Heavenly Flame Burning Body, Jade Marrow Forging Body!

Not long after, Inside a tranquil mountain cave, Lu Chen looked at the golden crystal in his hand, a faint smile appearing in his eyes. It was the final primary material for the Heavenly Flame Celestial Body—the Great Sun Golden Crystal.

As for the other supplementary materials, he had already gathered them all over the past few days. Compared to the three primary materials, those items were clearly far more common. He had even collected two portions of the Heavenly Fire Jade Marrow, one of the three primary materials.

"It's time to cultivate the Celestial Body."

Lu Chen chuckled softly and swept his sleeve. Countless orbs of light immediately flew out of the Sumeru Bracelet, hovering before him before transforming into precious materials that shimmered with treasure light.

Among these treasures, three orbs of light shone the brightest, emanating terrifying spiritual energy fluctuations. Faintly, the sound of crashing waves could be heard, a sign that their spiritual energy had reached an utterly terrifying level.

They were precisely the three primary materials Lu Chen had painstakingly gathered.

Great Sun Golden Crystal.

Flowing Fire Heavenly Flame.

Heavenly Fire Jade Marrow.

All three materials were exceptionally rare. Lu Chen had no idea how much effort it had taken to gather them, but fortunately, heaven did not disappoint those with determination. Now, all three materials were in his hands.

Lu Chen sat cross-legged on the ground in silence. Rather than immediately beginning his cultivation, he closed his eyes and reviewed the cultivation method for the Heavenly Flame Celestial Body in his mind.

A moment later, Lu Chen opened his eyes and took a deep breath. His gaze fixed resolutely upon the treasures before him as his hands swiftly formed seals. In an instant, a vast purple ocean emerged behind him, rolling up towering waves!

The cultivation of the Heavenly Flame Celestial Body had begun!

Crash!

Within the boundless Supreme Sea, enormous waves surged up in an instant, while streams of immense spiritual energy gathered within the Supreme Sea.

Lu Chen's consciousness slowly sank into the Supreme Sea.

His Divine Soul Little Person also appeared above the purple ocean. Sitting cross-legged atop the Supreme Sea, it wore a solemn expression as its hands rapidly formed a complex and peculiar seal.

Boom!

The moment Lu Chen completed the seal, thunderous roars rang out within the Supreme Sea. Massive waves of spiritual energy burst forth from the Supreme Sea one after another.

Boom! Boom!

The spiritual energy waves shot into the sky, then suddenly plunged downward like enormous dragons, finally colliding violently in a breathtaking display.

Whoosh!

Dazzling purple light spread through the air above the Supreme Sea. At the center of the collision, a vague shadow of light seemed to emerge.

This was the first step in condensing a Supreme Sovereign Celestial Body—using one's own spiritual energy to form its embryonic shape.

Crash!

Countless streams of spiritual energy rose into the sky like water pythons before pouring into the purple shadow. The purple shadow accepted them all without refusal, absorbing every last bit like a great whale drinking water.

As time passed, nourished by the influx of spiritual energy, the purple shadow grew increasingly brilliant. Faintly, a massive silhouette could be seen slowly solidifying into form.

The originally abundant spiritual energy in the Supreme Sea was being consumed at an astonishing rate. After an unknown amount of time, the turmoil within the Supreme Sea finally began to subside.

Boom!

In an instant, blinding purple light illuminated heaven and earth. A purple giant shadow roughly a thousand feet tall slowly rose to its feet, finally standing atop the Supreme Sea. Terrifying spiritual energy fluctuations rippled around it.

The embryonic form of the Supreme Sovereign Celestial Body had taken shape!

With a wave of Lu Chen's hand, countless supplementary materials transformed into orbs of light and shot toward the purple shadow like a blanket covering the sky, merging into every part of its body.

Buzz! Buzz!

Immediately, countless dazzling beams erupted from the purple shadow. Their colors were varied and brilliant as glazed glass, dyeing the Celestial Body into a seven-colored silhouette.

Looking at the seven-colored shadow before him, Lu Chen finally took out the Flowing Fire Heavenly Flame, one of the three primary materials. He lightly tapped the bottle, and a thick, molten liquid surged into the Supreme Sea.

Whoosh!

The sky above the Supreme Sea seemed to tear apart at that moment. A dazzling crimson light descended from above like a falling river of stars, pouring over the purple giant shadow.

Sizzle! Sizzle!

The crimson river flowed down from the crown of the giant shadow's head, continuously pouring over it and instantly spreading across its entire body. At once, the seven-colored light on the shadow flickered, contracting continuously before slowly merging into the Celestial Body.

At last, the seven-colored light faded away, and a layer of crimson radiance bloomed around the giant shadow!

Boom! Boom!

At that moment, the giant shadow let out a roar, and crimson flames ignited around its body. The entire Celestial Body began to burn at an astonishing speed.

The giant shadow's enormous frame also rapidly shrank. At this rate, in no more than a few dozen breaths, the embryonic Supreme Sovereign Celestial Body that Lu Chen had painstakingly condensed would be burned to nothing by those crimson flames.

Lu Chen did not panic in the slightest. With a beckoning gesture, the Heavenly Fire Jade Marrow transformed into a fiery-red streak of light and flew into the Supreme Sea, merging into the giant shadow.

The crimson flames around the giant shadow abruptly slowed in their burning. Faintly, jade liquid like molten lava seemed to flow across its surface. Under the scorching crimson flames, translucent crimson crystals gradually condensed over the giant shadow's body.

Seeing this, Lu Chen took out the Sumeru Bracelet with some reluctance and opened it. Immediately, a torrent of spiritual energy composed entirely of Sovereign Spiritual Liquid rushed out and flew into the Supreme Sea.

Lu Chen had known from the start that cultivating a Supreme Sovereign Celestial Body required an enormous amount of Sovereign Spiritual Liquid. According to the records of the Heavenly Flame Celestial Body, the amount of Sovereign Spiritual Liquid he needed to cultivate this Celestial Body was even more immense.

It required a full fifty thousand drops of Sovereign Spiritual Liquid!

He had only had forty-two thousand drops of Sovereign Spiritual Liquid left before. Killing the Dragon Demon Palace Supremes had earned him twenty thousand more, and after selling quite a few useless items during this time, he had only managed to scrape together seventy thousand drops in total.

But in order to successfully cultivate the "Heavenly Flame Celestial Body," the price of fifty thousand drops of Sovereign Spiritual Liquid was clearly worth it!

The moment the stream of spiritual energy formed from fifty thousand drops of Sovereign Spiritual Liquid appeared, the crimson giant shadow gulped it down. Its entire body then shuddered violently as countless scarlet flames surged madly into the shadow.

In the end, it transformed into an enormous crimson figure, crystalline like a gemstone.

Lu Chen then took a deep breath, picked up the Great Sun Golden Crystal, and tossed it into the Supreme Sea.

Boom!

The Great Sun Golden Crystal exploded the instant it fell into the Supreme Sea. An incomparably massive golden sun rose within it, its blinding radiance flooding the entire Supreme Sea.

Terrifying heat spread through the Supreme Sea, causing even the spiritual energy within to begin evaporating.

Lu Chen formed seals with both hands, and the enormous crimson shadow instantly turned into a streak of red light that shot toward the golden sun hanging high in the sky.

Heavenly Flame Burning Body!

Jade Marrow Forging Body!

Great Sun Tempering Body!

By now, only the final step remained.

I hit writer's block. I deleted and rewrote, and five thousand words were gone. Staying up late like this isn't good either, so everyone should get some sleep early. Let me think it over some more.