The pure energy flowing continuously from the multicolored flame, whose aura had become purified, entered his body and greatly slowed the rate at which the Dou Qi in his meridians was being depleted. As the energy continued to pour in, it had even begun to increase at a minute but steady pace.
As more refined energy was converted, much of it began to flow into his meridians, bones, muscles, and even every cell in his body. The exceptionally pure Dou Qi further strengthened Gu He's cells, causing his body, already at its peak, to grow stronger at a slow pace. This strengthening also expanded the meridians within him. This meant that even if he did not advance to Half-Emperor this time, his strength would increase once more. If this happened a few more times, Half-Emperor would be within reach.
Gu He immersed himself in the sensation of his body, Dou Qi, and soul rising simultaneously. As the exceptionally pure Dou Qi within him grew increasingly abundant, he could sense the three beginning to resonate in a peculiar way. Every time this resonance appeared, his aura underwent a slight change, as though he had become an emperor ruling over all beneath heaven. Even the boundless sea of magma fell silent beneath his aura.
At the tranquil bottom of the magma sea, Gu He sat cross-legged. The magma within tens of thousands of miles was drawn toward him, forming an incomparably enormous vortex that extracted the endless energy of heaven and earth within it and poured it into his body. As Gu He continuously absorbed it, the magma near him actually began to cool slowly. The extremely violent energy within it had all been absorbed by Gu He, leaving behind nothing but ordinary sand and stone, which the vortex flung outward. Fresh,