However, the pain did not last long.
Though the Calamity Hound's fire burned fiercely, it fell far short of the lofty power of solar truefire and netherworld karma fire.
With two supreme, taboo-level truefires within him, Xiao Chen had long since developed astonishing resistance to fire.
An ordinary Fifth King Realm cultivator would die upon touching the Calamity Hound Demon Paste. Xiao Chen encountered only slight resistance.
Such was the terrifying boost solar truefire and netherworld karma fire gave Xiao Chen.
"What astonishing rare demon essence and law fragments. I have to admit, that fellow Hong Wuyun had an astonishingly deep reserve of resources!"
As time flew by, the burning sensation gradually vanished, replaced by a powerful, remarkably pure warmth that surged through him like a dragon. Wherever it passed, his meridians relaxed, leaving him floating in bliss. Xiao Chen felt as though his entire body were immersed in divine springwater and sacred nectar.
In the void, the Calamity Hound essence contained within the black-and-crimson God Crystal transformed into a golden divine extract. It slowly spilled out and drifted toward him, thick as morning immortal dew, sinking into Xiao Chen's body little by little.
Although the Calamity Hound Demon Paste was precious, containing mysterious demon extract capable of transforming one's very foundation as well as fragments of Dao resonance inherited over ten thousand years, a demon was still a demon. Within the paste, savage malice, murderous thoughts, resentment, and hatred were present in no small measure.
These dark substances were exceedingly violent. Even secret separation techniques could not remove them completely. Once inside a person's body, they would rampage like primordial beasts, tearing apart flesh and meridians.
Thus, since ancient times, hardly anyone had refined raw demon cores or demon beast fat.
Normally, a lump of demon beast fat had