The Three Calamities and Nine Difficulties grew ever more terrifying. When this astral wind swept over one's body, it could blow flesh and skin away in an instant.
Ye Xiwen's protective divine light swayed continuously within the astral wind, as though it would be utterly annihilated the very next moment.
Under such circumstances, Ye Xiwen could only mobilize all his power to resist. Even he did not dare underestimate this boundless astral wind, or he might die miserably here.
Yet the wind calamity had only just begun. Immediately afterward, strange fires descended from the heavens. All manner of strange flames rained down, linking with the wind calamity and entering one's marrow along with the astral wind, nearly roasting a person thoroughly alive.
There was no escaping it. It blew directly into his body, testing the fleshly body. If one's physical body was not strong enough, one would be blown apart until bones vanished and flesh scattered, with even the Primordial Spirit destroyed.
Ye Xiwen drew a deep breath. These flames could ignite nearly anything; even his body, long tempered to be indestructible as diamond, had been set ablaze. Flames surged around him, and from afar, he looked like a man of fire burning ever more fiercely within the sea of lightning.
Every bone in his body burned wildly. If that were all, Ye Xiwen would not have thought much of it. He could even use it to temper his fleshly body, using the Three Calamities to remove the already scant impurities within him.
Of course, those impurities would likely be priceless treasures in the eyes of others. This was another step on his path toward greater perfection.
But this was only the beginning. Above the heavens, a vast army of lightning stood ready and appeared. Ye Xiwen, who had read