Demon Flame Space.
A large array, connected by faint lines of fire, subtly exuded a chilling aura.
This formation is called the Yan Cold Grand Array. The cold air emanating from it is not ordinary cold air, but something that arises when the temperature is raised to a certain level. In a sense, it is a rather strange kind of flame and cold.
Although this formation is not as terrifying as the one set up by the Purifying Lotus Demon Saint, it can still suppress the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame to some extent.
Refining a terrifying Strange Fire like the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame is no easy task; if one is not careful, one might be reduced to ashes by the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame.
Above the sky, the Yan Cold Grand Array began to operate, and an exceptionally dense chill surged down from within the array. Under Huo Xuan's control, it struck the area where the Demonic Fire Lotus was located. Under the influence of the chill, the magma there instantly solidified with crackling sounds. Only the Demonic Fire Lotus continued to slowly rotate, though its many petals were covered with a thin layer of frost.
Huo Xuan clenched his fist, and a jade bottle appeared in his hand. He tilted the bottle, and a ball of pale red liquid quickly spilled down, finally falling into the demon Fire Lotus.
This pale red liquid is called Drunken Demon Saliva, which has an extremely strong anesthetic effect. Although it cannot completely anesthetize the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame, its medicinal power can put the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame into a sluggish state. In this way, the power of the demon flame is reduced again, increasing the success rate of refining.
As the Drunken Demon Saliva fell into the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame, the Fire Lotus slowly unfurled, even its petals taking on a languid air. Although the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame still retained some sentience, it lacked true intelligence. It needed time to interact with humans before it would regain the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame it once possessed...
The Purifying Lotus Demon Saint erased all of the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame's past memories and even its intelligence. However, the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame still possessed abundant spirituality; it was just that some things that did not originally belong to it had been stripped away by the Purifying Lotus Demon Saint once again...
Huo Xuan would not erase the remaining intelligence of this pure Purifying Lotus Demon Flame.
The reason why the Strange Fire of heaven and earth are so different is that they possess a spirituality that ordinary flames do not have. If these spiritualities are lost, then the Strange Fire will lose their dazzling charm.
"Go..."
Huo Xuan took out another pill from his Storage Ring. As soon as the pill appeared, a bone-chilling cold mist surged around him. This pill was naturally the Nine Yin Yellow Springs Pill that he had prepared in advance!
With a flick of his finger, the Nine Yin Yellow Springs Pill flew out and melted rapidly upon contact with the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame. Instantly, layers of ice appeared on the surface of the demon flame. However, these ices were evaporated by the terrifying heat as soon as they appeared. Therefore, along with the coming and going of the ice, wisps of white mist with hissing sounds rose continuously from the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame.
At this moment, the lotus petals of the Demon Lotus had fully unfurled, and at the heart of the flower, a cluster of pink flames coiled and swirled, emanating intense heat that sent shivers down one's spine.
Huo Xuan stared intently at the cluster of Red Flame in front of him; this was the true Demon Flame Source!
Don't be fooled by the fact that this little guy is only a tiny cluster. The energy it contains is so great that even a Six Star Dou Sheng expert could be burned to ashes if he were to accidentally let it enter his body. Its terrifying power is beyond doubt.
"Call..."
"Refining begins..."
Gu World.
Upon returning to the Gu World, Gu Nanhai, with a heart full of trepidation, sought out Gu Yuan and reported in detail the events that had occurred within the Demon Flame Space.
"Clan leader, the young lady, along with two other prodigies of the Flame Clan, is trapped within the Demon Flame Space, and their fate is unknown..."
"Gu Nanhai! I told you to protect Xun'er properly! Is this how you protect her?!"
Gu Yuan clenched his fist, in his palm lay a broken piece of jade— Xun'er's Hun Yu. The jade contained a trace of Xun'er's Soul Power; if the Hun Yu shattered, it meant that Xun'er had long since...
"Gu Nanhai, tell me everything you know, without hiding anything!"
"Yes."
Gu Nanhai told Gu Yuan everything he knew, without missing a single detail. In a short while, Gu Yuan understood the whole story.
"Chieftain, what should we do now?"
Gu Nanhai tentatively asked.
"Come with me to the Flame Clan."
The Yan World.
The situation of the Flame Clan is roughly the same as that of the Gu Clan, but there are some differences within the similarities.
"Huo Yao! How could you be so foolish!" Yan Jin roared, "I told you to protect them, and this is how you protect them!"
"Chieftain, please calm down."
"Hmph! Huo Xuan and Huo Zhi are both the pride of my Flame Clan, and now they've both fallen into the fire pit! You... even if you can't bring Huo Xuan, you should at least bring Huo Zhi back!"
"But, clan leader, that girl Huo Zhi insists on staying in the Demon Flame Space to accompany Huo Xuan, and there's nothing I can do about it!"
Huo Yao said helplessly.
"Why don't you just knock her out and bring her back?"
Yan Jin opened his palm, revealing two intact Hun Yu in his hand. These were naturally the Hun Yu of Huo Xuan and Huo Zhi.
If their Hun Yu weren't still intact, proving they weren't in immediate danger, Yan Jin would probably have slapped Huo Yao to death long ago!
"Chieftain, Gu Yuan has come to visit."
A clansman with strength at the Dou Zun level reported this.
"That old bastard Gu Yuan has indeed arrived. Let him in!"
Demon Flame Space.
"Boom!"
In the space filled with high temperature, flames raged and roared like angry dragons. The huge sea of lava also burst out with towering pillars of fire from time to time, and finally poured down from the sky like a rain of lava.
Dozens of feet above the magma sea, a massive pink fireball, hundreds of feet in size, blazed fiercely, emanating destructive power that caused the surrounding space to slowly distort.
As the gaze pierced the fireball, two figures could be vaguely seen entwined together, their vibrant and colorful flames intertwining with the deep red flames, resisting the all-pervasive invasion of the demonic fire.
The figures within the pink fireball were naturally Huo Xuan and Huo Zhi. Just like in the original story, when refining the demonic fire, the power contained in the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame was too vast and boundless for Huo Xuan to handle alone.
At that time, Huo Xuan was tormented by the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame to the point of wishing he were dead.
Under the devastation of those enormous energies, Huo Xuan's body became increasingly dilapidated. Since the energy could not be released, the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame would eventually burn Huo Xuan to ashes from the inside out!
Fortunately, Huo Zhi helped her; otherwise, Huo Xuan would have been in danger of exploding.
Even if Huo Xuan could refine the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame by himself, he would probably still suffer from the aftereffects in the end, since the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame is just too terrifying.
Back then, when refining the Fallen Heart Flame, Huo Xuan suppressed it with the Eight Desolations Destruction Flame Fallen Heart Flame, so the aftereffects didn't appear. However, the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame is no ordinary Strange Fire; the symptoms that didn't appear when refining the Fallen Heart Flame, Huo Xuan predicts will definitely appear when refining the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame...
Fortunately, Huo Zhi did not leave, otherwise Huo Xuan would not dare to refine the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame in such a horrible place.
With their combined absorption, the immense energy released by the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame was gradually absorbed...
The Purifying Lotus Demon Flame has existed for an immeasurable amount of time, and the energy it contains is naturally indescribable. If one could safely absorb it, it would be an immense tonic for anyone...