Lan Hua was taken aback and asked incredulously, "You mean, Venerable One?"

“Venerable Tan, don’t joke around. It takes at least a thousand years to become a Venerable. Who can cross that threshold overnight?”

Tan Mingyue rolled his eyes with a serious expression. "Do I look like I'm joking?"

Wang Hongyuan frowned slightly. "I'd like to see what methods Venerable Tan has that can enable a Celestial Being who has only recently entered the True Rank to quickly advance to the Profound Rank."

Even heretical and demonic cultivators probably couldn't do that!

After speaking, he glanced at Demon Lord Huang Feibao beside him, but the latter ignored Wang Hongyuan.

Tan Mingyue toyed with a strand of long hair at the corner of his eyebrow and smiled slyly, "There definitely is, it just depends on whether Lan Hua dares to agree!"

Lan Hua was overjoyed to learn a quick way to become a Venerable, and hurriedly asked, "What method is it?"

Tan Mingyue said, enunciating each word clearly: "Absorb karma and transform it for various uses."

The karma here is so immense that even taking just one ten-thousandth of it would be enough to make you a Venerable One!

Wang Hongyuan was shocked and angrily rebuked, "What's the difference between this kind of quick-fix method and evil or demonic cultivation?"

"Who exactly are you? I have already tolerated you for quite some time. In my memory, there seems to be no Venerable One like you in the Heavenly Realm!"

Tan Mingyue snorted coldly, "Palace Master Wang, you don't need to care about my background. Although the method I just mentioned is extreme, it is by no means the path of evil or demonic cultivation."

"Moreover, only Lan Hua can perform this method!"

Wang Hongyuan raised an eyebrow. "What do you mean by that?"

Tan Mingyue said, "This child's pill fire is unique. Although it is a top-grade pill fire, there is room for it to be upgraded!"

"Are you referring to the Crimson Lotus Flame?"

Tan Mingyue nodded and asked, "Does the Palace Master know of a type of immortal-grade pill fire? This fire is extremely domineering; once you come into contact with it, it will burn away your karma!"

Upon hearing this, Wang Hongyuan was greatly alarmed and murmured, "Are you talking about the Red Lotus Karmic Fire?"

Upon hearing this, Lan Hua was also greatly surprised.

He recognized this fire; it was the legendary, extraordinary fire, extremely powerful.

Tan Mingyue smiled slyly, "The Palace Master is quite clever; this is the perfect fire!"

"In this day and age, only the Underworld Emperor can wield this fire. I don't need to elaborate on its power, do I?"

"I don't know if other alchemical flames can evolve with the help of karma, but there is a precedent for the Crimson Lotus Karmic Flame. What do you think, Palace Master?"

Wang Hongyuan turned to look at Lan Hua and said in a deep voice, "Although the Crimson Lotus Karmic Flame is one of the ultimate forms of the Crimson Lotus Flame, the upgrade process is too dangerous. This Palace Master does not agree!"

"The Danhuo belongs to Lanhua, what good is it if you disagree!"

"you..."

Wang Hongyuan refused because he was worried about Lan Hua's safety, but he didn't expect to suffer in silence.

Tan Mingyue looked at Lan Hua, "Boy, do you have the guts to give it a try?"

Lan Hua asked, "What if it doesn't succeed?"

"The karmic erosion will cause you to be devoured by the elixir fire and die, and you will be burned to ashes!"

Deng Xian'er and Xie Wujiu frowned and reminded Lan Hua, warning her not to try it lightly.

"Boy, once you choose to absorb the karmic fire, there's no turning back. You can only persevere!" Tan Mingyue stared at Lan Hua and said calmly.

Lan Hua murmured, "I'll die? But I still have Zi Yue. She's still imprisoned in the aristocratic family, waiting for me to rescue her."

"What will happen to Ziyue if I die?"

With worries in her heart, Lan Hua naturally cherished her own life and became confused, unsure of what to do.

"Young man, you should know that Miss Ziyue has been betrothed to the Cui family of Qinghe District."

If we don't rescue her soon, this delicate beauty will belong to someone else!

Tan Mingyue said indifferently, as if it were none of his business.

Lan Hua was conflicted. If she were to die, Zi Yue would be heartbroken, and in the end, she would be forced into an arranged marriage.

If she doesn't take this risk, it might take a thousand years to become a Venerable, and Zi Yue will ultimately be unable to escape the fate of an arranged marriage.

Regardless of the ending, Lan Hua will be cheated on, because Zi Yue is already his.

It's simply a matter of being cheated on while alive or being cheated on after death, nothing more.

"Damn it, I'm going to risk it all, just to avoid being cheated on!"

Everyone was speechless, wondering what Lan Hua was talking about. Only Tan Mingyue showed a gratified smile, with a hint of cunning and joy in his eyes.

Lan Hua asked in a deep voice, "What should I do?"

Tan Mingyue pointed at the Evil Lord and the Demon Lord, "Do you see them?"

"It's very simple. Just open your dantian and absorb all that karma. Once the karma enters your dantian, refine it with the Red Lotus Fire."

"The Red Lotus Fire, while refining karma, is also a process of absorbing karma."

"As long as you can persevere to the end, the Crimson Lotus Flame will evolve into the Crimson Lotus Karmic Flame, and the refined karma will be absorbed by you, giving you the opportunity to become a Venerable!"

"good!"

Wang Hongyuan tried to dissuade him again, "Have you thought this through? Venerable Tan makes it sound so easy, but it's extremely dangerous to actually do it!"

Lan Hua clasped his hands in a respectful bow, "Thank you for your kindness, Palace Master, but I have already made my decision!"

After saying that, Lan Hua flew up and headed towards the gap in the three magic seals.

Wang Hongyuan stomped his feet in anger in mid-air, thinking that he had finally found a successor for the Pill God Palace, and he couldn't let him just disappear like that.

The Evil Lord and the Demon Lord were both taken aback when they saw a young man join them, and that he was a True Celestial Being at that.

"Boy, if you don't want to live, leave now!" Demon Lord Huang Feibao advised kindly.

My mind is made up!

Lan Hua opened her arms and used the Yin-Yang Heavenly Technique to absorb the overflowing karma with all her might.

The karma affected her body, and Lan Hua immediately felt a heart-wrenching pain. She never expected that karma would be so domineering.

Lan Hua endured the erosion of karma, mobilized her Yuan Power, and guided the karma into her middle dantian.

When the Crimson Lotus Fire encounters karma, it naturally cannot tolerate the existence of external forces. Immediately, its flames blaze brightly in an attempt to refine the karma.

However, karma is endless; even if you refine a portion, more will come in.

The refined Yuan energy was absorbed by the Yuan Shen, strengthening Lan Hua's cultivation.

Inside the Elysium.

The Buddha Emperor was about to take action again to completely seal the leaked karma.

Suddenly, another huge gap appeared above the space, and a terrifying force rushed into the paradise once again.

"Hmm? Another powerful expert!"

The Buddha was taken aback; the situation, which he had been able to handle before, was now much more difficult to manage.

"Buddha, today I will utterly destroy your paradise!"

"Don't even think about it!"

The Buddha Emperor was caught in a fierce battle, not because he lacked strength, but because he was in the Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss, where there were many Buddhist believers.

If we were to act recklessly, not only would the Pure Land be destroyed, but countless believers would also be completely wiped out.

"May Buddha have mercy!"

The Buddha gave a low shout, clasped his hands together, and gestured with his right hand towards the outside of the Pure Land.

The Buddha's light shone brightly, reaching deep into the Mount Sumeru Mountains.

"Please, Holy Bodhi!"

Suddenly, a burst of golden light erupted from the depths of the Sumeru Mountains, piercing through the clouds in the sky.

Then, a red Bodhi tree quickly levitated and suddenly disappeared before the eyes of many venerable ones.

Wang Hongyuan exclaimed in surprise, "Could that tree just now be the sacred Bodhi tree, a divine artifact of Buddhism?"