to as Flame Di’s Flame.)
虚无吞炎 - Nihility Devouring Flame (Manhua: Ethereal Swallowing Flame)
净莲妖火 - Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame
金帝焚天炎 - Gold Emperor Incinerating Heavenly Flame
生灵之焱 - Life Spirit Flame
八荒破灭焱 - Eight Wasteland Destruction Flame
九幽金祖火 - Nine Serene Golden Ancestor Flame
红莲业火 - Red Lotus Ye Flame
三千焱炎火 - Three Thousand Burning Flame
九幽风炎 - Nine Serene Wind Flame
骨灵冷火 - Chilling Bone Flame
九龙雷罡火 - Nine Dragon Lightning Flame
龟灵地火 - Turtle Spirit Earthly Flame
陨落心炎 - Fallen Heart Flame
海心焰 - Sea Heart Flame
火云水焱 - Flaming Cloud Water Flame
火山石焰 - Fire Mountain Rock Flame
风雷怒焱 - Wind and Thunder Fury Flame
青莲地心火 - Green Lotus Core Flame (Manhua: Blue Lotus Geocentric Flame)
幽冥毒火 - Ghostly Poison Flame
阴阳双炎 - Yin-Yang Twin Flame
万兽灵火 - Ten Thousand Beast Flame
玄黄炎 - Mysterious Yellow Flame

1. Emperor Flame

帝炎 - Emperor Flame
Appearance: Multi-colored, Tou She Ancient God
Location:
User: Tou She Ancient God and later, Xiao Yan who receives the direct inheritance from Tou She.
Ability: The flame formed by the fusion of 22 different kinds of Heavenly Flames is called Emperor Flame. Regardless of the original ranking of the Heavenly Flame, as long as it devours the other 21 kinds of Heavenly Flames, it becomes the rank 1 Emperor Flame.
- Rarely can any flame in the Great Thousand World compare to its magnificence. By merging the Fire Spirit Clan's clan flame, and various Divine Flames and Heavenly Flames from the Great Thousand Worlds, it has become even more powerful and unparalleled in its dominance. Now, it is the Emperor of a Myriad Flames (万火之帝) and the God of Flames (火焰之神) in the Great Thousand World.

2. Nihility Devouring Flame

虚无吞炎 - Nihility Devouring Flame (WuxiaWorld) / Ethereal Swallowing Flame (Manhua) / Void Swallowing Flame (Lit. translation)
Appearance: A man dressed in black covered in runes with pure black eyes that have no sclera.
Location: Hun Clan
User: Hun Mie Sheng (Spirit Hall Master) (seed flame) ^[4], Hun Huzi (seed flame) (earth), Xiao Yan
Ability: 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 Ethereal Swallowing 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.
Note: This flame formed a Fire Spirit and is capable of fighting the clan head of the Gu Clan, Gu Yuan. It is strong enough to swallow an entire realm created by a Dou Sheng and defeat the soul fragment of the Yao Clan Dou Di.

3. Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame

净莲妖火 - Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame (WuxiaWorld) / Pure Lotus Demon Flame (Lit. Translation)
Appearance:
- Milky White (Original source is pink)
- A white-robed figure was seated at that spot. Wisps of a cream-white flames lingered around him, morphing into various shapes.
- Little Yi, baby-like appearance
Location: Demonic Flame Realm
User: Purifying Demonic Lotus Saint ► Xiao Yan(1523)
Abilities:
- Nightmare Heavenly Fog
- Fire Slave
- Burns you when you feel emotions under the illusion.
Note: The first flame they encountered became a Fire Spirit that was sealed by the previous holder and was very aggressive towards everyone. The fire spirit gained the techniques of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Saint and is able to use Dou Techniques and formations.

4. Gold Emperor Incinerating Heavenly Flame

金帝焚天炎 - Gold Emperor Incinerating Heavenly Flame
Appearance: Golden
Location: Gu Clan (Gu Xun Er's clan, one of the Eight Ancient Clans)
User: Xiao Xun Er (1106) ► Xiao Yan
Ability: Though not as mysterious as the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, it still has quite the reputation, for this flame is passed down through generations within the Gu Clan, and very few people have the ability to control it. The Gold Emperor Incinerating Heavenly Flame is able to even incinerate Dou Qi. Legends say that the first user of this flame, when unleashing its power, was able to instantly burn down a spatial realm made by a Dou Sheng.

5. Life Spirit Flame

生灵之焱 - Life Spirit Flame
Appearance: Green
Location:
User: Tuo She Gu Di ► Shen Nong (1567) ► Xiao Yan
Ability: This flame is highly strange, for most Heavenly Flames are pervaded with the power of destruction, but the Life Spirit 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 Life Spirit 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 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.

6. Eight Wasteland Destruction Flame

八荒破灭焱 - Eight Wasteland Destruction Flame (WuxiaWorld) / Eight Desolations Annihilation Flame (Alt. translation)
Appearance: Light Black, A pair of thousand-foot-large flame wings.
Location: Yan Clan (One of the Eight Ancient Clans)
User: Tuo She Gu Di ► Huo Xuan (1497) ► Xiao Yan
Ability: Strongest flame possessed by the Yan Clan. Can transform into wings with a wingspan of over 300 metres, and is extremely domineering.

7. Nine Serene Golden Ancestor Flame

九幽金祖火 - Nine Eerie Golden Ancestor Flame/Nine Serene Golden Ancestor Flame
Appearance: Golden
Location: Yan Clan
User: Yan Jin (1586) ► Xiao Yan
Ability: Has already been fused with Fire Mountain Rock Flame to create a new Heavenly Flame, and the created flame is able to fight against the Golden Emperor Sky Burning Flame on equal grounds.

8. Red Lotus Ye Flame

红莲业火 - Red Lotus Ye Flame (WuxiaWorld) / Red Lotus Karma Flame (Lit. Translation)
Appearance: Deep Red
Location: Yan Clan
User: Huo Zhi (1353) ► Xiao Yan
Ability: Not much is known about its ability, just that this flame is pretty enchanting and that a red lotus forms within its flames.

9. Three Thousand Burning Flame

三千焱炎火 - Three Thousand Burning Flame (WuxiaWorld) / Three Thousand Star Fire Flame (Manhua)
Alternative Name: Undying Flame, Three Thousand Burning Flame
Appearance: Dark Purple
Location: Born within the stars, later trapped by Pill Tower
User: Tuo She Gu Di ► Xiao Yan (1205)
Ability: The Three Thousand 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 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 Constitution", granting its owners immense recovery powers, allowing them to have what is widely known as "Undying Physique". The effect of self-healing will only activate if the user is conscious.

10. Nine Serene Wind Flame

九幽风炎 - Nine Serene Wind Flame
Appearance: Black
Location: Born deep within dark abysses, where cold winds blow endlessly. Later owned by the Yao Clan
User: Yao Xing Ji (1353) ► Yao Wanhuo (1567) ► Xiao Yan
Shown: 1353
Ability: This flame gives off a strange sound which can affect people's mentalities and emotions, causing them to feel irritated.

11. Bone Chilling Flame

骨灵冷火 - Chilling Bone Flame (WuxiaWorld) / Bone Spirit Cold Flame (Lit. Translation)
Appearance: Light blue flame with a large white core (before absorption), blue flame with a light blue core./ In Novel: White coloured Flame
Location: Unnamed Ice Plane
User: Yao Lao ► Xiao Yan (1293 -passed down by Yao Lao)
Ability: It has cold attributes along with extreme heat making it more dangerous.

12. Nine Dragon Lightning Flame

九龙雷罡火 - Nine Dragon Lightning Flame (WuxiaWorld) / Nine Dragon Thunder Astral Flame (Lit. Translation)
Appearance: Within the silver flames, amidst the soaring blaze, faintly, one can see nine silver dragons shuttling through the flames. The silver flames burn gently; nine slender fire dragons move about within them, appearing as if they possess intelligence.
Location: Burning Flame Valley
User: Tang Zhen (Wuxia: 1047), Xiao Yan
Ability: Inside this Heavenly Flame, there is a gathering of dragon aura, which exudes a soul-shaking divine effect. Faintly, a sense of dragon aura permeates, causing the enemy's Spiritual Strength to feel somewhat suppressed.
Note: The Burning Flame Valley has been passed down for hundreds of years, and successive generations of strong warriors have left indelible blood and soul imprints within the flame source. Unless one practices the Burning Flame Valley's ultimate Qi Method, the Green Profound Serene Flame Skill, it is impossible to fully wield the power of the Nine Dragon Lightning Flame, no matter if you possess it.

13. Turtle Spirit Earthly Flame

龟灵地火 - Turtle Spirit Earthly Flame
Appearance: Shaped like a giant turtle, covered all over with sharp fire spines, its ferocious huge mouth filled with brown strange flames resembling razor-sharp fangs.
Location: Yao Clan
User: Yao Tian (1501) ► Xiao Yan

14. Fallen Heart Flame

陨落心炎 - Fallen Heart Flame
Appearance: Flame Snake/ In Novel: Colorless/Invisible Flame Snake
Location: Jia Nan Academy (Inner Branch Tower)
User: Yao Tian Huo ► Xiao Yan ^[5]
Shown: Manhua chapter 121
Ability: Refines soul and accelerates Dou Qi training. On a higher level, this Heavenly flame is a good way to wipe out weaker opponents with little or no effort, also anti-soul forms. It also has the ability to make the Dou Qi denser. However after the Dou Qi is refined by the Fallen Heart Flame, the Dou Qi will carry Flame Poison which will make the person who absorbs the Dou Qi incredibly sick. Only a person that has a Heavenly flame can protect the person from Flame Poison.

15. Sea Heart Flame

海心焰 - Sea Heart Flame
Appearance: It appears to be a sea green flame. In Novel: Ocean Blue
Location:
User: Han Feng, Old Mu Gu ^[6], Xiao Yan ^[7]
Ability: Unknown, ability was not stated but it is assumed that it can overpower lower ranked Heavenly flames.

16. Flaming Cloud Water Flame

火云水焱 - Flaming Cloud Water Flame
Appearance:
Location: Yan Clan
User: Yan Huo Yao (1497) ► Xiao Yan
Ability:

17. Fire Mountain Rock Flame

火山石焰 - Fire Mountain Rock Flame
Appearance: Fiery red, orange and yellow color, just like lava.
Location: Yan Clan
User: Yan Jin (Yan Clan Leader) (1586) ► Xiao Yan
Ability:

18. Wind and Thunder Fury Flame

风雷怒焱 - Wind and Thunder Fury Flame
Appearance:
Location: The Wind and Thunder Fury Flame remnant was found on one of the flame column on the Heavenly Flame Stage that was created by the Ancient Emperor Tuo She (陀舍古帝) in the Ancient Emperor Cave Mansion (古帝洞府). The Wind and Thunder Fury Flame column was the 18th column (sixth furthest) from the Ancient Emperor Tuo She (陀舍古帝) statue.
User: Xiao Xuan ► Xiao Yan
Ability: Born within the eye of a flame tornado in the ancient desert. Unlike other Heavenly Flames, it doesn't have a fixed location; instead, it randomly appears anywhere in the desert during the hottest days of each year, making it extremely rare. When unleashed, it takes the form of a tornado, where wind and fire intertwine. The flames reach heights of several hundred meters, resembling a massive roaring fire dragon as it spins forward, possessing immense destructive power. Wherever it goes, it transforms the surroundings into a sea of flames.

19. Green Lotus Core Flame

19. 青莲地心火 - Green Lotus Core Flame (WuxiaWorld) / Blue Lotus Geocentric Flame (Manhua) / Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame (Lit. Translation)
Appearance: Originally in the form of a Green Lotus, after absorption it appears to be a green flame. "青" (qīng) in Chinese can be translated as both "green" and "blue" in English. That's why it was translated as "Green Lotus Core Flame" in the novel, even though it appears as blue in the manhua.
Location: Queen Cai Lin Palace. (Formerly)
User: Xiao Yan ^[8] [Manhua chapter 50] ► Yao Lao (After possessing Xiao Yan's body)
Shown: Manhua chapter 44
Ability: As the name suggests, it refers to the flames within the Earth's magma, born deep within the earth, tempered countless times by the fire of the earth, merged, compressed, and sculpted. It takes ten years to awaken its spirit, a hundred years to take shape, a thousand years to become a lotus. When it reaches maturity, its color leans towards green, and a cluster of green flames grows in the lotus heart. It is called Green Lotus Flame, also known as Green Lotus Core Flame. This fire's power is immeasurable; in areas near volcanoes, it can even trigger volcanic eruptions! It forms the devastating power of nature!
- In the novel, it was mentioned that this flame is capable of causing volcanic eruption, though this ability was never used. The volcanic eruption ability is amplified by a Dou Technique that Xiao Yan acquires later on and gets the ability to create a silent pillar of lava under his opponents or anywhere he wishes to.

20.1. Dragon Phoenix Flame (Only Novel)

龙凤焱 - Dragon Phoenix Flame
Note: Retconed after the original novel.
User: Xiao Yan

20.2. Ghostly Poison Flame

幽冥毒火 - Ghostly Poison Flame
Appearance: The flame that existed in the ancient Ghostly Poison Swamp. After tens of thousands of years of infecting the poisonous miasma in the poisonous lake, the flames burned the endless poisonous miasma, and it took a hundred years to become a spirit, and it took a thousand years to form. Since the flame itself is a poisonous miasma, it is highly poisonous. As long as it is contaminated with sparks for a moment, it will be highly poisonous, let alone swallowed and fused! It is precisely because of this that few people look for this heavenly flame, and not many people know its existence.
Location:
Ability:

21. Six Path Reincarnation Flame (Only Novel)

六道轮回炎 - Six Path Reincarnation Flame
Note: Retconed after the original novel.
User: Xiao Xuan ► Xiao Yan

21. Yin-Yang Twin Flame

阴阳双炎 - Yin-Yang Twin Flame
Appearance: Born in the void of the universe, flames of two colors, one black and one white, are entangled together, swimming like yin and yang Pisces. Yin and Yang are the laws of nature and the origin of everything in the world. The Yin-Yang Twin Flame born in the source are one of the forms of flames transformed by the source, full of the dual power of life and death, the yang fire saves people, lives endlessly, and the yin fire kills people, leaving no bones left.
Location:
Ability:

22. Ten Thousand Beast Flame

万兽灵火 - Ten Thousand Beast Flame (WuxiaWorld) / Myriad Beast Spirit Flame (Alt. Translation)
Appearance: Faint red color of ten thousand beast(1631)
Location: The Ten Thousand Beast Flame remnant was found on one of the flame column on the Heavenly Flame Stage that was created by the Ancient Emperor Tuo She (陀舍古帝) in the Ancient Emperor Cave Mansion (古帝洞府). The Ten Thousand Beast Flame column was the second furthest from the Ancient Emperor Tuo She (陀舍古帝) statue.
User: Xiao Yan
Ability:

23. Mysterious Yellow Flame

玄黄炎 - Mysterious Yellow Flame
Appearance: Deep yellow flame(1631)
Location: The Mysterious Yellow Flame remnant was found on one of the flame column on the Heavenly Flame Stage that was created by the Ancient Emperor Tuo She (陀舍古帝) in the Ancient Emperor Cave Mansion (古帝洞府). The Mysterious Yellow Flame column was the furthest from the Ancient Emperor Tuo She (陀舍古帝) statue. The Mysterious Yellow Flame source was located in mountain range that was at least 100 000 km from the Central Plain and it was summoned by Xiao Yan during his final fight against Emperor Hun Tian.
User: Xiao Yan
Ability:

Trivia

Its called Heavenly Flame in the light novel.
There are actually only 22 Heavenly Flames in existence. The Emperor Flame is a combination of all of them.
Nihility Devouring Flame (9* Dou Sheng) and Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame (6 or 7* Dou Sheng) are the only flames to create fire spirits and cultivate Dou Qi themselves in the series.
With a Heavenly Flame, not only can you refine pills of better quality, but also, when encountering a foe of the same level he would not be a match for you.^[9]
After having just revealed its true body, the ‘Heavenly Flame’ would be at its weakest.^[10]
It was even rumored that the world did not dare create too many of the top three Heavenly Flames due to them being overly powerful. Only when one of the Heavenly Flames completely disappeared, would a second flame appear after tens of thousands of years.^[11]
There is only one of each of the top three Heavenly Flames on the Heavenly Flame Ranking.^[12]
Although the devouring power was a mysterious energy that only the Nihility Devouring Flame possessed, the Heavenly Flames were just like wild beasts. The strong devoured the weak. Due to them coming from a similar origin, the more powerful flame frequently consumed the weaker flame.^[13]
Although Heavenly Flames were rare in this world, there were more than one of each type. However, the top three ranked Heavenly Flames were different. Normally speaking, if there was a Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame or a Nihility Devouring Flame existing in this world, there would not be a second flame of the same type appearing.^[14]

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References

[c317-317-1] Chapter 317

[c162-162-2] Chapter 162

[c599-599-3] Chapter 599

[c1536-1536-4] Chapter 1536

[c618-618-5] Chapter 618

[c1151-1151-6] Chapter 1151

[c1487-1487-7] Chapter 1487

[c227-227-8] Chapter 227

[c64-64-9] Chapter 64

[c607-607-10] Chapter 607

[c1391-1391-11] Chapter 1391

[c1456-1456-12] Chapter 1456

[c1538-1538-13] Chapter 1538

[c1631-1631-14] Chapter 1631

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