The Heart Fire that appeared within Xiao Yan this time was more fierce than any previous occurrence. Even when he first accepted the Meteoric Heart Flame’s primordial power to refine his body, the intensity of the Heart Fire was much weaker compared to now! His face, red and tending towards purple, continuously bubbled, and the terrifying heat surging from inside his body seemed about to burn him to ashes. Enduring such scorching, if Xiao Yan hadn’t already controlled a strange fire, thereby granting him some degree of resistance to these flames, combined with the Heart Fire tempering from the previous phase, he might have been turned into a pile of ashes in an instant just like his robe when the fearsome Heart Fire first emerged.
Despite this, the spreading heat throughout every corner of his body tortured Xiao Yan as if he were between life and death. He could clearly feel the boiling blood, twisting meridians, and bones groaning under the unbearable load. If this continued, Xiao Yan’s body would surely disappear completely from this world soon.
“Boom!”
As the inner Heart Fire grew more intense, Xiao Yan’s black hair suddenly burst into sparks, transforming entirely into black ash, drifting down and leaving a smooth, light-bulb-like head.
Xiao Yan, however, couldn’t care less about his hair right now. He was enduring the excruciating pain, controlling the Earth Heart Green Lotus Fire to continuously expel the rising Heart Fire. However, this seemed futile. The Meteoric Heart Flame in this Magma World had power so formidable that even Queen Medusa and Elder Pharmacist found it extremely difficult to handle. Therefore, although Xiao Yan exerted all his effort to suppress the Heart Fire, it only made it more intense.
And the heat… also became more terrifying…
“This time… I’m really going to be finished.”
Watching his body, which felt like a raging furnace, his spirit slowly weakened, a deep exhaustion creeping over Xiao Yan’s heart.
The Meteoric Heart Flame had no mercy and naturally didn’t consider Xiao Yan’s feelings. Instead, it gradually increased the Heart Fire’s temperature, sensing that it would soon engulf the Earth Heart Green Lotus Fire…
As Xiao Yan faced the peril of being refined, Queen Medusa nearby wasn’t faring well either. Despite her strong will, the two entangled souls on her head indicated she was enduring extreme pain, originating deep within her soul, no less tormenting than Xiao Yan’s suffering.
Over time, the pain on Queen Medusa’s face seemed to lessen. In the invisible flame atop her head, the human and snake figures silently merged…
It seemed that although Queen Medusa was tormented by the soul burning, the Meteoric Heart Flame, through serendipity, caused her and the Devouring Sky Python’s souls to subtly fuse. Though this fusion was slow, once complete, she would fully control her body, and the restraining effect of the Meteoric Heart Flame on her would dissipate…
Although the Meteoric Heart Flame had some intelligence, it was unaware of this, unwittingly helping Queen Medusa by increasing the Heart Fire’s strength…
Of course, compared to Queen Medusa, Xiao Yan was in a much more miserable state. As his body’s temperature kept rising, it wouldn’t be long before his flesh would melt in the scorching heat…
His face crimson, Xiao Yan’s appearance was like that of a skinned man, extremely horrific. With the increase in temperature, his skin began to crack, hot blood gushing out and turning him into a bloody figure.
Inside, his condition was even more tragic. His meridians twisted and dried, organs severely deformed. Only the Earth Heart Green Lotus Fire’s protection kept him from vaporizing under the high heat.
To make matters worse, the sea urchin Doujing in his Qimai also turned red and steamed, the Dou Qi inside seemingly boiling.
This dire situation brought Xiao Yan to the brink of death. A wisp of chaotic consciousness drifted within him, at risk of vanishing, and if it did, his death would be announced, along with the successful refinement of the Meteoric Heart Flame, which would then consume the Earth Heart Green Lotus Fire.
Sensing its goal was near, the Meteoric Heart Flame grew excited, two green spots staring at the blood-scarred Xiao Yan. As the green spots grew, the temperature of the Heart Fire roaming within Xiao Yan’s body intensified…
“Teacher… I’m sorry, I… tried my best…”
As his consciousness grew faint, Xiao Yan seemed to step into a dark world, his weak voice whispering, “I tried,” before fading away…
As Xiao Yan’s consciousness faded, the Earth Heart Green Lotus beneath him suddenly emitted a dim green light, melting under the intense heat.
As it melted, the green liquid enveloped Xiao Yan’s naked body, the rings on his fingers also cracking from the heat, and bursting open, revealing a heap of various items.
The green liquid engulfed the items from the ring, separating the scrolls and other junk, and keeping only the herbs and pills.
The liquid flowed, dissolving all the herbs and pills stored in the ring, resulting in a mix of colored liquid.
Among the pills, there were many high-level ones, including the “Earth Spirit Pill” laboriously crafted by Elder Pharmacist, which also turned into a dark red medicine mixed with the multicolored liquid.
No one knew if this mixture was poison or a cure. It was a coincidence, with the high temperature causing the lotus to melt, the rings to explode, and everything to merge.
The multicolored liquid wrapped around Xiao Yan, flowing into his body through pores and wounds. As the liquid, containing countless medicines, flowed through his body, his destroyed meridians, bones, and blood strangely shone, and like a tree encountering spring rain, they began to grow again!
The sudden vitality caught the attention of the Meteoric Heart Flame, which flashed, and the Heart Fire within Xiao Yan’s body erupted with intense heat again!
The renewed heat made the nascent meridians, bones, and blood shrink, but as the multicolored liquid flowed, vitality reappeared!
Heart Fire destroyed, multicolored liquid repaired—a tug-of-war in Xiao Yan’s body, with the Heart Fire incinerating parts almost to the point of explosion, and the strange liquid bringing them back to life, repeating endlessly…
Such agony was almost unbearable, but as Xiao Yan was in a near-death state, he felt nothing. Otherwise, even if the strange liquid could repair his body, the agony would have driven him mad…
In the depths of the magma, an almost white, intangible flame drifted, containing a naked male and female undergoing a slow transformation. This metamorphosis was extremely gradual, perhaps lasting a month, half a year, or even longer…
But if they could survive this transformation, they would truly be reborn!
Transformation progressed, slowly and steadily.
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