Looking inward at the flame seed in the Sea of Mana within his dantian, Jiang Yun let out a soft breath. He had finally refined the Southern Bright Departing Fire completely.
From now on, as long as he continuously fed the flame seed various energies, such as spiritual power and mana, it would continue to grow. If he could obtain some True Sun Fire, Samadhi True Fire, or other sources of flame origin, the power of the Southern Bright Departing Fire would advance another level.
Now that he had refined the flame seed, he was in no hurry to begin tempering himself. Instead, he first regulated his breathing. Only after his mana had recovered and his primordial spirit had rested did he begin mobilizing the flame seed.
At first, he planned to activate the flame seed and release around ten percent of its energy, preparing to gradually adapt to the fire's power. Once his entire body had fully accepted the flames' burning, he would increase the amount of energy released.
With a thought, a mass of crimson flames tinged with gold ignited around Jiang Yun. The flames began to spill outward from the flame seed in his dantian, gradually spreading throughout his body before finally emerging through his pores.
When the flames flowed out from his dantian and touched his internal organs, those organs, already strengthened by the nourishment of the Five Qi, began steaming out large amounts of gray-black mist beneath the flames' scorching heat, as though the moisture inside fresh organs were being evaporated. After being scorched, his internal organs had shrunk by nearly half. Yet what remained was denser and filled with an even greater sense of power.
Going further, when the flames touched his bones, they began to sizzle, like red-hot charcoal. His bone marrow seemed